A new anime film based on the “love x suspense” visual novel Collar x Malice is set to release in 2023, a video has revealed.

Developed by Idea Factory’s otome game-centric Otomate brand, the Collar x Malice game was released for PlayStation Vita in 2016 and for Nintendo Switch in 2020. The premise sees Shinjuku being terrorized by a string of murders known as the “X-Day Incidents.” 

Aksys Games, which publishes the localized Switch version of Collar x Malice, describes the plot as:

As a young police officer, you must save a city under siege! A terrorist organization’s brutal attack has left you fitted with a deadly souvenir – a poisonous collar that could end your life at any moment. With time running out, five strangers offer their help – but which of them can you trust? Will you be able to save your own neck, and the lives of those around you, or will this case end in disaster?

Source: @CM_otomate