The summer 2014 anime series Dramatical Murder has long come and gone in North America and through many other distributors as well. Sentai Filmworks handled the domestic home video release of it but they never added a trailer for it to their channel. That’s now been corrected as it’s available and you can see it below, bringing back all the memories of this show and the time the Japanese staff for it apologized over its poor quality.
Check out our review of the series.
The show adapts the story that comes from the boys-love adventure game of the same name. Kazuya Miura directed this series at Studio NAZ based on scripts by Kabura Fuchiii, who worked on the game, and Touko Machida. Character designs were done by Yukiko Ban while Yuuki Hayashi did the music composition.
The Japanese cast includes Atsushi Kisaichi as Aoba, Hiroki Takahashi as Kōjaku, Satoshi Hino as Noiz, Kenichirou Matsuda as Mink, Masatomo Nakazawa as Clear and Ryota Takeuchi as Ren.
Plot concept: The story takes place many years in the future where the game “Rhyme,” a virtual fighting game, is incredibly popular and people possess “AllMates,” convenient AI computers. Aoba leads an ordinary life, working at a junk shop and living with his grandmother on the island of Midorijima. Unlike his friends, he doesn’t participate in Rhyme, nor does he belong in a gang. However, when rumors of people disappearing spread, Aoba finds himself needing to unravel the mysteries behind the island in order to protect his everyday life.
