Production I.G. has announced last Sunday that their original TV anime series Kabukicho Sherlock (alternate title: Case File nº221: Kabukicho) will be releasing a six-episode original video anime (OVA). The OVA, set to be released in DVD and Blu-ray format, is set for an August 26 release.

The OVA episodes are set to depict the past and future of Sherlock, Moriarty, and the other detectives in their tenement. The first of the six episodes, entitled “Moriarty no Shoutai” (Moriarty’s True Identity) will show the origin story of the Kabukicho squad. It will show a younger Moriarty, who was once the pickpocket target of Yoshio. Each episode is set to run for 25 minutes and also includes bonus extras, such as a pilot movie produced during the film’s planning stages. A special booklet entitled Shinjuku-ku Kabukicho Guide (Guide to Shinjuku Ward’s Kabukicho) plus audio commentary from the cast will also be included.

The TV series premiered last October 2019 and aired for two cours (quarters of a year).

Kabukicho Sherlock is a modern-day reimagination of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s characters as amateur sleuths living in modern-day Tokyo’s red light district trying to solve a series of killings dubbed as the “Jack the Ripper Murders”. The show’s official website describes the anime’s story as such:

“The East Side of Shinjuku Ward … The neon-lit Kabuki-chō district stretches across the center of this chaotic city. Where light shines, there are also deep shadows. Yet even deep in this darkness where evildoers lurk, the light of a detective tenement shines. The tenement run by Mrs. Hudson has seven peculiar, shady individuals.

The curtains has risen on this stage on the night when a bizarre murder by Jack the Ripper has occurred. Is this suspense? No, comedy? An indistinguishable drama is about to begin…”

The series is directed by Ai Yoshimura (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU), with Taku Kishimoto (ERASED, Joker Game) in charge of writing the scripts. Character design is done by Toshiyuki Yahagi (Persona 5 The Animation) and music is composed by Takuro Iga (Tsuki ga Kirei). The anime’s OP is sung by EGO-WRAPPIN’.

Source: Anime News Network