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.

The Empire of Corpses (2015)

The dead will inherit the Earth.

★ 6.2/10 October 2, 2015 120 min

AnimationHorrorScience FictionThriller

Director: Ryotaro Makihara  ·  Writers: Koji Yamamoto, Hiroshi Seko, Midori Goto

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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Director

Ryotaro Makihara

Cast

Yoshimasa Hosoya John H. Watson (voice) Ayumu Murase Friday (voice) Akio Otsuka M (voice) Takayuki Sugo The One (voice) Taiten Kusunoki Frederick Barnaby (voice) Kana Hanazawa Hadaly Lilith (voice) Shin-ichiro Miki Alexei Karamazov (voice) Daiki Yamashita Nikolai Krasotkin (voice) Jiro Saito Seigo Yamazawa (voice) Koji Ishii Ulysses Grant (voice) Houko Kuwashima Moneypenny (voice) Kouji Takeda Thomas Edison (voice)