The slowly gestating TV adaptation of the Chain Chronicle game into anime form continues on as we previously had the short-form series and the announcement of a regular TV series. Now the official site for the project has revealed that ahead of the TV series there will be a movie trilogy in theaters for a limited engagement of two weeks per screening. The first film is set for a December 3rd, 2016 debut, the second on January 14th, 2017, and the third on February 11th, 2017, which makes it look like a spring 2017 debut for the TV series.
The feature films, whose length has not been revealed, will be directed by Masashi Kudou with assistance from Hirokazu Hanai. They’re working on the screenplay by Touko machida with Kudo handling the character designs as well. Telecom Animation Film and Graphinica are handling the animation.
With an eight-episode run of Chain Chronicle in its short-form adaptation last fall, the show did well enough for Sega Networks to announce a TV series had been given approval. The news came at the Sega Networks Fan Appreciation Festival last December 2014. The shorts were directed by Takeshi Mori at Sotsu and Jumonji studios based on the scripts by QUALIA, the name of the group that wrong the original game scenario and the drama CD that came out previously. The series characters were designed by Hiromi Kato. The series previously had some of its cast announced, but not tied to roles.
The cast for those shorts, which we suspect will return for the full series and the movie, were:
- Akira Ishida as Hero/Haruaki/Black Knight
- Ayane Sakura as Phina/Touka
- Maaya Uchida as Pirika/Ninfa
- Kotori Koiwai as Rinse/ Yuni
- Junichi Yanagita as Werner/Knuckle
- Shiori Mikami as Rifrette
- Mikako Komatsu as Cain
- Yuka Terasaki as Marina/Aldora
- Rina Satou as Mishidia / Yugudo
- Yu Kobayashi as Kiki
- Natsuko Kuwatani as Eirenusu
- Tetsu Inada as Greg/Dodogaru
- Yukiyo Fujii as Juliana
Plot concept: Set in the land of Yuguto, the people thought that the land they live is the size of the world, but it’s actually divided into several areas, each with a respective king. Even though there were small wars among areas, the kings had roundtable meetings to maintain peace and balance. It was until a dark group of dark monsters appeared…
