Video game developer Yoko Taro has announced her participation in a new anime series titled Kamierabi GOD.app. The program was announced through a preview version released by Fuji TV. In addition to Yoko Taro writing the original draft, JIN will be in charge of writing the final script, with manga artist Atsushi Ohkubo in charge of the character designs and Hiroyuki Seshita of animation studio UNEND directing it. Kamierabi GOD.app will be released in October 2023 in Japan.
Manga artist Atsushi Ohkubo is famous as the author of Soul Eaterwhile Hiroyuki Seshita is the director of Knight of Sidonia cartoon. Meanwhile, JIN is the original creator for Project Kagerou. In addition to these creators, music production studio MONACA will be in charge of composing the film’s soundtrack.
Fuji TV also shared a key piece of art, alongside the first trailer. The caption reads “God, the world is going crazy today too.” You can check out the teaser trailer and key image for Kamierabi This:
Yoko Taro confirmed to participate in writing the original script for Kamierabi through his Twitter account. However, the confirmation comes with a moment when the Japanese creator slightly digresses in the translation. Instead of claiming that he wrote the “base story”, Yoko Taro mistakenly claimed that he had created a “base story”, a slang term often used to describe a something of extremely good quality. Many Twitter users were quick to intervene to help him get his message across. You can check out the fun interactions below.
I wrote the ‘basic story’.
But Google said ‘story based’.
Which one translates correctly?
(or another word?)Sorry about my poor English skills. 🙁 https://t.co/L5MJWtRdI1
– yokotaro (@yokotaro) March 22, 2023
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Kamierabi GOD.app slated for release around October 2023 in Japan.
