LIAR GAME
Wishing she would live up to the ideal, Kanzaki Nao's father named her thusly for “honesty”. Nao has more than lived up to her father's wishes--even exceeding them and earning the label of "a foolishly honest girl". This makes Nao the least qualified candidate for the high stakes 'Liar Game', where winning requires deceiving the opponent out of their money and losing means receiving massive debt. However, that doesn't stop a box containing a hundred million yen in cash and a card informing her of her participation in the game from arriving at her doorstep, nor does it stop her from being promptly tricked out of the entire sum of money. Upon hearing that a genius swindler, responsible for the bankruptcy of a major corporation, is being released from jail, Nao goes to the swindler, Shinichi Akiyama, to enlist his help. With that, the two are drawn into the dark, greed-filled, and deceptive world of the Liar Game.
LIAR GAME is a tv anime, from Spring 2026, produced by MADHOUSE, rated 6.1/10 on AniList.
Synopsis
Wishing she would live up to the ideal, Kanzaki Nao's father named her thusly for “honesty”. Nao has more than lived up to her father's wishes--even exceeding them and earning the label of "a foolishly honest girl". This makes Nao the least qualified candidate for the high stakes 'Liar Game', where winning requires deceiving the opponent out of their money and losing means receiving massive debt. However, that doesn't stop a box containing a hundred million yen in cash and a card informing her of her participation in the game from arriving at her doorstep, nor does it stop her from being promptly tricked out of the entire sum of money. Upon hearing that a genius swindler, responsible for the bankruptcy of a major corporation, is being released from jail, Nao goes to the swindler, Shinichi Akiyama, to enlist his help. With that, the two are drawn into the dark, greed-filled, and deceptive world of the Liar Game.
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Genres
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- Gambling — Centers around the act of gambling.
- Female Protagonist — Main character is female.
- Seinen — Target demographic is adult males.
- Male Protagonist — Main character is male.
- Primarily Adult Cast — Main cast is mostly composed of characters above a high school age.
- Coming of Age — Centers around a character's transition from childhood to adulthood.
- Death Game — Features characters participating in a game, where failure results in death.
- Transgender — Features a character whose gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth.
- Conspiracy — Contains one or more factions controlling or attempting to control the world from the shadows.
- Ensemble Cast — Features a large cast of characters with (almost) equal screen time and importance to the plot.
- Bullying — Prominently features the use of force for intimidation, often in a school setting.
- Cult — Features a social group with unorthodox religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs and practices.