Since its publication in the pages of Bessatsu Shonen Magazine, a magazine published by Kodansha, in December 2013, Tomodachi game has managed to pique the interest of many readers, who will soon be able to witness the animated adaptation of the studio Okuruto Noboru. Let’s see together all the news about the anime.
Although it was already in the news to keep tabs on the spring season, the series’ official release date had not yet been defined. In a single move, however, the official website of the implementation includes both the official trailer and the opening theme “Double Shuffle” composed by Nana Mizukiand lots of information.
The video immediately reveals the dark and sometimes disturbing atmosphere of the psychological thriller conceived by Mikoto Yamaguchi and illustrated by Yuki Sato. They were also disseminated the first official character designswhich will be confirmed by Chiaki Kobayashi in the role of protagonist Yuichi Katagiri, Daki Hamano in that of Tenji Mikasa, while Yume Miyamoto, Tomohiro Ono and Satomi Amano will play Shiho Sawaragi, Makoto Shibe and the writers Kokorogi, respectively.
As confirmed in the last screenshot of the trailer, the anime is Tomodachi Game debuts April 5, 2022 at midnight, and for those interested, here’s a brief synopsis of the story: Yuichi is a boy with a brilliant college career and four friends with quite a complicated life. However, his rest is disturbed when Around 2 million yen for travel expenses seem to be disappearing into nothing. The mystery is solved when Yuichi ends up getting involved in a mysterious game with a cash prize that will leave him with a very difficult decision: friends or money.