King's Game

Also known as Ousama Game The Animation

王様ゲーム The Animation

The story begins when an entire high school class of 32 people receive a message on their cellphones from a person known only as the "King." The messages contain orders that the students must obey, or they risk the punishment of death. With their lives on the line, the students soon find out that the orders are getting more and more extreme as time goes on.

TV anime, 12 episodes, Fall 2017, Seven. Episode guide with the official trailer and links to licensed services. Studio Seven. Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Supernatural. Season: Fall 2017.

Where to watch

• Crunchyroll

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Characters and voice cast

• Nobuaki Kanazawa (金沢伸明) - main character, voiced by Mamoru Miyano (宮野真守)
• Chiemi Honda (本多智恵美) - main character, voiced by Mao Ichimichi (市道真央)
• Naoya Hashimoto (橋本直也) - main character, voiced by Shinnosuke Tachibana (立花慎之介)
• Natsuko Honda (本多奈津子) - supporting character, voiced by Yui Horie (堀江由衣)
• Kenta Akamatsu (赤松健太) - supporting character, voiced by Yuusuke Sasaki (佐々木祐輔)
• Ria Iwamura (岩村莉愛) - supporting character, voiced by Pile (パイル)
• Toshiyuki Abe (阿部利幸) - supporting character, voiced by Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (松岡禎丞)
• Shingo Adachi (安達信吾) - supporting character, voiced by Shinya Hamazoe (浜添伸也)
• Akira Aono (大野明) - supporting character, voiced by Fukushi Ochiai (落合福嗣)
• Toshiyuki Fujioka (藤岡俊之) - supporting character, voiced by Koudai Sakai (酒井広大)
• Tsubasa Furusawa (古澤翼) - supporting character, voiced by Masashi Uchida (打田マサシ)
• Nami Hirano (平野奈美) - supporting character, voiced by Minori Suzuki (鈴木みのり)
• Hirofumi Inoue (井上浩文) - supporting character, voiced by Suguru Narisawa (成澤卓)
• Satomi Ishii (石井里美) - supporting character, voiced by Miyuu Tsuji (辻美優 )
• Tatsuya Jinba (神馬達也) - supporting character, voiced by Yuusuke Tonozaki (外崎友亮)
• Yuusuke Kawakami (河上勇佑) - supporting character, voiced by Kimito Totani (戸谷公人)
• Chia Kawano (川野千亜) - supporting character, voiced by Ami Fukushima (福島亜美)
• Akemi Kinoshita (木下明美) - supporting character, voiced by Konomi Yuuzaki (結崎このみ)

Staff

• Original Creator: Nobuaki Kanazawa (金沢伸明)
• Director: Noriyoshi Sasaki (佐々木勅嘉)
• Series Composition: Kenji Konuta (古怒田健志)
• Character Design: Kan Soramoto (そらもとかん)
• Character Design: Yousuke Itou (伊藤陽祐)
• Art Director: Hidenori Nakahara (中原英統)
• Sound Director: Masakatsu Oomuro (大室正勝)
• Chief Animation Director: Kan Soramoto (そらもとかん)
• Theme Song Performance (ED): Pile (パイル)
• Theme Song Performance (OP): Coldrain
• Script (eps 1, 6, 12): Kenji Konuta (古怒田健志)
• Script (eps 5, 10): Daishirou Tanimura (谷村大四郎)
• Script (eps 3, 8): Atsushi Oka (岡篤志)
• Script (eps 2, 7, 11): Makoto Takada (たかだ誠)

Rankings on AniList: #56 most popular 2017, #18 most popular fall 2017.

AniList members score King's Game 46/100. On their lists: 2,720 watching, 39,710 completed, 15,979 planning to watch, 7,920 dropped; 565 favourites.

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Episodes

1. Episode 1: Begin Again (Break Again)
2. Episode 2: Chaos (Scars Disorder)
3. Episode 3: Friendship (Melting Emotion)
4. Episode 4: Breakthrough (Solution | Hades)
5. Episode 5: Wail (Karma | Tears)
6. Episode 6: Revolt (Counter | Oppress)
7. Episode 7: Eternity (Forever | Dread)
8. Episode 8: Determination (Blood | Judgment)
9. Episode 9: Solidarity (Wedge | Binds)
10. Episode 10: Race (Evil | Run)
11. Episode 11: Advance (Forward | Invade)
12. Episode 12: Demise ( End | Grudge )