Kakegurui Is Getting Its Own Live-Action TV Series

Will The Gamble Pay Off?

Kakegurui is likely to go down as one of the best anime to come out of 2017, offering a narrative that was just as enjoyably crazy as our unstable protagonist. While the topic of gambling is still shown to be a dangerous one that can lower a person’s moral and financial standings, the series somehow found a way to make each game highly enjoyable. Again, probably down to Yumeko being so delightfully crazy we can’t wait to see what situation she gets thrown into next.

Following in the wake of its success, it seems that Kakegurui is headed towards the small screen once again, only this time in live-action.

According to an article on Crunchyroll –

Place your bets, everyone! Kakegurui, a high-stakes high school gambling manga written by Homura Kawamoto and illustrated by Toru Naomura, is being adapted into a live-action TV drama that will join the “Drama-ism” programming block on MBS (Mainichi Broadcasting System) and TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System) in January of 2018.

The live-action TV series is directed by Tsutomu Hanabusa (Heroine Shikkaku, Asahinagu), and it will air on MBS on Sundays during the 24:50 time slot (actually at 12:50 AM JST on Monday morning) beginning on January 14, 2018, and on TBS on Tuesdays during the 25:28 time slot (actually at 1:28 AM JST on Wednesday morning) beginning on January 16, 2018.

Kakegurui was previously adapted into a 2017 TV anime with direction by Yuichiro Hayashi and animation by MAPPA. The animated version of Kakegurui will be distributed on Netflix in the United States beginning in 2018.

The original Kakegurui manga is published in Square Enix’s Monthly Gangan Joker shōnen manga magazine. An English language version of the original Kakegurui manga is available via digital distribution from Yen Press under the title Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler. Yen Press describes the story of Kakegurui as follows:

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!