Chaser Game
- Creator
- Hiroshi Matsuyama
- Publisher
- Enterbrain · Hiroshi Matsuyama
- Language
- Japanese
- Genre
- business thriller
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• Name — Chaser Game • Ja Kanji — チェイサーゲーム
Key facts
• Type — manga • Author — Hiroshi Matsuyama • Illustrator — Yukitaro Matsushima • Publisher — Enterbrain • Magazine — Famitsu • First — December 18, 2018 • Volumes — 15
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• Type — drama • Title — Chaser Game • Director — Isamu Ota, Masayuki Yamaguchi, Katsuya Mitsuoka • Writer — Atsushi Asada, Isamu Ota • Studio — TV Tokyo, Dub Corporation • Network — TV Tokyo • First — September 9, 2022 • Last — October 28, 2022 • Episodes — 8 Chaser Game is a Japanese manga series written by Hiroshi Matsuyama and illustrated by Yukitaro Matsushima. It began serialization online via Famitsu on December 18, 2018. The series draws from Matsuyama's own experience working at CyberConnect2 as the story follows its protagonist Tatsuya Shindo, a game designer who is promoted to a senior position at CyberConnect2, who learns to deal with his new responsibilities. In 2022 a live-action television drama adaptation of the series was produced by TV Tokyo. In 2024 a spin-off television drama titled "Chaser Game W" was produced by TV Tokyo featuring an original story that centered around two lesbians working in the game industry.
Manga
Written by Hiroshi Matsuyama and illustrated by Matsushima Yukitaro, Chaser Game was released online via Famitsu from December 18, 2018, to November 1, 2021. The first seven volumes are considered the "first season", with volume eight containing a short manga that Matsuyama drew during the airing of the first season of the live-action adaptation. A "second season" of the manga began after this and is collected from volume nine onward. The series has been collected into fifteen tankōbon volumes.
Drama
A live-action television drama adaptation was announced in August, 2022. The series was produced by TV Tokyo and directed by Isamu Ohta, Masayuki Yamaguchi and Katsuya Mitsuoka, with Atsushi Asada and Isamu Ota writing the scripts. The series starred Keisuke Watanabe in the lead role. It premiered on TV Tokyo's Thursday Drama 24 slot from September 9, 2022, to October 28, 2022. The opening theme, Chaser Game, featured Maaya Uchida.
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