Running time: 2009
Episodes: ?
Genre: Suspense, Thriller, Supernatural, Fantasy
Studio: TYPE-MOON / P.A. Works
Website:
http://www.canaan.jpThe official Japanese website for the anime adaptation of Sega and Chunsoft's 428 ~Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de~ visual novel has launched with the announcement of the anime's official title: CANAAN. The visual novel for the Nintendo Wii tells a present-day story about a detective, a young man, a virus researcher, a freelance writer, and a cat mascot character who are brought together by bizarre events with worldwide implications in the Tokyo neighborhood of Shibuya. Sword of the Stranger director Masahiro Ando (not to be confused with the similarly named Sailor Moon animation director Masahiro Ando) is overseeing the animators at P.A. Works (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society, Darker than BLACK). Type-Moon is already producing a bonus anime scenario for the game. Screenplay writer Kinoko Nasu and original character designer Takashi Takeuchi of Fate/stay night and Tsukihime, Lunar Legend fame are involved in both 428 projects.
I thought it was already worth making a thread for this. I'm really looking forward to something new from the guys behind TYPE-MOON, despite being only the animation based on a bonus scenario of the game, but at least it IS being handled by Nasu and Takeuchi. Thread is being edited with new info as they come.
On this weekend's ComiKet 75, a short 17-second teaser was also shown which is available
here