Great Pretender

***Great Pretender*** (グレートプリテンダー, *Gurētopuritendā*?) is an original Japanese anime television series produced by Wit Studio and directed by Hiro Kaburagi.

The series premiered on July 8, 2020, on Fuji TV's +Ultra anime programming block. It received a June 2, 2020 release ahead of its television debut on Netflix in Japan.

The first three cases (Los Angeles Connection, Singapore Sky, and Snow of London) of *Great Pretender* was released globally on August 20, 2020 on Netflix. The fourth case (Wizard of Far East) is scheduled for a global November 25 release.

## Plot

Only BADs are our targets! Trick you! Deceive you! Cheat all fortunes of you! You can hear our stories in LA, Singapore, London, Shanghai, and Tokyo, Why? Our "CON GAMEs" stage, is the whole WORLD!!

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 'con 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...!

## Staff

* **Director:** Hiro Kaburagi
* **Character Designer:** Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
* **Animation Work:** Wit Studio
* **Series Composition:** Ryota Kosawa
* **Composer:** Yutaka Yamada
* **Concept Designer:** Youko Tanji
* **Sub Character Designer:** Hirotaka Katou
* **Design Works:** Shousuke Ishibashi, Keita Shimizu, Akiyo Okuda
* **Music Editor:** Kouhei Chida
* **Assistant Direction:** Ryouji Masuyama
* **Photographic Direction:** Kazuto Izumida
* **Chief Animation Direction:** Kyouji Asano, Hirotaka Katou
* **Script/Screenplay:** Ryota Kosawa
* **Editor:** Daisuke Imai
* **Art Direction:** Yuusuke Takeda
* **Art Designer:** Kazushi Fujii
* **Color Designer:** Yuuko Kobari
* **Sound Direction:** Shouji Hata
* **Opening Theme:**
	+ **G.P.** by Yutaka Yamada
* **Ending Theme:**
	+ **The Great Pretender** by Freddie Mercury, originally by The Platters
* **Insert Songs:**
	+ **Brand New Bang** by YVY feat. ra'z and Kid Gotti Born Rich (ep 1)
	+ **Wanna be Free** by YVY feat. ra'z and Luke Zephyr (ep 1)
	+ **On the Move** by YVY feat. ra'z, NVK, and XMEAN (ep 7)
	+ **The Carnival of the Animals** by The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (ep 9)
	+ **Our Love** by YVY feat. Quincy (ep 11)
	+ **Someday** by YVY feat. Emarie (ep 12 and 14)
	+ **My Light in You** by Zarni (ep 19)

## Voice cast

### Japanese

**Main Characters**

* Chiaki Kobayashi as **Makoto "Edamame" Edamura**
* Junichi Suwabe as **Laurent Thierry**
* Stefano Paganini as **Laurent Thierry** (foreign language dialogue)
* Natsumi Fujiwara as **Abigail "Aby" Jones**
* Mie Sonozaki as **Cynthia Moore**
* Sofia Frison as **Cynthia Moore** (foreign language dialogue)

**Supporting Characters**

* Yōhei Tadano as **Kudo**
* Atsushi Ono as **Eddie Cassano**
* Ryouta Takeuchi as **Salazar**
* Chikahiro Kobayashi as **Clark Ibrahim**
* Fuminori Komatsu as **Sam Ibrahim**
* Kenji Nomura as **Lewis Mueller**
* Mayumi Sako as **Isabelle Mueller**
* Daisuke Hirakawa as **Thomas Meyer**
* Takako Honda as **Farrah Brown**
* Yoshito Yasuhara as **James Coleman**

**Minor Characters**

* Kujira as **Shi-won Kim**
* Atsuki Tani as Chief **Anderson**
* Atsumi Tanezaki as **Tom**
* Mie Sonozaki as **Paula Dickins**
* Ayumi Tsunematsu as **Miki Edamura**
* Shunsuke Sakuya as **Seiji Ozaki**
* Shiro Gou as **Danny**
* Yurika Hino as **Christina**
* Yōhei Tadano as **Shougo Nakanoshima**
* Yūki Inoue as **Caio Bisconti**
* Yūki Wakai as **Marie**
* Leticia Lienard as **Marie** (foreign language dialogue)
* Febreze Boutique as **Sebastien** (foreign language dialogue)
* Shougo Nakamura as **Tim**

### English

**Main Characters**

* Alan Lee as **Makoto "Edamame" Edamura**
* Griffin Robert Faulkner as **Makoto Edamura** (young)
* Aaron Phillips as **Laurent Thierry**
* Kausar Mohammed as **Abigail "Abby" Jones**
* Laura Post as **Cynthia Moore**

**Supporting Characters**

* Mike Pollock as **Kudo**
* Fred Tatasciore as **Eddie Cassano**
* Alain Mesa as **Salazar**
* Ariyan Kassam as **Clark Ibrahim**
* Abe Martell as **Sam Ibrahim**
* Neil Kaplan as **Lewis Mueller**
* Lipica Shah as **Isabelle Mueller**
* Eric Tiede as **Thomas Meyer**
* Julie Nathanson as **Farrah Brown**
* Trevor Devall as **James Coleman**

**Minor Characters**

* Karen Huie as **Shi-won Kim**
* Jamieson Price as Chief **Anderson**
* Griffin Robert Faulkner as **Tom**
* Karen Huie as **Paula Dickins**
* Veronica Taylor as **Miki Edamura**
* Kirk Thornton as **Seiji Ozaki**
* Michael Sorich as **Danny**
* Tiana Camacho as **Christina**
* Steve Kramer as **Shougo Nakanoshima**
* Kyle McCarley as **Caio Bisconti**
* Cassandra Lee Morris as **Marie**
* Rich Orlow as **Tim**

## Videos

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## External links

* Official Japanese Anime Website
* Official Japanese Twitter
* Official Japanese Instagram