The Project Itoh trilogy of anime films based on the books by Satoshi Ito are finally coming to North America with the first movie, The Empire of Corpses, debuting in theaters for two days only, April 19-20.
Funimation is handling the distribution of The Empire of Corpses and you can learn more about the movie and purchase tickets on their website.
If you need a nifty visual, iDigitalTimes has an exclusive clip for The Empire of Corpses where two large warriors attempt to stop John Watson and his team from reaching an important resource for his research. You can watch the clip above.
The story of The Empire of Corpses takes place in 19th Century London, where the British government approaches John Watson (from the Sherlock Holmes stories) to become a secret agent.
His first mission is to join a team and recover Victor Frankenstein’s notes because in this world, “Frankensteins” are reanimated corpses with false souls used for hard labor during the Industrial Revolution.
If you need even more information, here’s an official synopsis from Funimation.
“From the studio that produced Attack on Titan comes a captivating historical action thriller based on a Philip K. Dick Award winning novel by Project Itoh. In an alternate version of 19 th century London, the world has been revolutionized by “corpse reanimation technology” creating armies of undead who serve the living as laborers across the globe.
In an attempt to revive his dearly departed friend, young medical student John Watson becomes obsessed with replicating the work of Dr. Victor Frankenstein—the legendary corpse engineer whose research produced the only re-animated corpse to possess a soul. But when his illegal experiments put him at odds with the British government, Watson is drafted into a worldwide race to find the lost research notes of Victor Frankenstein before the secrets of the human soul fall into the wrong hands.”
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