With the Trickster TV anime series getting underway this weekend, an OVA release has also been solicited for the show. With plans for a December 22nd, 2016 debut, it’ll serve as a 50-minute/two-part prequel that digs into the pasts of various characters. The OVA will be priced at 7,000 yen and the artwork has been revealed for it as well.
The TV series is directed by Masahiro Mukai based on the series composition and scripts from Erika Yoshida. PEACH-PIT worked on the original character designs that are being adapted into anime form by Shinya Yamada. TMS Entertainment and Shin-Ei Animation will be handling the animation production for the show.
The show has set Daiki Yamashita as Yoshio Kobayashi and Ryota Osaka as Kensuke Hanasaki as the leads. The supporting cast includes Yuuichirou Umehara as Ryou Inoue, Ibuki Kido as Makoto Nori and Azusa Tadakoro as Nao Nakamura
The opening song “Kimi Dake no Boku de Iru Kara” is being performed by Gackt while Asuza Tadakoro will be performing the ending them song for it with “1HOPE SNIPER.”
Plot concept: The time period is the 2030s. Before the mysterious detective Kogorou Akechi, the Boys’ Detective Team is assembled. Their actions have led to the resolution of various small and large incidents. One day, team member Kensuke Hanasaki meets a mysterious boy named Yoshio Kobayashi. Kobayashi, who has an undying body because of an “unidentified fog,” wishes his own death and refuses contact with others. Hanasaki takes an interest in Kobayashi and invites him to join the Boys’ Detective Team. The encounter eventually leads them to the connection between the criminal nicknamed the “Fiend with Twenty Faces” and Kogorou Akechi. The fate of the two begins to move…
[Source: TRICKSTER -Edogawa Ranpo “Shounen Tanteidan” yori-]
