A mobile game that launched in 2015 which was titled
100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams; has recently updated its website which reveals the premise and staff to its animation that will be releasing soon! While the smartphone puzzle RPG has already spawned some web shorts in the past, this marks the first time that
GCREST's property will be a full fledged anime! The games story, which will most likely not follow every story beat verbatim, involved playing with the themes of love as the players have opportunities to wake up at least 100 princes from a deep slumber. The mobile game achieved enough success to garner the attention of many big names to produce this new anime.
In the announcement it has bee nconfirmed that
Yukina Hiiro (
Chu-Bra!!!) will be directing the series at
Project no. 9.
Natsuko Takahashi (
My Love Story!!) will be doing series composition and
Majiro (
Barakamon) will be the main character designer. The music composer will be
Masafumi Takada (
Danganrona: The Animation). The premise of the series follows a butler named
Navi and a prince named
Avi, as they navigate the dream world kingdom of Astoria in an effort to save the other princes and the world itself from dream eating beings called the "Yumekui".
The series will premier on July 5th in Japan on AT-X at 10:30 pm. It will also premier on Tokyo MX, Sun TV, and BS 11. Some people in Tokyo even got a n early screening treat on June 23rd! Excited for the upcoming series? Share your thoughts on the series in the usual spot!