I’m going to be perfectly honest, what I’m talking about here is like my fantasy. A bunch of prominent authors, creators, and illustrators, all got together, played a role-playing tabletop game, and decided to create an anime, board game, and smartphone game out of their experiences and sessions. This is similar to how Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis created the Dragonlance books out of their Dungeons and Dragons sessions. As a D&D and other tabletop player, this is a dream come true.
The participants in this gaming session were Gen Urobuchi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica), Kinoko Nasu (Fate/stay Night), Izuki Kōgyoku (Garden Lost), Ryohgo Narita (Durarar!!), Simadoriru (illustrator), and guided by Makoto Sanda (Rental Magica). Each player created a character to play over a six session campaign – which I can only assume will be the five characters featured in the middle of the promotional video playing above.
The story of the anime (Chaos Dragon: Sekiryū Sen'eki) occurs in the year 3105 in the small country of Nil Kamui. Here a guardian god Red Dragon has gone full on berserk:
TV anime "Chaos Dragon: Sekiryu Seneki (Red Dragon War)"
- Director: Mastato Matsune (Assassination Classroom OP movie)
- Series composition: Shou Aikawa (Ultraman Great, Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Music: Hitoshi Sakimoto (Final Fantasy XII, Valkyria Chronicles)
- Anime production: SILVERLINK./CONNECT (Bonjour Sweet Love Patisserie)
- Official site: http://chaosdragon.red/
Board game "Chaos Dragon: Haou Shunjyu (Supreme Ruler Years)"
- Star players:
- Kazutaka Kodaka (Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc)
- Makoto Sanda (Rental Magica)
- Hiroyuki Takei (Sharman King, Karakuri Douji Ultimo)
- Ryogo Narita (Durarara!!)
- Jin Haganeya (Demonbane) + Vio Shimokura (STEINS;GATE)
- PEACH-PIT (Rozen Maiden)
- Yasumi Matsuno (Final Fantasy XII)
- Board game production: Kiyomuna Miwa (Kaze no Stigma, Metal Head Extream)
- Art Direction: Doriru Shima+Veia
- Official site: http://sai-zen-sen.jp/special/chaosdragon/
Smartphone Game "Chaos Dragon: Konton Sensou (Chaos War)"
- Platform: Android/iOS (summer 2015)
- Free to Play (In-app purchases available)
- Developer: Sega
- Scenario writers: Carlo Zen, Yoichiro Koizumi, Ukyo Kodachi (Team Barrel Roll), Makoto Sanda,
- Ryogo Narita, Jin Haganeya (Nitroplus), Shunsaku Yano and more
- Illustrators: Cheess Gouda, Doriru Shima, sime, Take, Hiroyuki Takei, Chuou Higashiguchi (Nitroplus),
- Nekokan Masshigura (Nitroplus), PEACH-PIT, minoa (Nitroplus) and more
- Music: Hitoshi Sakimoto
- Official site: http://chaosdragon.sega-net.com/
If I didn’t make it clear earlier, this project is quite exciting to me. Definitely check out the video playing above and let’s watch as this entire process unfolds in front of our eyes. Here is the translation to the video:
- Text: The red starting point that was made to create the best work of fiction…
- Text: This is a miraculous story made with a serious battle that began through sessions of a TRPG (table talk role-playing game).
- Text: The RPG (role-playing fiction), "Red Dragon."
- Text: Donatia and Koran… A world split apart by the cold war between the two giant countries who put their hegemony on the line.
- Text: In the middle of this glaring faceoff, the island nation Nil Kamui lost its independence.
- Text: The fate of the island is left to the members of the "Mixed Team Brigade," who formed due to the unusual phenomenon of the "Red Dragon!"
- Text: Lo Chenshi, a battle monk who is also an assassin
- Text: Swallow Kratzvary, a member of the Black Dragon Knight Squad who was sent by Donatia, the empire that had once controlled the world.
- Text: Eiha, a slave who fused with a monster.
- Text: Ibuki, a descendant of the royal family of Nil Kamui, which has lost its independence.
- Text: Kaguraba, an immortal salesman who is shrouded in mystery.
- Text: With the world of Red Dragon as the starting point, now, new creators make something new.
[AnimeNewsNetwork, Crunchyroll, anime.webnt]
