With license announcements abound this weekend from Anime Expo, Sentai Filmworks has announced the pickup of the late 2011 release of Legend of the Heroes ~ Trails in the Sky, a 43 minute OVA animated by Kinema Citrus. The show is based on the video game of the same name and is directed by Masaki Tachibana (Tokyo Magnitude 8.0) with series composition & screenplays by Makoto Uezu (Utawarerumono, Akane Iro no Somaru Saka) and character designs by Atsuko Nozaki (Tokyo Magnitude 8.0).
Sentai is intending to get this out through digital distribution later this year along with a home video release, unspecified as to format or language options at this time.
Plot Concept: Ten years ago, a massive invasion by the Erebonian Empire almost shattered the Kingdom of Liberl, piercing to the heart of Capital City before being driven back by a determined counteroffensive led by Cassius Bright. Now, as the invaders pace behind the northern borders, coveting the small kingdom’s magic and high technology, Liberl slowly rebuilds with the aid of the Bracer’s Guild, whose mystical use of “Craft” is even more intrinsic to the nation’s defense than its own army. For young Estelle Bright, daughter of Cassius, this is all just ancient history that she and her adopted brother Joshua learned as kids. But history has a way of repeating itself, and as they prepare to join the Bracers Guild themselves, sinister forces are preparing to thrust them into the familiar family situation of being in the worst possible place when mayhem breaks out. Because when their father’s airship goes suddenly missing, of course it only makes sense to two green, but extraordinarily capable, young teenagers to strike out on a rescue mission of their own!
Check out the extended promos below for the first and second episodes from Japan that run around seven minutes each: