Fujita (Ushio & Tora) published Karakuri Circus in Weekly Shonen Sunday from 1997 to 2006, and Shogakukan published 43 volumes for the manga.
At a talk during the AnimeJapan 2018 event on Saturday, manga creator Kazuhiro Fujita revealed that the upcoming television anime of his Karakuri Circus (Le Cirque de Karakuri) manga will have 36 episodes.
Together, Masaru, Narumi, and Shirogane get thrown into various conspiracies by those who would try to steal Masaru’s fortune.
The story centers on Masaru Saiga, a fifth-grade boy who aims to become a puppeteer.