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Kaiji - Against All Rules
Synopsis
The story
Several months after the events of the first season, Kaiji, with his appendages reattached and his debt now run up to 9.5 million yen, is still desperately seeking the elusive big score that will cancel all of his markers. Unbeknownst to him, Hyodo’s company, the Teiai Corporation, is actively searching for Kaiji, and have sent Kaiji’s old “friend” Endoh, who entered him in the high stakes games in the past, to find him. The two meet when Kaiji chances to walk in front of Endoh’s car at a stop light, and thinking that he has found the answer to his prayers, Kaiji gets in the car with him. While Kaiji and Endoh are “happy” to see one another, and both want to see Kaiji’s debt repaid, their means to that goal couldn’t be more different. Instead of leading Kaiji to the big score, Endoh delivers him drugged and docile to the Teiai Corporation’s secret underground labor camp where Kaiji will have an opportunity to repay his debt… with 15 years of hard labor.
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Episode guide
26 episodes
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Characters & voices
16 credited
Kaiji Itou
Main
Kazutaka Hyoudou
Supporting
Yuuji Endou
Supporting
Kurosawa
Background
Seiya Ichijou
Supporting
Narrator
Supporting
Tarou Ootsuki
Supporting
Mikoko Sakazaki
Background
Koutarou Sakazaki
Supporting
Tomohiro Miyoshi
Supporting
Tamotsu Murakami
Supporting
Yoshihiro Kurosaki
Supporting
Hiromitsu Ishida
Supporting
Maeda
Supporting
Takuya Numakawa
Supporting
Kaoru Isawa
Supporting
Production staff
500 credited
Nobuyuki FukumotoOriginal Creator
Yoshiaki KawajiriStoryboard (eps 2-4, 9, 11, 15, 16, 18)
Morio AsakaStoryboard (ep 8)
Hideki TaniuchiMusic
Kazuto NakazawaKey Animation (OP)
Yuuzou SatouEpisode Director (ED, eps 1, 14, 26)Yuuzou SatouDirectorYuuzou SatouStoryboard (ED, eps 1, 14, 24, 26)Yuuzou SatouKey Animation (ep 26)
Manabu TamuraProducer
Yuuji IkedaBackground Art (OP, ED)
Toshio NakataniProducer
Mitsuru OoshimaPlanning
Takahiro UmeharaChief Animation Director (eps 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 19, 22)Takahiro UmeharaAnimation Director (ED, eps 1, 25, 26)
Masao MaruyamaPlanningTsuyoshi TanabeKey Animation (eps 7, 10)
Hiroshi KoujinaKey Animation (OP)Hiroshi KoujinaStoryboard (ep 7)Hiroshi KoujinaAssistant Animation Director (ep 1)Themes & motifs
AniList community tags
GamblingTheme-Other99%
SeinenDemographic92%
Primarily Adult CastCast-Main Cast90%
Primarily Male CastCast-Main Cast88%
Male ProtagonistCast-Main Cast80%
Class StruggleTheme-Drama79%
PhilosophyTheme-Other79%
SurvivalTheme-Other79%
SlaveryTheme-Other78%
Card BattleTheme-Game-Card & Board Game73%
CrimeTheme-Other66%
FoodTheme-Arts30%
Community pulse
54.3K members
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Current1,884
Planning16,833
Completed33,758
Dropped621
Paused1,162
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What viewers say
500 community reviews
Season two of Kaiji has bigger and better ideas than its predecessor, but falls painfully short of its potential.
@corgetov34/46 helpful
Kaiji's 2nd season is almost as tense as its 1st, but the final arc's slow pace drags it out a bit.
@kempokid40/42 helpful
When was gambling such an intense genre? Oh wait, it wasn't : /
@EasternWarrior39/40 helpful
The second season of Kaiji has everything that made the first season great, but just hold your breath for longer.
@nikkusu36/36 helpful