Watch the trailer for The World Ends With You - The Animation!
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- Published on July 4, 2020 @ 01:23 am
- Written by Arielle
The official trailer for The World Ends With You - The Animation has launched and can be viewed below:
The legendary game returns as an anime!
【STORY】
Make your way through “SHIBUYA” and survive the seven-day “Reaper’s Game”!
The main character Neku wakes up in the middle of a busy Shibuya Crossing Intersection unaware of how he got there. He’s in an alternate plane of existence called the Underground (UG). Unknowingly forced to participate in the “Reaper’s Game”, Neku must partner with Shiki, a teenage girl player whom he meets. Neku must fight to survive by completing the missions thrown at him and defeating the creatures called “Noise.” By doing so, he will confront the “Reaper’s Game” along with the truth buried deep inside his memory.
“The only way to survive is to trust your partner”
Will they survive the “Reaper’s Game”...?
【STAFF】
Based on the original story “The World Ends with You” (SQUARE ENIX)
Director: Kazuya Ichikawa (DOMERICA)
Screenwriter: Midori Goto (SANZIGEN)
Character Design: Tetsuya Nomura & Gen Kobayashi (SQUARE ENIX)
Music: Takeharu Ishimoto (THRILL)
Production: DOMERICA x SHIN-EI ANIMATION
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COMMENTS
Looks great :). Animation and Voice acting is spot on
Kind of reminds me of Digimon Cyber Sleuth
I was not expecting it to be 3D animated. Neat!
Also Neku has a smartphone instead of a flip one so I guess this is set in modern times instead of 2007
Also Neku has a smartphone instead of a flip one so I guess this is set in modern times instead of 2007
Yeah, it's set in modern day Shibuya instead of "modern day 2007 Shibuya". They've updated the buildings and stuff for the anime, so the backgrounds will differ from the game. Should make for a neat comparison between the two.
I was sort of expecting "Twister" to be in the trailer, but I bet they'll save that for when we get closer to the actual release.
Having still not played the game, just from how amazing the anime trailer looked made me want to pick up the original game finally!
I'm so excited... Man, seeing this trailer really drove home how this is a dream come true--seeing some of our favorite moments expanded on and actually animated? Ahh! And hopefully if this anime does well--and I'm praying it will--it'll lead to more TWEWY stuff in the future.
Really enjoy the visuals on how it looks reminiscent to the visual style of the original game and quite surprising it's 3D cause I thought it was 2D at first.
Hopefully before the anime launches in 2021 we find out who will license this anime and whether it will get an English dub.
Anyways is this World Ends With You anime an anime adaptation of the original game or an original story?
It looks great! I used to imagine what an anime opening would look like for TWEWY while listening to Twister during walks. Never would have thought at the time we would one day actually get an anime.
Man, this really is looking good. Definitely will be a watch for me.
Makes me wonder if the Anime will have the original English dub cast or Dream Drop Distance cast, or no dub at all since they never talked about that during the panel.
Hmm... I keep forgetting that the name of the game/anime in Japanese is "This Wonderful World" and the trailer reminded me of that. Otherwise if I didn't know that it was 3D animated I'd be almost fooled into thinking some scenes were traditional. Glad to see that technology is moving forward like that. It looks beautiful.
Makes me wonder if the Anime will have the original English dub cast or Dream Drop Distance cast, or no dub at all since they never talked about that during the panel.
Who can say, recently Funimation just announced they have Licensed The World Ends with You: The Animation. So it's going to be interesting if they would bring back the original voice cast (including Jesse David Corti) or use a new voice cast altogether. Even Jesse David Corti hasn't been asked yet to reprise his role.
The fact that they showcased Sho makes me feel like they might cram three weeks into one season, or they're taking liberties into presenting the characters and involving them to the stories in other ways.
Or the first season is the game and the sequel is gonna happen in Animé format.
The fact that they showcased Sho makes me feel like they might cram three weeks into one season, or they're taking liberties into presenting the characters and involving them to the stories in other ways.
Or the first season is the game and the sequel is gonna happen in Animé format.
Sho first appears at the start of Week 1, Day 4.
The fact that they showcased Sho makes me feel like they might cram three weeks into one season, or they're taking liberties into presenting the characters and involving them to the stories in other ways.
Or the first season is the game and the sequel is gonna happen in Animé format.
I mean, if they make it a two-cour show for one season, that’s 24 episodes which should be plenty enough if they want to cover the full game. Some Days are shorter than others.
Also, like Fudgemint said, Sho appears in the first week. There is a discussion in the Death God's Pad between all of the Game Masters and the Conductor about the progress of the Players at that point in the week.
I'm personally not too worried about this show when it comes to story progression. I think they will do a great job. Tons of the original staff are involved so it is sure to have good pacing.
Sho first appears at the start of Week 1, Day 4.
I mean, if they make it a two-cour show for one season, that’s 24 episodes which should be plenty enough if they want to cover the full game. Some Days are shorter than others.
Also, like Fudgemint said, Sho appears in the first week. There is a discussion in the Death God's Pad between all of the Game Masters and the Conductor about the progress of the Players at that point in the week.
I'm personally not too worried about this show when it comes to story progression. I think they will do a great job. Tons of the original staff are involved so it is sure to have good pacing.
*looks better at the trailer* ah yes, I now recognize the couch Sho was sitting on, lol. Thanks for the observation. And I was worried that the first season might not be 24, but yes, 24 is more than enough
As someone who sorta pays attention to the anime industry, I highly doubt it will have more than 13 episodes at most, sadly.
Not the studio I wanted, but it's a more interesting choice than A-1 Pictures.
The character designs are well adapted and the atmosphere seems great too.
I'm not surprised Nomura is in this because he's everywhere these days, but I'm glad Gen Kobayashi is with him and Takeharu Ishimoto is returning as the composer. The story being the same with some changes and not a totally new one is good news too.
I'm not convinced by the animation, but I wasn't expecting anything groundbreaking anyway. At least now I can say I look forward to this.
As someone who sorta pays attention to the anime industry, I highly doubt it will have more than 13 episodes at most, sadly.
I haven’t watched an anime that wasn’t based on a game or something I had already watched in like 4 years so it would be great to hear why.
All I know is that isekai and harem anime have really overtaken the industry.
I would have figured a 24-26 episode season would be a shoe-in considering a lot of game adaptions get that still.
I haven’t watched an anime that wasn’t based on a game or something I had already watched in like 4 years so it would be great to hear why.
All I know is that isekai and harem anime have really overtaken the industry.
I would have figured a 24-26 episode season would be a shoe-in considering a lot of game adaptions get that still.
Pretty much anything interesting only gets about 12 episodes now, the things that get more are pretty much exclusively adaptations of major shonen properties. In terms of video games I think really only Persona 5 and big franchises with gacha games get that kind of status. Outside of adaptations even acclaimed directors aren't really able to get more than 12, that is if they get to make anything at all. It's become very much a default.
I think if TWEWY was big enough to get more than 12 episodes they would have certainly been able to make TWEWY2 by now.
Judging by the fact that Square Enix is very involved in this, I presume we can be hopeful and expect a season with 20+ episodes.
If we get a sequel/season 2, then maybe that's when they'll hit less episodes.
I liked it.
Never played the original game or the remakes so i guess this is my introduction to it.
Pretty much anything interesting only gets about 12 episodes now, the things that get more are pretty much exclusively adaptations of major shonen properties. In terms of video games I think really only Persona 5 and big franchises with gacha games get that kind of status. Outside of adaptations even acclaimed directors aren't really able to get more than 12, that is if they get to make anything at all. It's become very much a default.
I think if TWEWY was big enough to get more than 12 episodes they would have certainly been able to make TWEWY2 by now.
I'm hoping it does. Less popular (but still loved) games like Ace Attorney and Tales of Zestiria got a lot of episodes. AA ended up running for two seasons and ToZX was a full 24-episode season.
The studios working on this show are a bit unconventional, too.
But man...anime...I'm really sad about the medium. Non-Japanese animation has been seeing a bit of a renaissance lately, so it is really depressing to see this happening to Japanese animation.
OMFG! The trailer was amazing! I really like the art-style and I feel confident now that it will retain the game's essence. I wonder if "Calling" will be the theme song of the show?
I'm hoping it gets 13 episodes. I think that will be enough to tell the game's story. I just don't want them to draw it out or expand beyond the game and make it crap.
Well, so far this anime looks a lot better than the train wreck that was P5: The Animation. I am super glad that Square Enix is involved in the development. But I don't expect this to be a full on faithful adaptation, I expect it to either expand on certain plot elements or twist elements into its own unique thing.
Well, so far this anime looks a lot better than the train wreck that was P5: The Animation. I am super glad that Square Enix is involved in the development. But I don't expect this to be a full on faithful adaptation, I expect it to either expand on certain plot elements or twist elements into its own unique thing.
Yes, that is exactly what is happening. They are making changes both to modernize it and to also expand on the story.
Dude it looks so good wooo
The only issue I have with the trailer is the music. It not only gives off a completely different energy and feel to what TWEWY is, but is painfully generic and forgettable. If I first heard it by itself and was told it was for TWEWY, I'd laugh thinking it was a joke.
They would have been much better off just using one of the many Twister remixes.
The only issue I have with the trailer is the music. It not only gives off a completely different energy and feel to what TWEWY is, but is painfully generic and forgettable. If I first heard it by itself and was told it was for TWEWY, I'd laugh thinking it was a joke.
They would have been much better off just using one of the many Twister remixes.
I fear that part of the modernization process will focus on background music as well. Perhaps 1/4 or 2/4 of the music used on the Animé will be old ones.
From the panel it sounded like the composer made an entirely new soundtrack. Would love to see a couple of old ones used but it's hard to complain about getting an entire new soundtrack of TWEWY music (it's the same composer as the game).
I liked it. I haven't played this game so i guess this would be my intro to it.
I fear that part of the modernization process will focus on background music as well. Perhaps 1/4 or 2/4 of the music used on the Animé will be old ones.
I'm also not going to expect much singing in the anime tracks. Which is fine considering all the talking there'll be.
Speaking of "How do you do, fellow kids?" I'm hoping Makoto's pin advertising adventure becomes this full-blown. Bonus points if his out of date slang is now all over the place.
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