Japan loves their sprawling multimedia projects as we’ve seen over the years, with our first real introduction to one being Blood: The Last Vampire. The latest one to start getting some traction is called Hamatora, which was created by Yuki Kodama of Blood Lad fame along with Natsu Matsumai. The project is getting three points to it at the moment with a manga adaptation which will be written by Yukinori Kitajima while Kodama does the artwork, an anime adaptation that’s being done by NAZ and a game as well. The manga launches in issue 51 of Young Jump.
Original Concept: Yuki Kodama, Natsu Matsumai
Original Work: Cafe Nowhere
Chief Director: Seiji Kishi
Director: Hiroshi Kimura
Project Composition: Yukinori Kitajima
Anime Series Composition: Touko Machida, Jun Kumagai
Script: Jun Kumagai
Original Character Design: Yuki Kodama
Character Design: Yuu Wazu
Colour Art Direction: Fantasista Utamaro
Music: Makoto Yoshimori
Music Production: DIVE II entertainment
Animation Production: NAZ
Plot Concept: Hamatora revolves around five people, specifically Nice and Murasaki, who part of a handful of humans that possess a special hereditary ability known as “Minimum.” The ability gives the possessor special power. Those with the ability are called “Mininum Holders.” Using their abilities, Nice and Murasaki (two teenagers) use their abilities to solve mysteries. The two of them and their other friends run their agency which shares the titular name as the anme. They operate their agency at a table out of Cafe Nowhere. The members of Hamatora get their first case when a police acquaintance hires them to investigate a string of serial murders. Due to the significance of the case, the Hamatora members are potential targets because the killer’s victims are also Mininum Holders. They have to solve the case if they wish to not get caught by the serial killer.
[Supplemental Sourcing: Crunchyroll, Digital Journal]
