Coming Soon From FUNimation Entertainment:: Project Itoh: Empire of Corpses

Project Itoh: Empire of Corpses

The story of Shisha no Teikoku takes place in 19th century Europe, and revolves around John H. 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. The film is licensed in North America by Funimation.

Directed by Ryoutarou Makihara

Screenplay by Midori Goto, Hiroshi Seko & Koji Yamamoto

Based on The Empire of Corpses by Project Ito & To Enjo

British Empire's Captain Barnaby - Taiten Kusunoki

John H. Watson - Yoshimasa Hosoya

Nikolai Krasotkin - Daiki Yamashita

Noble Savage 007 Ayumu Murase

Hadary Lilith - Kana Hanazawa

Alexei Karamazov - Shinichiro Miki

Starring :
Yoshimasa Hosoya as John H. Watson
Ayumu Murase as Friday
Kana Hanazawa as Hadaly Lilith
Taiten Kusunoki as Frederick Burnaby
Shinichiro Miki as Alexei Karamazov
Daiki Yamashita as Nikolai Krasotkin
Jiro Saito as Seigo Yamazawa (ja)
Koji Ishii as Ulysses Simpson Grant
Houko Kuwashima as Moneypenny
Koji Takeda as Thomas Edison
Yoshimitsu Takasugi as Sherlock Holmes
Issei Futamata as Narrator
Akio Otsuka as M[citation needed]
Takayuki Sugo as The One


The anime movie adaptations of the works of of Satoshi Ito, a sci-fi novelist who wrote under the name Project Itoh, passed away in 2009 at age 34.