Joker Game

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Joker Game
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Cover of Joker Game.
ジョーカー・ゲーム
(Jōkā Gēmu)
Genre Spy, Mystery[1]
Novel series
Written by Koji Yanagi
Published by Kadokawa Shoten
Original run June 23, 2011 – June 21, 2013
Volumes 3 (List of volumes)
Live-action film
Directed by Yu Irie
Written by Yūsuke Watanabe
Music by Taisei Iwasaki
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  • January 31, 2015 (2015-01-31)
Runtime 107 minutes
Manga
Written by Subaru Nitō
Published by Mag Garden
Magazine Monthly Comic Garden
Original run February 5, 2016 – present
Anime television series
Directed by Kazuya Nomura
Written by Taku Kishimoto
Music by Kenji Kawai
Studio Production I.G
Network AT-X, Tokyo MX, MBS, TV Aichi, BS11
Original run April 5, 2016 – present
Episodes 12[2] (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Kuroneko Yoru no Bōken
Studio Production I.G
Released July 27, 2016 – September 28, 2016
Episodes 2
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Joker Game (Japanese: ジョーカー・ゲーム Hepburn: Jōkā Gēmu?) is a Japanese novel series written by Koji Yanagi. It has inspired a live-action film and an anime television series.[1] A television anime adaptation produced by Production I.G began airing on April 5, 2016.[3]

Characters

The newly recruited agents in the D-Agency. From left to right: Odagiri, Fukumoto, Hatano, Kaminaga, Miyoshi, Amari, Tazaki and Jitsui.
Miyoshi (三好 Miyoshi)
Voiced by: Hiro Shimono

Standing at 170 cm, he is a narcissist with a little bit of arrogance. He often talks in a sarcastic tone. Like Kaminaga, he often works overseas. At first, he acts bitter towards Sakuma due to his fixed thought about the military. But this soon changes after the incident in Gordon's house.

Kaminaga (神永 Kaminaga)
Voiced by: Ryohei Kimura
Stands 173 cm tall, at first glance he gives the atmosphere of a mischievous, happy-go-lucky playboy. He is also proud and prideful. Like Miyoshi, he works overseas.
Odagiri (小田切 Odagiri)
Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya

Heights 172 cm. Graduated from military academy and cadet school, he is unique compared to other members of D-Agency. He is appointed as the second lieutenant. He rarely laughs and is somewhat distant to the other D-Agency members.

Amari (甘利 Amari)
Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa

One of the oldest along with Kaminaga, he is 175 cm. A man with a sociable and caring personality, he is like a big brother to the other agency members. A very carefree man who is good at handling women.

Hatano (波多野 Hatano)
Voiced by: Yuki Kaji

He has the shortest build, standing at 162 cm. While he is said to be charming with his pride, he has a cheeky personality. He also masters martial arts and agility.

Jitsui (実井 Jitsui)
Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama

He has a friendly personality, even to Sakuma who was antagonized by most of the members of the agency. He is soft-spoken and caring. But sometimes when he is against a hostile other, he shows a sadistic side. He is 165 cm.

Tazaki (田崎 Tazaki)
Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai

He is 173 cm. He talks calmly and gives intellectual atmosphere which makes him sounds older than he looks. He has the habit of playing magic card when he is thinking.

Fukumoto (福本 Fukumoto)
Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai

The tallest of the group, standing at 178 cm. While he is goofy and quiet in nature, he gets along with Odagiri. He can cook.

Jirou Gamou (蒲生 次郎 Gamou Jirou)
Voiced by: Kenjirou Tsuda

A professional at chess. He is known as a good man even to missions that require no emotions.

Sakuma (佐久間 Sakuma)
Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki

A man from the Imperial Japanese Army. He was sent to D-Agency to work as a liaison. A soldier with diligence and cautious of his surroundings. While he personally dislikes spies, after the incident in Gordon's house, he's grown to understand about them. He heights 176 cm.

Yuuki (結城 Yuuki)
Voiced by: Kenyuu Horiuchi

A lieutenant colonel to the Imperial Japanese Army, and also a spymaster. He is the founder of D-Agency. He once worked as a spy and given the nickname "Demon Lord". He is 180 cm.

Media

Novel

Kōji Yanagi published the original novel, Joker Game, in 2008. He followed it with Double Joker in 2009 and Paradise Lost in 2012.[1] The series is published by Kadokawa Shoten.[4]

No. Title Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 Joker Game (ジョーカー・ゲーム[5]) June 23, 2011[5] ISBN 978-4-04-382906-4
2 Double Joker (ダブル・ジョーカー[6]) June 22, 2012[6] ISBN 978-4-04-100328-2
3 Paradise Lost (パラダイス・ロスト[7]) June 21, 2013[7] ISBN 978-4-04-100826-3

Film

A live-action action suspense film directed by Yu Irie based on the novel was released on January 31, 2015.[8][9] The film earned ¥271 million on its opening weekend in Japan.[9]

Manga

A manga by Subaru Nitō adapting the anime was announced in the February 2016 issue of Mag Garden's Comic Garden magazine. It will begin serialization in the March 2016 issue of Mag Garden's Comic Garden Magazine on February 5, 2016, which will contain the first two chapters of the manga.[10]

Volumes

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 May 10, 2016[11] ISBN 978-4800005724
Chapter not yet in tankōbon format

The following chapter have not yet been published in a collected volume:

  1. Jōkā Gēmu (Zenpen) (ジョーカー・ゲーム（前編）?)
  2. Jōkā gēmu (Chūhen) (ジョーカー・ゲーム（中編）?)
  3. Jōkā Gēmu (Kōhen) (ジョーカー・ゲーム（後編）?)
  4. Gosan (Zenpen) (誤算（前編）?)
  5. Gosan (Kōhen) (誤算（後編）?)

Anime

An anime television series was announced in the September issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Newtype magazine. The series is produced by Production I.G, directed by Kazuya Nomura and written by Taku Kishimoto. Shirow Miwa provides the series' character designs and Kenji Kawai composes the music.[1] The anime began airing on April 5, 2016 on AT-X, Tokyo MX, MBS, TV Aichi and BS11.[3][12] Two Blu-ray home video release volumes will contain an original video animation each, titled Kuroneko Yoru no Bōken, which is scheduled for release on July 27, 2016 and September 28, 2016, respectively.[13][14] QUADRANGLE performed the anime's opening theme, titled "Reason Triangle", and MAGIC OF LiFE performed the anime's ending theme, titled "Double".

Episode list

No. Title Original air date
1 "Joker Game (Part 1)"
"Jōkā Gēmu (Zenpen)" (ジョーカー・ゲーム（前編）) 		 April 5, 2016
The story is set in the autumn of 1937 near the beginning of the Japanese occupation of Manchuria. Most of the first episode occurs within 'Greater East Asia Cultural Society' which is actually a front for the Japanese spy agency where it trains spies for insertion into other countries. This episode introduces all of the characters and introduces the viewer to the concept of 'The Joker Game'. The episode ends with the training spies searching a supposed foreign spy's home for evidence proving that he is in fact a spy. Sakuma's life is used as a pawn by one of the other spies when the act of him committing seppuku is used as a bargaining tool to get inside of the foreign man's home. It however becomes clear that actually Sakuma is being played by his superior and the other spies and there is no evidence linking the foreign man to being a spy. 
2 "Joker Game (Part 2)"
"Jōkā Gēmu (Kōhen)" (ジョーカー・ゲーム（後編）) 		 April 12, 2016
3 "Miscalculation"
"Gosan" (誤算) 		 April 19, 2016
4 "City of Temptation"
"Mazu" (魔都) 		 April 26, 2016
5 "Robinson"
"Robinson" (ロビンソン) 		 May 3, 2016
6 "Asia Express"
"Ajia Ekusupuresu" (アジア・エクスプレス) 		 May 10, 2016
7 "Code Name: Cerberus"
"Kōdonēmu: Keruberosu" (暗号名ケルベロス) 		 May 17, 2016
8 "Double Joker (Part 1)"
"Daburu Jōkā (Zenpen)" (ダブル・ジョーカー（前編）) 		 May 24, 2016
9 "Double Joker (Part 2)"
"Daburu Jōkā (Kōhen)" (ダブル・ジョーカー（後編）) 		 May 31, 2016

Reception

Joker Game won the Mystery Writers of Japan award in 2009.[1]

References

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