Trickster English Sub & Dub

About Trickster

Here is what Trickster is about, retold in plain terms: a sci-fi, mystery and drama anime by Shin-Ei Animation, TMS Entertainment (2016). At its core: Kogorou Akechi is the founder of a private investigation firm known as the Boy Detectives' Club. Together, this group takes on cases both great and small.

Soon after, one of their junior members, Kensuke Hanasaki, is out solving a case one day when he happens upon Yoshio Kobayashi, an enigmatic amnesiac boy with an inability to die. After seeing his abilities in action, Kensuke offers Yoshio a deal: join the Boy Detectives' Club and help them solve cases, and in exchange he will find a way to help Yoshio die. The apathetic Yoshio accepts this deal begrudgingly, unaware of how different his life will become.

In a sci-fi series like this, ideas, tech concepts and production design set it apart. Think of it as a pick for fans of futuristic settings and big-concept stories.

Production & Appeal

Animation is handled by Shin-Ei Animation, TMS Entertainment, so the studio's house style defines how Trickster looks and moves on screen. Because it leans on sci-fi, ideas, tech concepts and production design set it apart. With a 6.2/10 score, it is more of a niche pick than a universal crowd-pleaser. Released in 2016, it competed with that season's other new series for attention.