Gorou Taniguchi's 'Estab-Life' Mixed Media Project Gets Spring 2022 TV Anime, Anime Movie

by DatRandomDude
Jan 20, 2022 6:39 AM | 13 Comments

The Fuji TV's +Ultra 2022 Lineup Presentation livestream announced a television anime and movie for Gorou Taniguchi's (Code Geass, Back Arrow) mixed-media project Estab-Life on Thursday, subtitled Great Escape and Revengers Road, respectively. The television anime is scheduled to premiere in April 2022 on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block and other channels. Crunchyroll will stream the anime outside of Asia.

Staff (Great Escape TV anime)
Original Concept, Creative Supervisor: Gorou Taniguchi
Original Story: SSF
Director: Hiroyuki Hashimoto (Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e (TV), Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku)
Series Composition, Script: Shoji Gatoh (Full Metal Panic!, Cop Craft)
Original Character Design: Yuusuke Kozaki (Bubuki Buranki, Godzilla: Kaijuu Wakusei)
Music: Yoshiaki Fujisawa (Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu, Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight)
Planning, Producer: Slow Curve
Studio: Polygon Pictures

Gorou Taniguchi will direct the Revengers Road anime movie at Polygon Pictures. The Estab-Life mixed-media will also receive a smartphone game produced by Square Enix, titled Estab-Life: Unity Memories.

Synopsis (TV Anime)
The distant future. After reaching its peak, Earth's population fell into decline. AI was developed to help preserve the species and manage the ecosystem; a grand experiment in human diversity. Through genetic engineering, a diverse array of peoples, including beastfolk, magical beings, and more, was created to live in a diverse city separated into walled "clusters."

Each cluster developed a unique culture, befitting of the people that lived there. Their lives, and the system, is continually maintained by the AI to ensure survival. (Source: Polygon Pictures)

Project PV

Official site: https://establife.tokyo/
Official Twitter: @establife

Source: Comic Natalie

Estab-Life: Great Escape and Bloody Escape: Jigoku no Tousou Geki on MAL

13 Comments Recent Comments

HeroVladimir93 said:
Is it wrong for me to believe that Goro Taniguchi's best days are behind him? No, seriously, I watched almost, extra-empahsis on almost, every post-Code Geass anime the guy has done and while some of them are good, none of them are the smashing hits you'd expect from a director of Taniguchi's caliber. He's basically the Brian Michael Bendis of anime.

That is a great comparison lol

Feb 10, 2022 3:16 PM by Tokoya

Is it wrong for me to believe that Goro Taniguchi's best days are behind him? No, seriously, I watched almost, extra-empahsis on almost, every post-Code Geass anime the guy has done and while some of them are good, none of them are the smashing hits you'd expect from a director of Taniguchi's caliber. He's basically the Brian Michael Bendis of anime.

Feb 10, 2022 2:25 PM by HeroVladimir93

DatRandomDude said:
human diversity

Mmm..

DatRandomDude said:
diverse array of peoples

Uhu..

DatRandomDude said:
diverse city

Laying it little thick, but ok..

DatRandomDude said:
beastfolk, magical beings, and more

...

Oh Japan..

Jan 21, 2022 6:47 AM by this_shit_again

VanishingKira said:
>Gorou Taniguchi
>mixed media project

that enough red flags.

Also director of CoTE and Mahou Shoujo raising project yeah no.

Did not know this...I'm a big fan of Raising Project so I'm a little more optimistic about this now lol

Jan 21, 2022 5:33 AM by Tokoya

Meh. Just sounds like another gacha promotion. Not bothering.

Jan 21, 2022 5:32 AM by O_T_T

Is this diversity?

Jan 21, 2022 4:49 AM by memery

so its gonna be about racism and multiculturalism i guess i might watch it since im a fan of Goro his latest anime Back Arrow was cool

Jan 20, 2022 11:28 AM by deg

Can I just say that this is famed director Goro Taniguchi's way of making his own version of Deep Insanity? Because I can smell it being DOA already.

Jan 20, 2022 10:39 AM by KANLen09

FurySlasher said:
The designs of the different places look really cool, but nothing else stands out. Premise has the potential to be very good, but like most mixed media projects, the story will probably take a turn in the wrong direction and ruin all that expectation and potential. Not liking the character designs either, makes it seem like this is based on a younger age group. 3DCG seems decent but who knows what the end product will be like. Still woulda preferred 2D.

Yeah, the synopsis sounds really interesting. But I think it looked much better as a manga or a completely original anime.

Jan 20, 2022 8:37 AM by RobertBobert

media project? Another meh anime ad for some game?

Jan 20, 2022 8:35 AM by RobertBobert

The designs of the different places look really cool, but nothing else stands out. Premise has the potential to be very good, but like most mixed media projects, the story will probably take a turn in the wrong direction and ruin all that expectation and potential. Not liking the character designs either, makes it seem like this is based on a younger age group. 3DCG seems decent but who knows what the end product will be like. Still woulda preferred 2D.

Jan 20, 2022 7:57 AM by FurySlasher

What genre is this anime exactly?

It seems like might be an action/sol from the PV if anything.

Jan 20, 2022 6:56 AM by Hoppy

Kinda wish that it wasn't so CG heavy but the art work itself for the character designs as well as the locations all looked great imo

The synopsis seems interesting enough too so hopefully the finished product ends up being pretty good. I wasn't a big fan of Back Arrow but I know via Code Geass that Taniguchi has it in him to make something great

P.S. Who or wtf is SFF (The name next to original story)

Jan 20, 2022 6:45 AM by Tokoya