 Mobile application developer Cygames announced at Tokyo Game Show (TGS) 2015 that its Android and iOS RPG fantasy mobile game Granblue Fantasy will be adapted into anime. Cygames producer Kouichi Haruta revealed that the animation production will be done by A-1 Pictures and Aniplex. Further details about the anime will be revealed at Cygames' September 20 stage event at TGS. Guests at that event include Miyuki Sawashiro, who voices Catalina Alize in the game.Granblue Fantasy began its service in December 2013 on the Mobage platform and features music by Final Fantasy series composer Nobuo Uematsu. It uses turn-based battles with characters of different classes gaining levels through experience and using various abilities. Animation studio Lay-duce previously produced a promotion movie for the game. Game PV Source: Dengeki Online Granblue Fantasy on MAL |
myanimelistllcFeb 11, 2016 5:21 AM
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| Never heard of this game before since it's original but who knows. I'll give it a shot. Cygames been on a roll this year now. That's their third anime announcement in less than half a year. |
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| Looks cool. Waiting on more info. |
| nice no school settings for this one, hype as fuck and why is dragon Bahamut in there too |
| Another disaster waiting to happen, A-1 wasn't content in ruining Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls now they are sending a maelstrom to ruin another series. |
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| the game is really good, too bad i quit after a few months because i can't really read japanese, i'll gladly watch this |
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MaxXZoe said: the game is really good, too bad i quit after a few months because i can't really read japanese, i'll gladly watch this The English version will be released in March 2016. |
| *insert 100 replies worth of genetic "lol A-1 and Aniplex" comments here* God bless Cygames for all these highfantasies tho, speaking of which, I hope we get more news on Chain Chronicles soon. |
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Paulo27 said: *insert 100 replies worth of genetic "lol A-1 and Aniplex" comments here* God bless Cygames for all these highfantasies tho, speaking of which, I hope we get more news on Chain Chronicles soon. Maybe it's kind of warranted. Too bad MAPPA can't do this one instead since they've proven themselves multiple times now when it comes to action and fantasy titles. They actually might give a damn about things other than pure profit motive. Not like there's a lack of fantasy titles coming out these days anyhow. |
| Looks okay. Battles seem meh, judging by the video :( |
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Kaioshin_Sama said: It is.Paulo27 said: *insert 100 replies worth of genetic "lol A-1 and Aniplex" comments here* God bless Cygames for all these highfantasies tho, speaking of which, I hope we get more news on Chain Chronicles soon. Maybe it's kind of warranted. Too bad MAPPA can't do this one instead since they've proven themselves multiple times now when it comes to action and fantasy titles. They actually might give a damn about things other than pure profit motive. Not like there's a lack of fantasy titles coming out these days anyhow. I just saved you the trouble, that's all. And there's plenty of lack of old fantasy-style stories these days, if anything Rokka no Yuusha and Shingeki no Bahamut are the only ones that really come to mind. |
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| Looks interesting. Will definitely watch. The visuals will probably be good but I wonder who's going to be the writer. |
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| A-1 WTF??? |
Paulo27 said: Kaioshin_Sama said: It is.Maybe it's kind of warranted. Too bad MAPPA can't do this one instead since they've proven themselves multiple times now when it comes to action and fantasy titles. They actually might give a damn about things other than pure profit motive. Not like there's a lack of fantasy titles coming out these days anyhow. I just saved you the trouble, that's all. And there's plenty of lack of old fantasy-style stories these days, if anything Rokka no Yuusha and Shingeki no Bahamut are the only ones that really come to mind. Arslan Senki, Akagami no Shirayuki-Hime, Sword Art Online, GATE, GARO and a whole bunch of other stuff that is most LN stuff coming up kind of fit nicely into the fantasy niche even if it's not all the core genre. |
| God bless Cygames. Bringing up them fantasies. However, I'm a little disappointed with A-1 being in charge of this one. I don't like the character designs they use in shows like Gate, A.Z. The Game PV is also done by them, right? Well, if the scenery in the anime looks as awesome as that I think I can bear the characters designs. We'll have to see, but if MAPPA were in charge of this one, oh boyyy. |
AvokSep 16, 2015 9:09 PM
Avok said: God bless Cygames. Bringing up them fantasies. However, I'm a little disappointed with A-1 being in charge of this one. I don't like the character designs they use in shows like Gate, A.Z. The Game PV is also done by them, right? Well, if the scenery in the anime looks as awesome as that I think I can bear the characters designs. Game PV is done by Lay-Duce, but just in general there's a huge difference between doing a game PV and running a whole TV show. Considering the complexity of the artwork for this one which is supplied by Square Enix veteran Hideo Minaba and how A-1 noticeably scales down the level of detail and glossiness of character designs at the best of times I wouldn't expect the anime to resemble the games look terribly much. The highly detailed card art is one of the main draws of cell phone games period, a lot of it looks undeniably appealing at least to my eyes. That translated pretty well with Shingeki no Bahamut because they got a really adept experienced director, character designer and composer team to take full advantage of what they were given to work with. A-1 by comparison to MAPPA kind of exists as a pure grunt studio whose job is to take on and animate as many adaptations for popular properties (they seem to prefer more recent stuff in the last 1-3 years whose popularity has just peaked) for the purposes of promoting them as quickly as possible. I like to think of them as the Acclaim of Japanese animation which I'm hoping isn't too old school a reference for most people here to understand what I'm getting at. I don't expect much like I might if this were another Cygames/MAPPA teamup and figure they were chosen more for the fact that Aniplex has published the games soundtracks and for their marketing prowess which has sold many a crappy or mediocre at best anime to many a fool over the last several years. Like the show might suck, but goddamn if they won't drown the potential audience in claims of just how awesome it will be and is and how they should totally send their money their way or to their client be it CyGames, Kadokawa, Bandai Namco Games, Shueisha etc. |
PeacingOutSep 16, 2015 9:17 PM
Kaioshin_Sama said: Those aren't old fashioned at all, I'm talking 90s JRPG fantasies here, you know, "woo an evil demon is going to destroy the world, let's call a bunch of misfits and hope they can beat it, woo", the type of stuff everyone is going to call generic and cliche but is rarely seen nowadays.Paulo27 said: It is. I just saved you the trouble, that's all. And there's plenty of lack of old fantasy-style stories these days, if anything Rokka no Yuusha and Shingeki no Bahamut are the only ones that really come to mind. Arslan Senki, Akagami no Shirayuki-Hime, Sword Art Online, GATE, GARO and a whole bunch of other stuff that is most LN stuff coming up kind of fit nicely into the fantasy niche even if it's not all the core genre. |
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Kaioshin_Sama said: Game PV is done by Lay-Duce, but just in general there's a huge difference between doing a game PV and running a whole TV show. Considering the complexity of the artwork for this one which is supplied by Square Enix veteran Hideo Minaba and how A-1 noticeably scales down the level of detail and glossiness of character designs at the best of times I wouldn't expect the anime to resemble the games look terribly much. I see. Looks like it's better not to have high expectations until we see some actual footage. |
| Lets just hope they dont give a shitty art/animation quality à la gunslinger stratos. |
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| A1 pictures? Not gonna watch. |
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Paulo27 said: Kaioshin_Sama said: Those aren't old fashioned at all, I'm talking 90s JRPG fantasies here, you know, "woo an evil demon is going to destroy the world, let's call a bunch of misfits and hope they can beat it, woo", the type of stuff everyone is going to call generic and cliche but is rarely seen nowadays.Arslan Senki, Akagami no Shirayuki-Hime, Sword Art Online, GATE, GARO and a whole bunch of other stuff that is most LN stuff coming up kind of fit nicely into the fantasy niche even if it's not all the core genre. Those don't really exist much anymore unfortunately outside of maybe Arslan Senki, though that might be because it's an adaptation of a novel series from the 80's and 90's. That sort of stuff isn't as marketable and trendy anymore as say the battle harem fantasy type stuff or at least the producers seem to think so since they refuse to try it much anymore. Sad but just kind of the reality of where anime has been going. It's funny I actually agree though, there's really not a whole lot of that sort of stuff anymore. It also doesn't need to be any more generic and cliche than the battle harem or erotic fantasy stuff that we tend to see more of nowadays. It all comes down to what you do with a premise, not just it's initial setup and surface appeal. Avok said: Kaioshin_Sama said: Game PV is done by Lay-Duce, but just in general there's a huge difference between doing a game PV and running a whole TV show. Considering the complexity of the artwork for this one which is supplied by Square Enix veteran Hideo Minaba and how A-1 noticeably scales down the level of detail and glossiness of character designs at the best of times I wouldn't expect the anime to resemble the games look terribly much. I see. Looks like it's better not to have high expectations until we see some actual footage. The early footage will be as eye-catching and glossy as possible, the whole point of a trailer is to attract peoples attention. What really matters more is how it looks going forward, something you can't tell until you're a good 7-8 episodes in to something. |
Kaioshin_Sama said: The early footage will be as eye-catching and glossy as possible, the whole point of a trailer is to attract peoples attention. What really matters more is how it looks going forward, something you can't tell until you're a good 7-8 episodes in to something. and the first episode of all or most anime have better animation than the rest of the episodes anyway |
j0x said: Kaioshin_Sama said: The early footage will be as eye-catching and glossy as possible, the whole point of a trailer is to attract peoples attention. What really matters more is how it looks going forward, something you can't tell until you're a good 7-8 episodes in to something. and the first episode of all or most anime have better animation than the rest of the episodes anyway First couple and last couple usually but yes. |
| Gotta love the persistent butthurt about A-1; it's almost as certain as the butthurt about every LN adaptation ever. Anyway, with this being Cygames I have high hopes that this will be good, but I have to admit I'd be more confident if Mappa were working on it. Either way, I can't wait. |
| Looks pretty good, and fantasy anime are always welcomed. I'll give it a shot. |
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| Looks nice. |
| looks nice, but I'll wait on more info. |
| Definitely looks interesting enough for me to give it a look. |
| I'll most likely watch it, though I'll wait on more info. |
| More pointless advertising the game, no thank you. |
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| Game PV looks great. Just unsure about A-1 Pictures though. If it's anything like the Game PV then count me in. |
Kaioshin_Sama said: j0x said: and the first episode of all or most anime have better animation than the rest of the episodes anyway First couple and last couple usually but yes. yep anyone who watches at least 50 anime TV series will notice that by now |
| Oh my gosh, please tell me if this is getting animated, I'll get to see Danua animated! i'll watch only for her if so! <3 She has such cute fan art, even though she has a pretty large rack in a few photos I've seen. |
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| feel like bravely default IMO |
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| inb4 Bravely De- Hidayat246 said: feel like bravely default IMO Dammit. Could be decent, but I dunno. Miyuki Sawashiro is definitely a plus. Will watch with low expectations. |
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| A-1 Pictures + video game adaptation = warning signs going off for me That being said, the trailer itself didn't look that bad |
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| Looks good |
| promising |
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| Here's some preview of the animated footage: |
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| ^Will a PV for the anime be released soon? Anyways, I really dig the art style for the game PV, hopefully they maintain it in the anime. Also, I've got no complaints about A-1 as long as this isn't a very battle-centric anime. |
| 5 main aspects I base my ratings on: 1. Did DramaEnthusiast make a thread about it? 2. Is it better than Breaking Bad? 3. Did MellowJello recommend the shit out of it? 4. Has it caused a (very entertaining) shitstorm on MAL? 5. Is it actually good? Scratch the fifth point, it's not very relevant... |
Paulo27 said: *insert 100 replies worth of genetic "lol A-1 and Aniplex" comments here* God bless Cygames for all these highfantasies tho, speaking of which, I hope we get more news on Chain Chronicles soon. Considering the only mobage adaptation to really be worth something has been Bahamut so far(and that is mainly because based MAPPA took the barebones ideas from mobage and created their own story and characters with them), the worry is well founded. Usually it is just your generic advert full of waifus. |
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| Looks pretty cool, I'm on it. |
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| Well, I was already excited for the game, so it wouldn't hurt to try the anime. |
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| This looks interesting and I really like some of the character designs. |
| Do like the looks of this one so i'll probably check it out. |
| Looks interesting, love the artstyle. Similar to Tactics Ogre and Bravely Default. |
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geralt said: ^Will a PV for the anime be released soon? Anyways, I really dig the art style for the game PV, hopefully they maintain it in the anime. Also, I've got no complaints about A-1 as long as this isn't a very battle-centric anime. You can already see just by looking at the screenshots above they're not and converting it to their own usual cost cutting simple detail art style ala SAO. Fullmetal89 said: Looks interesting, love the artstyle. Similar to Tactics Ogre and Bravely Default. But it's not going to look like that for the anime, we've already seen this. Is absolutely nobody paying any attention again. Why don't people read and looks at things that are right in front of them? Z4k said: This looks interesting and I really like some of the character designs. But again.....oh why do I even bother lol? |
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