Cheating Craft (チーティングクラフト) is a Japanese/Chinese anime television series animated by BLADE and produced by Emon. It is based on Gemini Xin Luo's novel Zuobi Yishu (Chinese: 作弊艺术). The anime series premiered on October 5, 2016 as a short anime and ran alongside To Be Hero.[3][4]
| Cheating Craft | |
 Key visual. | |
| チーティングクラフト | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Action, parody |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Keitaro Motonaga |
| Written by | Takamitsu Kouno |
| Music by | Go Sakabe |
| Studio | BLADE |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Tokyo MX (Japan), PPTV (China), bilibili (China) |
| Original run | October 5, 2016[2] – December 21, 2016 |
| Episodes | 12 |
Plot
editIn a world where people have been sorted since childhood by exams, only those who excel obtain happiness. L (Learning) Types, who prioritize study, and C (Cheating) Types, those who choose not to study to pass, will battle and team up in exams. C Type protagonist Muming Zhuge 诸葛睦明 and L Type heroine Qiaoyi Huang battle together to pass tests.
Characters
edit- (Muming Zhuge 诸葛 睦明 / Mumei Shokatsu)[a]
- Voiced by: Jiang Bian (Chinese) / Tomohiro Yamaguchi (Japanese)[3]
- His name originates from Zhuge Liang.
- (Qiaoyi Huang 黄 巧衣 / Koi Oh)
- Voiced by: Siyu Qiao (Chinese) / Rie Kugimiya (Japanese)[3]
- (Guanyu Zhou 周 纶羽 / Rinu Shu)
- Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa[3]
- His name originates from Zhou Yu.
- (Baijiu Liu 刘 白玖 / Haku Ryu)
- Voiced by: Reina Ueda[3]
- (Li Xing 杏璃 / Anri)
- Voiced by: Yōko Hikasa[3]
- (Jun)
- Voiced by: Junya Ikeda[3]
- (Teacher Wong 王老师 / Teacher Oh)
- Voiced by: Kotono Mitsuishi[3]
Media
editAnime
editThe anime is directed by Keitaro Motonaga, with animation by Haoliners Animation League. Mai Matsuura and Norie Tanaka designed the characters. They also serve as chief animation directors, alongside Ryousuke Tanigawa. Yasunori Ebina is in charge of the sound effects and Go Sakabe is the composer of the series. Takamitsu Kouno collaborates on the writing of scenarios. Yutaka Kamogawa is credited as the main animator. Kenichi Ohnuki and Hisashi Saito are credited with design works, while Goichi Iwahata is credited with prop design. Kei Ichikura is the art director, while Hideki Imaizumi is the director of photography. Aiko Shinohara is in charge of the color designs.[3]
The female idol group Kamen Joshi performs the opening theme "Kasoku Suru Trial," while Aina Kusuda performs the ending theme song "Welcome Future," with lyrics by Saori Kodama, composition by Takahiro Yamada, and arrangement by Shinya Saitou.
Notes
edit- ^ This is the Japanese pronunciation of the characters or using the words closest representing the meaning.
References
edit- ^ "Crunchyroll Announces Winter 2017 Anime Lineup". Crunchyroll. January 20, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
- ^ "Emon Announces New Cheating Craft Anime for October 5". Anime News Network. September 8, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Emon Announces New Cheating Craft Anime for October 5". Anime News Network. September 6, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ^ "Fall "Cheating Craft" Shorts To Adapt Chinese Novel". Crunchyroll. September 7, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
External links
edit- Official website
- Cheating Craft (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia