Otome Game 'Collar × Malice' Gets Anime Adaptation

by Sakana-san
Jun 3, 2019 4:43 AM | 27 Comments

The Otomate Party 2019 event announced on Sunday that Idea Factory's otome visual novel Collar × Malice will get an anime adaptation.

Synopsis
Policewoman Ichika Hoshino is patrolling Shinjuku, Tokyo. She is suddenly attacked, and a collar containing poison is placed around her neck. Following this, she becomes involved with the "X-Day Incident," which is being investigated by five former police officers with suspicious backgrounds. (Source: Wikipedia, edited)

VN Cast
Aiji Yanagi: Masakazu Morita (Akatsuki no Yona)
Kei Okazaki: Yuki Kaji (Diabolik Lovers)
Mineo Enomoto: Souma Saitou (Dance with Devils)
Takeru Sasazuka: Daisuke Namikawa (Brothers Conflict)
Kageyuki Shiraishi: Ryouhei Kimura (Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun)
Masanobu Mochida: Hirofumi Nojima (Kamigami no Asobi)
Kotoho Sakuragawa: Ayaka Fukuhara (Kakegurui)
Yuzuru Saeki: Yuuki Ono (Kishuku Gakkou no Juliet)
Rei Mikuni: Kousuke Toriumi (Hakuouki)
Keisuke Sanjo: Tomoaki Maeno (Code:Realize - Sousei no Himegimi)
Suzune Uno: Reina Ueda (Caligula)
Shion Uno: Yuto Suzuki (Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru)
Manabu Soda: Nobuhiko Okamoto (Kaichou wa Maid-sama!)
Rika Sugawara: Madoka Yonezawa (White Album 2)
Kazuki Hoshino: Takuya Eguchi (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.)
Akito Sera: Natsuki Hanae (B-Project: Kodou*Ambitious)
Eriko Mukai: Naoko Komatsu (Gundam Build Divers)
Kenzo Satake: Masaki Terasoma (Golden Kamuy)
Hajime Morioka: Ryouta Takeuchi (DRAMAtical Murder)
Seiji Minegishi: Kazuhiro Yoshimura
Yusaku Takaeda: Ikuya Sawaki (Darker than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha)
Tomoki Ogata: Kenji Hamada (Paradise Kiss)
Hana: Haruka Yamazaki (Doukyonin wa Hiza, Tokidoki, Atama no Ue.)
Yasuhiro Isshiki: Shouta Aoi (Oushitsu Kyoushi Heine)

Idea Factory released Collar × Malice under its Otomate brand for PlayStation Vita in August 2016. A fan disc titled Collar × Malice: Unlimited, taking place after the original game and containing after stories of the main characters, was released in Japan last July.

Aksys Games localized Collar × Malice for North American and European release, which was shipped in physical and digital formats in July 2017.

Source: Nijimen

Collar x Malice on MAL

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I really hope it ends up being good, I find a lot of otome anime lately has been really half a$$ed and from the looks of the voice cast Collar X Malice has a fighting chance to be good.

Jul 18, 2020 10:01 PM by ShionU27

I love the game so much, so I'm really excited for this anime! Though I'm really worried it'll end up like every other otome anime adaptation :/ Hopefully this anime will be as good as the game.

Jul 7, 2020 3:34 PM by Hikage-chan

For Ichika VA I was thinking for possible candidates like Nana Mizuki, Ayahi Takagaki, Ayana Taketatsu, Kotobuki Minako, Miyamoto Kanako, Inori Minase (with Carols adults voice from Symphogear of course), Yukana, Honna Youko, Ayane Sakura, Eri Kitamura, Megumi Han, Haruka Tomatsu, Nakajima Megumi, Kuwashima Houko, Makiko Ohmoto, Hikisaka Rie, Honnizumi Rina, Sanpei Yuko, Miyama Karen, Chiwa Saito, Himika Akaneya, Serizawa Yuu, Kayano Ai, Yoshino Nanjo, Wakai Yuuki, Shibuya Azuki, Yuka Iguchi, Chinatsu Akasaki, Sawashiro Miyuki, Koshimuzu Ami, Fukuen Misato, Asami Tano, Marina Inoue, Toyoguchi Megumi, Nishimura Chinami, Yamakita Saki, Fujita Saki, and Nagano Ai.

Oct 25, 2019 9:28 PM by HelaLove

I'd be excited but otome game adaptations generally... aren't very good.

Aug 17, 2019 4:42 PM by removed-user

Claptrap said:
I wish I could be excited but game adaptations are so bad in general. I don't even think there's ever even been one good BL game or otome adaptation so this would have to break precedent.

I liked the Hakuouki anime.

Aug 17, 2019 3:27 AM by cjindel

OMFG! Seriously?! I'm so excited! I was literally playing the game two days ago thinking "Wen is someone gonna make this masterpiece into an anime?"... the anime Gods must have heard me hahaha

Jun 17, 2019 3:18 PM by Kitty-Kate

Nerdanimefan1992 said:
Its sad thoses types of anime are still being made

The only sad thing is your whole existence

Jun 6, 2019 8:21 PM by Flamexes

I knew it! It's going to have an anime! It's my all-time favorite otome game. But I'm not really expecting anything since mostly game anime adaptations are bad, for example: Persona 5. I don't want to be pessimist but this helps to promote the game even more to those who don't know it. :')

Jun 5, 2019 6:12 AM by yukithefool

fiza_imran said:

Nerdanimefan1992 said:
Its sad thoses types of anime are still being made

Yeah really sad. It's better we get tons of ecchi anime with big boobed girls instead of anime with actual plots.

Heaven forbid females get some fanservice.

No one's asking you to watch it. Please leave.

What you and Honey mint wrote sums up everything ^^ You guys gave the perfect answer!!

Haven't seen a good Reverse Harem ever since I finished Hanasakeru Seishounen so I'm really excited for this Otome being adapated into an anime. So far it looks and sounds promising!

Jun 4, 2019 8:14 PM by vanilla_sprinkle

Nice. I enjoyed this Vita Otome. Female lead's personality was refreshing.

Jun 4, 2019 11:13 AM by LunarCharm

caio_brb said:

Nutella71 said:
With Given coming this summer (for once a quality (music) bl story) I sincerely hope the otome genre will also get positive reinforcement with Collar x Malice. After Diabolik lovers (another example of a really good otome game made into a bland 12 episode dumpster fire of an anime adaptation) I have high hopes this won't dissapoint.

Edit: haven't watched Amnesia nor Code;Realize yet so I can't judge on those adaptations.

Given is a manga tho

Yeah I know but its getting an anime adaptation this summer

Jun 4, 2019 3:43 AM by Nutella71

Given is a manga tho

Jun 3, 2019 11:28 PM by brzzcode

Long time no Otomate announcement. Really excited to see this one animated and more otome anime in my lifetime, I hope some can even get sequels. But what happened to Library Cross, Otomate? You are so slow.

Jun 3, 2019 3:47 PM by Shadow-Chan

Cool a Otome adaption!

Have not heard of this otome and I probably won't be able to finish this like the other otome anime adaptions but I am looking forward to checking it out!

Jun 3, 2019 3:46 PM by Stardew

With Given coming this summer (for once a quality (music) bl story) I sincerely hope the otome genre will also get positive reinforcement with Collar x Malice. After Diabolik lovers (another example of a really good otome game made into a bland 12 episode dumpster fire of an anime adaptation) I have high hopes this won't dissapoint.

Edit: haven't watched Amnesia nor Code;Realize yet so I can't judge on those adaptations.

Jun 3, 2019 1:38 PM by Nutella71

I swore to myself I'd never touch another otome game adaptation after Brothers Conflict. I intend to respect that oath.

Jun 3, 2019 1:19 PM by Hatsuyuki

I am actually reading this VN.

Jun 3, 2019 11:26 AM by Felix-san

I really enjoyed this game and picked up the fandisc shortly after it was released (though I still have to play it). Unfortunately, while I'm excited to see the characters animated, I can't have any hopes for this. If its one cours, the story will be butchered for sure. If it somehow manages to be two cours, then perhaps it'd be possible to adapt the main mystery/story of each guy's route to at least give a cohesive story, with Ichika finally ending up with Yanagi. More than likely, though, the plot will be half-baked...

Sadly, the only otome game adapt I've ever liked was Amnesia, and that was mainly because I thought the team was creative in joining the completely independent routes into one story. Fingers crossed, but no expectations from this end. If the visuals are at least pleasing (not like the butchering of Norn9), I'll watch it out of curiosity.

Jun 3, 2019 10:56 AM by Kineta

I wish I could be excited but game adaptations are so bad in general. I don't even think there's ever even been one good BL game or otome adaptation so this would have to break precedent.

Jun 3, 2019 10:41 AM by Claptrap

Collar x Malice was a very good otome VN. Hopefully it doesn't get a soulless adaptation like Code:Realize.

Jun 3, 2019 10:30 AM by GoldenDevilGamer

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