HIGH CARD
2023 • TMS Entertainment
- Format
- TV
- Aired
- 2023
- Episodes
- 12
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- TMS Entertainment · Studio Hibari · KADOKAWA · Sammy
- Genres
- Action · Fantasy
After discovering that his orphanage was on the brink of closing due to financial stress, Finn, who was living freely on the streets, set out for a casino with the aim of making a fortune. However, nothing could have prepared Finn for the nightmare that was awaiting him. Once there, Finn encountered a car chase and bloody shootout caused by a man's “lucky” card.
Finn will eventually learn what the shootout was about. The world order can be controlled by a set of 52 X-Playing cards with the power to bestow different superhuman powers and abilities to the ones that possess them. With these cards, people can access the hidden power of the “buddy” that can be found within themselves.
There is a secret group of players called High Card, who have been directly ordered by the king of Fourland to collect the cards that have been scattered throughout the kingdom, while moonlighting as employees of the luxury car maker Pinochle. Scouted to become the group's fifth member, Finn soon joins the players on a dangerous mission to find these cards.
However, Who's Who, the rival car maker obsessed with defeating Pinochle, and the Klondikes, the infamous Mafia family, stand in the way of the gang.
A frenzied battle amongst these card obsessed players, fueled by justice, desire, and revenge, is about to begin!
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High Card emerged in 2023 as a collaborative multimedia project involving TMS Entertainment, Kadokawa, and Sammy Corporation. Developed as an original anime series, the story centers on a clandestine group of operatives tasked with recovering a set of mystical playing cards scattered across the kingdom of Fourland, with each card granting its holder unique supernatural abilities. The series was designed to blend high-stakes espionage tropes with urban fantasy elements, focusing on the dynamic between the secret agents and the volatile power of the X-Playing cards.
The character designs were crafted by Ebimo, emphasizing a sleek, modern aesthetic that reflects the series' poker-themed motifs and stylish action sequences. Upon its release, the production was noted for its polished animation and ambitious world-building, which sought to expand the property across multiple forms of media including manga and light novels. Critics and audiences generally received the series as a vibrant, fast-paced entry in the action-fantasy genre, praised for its unique hook and sophisticated visual presentation.
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