On the official site for the anime adaptation of the manga by Ryousuke Takeuchi and illustrated by Hikaru Miyoshi, Yuukoku no Moriartythe character designs of the four protagonists were revealed. Uncovered designs include (from left to right):
- Souma Saitou like William James Moriarty.
- Takuya Satou like Albert James Moriarty.
- Chiaki Kobayashi like Louis James Moriarty.
- Makoto Furukawa like Sherlock Holmes.
The series is scheduled to premiere next October. For their part, Takeuchi and Miyoshi began publishing the manga in the magazine. Jump SQ from the publisher Shueisha in August 2016. The manga inspired a musical that was presented in Japan this May. The event also announced that the manga will inspire a second musical to be presented in Tokyo and Kyoto in August 2020. An amendment to the piece was published in November 2018.
Cast of votes
- Souma Saitou like William James Moriarty.
- Makoto Furukawa like Sherlock Holmes.
- Chiaki Kobayashi like Louis James Moriarty.
- Takuya Satou like Albert James Moriarty.
- Yuuki Ono like John H. Watson.
- Satoshi Hino like Sebastian Moran.
- Yuuto Uemura like Fred Porlock.
Production team
- Kazuya Nomura is responsible for directing the anime in the studios Production I.G..
- Tooru Ookubo is responsible for the character design and animation direction.
- Go Zappa and Taku Kishimoto You are responsible for writing and monitoring the scripts.
Synopsis of Yuukoku no Moriarty
The protagonist of the story is James Moriarty, the famous antagonist of the Sherlock Holmes series by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In the manga, he is an orphan who takes the name William James Moriarty when he and his younger brother join the Moriarty family. As an adult, he tries to get rid of the diseases caused by England's strict class system.
Source: Official Twitter account
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