It was pretty much a given considering the people involved and that a TV domain was picked back in the spring, but Shoji Kawamori’s project Nobunaga the Fool is on trck to get an anime series. The project started off initially and is slated to be a three piece stage production that begins this December in Japan and goes through next summer. The stage play is designed to use a lot of original animation from studio Satelight, where Kawamori has done quite a lot in recent years, combined with actors on the stage and voice actors to handle the animation side as well. Based on all of this, it’s easy to see Satelight taking the whole thing and working it into its own series that will work in conjunction with the stage plays to enhance it and likely stand on its own as well.
Stage Play Concept: The Western Planet and the Eastern Planet.
Once upon a time, the two sides were bound by the “Dragon Pulse” spanning the heavens.
The civilization that once had prospered has now turned to a tale of dreams, as the inextinguishable flames of war tear the realm asunder. The two planets remain engulfed in endless battles.
The return of the super technology known as “sacred treasures” could revolutionize the world order, but no one knows of them but one person — a “heretical girl.”
A girl from the Western Panet, Jeanne Kaguya d’Arc, saw heavenly visions of the birth of a “Star Messiah” who will save the world. She embarks on a journey to the Eastern Planet with Leonardo da Vinci, “the one who observes the world.” They come across the heretic of the Eastern Planet and “the greatest fool of the day,” Oda Nobunaga.
[Source: ANN]