Ooyukiumi no Kaina Anticipation

[Stark700]

Tsutomu Nihei and Polygon Pictures' new project is "Ooyukiumi no Kaina" with a TV anime directed by Hiroaki Ando scheduled for January 2023.

The "boy-meets-girl high fantasy" is set in a world where land is being swallowed by the encroaching Great Snow Sea. Humaniy ekes out a harsh life above the Tenmaku (a wordplay on the Japanese word for tent) that stretches from the roots to the tops of giant Orbital Trees. The story centers around Kaina, a boy who lives above the Tenmaku, and Liliha, the princess of the small country Atland in the Great Snow Sea.

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Sources

https://twitter.com/AIR_News01/statu...42661145542656

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...anuary/.181724

[Frontier]

I enjoyed Sidonia and am a sucker for a good boy-meets-girl story .

[Ragashingo]

Blame! was cool. Sidonia was some pretty good sci-fi. Yeah... I'll keep track of this.

[Blaat]

I admit I wish it wasn't CGI but it was an interesting enough first episode, I'm curious to find out more about the world and how it works.

[Alchemist007]

Always up for some survival in interesting settings.

[Frontier]

This definitely feels like a Tsutomu Nihei work with the Polygon Pictures CG and the general atmosphere and world-building. Not that that's a bad thing, I was a fan of Sidonia .

Pretty solid Opening showing all the cast and Kaina and Ririha's adventure together .

So immediately we're set into a world of a glass canopy covering a planet carried by trees, with people living in said trees, though it seems like they're slowly dying out with one young man, our protagonist Kaina, left among a village of older people. Also looks like the last vestiges of the modern world are billboards that only a few people can still read ?

It's kind of surreal seeing Yoshimasa Hosoya using a younger and softer tone of voice for a character compared to his usual range, but it fits Kaina .

But it seems like the main plot involves the sea of snow that is the world below, as Princess Ririha and Atland battle the elements to secure resources while fighting off what appear to be the antagonist Valghans. Poor Ririha (Rieri for the win!) ends up being the surviving member of her party .

Ah yes, you got to get in the "boy-meets-girl" in a fantasy setting out of the way .

The ED is pretty pleasant to listen too! Showing all the people Kaina and Ririha will meet on their journey together .