On the official page for the upcoming original anime by WIT Studio, Vivy: The song of Fluorite Eyean interview with the authors and producers of the project was published. Especially the authors Tappei Nagatsuki ((Subject: Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu, Senyoku no Sigrdrifa) and Eiji Umehara ((Chaos, child) shared the story behind the making of this anime. Both showed that it all started as a jointly written concept novel that was later decided to adapt to anime.
Umehara explained that the idea of creating an anime with Nagatsuki began when the two were working together to adapt Re: Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu ((Re: ZERO - Start life in another world) to anime. «Since it was my first time composing an animated series, I wanted to incorporate techniques that would work well with the previous titles I was working on. So she wanted to have a novel written for Vivy first before working on the script.", he showed.
He explained that the benefit of this approach is that it helps establish a shared vision of what employees are doing. Compared to a completely original title, he stated that it was easier to use a novel as a guide. Stressed that the novel was only used as the first concept, Nagatsuki said so In the course of the script reviews, differences in 'the personalities of the characters, the events of the story, and even the narrative arc that leads to the end». Umehara said the only downside to this approach is that it 'an enormous amount of time».
The project began in late 2016, work on the novel began in 2017 and ended in the second half of 2018. Finally, the series is scheduled to premiere in Japan next April 3 and will be confirmed with a total of thirteen episodes. The series will air its first and second episodes in succession on the same day Funimation will be responsible for sales in the west.
Cast
- Atsumi Tanezaki like Vivy, the first automated human AI. His instruction is: "Make everyone happy with music." She is a singer who serves humanity.
- Jun Fukuyama as Matsumoto, an AI who travels 100 years from the future to see Vivy. His instruction is "to prevent war between AI and humans". Work with Vivy to destroy all of the AI. He's a charlatan and cocky, so he has an unusual personality for an AI.
Production team
- Tappei Nagatsuki ((Subject: Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu, Senyoku no Sigrdrifa) is credited with creating the story and writing the scripts.
- Shinpei Ezaki ((Kitsutsuki Tantei-Dokoro) is responsible for the direction of the anime in WIT Studiowith the support of Yuusuke Kubo.
- Ioundraw ((Tsuki ga Kirei) will be credited for original character designs while Yuuichi Takahashi adapts them in conjunction with animation Takuma ebisu.
- Satoru Kousaki ((Beastars, lucky Star) is responsible for composing the soundtrack.
Synopsis for Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song
The story takes place in "Nearland", a theme park in which "Dreams, Hope and Science" coexist as a theme park for artificial intelligence (AI). This is where the first automated human-like AI was born. Vivy is an AI who sings on stage every day for park visitors as her instruction is "to make everyone happy through music". Act wholeheartedly for park visitors. One day an AI named Matsumoto appears in front of her. He says he came 100 years into the future with instructions to "work with Vivy to correct history and stop the war between AI and humans that is breaking out in 100 years". This is the beginning of the 100-year journey of the IA singer Vivy.
Source: ANN
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