Tatsunoko Professional introduced on Monday that it’ll animate the beforehand introduced tv anime adaptation of Nihon Falcom’s The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Chilly Metal (Eiyū Densetsu Sen no Kiseki) sport collection. Hidekazu Sato (Aquarion Logos, Basquash!, The Slayers Subsequent) will direct the anime, titled The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki Northern Struggle.

Nihon Falcom introduced the anime in March 2021 with a deliberate 2022 premiere, however Tatsunoko Professional said on Monday that the anime will now debut in early 2023.

The anime will probably be a world undertaking with the Taiwanese sport firm UserJoy (the developer of Falcom’s works in Asia exterior Japan), Funimation, content material fund SYOU, and anime planning and manufacturing firm NADA.

The unique sport collection depicted the story of Rean Schwarzer within the navy academy within the Erebonian Empire, however the anime could have a narrative that facilities on the western a part of the Zemurian continent primarily based on the video games.

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Chilly Metal shipped in Japan for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita in September 2013. XSEED launched the sport in North America for each consoles in December 2015, and NIS America launched the sport in Europe for each consoles in January 2016. XSEED launched the sport for PC in August 2017. The sport’s PlayStation 4 launch in Japan launched in March 2018.

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Chilly Metal IV, the fourth installment within the role-playing sport collection, launched for the PS4 in North America and Europe in October 2020 and in Australia and New Zealand in November 2020. The sport launched on Steam and Nintendo Swap in North America and Europe in April 2021. The sport can also be obtainable on Stadia.

Sources: Tatsunoko Professional, Famitsu.com