“You have seven days”: Square Enix unexpectedly announced the anime adaptation of the role-playing game The World Ends With You

Cult role-playing game The world ends with you will receive animated adaptation. This was announced by the company Square enix. The official website of the anime based on the game is already open, but there are no details on it yet. There is only key art with the participation of all the main characters of the original project.

More information about anime Subarashiki Kono Sekai will be presented on July 3 as part of Anime Expo Lite.

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Released in 2007, The World Ends With You was able to surprise the audience with an innovative approach to gameplay, an interesting story, and a modern driving soundtrack. Developers to the fullest used the unique features of a portable console Nintendo DSby using both screens, a stylus and even a microphone at the same time in battles.

In 2012, the game was ported to mobile devices, and in 2018 it reached the Nintendo Switch, where it was rated slightly worse than the original at the time. In particular, the management system was criticized. We talked about the changes in more detail in the big review..

Creative Director of The World Ends With You Tetsuya Nomura repeatedly expressed interest in creating a continuation of the game, but at the same time indicated a huge employment, and in recent years he generally led the development right away Kingdom Hearts III and Final Fantasy VII Remake.

In September 2018, Nomura announced that he considered the release of The World Ends With You on the Nintendo Switch as a “new beginning” for the franchise..

Then the developer promised to “work hard” to please the people who have supported The Worlds Ends With You all these years. To many, this seemed like a hint of a full sequel.

Insiders also hinted at the creation of The World Ends With You 2.

The main character of the game was a guy named Neku, who finds himself in an alternative reality, very similar to modern Shibuya, the most stylish district of Tokyo, and becomes an involuntary participant in the so-called Games of the Reapers. Teaming up with other characters, Neku must delve into the rules and understand what is happening, while completing tasks. People who fail to cope with them on time are permanently removed.

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