Cop Craft

About Cop Craft

"Cop Craft" is a 2019 Japanese anime television series produced by Millepensee based on the light novel series written by Shoji Gatou and illustrated by Range Murata. The show presents an interesting blend of the supernatural and police procedurals. The story revolves around Kei Matoba and Tilarna Exedilica, a human and an alien knight who form an unlikely pairing to solve criminal cases in the city of San Teresa, a city inhabited by both humans and otherworldly creatures.

Making / Production

"Cop Craft" is directed by Shin Itagaki with scripts penned by Shoji Gatou. The music composition is by Taku Iwasaki. The production utilizes a mix of traditional animation and CGI, lending to its unique, captivating visual approach.

Actors

• Kei Matoba is voiced by Kenjiro Tsuda. As a hardened detective, Tsuda perfectly captures Kei's gruff determination and cynical wit.
• Tilarna Exedilica is voiced by Mayu Yoshioka. Yoshioka brings a fiercely independent and proud, yet naive knight to life.
• Cecile Epps is voiced by Fumiko Orikasa, whose performance provides a steady and dependable presence in the San Teresa Police Department.
• Tony Mcbee is voiced by Ryousuke Morita, who instills a menacing undercurrent to the crime lord character.

Trivia / Interesting Facts

• "Cop Craft" is based on a series of light novels.
• The animation studio, Millepensee, is also known for working on the 'Berserk' anime series.
• The names of most characters in the series have a meaningful symbol or translation.

Quotes

• "In my world, things are very simple. You've got your bad guys and your good guys." - Kei Matoba
• "I may not understand your world, but I do understand justice." - Tilarna Exedilica

Music, Soundtrack

• The series opening theme is "Rakuen Toshi" by Masayoshi Ooishi.
• The ending theme is "Connected" by Mayu Yoshioka.