Shinsei Galverse NFT Project's Anime Reveals Staff, Summer Debut
Tokyo-based Shinsei Galverse NFT project announced on Thursday that its planned anime project will debut this summer. The anime project also revealed its staff, but did not reveal the anime's format.Shinsei Galverse founder Ayaka Ōhira is credited as the creator and chief director of the anime at S.o.K, with Yūta Takamura (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable, The Most Notorious "Talker" Runs the World's Greatest Clan) as co-director. Natsuko Takahashi (Tokyo Magnitude 8.0, My Love Story!!, Anne Shirley) and Masahiro Okubo (Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress, Cardfight!! Vanguard will+Dress episode scriptwriter) are penning the scripts. Satoshi Ishino (Puni Puni Poemy, Tokyo Mew Mew New) is designing the characters, with Momo Nagayama as the sub-character designer.Ryō Hirata is designing the props. Yang Liu (Ogura Kobo) is drawing the background art, and Miyoko Ichinose is the color key artist. Tsai Po Lun is the compositing director of photography. Kentarō Tsubone is the editor. Jin Aketagawa is the sound director, while Tsutomu Ueno is credited for sound effects. ARCH is credited as producer.Singer Tove Lo teamed up with Tokyo-based Shinsei Galverse NFT project for her animated music video "I like u" in 2023.Ohira previously worked on traditional cel-animated series under the guidance of Yōji Kuri and Manabu Ōhashi. She directed music videos for m-flo, JP THE WAVY, and CHAI prior to founding the Galverse project. Shinsei Galverse describes itself as "empower[ing] our community with next-generation tech like digital collectibles, VTubers, and custom AI to help us tell a unique story: 8,888 badass Gals shooting across time and space to make the galaxy a better place."The Gals are available to purchase via OpenSea. Ohira and Tokyo-based NFT, blockchain, and Web3 development company Wagmi Labs Inc plan to release a Shinsei Galverse anime pilot next year.Sources: Shinsei Galverse X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie
