Preview images, main staff, and trailers for the first two episodes of the Trillion Game anime series were revealed on Monday. The series will begin airing with a double-episode release on Thursday, October 3, with studio MADHOUSE handling the animation production. Crunchyroll is streaming Trillion Game with English subtitles.
The following is the main staff for Trillion Game episode 1:
- Episode Director: Kim Min-sun
- Storyboard: Yuuzou Satou
- Screenplay: Ryuunosuke Kingetsu
- Chief Animation Director: Song Jin-hee
- Character Chief Animation Director: Kei Tsuchiya
Check out the episode 2 trailer, staff, and preview images below:
The following is the main staff for Trillion Game episode 2:
- Episode Directors: Tooru Ishida, Kim Bong-deok
- Storyboard: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
- Screenplay: Ryuunosuke Kingetsu
- Chief Animation Director: Ha Yeon-jeong
- Character Chief Animation Director: Ai Yokoyama
Staff and Cast
Yuzo Satou (Kaiji) is the director of Trillion Game and Ryunosuke Kingetsu is in charge of the series composition. Kei Tsuchiya is handling the character designs while Kisuke Koizumi is working as the sound director, Naoto Yamatani on sound effects, and Hironobu Hatanaka as the director of photography. Michiya Katou (Bubble) is also working as the VFX supervisor. All of these staff members were together for the series Gene of AI, another MADHOUSE anime.
Shouya Ishige (Gojo – My Dress-Up Darling) voices one of the main protagonists Manabu Taira while Takeo Ootsuka (Jinshi – The Apothecary Diaries) voices the other as Haru Tennouji, both voice actors were also part of the Gene of AI anime. The rest of the voice cast includes the following:
- Hiroki Touchi as Kazuki Kedouin
- M.A.O as Kirika Kokuryuu
- Masaaki Mizunaka as Nagase
- Rikuya Yasuda as Nanamori
- Ryouta Suzuki as Sakura
- Sayaka Senbongi as Futaba
- Takaya Hashi as Kazuma Kokuryuu
- Yuuki Shin as Ogura
- Yuki Tanaka as Rinrin Takahashi
Trillion Game Manga
The Trillion Game anime series is based on the manga written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami. The 2024 Shogakukan Manga Award winner began serialization in Big Comic Superior in December 2020 and has since published nine volumes. VIZ Media licenses the series in English and released the first volume on September 17, 2024. Volume 2 is set to release on November 19, 2024.
Inagaki is famous for his work as the author of the hit series Dr. Stone and Eyeshield 21. Meanwhile, Ikegami is the same for his illustration work for manga such as Crying Freeman and Heat. The Trillion Game manga has over 1.5 million copies in circulation.
VIZ Media describes the series as such:
After Haru and Gaku become the first Japanese people in the 21st century to be listed among the world’s top-ten billionaires, Gaku reflects on when he and Haru met and the events that led to the founding of their company. What started as a middle school acquaintanceship builds to a fruitful and unorthodox partnership as the two progress on their ruthless path to success.
Source: Official Website, Official X
© Riichiro Inagaki, Ryoichi Ikegami / Shogakukan / “Trillion Game” Anime Production Committee