The staff of the TV anime adaptation of Game Magazine’s The Case Book of Arne (Arne no Jiken-bo) RPG Maker title has announced that Daisuke Namikawa is joining the cast as Vlad. Vlad will appear in episode 11 of The Case Book of Arne, which premieres on March 17.
New episodes of The Case Book of Arne will release on Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. PT / 12:30 p.m. ET on Crunchyroll.
Sou performs the opening theme song “Q.E.D.” and singer-songwriter Watashi Kobayashi performs the ending theme song “Ningyō no Machi (Doll Town).”
The anime’s cast members include:
- Mariya Ise as Louis Hartmann
- Kōki Uchiyama as Arne Neuntöte
- Aimi Tanaka as young Arne Neuntöte
- Yuka Nukui as Lynn Reinweiß
- Yuki Sakakihara as Zisye
- Yūki Shin as Nachzehrer
- Yōko Hikasa as Amy
- Hiroshi Naka as Gordon
- Reo Osanai as Diana
- Momoka Terasawa as Elise
- Rikuya Yasuda as Bernd
- Yūto Uemura as Heinz
- Kakeru Hatano as Kai
Keisuke Inoue, known for his work on My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, is directing the anime at studio SILVER LINK. Inoue is also co-writing The Case Book of Arne with Murasaki, the game’s original scenario writer and producer. Akiko Satō is also designing the characters and serves as the chief animation director of the anime. What’s more, Yoshiaki Fujisawa is composing the music for the anime.
Harumurasaki created The Case Book of Arne and launched it on Game Magazine’s website in November 2017. A manga adaptation was launched by Soraho Ina in Kadokawa’s Monthly Comic Gene magazine in 2018. Ina launched a manga adaptation of the anime’s episodes, titled The Case Book of Arne: Memory of Blood, on Bushiroad Works’ Comic Growl website on January 7, 2026.
The game’s story focuses on the partnership between vampire detective Arne Neuntöte and Lynn Reinweiss, the daughter of a noble family who loves vampires. The pair investigates murder cases that may or may not involve vampires.
