Introduction
After socially awkward technology specialist Manabu "Gaku" Taira is saved from thugs by the outgoing Haru Tennouji, the two men find that they get along with each other well. Years later, Gaku, who is having a tough time getting a job due to his timidness, is convinced by Haru to apply for a position alongside him at Dragon Bank, one of Japan's largest IT companies.
During their interviews, the company's board director, Kirika Kokuryuu, takes an interest in Haru and Gaku's contrasting personalities. However, Gaku does not get hired by the company, leading Haru to quit the job on his first day in protest. Nevertheless, they decide to embark on an ambitious plan of making a trillion dollars.
In order for their scheme to come to fruition, Haru and Gaku start looking for potential investors, but everyone rejects their extravagant idea. In spite of that, the two soon find themselves getting an offer from Kirika—and with her investment, they might just be able to reach their goal.
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Audience reviews
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Lachslan
Trillion Game is one of those anime, that you really can't rate well. I thought about how to rate this series and under what categories you could rate this properly. It is nothing magnificent, yet it was an experience worth watching. It has many areas of improvement, which it compromises with great mind game moments and funny scenes to lighten up the mood in an intense situation. In the following review I will try to give a relatively clear picture of what I think and make sense out of this unusually hard to rate piece of fiction.
Trillion game is an anime set in a more or less realistic depiction of the tech world and it's conglomerates. The viewer follows 2 main protagonists, Haru and Gaku, the two most greedy friends, that met under rather strange circumstances and later decided to for…
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TL;DR Overall a very fun ride with interesting characters and unique story. Although it does stumble a little in its pacing and character growth it seems like it was criminally underrated when it premiered. I think if you are willing to get past it's odd animation style and enjoy (social engineering, hacking, or politics) you should definitely give this a shot!
Pros:
-Interesting characters (Primarily in the two lead characters ....Haru/Gaku)
-Story is both informative and unpredictable/entertaining (especially if you hacking, politics, social engineering)
Cons:
-Animation takes some getting used to (def drops off later in quality)
-Pacing (The first half seems like everything takes at least a few episodes but the back half of the season everything is solved in an episode. Characters wi…
Read at the sourceChuy_diazz
The Shark Tank of anime.
Trillion Game brings a fresh and new story to a market rife with magical fantasies. A corporate comedy/drama in the purest Shark Tank style, where the most compelling aspect is the negotiation strategies. We have the story of our protagonists, whose goal is to generate a trillion dollars. From there, a chain of events begins where we see how acts of good faith can synergize with deception and blackmail. Our protagonists, besides being very good friends, are also a representation of Yin and Yang. They are complete opposites in every way, but that's why they can work together to successfully move an emerging business forward in a sea of vipers, such as the corporate world. The story is an exaggeration to show us the shortest path to success; things will always t…
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Pretty unique and fun story. It takes getting used to because it's bollywood realism(not physically but stuff that happens). There's lots of filmy exaggerations and "plot holes" that's meant to be looked over. Once you get the expectations right, it's amazing. The artstyle is probably a turn off for many and the reason for the low views. I disagree with the rest that it's about business, or any topic for that matter. It's a drama that lightly explores everything from video games, to florist business, to AI, to competitions, news, cabaret club and weaves a story through all of them.
If you're specialised in any of the above fields you might twitch at the things shown , but you're not supposed to take anything too seriously here. Consider it as an VC Enterpreneur adventure. The farfetched c…
Read at the sourceJet_Suzuyaki
Well, what a nice surprise this anime was!
When I launched it, I wasn't expecting much, having only launched it because it came from the Madhouse studio, and in the end I quickly got hooked.
I have to say that it's really well-paced and that the anime is based on the same kind of mechanics as Jimmy's schemes in Better Call Saoul, so of course if it's well done, you just want to follow the development of the story to discover the new tricks this company will dare to try to get richer and richer!
So, frankly, there's not much to criticize about this series, which was really worth the money, even if it's clearly not the anime that's been promoted the most this season (just look at some of the gross errors in the subtitles to see that).
Read at the sourceAMS47thBlank
Long story short, it's worth watching even if you are not really into enterprise or economy; the plot of "Anything for the sake of money" is intriguing enough. If you liked 'Great Pretender', you will like this.
Short story long;
Character: 8 [Some of them are layers and layers of deep personality, some are very one-dimensional; nonetheless, most of the characters are interesting.]
Story: 9 [Money baby money, bankruptcy, money baby money. Simple formula, but the process to get the money is surprisingly good. ]
Art: 8 [Arguable, but I liked it personally]
Sound: 7 [Nothing out of place, nothing extraordinary. But that not-so-extraneous sound was well engineered.]
Animation: 7 [Good animation, but points deducted for some jarring CG. CG use in this anime was pretty minimal, but whenever they…
Read at the sourcekiyo_seibah
Start off doubtful, gradually interesting and enjoyed it, and finished it off well.
The main plot is economy and business, which is pretty niche. Through this anime i get some insight about business especially game developer, media corporation, etc. Showing you how tricky to run a company and being a successful businessman. Of course it's picturized way easier than the real life situation, but u kinda get the grasp of it.
It's also remind me a bit of "great pretender" bcs the main character is a witty guy and they tricked the rich and powerful people.
Story wise, it was niche and interesting. For characters, well there's no development or something, but the dynamic between haru and gaku as they're polar opposite, are what makes it interesting.
Scoring and graphic are decent, but CGI is…
Read at the sourceMIKOTO0
Trillion Game is an anime that dives deep into the world of entrepreneurship with excitement and intensity. If you're someone who enjoys stories about building companies, fierce competition, and overcoming challenges, this series will likely captivate you.
The story revolves around two completely different characters: Haru, who isn't afraid to deceive and manipulate his way to success, and Gaku, who is honest and forthright but still driven by his own ambition and skills. Their contrasting personalities create a dynamic that keeps things interesting, showing how a diverse team can work together, or clash, as they chase success.
The series shines when it focuses on the characters' struggles to build their company from the ground up, navigating investments, hiring people, and forming partn…
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Trillion Game is one of those shows you appreciate a good deal more after you've helped found a company. I've had some experience in that regard and, while this is significantly more absurd in the execution, a lot of this just feels more grounded as a result. You feel the pressure on these characters, particularly in the early portions of the series.
And I think that's a great deal of what makes the series work for me for much of its run: it feels like there's a sense of momentum as our leads throw themselves into opportunities to carve out a name and then a company for themselves. They couldn't be more different doing it. Haru's willing to do whatever it takes from the outset, lying and cheating his way to the top and clearly enjoying himself along the way. He's not a bad person (at leas…
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Trillion Game — Welcome back, Dr. Stone...but in modernized stacks of big bucks' cash.
"Come one, come all! There's big bucks to be earned, but you must have the heart of an entrepreneur - good looks, great mouthpiece to showcase your cunning business tactics, and overall, a heart of paper and steel to accept the money with every opportunity and steel that resolve when you're being hit by losses, to not give up and rebound!"...is what famed mangaka Riichiro Inagaki will tell you, to vet the newest series from the Dr. Stone mangaka: Trillion Game, the 2nd collaboration with yet another famous illustrator of Ryoichi Ikegami (the first being the 2015 one-shot of Kobushi Zamurai), and simultaneously a winner of the 69th Shogakukan Manga Awards alongside Yusei Matsui's Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi a…
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