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AIC Plans Crowdfunding for El Hazard Sequel Project
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Anime production company franchise. If funded, the pilot will be for a possible new anime project titled El Hazard: The Dual World.
The campaign has not yet launched, but it will aim to raise 5 million yen ($45,000) to fund production for the pilot. The project already has a committee to fund the project partially if the campaign is successful. The project aims to prove the viability of funding a full anime project (the page mentions that most television anime projects need a 200 million yen budget).
Yūsuke Maruyama is directing the project.
The story will center on two new characters named Naoto and Farasha Jinnai. Naoto's daily life is upended when he meets a mysterious cat. Meanwhile, Ifurita notices that the Eye of God is collapsing. Both signal change in their worlds. Farasha, the daughter Katsuhiko and Diva, chases her father's dream of being the student council president.
The characters include:
Farasha Jinnai, a high school student, and Jinnai and Diva's daughter. While a bit of an airhead, she is very ionate. She aims to become the student council president. She has been friends with Mauj and Sefi since childhood.
Mauj, nicknamed "Mau." She is a close friend of Farasha, and the daughter of Fujisawa and Miz. She is the new water priestess.
Asefa, nicknamed "Sefi." She is a close friend of Farasha, and the new wind priestess.
Katsuhiko Jinnai, the lord of the Bugrom, and Farasha's father.
Tama, Farasha's guardian, and a leading figure in the Bugrom.
The franchise began with the seven-episode El Hazard - The Magnificent World El Hazard: The Alternative World.
El Hazard: The Dual World is the fourth of the special "Anime Reboot Projects" to celebrate AIC's 35th anniversary. The other three are the tentatively titled launched an ongoing supplementary campaign for Megazone 23 XI.
Thanks to Nil irari for the news tip.
Source: El Hazard: The Dual World Campfire project preview page
