Cop Craft: Dragnet Mirage Reloaded
Ja kanjiDRAGNET MIRAGE RELOADED
Ja romajiKoppukurafuto Doragunetto Mirāju Rirōdeddo
Genre
Cop Craft
light novel
AuthorShoji Gatoh
IllustratorRange Murata
PublisherShogakukan
ImprintGagaga Bunko
FirstNovember 18, 2009
Volumes6
Cop Craft
TV series
DirectorShin Itagaki
Producer
  • Satoshi Fukao
  • Kazuhiro Kanemitsu
  • Hirofumi Ishii
  • Keisuke Satou
WriterShoji Gatoh
MusicTaku Iwasaki
StudioMillepensee
Licensee
NetworkTokyo MX, BS11, Wowow
FirstJuly 8, 2019
LastSeptember 30, 2019
Episodes12

Cop Craft: Dragnet Mirage Reloaded (DRAGNET MIRAGE RELOADED, Koppukurafuto Doragunetto Mirāju Rirōdeddo) is a Japanese light novel series, written by Shoji Gatoh and illustrated by Range Murata. Shogakukan have published six volumes since November 2009 under their Gagaga Bunko imprint. An anime television series adaptation by Millepensee aired from July to September 2019.

Plot

Fifteen years ago, a mysterious hyperspace gate appeared over the Pacific Ocean in our world. Elves, fairies, and other fantastic creatures came through the gate from the other side and established diplomatic relations with Earth. In the present day, Kariana Island and its main city of San-Teresa serves as Earth's "front door" to the magical world on the other side of the gate, and over two million non-humans live within the city, mixing with additional human residents. This results in both prosperous growth for the island, and a seedy underbelly of criminals who seek to take advantage of it. The San-Teresa Metropolitan Police Department is established to keep order within the city between those two forces.

After a drug bust goes horribly wrong, Detective Sergeant Kei Matoba loses both the fairy being sold as a catalyst for new drugs and his partner of four years in the Metropolitan Police to a Semanian attacker. Despite his attitude towards the Semanian people he derisively calls "aliens", Matoba is forced to partner with a Semanian knight to find the fairy lost in the drug bust, as they consider the fairy an important Semanian citizen. From there, Matoba slowly learns to tolerate the Semanian people, while the knight slowly acclimates herself to Earth and its customs.

Main characters

Kei Matoba (ケイ・マトバ)
A former JSDF soldier turned Detective Sergeant for the San-Teresa Metropolitan Police. He has a hostile attitude towards non-human "aliens" from the world beyond the gate, but slowly softens his attitude while working with Tilarna. Kei is willing to bend the rules or associate with unscrupulous people in order to accomplish his tasks.
Tilarna Exedilica (ティラナ・エクセディリカ, Tirana Ekusedirika)
A noble Knight of Mirvor with a long name who has come through the gate to rescue the kidnapped fairy and punish those responsible for kidnapping her. She wields a sword and can use some magic but is unaccustomed to Earth and its modern technology.
Cecil Epps (セシル・エップス, Seshiru Eppisu)
Deputy coroner with the San-Teresa MPD. Kei's ex-girlfriend who still holds some feelings for him.
Jack Roth (ジャック・ロス, Jakku Rosu)
A corrupt chief of the San-Teresa Metropolitan Police Department Special Public Morals Division. He later reveals himself to be secretly assisting Zelada to spark a war between the humans and the Semanian people, fearing that the Earth's human population will be overrun by people from the other world in a peaceful time.
Biz O'Neill (ビズ・オニール, Bizu Onīru)
A black market dealer who runs the strip club "Lady Chapel" while putting up a thin guise of acting like a priest. Kei tolerates him as a confidential informant.
Kenny (ケニー, Kenī)
A bouncer and bodyguard who works for Biz O'Neill.
Zelada (ゼラーダ, Zerāda)
A powerful mage who can control dead bodies overdosed on fairy dust like puppets. Later revealed to be the evil mage responsible for wiping out most of Kei's unit during a battle years ago.

Media

Light novels

The first light novel volume was published on November 18, 2009, by Shogakukan under their Gagaga Bunko imprint. Six volumes have been published as of October 2016.

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on December 29, 2018.[1] The series aired from July 8 to September 30, 2019, on Tokyo MX, BS11, and Wowow.[3] The series was directed by Shin Itagaki and animated by Millepensee, with Shoji Gatoh himself penning the series' scripts, Hiromi Kimura designing the characters for animation and Taku Iwasaki composing the music.[4] Masayoshi Ōishi performed the series' opening theme song "Rakuen Toshi", while Mayu Yoshioka performed the series' ending theme song "Connected".[5] Funimation licensed the series outside Asia for a SimulDub.[6] In Southeast Asia, Muse Communication holds the rights to the series.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ In North America through Crunchyroll, LLC (formerly Funimation).

References

  1. ^ "Full Metal Panic! Author's Cop Craft Light Novel Gets 2019 TV Anime". Anime News Network. December 29, 2018. Archived December 25, 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
  2. ^ Ashford, Sage (August 22, 2019). "10 Things Anime Fans Should Know About Cop Craft". Comic Book Resources. Archived September 14, 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  3. ^ "Cop Craft Anime Reveals More Cast, Theme Song Artists, July 8 Premiere". AnimeNewsNetwork. May 17, 2019. Archived August 2, 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  4. ^ "Cop Craft TV Anime Unveils Staff, Cast, Summer Premiere". AnimeNewsNetwork. March 6, 2019. Archived January 25, 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  5. ^ "Cop Craft Anime's 2nd Promo Video Previews Opening Song". AnimeNewsNetwork. June 18, 2019. Archived July 25, 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  6. ^ Funimation. "Funimation Turns Up the Heat with Their Summer 2019 Lineup!". www.funimation.com. Archived April 12, 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  7. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (July 25, 2019). "Muse Asia Offers Spring, Summer 2019 Anime With English, Chinese Subtitles". Anime News Network. Archived November 1, 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 30, 2020.