Back in December 2023, Homura Kawamoto and Toru Naomura’s Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler manga went on a hiatus with no return date in place. The plan was for the writer/artist duo to “prepare and recharge” for what’s to come in the series. Well, it would …Read more »
It’s almost the end of the road for Kakegurui Twin, Kei Saiki’s manga spinoff of Homura Kawamoto and Toru Naomura’s Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler manga. According to the May issue of Square Enix’s Gangan Joker magazine, the series will end in the next issue, which …Read more »
Kakegurui (Kakkokari) is a spinoff manga by Taku Kawamura that’s based on Homura Kawamoto and Toru Naomura’s Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler series, and it’s about to come to an end. According to the September issue of Square Enix’s Gangan Joker magazine, the final chapter is …Read more »
More high-stakes gambling is on the table with the announcement that Sentai Filmworks has licensed the Kakegurui XX anime. Studio MAPPA’s sequel has been acquired for the United States, Canada, and Latin America, with a home video release lined up for Q1 2022. Yuichiro Hayashi …Read more »
The second live-action Kakegurui movie was originally supposed to open in Japan on April 29, but the COVID-19 pandemic and the State of Emergency orders issued as a result caused multiple delays. Its first postponement pushed it to May 12, and now the sequel is …Read more »
Writer Homura Kawamoto and illustrator Toru Naomura’s Kakegurui manga has already had its fair share of adaptations, and another is on the way in the form of the live-acton web drama adaptation of the Kakegurui Twin series. This eight-episode take on the prequel story is …Read more »
Another live-action Kakegurui film is on the way, based on the high-stakes gambling manga by writer Homura Kawamoto and illustrator Toru Naomura. The sequel is set to premiere in Japan this May, featuring an original story supervised by Kawamoto and directed by the first film’s …Read more »
Some say the eyes are the windows to the soul. We say the eyes are a good way to know just how powerful your opponent is… or, on the flip side, how adorable. That’s what we’ve learned from staring into a whole lot of anime eyes …Read more »
There’s more live-action Kakegurui on the way! Kakegurui Twin, a manga spinoff of the original Kakegurui, will be getting the live-action treatment in 2021. A prequel to the original, it’ll star Aoi Morikawa as Mary Saotome. Morikawa also played Saotome in the original live-action version. …Read more »
Homura Kawamoto is back. The writer behind gambling manga Kakegurui has created a new manga called Majo Taisen (The War of Greedy Witches) with artist Makoto Shiozuka. The manga features 32 women from the history books like Joan of Arc, Cleopatra, Tomoe Gozen, Marie Antoinette …Read more »
A new Kakegurui live-action film is officially on the way. The official website for the adaptation of writer Homura Kawamoto and artist Toru Naomura’s high stakes gambling manga has been updated to reveal plans for the tentatively-titled Kakegurui: The Movie Part 2. The followup is …Read more »
Smart, dedicated, secretly ruthless poor girl Mary Saotome has earned a scholarship to Hyakkaou Academy, a high school for the ultra-wealthy. Only after enrolling does she discover that Hyakkaou allows gambling and the school culture is based on betting enormous amounts of money and turning …Read more »
Characters new and old are on display in the latest visual for the Kakegurui anime, which returns with a second season, Kakegurui ××, in Japan in January of 2019. Worldwide distribution will follow on Netflix, and you can see the crowded illustration and a peek at some …Read more »
Fans of gambling franchise Kakegurui, take note: we’ve now got a debut month and first look at the second season of the anime. Kakegurui season 2, which is titled Kakegurui xx, will premiere in January 2019. The series will be co-directed by Yuichiro Hayashi, who …Read more »
Ante up for thirst and double down on crazy in the Kakegurui anime! Yumeko Jabami transfers into Hyakkaou Private Academy, a school for the well-to-do and elite, where life-defining connections are made. The only measures of success here are how bad you want it and …Read more »
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