After nearly 20 years, Shinobu Kaitani’s LIAR GAME manga is finally getting a thrilling anime adaptation that Trillion Game and Death Note fans won’t want to miss out on. Final Weapon has everything you need to know about LIAR GAME, including the weekly schedule, release dates and timing for new episodes, and much more about the anime.
The story of LIAR GAME focuses on Nao Kanzaki, a young woman who receives a strange letter and a suitcase containing 100 million yen. She learns that she’s been selected to participate in the “LIAR GAME,” a high-stakes game of lies, deception, and betrayal. However, Nao is naive and honest, turning to former con artist Shinichi Akiyama to survive the game. Can an honest girl and a former scammer survive together? That’s the question that this exciting anime will answer.
LIAR GAME Anime Release Dates, Exact Premiere Time and Schedule
New LIAR GAME episodes will release on Mondays at 8:00 a.m. PT / 11:00 a.m. ET on Crunchyroll. Episodes will be released with English subs and an English dub. The LIAR GAME anime will feature 26 episodes in total across two consecutive cours without breaks.
Here are the release dates and schedule for LIAR GAME episodes (subject to change):
- First Cour
- Episode 1 – April 6 – OUT NOW
- Episode 2 – April 13 – OUT NOW
- Episode 3 – April 20 – OUT NOW
- Episode 4 – April 27 – OUT NOW
- Episode 5 – May 4 – OUT NOW
- Episode 6 – May 11 – OUT NOW
- Episode 7 – May 18 – OUT NOW
- Episode 8 – May 25 – OUT NOW
- Episode 9 – June 1 – OUT NOW
- Episode 10 – June 8 – OUT NOW
- Episode 11 – June 15
- Episode 12 – June 22
- Episode 13 – June 29
- Second Cour
- Episode 14 – July 6
- Episode 15 – July 13
- Episode 16 – July 20
- Episode 17 – July 27
- Episode 18 – August 3
- Episode 19 – August 10
- Episode 20 – August 17
- Episode 21 – August 24
- Episode 22 – August 31
- Episode 23 – September 7
- Episode 24 – September 14
- Episode 25 – September 21
- Episode 26 – September 28
New episodes of LIAR GAME will premiere at the following times (subject to change):
- Pacific Daylight Time: 8:00 a.m. PDT
- Mountain Daylight Time: 9:00 a.m. MDT
- Central Daylight Time: 10:00 a.m. CDT
- Eastern Daylight Time: 11:00 a.m. EDT
- Greenwich Mean Time: 3:00 p.m. GMT
OP/ED, Cast and Staff
Yorushika performs the LIAR GAME opening theme song “Bubble,” while Lucky Kilimanjaro performs the ending theme song “Asahi.”
The main cast includes Saya Hitomi as Nao Kanzaki, Takeo Otsuka as Shinichi Akiyama and Kazuhiro Nakaya as Leronira.
Additional cast members include:
- Yasutaka Tomioka as Teruyuki Eda
- Shōya Ishige as Takahiro Kikuzawa
- Ryōsuke Asano as Hiroto Kitamura
- Tarō 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
- Ryō Nishizawa as Fumio Matsubara
- Taku Yashiro as Takayoshi Miura
- You Daichi as Hitomi Miyahara
Yuzo Sato is the chief director of the LIAR GAME anime series alongside director Asami Kawano. Tatsuhiko Urahata is the screenwriter and handles series composition. Kei Tsuchiya is the character designer, Kisuke Koizumi is the sound director, Yugo Kanno is the composer, and studio Madhouse is producing the animation.
Additional staff members include:
- Sub Character Design: Ai Yokoyama
- Color Setting: Terumi Nakauchi
- Art Board: Hideyuki Ueno
- Art Setting: Shinji Sugiyama
- Photograph Direction: Hironobu Hatanaka
- VFX Supervisor: Michiya Kato
- Editing: Mariko Tsukatsune
- Sound Effects; Naoto Yamaya
- Sound Production: Bit grooove promotion
The English dub cast includes:
- Nao voiced by Reshel Mae
- Akiyama voiced by Nick Huber
- Fujisawa voiced by Paul T Taylor
- Tanimura voiced by Randy Pearlman
- Nao’s Dad voiced by James Larabee
- Female Voice voiced by Katie Otten
- Reporter A voiced by Stephen E. Moellering
- Reporter B voiced by John Archer II
- Reporter C voiced by Michael Jaeger
- Guard voiced by John Kay Parrott
- Punk A voiced by Dio Garner
- Punk B voiced by Matt Holmes
- Cop A voiced by Joe Cucinotti
- Cop B voiced by Brad Kurtz
- Deliveryman voiced by Greg Silva
- Bartender voiced by Monty Thompson
The English dub crew includes:
- Voice Director: Jeremy Inman
- Producer: Samantha Herek
- Adaptation: James Cheek
- Mixer: Andrew Tipps
- Engineer: August Cline
Where Can I Watch LIAR GAME?
Crunchyroll is streaming LIAR GAME worldwide, excluding Japan and China. In Japan, the anime is airing on TV Tokyo, BS TV Tokyo, and other channels and streaming services, including ABEMA.
What is the LIAR GAME Anime About?
Lastly, here’s an overview of the anime series, via REMOW:
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?
