An anime adaptation of the adult visual novel Dies Irae by game developer Light has officially been announced during a press conference held on December 18. The series will be produced by studio Genco alongside the game's original scenario writer Takashi Masada, who will be in charge of the series composition. Most of the series' game cast will reprise their roles for the anime adaptation, which is expected to premiere in Summer 2017 or later.
In addition to an anime, the game will also receive a manga adaptation by Kazuomi Minatogawa and a novel by Ryou Morise.
Synopsis
On May 1, 1945 in Berlin, as the Red Army raises the Soviet flag over the Reichskanzlei, a group of Nazi officers conduct a ritual. For them, the slaughter in the city is nothing but the perfect ritual sacrifice in order to bring back the Order of the 13 Lances, a group of supermen whose coming would bring the world's destruction. Years later, no one knows if this group of officers succeeded, or whether they lived or died. Few know of their existence, and even those who knew began to pass away as the decades passed.
Now in December in the present day in Suwahara City, Ren Fujii spends his days at the hospital. It has been two months since the incident that brought him to the hospital: a fight with his friend Shirou Yusa where they almost tried to kill each other. He tries to value what he has left to him, but every night he sees the same dream: a guillotine, murderers who hunt people, and the black clothed knights who pursue the murderers. He is desperate to return to his normal, everyday life, but even now he hears Shirou's words: "Everyone who remains in this city eventually loses their minds." (Source: ANN)
Cast
Ren Fujii: Kousuke Toriumi (Yowamushi Pedal)
Marie: Yui Sakakibara
Rea Himuro: Hitomi Nabatame (Kyoukai no Rinne (TV))
Shirou Yusa: Takeshi Maeda
Erii Honjou: Yoshina Makino
Reinhard Heydrich: Junichi Suwabe (Akatsuki no Yona)
Valeria Trifa: Ken Narita (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)
Wilhelm Ehrenburg: Kishou Taniyama (Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love)
Kai Sakurai: Kei Mizusawa (Ushinawareta Mirai wo Motomete)
Beatrice Waltrud von Kircheisen: Kei Mizusawa
Isaak: Hitomi Nabatame
Göetz Von Berlichingen: Hiroki Yasumoto (Hoozuki no Reitetsu)
Rusalka Schwagerin: Yuka Inokuchi
Eleonore Von Wittenburg: Asami Yaguchi
Spinne: Kouki Harasawa
Riza Brenner: Risato Habuki
Wolfgang Schreiber: Yuuki Tamaki
Mercurius: Kousuke Toriumi
Trailer
The successful fundraising to get the game's anime adaptation happened between March and May of this year on UNEEDZONE.jp. It raised a total of 96,560,858 yen (~800,000 USD).
Source: Dengeki Online
Dies Irae on MAL
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