TV Anime of Matsumoto Leiji's Unpublished Work 'Ozuma' Announced

According to Nikkan Sports, Matsumoto Leiji's unpublished work "Ozuma" was announced to get a TV anime adaptation. Matsumoto wrote the draft script of Ozma in the 1980s but it hadn't been animated. Satellite TV channel WOWOW proposed him to animate Ozuma as the 20th anniversary p...
14 years ago
According to Nikkan Sports, Matsumoto Leiji's unpublished work "Ozuma" was announced to get a TV anime adaptation. Matsumoto wrote the draft script of Ozma in the 1980s but it hadn't been animated. Satellite TV channel WOWOW proposed him to animate Ozuma as the 20th anniversary project of the channel. The six-episode series will be aired from March 16th.

Ozuma anime official website

Staff
Original Work and Character Design: Matsumoto Leiji
General Director: Takahashi Ryosuke
Director: Ikezoe Takahiro (episode director of "Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood")
Script: Takegami Junki
Assistant Character Designer: Yuki Nobuteru
Mecha Design: Matsumoto Hideyuki (Final Fantasy VII, VIII, IX)
Production Studio: Equity Pictures Japan

Story:
In the far future, the elevated irradiation from the sun has destroyed the environment of the earth and the birthrate of humans has drastically decreased. The government controls society with an army of cloned soldiers called "Ideal Children (IC)". Sam Coin is a trader in a desert. One day, he saves a beautiful woman Maya, who has been chased by Theseus, a corps of IC. He shelters her in his trade ship, but the destroyers of Theseus surround Sam and Maya.

Source: Nikkan Sports

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