The
listing for the theatrical film adaptation of The Alchemist Code (Ta ga Tame no Alchemist) smartphone game for the
AnimeJapan 2019 event revealed that Masanori Takahashi (When Supernatural Battles
Became Commonplace) is directing the film, and that the film will open in Japan in
June. Ryota
Ohsaka will reprise his role from the game as Edgar L.
Leonhart.
Macross director Shoji Kawamori is serving as chief director on the project. Kawamori was
first involved in the game when he directed the game's opening video
(seen below), which led to his involvement with the film.
Kawamori
previously stated that the film will be "not just for fans of the game, or
anime, or fantasy, but will also expand on the game's world and stand alone as
its own story."
Yōko Hikasa, who plays the role of Agatha in the game, sang the game's
theme song "Ta ga Tame ni" (For the Sake of Another), which features
in the game's opening video.
Fuji & gumi Games released the game in January 2016. The
game is a tactical role-playing game centered on seven characters and themed
around the seven deadly sins. The game is set on the continent of Babel, where
the Tower of Babel looms large over seven nations. After the invention of
alchemy led to its use as a tool of war that brought humanity to the brink of
extinction, the seven nations struck an uneasy peace that led to a prohibition
on alchemy for hundreds of years since. In the Continental Year 911, the nation
of Lustrice broke the pact by assembling an army bolstered by alchemy, with
ambitions of conquest over the continent. Led by Envylia, the six nations
allied and struck down the rogue nation, casting alchemy once again to
darkness. But 20 years after the war, alchemy once again begins to cause chaos
in the land.
Source: AnimeJapan 2019
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