Joker Game
Taking place in the year 1937 on the eve of World War II, the story involves a mysterious spy training organization known as the "D Agency." The organization is established by Lieutenant Colonel Yuuki from the Imperial Japanese Army. His ideals lead him to recruit people beyond military academy graduates and personnel, while training them to become skilled agents in arts of manipulation. These agents would become a specialized team to conduct operations. One such antihero agent, under the name Jirou Gamou, goes on a harrowing mission to uncover secret documents titled "Black Notes," while battling forces from within and without his own ranks.
- 2016-2016
- 1 season
- Crunchyroll
- Animation, Drama, Suspense, Action & Adventure
- TV-MA
Taking place in the year 1937 on the eve of World War II, the story involves a mysterious spy training organization known as the "D Agency." The organization is established by Lieutenant Colonel Yuuki from the Imperial Japanese Army. His ideals lead him to recruit people beyond military academy graduates and personnel, while training them to become skilled agents in arts of manipulation. These agents would become a specialized team to conduct operations. One such antihero agent, under the name Jirou Gamou, goes on a harrowing mission to uncover secret documents titled "Black Notes," while battling forces from within and without his own ranks.
Season 1 Episode Guide
14 Episodes 2016
Episode 1
Joker Game Part 1
23 mins
Against the Imperial Army's objections, Lt. Colonel Yuuki establishes the spy training group "D Agency." The army sends Liuetenant Sakuma to serve as their liason, and he watches the applicants easily coast through the brutal examination process.
Episode 2
Joker Game Part 2
23 mins
The raid of Gordon's home comes up empty. And when Gordon lets it slip that this is the second time his home's been searched, Sakuma realizes the mission is a set-up by Mutou.
Episode 3
Miscalculation
23 mins
A man wakes up with complete amnesia. His only posession? A passport with the name "Shimano Ryuunosuke" and the port of entry, Marseille. Speaking to Alan, the mysterious man next to him, he learns France has been occupied by the German army.
Episode 4
City of Temptation
23 mins
Sergeant Honma Eiji has been assigned to the Shanghai military police. Not long after assuming his new post, he is summoned by Captain Oikawa Masayuki. Oikawa orders Honma to conduct an internal investigation to uncover an enemy agent.
Episode 5
Robinson
23 mins
Izawa Kazuo has a good life running a simple photography store in London until he's suddenly arrested under suspicion of espionage. As Isawa undergoes a harsh interrogation, a master spy for the British Secret Intelligence Service appears before him.
Episode 6
Asia Express
23 mins
D Agency receives an urgent meeting request from one of their collaborators, Morozoff, who has important secret information. D Agency member Seto Reiji arranges to meet him, but as he moves to collect the information, he finds Morozoff has been murdered.
Episode 7
Code Name: Cerberus
23 mins
The luxury liner Tokimaru makes its way from San Francisco to Japan. As Utsumi Osamu sits on the deck enjoying a crossword, he's approached by Jeffrey Morgan. At that same moment, cries of terror erupt from those looking out at the ocean.
Episode 8
Double Joker Part 1
23 mins
Former diplomat Shirahata Ki'ichiro is suspected to have illegally gained knowledge of the Imperial Army's top-secret "Grand Strategy." Investigating in secret, Gamou Jirou makes contact with Shirahata's old friend, the British consul Ernest Graham.
Episode 9
Double Joker Part 2
23 mins
It's spy vs. spy as D Agency and Wind Agency both race to prevent Japan's "Grand Strategy" from falling into enemy hands.
Episode 10
Pursuit
23 mins
Aaron Price investigates the true identity of Lieutenant colonel Yuuki. Flipping through the Military Preparatory School's list of past enrollees, he's drawn to a boy who passed the entrance exam at the top of his class, but was expelled for violence.
Episode 11
Coffin
23 mins
Hermann Wolff, a Wehrmacht Colonel assigned to Germany's intelligence agency, investigates a suspicious train crash with Lieutenant Johann Bauer. Among the belongings of one of the bystanders is one of a spy's standard tools of the trade.
Episode 12
Double Cross
23 mins
Karl Schneider, writer for the Berlin Allgemeine, is suspected of being a double agent. While D Agency searches for proof of his espionage activities, he suddenly dies under mysterious circumstances.
Episode 13
OVA: Adventure of Black Cat Yoru Part 1
5 mins
Episode 14
OVA: Adventure of Black Cat Yoru Part 2
6 mins