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[[File:Zankoku.jpg|thumb|360px|Zankoku na Kankyakutachi]]

==Details==
*'''Title:''' 残酷な観客達
*'''Title (romaji):''' Zankoku na Kankyakutachi
*'''Also known as:''' Cruel Crowd / Cruel Audience
*'''Format:''' Renzoku
*'''Genre:''' Mystery, Friendship, School
*'''Episodes:''' 10
*'''Broadcast network:''' TV Tokyo
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2017-May-17 to 2017-Jul-19
*'''Air time:''' Wednesday 24:59
*'''Theme song:''' ''Eccentric'' by [[Wikipedia:Sakurazaka46|Keyakizaka46]]
*'''Related TV Shows:''' [[Tokuyama Daigoro wo Dare ga Koroshita ka?]] (TV Tokyo, 2016)

==Synopsis==
A class of 21 students suddenly find themselves locked inside their classroom. Their situation in the classroom is broadcast live to the entire world, watched by strangers. The only way to escape is to receive the most "likes" from the audience. To get as many "likes" as possible, the students start doing various things to get the viewers' attention, but their actions gradually escalate, leading to them unable to decide between friendship and broadcast rules. Why are the students trapped? Can all 21 of them, whose fate is held by the viewers, escape together?

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==Cast==
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;Main Cast
*[[Ishimori Nijika]] (石森虹花) as Ishino Sae
*[[Imaizumi Yui]] as Iwamoto Erena
*[[Uemura Rina]] (上村莉菜) as Uchimura Nagisa
*[[Ozeki Rika]] (尾関梨香) as Okamoto Yuki
*[[Oda Nana]] (織田奈那) as Onda Haruka
*[[Koike Minami]] (小池美波) as Koga Nao
*[[Kobayashi Yui]] as Koyanagi Ikumi
*[[Saito Fuyuka]] (齋藤冬優花) as Sakamoto Hana
*[[Sato Shiori (1996)|Sato Shiori]] (佐藤詩織) as Sano Shizuka
*[[Shida Manaka]] (志田愛佳) as Shiina Kate
*[[Sugai Yuuka]] as Sugisaki Rin
*[[Suzumoto Miyu]] (鈴本美愉) as Suhara Misora
*[[Nagasawa Nanako]] (長沢菜々香) as Nagano Fuuka
*[[Nagahama Neru]] as Nagamine Miko
*[[Habu Mizuho]] as Hashimoto Runa
*[[Harada Aoi]] (原田葵) as Hamano Kaede
*[[Hirate Yurina]] as Hayama Yuzuki
*[[Moriya Akane]] (守屋茜) as Mochizuki Koto
*[[Yonetani Nanami]] (米谷奈々未) as Yoshimura Azusa
*[[Watanabe Rika]] (渡辺梨加) as Wakamoto Anna
*[[Watanabe Risa]] as Waku Ayano
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;Others
*[[Harada Ryuji]] as Hatada Kosuke <small>(Homeroom teacher)</small>
*[[Maeda Goki]] as Uchino Yuto <small>(Swimming club senior)</small>
*[[Yamachi Mari]] (山地まり) as Keiko <small>(Yuto's girlfriend)</small>
*[[Fukuzawa Jubun]] as Baba <small>([[Wikipedia:NEET|NEET]])</small>
*[[Kirishima Reika]] as Miwa <small>(Housewife)</small>
*[[Iketani Nobue]] as Sugimura <small>(Company employee)</small>
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==Production Credits==
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Yajima Koichi]]
*'''Chief Producer:''' [[Asano Futoshi]]
*'''Producer:''' [[Ueno Hiroyuki]] (植野浩之)
*'''Director:''' [[Yajima Koichi]], [[Higurashi Ken]]
*'''Music:''' [[Makido Taro]]

==Trivia==
*The student characters are played by all 21 members of Jpop group, ''[[Wikipedia:Sakurazaka46|Keyakizaka46]]''.

==External Links==
*[https://www.ntv.co.jp/kankyakutachi/ Official site]
*[[Wikipedia:ja:残酷な観客達|Japanese Wikipedia]]

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