Given they have published the video game series internationally, I am guessing many people were expecting Nippon Ichi Software America to pick up the rights to Neptune the Animation…. right? Well, turns out it is not NIS America but Funimation who will be releasing this console-wars oriented anime series set to air in Japan later this month.
Being produced by the studio David Production, this series will be an adaptation of the video game series featuring direction by Masahiro Mukai and scripts by Shogo Yasukawa. While their announcement post does not allude to their exact distribution plans, they have confirmed that they have picked up streaming rights for the show. With any luck fans of the series will not have to wait long to get to watch and/or purchase it. The series is however set to go by the name of Hyperdimension Neptunia
In the world of Gamindustri, four competing CPU goddesses rule the lands of Lastation, Leanbox, Lowee, and Planeptune. When dark forces threaten their power, they’ll have to learn to work together if they want to defeat evil. Based on the hit RPG series, it’s the video game console wars as you’ve never seen them before: fought by gorgeous girls!
Check out more on this series including a handful of trailers and key artwork check out my NEPTUNE THE ANIMATION archives.
