King's Game: The Animation

King's Game: The Animation

王様ゲーム The Animation
Ended First aired 05/Oct/2017 Japan Japanese 1 season(s) 12 episode(s)
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Kanazawa Nobuaki has transferred to a high school far from where he used to live. Due to an incident at his old school, Nobuaki is afraid of getting close to his new classmates and keeps himself at a distance, but he starts opening up because of a sports day inter-class relay. Then a single text message from someone calling themselves the "King" is sent to everyone in class. Nobuaki's classmates think it's a simple prank and don't take it seriously - but Nobuaki knows that a death game is about to begin, and struggles to oppose it...
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Season 1 · Season 1
12 episode(s) · Air date: 05/Oct/2017
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S1E12
Demise (End | Grudge)
Air date: 21/Dec/2017 · Time: 23:30 · Runtime: 25 min
Summary

The survivors of the race barely have any time to catch their breath before the next grotesque order arrives from King. Can Nobuaki and Natsuko put their differences aside to find a way to end the King's Game?

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The survivors of the race barely have any time to catch their breath before the next grotesque order arrives from King. Can Nobuaki and Natsuko put their differences aside to find a way to end the King's Game?

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S1E11
Advance (Forward | Invade)
Air date: 14/Dec/2017 · Time: 23:30 · Runtime: 25 min
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Nobuaki and Riona are still in last place of the deadly race, with a scheduled punishment coming up--how will they decide who survives?

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Nobuaki and Riona are still in last place of the deadly race, with a scheduled punishment coming up--how will they decide who survives?

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S1E9
Solidarity (Wedge | Binds)
Air date: 30/Nov/2017 · Time: 23:30 · Runtime: 25 min
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Teruaki carries out a plan to take back the upper hand from Natsuko, who stole Teruaki and Nobuaki's phones--but will it work?

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Teruaki carries out a plan to take back the upper hand from Natsuko, who stole Teruaki and Nobuaki's phones--but will it work?

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S1E8
Determination (Blood | Judgment)
Air date: 23/Nov/2017 · Time: 23:30 · Runtime: 25 min
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Riona asks Nobuaki to meet her--and shares a secret about Natsuko. Plus, the new day brings with it a new order for everyone in class...

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Riona asks Nobuaki to meet her--and shares a secret about Natsuko. Plus, the new day brings with it a new order for everyone in class...

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S1E6
Revolt (Counter | Oppress)
Air date: 09/Nov/2017 · Time: 23:30 · Runtime: 25 min
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Only ten members of Nobuaki's original class remain. This time, the number of lives that will be claimed is left up to a gruesome game of chance...

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Only ten members of Nobuaki's original class remain. This time, the number of lives that will be claimed is left up to a gruesome game of chance...

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S1E5
Wail (Karma | Tears)
Air date: 02/Nov/2017 · Time: 23:30 · Runtime: 25 min
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The death count rises as Nobuaki and classmates try to find a way out of the game. Can they figure out the meaning of the cryptic newest order before it kills them all?

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The death count rises as Nobuaki and classmates try to find a way out of the game. Can they figure out the meaning of the cryptic newest order before it kills them all?

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S1E4
Breakthrough (Solution | Hades)
Air date: 26/Oct/2017 · Time: 23:30 · Runtime: 25 min
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Nobuaki, Kenta, and Mizuki leave for the abandoned village where the first King's Game took place. On the trip, Nobuaki tells them what happened when he theorized that King was a member of his old class...

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Nobuaki, Kenta, and Mizuki leave for the abandoned village where the first King's Game took place. On the trip, Nobuaki tells them what happened when he theorized that King was a member of his old class...

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S1E3
Friendship (Melting Emotion)
Air date: 19/Oct/2017 · Time: 23:30 · Runtime: 25 min
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Kenta comes to Nobuaki's rescue, but a suddenly changed Natsuko urges Mizuki to kill both of them. Then, Nobuaki continues the story of the last King's Game, which moved on to a deadly popularity vote...

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Kenta comes to Nobuaki's rescue, but a suddenly changed Natsuko urges Mizuki to kill both of them. Then, Nobuaki continues the story of the last King's Game, which moved on to a deadly popularity vote...

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S1E2
Chaos (Scars Disorder)
Air date: 12/Oct/2017 · Time: 23:30 · Runtime: 25 min
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Nobuaki begins to tell the story of the King's Game that happened at his old school to his new classmates, who have just witnessed the death of one of their own firsthand. The orders started out simple enough, but quickly escalated...

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Nobuaki begins to tell the story of the King's Game that happened at his old school to his new classmates, who have just witnessed the death of one of their own firsthand. The orders started out simple enough, but quickly escalated...

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Begin Again (Break Again)
Air date: 05/Oct/2017 · Time: 23:30 · Runtime: 25 min
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Transfer student Kanazawa Nobuaki has a secret--one that makes him afraid of making friends with his new class. His classmates aren't so easily pushed away, and start breaking down the wall around his heart. But it might all fall apart when the entire class recieves orders for something called the King's Game...

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Transfer student Kanazawa Nobuaki has a secret--one that makes him afraid of making friends with his new class. His classmates aren't so easily pushed away, and start breaking down the wall around his heart. But it might all fall apart when the entire class recieves orders for something called the King's Game...

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Mamoru Miyano
Mamoru Miyano
Nobuaki Kanazawa (voice)
Mao Ichimichi
Mao Ichimichi
Chiemi Honda (voice)
Sasaki Yusuke
Sasaki Yusuke
Akamatsu Kenta (voice)
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Ria Iwamura (voice)

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Hideto Nakahara
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Kojiro Hayashi
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Tokihiro Sasaki
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Kazuto Horikawa
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Naoko Kunioka
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Noritomo Isogai
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Taisuke Hashirayama
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Takamasa Takeuchi
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Mika Ito
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Masakatsu Oomuro
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