A teaser trailer and a visual have been released for the second episode of Enter The Garden, the anime anthology from web3 brand Azuki and Dentsu that has One Piece Film Red/Code Geass director Goro Taniguchi as creative producer.
The staff credits for the upcoming episode, titled “Fractured Reflections,” includes Yukio Takatsu (storyboard artist and unit director of March Comes in Like A Lion Season 2 Ending 2 and Naruto Shippuden Opening 17) as director, Taku Kishimoto (Haikyu!!) as series composer, and Kazuto Nakazawa (Terror in Resonance) as character designer.
The synopsis reads:
In Episode 2, “Fractured Reflections,” two sisters, Shao and Raizan, grow up together in the Alley, relying on each other to survive. But one day, Raizan vanishes. Shao searches for her, but years pass with no success. Then, carrying her sister’s sword, Shao stumbles upon a mysterious torii gate and enters the unknown world of the Garden.
Episode 1 of Enter The Garden, “The Waiting Man,” was released on YouTube in May. The anthology will conclude with the third episode.
Azuki describes itself as a “Web3 anime brand that tells stories at the intersection of art, technology and culture.” It was created by Los Angeles-based Chiru Labs. Azuki claims that Enter The Garden offers a “personalized experience” through factors like “licensing community-owned characters” for the anime, product placement of businesses owned by Azuki community members, and “a dynamic feature in one of the scenes in Episode 1, where an Azuki collector can see their own Azuki character on a billboard.”
Source: @Azuki
