The officialTwitter account forMag Garden'sMag Comi website announced on Thursday thatDaichi Marui's manga adaptation ofWit Studio's original television animeseriesGreat Pretender will go on hiatus due Marui's poor health. The announcement noted that a return date for the manga remains undecided.

Maruilaunched the manga onMag Comi and on the LineManga service on June 10. The first compiled book volume of the manga shipped on July 10.

The anime's "Case 1" (episodes 1-5) premiered onNetflix in Japan with English subtitles on June 2, followed by "Case 2" (episodes 6-10) on June 9 and "Case 3" (episodes 11-14) on June 16. "Case 4" (episodes 15-23) of the anime willpremiere onNetflix in Japan on September 21.Netflix is streaming the anime exclusively worldwide, but it is streaming in Japan ahead of the rest of the world.

Netflix beganstreaming the anime outside of Japan on August 20. The anime premiered on July 8 onFuji TV's +UItra programming block. The anime will run for twocours (quarters of a year) for a total of 23 episodes.

The show's themes are "credit fraud" and "happy and comedic drama between worldly famous swindlers." The anime's official website describes the anime:

Makoto Edamura is supposedly Japan's greatest swindler. Together with his partner Kudo, they try to trick a Frenchman in Asakusa but unexpectedly get tricked instead. The Frenchman, whom they tried to swindle, turns out to be Laurent Thierry- a much higher-level 'confidence man,' in control of the mafias. Edamura is yet to find out what fate awaits him, after having engaged in the Frenchman's dirty jobs...!

Hiro Kaburagi (Hozuki's Coolheadedness,My Little Monster,91 Days) is directing the series atWit Studio.Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Evangelion,FLCL) is designing the characters.Ryota Kosawa (Parasyte live-action film,Always: Sunset on Third Street live-action film series) is writing the scripts, andYutaka Yamada (Tokyo Ghoul animefranchise,Vinland Saga) is composing the music.Maiko Okada is the producer.

Yamada composed the opening theme song "G.P." The late Queen singerFreddie Mercury's cover of The Platters song "The Great Pretender" is the anime's ending themesong. This is Japan's first television anime to feature a song by Mercury as its theme.

Source: MagComieTwitteraccount