Ryotaro MAKIHARA
The Empire Of Corpses
屍者の帝国
Nippon Animation ³
100 years after Victor Frankenstein reanimated a dead body, a medical student named John Watson tries to replicate his experiments, but fails to give the undead a soul. By order of Her Majesty, he sets out to seek the original notes written by Frankenstein himself, which contain the secret to immortality. The fast-paced adventure-animation is adapted from a novel of late writer Project Itoh.
屍者の帝国
Shisha no teikoku
Japan 2015
120 minutes
Director
Ryotaro MAKIHARA
Script
Hiroshi SEKO, Midori GOTO based on a novel by Toh ENJOE and Project Itoh
Production
WIT STUDIO
Distribution
AV Visionen
Voice acting
Yoshimasa HOSOYA, Ayumu MURASE, Taiten KUSUNOKI, Kana HANAZAWA, Shinichiro MIKI
About Ryotaro MAKIHARA
Ryotaro MAKIHARA, born in Aichi in 1980, attended Yoyogi Animation School. He worked as a key animator for cinematic versions of DORAEMON and CRAYON SHIN-CHAN, for the TV series ATTACK ON TITAN, and for the animated features COLORFUL and SUMMER WARS. In 2013 he made his directorial debut with HAL.