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The Empire of Corpses

The Empire of Corpses

The dead will inherit the Earth.

20156.22h 0m

Overview

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.

Directed by Ryotaro Makihara
Written by Koji Yamamoto, Satoshi Itō, Hiroshi Seko
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Top Cast

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Yoshimasa Hosoya

John H. Watson (voice)

Ayumu Murase

Ayumu Murase

Friday (voice)

Akio Otsuka

Akio Otsuka

M (voice)

Takayuki Sugo

Takayuki Sugo

The One (voice)

Taiten Kusunoki

Taiten Kusunoki

Frederick Barnaby (voice)

Kana Hanazawa

Kana Hanazawa

Hadaly Lilith (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

Shin-ichiro Miki

Alexei Karamazov (voice)

Daiki Yamashita

Daiki Yamashita

Nikolai Krasotkin (voice)

Jiro Saito

Jiro Saito

Seigo Yamazawa (voice)

Koji Ishii

Koji Ishii

Ulysses Grant (voice)

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookgoresteampunkgunfighthistoricalgothicadult animationgovernment agentreanimated corpse19th centuryanimepsychological

About The Empire of Corpses

The Empire of Corpses is a animation, horror, science fiction, thriller film released in 2015 exploring themes of based on novel or book, gore, steampunk, gunfight, historical, gothic. Directed by Ryotaro Makihara, it stars Yoshimasa Hosoya, Ayumu Murase, Akio Otsuka. 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.

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