A website launched by Aniplex on Thursday has announced the "Project Altair" anime. An announcement video has revealed partial staff for the project. Director Kazuhiro Furuhashi (Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan) will helm the project at studio MAPPA. A special stage for the anime project will be held during AnimeJapan 2017 on March 25, 2017.

Although the official website and the Twitter account do not explicitly state, the visuals and the titles of the project suggest that the anime project is an adaptation of Shoukoku no Altair, an adventure fantasy series by Kotono Katou. It began serialization in Shounen Sirius magazine in July 2007 and currently has 17 volumes in print. The 18th volume will be published by Kodansha on January 17, 2017.

Announcement

Note: The video is region-locked; click here for an alternative link.

Official site: http://project-altair.com/
Official Twitter: @pj_altair

Source: Animate Times

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Shoukoku no Altair on MAL