The boy detectives of author Edogawa Ranpo’s famed mystery stories get a fresh makeover in Trickster, a new anime that begins streaming tomorrow on Crunchyroll as part of the fall season of simulcasts!





Trickster begins streaming tomorrow, Monday 10/3, at 10:35am PT and will be available to viewers in the following territories: USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands.





About Trickster





Based on the works by Ranpo Edogawa comes a new mystery thriller. Kensuke Hanasaki meets a mysterious boy named Yoshio Kobayashi who, due to an unexplained fog, cannot die though he wishes for death. Intrigued by this boy, Kensuke invites him to join the Boys’ Detective Team and their work around the city. But danger awaits and their fate will lead them down a dark path.

Main staff:

Director: Masahiro Mukai (Hyperdimension Neptunia The Animation)

Scenarios/Series Composition: Erika Yoshida (Tiger & Bunny, Heroine Shikkaku)

Original Character Design: PEACH-PIT (Rozen Maiden, Shugo Chara!)

Anime Character Design: Shinya Yamada (Your Lie in April animation director)

Music: Yuuki Hayashi (Haikyu!!, My Hero Academia)

Anime Production: TMS Entertainment (Detective Conan), Shin-Ei Animation (Crayon Shin-chan)

Yoshio Kobayashi (CV: Daiki Yamashita)/Kensuke Hanasaki (Ryota Oosaka)

Patrick Macias is editor in chief of Crunchyroll News & Otaku USA magazine.

He is also the writer of HYPERSONIC music club, Paranoia Girls, & PARK Harajuku: Crisis Team!



