Add another card based game adaptation in anime form this season as Crunchyroll has picked up the simulcast rights for Z/X IGNITION. The series is is set to simulcast every Thursday starting on January 9 at 1:50 pm ET for premium members while free members will get a look at it a week later. The series has a pretty wide range of places it will be available, though not worldwide, including the United States of America, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Central America, South America, French speaking Europe, United Kingdom, Ireland, German speaking Europe, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark.
The show is based on the trading card game of the same name by Broccoli and Nippon Ichi Software that debuted earlier in 2013. Anime adaptations of trading card games are nothing new, and some definitely go on to have a lengthy and surprising life.
Plot concept: In the not-so-distant future, five portals suddenly appeared acting as gateways to alternative worlds. However, these five worlds are actually the same world, but in different timelines. As the situation becomes increasingly dire, the inhabitants of each world will stop at nothing to ensure the survival of their own timeline, even at the expense of the other timelines. The key to survival lies in one card-shaped device…
