Series synopsis
Trickster is a Japanese action & adventure animation mystery television series that premiered on Tokyo MX on October 4, 2016. It ended on March 28, 2017. It stars Ryota Osaka, GACKT, Daiki Yamashita and Ibuki Kido.
It is the 2030s. The Boy Detectives Club gathers under Kogorō Akechi, the mysterious detective. The group solves cases great and small using their unique skills. One day, a member of the club, Kensuke Hanazaki, meets the boy Yoshio Kobayashi. Kobayashi's body cannot die due to the effects of the "Unidentifiable Mist," but he yearns for death, and shirks from contact with other people. Taking an interest in him, Hanazaki invites him to join the Boy Detectives Club. Their meeting is connected to t ...
Premise
It is the 2030s. The Boy Detectives Club gathers under Kogorō Akechi, the mysterious detective. The group solves cases great and small using their unique skills. One day, a member of the club, Kensuke Hanazaki, meets the boy Yoshio Kobayashi. Kobayashi's body cannot die due to the effects of the "Unidentifiable Mist," but he yearns for death, and shirks from contact with other people. Taking an interest in him, Hanazaki invites him to join the Boy Detectives Club. Their meeting is connected to the fate tying together Kogorō Akechi, and the era's greatest villain, the Fiend With Twenty Faces.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Ryota Osaka as Kensuke Hanasaki (voice)
- GACKT as Kaijin Nijuu Mensou (voice)
- Daiki Yamashita as Yoshio Kobayashi (voice)
- Ibuki Kido
- Azusa Tadokoro
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 26 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 2 | December 22, 2016 | December 29, 2016 |
| Season 1 | 24 | October 4, 2016 | March 28, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | December 22, 2016 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | December 29, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mirage on D. Hill The Boy Detectives' Club searches for answers when a security robot goes on a rampage in Shibuya in the year 203X. |
October 4, 2016 |
| 2 |
The Golden Tracker A young woman approaches the Boy Detectives' Club and asks them to find the intended recipient of a series of threat letters her boyfriend made. |
October 11, 2016 |
| 3 |
The Hopeless on the Tower Kobayashi somehow feels that maybe he can die if he stays with Hanasaki, so he joins the Boy Detectives' Club. |
October 18, 2016 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Tokyo MX |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 4, 2016 |
| Last aired | March 28, 2017 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Monday at 01:05:00 |