Joker Game: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Taking place in the year 1937 on the eve of World War II, the story involves a mysterious spy training organization known as the "D Agency". The organization is established by Lieutenant Colonel Yuuki from the Imperial Japanese Army. His ideals lead him to recruit people beyond military academy graduates and personnel, while training them to become skilled agents in arts of manipulation. These agents would become a specialized team to conduct operations. One such antihero agent, under the name Jirou Gamou, goes on a harrowing mission to uncover secret documents titled "Black Notes", while battling forces from within and without his own ranks.

Series details

• Title: Joker Game
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Anime, War, Mystery
• Premiere date: 2016-04-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-06-21
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Tokyo MX
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.5/10
• TVMaze ID: 13611
• IMDb ID: tt5614180
• TVDB ID: 305078

Cast and credited roles

• Kenyuu Horiuchi — Yuuki
• Hiro Shimono — Miyoshi
• Tomokazu Seki — Sakuma
• Ryohei Kimura — Kaminaga
• Toshiyuki Morikawa — Amari
• Takahiro Sakurai — Tazaki
• Yuki Kaijura — Hatano
• Yoshimasa Hosoya — Odagiri
• Jun Fukuyama — Jitsui
• Kazuya Nakai — Fukumoto
• Kenjiro Tsuda — Jirou Gamou

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-04-05; final listed air date 2016-06-21; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

Adapted from Joker Game on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.