High Card (HIGH CARD) is a Japanese original anime created by Homura Kawamoto, Hikaru Muno, and TMS Entertainment, which premiered in January 2023. The anime is directed by Junichi Wada at Studio Hibari. The second season is set to premier in January of 2024 .
Plot[]
After discovering that his orphanage was on the brink of closing due to financial stress, Finn, who was living freely on the streets, set out for a casino with the aim of making a fortune. However, nothing could have prepared Finn for the nightmare that was awaiting him.
Once there, Finn encountered a car chase and bloody shootout caused by a man's “lucky” card. Finn will eventually learn what the shootout was about.
The world order can be controlled by a set of 52 X-Playing Cards with the power to bestow different superhuman powers and abilities to the ones that possess them. With these cards, people can access the hidden power of the “buddy” that can be found within themselves.
There is a secret group of players called High Card, who have been directly ordered by the King of Fourland to collect the cards that have been scattered throughout the kingdom, while moonlighting as employees of the luxury car maker Pinochle.
Scouted to become the group's fifth member, Finn soon joins the players on a dangerous mission to find these cards.
However, Who's Who, the rival car maker obsessed with defeating Pinochle, and the Klondikes, the infamous Mafia family, stand in the way of the gang.
A frenzied battle amongst these card obsessed players, fueled by justice, desire, and revenge, is about to begin!
Anime Staff[]
- Director: Junichi Wada (The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan, Caligula, Sakugan)
- Scripts: Kenichi Yamashita, Kazuhiko Inukai, Shingo Nagai
- Character Design: Nozomi Kawano (Radiant)
- Colour Key Artist: Yumi Nagi
- Art Directors: Minoru Ōnishi, Taigorō Suzuki
- CG Director: Masafumi Uchiyama
- Compositing Director of Photography: Tomoyuki Kunii
- Action Animation Directors/Key Animators: Shunpei Mochizuki, Junichi Hayama
- Effects Animation Director: Takashi Hashimoto
- Sound Director: Shōko Hata
- Card Design: BALCOLONY.
- Concept Art: Reoen (Flat Studio)
- Animation Production: Studio Hibari
- Production: TMS Entertainment
- Series Composition: Naoki Kuroyanagi
- Chief Animation Supervisor: Nozomi Kawano, Haruna Nagata
- Editor: Rie Itō
- Sound Effects: Hiromune Kurahashi
- Music: Ryō Takahashi
Cast[]
- Gen Satou as Finn Oldman
- Toshiki Masuda as Chris Redgrave
- Shun Horie as Leo Constantine Pinochle
- Haruka Shiraishi as Wendy Sato
- Yuuichirou Umehara as Vijay Kumar Singh
- Kazuhiro Yamaji as Bernard Symons
- Daisuke Ono as Theodore Constantine Pinochle
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as Owen Alldays
- Toshihiko Seki as Norman Kingstat
- Shunsuke Takeuchi as Blist Blitz Broadhurst
- Mie Sonozaki as Brandy Blumenthal
- Tomokazu Seki as Ban Klondike
- Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Tilt
- Chiharu Sawashiro as Bobby Ball
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as Greg Young
- Rie Takahashi as Sugar Peas
- Eiji Hanawa as Lindsey Betz
- Shigeru Chiba as Lucky Lunchman
Theme Song Performances[]
- Opening: "Trickster" by FIVE NEW OLD
- Ending: "Squad!" by Meychan
Episode List[]
To make changes to the Season 2 Episode: Season 2 Template
| # | Image | Season 2 | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 |  |
KNIGHTMARE | January 8, 2024 |
| 14 |   |
TRUTH OF THE HERO | January 15, 2024 |
| 15 |   |
ANSWER THE DOOR | January 22, 2024 |
| 16 |   |
ONCE UPON A TIME | January 29, 2024 |
| 17 |   |
LOOK AT ME | February 5, 2024 |
| 18 |   |
HOLD YOUR HAND | February 12, 2024 |
| 19 |   |
PRISONERS | February 19, 2024 |
| 20 |   |
LALA VALDENKLEIN | February 26, 2024 |
| 21 |   |
COMING DAY | March 4, 2024 |
| 22 |   |
WINNER OR LOSER | March 11, 2024 |
| 23 |   |
SWEET HOME | March 18, 2024 |
| 24 |   |
LAST SHOT | March 25, 2024 |
To make changes to the Season 1 Episode: Season 1 Template
| # | Image | Season 1 | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 
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ONE SHOT | January 9, 2023 |
| 02 | 
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MAKE A CHOICE | January 16, 2023 |
| 03 | 
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CRAZY RICH | January 23, 2023 |
| 04 | 
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SAMURAI GIRL | January 30, 2023 |
| 05 | 
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POWER GAME | February 6, 2023 |
| 06 | 
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TAKE BACK FIVE | February 13, 2023 |
| 07 | 
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LOVE & FAKE | February 20, 2023 |
| 08 | 
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HEAT UP | February 27, 2023 |
| 09 | 
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BY YOUR SIDE | March 6, 2023 |
| 10 | <
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TO BE APART | March 13, 2023 |
| 11 | 
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CHRIS | March 20, 2023 |
| 12 | 
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FINN | March 27, 2023 |
Trailers[]
