HIGH CARD

Name: HIGH CARD
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Super power, Urban fantasy, Card battle
Released: 2023-01-09
Cast: 増田俊樹, 佐藤元, 白石晴香, 梅原裕一郎, 堀江瞬

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TypeTV series

Aired2023-01-09 〜 2023-03-27

SeasonWinter 2023

Episodes12

Runtime24 min

StatusFinished

SourceOther

Animation studioStudio Hibari

ProducersKADOKAWA, NetEase Games, Sammy, TMS Entertainment

Score71/100

Overview

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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Synopsis 日本語

舞台となるのは北大西洋に位置する架空の島国「フォーランド王国」。フォーランド王国には「エクスプレイングカード」というカードが52枚あり、各カードにはそれぞれ適合者にのみ使える特殊異能力が1つある。カードは国が王宮で管理していたが、ある日マフィア組織・クロンダイクファミリーの襲撃を受け国中にばらまかれてしまう。それによりカードを手にした適合者が異能力を悪用した事件を起こし、国内の混乱を招いた。この事態を収拾するため、国王は秘密裏に国内の自動車メーカー大手「ピノクル」が擁するプレイヤー集団「ハイカード」へカード回収を命じる。次第にハイカードによるカード回収は過去に起因する動機でカードを狙うクロンダイクファミリー・自動車メーカーのフーズフーとの三つ巴の争いに発展していく。

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