Netflix revealed the staff, a visual teaser, four still images and the debut of September 17 on Wednesday for it Sublimation‘s Dragon dogma anime series based on CAPCOMRPG video game series of the same name. The anime will debut worldwide exclusively on Netflix.
Shin’ya Sugai (009 Re: Cyborg, Walking meat) directs and produces the anime in Sublimation. Netflix‘s Taiki sakurai (Hunters) is the executive producer. CAPCOM‘s Hiroyuki Kobayashi (supervisor for Devil may cry, Sengoku Basara – Samurai Kings) and Takashi Kitahara (production committee for Rockman.EXE: Hikari to Yami no Program, production supervision for Resident Evil: Damnation) are co-producers. Kurasumi Sunayama (Yowamushi pedal, Cardfight !! Vanguard) is writing the script. Iku Nishimura (animation director for Ghost in the Shell Arise, Eden of the East) is designing the characters.
Netflix describes the anime:
The story follows the journey of a man seeking revenge on a dragon who stole his heart. On his way, man comes back to life as an ‘arisen’. An action adventure about a man challenged by demons representing the seven deadly sins of humans.
CAPCOMIt is original Dragon dogma game shipped for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in May 2012. The Dragonma Dogma: Dark Arisen Extended and improved version shipped for PS3 and Xbox 360 in April 2013. The PC version debuted internationally in January 2016. The release of PS4 and Xbox One from Dragonma Dogma: Dark Arisen launched in the West and Japan in October 2017, and was accompanied by the launch of PC in Japan. The game received a Switch version in April 2019.
Dragon’s Dogma online released on PS3, PS4 and PC in Japan in August 2015 and ended the service last December. Yumiya Tashiro released the Dragon dogma revives Manga adaptation of the online game in January 2017.
Source: Press release.