Season 1

Kaitou Joker is the anime adaptation of the current Corocoro serialising manga, Mysterious Joker, written by Hideyasu Takahashi. The first anime series aired between October 6th 2014 to January 5th 2015 to a total of 13 episodes.

The 2015 issues ofCorocoro Comic announced that the series has been green-lit for a second season that aired on April 6 2015. Following that, a third season was announced to be premiered on April 4, 2016. A fourth season following after the third will air in October 2016.

While most episode are based off most of the manga chapters, the anime follows its own chronological order with original elements.

Season 1
Season 1 starts the series introducing the main cast: Joker, Queen, Spade , Hachi, Dark Eye, Roko, and Silver Heart'. 'Against them are the police featuring Detective Oniyama and his subordinates, Ginko Kurosaki and Momo Shiroi, and other recurring characters who challenge Joker such as Mister Kaneari and his secretary, Kannko. But the main antagonists, Shadow Joker and The Professor tend to do more than get in Joker's way.