Cheating Craft


Cheating Craft is a Japanese-Chinese anime television series animated by Blade and produced by Emon. It is based on Gemini Xin Luo's novel Zuobi Yishu. The anime series premiered on October 5, 2016 as a short anime and ran alongside To Be Hero.

Plot

In a world where people have been sorted since childhood by exams, only those who excel obtain happiness. L Types, who prioritize study, and C Types, those who choose not to study to pass, will battle and team up in exams. C Type protagonist Muming Zhuge and L Type heroine Qiaoyi Huang battle together to pass tests.

Characters

The character's Chinese name is listed first, followed by their Japanese name:
Muming Zhuge / Mumei Shokatsu
Qiaoyi Huang / Koi Oh
Guanyu Zhou / Rinu Shu
Baijiu Liu / Haku Ryu
Li Xing / Anri
JUN
Teacher Wong / Teacher Oh

Media

Anime

The anime is directed by Keitaro Motonaga, with animation by Haoliners Animation League. Mai Matsuura and Norie Tanaka designed the characters. They also serve as chief animation directors, alongside Ryousuke Tanigawa. Yasunori Ebina is in charge of the sound effects and Go Sakabe is the composer of the series. Takamitsu Kouno collaborates on the writing of scenarios. Yutaka Kamogawa is credited as the main animator. Kenichi Ohnuki and Hisashi Saito are credited with design works, while Goichi Iwahata is credited with prop design. Kei Ichikura is the art director, while Hideki Imaizumi is the director of photography. Aiko Shinohara is in charge of the color designs.
The female idol group Kamen Joshi performs the opening theme "Kasoku Suru Trial," while Aina Kusuda performs the ending theme song "Welcome Future," with lyrics by Saori Kodama, composition by Takahiro Yamada, and arrangement by Shinya Saitou.