He rarely laughs and is somewhat distant to the other D-Agency members.
Following his transfer to a new school, he and a group of other students awaken to a supernatural power known as the Persona. He is a very carefree man who is good at handling women. [6] Three of them were published directly in the novel, but two of them—"Joker Game" and "Robinson"—were first published in Kadokawa Shoten mystery magazine Yasei Jidai on its November 2007 and May 2008 issues respectively.

Joker is the codename for the main protagonist of Persona 5, which is the 6th mainline game in the Persona series (including Persona 2, which has two games to its name), which is itself a spinoff of the Shin Megami Tensei series.

He is soft-spoken and caring, but sometimes when he is against a hostile enemy, he shows a sadistic side. It began its serialization in the March 2016 issue of Mag Garden's Comic Garden Magazine on February 5, 2016, which contained the first two chapters of the manga. [30] It was serialized until 2010,[28] and collected into three tankōbon volumes released between August 28, 2009 and July 30, 2010.
In the end, Shiozuka is revealed to be D-Agency's Fukumoto. Joker is a middleweight who can wall jump. A man, whose passport has the name "Shimano Ryousuke", wakes up with amnesia in Marseille, France. He has a friendly personality, even to Sakuma who was antagonized by most of the members of the agency. ", "Japan Box Office: 'Big Hero 6' Tops Fifth Weekend, 'Exodus' Opens in Fourth", "亀梨和也が"天才スパイ"に！深田恭子＆伊勢谷友介と共演…映画『ジョーカー・ゲーム』", "Japan Cuts 2015 Hibi Rock/Joker Game Yu Irie Exclusive Interview", "Japan Cuts Film Festival at Japan Society Emphasizes the Eccentric", "Joker Game Spy Anime Gets Manga Adaptation in February", "Kenyuu Horiuchi, More Star in Joker Game Anime's Cast", "Joker Game Spy Mystery Anime Will Have 12 Episodes", "Joker Game Anime Reveals Key Visual, Additional Staff, April Premiere", "Joker Game Anime Blu-rays to Include Original Animation", "Crunchyroll, Funimation Announce Partnership to Share Content Via Streaming, Home Video, Est", "柳広司の小説「ジョーカー・ゲーム」、「攻殻機動隊」のProduction I.Gがアニメ化!

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The first, D no Maō (Dの魔王), adapts the first novel and was serialized in the publisher Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits magazine from early 2009[note 1] to August 27, 2009, when it moved to Monthly Big Comic Spirits. The series draws to its close with Odagiri's story, set in Japan. [20][21] Starring Kazuya Kamenashi, Yūsuke Iseya and Kyoko Fukada, it was filmed during April 2014 in Singapore and in Batam, Indonesia. The main part of the episode features Miyoshi's story, set in Germany, whilst also delving a little deeper into Yuuki's past. Rather than turning her over to SMERSH, Tazaki recruits Elena to be a spy for Japan. Joker is the protagonist of Persona 5, a 2016 role-playing video game by Atlus. General headquarters' colonel Muto nominates first lieutenant Sakuma to monitor the D-Agency, and orders the agency to investigate John Gordon, who is suspected to be an American spy. He is the second DLC fighter to be added and first fighter revealed of the Super Smash Bros. [26] Its North American premiere was held during the Japan Cuts festival on July 9, 2015. They succeed on their mission but Sakuma is intrigued when Gordon says this was the second time the military police went there.

His real name is Tobisaki Hiroyuki.

[25] It received 225 votes (out of 677) and won the Fan Grand Prize of the Nikkan Sports Film Award.

As a spy he was named as the "Demon Lord." He is a professional at chess and is known as a good man even in missions that require no emotions. Like Kaminaga, he often works overseas. [6] The same happened in the following novels; Double Joker, released on August 29, 2009,[7] featured five stories that were previously serialized in Yasei Jidai, an original story—"Black Bird"–and a story that was slated to the magazine October 2009 issue. In most visuals, he is shown to be not very good at handling alcohol.

While he is said to be charming and proud, he has a cheeky personality. It is revealed that the conductor was the assassin and that he was in cahoots with Morozoff's lover, Elena, who did not want to flee to America with him. A man with a sociable and caring personality, he is like a big brother to the other agency members.

[46], In 2008, Joker Game ranked second on Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! He is a diligent soldier and is cautious of his surroundings.

[1] This adaptation was produced by Production I.G aired from April 5, 2016 to June 21, 2016.[3].

Joker Game (Japanese: ジョーカー・ゲーム, Hepburn: Jōkā Gēmu) is a Japanese novel series written by Koji Yanagi. [44][45] QUADRANGLE performed the anime's opening theme, titled "Reason Triangle", and MAGIC OF LiFE performed the anime's ending theme, titled "Double." Amari's story, set aboard a ship bound for Honolulu. Sakuma's life is used as a pawn by one of the other spies when the his committing. [41][42] Shirow Miwa provided the series' character designs and Kenji Kawai composed the music. He is the adopted son of Viscount Arisaki, originally known as Akita Arisaki.

He has a fast dashing speed, but his initial dash, walking and air speeds are merely average.

It has inspired a live-action film and an anime television series. It has inspired a live-action film and an anime television series. One of the oldest along with Kaminaga. [24] The film earned ¥271 million on its opening weekend in Japan,[21] closing its run with ¥960 million grossed.

[28], A manga by Subaru Nitō adapting the anime was announced in the February 2016 issue of Mag Garden's Comic Garden magazine.

Then the exploded the building to kill the boy. At the crime scene, Honma meets Shiozuka, whom he had once investigated for his affiliation with an anti-Japanese magazine. and third on Shūkan Bunshun Mystery Best 10. [1][22] The anime won the special Nogizaka46 Award given by the Newtype magazine. He was appointed as the second lieutenant.

Disguised as military police, the training spies and Sakuma search the home of Gordon for evidence proving that he is in fact a spy.

[27], Kayoko Shimotsuki wrote two manga adaptations of the series. [23] The film's budget was partially financed by Nippon Television and it was distributed by Toho. Honma follows Kusanagi to a casino, where Honma solves the mystery; in fact, Oikawa himself bombed his home to cover his opium traffic.

When a corporal, Miyata, discovered this, Oikawa paid a boy he met in the casino to kill him. [3][43] The two Blu-ray disc released on July 27, 2016 and September 28, 2016, respectively, contained an original video animation each, titled Kuroneko Yoru no Bōken. [31][32][33] All volumes were made available in digital format on June 9, 2014.

Sakuma then realizes that this plot was contrived by Muto to fail so as to hide his own failure investigating Gordon. He specializes in a mixed tricky/rushdown style gameplay, as the majority of his arsenal boasts powerful traits, though the range on his standard attacks can be a bit lacking without Arsene available. [22] Irie described it as an international production since it featured British and Australian actors and only 20% of the crew was composed of Japanese people. [11][12] Released on January 17, 2015,[13] the four stories of Last Waltz had previously been published between Yasei Jidai's September 2014 and January 2015 issues. The original novel, Joker Game, published by Kadokawa Shoten on August 28, 2008,[5] is a collection of five short stories written by Koji Yanagi. The 12-episode series was produced by Production I.G, directed by Kazuya Nomura and written by Taku Kishimoto.

Kaminaga manages to escape captivity with the help of a sleeper agent within Marks' organization. His canon name in the anime is Ren Amamiya (the other name that is used in the manga is Akira Kurusu). [36][37], An anime television series was announced in the September issue of Kadokawa's Newtype magazine. This page was last edited on 29 August 2020, at 15:58. Joker Game is a Japanese novel series written by Koji Yanagi. Although he personally dislikes spies, after the incident in Gordon's house, he's grown to understand them. Shiozuka tells Honma he saw there the magazine's ringleader, Kusanagi, who may be involved on it because of his anti-Japanese feeling. In his conversation card, Amari stated that he can see how stressed Tazaki is from the amount of pigeons flying out from his coat. He talks calmly and gives an intellectual atmosphere which makes him sound older than he looks.