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'Love Like Aliens' Director Rashad Haughton to Produce Red Ash Main Theme Song

Comcept posted an update for its Red Ash -Magicicada- anime Kickstarter project on Saturday to announce that Rashad Haughton will produce the main theme song for the anime.

Haughton, an American filmmaker and music industry veteran, previously collaborated with Studio 4°C and Shirogumi for the six-minute CG-animated short film "Love Like Aliens." He also directed the Japanese short film Muga Shozoku, which was released earlier this year.

Comcept also posted a new image board for the project on Saturday.

The Kickstarter campaign will end on August 3 at 2:30 p.m. EDT. As of press time the campaign has raised US$131,573 out of the US$150,000 initial goal. Each stretch goal will "unlock" a new minute of the story, with the ultimate goal of US$2,480,000 for a full-length film. The project added a seven-minute prologue and a six-minute special ending to the anime film's runtime on July 22.

Comcept launched the Kickstarter campaign alongside another campaign for the Red Ash: The Indelible Legend video game. Comcept announced on Wednesday that Chinese digital entertainment company FUZE Entertainment will fund the game.

Comcept will develop game's prologue "The KalKanon Incident" to completion, and it will release the prologue for the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One platforms. The Kickstarter campaign had originally offered only a PC release, with a PlayStation 4 release promised if the campaign met a US$1 million stretch goal.

The game campaign originally sought to raise US$800,000 in funding, and as of press time, the campaign has raised US$491,262. The game Kickstarter campaign will end at the same time as the anime campaign. Comcept stated in the FUZE Entertainment announcement that, with the project now funded by FUZE Entertainment, the funds raised through the campaign will go toward more content and stretch goals. Comcept did not specify these stretch goals.

Thanks to Peter J. LaPrade for the news tip.