
“Trust. Doubt.”
When Nao Kanzaki receives a strange letter and a suitcase containing 100 million yen, she learns that she has been selected to participate in the LIAR GAME. In this high-stakes psychological battle, lies, deception, and betrayal reign supreme. Naïve and honest, Nao turns to Shinichi Akiyama, a brilliant former con artist, to survive the twisted game. In a game built on lies, can honesty prevail?
First Aired: 4/7/2026
Languages: Japanese
Type: Scripted
Companies: Madhouse, Shueisha, REMOW, Sanyo Bussan, TV Tokyo, jeki, movic, armabianca, BS TV Tokyo
Countries: Japan

Tom_Neverwinter
I went into Liar Game expecting something closer to Liar, Liar, where the focus is on clever strategies, competitive mind games, and a more entertaining, almost playful tone. Instead, it immediately felt way heavier and more cynical, with none of that balance or fun... just constant tension and people getting put into bad situations. The way it plays out comes across as straight up "rage bait porn". It feels designed to provoke frustration, constantly setting up scenarios where things spiral in the worst possible way. Rather than being satisfying or smart, it leans into making the viewer watch things go wrong over and over again, like the entire hook is how much it can get under your skin. At a certain point, it stops feeling like strategy altogether and just feels like bullying. The “games” aren’t really about fair competition they’re about exploiting weaker or more trusting people and breaking them down while staying within technical rules. That makes it hard to enjoy, because instead of rooting for clever plays, it just feels like watching people get picked on.
Reronira (voice)

Saya Hitomi
Kanzaki Nao (voice)

Takeo Otsuka
Akiyama Shinichi (voice)

Kazuhiro Nakaya
Reronira (voice)

Nobuo Tobita
Fujisawa Kazuo (voice)

Yoji Ueda
Tanimura Mitsuo (voice)

Yasutaka Tomioka
Eda Teruyuki (voice)

Shoya Ishige
Kikuzawa Takahiro (voice)

Ryosuke Asano
Kitamura Hiroto (voice)

Taro Kiuchi
Sato Tetsuzo (voice)

Riko Akechi
Tamura Makiko (voice)

Toshinari Fukamachi
Danno Daisuke (voice)

Naoya Miyase
Tsunoda Kousuke (voice)
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