The Collar x Malice: Deep Cover Anime film unveiled a new teaser trailer previewing its characters, alongside a second key visual.
The trailer for the movie briefly goes into the story of the film and its various characters. It also previews the theme song “No LongerxHuman” (NingenxShikkaku) performed by Kizu, who is also performing the ending theme song “City that Never Sleeps” (Nemuranai Machi) for the first film, and “Eighteen” for the second film.
The first anime film titled Collar x Malice: Deep Cover premieres on May 26 and the second part on June 23, 2023, in theaters in Japan
▍About Collar x Malice
Collar x Malice is an Otome visual novel released in 2016 available globally on PSVita and Nintendo Switch. The story takes place in Shinjuku in the year 20XX. A series of violent incidents by the mysterious organization “Adonis” occur one after another in the city of Shinjuku. These incidents are known as the X-Day Incidents.
The game follows a rookie police officer, Ichika Hoshino caught by an unknown group, with a poisonous collar placed around her neck. As she begins to uncover the machinations of the group “Adonis” that are behind the scenes, she is met by Aiji Yanagi, Kei Okazaki, Mineo Enomoto, Takeru Sasazuka, and Kageyuki Shiraishi, each from different branches of the police force or ex-officers, all looking to help you uncover the mystery behind the X-Day Incident.
While the film Deep Cover is still based on the Collar x Malice work, the film doesn’t depict the events of the visual novel, but rather events parallel to it as it tells an original story of “another incident” occurring during the X-Day Incident investigations.
▍Collar x Malice: Deep Cover Anime Staff and Production
Original Story: Collar x Malice developed by Otomate (Idea Factory/Design Factory)
Character Design: Mai Hanamura
Animation Production: Studio Deen
Distributor: Avex Pictures
Production: Collar x Malice Movie Production Committee
▍Collar x Malice: Deep Cover Anime Cast
■ Ichika Hoshino – CV: Kaede Hondo
■ Aiji Yanagi – CV: Masakazu Morita
■ Kei Okazaki – CV: Yuuki Kaji
■ Enomoto Mineo – CV: Souma Saitou
■ Takeru Sasazuka – CV: Daisuke Namikawa
■ Kageyuki Shiraishi – CV: Ryouhei Kimura
■ Masanobu Mochida – CV: Hirofumi Nojima
■ Kotoho Sakuragawa – CV: Ayaka Fukuhara
■ Yuzuru Saeki – CV: Yuuki Ono
■ Hideaki Yoshinari – CV: Yuu Nagase
■ Eriko Mukai – CV: Naoko Komatsu
■ Hajime Morioka – CV: Ryouta Takeuchi
■ Seiji Minegishi – CV: Kazuhiro Yoshimura
■ Kazuki Hoshino – CV: Takuya Eguchi
■ Rei Mikuni – CV: Kousuke Toriumi
■ Mitsuru Sowa – CV: Katsuyuki Konishi