After releasing its promo last week which contains the staff, cast and details of the film itself, The Empire of Corpses has now revealed the first poster for the film. The work is based on the story by Project Itoh and it, along with the other two films being produced, have been licensed for theatrical and home video release by FUNimation in North America.
The film is set to premiere on October 2nd, 2015 and will be directed by Ryoutarou Makihara based on the character designs by redjuice with animation done by WIT STUDIO. EGOIST will be performing the theme song for this feature film, which you can hear in the promo below.
The cast includes Yoshimasa Hosoya as John H. Watson, Ayumu Murase as Friday, Taiten Kusunoki as Frederick Barnaby,Daiki Yamashita as Nikolai Krasotkin, Shinichiro Miki as Alexei Karamazov, Kana Hanazawa as Hadary Lilith, and Akio Ohtsuka as M.
Plot concept: Taking place in 19th century Europe, and revolves around John Watson. He is scouted by the government to become a secret agent- However, Watson lives in a world where “Frankensteins”- human corpses that are re-purposed with a false soul in order to use them as laborers- are used to improve industrial development.
The visuals look like Guily Crown mixed with Project Itoh with steam punk. I’m in.