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Haigakura Anime Gets 1st Game

The official website for the television anime of Shinobu Takayama's Haigakura manga announced on September 4 that the anime is inspiring its first game titled Haigakura Senkai Puzzle. The announcement did not list the mobile puzzle game's release date, but revealed that the game will be free to play (with some content available for fees), and compatible with iOS and Android devices.

The anime premiered in Japan on October 7 last year, but delayed the eighth episode and onward in November because the staff decided they needed more time to maintain the series' quality. The anime rebroadcast its first six episodes weekly starting on November 25.

The anime restarted its airing from the first episode on July 3 earlier this year. The eighth episode, where the anime left off after its first broadcast, aired on August 21. The anime is currently airing.

Amazon Prime Video is streaming the series in limited areas, and Tubi and the YouTube channel for It's Anime! are streaming the series in the United States and Canada. The series is also available on Anime Onegai in selected territories.

REMOW describes the story:

On a journey to find ourselves.

With captured family and a missing past, Ichiyo, a kashi, battles alongside Tenko to regain what's lost.

The Immortal realm.
Immortals and humans dwell in a world on the verge of collapse. Ichiyo and Tenko search for the key to salvation, the 'Four Perils' who hold this land together.

Based on Shinobu Takayama's popular manga, you can't miss this action fantasy!

Junichi Yamamoto (Armor Shop for Ladies & Gentlemen, More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers, Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion) is directing the anime at Typhoon Graphics. Yū Murai (Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion scripts for episodes 3, 5, 7, 10-11) is in charge of the series scripts. Masaki Satō (Slam Dunk, Ultimate Muscle, Record of Ragnarok) is designing the characters. Yuki Kurihara (Dropkick on My Devil!) is composing the music. MADKID performs the opening theme song "Chaser" and Hikaru Makishima performs the ending theme song "Phoenix."

Takayama began serializing the manga in Ichijinsha's Zero-Sum Ward magazine in 2008. After the magazine ceased publication in 2015, the manga has since continued on the Zero Sum Online service as Takayama's longest-running serialization. Ichijinsha has published 17 volumes so far with over 1.3 million copies in circulation (including digital copies).

Takayama's Amatsuki manga also inspired a television anime in 2008.

Sources: Haigakura anime's website, Comic Natalie