Alternative titles: Synonyms: Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji, Gambler Kaiji, Ultimate Survivor KaijiJapanese: 賭博黙示録カイジ
Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished airing
Airdate: 2 Oct, 2007 to 1 Apr, 2008
Genres: Game
Duration: 00:23:00 per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 and older
Itou Kaiji is a bum who steals car emblems and slashes tires on what seems to be a regular basis. This routine changes one day when he is paid a visit by a man in a trench-coat. Once the two get talking, it seems that the visitor (Calling himself Endou) is a debt collector. The reason for his visit is an unpaid loan which Kaiji had previously co-signed for a work-mate (Furuhata Takeshi). The original loan was 300,000 yen and once Takeshi had disappeared, the loan then fell on Kaiji.
Kaiji is then told of a way to clear the interest compounded debt (which stood at 3,850,000 yen), which involved getting on a boat with others in his position. Once on the boat the debtors would then have to gamble with loaned money, which would end with a few winning, and others getting into deeper debt and having to work to pay of their debts. After some coercion Kaiji accepts a position on the boat, in order to clear his dept and make a bit of money as well... (Source: AniDB)
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Kaiji Itou Main | Masato Hagiwara Japanese |
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Sahara Supporting | Masahiro Komoto Japanese |
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Kitami Supporting | Kazuki Yao Japanese |
| Narrator Supporting | Fumihiko Tachiki Japanese | |
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Yuuji Endou Supporting | Naoya Uchida Japanese |
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Takeshi Furuhata Supporting | Yasunori Matsumoto Japanese |
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Hyoudou Kazutaka Supporting | Masane Tsukayama Japanese |
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Andou Mamoru Supporting | Toshiharu Sakurai Japanese |
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Ishida Mitsuzi Supporting | Hiroshi Yanaka Japanese |
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Yukio Tonegawa Supporting | |
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Yuzo Sato Director |
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Masato Hagiwara Theme Song Performance |
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Nobuyuki Fukumoto Original Creator |
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Hideki Taniuchi Music |
