Global steaming content provider Netflix announced new partnerships with animation studios Anima, Sublimation, and David Production on Monday. The company also announced new anime projects with its new and current partners.
Sublimation will produce an anime adaptation of Dragon's Dogma, based on Capcom's hack and slash role-playing video game of the same title.
Synopsis
Based on a world-famous action RPG set in an open world, Dragon's Dogma from Capcom will be brought to life as a Netflix original anime series. The story follows a man's journey seeking revenge on a dragon who stole his heart. On his way, the man is brought back to life as an "Arisen." An action adventure about a man challenged by demons who represent the seven deadly sins of humans. (Source: Netflix)
Capcom released the video game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles in May 2012. The expanded version, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, shipped the following April. A PC port was released worldwide in January 2016. The game is also getting a Nintendo Switch version on April 23.
A new original anime titled Vampire in the Garden is also in production. Ryoutarou Makihara (Shisha no Teikoku, Hal) is helming the anime at Wit Studio (Shingeki no Kyojin), featuring character designs by Tetsuya Nishio (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society, Jin-Rou).
Synopsis
An original series by Wit Studio on two girls Momo and Fine from different backgrounds who meet by chance. A story about an unlikely friendship between human and vampire race that intertwines with the power or music. (Source: Netflix)
Netflix announced a comprehensive business alliance with Production I.G, Bones, and Wit Studio last year. The company's growing anime programming also includes Production I.G and Sola Digital Arts' new Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 3DCG anime series, which is set for a 2020 premiere.
Source: Moca News, Netflix Press Release, I.G Port Press Release
Dragon's Dogma and Vampire in the Garden on MAL
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