The upcoming LIAR GAME anime has released a new trailer along with the announcement of its opening and ending theme songs ahead of the series’ premiere on April 7, 2026. The opening theme, titled “Bubble,” will be performed by Yorushika, while the ending theme “Asahi” will be performed by Lucky Kilimanjaro.
The series will stream worldwide on Crunchyroll, excluding Japan and China, while AMEDIATEKA will handle distribution in the Russian Federation. It revealed 14 additional cast members and the main visual last week.
You can watch the new trailer below.
Both of the artists left comments on the anime:
Yorushika:
The song Bubble was written around the idea of tautology—that is, repetition, the restating of the same meaning in different words. It is about us, about the activities that make up our living—our lives themselves. Or perhaps you could say it is about the activities of living. In other words, life.
Life is repetition.
To repeat, again and again.
To return to something, to revisit it, to draw the same motif without changing the
subject—like sketching the same drawing over and over.
A bubble rises.
It surfaces again and again.
And then it disappears.
Let me call it, simply, a bubble.
Within the life we live—inside that life, within its inner interior—something is born.
Something emerges. Something is produced.
Or perhaps I should say: it is born within that interior inside.
And I continue searching for what that something is.
Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that I am still searching.
Yes, searching.
Nothing truly new is new.
There is only the first repetition.
We look at the motif before our eyes from countless angles.
We observe it, draw it again and again, express it in different forms, output it in new
ways.
That activity—that daily act—is life itself.
These lyrics are an expression of the fire within me: the flame, the heat, the light
being released.
But at the same time, I love the sincerity of repeating the same thing, stubbornly and
honestly.
I hope that kind of stubborn repetition will resonate with the characters of LIAR GAME—with her, and with him.
That it will overlap with them.
That it will meet them.
And so, I hope for that.
I wish for it.
And I pray for it.
Lucky Kilimanjaro
Sometimes we lose our way, feel discouraged, and try to hide ourselves in the darkness. When we thought about Nao Kanzaki’s unwavering belief in others, we felt something like a light that shines into that darkness and leads us back toward a brighter place. That feeling became the inspiration for this song. After the intense psychological battles of LIAR GAME leave your mind overheated, we hope this track offers a moment of warmth and relief.
We hope you enjoy it.
The previously announced cast includes:
- Saya Hitomi as Nao Kanzaki
- Takeo Otsuka as Shinichi Akiyama
- Kazuhiro Nakaya as Leronira
- Nobuo Tobita as Kazuo Fujisawa
- Yoji Ueda as Mitsuo Tanimura
- Yasutaka Tomioka as Teruyuki Eda
- Shoya Ishige as Takahiro Kikuzawa
- Ryosuke Asano as Hiroto Kitamura
- Taro Kiuchi as Tetsuzo Sato
- Riko Akechi as Makiko Tamura
- Toshinari Fukamachi as Daisuke Danno
- Naoya Miyase as Kosuke Tsunoda
- Misuzu Yamada as Reina Nishihara
- Taihi Kimura as Shingo Fujita
- Misano Sakai as Jun Hosoe
- Aya Gomazuru as Yuki Makihara
- Ryo Nishizawa as Fumio Matsubara
- Taku Yashiro as Takayoshi Miura
- You Daichi as Hitomi Miyahara
This is the first-ever TV anime adaptation of Shinobu Kaitani’s suspense manga, which was serialized in Weekly Young Jump from 2005 to 2015. Kaitani is also known as the creator of One Outs. LIAR GAME was previously adapted into a live-action drama in 2007, a live-action film in 2010, and a stage play in 2023. Now, its TV anime adaptation will be produced by MADHOUSE, which recently produced titles like Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End and Orb: On the Movements of the Earth. The staff working on the anime includes:
- Chief Director: Yuzo Sato
- Director: Asami Kawano
- Series Composition & Screenwriter: Tatsuhiko Urahata
- Character Design: Kei Tsuchiya
- Sub Character Design: Ai Yokoyama
- Color Setting: Terumi Nakauchi
- Art Board: Hideyuki Ueno
- Art Setting: Shinji Sugiyama
- Director of Photography: Hironobu Hatanaka
- VFX Supervisor: Michiya Kato
- Editor: Mariko Tsukatsune
- Music: Yugo Kanno
- Sound Director: Kisuke Koizumi
- Sound Effect: Naoto Yamaya
- Sound Production: Bit grooove promotion
- Animation Production: MADHOUSE
The anime’s official website describes the story:
A Mysterious Invitation.One Hundred Million Yen. The Game Begins.
College student Nao Kanzaki suddenly receives a strange letter and a suitcase containing 100 million yen.
She’s been chosen to participate in the LIAR GAME — a high-stakes psychological battle where lies, deception, and betrayal reign supreme.
Naïve and painfully honest, Nao quickly finds herself cornered.
To survive, she turns to Shinichi Akiyama, a brilliant former con artist with unmatched intellect. As they dive deeper into the twisted game, the two must outwit opponents in a world where trusting others could be fatal.
In a game built on lies, can honesty prevail?
Source: Press Release, LIAR GAME Official Website
©Kaitani Shinobu Products/Shueisha, LIAR GAME Committee
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