Death Game Manga Tomodachi Game Gets An Anime Adaptation

In a world fascinated by the phenomenon that is Squid Game, comes another story with a similar premise, but this time it’s a bunch of high schoolers who will play a death game against their will.


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Tomodachi Game is a story about five friends who mysteriously get trapped inside a room and are forced to play some games to clear a huge debt. The group’s faith starts to waiver due to growing secrets and betrayals; they must find the traitor before everything takes a turn for the worse.

Yuki Sato’s Tomodachi Game manga is getting an anime adaptation in April 2022. The official Twitter account for Tomodachi Game has released a visual for the upcoming anime.

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 Kodansha “Bessatsu Shonen Magazine” serialized original #山口ミコト Comic #佐藤友生 The long-awaited TV animation of the popular comic by! !!

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The visual features a group of high school friends who seem to be getting along very well on their way back home. Yūichi Katagiri, the main character, has his saved up money stolen, after which he finds himself in Tomodachi Games.

One of the friends has risked all their lives to clear his own debt and may have even used the stolen money to enter this deadly game.

Studio Okuruto Noboru will produce the anime with the following staff:

RoleStaffOther Works
DirectorHirofumi OguraCells at Work!!
Story CompositionKenta IharaSaga of Tanya the Evil
Character DesignSatomi MiyazakiMy Girlfriend is a Shobitch
MusicMICHIRUAscendance of a Bookworm
Sound DesignHiroto MorishitaHigurashi: When They Cry – GOU

The main cast for the anime was also revealed.

CharacterCastOther Roles
Yūichi KatagiriChiaki KobayashiMakoto “Edamame” Edamura (Great Pretender)
Tenji MikasaDaiki HamanoDante Mogro (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans)
Shiho SawaragiYume MiyamotoHaru Nonoka (Sing “Yesterday” for Me)
Makoto ShibeTomohiro Ōno Ryūji Ishii (Talentless Nana)
Yutori KokorogiSatomi AmanoTamaki Yamazaki (Tamayomi: The Baseball Girls)
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The series has already had a huge fanbase aside from recently gaining attention as a story with a death game premise. The manga has already been adapted into a live-action film series and a television drama, which were very well received.

Although the manga has a lot of hype, it all comes down to the adaptation. Surely, Okuruto Noboru will rise to the challenge.

About Tomodachi Game

Tomodachi Game is a manga series conceptualized by Mikoto Yamaguchi and written and illustrated by Yuki Sato. An anime television series adaptation by Okuruto Noboru will premiere in April 2022.

The story centers on Yūichi Katagiri, a young man with a perfect student life who has four friends with complicated lives. His peaceful daily life comes to an end when 2 million yen (about US$20,000) in school trip fees goes missing. Riddles unfold as Yūichi gets caught up in a mysterious game for money and must decide whether friendship or money matters more

Source: Tomodachi Game Twitter Account

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