The promo trailer for the upcoming anime film, The Empire of Corpses reveals the theme song “Door” by EGOIST and the official website reveals the cast and all sorts of goodies.
Cast List:
Yoshimasa Hosoya as John H. Watson, a medical student at the University of London
Ayumu Murase as Friday, also known as Noble_Savage_007
Taiten Kusunoki as Frederick Barnaby, a captain in Great Britain’s army
Daiki Yamashita as Nikolai Krasotkin, a young man from Russia’s Third Department of His Imperial
Majesty’s Own Chancellery
Shinichiro Miki as Alexei Karamazov, a Russian priest
Kana Hanazawa as Hadary Lilith, the president’s secretary from America
Akio Ohtsuka as M, commander of Great Britain’s “Walsingham Organization”
Anime News Network reported that
“…the website announced the premiere dates for all three films. The Empire of Corpses was originally slated for December, but is now slated to open in theaters in Japan on October 2. Genocidal Organ was slated for October but is now slated for November 13. Harmony was slated for November, but is now slated for December 4”.
The Empire of Corpses is set in Europe during the 19th century and follows the life of John Watson. The government asks him to become a secret agent. In the story’s universe, there are human corpses that are given a false soul called Frankensteins. These Frankensteins have a single purpose: to aide the industrialization of Europe. One can only imagine what the good John Watson will encounter in this film.
The film is based on the novel by Project Itoh, real name Satoshi Ito. Ito-san wrote three other novels: Genocidal Organ, Harmony, and the novel adaption of Metal Gear Solid: Guns of the Patriots. These will also be adapted to film. All of Project Itoh’s novels were released in Enlgih by Viz Media except for The Empire of Corpses.
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