Cop Craft


Cop Craft: Dragnet Mirage Reloaded is a Japanese light novel series, written by Shoji Gatoh and illustrated by Range Murata. Shogakukan have published six volumes since November 2009 under their Gagaga Bunko imprint. An anime television series adaptation by Millepensee aired from July 8 to September 30, 2019.

Plot

15 years ago, a mysterious hyperspace gate appeared over the Pacific Ocean in our world. Elves, fairies, and other fantastic creatures came through the gate from the other side and established diplomatic relations with Earth. In the present day, Kariana Island and its main city of San-Teresa serves as Earth's "front door" to the magical world on the other side of the gate, and over two million non-humans live within the city, mixing with additional human residents. This results in both prosperous growth for the island, and a seedy underbelly of criminals who seek to take advantage of it. The San-Teresa Metropolitan Police Department is established to keep order within the city between those two forces.
After a drug bust goes horribly wrong, Detective Sergeant Kei Matoba loses both the fairy being sold as a catalyst for new drugs and his partner of four years in the Metropolitan Police to a Semanian attacker. Despite his attitude towards the Semanian people he derisively calls "aliens," Matoba is forced to partner with a Semanian knight to find the fairy lost in the drug bust, as they consider the fairy an important Semanian citizen. From there, Matoba slowly learns to tolerate the Semanian people, while the knight slowly acclimates herself to Earth and its customs.

Main characters

;Kei Matoba
;Tilarna Exedilica
;Cecil Epps
;Jack Roth
;Biz O'Neill
;Kenny
;Zelada
Tony Mcbee voiced by: Ryousuke Takahashi
Jamie Austin voiced by: Mai Nakahara
Cameron Estefan voiced by: Marina Inoue
Aleksandr Godnov voiced by: Satoshi Tsuruoka

Media

Light novels

The first light novel volume was published on November 18, 2009 by Shogakukan under their Gagaga Bunko imprint. Six volumes have been published as of December 2018.

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on December 29, 2018. The series aired from July 8 to September 30, 2019 on Tokyo MX, BS11, and Wowow. The series is directed by Shin Itagaki and animated by Millepensee, with Shoji Gatoh himself penning the series' scripts, Hiromi Kimura designing the characters for animation and Taku Iwasaki composing the music. Masayoshi Ōishi performed the series' opening theme song "Rakuen Toshi", while Mayu Yoshioka performed the series' ending theme song "Connected". Funimaton has licensed the series for a simuldub.
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