Adapted into a TV anime series in 2017 with Kakegurui, and again in 2019 with Kakegurui xx, this popular series has garnered many passionate fans both domestically in Japan and overseas.
One year before the black-haired beauty Yumeko Jabami transferred to her school, Mary Saotome, a girl from an average family, enrolls as an honor student in Hyakkao Private Academy, where many young women from elite political and financial circles attend. But the school has a strict hierarchical system that is determined by gambling. Academic achievements or athletic prowess mean nothing here — gambling skills are what matter most. Students who fall into debt due to gambling must live their school lives as “house pets.” Can Mary Saotome carve out a future for herself at this academy ruled by gambling?
Based on the manga Kakegurui Twin by Homura Kawamoto and Kei Saiki
(published in the monthly magazine Gan Gan JOKER by SQUARE ENIX
Chief Director: Yuichiro Hayashi
Director: Kaori Makita
Series Composition: Shigeru Murakoshi
Character Design: Manabu Nii
Chief Animation Director: Manabu Nii, Shuji Takahara, Majiro
Art Director: Masanobu Nomura, Yuki Yokoyama
Color Setting: Ayako Suenaga
3D CGI Director: Masahiro Hiraoka
Photography: Shinnosuke Kato
Editing: Mutsumi Takemiya
Sound Director: Akiko Fujita
Sound Effects: Hiromune Kurahashi
Music: TECHNOBOYS PULCRAFT GREEN-FUND
Opening & Ending theme song performed by i☆Ris
Music Production: avex pictures
Animation Production: MAPPA
Character & Cast (Japanese):
Mary Saotome: Minami Tanaka
Tsuzura Hanatemari: Rina Honnizumi
Yukimi Togakushi: You Taichi
Sachiko Juraku: Yuhko Kaida
Mikura Sado: Aoi Koga
Aoi Mibuomi: Seiichiro Yamashita
Sakura Miharutaki: Rie Takahashi
This series tells the story of Mary Saotome’s gambling feats one year before Yumeko Jabami transferred to her school. The story begins with Mary Saotome, a normal girl, entering the academy.