Series based on Idea Factory's video game premieres on October 7

The official website for the Code:Realize television anime series revealed on Saturday that Saori Hayami will perform the ending theme song "twinkle." Hayami is also starring in the show as Cardia.

The anime will premiere on October 7. The series will also stream on 18 online services in Japan starting on October 9.

The anime stars:

Saori Hayami as Cardia Tomoaki Maeno as Arsène Lupin Junichi Suwabe as Abraham Van Helsing Tetsuya Kakihara as Victor Frankenstein Showtaro Morikubo as Impey Barbicane Daisuke Hirakawa as Count Saint-Germain Yuuki Kaji as Finis Kazuya Murakami as Herlock Sholmès Miho Ishigami as Delacroix II Naomi Iida as Alexandrina Victoria Yōji Ueda as Rempart Leonhardt

Code:Realize ~Guardian of Rebirth~ originally shipped in Japan for the PlayStation Vita in November 2014. Aksys Games released the game in North America and Europe in October 2015, and it describes the story:

Restricted to an abandoned mansion on the outskirts of London in fulfillment of a promise to her father, lonely Cardia lives day to day isolated from the world. Her body carries a deadly poison that rots or melts anything her skin touches, prompting the locals to call her a “monster.”

Her last conversation with her father two years ago, telling her to stay out of sight and never fall in love, is the furthest back she can remember. One day, her quiet solitude is interrupted as the Royal Guards break in to capture her. It is then that Cardia meets Arsène Lupin, a chivalrous thief, who helps her escape the soldiers' clutches. She soon finds herself on a journey with Lupin to locate her father, who holds the answers to her mysterious condition. The two are soon joined by four more interesting and handsome gentlemen…

Hideyo Yamamoto (Strike the Blood, The Prince of Tennis II) is directing the anime at studio M.S.C (The Prince of Tennis II). Sayaka Harada (STARMYU) is handling the series composition, and Joe is handling scenario supervision. miko designed the original characters, and Aya Nakanishi (Lady Jewelpet) is adapting those designs for animation. Akiharu Ishii (Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū, The Prince of Tennis) is the chief animation director. Ryō Takahashi is composing the music at Lantis. Mia REGINA (Matoi the Sacred Slayer, Seven Mortal Sins, Momokuri) is performing the anime's opening theme song "kalmia."

[Via Ota-Suke]