Square Enix released the first trailer for the anime The World Ends with You – review

Not so long ago company Square enix announced that it is preparing an animated series based on the cult role-playing game The world ends with you. And now, during a special panel on Anime Expo Lite, told the first details about the film adaptation and showed a short trailer.

Studios work on anime series Domerica and Shin-ei animationthey are known for Monster Strike The Movie and Doraemon. Directed by Kazuya Ichikawa (Bakugan: Battle Planet), and character design is created by Tetsuya Nemura and Gene Kobayashi from Square Enix.

The game takes place in Sibuya, and for the film adaptation its realities will be modernized. In particular, the characters will use smartphones, and the Tokyo area will look like it is now. But the clothes of the characters have not changed.

In the story, the main character, Neku Sakuraba, finds himself in a parallel world of the dead and is forced to take part in a dangerous game. The winners will be given a new life, and the losers will be erased forever. As Neku passes the test, he recalls more about how he got here and gets to know other characters. But not all of them should be trusted.

The World Ends with You game was first released on the Nintendo DS in 2008, and over time it was released on iOS, Android and Nintendo Switch. Anime based on it will begin to show in 2023.

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