While anime offers countless exciting titles from various genres, there are barely any decent ones in the horror genre, which is among the most preferred genres.
Apart from a few ones, including Another, Higurashi: When They Cry, and Shiki, there aren’t many pure horrors. If you’ve been looking forward to watching a similar anime, Corpse Party might be right up your alley.
With that in mind, here are a few specifics of Corpse Party that you need to know, including its plot, cast, episodes, and more.
Corpse Party Anime: How Many Episodes, Seasons & Sequels Are There?
Corpse Party: Tortured Souls is a short horror anime based on a manga, Corpse Party: Blood Covered, which was illustrated by Toshimi Shinomiya and written by Makoto Kedouin.
The anime was released as OVA (Original Video Animation) and only consisted of four episodes, but there was also a prequel titled “Corpse Party: Missing Footage.”
However, you need not watch it beforehand because it was created as a prequel story to the manga. So, watch the anime first, and then you can watch this 12-minute short episode.
There are no sequels for the anime as of yet, and it is highly unlikely that they would make one, but a new game titled “Corpse Party 2: Darkness Distortion” is coming in 2024.
Corpse Party Anime Plot
The story follows a group of students from the Kisaragi Academy, who, after learning that one of them is leaving the school, decide to bid farewell by performing a ritual known as “Sachiko Ever After,” which they believe will keep them forever as friends.
However, once they finish their ritual using paper dolls, they are transported to the Heavenly Host Academy, an elementary school in another dimension that was destroyed years ago.
Apparently, a series of murders have occurred at the Heavenly Host, and the students trapped in this dimension now must face the ghosts of past victims and murderers while trying to find a way home.
Corpse Party Trailer
While there wasn’t an official trailer released in 2013, fans have made numerous trailers from the clips of anime episodes.
You can watch them on YouTube and see if the anime is up your alley. In any case, you will also find our recommended trailer above.
Corpse Party Anime: Studio, Cast, and Crew
Corpse Party is animated by asread., an animation studio that previously worked on popular anime shows, including Arifureta, Lord of Vermilion, and Queen’s Blade. Here are the main staff members of the anime:
- Director: Akira Iwanaga
- Script Writer: Shouichi Satou
- Chief Animation Director: Seiki Tanaka
- Character Designer: Seiki Tanaka
- Theme Song Performers: Yumi Hara and Asami Imai
The main cast members of the anime include-
- Yuuichi Nakamura as Yoshiki Kishinuma
- Hiro Shimono as Satoshi Mochida
- Eri Kitamura as Yuka Mochida
- Tetsuya Kakihara as Sakutarou Morishige
- Rina Satou as Naomi Nakashima
- Satomi Arai as Seiko Shinohara
- Asami Imai as Ayumi Shinozaki
- Ikue Ootani as Sachiko Shinozaki
- Miyuki Sawashiro as Yui Shishido
- Yuuka Nanri as Mayu Suzumoto
Corpse Party: Where to Watch the Anime?
Corpse Party premiered on Crunchyroll in January 2013, and ever since it has not been made available in any other streaming services besides HIDIVE.
If you’re intent on watching the anime, the only option you have is to either subscribe to Crunchyroll’s plans of Fan/Mega Fan or get a HIDIVE subscription, depending on your region and its availability.
So, are you planning on watching Corpse Party anime? What are your initial thoughts on it?
