Critics Of "Great Pretender - Season 1 [Sub: Eng]"
Japan Times
August 24, 2020
There's nothing particularly revolutionary in its double, triple and quadruple crosses, but it is cool to see "The Sting"- like heists in anime form. Bonus points for using a Freddie Mercury song as the ending theme.
The show's first block of episodes borrow liberally from [Breaking Bad], share that series' knack for slowburn suspense, and cheekily name drop Walter White himself.
Great Pretender storms confidently out of the gate with the first part of its first season on Netflix, delivering a visually striking and well-written effort.