Today, the official website and social media pages for the two-part anime film CollarMalice -deep cover- released a new teaser trailer, the second key visual, and a character visual. These releases revealed grand designs and concluding theme song details for both parts ahead of their respective debut dates of May 26 and June 23.
The visual kei band Kizu will sing their song "Sleepless City" for Part 1, and they will also perform their song "Eighteen" for Part 2. You can hear their primary theme tune, which is titled "Ningen-Shikkaku," throughtout the films teaser trailer!
Check out the trailer for the two-part film below!
You can also see the character visuals for the film here!
The anime's main cast is as follows, who retain their roles from the original game:
- Aiji Yanagi voiced by Masakazu Morita (Ichigo in Bleach)
- Kei Okazaki voiced by Yuki Kaji (Eren in Attack on Titan)
- Mineo Enomoto voiced by Soma Saito (Miyano in Sasaki and Miyano)
- Takeru Sasazuka voiced by Daisuke Namikawa (Oikawa in Haikyu!!)
- Kageyuki Shiraishi voiced by Ryohei Kimura (Kise in Kuroko's Basketball)
Developed and published by Idea Factory under their Otomate bran, Collar × Malice was released for PlayStation Vita in Japan in August 2016 and for Nintendo Switch in March 2020. It was also localized in North America and Europe by Aksys Games in July 2017.
Idea Factory describes the game below:
A dangerous shadow organization launches a campaign of fear and violence in the city of Shinjuku, pushing society to the brink of chaos. As a young police officer tasked with restoring order, you become the target of an attack, and have a poisonous collar attached to your neck. With the situation spiraling out of control and time running out, five mysterious strangers appear to aid you in your quest for the truth. Who can you trust? Will you be able to save yourself and the soul of Shinjuku from the clutches of oblivion? In a city bound by malice, you are the only hope for salvation!
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