Gibiate
Gibiate is an original Japanese anime television series produced by Yoshitaka Amano, directed by Masahiko Komino at studios Lunch Box and Studio Elle and written by Ryō Aoki. It aired from July to September 2020.
Plot
In 2030, Japan, a virus known as "Gibia" has infected humans throughout the world and turns them into different forms of monsters based on their age, sex, and race. A samurai, a ninja and a monk from the early Edo period travel through time and arrive in a ruined Japan. They aid a professor working on a cure for the virus and face ceaseless attacks from Gibias. They start the dangerous journey to find other survivors and must not only deal with monsters, but also outlaws that attack travelers for food.Characters
;Sensui Kanzaki;Kenroku Sanada
;Yukinojyo Onikura
;Kathleen Funada
;Dr. Yoshinaga
;Yurika Funada
;Ayame Hatonami
;Renjiro Hatonami
;Guren Soshigaya
;Isao Mikimoto
;Katsunori Hamuro
;Hidenori Sakuma
Production and release
During Anime Expo 2019, Gibiate Project revealed that they are producing an original anime television series. Ryō Aoki is writing and planning the project, as well as serving as its executive producer. Masahiko Komino serves as director, animation character designer, adapting Yoshitaka Amano's original character designs into animation, as well as serving as chief animation director. Lunch Box and Studio Elle are in charge of animation production, with Naoki Serizawa designing the monsters, and Yuzo Koshiro composing the series' music. Other artists such as Japanese doll maker Mataro Kanabayashi the Third, bladesmith Kunihisa Kunihisa, calligrapher and artist Sisyu, and Hideo Komatsu the president of the shamisen company Komatsuya Co., Ltd. are also listed as collaborators.The series was set to premiere at Anime Expo 2020, but was cancelled on account of the COVID-19 pandemic, and aired a special PR program on July 8, 2020, before airing the series from July 15 to September 30 of the same year, on Tokyo MX and other networks. The opening theme song is "Gibiate", while the ending theme song is "Endless", both performed by Sugizo, with the former featuring the Yoshida Brothers, and the latter featuring Maki Ohguro. The Chinese version of the ending theme was covered by VOGUE5.
Crunchyroll streamed the series as a Crunchyroll Original anime in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, and the Middle East. The series is licensed by Medialink in Southeast Asia for streaming on Ani-One Asia's YouTube channel, as well as on the Chinese streaming service iQIYI.