High Card
High Card (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese multimedia franchise created by Homura Kawamoto, Hikaru Muno, and TMS Entertainment. It consists of a manga series, a novel series, drama CDs, and an anime television series produced by Studio Hibari, which aired from January to March 2023, with its second season aired from January to March 2024. The project's theme is poker, with everything from the title to the names of fictional locations referencing some form of playing card game.
| High Card | |
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| Manga | |
| High Card -♢9 No Mercy | |
| Written by | Homura Kawamoto |
| Illustrated by | Ebimo |
| Published by | Square Enix |
| Magazine | Manga Up! |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | August 31, 2022 – present |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Junichi Wada |
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| Music by | Ryo Takahashi |
| Studio | Studio Hibari |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | AT-X, Tokyo MX, BS11, KBS Kyoto, SUN, TV Aichi |
| Original run | January 9, 2023 – present |
| Episodes | 24 |
During a preview of the anime series at Anime NYC in November 2022, Kawamoto and Muno further explained that High Card was heavily inspired by the Kingsman movies, including their decision to put the setting in a fictional kingdom outside of Japan, hoping to appeal to a wider audience across the world.