So, if the news starts reporting on a liver run amok, we know where to turn.
Earlier today, the official Project Itoh film trilogy’s website updated with a new visual for the upcoming Genocidal Organ film. The site also updated with a confirmation that the movie will hit Japanese theaters on February 3, 2017.
Genocidal Organ made its global début earlier today, at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
Genocidal Organ is the third entry in a trilogy of films based on the late Satoshi Ito’s Project Itoh novels. The feature was originally announced as the first film in the series, with a planned October 2015 début. Manglobe was slated to produce the movie, which was to be written and directed by Shukou Murase (Ergo Proxy, Gangsta.).
The film was delayed when Manglobe closed its doors in November 2015. Shortly after the news broke, the Project Itoh website updated with news that new studio “Geno Studio” would produce the film. The studio is a subsidiary of production company Twin Engine, which was founded by Eden of the East director Koji Yamamoto. Murase, as well as numerous key staff members would continue their work at the new company.
The confirmed voice cast includes:
- Clavis Shepherd: Yuichi Nakamura
- Rockwell: Akio Ohtsuka
- Realand: Kaito Ishikawa
- Lucia: Sanae Kobayashi
- Williams: Satoshi Mikami
- John Paul: Takahiro Sakurai
- Alex: Yuuki Kaji
Funimation currently holds the domestic rights to all three Project Itoh films in North America. Viz Media releases the novels in North America under their Haikasoru imprint. They describe Genocidal Organ as:
The war on terror exploded, literally, the day Sarajevo was destroyed by a homemade nuclear device. The leading democracies have transformed into total surveillance states, and the developing world has drowned under a wave of genocides. The mysterious American John Paul seems to be behind the collapse of the world system, and it’s up to intelligence agent Clavis Shepherd to track John Paul across the wreckage of civilizations and to find the true heart of darkness—a genocidal organ.
Earlier this month, the team released a short promotional video, which you can check out below.
Source: Twitter (PJ_Itoh)
