The “2022 Fuji TV “+Extremely” Lineup Presentation” provided extra particulars on Ōyukiumi no Kaina (working title, actually translated as Kaina of the Nice Snow Sea), the brand new venture from BLAME! and Knights of Sidonia collaborators Tsutomu Nihei and Polygon Photos, on Thursday.

The “boy-meets-girl excessive fantasy” is about in a world the place land is being swallowed by the encroaching Nice Snow Sea. Humanity ekes out a harsh life above the Tenmaku (a wordplay on the Japanese phrase for tent) that stretches from the roots to the tops of large Orbital Timber. The story facilities round Kaina, a boy who lives above the Tenmaku, and Liliha, the princess of the small nation Atland within the Nice Snow Sea.

Hiroaki Ando (Ajin, Listeners) is directing the anime, and Sadayuki Murai (Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, Juni Taisen: Zodiac Conflict, Natsume’s Guide of Buddies) and Tetsuya Yamada (episodes of Knights of Sidonia, Juni Taisen: Zodiac Conflict) are writing the scripts. The anime commemorates Polygon Photos‘ fortieth anniversary

The manga model of the story will launch in Kodansha‘s Month-to-month Shōnen Sirius journal on February 26, and Crunchyroll will provide the manga outdoors Asia. Nihei is credited with the unique story, and Itoe Takemoto (The Beast Participant novel illustrator and manga artist) is drawing the manga.

The anime will premiere subsequent January within the +Extremely anime programming block on Fuji TV and its associates, and Crunchyroll will stream the anime outdoors Asia.

Fuji TV launched its +Extremely anime programming block as a sister block to its long-running Noitamina anime block. Fuji TV acknowledged on the time of its announcement that +Extremely was supposed to air anime geared toward a extra world viewers, contrasting with Noitamina‘s particular goal of Japanese audiences. The Crunchyroll Extras channel streamed Thursday’s presentation.

Supply: 2022 Fuji TV “+Extremely” Lineup Presentation, press launch