- See also: List of Kakegurui animated media
Kakegurui is an Japanese animated series developed by MAPPA animation studio and originally aired in July 2017. The first season was announced through a promotional video published by the company Square Enix and noted that, at the time of release, the manga two million copies in circulation. Regular broadcasting ran from July 1, 2017 to September 23, 2017, with the final episode being an anime original episode drafted by Homura Kawamoto, one of the creators of the manga.
During the "Hyakkaou Private Academy Cultural Festival" event on Saturday, January 6, 2018, a second season, Kakegurui ×× was announced. The second season of the anime, officially titled Kakegurui××, started airing on January 9, 2019. The final episode was broadcasted on March 27, 2019.
The series is licensed and streamed by Netfilx and was later released outside of Japan on February 1, 2018 with an English Dub. The second season with an English dub was added June 13, 2019. On October 2021[1], Sentai Filmworks announced a Blu-Ray edition of the first season with a unique cast dubbing the English translation and in 2022 is set to release Season 2 to Blu-Ray including the re-dubbed cast.
An official Twitter account and a website have been launched for the anime.
Kakegurui — (Season 1, 2017)[]
Overview[]
Yumeko Jabami enters the schooland and begins to stir the pot. With her friends Ryota Suzui and Mary Saotome by her side, she slowly chips away at the Student Council, eventually meeting the President of the academy for a grand gamble.
The opening song is Deal with the Devil, the ending is LAYon-theLINE and special ending song Is Russian Roulette of Love for episode 9.
The first two episodes were previewed at a screening on June 23, 2017 and regular broadcasting ran from July 1, 2017 to September 23, 2017.
List of Episodes[]
| Nr. | Episode title | Japanese airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Girl named Yumeko Jabami | July 1, 2017 |
| 2 | A Boring Girl | July 8, 2017 |
| 3 | The Slit-Eyed Girl | July 15, 2017 |
| 4 | The Girl Who Became a Pet | July 22, 2017 |
| 5 | The Girl Who Became Human | July 29, 2017 |
| 6 | Tempting Girl | August 12, 2017 |
| 7 | Refusing Girl | August 19, 2017 |
| 8 | Love-Dancing Girl | August 26, 2017 |
| 9 | Dreaming Girl | September 2, 2017 |
| 10 | Selecting Girl | September 9, 2017 |
| 11 | The Girl Who Bets Her Life | September 16, 2017 |
| 12 | The Girl Who Gambles Compulsively | September 23, 2017 |
Special[]
To celebrate the anime's first season:
- A crazy lines contest was held.
- For Tanabata, a contest called Nanagurui was held.
- Icons were released, more specifically, to celebrate the 10,000 twitter followers of the official kakegurui account.
- From June 26th to July 1st, prior to the release of the first episode, cut scenes were shown on Twitter, every day. It was named the 'Twitter Madness Campaign'.
- Voice actors gambled. 5 fans who guessed the winner beforehand received a large poster.
Picture Drama Shorts[]
- Main article: Picture Drama Shorts
Alongside the first season's DVD, 3 short films were included featuring short omake-like stories.
- Hyakkaou's Maid Café (メイド茶店百花王, meido kissa hyakkaou)
- Hyakkaou, the School of Cat ears (猫耳学園百花王, nekomimi gakuen hyakkaou)
- The Student Council's Coffee Shop Plan (生徒会 ☆ 喫茶店計画, seitokai kissaten keikaku).
Kakegurui ×× – (Season 2, 2019)[]
Overview[]
There is a presidential election, which of course works through gambling. Just as that is announced, a group of people, all tied to the Momobamis arrive at the school, fighting for the seat. Yumeko and her friends are as always in the middle of everything...
The opening song is Kono Yubi Tomare and the ending is AlegriA.
The episodes were broadcasted from January 9, 2019 to March 27, 2019.
List of Episodes[]
| Nr. | Episode title | Japanese airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gambling Women Again | January 8, 2019 |
| 2 | The Women Of Momobami Clan | January 15, 2019 |
| 3 | Do Not Touch This Woman | January 22, 2019 |
| 4 | Communicating Women | January 29, 2019 |
| 5 | The Connected Woman | February 5, 2019 |
| 6 | The Hollywood Star | February 12, 2019 |
| 7 | The Treacherous Woman | February 19, 2019 |
| 8 | The Winning Woman | February 26, 2019 |
| 9 | The Woman By Her Side | March 5, 2019 |
| 10 | The Logical Woman | March 12, 2019 |
| 11 | The Woman Who Bears The X | March 19, 2019 |
| 12 | The Null Woman | March 26, 2019 |
Special[]
To celebrate the anime's return for a second season:
- Three visuals were released.
Tower of Doors Visual
Yumeko Visual
Season 1 Characters Visual - Seven bonus chapters by Taku Kawamura were published. Each of them about something that happened in season 1.
- Chapter 1 is Yumeko's arrival. 2 is Yumeko vs Mary and then Yumeko vs Itsuki. 3 is Yumeko vs Yuriko, followed by Yumeko & Mary vs Jun & Nanami. In the 4th chapter, Jun bullies Nanami. After, Midari points her gun at Ryota's head and actually shoots him. In chapter 5, Yumeko does the same but with Midari. Then, she begins the game against Yumemi. Chapter 6 continues their game. Followed by Kirari, posing as Ririka, setting up the gamble between Kaede and Yumeko. Chapter 7 shows Kaede's state after he lost against Yumeko. It ends with the game opposing Kirari to Yumeko and Ryota.
- Videos released about the cast members gambling with each other.
Differences between anime and manga[]
- In Chapter 44, Itsuki stated to be the only first year student in the top ranks, which would mean that Miyo is a second or third year, since she was in the top ranks as well. However, in Chapter 51, Mary looks for Miyo in the first-year classroom, where students confirm that Miyo and Miri have been absent, meaning that Miyo would be a first year student. The anime, however, fixes this plot hole by disregarding the comment that Itsuki is the only first year in the top ranks and making Miyo consistently a first year.
- In Kakegurui Twin, Mary takes over library prep room number two, where it becomes her gambling den. However, in Chapter 10, Sakura waltzes in since library prep room number was where Midari and her crew are hanging out. Where the problem lies is that Sakura was supposed to be walking at the library prep room number one, not two. There’s a proven by Chapter 35 of the original series where Yumeko, Erimi and Inaho walk into library prep room number one to gamble, and they find Midari and her posse.
- In Chapter 57, it is stated that Ibara cannot tell a lie since birth. He states they physically cannot tell a lie, but that was not the case earlier in the series. In Chapter 48, during the Greater Good gambling game in the fourth round, when Yumeko and Kaede claimed that they will not pay any more taxes in an attempt to drive out the traitor, Ibara says that he will follow suit. Obviously, Ibara not paying was proven to be a lie as everyone paid their taxes in the fourth round.
- In Chapter 37, we see the first color page featuring Erimi. Here, we can clearly see that she originally had blue eyes. However, in the anime, she had heterochromia with her left eye being blue and her right being pink. In the anime, Kirari and Ririka have some enhancements as they are much more well endowed their chest area in comparison to the anime, where there are more flat.
Gallery[]
Videos[]
Trivia[]
- The Netflix and Sentia Filmworks English dubs contain separate voice casts.