During the live streaming organized to mark the 30th anniversary of the Seiken Densetsu video game series (known in the West as the “Mana Series”), Square Enix announced that Warner Bros. Japan was launching a Anime series inspired by the 1999 video game Legend of Mana. The series bears the title Legend of Mana: The Drop Crystal and currently has no release date.
For those of you unfamiliar with the JRPG series, Remember that Legend of Mana is the fourth chapter in the famous Mana series, as well as a sequel / spin-off of the famous 1995 Trials of Mana. The title follows the exploits of an unnamed hero who volunteers to restore the Fa’Diel kingdom to its former glory and to complete some missions to bring the land to the Bring shine ‘mana tree. In the video game, “The Teardrop Crystal” is the name of one of the last missions in history.
Warner Bros. Japan has not announced a possible release window, but has confirmed that the animations will be taken over by the production studios. Grafinica is Yokohama Animation Lab, the same ones who did the remastering of the video game last year, which is now available on PS4, Switch and PC. At the top of the article, you can take a look at the Introductory film of the new version of the gamewhich should give us an idea of ββthe general quality of the animations.
Square Enix is ββnot new to this type of project. For example, you will remember that the first season of The World Ends with You aired in April to promote the new video game and that it recently announced an animated series from Final Fantasy IX. It will certainly be interesting to find out whether this project lives up to the very high expectations of the fans.
