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Project Anima to Reveal Winning Concept for Sci-Fi TV Anime in August
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The Twitter account for Project Anima announced on Thursday that it will announce the winner of the "Science Fiction / Robot" category of the competition at the C3AFA Tokyo 2018 event on August 25. The project's official website also revealed the interim results on Thursday.
The electronic and mobile commerce company DeNA, the advertising agency and sponsor Sotsu Co., Ltd., and the radio station Nippon Cultural Broadcasting are collaborating to make original anime with the project. The three companies aim to make three television anime in different genres for the 2020 broadcast season. Mengo Yokoyari (Scum's Wish) drew the project's main visual (pictured at right).
Project Anima is accepting story submissions from the general public through DeNA's MangaBox, Everystar, and similar user-submitted content platforms. The companies are hosting competitions in three categories. Satelight (Macross, Aquarion, Symphogear) will animate the winner of the "Science Fiction / Robot" category, J.C. Staff (A Certain Magical Index, Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, Children of the Whales) will animate the winner of the "Another World / Fantasy" category, and Doga Kobo (Majestic Prince) will animate the winner of the "Kids / Game" category.
Project Anima allows submissions in the form of novels, scripts, manga drafts, thumbnail sketches, illustrations, videos, and other formats. The project also accepts submissions from both professional and amateur creators, as well as from both individuals and groups such as companies. In addition to the television anime adaptations, the three main partners and the collaborating productions companies will explore other adaptations for the winning entries such as books, manga, and games.
Sources: Project Anima's official Twitter account, MoCa News
