Broadcasting starts on July 8 (Mon.)! New TV Anime "Cop Craft", Report on the Advance Screening! The first episode advance cut and ED jacket were also revealed!

An advance screening of the first two episodes plus talk show of the TV anime "Copcraft," which will begin airing on July 8, 2019, was held at Shinjuku Wald 9 in Tokyo on July 6.

The popular light novel "Copcraft" from GAGA Bunko, a buddy police action series written by masters Shoji Gato and Renji Murata, has sold more than 200,000 copies in total. The latest volume 7 is scheduled to be released in early summer 2019, anda TV anime will be broadcast in summer 2019,directed by Shin Itagaki of "Berserk" fame, with series composition by Choji Gato, who also wrote the original story, character design by Hiromi Kimura, and animation production by Mill Pancé.
⇒ TV anime "Copcraft" will begin airing in the summer of 2019! Kenjiro Tsuda will play the main character, Matoba, and Maasuke Yoshioka will play the heroine, Tirana!
⇒2019 Summer Anime

An advance screening and talk show of the first two episodes of the TV anime "Copcraft," which will start airing on July 8, 2019, was held at Shinjuku Wald 9 in Tokyo on July 6. The official report has arrived and will be introduced below.

The official report is as follows.

An advance screening of the first two episodes of the TV anime "Copcraft," which will start airing on July 8, 2019, plus a talk show was held at Shinjuku Wald 9 in Tokyo on July 6.

The talk show followed the screening of the first two episodes, and featured Maayu Yoshioka, who plays Tirana Exedilica, Mr. Choji Kado, the original author and series writer, Mr. Shin Itagaki, director of the "Copcraft" TV anime, and Mr. Taku Iwasaki, who is in charge of the musical accompaniment for the drama.

After the preliminary screening, Mr. Yoshioka and Mr. Gato, who had been announced in advance, took the stage to applause. Then came special guests Mr. Iwasaki from offstage and Director Itagaki from the audience! Once again, the audience applauded and went to the stage.

First, he talked about the impressive scenes in the first and second episodes that had just been screened, to which the director replied, "Not all of them? Itagaki showed his strong feelings and confidence. Mr. Gatoh concurred, and also talked about the highlights of the anime's original scenes, which are not in the original work, and how even fans of the original work can enjoy this work. Mr. Iwasaki also picked up the scene where Tirana and her buddy Kay Matoba (CV: Kenjiro Tsuda) meet, and revealed that the reason for the play accompaniment, which evokes a sense of hope despite their stormy encounter, was based on the image of "a seed of hope being planted. The film also shows the attention to detail. Itagaki also introduced that Yoshioka-san voiced Kuroi, the black cat under Kay's protection, and said that he could feel the joy in Yoshioka-san's performance during the post recording and that her performance had become more energetic since she had been on the stage for a while. He also shared a behind-the-scenes story about how he was instructed to "hold it down.

Next, a VTR comment from Oishi Masayoshi, who is in charge of the OP theme, was shown. He talked about the secret story behind the creation of the OP theme "Rakuen Toshi (Paradise City)," which was created after reading the entire script, along with his message.
When talking about the recording session, Mr. Kato spoke "Falvani," the language of Tirana's world, in rapid succession, and Ms. Yoshioka translated it to the audience as if she were Tirana. He also revealed that the Falvani language was modeled on the one spoken by Mr. Gato himself. Mr. Gato himself described this episode as "I'm old enough to speak my own otherworldly language," to the delight of the audience.

In the last part of the talk, new information was announced one after another. First of all, the jacket photo and artist photo of the ED theme "Connected" sung by Ms. Yoshioka as Tirana were revealed. It was announced that the school uniform-like costume of the day was actually from the artist photo, which caused a stir in the audience, and Yoshioka-san was beaming at the response. It was also announced that Masaya Matsukaze and Sumire Uesaka would be playing the roles of Dennis Elbazi and the vampire, respectively. Uesaka, who plays the vampire who speaks in classical Falbani, was especially praised by the audience, who said, "She has the best pronunciation.

In closing, each of the speakers gave a few words, saying, "As for myself, I aimed to create a mature work. Mr. Gato's scenario was also fresh, so I did not go against it and concentrated on the pictures. I think it will be interesting! （The screening ended with a brief appeal of "Cop Craft" from each of the participants' perspectives. Broadcasting will begin on July 8.

Product Information
OP theme song "Rakuen Toshi" (Paradise City)
Artist： Oishi Masayoshi
Release Date： August 21, 2019

Normal Edition
Part Number： PCCG.01806
Price： 1,250 yen (excluding tax)

■Anime jacket disc
Part number: PCCG.01805
Price: 1,250 yen (excluding tax)

＜Included songs
M1. Rakuen Toshi (TV anime "Cop Craft OP theme")
M2. Hero (Theme song of the new series of the anime "Monster Strike")
Others to be determined

ED theme song "Connected

Artist：Tirana Exedilica (CV：Mayu Yoshioka)
Release date: August 7, 2019
Item number：PCCG.01807
Price: 1,300 yen (excluding tax)

＜Included songs
M1. Connected
Lyrics, Composition, Arrangement: Yuta Yasuno
M2. Nonfiction
Words and music by RIRIKO
Arranged by Yutaro Fujishiro
M3. connected -TV size- (instrumental)
M4. connected (instrumental)
M5. nonfiction (instrumental)
M6. connected -TV size- (instrumental)

Work Information] *Honorifics omitted
TV animation "Cop craft

＜Broadcast information

TOKYO MX: July 8 (Mon.) from 24:00
KBS Kyoto: July 8 (Mon.) from 24:30
BS11: July 8 (Mon.) from 24:00
AT-X: July 8 (Mon.) from 24:30
Repeat broadcasts: Every Wednesday at 16:30 / Every Saturday at 8:30 / Every Sunday at 26:30
WOWOW: July 10 (Wed.) from 24:30 *The first episode will be broadcast free of charge.
Broadcast dates and times are subject to change without notice.

<Distribution information
Distribution on d-Anime Store and other online distribution sites

＜Introduction＞
Fifteen years ago, an unknown hyperspace gate appeared over the Pacific Ocean. What existed beyond the gate was "Leto Semani," a strange other world inhabited by fairies and demons.
San Teresa City. A city where over 200,000 immigrants from both worlds live. A city with over 200,000,000 immigrants from both worlds, a diverse ethnic population, and a variety of cultures. The haves and have-nots. This is the newest "city of dreams" in the world. However, in the shadow of this chaos, numerous crimes are swarming. Drugs, prostitution, arms trafficking. The detectives who fight these heinous crimes exist in the San Teresa City Police Department. ......

When Detective Matoba Kay and the otherworldly knight Tirana, two people of different genders, personalities, and "birth worlds," meet, an incident occurs.

Two worlds, two justice.
The buddy police action begins!

<Staff> Original Story

Original story: "Copcraft DRAGNET MIRAGE RELOADED (Shogakukan "GAGA Bunko")" by Shoji Gato
Character Planning：Renji Murata
Director: Shin Itagaki
Series Composition：Shoji Gato
Character Design：Hiromi Kimura
Art Director: Hirofumi Sakaue, Hiroshi Kato (Totonian)
Color Design: Aiko Yamagami (T.D.I)
Director of Photography: Arimasa Ohmi (Tengu Kobo)
Editing: Daisuke Hiraki (Assefino Fabric)
Music: Taku Iwasaki
Sound Director: Hozumi Gouda
Animation Production: Milpanses

Opening Theme Song: Oishi Masayoshi
Ending Theme Song: Tirana Exedirica (CV: Mausu Yoshioka)

＜Cast

Kay Matoba: Kenjiro Tsuda
Tirana Exedilica: Maasuke Yoshioka
Cecil Epps: Tomiko Orikasa
Jack Ross: Kenji Hamada
Tony McVeigh: Ryosuke Takahashi
Alexander Godunov: Satoshi Tsuruoka
Jamie Austin: Mai Nakahara
Cameron Estefan: Marina Inoue
Biz O'Neill: Wataru Takagi
Kenny: Volcano Ota
Zelada: Hochu Otsuka

Original Story
■Original work: COPCRAFT DRAGNET MIRAGE RELOADED
Volume 1-6 on sale (published by Shogakukan "Gaga Bunko")
Latest volume 7 scheduled for release July 18, 2019
Written by Shoji Gato
Illustrations by Renji Murata

(c) Shoji Gato, Shogakukan/STPD