The Empire of Corpses
屍者の帝国
Release: 2015-10-02
·Runtime: 120m
·★ 6.2
Animation
Horror
Science Fiction
Thriller
The story takes 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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
WIT STUDIO
Fuji Television Network
Aniplex
TOHO
Kansai Television
dentsu
Sony Music Entertainment (Japan)
Kyoraku Industrial Holdings
Cast
Yoshimasa Hosoya
as John H. Watson (voice)
Ayumu Murase
as Friday (voice)
Akio Otsuka
as M (voice)
Takayuki Sugo
as The One (voice)
Taiten Kusunoki
as Frederick Barnaby (voice)
Kana Hanazawa
as Hadaly Lilith (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki
as Alexei Karamazov (voice)
Daiki Yamashita
as Nikolai Krasotkin (voice)
Jiro Saito
as Seigo Yamazawa (voice)
Koji Ishii
as Ulysses Grant (voice)
Houko Kuwashima
as Moneypenny (voice)
Kouji Takeda
as Thomas Edison (voice)
Yoshimitsu Takasugi
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Issei Futamata
as Narrator (voice)
Crew
Ryotaro Makihara
Storyboard Artist
Shoji Hata
Sound Director
Ryotaro Makihara
Director
Koji Tanaka
Director of Photography
Atsuko Nozaki
Key Animation
Keiji Ota
Executive Producer
Koji Yamamoto
Screenplay
Hirotaka Kato
Key Animation
Hirotaka Kato
Supervising Animation Director
Hiroshi Seko
Screenplay
Koji Yamamoto
Executive Producer
Yoshihiro Ike
Original Music Composer