Trillion Game | |
![]() First tankōbon volume cover | |
トリリオンゲーム (Toririon Gēmu) | |
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Genre | |
Manga | |
Written by | Riichiro Inagaki |
Illustrated by | Ryoichi Ikegami |
Published by | Shogakukan |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Big Comic Superior |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | December 11, 2020 – present |
Volumes | 9 |
Television drama | |
Directed by | Yoshiaki Murao |
Produced by |
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Written by | Daisuke Habara |
Licensed by | Netflix |
Original network | JNN (TBS) |
Original run | July 14, 2023 – September 15, 2023 |
Episodes | 10 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Yūzō Satō |
Written by | Ryunosuke Kingetsu |
Music by | Takurō Iga |
Studio | Madhouse |
Original network | JNN (TBS) |
Original run | October 2024 – scheduled |
Live-action film | |
Directed by | Yoshiaki Murao |
Written by | Daisuke Habara |
Released | 2025 |
Trillion Game (Japanese: トリリオンゲーム, Hepburn: Toririon Gēmu) is a Japanese manga series written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Superior since December 2020. A television drama adaptation aired from July to September 2023. An anime television series adaptation produced by Madhouse is set to premiere in October 2024. A live-action film adaptation is set to premiere in 2025.
The series won the 69th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2024.
The founders of big company Trillion Game, Haru and Gaku, are two young men who become the first Japanese people in the 21st century to be listed in the top 10 of The World's Billionaires. The story takes place from Gaku's perspective, who recalls how he came this far: his first encounter with Haru, their first establishment of Trillion Game, and people who are involved with the success of the company.
Written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami, Trillion Game started in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Superior on December 11, 2020.[11][12] Shogakukan has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on March 30, 2021.[13] As of April 30, 2024, nine volumes have been released.[14]
In February 2024, Viz Media announced that they licensed the manga for English publication in Q4 2024.[15]
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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1 | March 30, 2021[16] | 978-4-09-861010-5 | September 17, 2024[1] | 978-1-9747-4972-0 |
2 | August 4, 2021[17] | 978-4-09-861113-3 | — | — |
3 | January 4, 2022[18] | 978-4-09-861228-4 | — | — |
4 | July 4, 2022[19] | 978-4-09-861320-5 | — | — |
5 | October 28, 2022[20] | 978-4-09-861456-1 | — | — |
6 | March 30, 2023[21] | 978-4-09-861605-3 | — | — |
7 | July 12, 2023[22] | 978-4-09-861853-8 | — | — |
8 | November 30, 2023[23] | 978-4-09-862626-7 | — | — |
9 | April 30, 2024[14] | 978-4-09-862691-5 | — | — |
A television drama adaptation was announced on March 23, 2023.[24][25] The series stars Ren Meguro as Haru Tennōji and Hayato Sano as Manabu "Gaku" Taira, and aired on TBS from July 14 to September 15, 2023.[26][27][28] Snow Man performs the theme song "Dangerholic."[5][3][29] The drama began streaming on Netflix worldwide in October 2023.[30]
A live-action film, featuring the same cast and staff from the drama series, is set to premiere in 2025.[31][32]
An anime television series adaptation was announced on September 15, 2023. The series will be animated by Madhouse and directed by Yūzō Satō, with Ryunosuke Kingetsu overseeing series scripts, Kei Tsuchiya designing the characters, and Takurō Iga composing the music.[2][33] It is set to premiere in October 2024 on TBS and other networks.[34][35] [4][36]
By September 2023, the manga had over 1.5 million copies in circulation.[37] Trillion Game was one of the fifty nominees for the Next Manga Award in 2021.[38][39] It ranked eighth on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2022 list of best manga for male readers.[40][41] It was nominated for the 15th Manga Taishō in 2022 and placed sixth with 55 points.[42][43] Along with The Elusive Samurai, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, and Sūji de Asobo, Trillion Game won the 69th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2024.[44][45][a]