Genocidal Organ

Genocidal Organ (虐殺器官, Gyakusatsu Kikan) is the debut novel of Japanese science fiction writer Project Itoh. It was first published by Hayakawa Publishing in 2007 and later re-printed in 2010 in paperback form. A poll by the yearly SF magazine SF ga yomitai ranked Genocidal Organ as the number one domestic SF novel of the decade.[1]

Genocidal Organ
AuthorProject Itoh
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
GenreScience fiction
PublisherHayakawa Publishing (Japanese)
Viz Media (English)
Publication date
2007 (Hayakawa SF Series/JCollection)
2010 (paperback)
Published in English
2012
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages282 (Hayakawa SF Series/JCollection)
431 (paperback)
ISBN978-4-15-030984-8

The English translation of Genocidal Organ, translated by Edwin Hawkes, was published in August 2012 by Haikasoru / Viz Media.

Plot

When Sarajevo was destroyed by a homemade nuclear weapon, the leading democracies of the world transformed into surveillance states, where each individual is constantly monitored, watched, and wired. While the developed nations of the world entered this state, the developing countries around the world endured a multitude of genocides. Those developing countries went from harmony to complete destruction in about 6–8 months, with all of the events and evidences leading to one person, an American named John Paul.

Clavis Shepherd, a US Special Forces Officer, along with his team of advanced super soldiers, are tasked to find and eliminate John Paul. They want to know, how does one man cause so much destruction and death.

Animated film
Genocidal Organ
US poster
虐殺器官
(Gyakusatsu Kikan)
GenreScience fiction
Anime film
Directed byShūkō Murase
Produced byKōji Yamamoto
Written byShūkō Murase
Music byYoshihiro Ike
StudioManglobe
Geno Studio
Licensed by
ReleasedOctober 31, 2016 (TIFF)
February 3, 2017 (Japan)

An animated film adaptation, directed and written by Shūkō Murase, and produced at Manglobe, was scheduled to be released on November 13, 2015. However, due to Manglobe's bankruptcy, the film's release was postponed.[2][3] It was later announced on November 13, 2015 that production on the film had resumed with the same staff under the newly created Geno Studio, with hopes to complete the film by the end of 2016.[4] The film was released on February 3, 2017.[5] Prior to the film's theatrical screening in Japan, the first fifteen minutes were shown on October 31, 2016 at the 2016 Tokyo International Film Festival.[6][7] Funimation screened the film in select U.S. theatres on July 12 and 13, 2017.[8]

Voice cast
CharacterJapanese voice actor[2]English dubbing actor[9]
Clavis ShepherdYuichi NakamuraJosh Grelle
WilliamsSatoshi MikamiIan Sinclair
LelandKaito IshikawaJoel McDonald
AlexYūki KajiClifford Chapin
Lucia ŠkroupovaSanae KobayashiJeannie Tirado
RockwellAkio ŌtsukaChristopher Sabat
John PaulTakahiro SakuraiRicco Fajardo

See also

References
  1. SFが読みたい！〈2010年度版〉. Hayakawa Shobo. 2010. ISBN 978-4-15-209107-9.
  2. "GamePlaza-HARUKA- ŔźÍĽ¤ľ¤ó˝ĐąéĽęĽšĽČ ĽżĽ¤ĽČĽëĘĚÉ˝ź¨ ľÔťŚ´ď´ą". Gph.sakura.ne.jp. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  3. "Manglobe's Genocidal Organ Film Delayed". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
  4. "New Anime Studio 'Geno Studio' to Complete Genocidal Organ Anime Film - News". Anime News Network. 2015-11-13. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  5. "Genocidal Organ Film's Promo Video Reveals Winter Release". Anime News Network. 2016-06-09. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  6. "Genocidal Organ Anime Film's New Teaser Video Streamed". Anime News Network. 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  7. "Tokyo Int'l Film Festival Screens Genocidal Organ Preview, Gantz:O, In the Corner of this World Films". Anime News Network. September 26, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  8. "Project Itoh's Genocidal Organ Coming to US Theaters July 12 & 13 - Funimation - Blog!". Funimation. 2017-06-09. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  9. "Funimation to Release Genocidal Organ Film on Home Video with English Dub". Anime News Network. August 12, 2017.
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