The anime studio Gonzo is
producing
a television anime adaptation of the
Gree
mobile social game
Zettai B?ei Leviathan
(Absolute Defense Leviathan) for an April 6 premiere. The game is a role-playing game set on Aquafall, a fantasy world abound with water and greenery, and populated by dragons and fairies.
Meteorites suddenly bring forth evil creatures that threaten all living things on the planet. The fairy Syrup (voiced by
Kana Hanazawa
) assembles the Aquafall Defence Force, with three girls of the dragon clans as recruits. The story follows Syrup and the dragon girls Leviathan (
Saori Hayami
), Bahamut (
Eri Kitamura
), and Jormungandr (
Ayana Taketatsu
) as they work together to battle enemies and grow up.
Leviathan
Bahamut
Jormungandr
Syrup
Kenichi Yatani
(
Dojin Work
,
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo Ohki
,
Renkin 3-kyuu Magical? Pokahn
) is directing off scripts supervised by
Yasunori Ide
(
Hanaukyo Maid-tai
,
Renkin 3-kyuu Magical? Pokahn
).
Takaharu ?kuma
(
Hanaukyo Maid-tai
,
Kotoura-san
,
Magician's Academy
,
Mitsudomoe
) is designing the characters, and
Tomoki Kikuya
(
Hidamari Sketch
,
Squid Girl
) and
Shiho Terada
(
Inazuma Eleven GO
) are composing the music.
Yuki Kanno
is performing the opening theme song "Hajimari no Resolution," while
PASSPO
performs the ending theme "Truly."
With its
bish?jo
characters,
Gree
's foray into
moe
social games is aimed at young males as its core target audience. The anime will air on
TV Tokyo
every Saturday at 11:30 p.m., as well as on other stations. The game itself is planned for a spring debut on smartphones running iOS and Android operating systems.
Source:
animeanime.jp
Images ⓒ
Gree
/
Leviathan Production Committee
,
TV Tokyo
Update:
Two other
GREE
titles, the popular
Driland
fantasy game and the creature-raising game
Odoriko Clinoppe
, also
inspired
television
anime
.
Yahoo! Japan
subsidiary
GyaO!
and
GREE
announced
last month that they agreed to set up a fund and establish an investment management company for anime media content.
Below is the opening promotional video for the
Zettai B?ei Leviathan
game: