The film was directed by Ryoutarou Makihara based on the character designs by redjuice with animation done by WIT STUDIO.
The Project Itoh films are making their way around the world and the folks at Madman Entertainment have added The Empire of Corpses to their list of acquisitions.
The feature is being scheduled for a September 7th, 2016 debut on separate DVD and Blu-ray releases priced at $34.95 and $39.95 respectively.
Interestingly, they do credit Kit Buss as the English dialect advisor and Lauren Conn as the Russian dialect advisor.