Great Pretender (グレートプリテンダー Gurēto Puritendā) is an original Japanese crime comedy anime television series produced by Wit Studio, directed by Hiro Kaburagi and written by Ryōta Kosawa.
The series premiered on July 8, 2020 on Fuji TV's +Ultra anime programming block. The first case (Los Angeles Connection) received a June 2, 2020 release on Netflix in Japan ahead of its television debut.
The series' first three cases (Los Angeles Connection, Singapore Sky, and Snow of London) were released worldwide on Netflix on August 20, 2020.
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Part |
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Makoto Edamura "Edamame" |
Chiaki Kobayashi | Alan Lee | 1-2 |
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¿? (child; ep. 4) |
Griffin Robert Faulkner | 1 | |
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Laurent Thierry | Junichi Suwabe | Aaron Phillips | 1-2 |
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Ami Naitō (child) |
Kaia Lilien | ||
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Abigail Jones | Natsumi Fujiwara | Kausar Mohammed | 1-2 |
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Cynthia Moore | Mie Sonozaki | Laura Post | 1-2 |
| Secondary Characters | ||||
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Seiji Ozaki | Shunsuke Sakuya | Kirk Thornton | 1-2 |
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Kim Si-Won | Kujira | Karen Huie | 1-2 |
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Eddie Cassano | Atsushi Ono | Fred Tatasciore | 1 |
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Sam Ibrahim | Fuminori Komatsu | Abe Martell | 1 |
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Clark Ibrahim | Chikahiro Kobayashi | Ariyan Kassam | 1-2 |
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James Coleman | Yoshito Yasuhara | Trevor Devall | 1 |
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Salazar | Ryōta Takeuchi | Alain Mesa | 1 |
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Lewis Müller | Kenji Nomura | Neil Kaplan | 1 |
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Isabelle Müller | Mayumi Sako | Lipica Shah | 1 |
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Thomas Meyer | Daisuke Hirakawa | Eric Tiede | 1 |
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Dorothy | Yuka Komatsu | Laura Stahl | 2 |
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Liu Xiao | Shūhei Sakaguchi | Vic Chao | 2 |
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Akemi Suzaku | Gara Takashima | Sachiko Hayashi | 2 |
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Ishigami | Tomokazu Seki | James Taku Leung | 2 |
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Chen | Tsuguo Mogami | ¿? | 2 |
| Recurring Characters | ||||
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Kudo | Yōhei Tadano | Mike Pollock | 1-2 |
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Miki Edamura | Ayumi Tsunematsu | Veronica Taylor | 1-2 |
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Christina | Yurika Hino | Tiana Camacho | 1 |
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Inspector Anderson | Atsuki Tani | Jamieson Price | 1 |
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Tom | Atsumi Tanezaki | Griffin Robert Faulkner | 1 |
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Sapata | Ryō Sugisaki | ¿? | 1 |
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Marie | Yūki Wakai | Cassandra Lee Morris | 1 |
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Fara Brown | Takako Honda | Julie Nathanson | 1 |
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Tim | Shūgo Nakamura | Rich Orlow | 1 |
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Manager | Shinya Hamazoe | ¿? | 1 |
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Kawin | Hana Satō | Erick Abbate | 2 |
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Episode |
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| Part 1 | ||||
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Officer Wada | Ikkyū Juku | Joe Ochman | 2 |
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Razzie | Akio Ōtsuka | Neil Kaplan | 3 |
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Ed | Hiroki Gotō | Wolf Williams | 4 |
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Paula Dickins | Sayuri Sadaoka | Karen Huie | 5 |
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Shogo Nakanoshima | Yōhei Tadano | Steve Kramer | 6 |
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Danny | Shiro Gō | Michael Sorich | |
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Dyshana | Haruka Ōminami | Carrie Keranen | |
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Toto Vialli | Volcano Ōta | ¿? | 7 |
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Kevin | Wataru Komada | ¿? | 8 |
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Caio Bisconti | Yūki Inoue | Kyle McCarley | 9 |
| Part 2 | ||||
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Komada | Wataru Komada | Vic Chao | 15 |
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Emma Thierry | Aya Endō | Claire Dodin | 18 |
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Hugo | Kenta Sasa | J.B. Blanc | |
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Benjamin | Soichi Abe | Dave B. Mitchell | 19 |
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Vittorio | ¿? | ¿? | |
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Artist Girl | ¿? | ¿? | 23 |
Additional Voices[]
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Credits[]
Transmission via Streaming[]
| Company | Date | Category | Format | Content | Classification | Country | |
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August 20, 2020 (Part 1) |
Anime / Netflix Original Series |
Digital | 14 eps | TV-MA | United States | 
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| November 25, 2020 (Part 2) |
9 eps | ||||||
External Links[]
- Great Pretender at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Great Pretender at the Internet Movie Database