Tsutomu Nihei, Polygon Pictures' 'Ooyukiumi no Kaina' Original TV Anime Announced for Winter 2023

by DatRandomDude
Jan 20, 2022 5:27 AM | 17 Comments

The Fuji TV's +Ultra 2022 Lineup Presentation livestream announced an original television anime by Tsutomu Nihei (Sidonia no Kishi, Blame!) and Polygon Pictures on Thursday, titled Ooyukiumi no Kaina (Kaina of the Great Snow Sea). The event also revealed the main staff, a teaser visual (pictured), and teaser promotional video. The anime is scheduled to premiere on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block in Winter 2023.

Hiroaki Andou (Ajin, Listeners) is helming the anime at Polygon Pictures. Sadayuki Murai (Sabikui Bisco, Pet) and Tetsuya Yamada (Sidonia no Kishi, Juuni Taisen) are penning the script. The television anime is commemorates the animation studio's 40th anniversary.

A manga adaptation drawn by Itoe Takemoto (Kemono no Souja) will begin in Monthly Sirius Shounen magazine on February 26. The manga will be available on Crunchyroll outside of Asia.

Synopsis
A world blanketed in an endless and ever-growing ocean of snow. The people eke out a living, either huddled around the roots of enormous trees dotting the surface, or high in the canopy, which spreads over the planet's atmosphere.

A chance meeting between Kaina, a youth from the canopy, and Liliha, a young woman from the surface, sets off a chain of events that will change the fate of the world. (Source: Polygon Pictures)

Teaser PV

Official site: https://ooyukiumi.net/
Official Twitter: @ooyukiumi_kaina

Source: animate Times

Ooyukiumi no Kaina on MAL

17 Comments Recent Comments

I'll always appreciate an original anime with clear creative vision behind it. Sadayuki Murai is one of the most interesting writers still active in the medium and Tsutomu Nihei will probably bring something distinct to the table. Any original anime this ambitious has the opportunity to drop the ball, but I'll still be eager to see anything that breaks the mold in this largely regurgitated modern anime landscape.

Feb 13, 2022 7:31 PM by MakkuroKemuri

It looks interesting, especially the world and the artwork. I'll give this a look in the future.

Jan 23, 2022 3:06 AM by Haneken2086

I don't understand what happens with Nihei, this premise is simply Aposimz but not, but a new original anime that just from the premise you can see that it's almost like a clone of Aposimz. I don't get my hopes up for that because Nihei is apparently uncreative, sad.

Jan 20, 2022 2:58 PM by removed-user

Patema??? A bit vague, but seems interesting enough.

Jan 20, 2022 2:12 PM by Osyriss

Is snowpunk a thing? Because this is what I think of when it comes to snowpunk.

Jan 20, 2022 10:01 AM by Hoppy

This is interesting, imma look forward to this as my first list for Winter 2023 ^^

Jan 20, 2022 8:15 AM by CQLLIST

Love the tune in the trailer. Looks like it could be based on a war (?) in a snowy environment, sounds fun. Kinda looking forward to this but proceeding with caution as there’s a high chance it will be average or even below par.

Jan 20, 2022 7:51 AM by FurySlasher

More are more actually actual creators are getting involved with originals. So I hope its something interesting. Though I am not a big fan of tsutomu nihei personally, but I will check it out regardless

Jan 20, 2022 6:48 AM by Adampk

Hm, Polygon Pictures. At least I won't have to worry on them butchering whatever they adapt.

I mean, Drifting Dragons looked good. Human Lost sucks.

Jan 20, 2022 6:46 AM by Ronninn

I have no faith left in Nihei after Sidonia turned into a harem romcom in second season. Besides, wasn't his latest manga set in the same setting (snow planet)?

Jan 20, 2022 6:30 AM by Genoard

Oooohh, now this looks intriguing. Gonna keep an eye on this.

Jan 20, 2022 6:16 AM by TheRailTracerMAL

Decent lineup, but a bit vague. I'll wait and see what comes of it.

Jan 20, 2022 6:16 AM by O_T_T

This seems similar to Patema a bit but yeah I'm interested.

Jan 20, 2022 6:06 AM by MegamiRem

How many shows or movies are they going to release this year?

Jan 20, 2022 6:01 AM by RobertBobert

interesting, having nihei involved raises the stakes, curious about this

Jan 20, 2022 5:58 AM by Catalano

So snow Patema. Looks nice, let's wait for more