 An anime adaptation of the adult visual novel Dies Irae by game developer Light has officially been announced during a press conference held on December 18. The series will be produced by studio Genco alongside the game's original scenario writer Takashi Masada, who will be in charge of the series composition. Most of the series' game cast will reprise their roles for the anime adaptation, which is expected to premiere in Summer 2017 or later. In addition to an anime, the game will also receive a manga adaptation by Kazuomi Minatogawa and a novel by Ryou Morise. Synopsis On May 1, 1945 in Berlin, as the Red Army raises the Soviet flag over the Reichskanzlei, a group of Nazi officers conduct a ritual. For them, the slaughter in the city is nothing but the perfect ritual sacrifice in order to bring back the Order of the 13 Lances, a group of supermen whose coming would bring the world's destruction. Years later, no one knows if this group of officers succeeded, or whether they lived or died. Few know of their existence, and even those who knew began to pass away as the decades passed. Now in December in the present day in Suwahara City, Ren Fujii spends his days at the hospital. It has been two months since the incident that brought him to the hospital: a fight with his friend Shirou Yusa where they almost tried to kill each other. He tries to value what he has left to him, but every night he sees the same dream: a guillotine, murderers who hunt people, and the black clothed knights who pursue the murderers. He is desperate to return to his normal, everyday life, but even now he hears Shirou's words: "Everyone who remains in this city eventually loses their minds." (Source: ANN) Cast Ren Fujii: Kousuke Toriumi (Yowamushi Pedal) Marie: Yui Sakakibara Rea Himuro: Hitomi Nabatame (Kyoukai no Rinne (TV)) Shirou Yusa: Takeshi Maeda Erii Honjou: Yoshina Makino Reinhard Heydrich: Junichi Suwabe (Akatsuki no Yona) Valeria Trifa: Ken Narita (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!) Wilhelm Ehrenburg: Kishou Taniyama (Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love) Kai Sakurai: Kei Mizusawa (Ushinawareta Mirai wo Motomete) Beatrice Waltrud von Kircheisen: Kei Mizusawa Isaak: Hitomi Nabatame Göetz Von Berlichingen: Hiroki Yasumoto (Hoozuki no Reitetsu) Rusalka Schwagerin: Yuka Inokuchi Eleonore Von Wittenburg: Asami Yaguchi Spinne: Kouki Harasawa Riza Brenner: Risato Habuki Wolfgang Schreiber: Yuuki Tamaki Mercurius: Kousuke Toriumi Trailer The successful fundraising to get the game's anime adaptation happened between March and May of this year on UNEEDZONE.jp. It raised a total of 96,560,858 yen (~800,000 USD). Source: Dengeki Online Dies Irae on MAL |
NaruleachDec 20, 2015 9:36 PM
| Not familiar with the franchise but it has a solid cast. 2017 though... |
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| WHOA! It's been a long time since I've watched an Anime with Toriumi as the main character. This is exciting. Other than him, there's also Kishow, Suwabe, Yasumoto and a few others. Plot sounds damn interesting. |
| Damn, 2017. |
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| Remind me again when where in 2017. |
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| the fucks the point if it's releasing in 2017. |
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| This series had my attention some time ago, but don't know much about it. Seems interesting, will try. |
| Ouch, 2017...:/ |
| Will definitely give it a show. When it comes out :D. |
| lol 2017. I'm sure I would forget about this anime later. |
 (っ◔◡◔)っ 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓭𝓪𝔂 ♥ |
| Heard good things about this, but damn, I could probably learn Japanese and play the VN by the time it comes out. |
| Sounds interesting and has a good cast... but 2017? that's a long time. I guess I'll be watching the thread for the time being. |
| "... which is expected to premiere in Summer 2017 or later." So it's either Summer or Fall of that year, or even potentially not until 2018. Lol I'll go ahead and check it out once that time comes. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. Take me back to the days before MAL became infested with Twitter's favorite buzzwords. |
| it sounds kind of interesting and I like the cast but... 2017? really? |
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| 2017 is good. If they're announcing it now, they'll have lots of time to work on it |
| Well, the english translation certainly isn't going anywhere (read: nonexistent). Might as well wait for 2017......... |
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Sakana-san said: Most of the series' game cast will reprise their roles for the anime adaptation, which is expected to premiere in Summer 2017 or later. Summer 2017 or later? That is almost two years away. At least the plot sounds really interesting. I hope it is worth the wait. |
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| After new LoGH and now this confirmed for 2017? Not familiar with this but that synopsis seems interesting. Genre seems to be Supernatural, Violence/Action, Tragedy(?). |
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| >> Nazi >> Ritual >> 13 Lancers [??] I smell Hellboy meet with Fate/Stay Night If i remember this in 2017  |
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| Hello, Dies Irae, aka Princess Tutu on steroids. |
Koybz said: Heard good things about this, but damn, I could probably learn Japanese and play the VN by the time it comes out. good idea tbh |
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| So hyped for this. Hopefully it doesn't die down in the next two years (probably will XD). Playing the VN now with terrible machine translations. :( At least there's a site that summarizes every chapter very well. |
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Lobke said: Remind me again when where in 2017. |
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| Cool! I guess my goal is to read the vn before the anime airs, which should be doable since the air date is pretty far off. |
YoxalLoyal said: So hyped for this. Hopefully it doesn't die down in the next two years (probably will XD). Playing the VN now with terrible machine translations. :( At least there's a site that summarizes every chapter very well. I don't think you should ruin Dies Irae for yourself with machine translators since one of the main appeals is its prose and dialogue. It'd be better to spend a year or so learning the language and then coming back to it when you feel comfortable. That said, for those who are interested in the visual novel, it's not nearly as difficult to read as some claim it to be (certainly when compared to the likes of Muramasa and such), so being able to read it before the anime airs is more than doable. I started studying in May 2014 and read Dies Irae in July 2015 or thereabouts with minimal issues. |
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Veronin said: I don't think you should ruin Dies Irae for yourself with machine translators since one of the main appeals is its prose and dialogue. It'd be better to spend a year or so learning the language and then coming back to it when you feel comfortable. That said, for those who are interested in the visual novel, it's not nearly as difficult to read as some claim it to be (certainly when compared to the likes of Muramasa and such), so being able to read it before the anime airs is more than doable. I started studying in May 2014 and read Dies Irae in July 2015 or thereabouts with minimal issues. I was planning on learning Japanese until life got a bit busy with university stuff going on. Should probably go for an online class or something. Any recommendations? |
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| I'm not too familiar with most of the cast but this sounds interesting. Also... 2017?!? Are you serious? Remind me whenever that year comes around. xD |
| It's announced very early simply because it's a product of crowdfunding. Take your time. |
YoxalLoyal said: So hyped for this. Hopefully it doesn't die down in the next two years (probably will XD). Playing the VN now with terrible machine translations. :( At least there's a site that summarizes every chapter very well. Are machine translations even good? I've never had the opportunity to use them.:> |
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FireEmblemIke24 said: YoxalLoyal said: So hyped for this. Hopefully it doesn't die down in the next two years (probably will XD). Playing the VN now with terrible machine translations. :( At least there's a site that summarizes every chapter very well. Are machine translations even good? I've never had the opportunity to use them.:> Depends on the prose basically..but I believe you can use them for this particular VN. |
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| I've always been told Dies Irae is supposedly "a better version of Fate/Stay Night", but since it's never been translated whatsoever there are not too many people familiar with it outside of Japan From what I know though, at least this one should be a bit more straightforward to adapt than F/SN is so maybe it'll work out. Still won't get my hopes up too high though, but will definitely watch |
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| what the fuck with those shoujo casts |
| I'm guessing that this Ren Fujii and Shirou Yusa are both re-incarnations of two original members of the Order of 13 Lances and has merely forgotten their past life.... which they promptly will remember. |
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| That's so far away |
| Will probably get 2 cours. Will watch. |
| Sounds awesome, but 2017? Man, this is going to be one hell of a long wait. |
| The picture looks good. I will watch it |
| My long wait just got longer |
| "I lost all of what you could call feelings of love. They weren't sealed, so they can't be released. They weren't broken, so they can't be fixed. That which is lost, cannot be recovered." Shiba Tatsuya "There are no regrets. If one can be proud of one's life, one should not wish for another chance." Saber "No matter what happens, no matter how crazy things get, I'll always try to restore balance." Korra "It's madness to let others take what's yours and accept it blindly." Baatar Jr "Instinct is a lie, told by a fearful body, hoping to be wrong." Zaheer "Partner in crime, partner in time" Chloe Price and Max Caulfield |
| Finally. I loved the VN. Was hoping an adaptation comes out. HOPEFULLY it won't be like your average shitty VN adaptations.... |
| 「友達なんていない。人はすぐに裏切るし、学校っていうのは誰かを標的にしないとやってられない馬鹿共の集 まり。ままごとみたいな役決めて、仲のいいふりして都合が悪くなったら知らんぷり。そんな奴らと仲良くした いとか全然思わない。」 |
| Solid cast and plot sounds cool. |
| :) |
| Definitely in my ptw list. |
| Same the plot looks really promising. |
| Fuck, 2017?! This is just ridiculous! Well whatever, I won't watch it anyway. |
| Haters always gonna hate. |
| Its funny how almost all of those visual novels got a bad ass descriptions/synopsis and then you remember they're eroges, fap games, so all of that plot they mentioned goes down the river. Well, still happy for the fans, if there are any. |
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Ramkec said: The most complete edition of dies irae is actually 15+ so not an eroge.then you remember they're eroges |
| Hype indeed. laidellent said: FireEmblemIke24 said: Are machine translations even good? I've never had the opportunity to use them.:> Depends on the prose basically..but I believe you can use them for this particular VN. Ramkec said: Its funny how almost all of those visual novels got a bad ass descriptions/synopsis and then you remember they're eroges, fap games, so all of that plot they mentioned goes down the river. Well, still happy for the fans, if there are any.  |
Dab1za9 said: Ramkec said: Its funny how almost all of those visual novels got a bad ass descriptions/synopsis and then you remember they're eroges, fap games, so all of that plot they mentioned goes down the river. Well, still happy for the fans, if there are any. funny how you have two animes based of eroge in your Favorites I knew someone would touch on that. (⌐■_■) |
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