The official website of the anime of Yugo Aosaki‘s Undead Girl Murder Hoax novelas revealed on Friday that itaru yamamoto He will play Victor, an artificial human belonging to the criminal organization Banquet who has superhuman strength and cannot feel pain.
The anime will premiere on fuji tv‘s +Ultra block in July. crunchyroll will broadcast the series worldwide except Asia as it airs in Japan.
The series will star:
- tomoyo kurosawa as Aya Rindo
- taku yashiro as Tsugaru Shinuchi
- makoto koichi as Shizuku Hasei
- sayumi suzushiro as Annie Kerber
- shinichiro miki as Sherlock Holmes
- masaki aizawa as John H. Watson
- Mamoru Miyano as Arsene Lupine
- hiro shimono like ghost
- wataru yokojima as James Moriarty
- tomokazu sugita as Aleister Crowley
- queen kondo as Carmilla
mamoru hatakeyama (Kaguya-sama: Love is war) is directing the anime at lapin track. noboru takagi (golden kamuy) is handling series composition. noriko itou (kakegurui) is designing the characters based on original designs by Zerogo Iwamoto. Naho Kozono (Mushoku Tensei: Reincarnation without a job) is serving as supporting character designer and chief animation director. Yuma Yamaguchi (I AM KODAMA KAWASHIRI) is composing the music. Kazuhiro Wakabayashi (Bungo Stray Dogs) is the sound director.
Aosaki launched the novel series in 2015.
Kodansha Publishing USA licensed the manga adaptation and describes the story:
Late 19th century: A vampire’s wife is murdered and the detective known as the “Cage User” is called in to solve the crime. But there’s more to the detective and the curtained birdcage he carries… after all, when solving a case involving a monster, it might take knowing one!
haruka tomoyama launched the manga adaptation based on Aosaki’s story in kodansha‘s Monthly Shōnen Sirius magazine in June 2016. Since then, the manga has moved to the Justice magazine in June 2017, and then again to the comic days website in September 2018.
Sources: Undead Girl Murder Hoax anime website, MoCa News