NTV announced on Tuesday a television anime adaptation of Mikoto Yamaguchi and Yuuki Satou's Tomodachi Game (Friends Games) manga, revealing the main cast, staff members, and a teaser visual (pictured). The anime is scheduled to premiere in April 2022 on NTV and BS NTV.

Synopsis
Yuuichi Katagiri has battled financial hardships his whole life but has learned to stay content and positive thanks to his close circle of friends. To keep a promise he made to them, Yuuichi saves up enough money to join them on the school trip. But when the gathered money mysteriously goes missing, suspicion falls on two of Yuuichi's friends: Shiho Sawaragi and Makoto Shibe, who were in charge of collecting the payments. Although innocent, Shiho and Makoto take responsibility for the failure to protect the money when no one else comes forward.

A few days later, Yuuichi and his friends receive mysterious letters which trick each of them into meeting up. Upon arrival, they are ambushed and knocked unconscious. They wake up in a mysterious room in the presence of "Manabu-kun," a character from a controversial children's show that stopped airing due to its malicious content. He informs the group that one of them indirectly gathered them together in order to settle a large debt. They are to play a "friendship game": a series of games that will test the strength of their bond and trust in each other. As the group's faith wavers due to the growing number of secrets and betrayals, Yuuichi must figure out who of his "friends" he can actually trust and ultimately discover the identity of the traitor. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Cast
Yuuichi Katagiri: Chiaki Kobayashi (Sonny Boy)
Tenji Mikasa: Daiki Hamano (SSSS.Dynazenon)
Shiho Sawaragi: Yume Miyamoto (Blue Period)
Makoto Shibe: Tomohiro Ono (Munou na Nana)
Yutori Kokorogi: Satomi Amano (Tamayomi)

Staff
Director: Hirofumi Ogura (Kuroshitsuji II)
Series Composition, Script: Kenta Ihara (Youjo Senki)
Character Design: Satomi Miyazaki (Shingeki no Kyoujin animation director)
Art Director: Siman Wei (Studio Tulip) (Satsuriku no Tenshi)
Art Setting: Tsukasa Ohira (Studio Tulip) (Muv-Luv Alternative)
Color Design: Aiko Mizuno (Hataraku Saibou)
Director of Photography: Yomogiko Murano (Raretrick) (Kono Oto Tomare!)
Music: Michiru (7 Seeds)
Sound Production: Studio Mausu
Sound Director: Hiroto Morishita (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou)
Studio: Okuruto Noboru

Yamaguchi and Satou began serializing the psychological survival manga in Bessatsu Shounen Magazine in December 2013. Kodansha will ship the 19th volume on November 9. The manga has a cumulative 3.7 million copies of its volumes in circulation.

Tomodachi Game received two live-action movies and a television series in 2017 in Japan.

Official Twitter: @tomodachi_anime

Source: Mantan Web

Tomodachi Game on MAL