Layton Mystery Agency ~Katrielle’s Mystery Files~ anime series - new details

It's no secret that Level-5 likes to tie up their games with anime franchises. They've dabbled with some animated fun with the Layton series before, but that was a movie adaptation. This time around, Level-5 is going the TV series route with Layton Mystery Agency ~Katrielle’s Mystery Files~. This was announced a few weeks back, but now Level-5 has shared some new tidbits.

- will debut this April in Japan
- each episode will air on Fuji TV on Sunday, at 8.30AM JST
- the first episode will have a special guest: Imai Tsubasa
- Tsubasa will make his anime debut with his role as Simon Wright, Katrielle Layton’s very first client
- Simon has two daughters, and recently bought a house
- soon after setting in, his two daughters and wife mysteriously disappear
- Simon Wright starts believing he bought a cursed house
- staff involved with the series include:

Creative Director / Original Draft / Series composition: Akihiro Hino
Original Creator: Level-5
Animation Production: Liden Films (“Arslan Senki” series)
Director: Susumu Mitsunaka (“Haikyu!!” series)
Original Character Design: Takuzo Nagano
(Anime) Character Design: Takada Shiko
Assistant Director: migmi
Prop Design: Takayuki Onoda
Color Design: Takahiro Mogi
Art Director: Takamasa Nakakuki
Backgrounds: Quun Plant
Music: Tomohito Nishiura
Sound Director: Ryou Tanaka
Sound Effects: Yuusuke Inada
Sound production: Tohokushinsha
Director of Photography: Ayumi Okano
Photography: Graphinica
3DCGI: FelixFilm
Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose, Misaki Enokida