Estab Life
Estab Life is a Japanese mixed-media project created by Gorō Taniguchi. An anime television series by Polygon Pictures titled Estab Life: Great Escape aired from April to June 2022 on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block. An anime film also by Polygon Pictures titled Bloody Escape: Jigoku no Tōsō Geki premiered in January 2024. A mobile game developed by Square Enix titled Estab Life: Unity Memories has also been announced, however it was cancelled after the release of the film.
Plot
The franchise takes place in the distant future, when the world population has turned to decline. The H.D.E.D. is conducted by the ecosystem management AI for the purpose of species prosperity, in addition to ordinary humans, beasts, and various races such as demons and cyborgs. In addition, AI has created many areas surrounded by high walls called "clusters," and the culture, common sense, and values of each area have been formed. Tonkyork Metropolis and Chicagosaka during the work have become experimental and futuristic cities divided by clusters, and AI monitoring makes it impossible for people to come and go freely.Characters
''Estab Life: Great Escape''
Escape Shop Extractors
;Equa;Feles
;Martes
;Alga
;Ulula
''Estab Life: Unity Memories''
;Ashley;Herbert
;Charles
;Occa
;Kokuto
;Mithril
;Fel
;Sidden
;Hajun Shogun
;Prime Minister Akimori
''Bloody Escape: Jigoku no Tōsō Geki''
;Kelvin;Loretta
;Cruz
;Jimmy
;Lalac
;Nonoc
;Zanza
;Zesh
;Yaohachi
Media
Anime
The project by Gorō Taniguchi was originally announced on September 23, 2021, and was fully announced as a mixed-media project on January 20, 2022, with an anime television series by Polygon Pictures titled Estab Life: Great Escape that premiered on March 1, 2022, on the Japanese streaming service Fuji TV on Demand and aired from April 7 to June 23, 2022, on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block, as well as an anime film directed and written by Taniguchi at Polygon Pictures originally titled Estab Life: Revengers' Road, which was originally set to premiere in 2023. The film's title was later changed to Bloody Escape: Jigoku no Tousou Geki, with the planned release date changed to January 5, 2024. Hiroyuki Hashimoto is directing the television series, with Shoji Gatoh supervising and penning the series' scripts, Yūsuke Kozaki drafting the original character designs, Yoshiaki Fujisawa composing the series' music, and Slow Curve developing and producing the series. The opening theme song is "Rana" by Meychan, while the ending theme song is "0" by Good on the Reel. Crunchyroll streamed the series outside of Asia.On April 11, 2022, Crunchyroll announced that the series will receive an English dub, which premiered on April 20.