An official anime site of noprops has launched and announced that the horror and escape game Ao Oni will get a short TV anime and an anime movie adaptation. The short anime, shown in SD form, will broadcast in Fall 2016 on TV Tokyo and BS Japan. The anime movie, which will be an original story based on the original game and novel, will premiere in 2017. The title for both the TV short and anime movie is Ao Oni The Animation, except that the title for the TV short anime is shown in hiragana while the "The Animation" part of the anime movie is shown in English. Studio Deen will animate both anime adaptations. More information regarding the movie will be revealed at a later date.

Synopsis for the TV short
A mansion away from the village, which no one lives, is rumored to have a ghost appearing. Hiroshi visits the mansion with his classmates Takurou, Takeshi, and Mika, and gets attacked by a mysterious creature named Ao Oni. Will they be able to get out of the mansion while solving various puzzles, or... will they become crazy and just live in this mansion with an Ao Oni like that?! The daring lives of the four being played by Ao Oni starts now.

Staff for the TV short
General Director: Toshirou Hamamura
Director: Chisei Maeda
Original Character Design: Kyuta Sakai (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni)
Character Design: kichi
Series Composition, Script: Kanekoke
Animation: maxcaffy, Kagi, Poeyama, Sena Makino
Music: Shiyu Yanagida
Sound Studio: DAX Production
Studio: Studio Deen

Ao Oni is a free role-playing PC game developed by noprops. The game has previously received a manga and a light novel written by Kenji Kuroda and illustrated by Karen Suzuragi. It was also adapted into two live-action movies that were screened on July 5, 2014 and July 4, 2015.

Official site: http://aooni-anime.com/
Official Twitter: @aooni_anime

Source: Ota☆Suke

Ao Oni The Animation & Ao Oni The Animation (Movie) on MAL