The World Ends With You Anime Releases A Special Preview

The World Ends With You franchise began as an action role-playing game set in an urban fantasy world. The game was developed for the Nintendo DS by Square Enix and Jupiter.

Besides receiving numerous positive reviews for the game, The World Ends With You franchise also inspired a manga based on the video game written by Shiro Amano, creator of the Kingdom Hearts manga.

Square Enix, DOMERICA, and Shin-Ei Animation are collaborating to produce an anime adaptation for the franchise which is scheduled for 2021. The anime will air on the Super Animeism programming block.

Square Enix’s official Youtube Channel released a special video that previewed the upcoming “The World Ends With You” anime series.

The 90-second special preview begins with what appears and sounds to be static or a similar distortion. We are then introduced to the young and blonde-haired protagonist Neku.

We observe as he regains consciousness only to find himself in the middle of a traffic-riddled intersection and doesn’t seem to recollect how he got there.

The preview featured background music by the original video game’s music composer Takeharu Ishimoto. The music we hear in the video will be frequented in the upcoming anime series.

Through the character’s movements, we can see the CG that has been combined into the video’s digital animation.

Kouki Uchiyama who voiced Neku in the video game is returning to voice his character again in the anime series.

The director of Monster Strike the Animation, Kazuya Ichikawa, is directing the anime. He revealed that the series would be a bit different from the game as it will be adjusted to suit an anime series.

The original action role-playing video game is set in the crowded city of Tokyo. The players of the Reapers’ Game must complete the mission given to them or face erasure. 

The story revolves around Neku who wakes up in the middle of a busy intersection.

He must work with his partner to fight and survive this unpredictable game as they only have seven days.

About The World Ends with You

The World Ends with You is an action role-playing game with urban fantasy elements developed by Square Enix for the Nintendo DS in July 2007. The game was inspired by Square Enix’s previous game ‘Kingdom Hearts: Chains of Memories.’

The mobile version of the game was released in 2012, and for the Nintendo Switch platform, it was released in 2018 under the name of ‘The World Ends with You: Final Remix.’

In 2008, Shiro Amano drew a two-chapter one-shot manga in Shounen Gangan. Finally, Square Enix decided that it’s high time, and the game needs to be adapted into an anime series.

After a wait of 13 years, on July 25, it was announced that the popular action fantasy is being adapted into an anime series by Shin-Ei Animation and DOMERICA. It is scheduled to release sometime in 2021.

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