BOX Office Preview 4/19/16: Funimation

 

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The Empire of Corpses arrives in select theaters April 19 & 20. Embark on a captivating adventure based on Project Itoh’s award-winning zombie steampunk novel!

John Watson begins his first experiment with a corpse as he tries to research about the 21g soul.

From the studio that produced Attack on Titan comes a captivating historical action thriller based on an award-winning novel by Project Itoh. In an alternate version of 19th century London, the world has been revolutionized by “corpse reanimation technology” creating armies of undead who serve the living as laborers across the globe.

In an attempt to revive his dearly departed friend, young medical student John Watson becomes obsessed with replicating the work of Dr. Victor Frankenstein—the legendary corpse engineer whose research produced the only re-animated corpse to possess a soul. But when his illegal experiments put him at odds with the British government, Watson is drafted into a worldwide race to find the lost research notes of Victor Frankenstein before the secrets of the human soul fall into the wrong hands.

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