Voice actor Hiro Shimono joined the cast of the Undead Girl Murder Farce anime as Phantom. The character, known as the Phantom of the Opera, is an entity that was stolen by Arsene Lupin (voiced by Mamoru Miyano). You can check out Phanton’s visual below:
Hiro Shimono is known for his roles such as Hanzo Urushihara in The Devil Is a Part-Timer!, Connie Springer in Attack on Titan, Norifumi Kawakami in Ace of Diamond, Dabi in My Hero Academia, Zenitsu Agatsuma in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Nacht Faust in Black Clover, Rindo Haitani in Tokyo Revengers, and adult Kozuki Momonosuke in One Piece. Some of his most recent roles include Fuji Shikimori in Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie, Jaune Arc in RWBY: Ice Queendom, Mizuto Irido in My Stepmom’s Daughter Is My Ex, and Julian Loki in Blue Lock.
Previous character announcements for the Undead Girl Murder Farce anime include Sherlock Holmes (voiced by Shinichiro Miki), John H. Watson (voiced by Masaki Aizawa) and Annie Kerber (voiced by Sayumi Suzushiro). The staff for the anime includes:
- Director: Mamoru Hatakeyama
- Series Composition: Noboru Takagi
- Character Design/Chief Animation Director: Noriko Ito
- Sub-Character Design/Chief Animation Director: Naho Kozono
- Music: yuma yamaguchi
- Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
The Undead Girl Murder Farce anime is based on a currently ongoing novel series by Yugo Aosaku. Air Gear and Tenjo Tenge author (also known as Bakemonogatari artist), Oh! great did the cover illustrations. A manga adaptation by Haruka Tomoyama is also ongoing. Kodansha is publishing the manga in English and there are currently three volumes out: the last one came out in 2021.
Crunchyroll will be streaming the Undead Girl Murder Farce anime as part of their Fuji TV +Ultra partnership. The streaming platform describes the plot as:
The 19th century — a world inhabited by vampires, golems, werewolves and other paranormal creatures. Immortal beauty and disembodied head Aya Rindo, along with half-human-half-demon “Demon Killer” Tsugaru Shunichi and her loyal maid Shizuku Hasei, travels through Europe as supernatural detective “The Cage User,” solving supernatural mysteries while she searches for her lost body.
Source: Official Website
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