High Card Season 2 anime has revealed the first trailer confirming that the series will debut in January 2024. The franchise has also confirmed a stage adaptation titled High Card the STAGE for January with more information yet to come.
Based on a mixed media project by TMS Entertainment, Homura Kawamoto, and Hikaru Muno, the series navigates the riveting journey of protagonist Finn as he and his companions seek to reclaim the mysterious Cards that grant superhuman abilities.
The first season introduced us to Finn, an orphan who turns to a casino in a desperate bid to save his financially beleaguered orphanage. In this world, 52 unique X-Playing Cards bestow varying superhuman powers and abilities, allowing individuals to access the dormant potential of the “buddy” within them. Recruited by the secret group of players High Card, Finn and his crew work under the orders of the king of Fourland to collect these scattered cards, leading double lives as employees of the luxury car manufacturer, Pinochle.
The upcoming season promises an escalation in the storyline, as revealed in the recently unveiled first promotional video. The story takes a significant turn when the ominous Black Knight, who once took the lives of Finn’s family, reappears before him. As hinted at in the trailer, this season will delve deeper into the intensifying feud with Fourland Kingdom’s prominent mafia organization, the Klondike Family
Returning for the second season, Junichi Wada will continue as the director, with Naoki Kuroyanagi handling series composition. The cast also sees the return of Gen Satō as Finn Oldman and Toshiki Masuda as Chris Redgrave.
Additionally, the second installment of the novel, High Card – ♧3Green Green & ♡5Calories High, will begin serialization in the October issue of Newtype, published by KADOKAWA, on September 8. Centering on Vijay Kumar and Chris, the novel will be written by Hikaru Muno.
▍High Card Anime Staff & Production
Original Draft: TMS, Homura Kawamoto, Hikaru Muno
Director: Junichi Wada
Series Composition: Naoki Kuroyanagi
Screenplay: Kenichi Yamashita, Kazuhiko Inukai, Shingo Nagai
Character Draft: Ebimo
Character Design/Chief Animation Supervisor: Nozomi Kawano
Chief Animation Supervisor: Mayumi Watanabe
Key Animator/Action Animation Director: Shunpei Mochizuki, Junichi Hayama
Key Animator/Effect Animation Director: Takashi Hashimoto
Color Design: Yumi Nanmoku
Art Director: Minoru Onishi (BIG STUDIO), Teruhiko Tanida (J.C.STAFF)
Cinematographer: Tomoyuki Kunii
CG Director: Masafumi Uchiyama
Editor: Rie Ito (Morita Editing Room)
Card Design: BALCOLONY.
Concept Art: reoenl (FLAT STUDIO)
Sound Director: Shoji Hata
Sound Effects: Hiromune Kurahashi
Music: Ryo Takahashi
Animation Production: Studio Hibari
Produced by: TMS Entertainment, Studio 6
Produced by: HIGH CARD Project
▍High Card Anime Cast
■ Finn Oldman – CV: Gen Satō
■ Chris Redgrave – CV: Toshiki Masuda
■ Leo Constantine Pinochle – CV: Shun Horie
■ Wendy Sato – CV: Haruka Shiraishi
■ Vijay Kumar Singh – CV: Yūichirō Umehara
■ Bernard Symons – CV: Kazuhiro Yamaji
■ Theodore Constantine Pinochle – CV: Daisuke Ono
■ Owen Alldays – CV: Nobunaga Shimazaki
■ Ban Klondike – CV: Tomokazu Seki
■ Tilt – CV: Toshiyuki Toyonaga
■ Greg Young – CV: Toshiyuki Morikawa
■ Sugar Peas – CV: Rie Takahashi
■ Norman Kingstadt – CV: Toshihiko Seki
■ Brist Blitz Broadhurst – CV: Shunsuke Takeuchi
■ Brandy Blumenthal – CV: Mie Sonozaki