During the “Azur Lane 1st Anniversary” event which occurred in Tokyo on Saturday, it was revealed that a TV anime adaptation of Shanghai Manjuu and Xiamen Yongshi’s Azur Lane smartphone game has been green-lit.
The staff which was revealed for the TV anime consists of:
- Director: Tenshou (Grisaia no Kajitsu, Rewrite)
- Series Composition: Jin Haganeya (Guilty Crown episode 8,13, 18 script)
- Studio: Bibury Animation Studio (Grisaia: Phantom Trigger)
In addition, a manga series of the game will launch in the December issue of Ichijinsha’s Monthly Comic Rex magazine on October 26. Tsuchii (Girls und Panzer: Little Army) will be leading the manga series. It will focus on the tsundere Queen Elizabeth and her school friend Warspite.
Azur Lane is a Chinese side-scrolling shoot ’em up mobile game developed by Shanghai Manjuu and Xiamen Yongshi, which sets its scenarios during World War II.
The game mainly features collecting and controlling cute personifications of warships from major participants of World War II, in a side-scrolling shooter gameplay with mechanics akin to those of Touhou Project, largely differing from previous works of similar concepts. Other gameplay elements, such as customization of an interactive backyard and marrying in-game characters, also present.
First launched on a Chinese server in May 2017, the game has made major success in its popularity, especially in Japan, where the number of players reached 5 million within four months after its Japanese release in September 2017. The game scored within Japanese region’s top five in user voted section of Google Play’s Best Game of 2017 and has made collaborations with other prominent video game titles and media franchises, such as Hyperdimension Neptunia and World of Warships.
Open beta of the game’s English language release commenced on August 16th, 2018. Azur Lane Crosswave, a 3D adaptation for PlayStation 4 to be published by Compile Heart, is announced as in development on September 2018.
An eponymous TV anime adaption of the game is announced on September 15, 2018.
