Spice & Wolf VR Anime Kickstarter Campaign Launches,
Meets Goal
The Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for
independent development circle Spicy Tails' virtual reality anime based
on Isuna Hasekura's Spice
& Wolf novels launched on Saturday. As of Monday, the campaign has met
and surpassed its US$70,485 goal. The campaign will end on January 12. As of
press time, the campaign has earned US$85,237.
The game's
counterpart Campfire crowdfunding campaign launched on November 25,
and met its 8,000,000 yen (about US$70,700) goal in its first two
hours. That campaign will also end on January 12.
The anime is
slated for release on HTC VIVE, Oculus Rift, and other
platforms in early 2019. The anime will also be viewable on PC without a VR
headset, and it will have English subtitles.
The television
anime's voice actors Ami Koshimizu (Holo) and Jun Fukuyama (Kraft Lawrence) are returning. Hasekura is writing the anime's
scenario and the novels' illustrator Jū Ayakura is credited with the
character design. Keisuke Sakikibara is providing the 3D modeling and motion,
and n-buna is composing the music. Yō Shimizu provided the concept art pictured
at right and Masatoshi Sekai designed the logo.
Spicy Tails
also developed Project
Lux, Hasekura also wrote. The PC game with VR support had
an English release from Sekai Project on February 2 via Steam. Sekai Project announced in December that
Limited Run Games would release a physical edition.
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