On the official Twitter account of Project ANIMA, an animation initiative launched in 2017 by DeNA, Nippon Cultural Broadcasting, Sotsu and MBS to jointly produce an original anime that reflects the spirit of the coming decade, it was announced that the special broadcast for the animated adaptation of the novels written by Nekotarou Inui, Sakugan Labyrithn Marker, to be called Sacks&Guns!
This broadcast was scheduled to take place on November 19th via YouTube, during which new details about the production of this project would be revealed. "Due to the declaration of a new state of emergency because of the resurgence of COVID-19, we have decided to cancel the special presentation on January 19. We apologize to all those who were waiting for it," the account wrote.
【重要なお知らせ】新型コロナウイルス感染拡大による緊急事態宣言発出に伴い、1/19(火)に予定していた『サクガン』制作発表会の中止を決定しました。楽しみにしてくださっていた方々へお詫び申し上げます。発表会に代わる企画も検討しておりますので、引き続きよろしくお願いいたします。
— 『サクガン』TVアニメ公式 (@ANIMA_info) January 8, 2021
The series was announced in 2019 as one of Project ANIMA's pilot projects and will be produced by Satelight animation studios in the "Science Fiction/Anime Robot Category" of the production initiative, after being selected from hundreds of submissions. The release was scheduled for 2020, however, in its most recent release, it was confirmed that it is now scheduled for the upcoming fall season (October-December).
Synopsis of Sacks&Guns!
In the distant future, mankind was forced to live in a subway world known as "The Labyrinth". In this place there are several colonies with different environments, some with very high temperatures and others full of gold and silver, for example. Among them, there is the colony of Pinyin, where a nine-year-old girl named Memempuu and her father Gaganbar live. As "workers" who seek to survive, they pilot a large robot that digs up minerals.
One day, Memempuu asks her father to go look for her mother. Being a "marker", Gaganbar has the most dangerous profession in the colony, which is mapping the maze; but this is also an advantage since he is the only one who knows the dangerous roads outside the colony. With this, both of them will leave on a trip possibly with no return.
Source: Official Twitter Account
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