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Live-Action Kakegurui Show's 1st Video Previews Cast
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The official website for the live-action series Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler manga began streaming a 30-second video for the series on Sunday. The video reveals that the original manga has 3.7 million copies in print.
The show stars:
Mahiro Takasugi as Ryōta Suzui
Aoi Morikawa as Mary Saotome
Taishi Nakagawa as Kaede Manyūda
Yurika Nakamura as Sayaka Igarashi
Natsume Mito as Runa Yomotsuki
Ruka Matsuda as Itsuki Sumeragi
Natsumi Okamoto as Yuriko Nishinotōin
Yūma Yamoto as Jun Kiwatari
Kiyo Matsumoto as Nanami Tsubomi
Miki Yanagi as Midari Ikishima
The show is slated to premiere on Asahinagu) is directing the series.
The manga launched in licensed the manga and describes the story:
Hyakkaou Private Academy. An institution for the privileged with a very peculiar curriculum. You see, when you're the sons and daughters of the wealthiest of the wealthy, it's not athletic prowess or book smarts that keep you ahead. It's reading your opponent, the art of the deal. What better way to hone those skills than with a rigorous curriculum of gambling? At Hyakkaou Private Academy, the winners live like kings, and the losers are put through the wringer. But when Yumeko Jabami enrolls, she's gonna teach these kids what a high roller really looks like!
The manga inspired a television anime series that ran from July getting a second season.
Source: Comic Natalie
