The Empire of Corpses (2015)
AnimationHorrorScience FictionThriller
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.
Director:
Ryotaro Makihara
Writers:
Koji Yamamoto, Midori Goto, Hiroshi Seko.
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Yoshimasa Hosoya as John H. Watson (voice) |
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Ayumu Murase as Friday (voice) |
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Akio Otsuka as M (voice) |
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Takayuki Sugo as The One (voice) |
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Taiten Kusunoki as Frederick Barnaby (voice) |
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Kana Hanazawa as Hadaly Lilith (voice) |
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Shin-ichiro Miki as Alexei Karamazov (voice) |
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Daiki Yamashita as Nikolai Krasotkin (voice) |
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Jiro Saito as Seigo Yamazawa (voice) |
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Koji Ishii as Ulysses Grant (voice) |
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Houko Kuwashima as Moneypenny (voice) |
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Kouji Takeda as Thomas Edison (voice) |
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Yoshimitsu Takasugi as Sherlock Holmes (voice) |
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Issei Futamata as Narrator (voice) |
| Editing | Manabu Kamino | Online Editor |
| Art | Ryotaro Makihara | Storyboard Artist |
| Production | Yuumi Kawai | Assistant Production Manager |
| Production | Chiaki Nishinaka | Production Assistant |
| Visual Effects | Kumiko Kawana | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kumiko Kawana | Animation Director |
| Sound | Shoji Hata | Sound Director |
| Directing | Ryotaro Makihara | Director |
| Camera | Koji Tanaka | Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Naoki Tate | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Atsuko Nozaki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takahiro Chiba | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yoshimichi Kameda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hirofumi Masuda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Nobutake Ito | Key Animation |
| Art | Tomoyuki Aoki | Art Designer |
| Art | Katsu Nozaki | Background Designer |
| Art | Takeyuki Takahashi | Art Designer |
| Art | Yukie Inose | Art Designer |
| Art | Yusuke Takeda | Art Direction |
| Art | Hitomi Haga | Background Designer |
| Art | Yoshinori Shiozawa | Art Designer |
| Art | Tsukasa Kakizakai | Art Designer |
| Visual Effects | redjuice | Character Designer |
| Production | Keiji Ota | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Koji Yamamoto | Screenplay |
| Writing | Satoshi Itō | Novel |
| Visual Effects | Hirotaka Kato | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hirotaka Kato | Supervising Animation Director |
| Writing | Midori Goto | Screenplay |
| Visual Effects | Takaaki Chiba | Supervising Animation Director |
| Writing | Toh EnJoe | Novel |
| Writing | Hiroshi Seko | Screenplay |
| Visual Effects | Takaaki Chiba | Character Designer |
| Production | Koji Yamamoto | Executive Producer |
| Production | Yoko Matsuzaki | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Yoshihiro Ike | Original Music Composer |
| Visual Effects | Eri Osada | Key Animation |
| Crew | Kenya Miki | Technical Supervisor |
| Crew | Kenya Miki | Motion Capture Artist |
| Production | Hideaki Iwamoto | Co-Producer |
