Great Pretender (new WIT Studio project) Anticipation

[Stark700]

Wit Studio has a new anime project called "Great Pretender" Coming 2020.

Source
https://twitter.com/tononet/status/1146835572360540160

Official site
greatpretender.jp

[Frontier]

Looks like it's...set in America ?

Kinda getting a magician vibe.

[Stark700]

Staff

Director: Hiro Kaburagi
Character Design: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Script: Ryota Kosawa

https://twitter.com/Spytrue/status/1146839624779743232

Will be 23 episodes.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...r-2020/.148641

[Guardian Enzo]

Looks interesting, but if it doesn't have the Platters' song as the OP it's an epic fail.

[Cloudedmind]

Originally Posted by Frontier

Looks like it's...set in America ?

Kinda getting a magician vibe.

Well that's definitely the Hollywood sign. Whether or not the whole thing is set in Los Angeles, we'll have to wait and see.

[wavehawk]

Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

Looks interesting, but if it doesn't have the Platters' song as the OP it's an epic fail.

We wish. But considering how hard it is to get the right rights for established songs in international releases of Anime (don't get me started!!)...

[Obelisk ze Tormentor]

Originally Posted by Stark700

Character Design: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

Ohh, he returns after three years break from anime? His last anime were Wolf Children & Short Peace, right? Can't wait to see his chara designs again. Oh also, Evangelion 4 movie will also come out in 2020. Yay, I can see more of Sadamoto's works!

Speaking of great chara designer, this season also has Range Murata in Cop Craft.

[Kanon]

The poster certainly looks intriguing. This is apparently the first time the writer works on an anime (closest he's come are the Parasytes live action movies), but he's worked on quite a few live action films already. None of which I've seen though.

[Stark700]

Preview:

PV lists the series as a Summer (July 2020) show.

[LKK]

I saw Netflix in the credits listing. (1:09 minute mark) Not too pleased about that.

[Kurohane]

*Great Pretender from Jon Frederik band starts playing*

[Nachtwandler]

Originally Posted by LKK

I saw Netflix in the credits listing. (1:09 minute mark) Not too pleased about that.

All +Ultra block series are licensed by Netflix. We have to deal with it untill their deal with Fuji TV expires.

[Guardian Enzo]

How in the world is HeroAca not in a timeslot called "+Ultra"?

[Marcus H.]

Premise appears to be about an "adventurous teen" who gets tied into all kinds of shit when he ended up getting an astronomical amount of money from that blonde guy.

EDIT:

Originally Posted by Premise

Makoto Edamura is supposedly Japan's greatest swindler. Together with his partner Kudo, they try to trick a Frenchman in Asakusa but unexpectedly get tricked instead. The Frenchman, whom they tried to swindle, turns out to be Laurent Thierry- a much higher-level 'confidence man,' in control of the mafias. Edamura is yet to find out what fate awaits him, after having engaged in the Frenchman's dirty jobs...!

Director: Hiro Kaburagi (91 Days, Kimi no Todoke, Hoozuki no Reitetsu)
Character Designer: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Eva, Nadia, FLCL, .hack, Diebuster)
Screenplay: Ryota Kosawa (Parasyte live action films)

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by LKK

I saw Netflix in the credits listing. (1:09 minute mark) Not too pleased about that.

Yeah, that sucks. When will they do simulcasts? They tried once with Violet Evergarden and that's it.

Hopefully someone will sub it.

[Stark700]

Latest preview is out

[Guardian Enzo]

New PV:

YouTube

https://youtu.be/x1mrQERwL4Y

Sorry; dynamic content not loaded. Reload?

Still says June 2 - maybe Netflix involvement means it was produced well in advance.

[Dop]

That Netflix money has pulled in an appropriate theme song too.
ANN: Freddie Mercury's cover of The Platters song "The Great Pretender" will be the anime's theme song.

[Guardian Enzo]

Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

Looks interesting, but if it doesn't have the Platters' song as the OP it's an epic fail.

I'll definitely take that.

[Cloudedmind]

Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

I'll definitely take that.

I'd actually forgotten he'd done a cover of the song. Either way works for me as well.