Anime Film "BLAME!" Main Staff Announced!　The staff of "Knights of Sidonia" reunite and the teaser PV is released.

The main staff and teaser PV of the anime film "BLAME!



BLAME!" is the debut work of Tsutomu Nibe, the author of "Knights of Sidonia," a science fiction manga that was serialized in the monthly magazine Afternoon from 1997 to 2003. Set in a dark future where human beings are exterminated and eradicated as "illegal residents," the manga depicts the lonely and dangerous journey of Kirii, an explorer in a super-giant "hierarchical city. The film is supervised by Tsutomu Nibei, directed by Hiroyuki Seshimo of "Knights of Sidonia" fame, and animated by Polygon Pictures.

The main staff from the "Knights of Sidonia" production team has been chosen for the film, including Naohiro Yoshihei as assistant director and CG supervisor, Sadayuki Murai as screenplay writer , and Yuki Moriyama as character designer. The film will feature a new story with original characters from the movie version.


＜Story:
At the end of technology, a super-advanced Internet civilization has developed to the utmost limit.
Due to the "infection" of the past, a huge hierarchical city loses its normal functions and proliferates chaotically and endlessly.
Having lost access to city control, the human race has been reduced to an existence to be exterminated and eliminated by the "safeguard" defense system.
The villagers, "electric fishermen," barely surviving in a corner of the city, are on the verge of extinction due to the threat of Safeguard and chronic food shortages.
A young girl, Zuru, sets out on a journey in search of food to save her village, but is quickly detected by the "watchtower" and attacked by a group of safeguards.
With her friends killed and her way of retreat cut off, she meets Kirii, an explorer in search of the "Net terminal gene," which is said to be the "key to normalizing this world.