The official Twitter account for Great Pretender released a new trailer. The anime will have an advance streaming of episode 1 through 5 on 2 June 2020 via Netflix. It is unknown if it will be available outside of Netflix Japan early. Fuji TV’s +Ultra block will broadcast the show on 9 July.
Netflix will stream Episode 6 through 10 on 9 June and episode 11 through 14 on 16 June.
Wit Studio is in charge of the animation production. The main staff includes director Hiro Kaburagi, screenwriter Ryota Kosawa, and character designer Yoshiyuki Sadomoto. All three were present at Anime Expo 2019 world premiere of episode 1.
Anime News Network encyclopedia describes the show as:
Makoto Edamura is a con man who is said to be “Japan’s greatest swindler.” One day, after trying to pickpocket a foreigner, Edamura finds that all of his money was stolen instead. Chasing the man down all the way to Los Angeles, he learns the foreigner is Laurent Thierry, a French con man who has ties to international criminal organizations. After Edamura follows Thierry and thwarts his big drug deal, Edamura gets tied up and left to die on the famous Hollywood sign.
Source: Great Pretender website
