The 2nd High Card Promo Video Reveals a Larger Cast and a January 9 Premiere.
An additional promotional film and key artwork for the original action-adventure anime High Card were published on the show’s website. Two additional members of the ensemble cast are introduced in the video, along with the release date of January 9.
Toshiyuki Morikawa, who will portray Greg Young, a seasoned captain of the Shield City Police, and Rie Takahashi, who will play Sugar Peas, a novice detective working under Young, are among the recently revealed cast members.
Cast members who have already been revealed are:
| Gen Sato | Finn Oldman |
| Toshiki Masuda | Chris Redgrave |
| Shun Horie | Leo Constantine Pinochle |
| Haruka Shiraishi | Wendy Sato |
| Yuichiro Umehara | Vijay Kumar Singh |
The 17-year-old homeless character Finn Oldman is the focus of the poker-themed anime. Finn goes for a casino with the intention of making a fortune and saving his orphanage after learning that it is about to close due to financial strain.
However, when Finn enters the casino, he is horrified to see a vehicle chase and bloody gunfight brought on by a man’s “lucky” card.
Throughout the course of the series, Finn will discover more about what led to the firefight and how a deck of 52 X-Playing cards, which have the ability to grant their owners various superhuman skills and powers, can manipulate the global order.
This specific deck of cards enables users to access internal “buddy” powers that they can discover. While working as part-time employees of a high-end vehicle manufacturer by the name of Pinochle, there is a clandestine organization of players known as High Card who were specifically instructed by the monarch of Fourland to gather these cards that have been dispersed throughout the kingdom.
Finn is chosen to be the group’s fifth member and sets out on a perilous quest to locate these cards. The Klondikes, a notorious Mafia family, and a competing car manufacturer that is infatuated with the game of Pinochle stand in the way of the High Card’s quest, which is not without difficulties.
Director Junichi Wada, character designer Nozomi Kawano, and character illustrator Ebimo are all part of the High Card team. Series composer Naoki Kuroyanagi is credited. The scripts were written by Shingo Nagai, Kazuhiko Inukai, and Kenichi Yamashita.
The anime is being created by Studio Hibari, with BALCOLONY receiving credit for the card design, and the opening theme music “Trickster” by the band FIVE OLD NEW.
The pachinko game maker Sammy Corporation, animation company TMS Entertainment, and Kadokawa collaborated on the anime as part of a mixed media project. A novel, drama CD, and manga are also included in this production.
Regarding High Card
The Kadokawa, TMS Entertainment, and Sammy Corporation multi-media franchise High Card. It will be adapted into anime, manga, novels, and dramas. The anime will premiere in 2023.
The setting of the series is Fourland, where the power of 52 cards can upend the established order. The card owners may also develop superhuman abilities. The High Card members’ task is to gather all the cards after they have been dispersed around the realm.
Source: High Card Anime Website
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