Comcept and Studio 4°C Reveal Collaboration For Red Ash Game and Anime
COMCEPT and Studio 4°C reveal a collaboration of giants for RED ASH game and anime.
comcept Inc. (CEO: Keiji Inafune) has revealed the RED ASH project in collaboration with Studio 4°C (President: Eiko Tanaka) during a joint panel at Anime Expo 2015. RED ASH is a joint effort from legendary Japanese game creators and an animation studio, encompassing RED ASH "The Indelible Legend", spearheaded by Keiji Inafune and his team made up of key members of the original Mega Man Legends development team, and Red ASH "Magiciada", headed by the legendary animation studio Studio 4°C who are known for animated films such as MEMORIES (1995), SPRIGGAN (1998), Berserk: Golden Age Arc (2012), and work on Western properties such as Thundercats, ANIMATRIX, Batman: Gotham Knight, and Halo Legends.
The RED ASH project will be launched as two separate Kickstarters. Fans can choose between game or anime --or both!-- to support and follow real-time as both projects go into production. Backers will be able to participate in the creation of enemies, name characters and places, vote on designs, meet the creators, tour the studios, and much more.
- RED ASH "The Indelible Legend" Kickstarter: https://www.Kickstarter.com/projects/mightyno9/red-ASH-the-indelible-legend
- Red ASH "Magiciada" Kickstarter: https://www.Kickstarter.com/projects/mightyno9/red-ASH-magicicada-by-studio4c
■ The RED ASH Collaboration
These RED ASH projects will share character concepts and the world of treasure hunters who seek treasure and feral robots who hunt humans. The visionary creators at each studios will imagine their own unique take on the RED ASH property.
This type of collaboration is an unprecedented challenge the likes of which have never been seen before, where both the game and animation studios create parallel worlds without limitations based on a core vision.
■ The Kickstarter goal
For RED ASH "The Indelible Legend" from comcept, the Kickstarter will fund "The KalKanon Incident", the key prologue to the RED ASH universe. The revenue made from "The KalKanon Incident" will launch the development of the full RED ASH title. comcept is asking for the support of their fans, in order to make "The KalKanon Incident" as great of a game as they possibly can, and launch the property going forward.
■ The World of RED ASH
A world not unlike Earth....
In the aftermath of the Robot World War,
humanity is pushed to the brink of extinction.
The few that remain have managed to persevere and survive, battling feral robotic weapons at every turn.
With the help of Lost Technology, humanity has started to rebuild and some even live in opulence in the newly formed cities.
However, their livelihoods are supported by the brave fools who hunt the dangerous underground ruins for Lost Technology.
These people are known simply as Delvers.
■ Story
Danger looms over hundreds of thousands who make the city of Great Slope their home. The Mobile Citadel "KalKanon" is currently on a crash course with this city. At this rate, a major disaster is all but unavoidable.
Gecko Company, one of the organizations central to Great Slope, has prepared a massive electromagnetic cannon christened "the Peacemaker" to combat this catastrophe. They announced their plan to destroy the massive Fortress-City before it reaches the settlement. Great Slope quickly switches from a city enveloped in panic, to one ready to sit back and enjoy the fireworks of the special, once-in-a-lifetime Burning Cannon Festival. However, not everyone welcomes this announcement; particularly the young owner of the Bones Company, Call C. Bones. All Delvers have heard the famous folktale... that inside the belly of KalKanon rests the Legendary Legacy...
"I think we should grab the treasure for ourselves, before those rich blowhards blow the whole dang place sky-high!"
"We have about 14 hours left until KalKanon is within firing range of the Peacemaker."
"Hop on over there, grab anything you can get your grubby little hands on, and hurry on back! Simple, huh?"
"This is an official offer from the Bones Company. You got 3 minutes before we head out!"
Of course, she sends the request for this crazy job to her favorite stooges: partners Beck and Tyger.
comcept Official Site: http://comcept.co.jp/
About Keiji Inafune
After entering CAPCOM, Inafune went on to create several worldwide successes that went on to sell millions of copies including titles such as Mega Man, Resident Evil 2, Lost Planet, Dead Rising, and many others. He is a world-renowned creator with a faithful following of fans.
In 2006, he was made the Managing Executive Officer at CAPCOM, and was in charge of managing the development teams along with supervising the creation of new game IPs.
In 2010, he left CAPCOM and founded comcept Inc., a company dedicated to designing creative concepts. Since then comcept Inc. has worked on a wide range of content, from social and consumer games to print books.
Keiji Inafune's strongest trait is his exceedingly rare talent at concept creation.
Concepts are the most important factor to making interesting content in any medium. They become the base for the project and if done right will shine through in the final product. Concepts are what catch the eye of users, and are the well from which real hits are created.
■ Famous Works and Sales Numbers
Mega Man series - 30 Million sales
Onimusha series - 8 Million sales
Dead Rising Series - 7.6 Million sales
Lost Planet series - 5.6 Million sales
Street Fighter IV - 3.3 Million sales
Resident Evil 2 - 5 Million sales
Resident Evil 4 - 2.3 Million sales
Resident Evil 5 - 6.7 Million sales
Monster Hunter series - 28 Million sales
About Keiji InafuneAbout Studio 4°C
Studio 4°C is a top class creative studio with a history of genre-transcending projects and titles. They have known for a variety of full-feature animation theatrical releases including MEMORIES (1995), SPRIGGAN (1998), Mind Game (2004), Tekkonkinkreet (2006), Genius Party (2007), Berserk: Golden Age Arc (2012). They have also worked with Western properties on TV series such as Thundercats, and anthology releases such as ANIMATRIX, Batman: Gotham Knight, and Halo Legends. Their unique and stylish content has earned them a multitude of awards both domestically and abroad for their work with short films, commercials, music clips, and a variety of other media. A new film titled Harmony, will release this November and is a collaboration between Nakamura Takashi and Michael Arias. The President of the company is Eiko Tanaka, who is known for her work as a line producer on My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service.
The company name is taken from the temperature when water is at its most densest, and represents the studios creative manifesto: "Always create works that are dense with substance and quality." http://www.studio4c.co.jp/top.html
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