Great Pretender

Title:Great Pretender
グレートプリテンダー
Overall:Rent
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Notables: Animation - Wit Studio
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.
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23-episode ONA series that premiered on June 2, 2020.
Animated by Wit Studio.
OverallArtAnimationCharacter Design MusicSeries StoryEpisode StoryReviewer
Rent 8 8 8 8 8 8 Ggultra2764 [series:4028#1552]
Great Pretender involves the unwilling Edamine partnering up with Laurent and his gang of scammers to launch scams against criminals and corrupt wealthy figures. The series is divided up into several story arcs exploring Laurent and his gang setting up their schemes to con the criminals in question and going through with it. I did get vibes of Rupan Sansei with seeing this series as Laurent's gang are often utilizing disguises and ridiculously elaborate plans to make fools of the criminals they scam, as well as having rather colorful personalities. Great Pretender, however, does provide fleshing out of Edamine and members of Laurent's gang to show how events within their pasts led them into their present lifestyle of scamming criminals in each arc, providing some dimension to it that is lacking in Lupin III and the chemistry between Edamine and members of Laurent's gang can be amusing to see often. Some may get annoyed with how seemingly convenient and overly prepared Laurent's gang are in their schemes. But as long as you don't think too heavily on the hows and don't mind getting a laugh out of the schemes of Laurent's gang, Great Pretender still makes for an engaging comedy-adventure series.

Last updated Thursday, December 10 2020. Created Thursday, December 10 2020.

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