Netflix Japan announced on Friday that animation studio Orange and Qubic Pictures are producing an anime adaptation based on Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan novel. The company also revealed the main staff and a key visual (pictured above). The anime is scheduled to be released worldwide on Netflix in 2025.

Staff
Original Story: Scott Westerfeld
Illustrations: Keith Thompson
Director: Christophe Ferreira (Hirune Hime: Shiranai Watashi no Monogatari storyboard)
Executive Producer: Justin Leach (Eden (ONA)), Taiki Sakurai (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners)
Music: Nobuko Toda (Koukaku Kidoutai: SAC_2045), Kazuma Jinnouchi (Suzume no Tojimari)
Original Music: Joe Hisaishi (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi)
Production: Qubic Pictures
Studio: Orange

Westerfeld published Leviathan with illustrations by Keith Thompson in 2009, which is the first part of a trilogy. The sequels, Behemoth and Goliath, were released in 2010 and 2011, respectively.

Synopsis
In 1914, on the eve of war, a fugitive prince and a girl in disguise meet aboard a bioengineered airship, the HMS Leviathan, and change the course of history. (Source: Netflix)

Source: Comic Natalie

Leviathan on MAL