Archeologist and avid puzzle solver Professor Layton and his assistant Luke are caught up in an adventure when a masked figure steals an entire opera house and forces those in attendance to play a high-stakes game. The winner will receive eternal life, but it could mean death for the losers.
Score
The opera sequences slap harder than they have any right to.
Production
Gorgeous hand-drawn animation with bonkers steampunk set pieces.
Writing
Puzzles that actually make sense in the plot—revolutionary!
Director
Masakazu Hashimoto
Yo Oizumi
Professor Layton (voice)
Maki Horikita
Luke Triton (voice)
Saki Aibu
Emmy Altava (voice)
Nana Mizuki
Janice Quatlane (voice)
Atsuro Watabe
Jean Descole (voice)
Hochu Otsuka
Inspector Clamp Grosky (voice)
Iemasa Kayumi
Oswald Whistler (voice)
Fumiko Orikasa
Melina Whistler (voice)
Kikuko Inoue
Celia Raidley (voice)
Sumire Morohoshi
Nina (voice)
Shozo Iizuka
Curtis O'Donnell (voice)
Kenta Miyake
Marco Brock (voice)
Megumi Toyoguchi
Amelia Ruth (voice)
Jouji Nakata
Frederick Bargland (voice)
LiLiCo
Annie Dretche (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
JP
