Freddie Mercury to Perform Great Pretender Anime's Theme Song

The official Great Pretender anime website announced that the late Queen singer Freddie Mercury's cover of The Platters' song, "The Great Pretender" will be the show's theme song. This is the first TV anime to feature a song performed by Mercury.

This original anime produced by Wit Studio (Attack on Titan) will have a theme of "credit fraud" and will be a "happy and comedic drama between worldly famous swindlers." The series follows Makoto Edamura, who is said to be Japan's greatest swindler. Together with his partner Kudo, they try to trick a Frenchman in Asakusa, but they got tricked instead. This Frenchman is Laurent Thierry, a much higher-level 'confidence man', who is in control of the mafias. Edamura is yet to discover the fate that awaits him after having engaged in the Frenchman's dirty jobs. ​

The series is directed by Hiro Kabuagi (My Little Monster) with character designs by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Evangelion), scripts written by Ryota Kosawa (live-action Parasyte film), music by Yutaka Yamada (Vinland Saga, Tokyo Ghoul), and is produced by Maiko Okada (Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress). 

The anime is set to premiere in Netflix Japan on June 2nd and will stream the series worldwide in a later date. The series will also premiere on Fuji TV's +UItra programming block on July 8th and will have a total of 23 episodes. That said, here's the show's release schedule on Netflix Japan.

• Case 1 (episodes 1-5): June 2
• Case 2 (episodes 6-10): June 9
• Case 3 (episodes 11-14): June 16
• Case 4: (episode count unknown): "Coming Soon"

[Source: Anime News Network]