Japanese adult game designer sprite/fairys has announced via its Twitter account that a new site has gone live heralding the anime adaptation of the upcoming game Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm. It comes with the English tagline of Beyond the sky, into the firmament. No details are available about the anime production itself, though there’s a few materials out there from promoting the game itself, including the sequences and promo that debuted a few months ago on their official channel.
The game is due out in a couple of weeks, which makes the timing of this pretty good as they’re likely to get more people checking out the game to see what the anime will be like and some of the potential routes for it.
The sprite/fairys side has had one anime adaptation before of note with Love, Election and Chocolate, which was licensed and released in North America by Sentai Filmworks.
Plot concept: The story is set in an archipelago of four islands far south of Japan or even the South Seas. It is all but a different world from modern Japan. From the discovery of anti-gravitons came the dream invention of anti-graviton shoes (“grash”) that let people fly the skies. They introduce people to a new realm by enabling flight with just one’s own body strength, without feathers or engines. This led to the rise of the sport of “Flying Circus” (dogfight race).
The protagonist who once hoped for a future in this sport suffered a setback due to an overwhelming defeat, and withdrew from the sport for this and some other reason. However, he met the transfer student Haruka Kurashina, and in teaching her to fly the skies, the old passion returned. He takes part in the Flying Circus again.
