Kaitou Joker

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Synonyms: Mysterious Joker

Japanese: 怪盗ジョーカー

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Type: TV

Episodes: 13

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 6, 2014 to Jan 5, 2015

Premiered: Fall 2014

Broadcast: Mondays at 19:00 (JST)

Producers: Asatsu DK, Tokyo MX

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Shin-Ei Animation

Source: Manga

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Mystery

Demographic: Kids

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: G - All Ages

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Score: 6.97¹ (scored by 5,594 users)

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Ranked: #4507²

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Popularity: #5473

Members: 14,649

Favorites: 127

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Under the veil of the shining night, the mysterious phantom thief Joker performs daring heists on one valuable treasure to the next. Although often backed into a corner by persistent police investigator Dokusaburou Oniyama, the self-proclaimed "Miracle Maker" uses his arsenal of flashy tricks to escape, straddling the line between science and magic.

In the middle of a heist to steal the "Dragon Gem" from the mansion of a haughty multimillionaire, Joker meets Hachi, a clumsy but earnest ninja. Hachi is after the same treasure but idolizes Joker, who in return merely sees him as a nuisance. Still, the two are able to work together to perform a successful heist. Seeing Hachi's wit and courage, as well as his convenient ability to perform housework, Joker reluctantly accepts him as a disciple.

As they set off with their eyes set on the next prize, Joker and Hachi butt heads with other phantom thieves. Facing both old friends and new foes alike, Joker competes to become the best "magician" of the shining night.

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Teramoto, Yukiyo

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Sadohara, Takeyuki

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Opening Theme

"Kaitou Miracle Shounen Boy (怪盗ミラクル少年ボーイ)" by Arukarider (アルカライダー)

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Ending Theme

"Parade Illusion (パレード・イリュージョン)" by Mainya with Shuffle Sisters (まいにゃ with シャッフルシスターズ)

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Oct 27, 2023

minatika

Recommended

Okay so I'm a fan of "Phantom Thief" themed shows. The main characters are thieves that steal treasure after giving an advanced notice to the police. It's a game of Thief vs Cop and whoever wins gets the treasure.

The "Phantom Thief" idea is a pretty common story in Japan, I've seen lots of shows use the theme to varying forms of success. DNAngel, Phantom Thief Kaito, and Cat's Eye for examples. This is one of the few series that really sticks to the phantom thief theme, it stays being about thievery and trickery for its entire run (whereas most other shows get sidetracked by ... character drama.) Since it's a kid's show it can ignore a lot of reality that gets in the way. They can go anywhere in the world, use all kinds of crazy weird tech gizmos, and steal stuff without being weighed down by the consequences.

There’s a deeper arching plot line as well. By episode 5 we find out there is a dark backstory to the characters, so there is a bit of intrigue to pull in older viewers.

It's a fast paced story but it managed to make me like all the characters. All of the side characters get some background, almost all of them have at least 1 or 2 episodes devoted to developing their backstory and personalities. The main characters themselves have plenty of development and go through changes as the story progresses. Friendships and romances are tested and played with, so the story isn't too afraid of changing the status quo, but it IS an episodic storyline so any overarching development is slow.

Character designs are colorful, playful, and over-the-top. At first it can be a bit much, but the longer I watched the more it grew on me. Due to the fantastical art direction, they had a chance to draw some really stunning backdrops and fight scenes. While it might seem a bit childish with how vibrant it is, I really do think some of the scenes in this show are visually beautiful.

Now for as much as I love it there are still a few downsides:

* It is still a kids show, so it just doesn't go quite deep enough at some junctures. If you are watching this primarily for the dark drama, you will be a little disappointed.
* The explanations of gizmos/tools/science shown in-show have varying degrees of accuracy to real science. Some explanations are downright wrong, but this doesn't really impact the plot. (If you're watching this with kids, be prepared to re-explain some of this bad science haha.)
* There are a few side characters that can get annoying due to their repeated catchphrases and tendency towards shouting. Thankfully their screen time becomes less and less as the season goes on.
* In the beginning, our main character gets an 'apprentice' that is super annoying and whiny. But! The apprentice actually gets character development! By the end of the show he’s genuinely a character you like.

Great show, I really do love it. And bonus points for being set in modern day, and having our characters have cell phones and actually USE them!

(EDIT: Fixed a few autocorrect typos)

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Nov 28, 2022

Velle-Alice

Recommended

It's a really really underrated anime, and I really hope that someday somehow, it'll get the attention it deserves.
It was entirely unpredictable and really got those brain gears churning, but not in a headache sort of way.
There was a perfect amount of comedy written well into it, the villains had realistic retaliations, but at the same time not exactly realistic considering that even though the solutions to the problems in every episode are realistic, there are things like bubble gum that blows up big enough for you to use it like a balloon, a talking dog, a woman that can shapeshift into a cat, ...

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Nov 16, 2018

MYLITTLENAZI

Mixed Feelings

This review kind of includes SPOILERS.

Kaitou Joker is a good anime in my opinion but why I'm rating this a 6 is the story doesn't make sense in season 1&2 and about 3/4 of the series is a filler episode.

Also Joker freakin is a time traveler, although they don't mention he's a time traveler but in the whole series about 1/4 of the tricks aren't even tricks and just prediction/already knowing whats happening. Just watch episode 52 on crunchyroll and you'll know what I'm talking about.

I've got the manga of Kaitou joker and the story and tricks are sooo BAD the tricks are so ...

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