However, the cards were nearly stolen one month ago, and then scattered across the land. The royal family of the Kingdom of Fourland holds a secret deck of 52 'X-Playing cards,' each of which bestow a superhuman power or ability to whoever uses them. The project's theme is poker, with everything from the title to the names of fictional locations referencing some form of playing card game.ĭuring a preview of the anime series at Anime NYC in November 2022, Kawamoto and Muno further explained that High Card was heavily inspired by the Kingsman movies, including their decision to put the setting in a fictional kingdom outside of Japan, hoping to appeal to a wider audience across the world. It consists of a manga series, a novel series, drama CDs, and an anime television series by Studio Hibari, which aired from January to March 2023. High Card (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese multimedia franchise created by Homura Kawamoto, Hikaru Muno, and TMS Entertainment.

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