Danica Davidson
November 9, 2024 
The party game Murder Mystery of the Dead is getting an anime adaptation, and a trailer has dropped for it. While watching the bloody footage you can hear the opening theme song “Kyozo” (translated as “False Image”) being performed by Virtual YouTuber idol project Mixstgirls.
Murder Mystery of the Dead Trailer
You don’t hear it in this trailer, but the ending theme song is titled “Make Your Chance” and performed by Virtual athlete gaming.
The show starts on November 13.
Looking toward the cast, Moe Kahara plays Mikoto Amano, Lynn plays Ranna Kuze, Kiyono Yasuno plays Yū Kodama, Madoka Asahina plays Rumina, Maki Kawase plays Fumika Shinohara, Tsubaki Makino plays Riri Aramaki, and Hikaru Tohno plays Murumuru.
The Murder Mystery of the Dead anime is being made at ABC Animation and Balus, with Tomohiro Ishii, who has a background in 3DCG and CG animation, helming the project as director. The scripts are being penned by Teren Mikami, who is known for the light novel series There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless… Those scripts will be looked over by Giggle Akiguchi, someone who was involved in the creation of the game.
The game version of Murder Mystery of the Dead is meant for seven to eight players. Amazon gave this description for it:
Murder Mystery of the Dead Summary
In 20XX, the civilization collapses due to the spread of the zombie virus infection.
The man of the lab coat appeared in a community where the survivors live in.
“I found an antibodies. Now you can stop zombiing! After saying it will be killed by someone.
The assault of the “Zombie vendors” that start all around the country.
The rumors of the mysterious wandering.
The mysterious singing from the underground at night with a survivor that disappears one after another.
Who solves all the mysteries and goes to the “safety range”?
Source: ANN
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Danica Davidson is the author of the bestselling Manga Art for Beginners with artist Melanie Westin, plus its sequel, Manga Art for Everyone, and the first-of-its-kind manga chalk book Chalk Art Manga, both illustrated by professional Japanese mangaka Rena Saiya. Check out her other comics and books at www.danicadavidson.com.
