North American anime distributor Funimation announced at its Otakon panel on Saturday that it has licensed the upcoming Project Itoh films: The Empire of Corpses , Genocidal Organ , and Harmony . The three films are all based on works by late novelist Project Itoh . Funimation will release the films in 2016, but the company has not yet confirmed a theatrical release.

In addition, the company announced that it plans to debut Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie ( Kōkaku Kidōtai Shin Gekijō-ban ) in theaters this fall, and The Boy and The Beast and the Psycho-Pass film in theaters in 2016.

Each Project Itoh novel film adaptation will be from a different director and studio. Shukou Murase ( Witch Hunter Robin , Gangsta., Ergo Proxy ) will direct Genocidal Organ at manglobe ( The Unlimited - Hyōbu Kyōsuke , House of Five Leaves ), Takashi Nakamura ( Fantastic Children ) and Michael Arias ( Tekkonkinkreet ) will direct Harmony at Studio 4°C ( Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King , Tweeny Witches ), while Ryoutarou Makihara will direct The Empire of Corpses at WIT STUDIO ( Attack on Titan , Hōzuki no Reitetsu ).