"DRAMAtical Murder" Aoba Birthday Celebrated with Anime Visual and Nendoroid

Happy birthday to DRAMAtical Murder BL game lead Aoba Seragaki!

 

From the character's 2012 Nitro+Chiral birthday event.

 

 This year, the April 22nd birthday was celebrated with a new visual for the upcoming summer anime adaptation.

蒼葉Happy Birthday！誕生日を記念して、DRAMAtical Murderティザービジュアルを公開しました！TVアニメ公式サイトをチェックしてください♪　http://t.co/2bXnr3putr 　#アニメドラマダ

— TVアニメ「ドラマダ」公式アカウント (@dmmd_TV_PR) April 21, 2014

 

 

NAZ, the animation house created with the staff who worked on the DEVIL SURVIVOR 2 THE ANIMATION anime and Hamatora will be the studio handling production along with Yukiko Ban for the anime's character designs.

Cast includes

Aoba is voiced by Atsushi Sakiichi

 

 

Koujaku is voiced by Hiroki Takahashi

 

 

Noiz is voiced by Satoshi Hino

 

 

Mink is voiced by Kenichiro Matsuda

 

 

Clear is voiced by Masatomo Nakazawa

 

 

Ren is voiced by Ryota Takeuchi

 

 

Original Concept: Nitro+CHiRAL
Director: Kazuya Miura
Story Editor: Touko Machida × Kabura Fuchii (Nitro+)
Original Character Design: Honyarara (Nitro+)
Anime Character Design: Yukiko Ban
Music: Yuuki Hayashi
Animation Production: NAZ
Opening Theme: GOATBED「SLIP ON THE PUMPS」

Also nicely timed for the birthday was the launch of pre-orders of a Nendoroid Aoba & Ren set. 

"Right then, let's get going!"

From the PC game 'DRAMAtical Murder' comes a Nendoroid of the main character, Aoba! He comes with three expressions including his standard face, a mischievous smiling face and the embarrassed face that he occasionally shows in the game.

He also comes with an alternate shift body and headphones allowing you to display him in the pose from the soundtrack CD jacket. His dog-type 'ALL-MATE' Ren is also included to display beside him, so be sure to enjoy both of them by your side in cute Nendoroid size!

 

 

The Kahotan blog noted that this is “The very first Nendoroid body to go shirtless!”

 

Product Details

Product Name

   Nendoroid Aoba & Ren (ねんどろいど あおば＆れん)

Series

   DRAMAtical Murder

Manufacturer

   Good Smile Company

Category

   Nendoroid

Price

   ¥3,889 (Before Tax)

Release Date

   2014/09

Specifications

   Painted ABS&PVC non-scale articulated figure with stand included. Approximately 100mm in height.

Sculptor

   Yuuta Matsuzawa

Cooperation

   Nendoron

If you're not familiar with what this is all about, the game's premise sounds a bit complicated. From its English Wiki

"A time far in the future. In Midorijima, an island to the southwest of the Japanese islands. People and nature once coexisted on this plentiful island.

However, due to being purchased by the leading company of Japan "Toue Company", one third of the island has been changed into the extravagant amusement facility "Platinum Jail". Equipped with the latest cutting edge technology, Platinum Jail has gathered attention. On the other side, the islanders who became victims of forceful development are forced into the "Former Residents District", and have no choice but to carry out their lives in in a place that is by no means prosperous.

The protagonist Aoba spends his days working part-time at the junk shop "Heibon" inside the Former Residents District, living together with his grandmother Tae.

Among the young people of the Former Residents District, a certain game has become popular. In "Liebstiez", teams are created and days of human-bullet turf wars unfold. On the other hand, "Rhyme" is electronic brain online game using a virtual world as its setting that "Rhymers" are going crazy over. Aoba shows shows no interest in either one, thinking that it would be nice to just live peacefully with his grandmother.

But a disaster that will shake up those peaceful days has already begun..."

 

thumbnail via JIROLO

 

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.