Great Pretender (TV series)
Great Pretender is a Japanese anime television series produced by Wit Studio, directed by Hiro Kaburagi and written by Ryōta Kosawa. The series' arcs are called "cases", and the first case was released in June 2020 on Netflix in Japan. The series' first three cases were released worldwide on Netflix in August 2020, followed by its fourth case in November. The series also aired from July to December 2020 on Fuji TV's +Ultra anime programming block. A sequel, Great Pretender: Razbliuto, premiered in February 2024.
Characters
Team Confidence
;Makoto Edamura;Laurent Thierry
;Abigail Jones
;Cynthia Moore
;Kudo
;Kim Si Won
;Seiji Ozaki
;Dorothy
Los Angeles
;Eddie Cassano;Salazar
;Inspector Anderson
Singapore
;Sam Ibrahim;Clark Ibrahim
;Lewis Mueller
;Isabelle Mueller
London
;James Coleman;Thomas Meyer
;Farrah Brown
;Tim
Tokyo
;Akemi Suzaku;Ishigami
;Igarashi
Shanghai
;Liu Xiao;Chen Yao
Taipei
;Chiang Pin Chueh;Yang Kun I
;Lin
;Wang Yiqi
;Tsai
;Bingyan
Other characters
;Miki Edamura;Emma Thierry
Media
Anime
During Anime Expo 2019, Wit Studio revealed announced the 23-episode original anime television series, directed by Hiro Kaburagi, written by Ryōta Kosawa, character designs by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and music composed by Yutaka Yamada. Yamada also composed its theme song "G.P.", while its ending theme is a cover of the song "The Great Pretender" performed by Queen lead vocalist Freddie Mercury, originally recorded by The Platters.The series' story is divided into blocks of episodes called "Cases". Case 1: Los Angeles Connection is episodes 1 through 5, Case 2: Singapore Sky is episodes 6 through 10, Case 3: Snow of London is episodes 11 through 14, and Case 4: Wizard of Far East is episodes 15 through 23. Case 1 began streaming on Netflix Japan on June 2, 2020, with Case 2 following on June 9. Case 3 began streaming on Netflix Japan on June 16, 2020, and Case 4 followed on September 21.
The anime series aired on Fuji TV's +Ultra anime programming block and BS Fuji from July 8 to December 16, 2020.
Great Pretender's first 14 episodes were released outside of Japan on Netflix on August 20, 2020, with the last 9 following on November 25.
A sequel original net animation, titled Great Pretender: Razbliuto, was released in four episodes, from February 23 to March 15, 2024, on DMM TV, following its North America cinema screenings on January 9 and 10. Crunchyroll licensed the sequel and released it in full on February 23, 2024.