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Ani-One Simulcasts Giant Beast of Ars, Kaina of the Great Snow Sea Anime
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Ani-One Asia began streaming Giant Beasts of Ars (Ars no Kyojū), the original co-production anime between DMM and HIDIVE, on its YouTube channel on Thursday. The company also began streaming Kaina of the Great Snow Sea (Ōyukiumi no Kaina), the new television anime project from BLAME! and Knights of Sidonia collaborators Tsutomu Nihei and Polygon Pictures, on the same day.
Alongside India, both anime titles will stream in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, the Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Siri Lanka, and Vietnam. Giant Beasts of Ars will also stream in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Thailand. Kaina of the Great Snow Sea will also stream in Fiji, Guam, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Island, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Seychelles, Solomon Island, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.
Giant Beasts of Ars premiered in Japan on January 6.
Ani-One Asia describes the anime:
The great beasts created the land, but humans stole it. Angered, the beasts began eating humans, who in turn called upon the gods to fight the beasts. In the age of the sword, heroes and mythology, giant beasts are hunted by humans for profit. Jiiro, who makes his living hunting beasts, encounters Kuumi, who is being chased by someone, and in that moment decides to save her. As rumors spread regarding humanity and a mysterious experiment, together they seek to discover the world's secrets.
Akira Oguro (Namu Amida Butsu! -Rendai Utena-) is directing the anime at Asahi Production. Ashito Ōyari designed the original characters, and Hiroshi Shimizu (Hinata no Aoshigure background art) and Masato Kato (Namu Amida Butsu! -Rendai Utena-, Peach Boy Riverside) are adapting those designs for animation. Norimitsu Kaihō (Astra Lost in Space, School-Live!, Akudama Drive) is both overseeing and writing the series scripts. Shūji Katayama (Overlord, Saga of Tanya the Evil) and Akinari Suzuki (Smile Down the Runway, Redo of Healer) are composing the music.
Japanese band Penguin Research performs the anime's opening theme song "Hengen Jizai" (Morphing Existence), and Harumi performs the ending theme song "Na mo Nai Hana" (The Nameless Flower).
Kaina of the Great Snow Sea premiered in Fuji TV's Ultra+ block in Japan on January 11.
Ani-One Asia describes the anime:
In a world where land is being swallowed by the encroaching Great Snow Sea, humanity ekes out a harsh life above the Canopy that stretches from the roots to the tops of giant orbital spire tree. A chance meeting between Kaina, a youth from the Canopy, and Ririha, the princess of the small country Atland, sets off a chain of events that will change the fate of the world.
Hiroaki Ando (Ajin, Listeners) is directing the anime, and Sadayuki Murai (Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, Juni Taisen: Zodiac War, Natsume's Book of Friends) and Tetsuya Yamada (episodes of Knights of Sidonia, Juni Taisen: Zodiac War) are writing the scripts. The anime commemorates Polygon Pictures' 40th anniversary.
The rock duo yorushika perform the opening theme song "Telepath." The vocal group GReeeeN perform the ending theme song "JUVENILE."
The manga version of the story launched in Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Sirius magazine in February 2022, and Crunchyroll announced that it is offering the manga outside Asia. Nihei is credited with the original story, and Itoe Takemoto (The Beast Player novel illustrator and manga artist) is drawing the manga.
