Russian illustrator Ilya Kuvshinov is announced to be working on the ending animation for the upcoming anime adaptation of The World Ends With You.
Kuvshinov is an artist who has worked on multiple anime series including The Wonderland. Most notably he’s responsible for the character designs in Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045.
EDアニメーションにイリヤ・クブシノブ氏の起用が決定
世界的人気イラストレーターであるイリヤ・クブシノブ氏 (@Kuvshinov_Ilya)がエンディングアニメーションを手掛けます✨
放送に先駆け、アニメーションのカットを先行公開✨
放送をお楽しみに✨ #TWEWY #すばせか #すばせかアニメ pic.twitter.com/sYsXv2oyek— すばらしきこのせかい The Animation 公式アカウント (@TWEWY_PR) March 8, 2021
The anime is based off the 2007 video game of the same name from Square Enix. In it, players follow Neku Sakuraba, a teenage boy who died in unknown circumstances, as he participates in the Reaper Game in order to solve the mystery of his death.
In the Reaper Game, lost souls eliminate enemies called Noise that are attracted to negative feelings that surround the living. While Noise are the primary opponents of the game’s participants, former game winners who chose to become Reapers also try and stand in their way.
You can find the rundown of the series from our previous coverage below.
The legendary game returns as an anime!
【STORY】
Make your way through “SHIBUYA” and survive the seven-day “Reaper’s Game”!The main character Neku wakes up in the middle of a busy Shibuya Crossing Intersection unaware of how he got there.
He’s in an alternate plane of existence called the Underground (UG).
Unknowingly forced to participate in the “Reaper’s Game”, Neku must partner with Shiki, a teenage girl player whom he meets.
Neku must fight to survive by completing the missions thrown at him and defeating the creatures called “Noise.” By doing so, he will confront the “Reaper’s Game” along with the truth buried deep inside his memory.“The only way to survive is to trust your partner”
Will they survive the “Reaper’s Game”…?
【STAFF】
Based on the original story “The World Ends with You” (SQUARE ENIX)
Director: Kazuya Ichikawa (DOMERICA)
Screenwriter: Midori Goto (SANZIGEN)
Character Design: Tetsuya Nomura & Gen Kobayashi (SQUARE ENIX)
Music: Takeharu Ishimoto (THRILL)
Production: DOMERICA x SHIN-EI ANIMATION
