Software:Estab Life

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Short description: Japanese media franchise
Estab Life
Estab-Life project visual.jpg
Project visual
エスタブライフ
(Esutabu Raifu)
Created byGorō Taniguchi
Anime television series
Estab Life: Great Escape
Directed byHiroyuki Hashimoto
Produced by
  • Akitoshi Mori
  • Shota Komatsu
  • Hiroto Yonemori
Written byShoji Gatoh
Music byYoshiaki Fujisawa
StudioPolygon Pictures
Licensed byCrunchyroll[lower-alpha 1]
Original networkFNN (+Ultra)
Original run April 7, 2022 – June 23, 2022
Episodes12
Anime film
Bloody Escape: Jigoku no Tōsō Geki
Directed byGorō Taniguchi
Written by
  • Gorō Taniguchi
  • Shingo Nagai
Music byKōtarō Nakagawa
StudioPolygon Pictures
Licensed byCrunchyroll
ReleasedJanuary 5, 2024
Runtime87 minutes
Game
Estab Life: Unity Memories
DeveloperSquare Enix
PublisherSquare Enix
Directed byHiroyuki Hashimoto (supervisor)
Music by
  • Mirai Kodai Gakudan
  • Yoshiaki Fujisawa
GenreMMORPG, Action game
PlatformAndroid, iOS

Estab Life (エスタブライフ, Esutabu Raifu) 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 was premiered in January 2024. A mobile game developed by Square Enix titled Estab Life: Unity Memories has also been announced.

Plot

The franchise takes place in the distant future when the world population has turned to decline, the H.D.E.D. (Human Diversity Experimental Department) 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 have been born. 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.[1] Tonkyork Metropolis (a portmanteau of New York City and Tokyo located in Kantō region) and Chicagosaka (a portmanteau of Chicago and Osaka located in Kansai region) during the work has become an experimental and futuristic city divided by clusters, and AI monitoring makes it impossible for people to come and go freely.

Characters

Estab Life: Great Escape

Equa (エクア, Ekua)
Voiced by: Tomomi Mineuchi[2] (Japanese); Julie Shields[3] (English)
The leader of the Escape Shop Extractors, a mercenary group that helps clients escape their heavily guarded clusters. When she is not doing an escape job, she is attending school at the Ochanomizu cluster and is the manager of Cafe Vostok. She has the power of precognition called Fatal Luck that allows her to see seconds into the future, and she uses that to plan out her escape tactics.
Feles (フェレス, Feresu)
Voiced by: Rie Takahashi[2] (Japanese); Alexis Tipton[3] (English)
A member of the Escape Shop Extractors who is a “Gun Wizard”, able to cast spells that manipulate bullets. She is athletic and highly proficient with guns.
Martes (マルテース, Marutēsu)
Voiced by: Maria Naganawa[2] (Japanese); Sarah Wiedenheft[3] (English)
A humanoid slime girl who is a member of the Escape Shop Extractors. Her body is composed of several slime lifeforms. She has great affections towards Equa.
Alga (アルガ, Aruga)
Voiced by: Show Hayami[2] (Japanese); Anthony Bowling[3] (English)
A robotic member of the Escape Shop Extractors. He is in charge of technical support for the team.
Ulula (ウルラ)
Voiced by: Shin-ichiro Miki[2] (Japanese); Cris George[3] (English)
A wolf beastman who is a member of the Escape Shop Extractors. He only speaks in growls and barks and specializes in close combat.

Estab Life: Unity Memories

Ashley (アッシュ, Asshu)
Voiced by: Gakuto Kajiwara[4]
Herbert (ハーバート, Hābāto)
Voiced by: Toshiyuki Toyonaga[4]
Charles (チャールズ, Chāruzu)
Voiced by: Hiro Shimono[4]
Occa (オウカ, Ōka)
Voiced by: Kanon Takao[4]
Kokuto (コクトウ, Kokutou)
Voiced by: Satsumi Matsuda[4]
Mithril (ミスリル, Misuriru)
Voiced by: Yūki Kuwahara[4]
Fel (フェル, Feru)
Voiced by: Minami Takahashi[4]
Sidden (シデン, Shiden)
Voiced by: Makoto Furukawa[4]
Hajun Shogun (波旬将軍, Hajun Shōgun)
Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda[4]
Prime Minister Akimori (秋森首相, Akimori Shushō)
Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa[4]

Bloody Escape: Jigoku no Tōsō Geki

Kelvin (キサラギ, Kisaragi)
Voiced by: Yūki Ono[5]
Loretta (ルナルゥ, Runarū)
Voiced by: Reina Ueda[6]
Cruz (クルス, Kurusu)
Voiced by: Soma Saito[6]
Jimmy (ジャミ, Jami)
Voiced by: Yuma Uchida[6]
Lalac (ララック, Rarakku)
Voiced by: Satsuki Yukino[6]
Nonoc (ノノック, Nonokku)
Voiced by: Masayo Kurata[6]
Zanza (ザンザ)
Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama[6]
Zesh (ゼッシュ, Zesshu)
Voiced by: Ryōtarō Okiayu[6]
Yaohachi (ヤオハチ)
Voiced by: Kazuhiro Nakaya[6]

Media

Anime

The project by Gorō Taniguchi was originally announced on September 23, 2021,[7] and was fully announced as a mixed-media project on January 20, 2022,[8][9] with an anime television series by Polygon Pictures titled Estab Life: Great Escape (エスタブライフ グレイトエスケープ, Esutabu Raifu Gureito Esukēpu) 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 (エスタブライフ リベンジャーズロード, Esutabu Raifu Ribenjāzu Rōdo, "Estab Life the Movie: Revengers' Road"), which was originally set to premiere in 2023.[5] The film's title was later changed to Bloody Escape: Jigoku no Tousou Geki (BLOODY ESCAPE -地獄の逃走劇-, "Bloody Escape: Escape from Hell"), with the planned release date changed to January 5, 2024.[10][11][6] 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.[12] Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Asia.[13]

On April 11, 2022, Crunchyroll announced that the series will receive an English dub, which will premiere on April 20.[14][3]

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Game

A mobile game titled developed by Square Enix for Android and iOS titled Estab Life: Unity Memories (エスタブライフ ユニティメモリーズ, Esutabu Raifu Yuniti Memorīzu) has been announced.[9][8] The game is a free-to-play MMORPG title with in-app purchases.[18][4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Formerly known as Funimation
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Information is taken from the ending credits of each episode.
  3. ↑ All episodes were released on Fuji TV on Demand before their air dates.
  4. ↑ Fuji TV lists the series premiere at 24:55 on April 6, 2022, which is effectively 12:55 a.m. JST on April 7.

References

  1. ↑ "ABOUT" (in ja). 2022-02-10. https://establife.tokyo/#about. Retrieved 2022-02-20. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Loo, Egan (February 3, 2022). "Goro Taniguchi's Estab-Life TV Anime Reveals Main Cast in Teaser". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-02-03/goro-taniguchi-estab-life-tv-anime-reveals-main-cast-in-teaser/.182197. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Pineda, Rafael Antonio (April 19, 2022). "Crunchyroll Debuts Estab-Life: Great Escape Anime's English Dub on Wednesday". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-04-19/crunchyroll-debuts-estab-life-great-escape-anime-english-dub-on-wednesday/.184807. 
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 Chihiro (February 3, 2022). "新作アプリ「エスタブライフ ユニティメモリーズ」はアクションMORPGとして開発中。ティザーサイトとTwitterも開設" (in ja). 4Gamer.net (Aetus). https://www.4gamer.net/games/614/G061464/20220202102/. Retrieved April 20, 2022. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mateo, Alex (June 22, 2022). "Estab-Life: Revengers' Road Anime Film Reveals Trailer, 2023 Debut". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-06-22/estab-life-revengers-road-anime-film-reveals-trailer-2023-debut/.186943. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 Hodgkins, Crystalyn (November 17, 2023). "Polygon Pictures' Bloody Escape Anime Film's Trailer Reveals Main Cast, January 5 Debut Alongside Lycoris Recoil Crossover". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-11-17/polygon-pictures-bloody-escape-anime-film-trailer-reveals-main-cast-january-5-debut/.204551. 
  7. ↑ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (September 22, 2021). "+Ultra, Crunchyroll Partner for New Anime Works by Code Geass, Sidonia Creators". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-09-22/ultra-crunchyroll-partner-for-new-anime-works-by-code-geass-sidonia-creators/.177708. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Loo, Egan (January 20, 2022). "Goro Taniguchi's Estab-Life Project Unfolds as April TV Anime, Game, Anime Film". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-01-20/goro-taniguchi-estab-life-project-unfolds-as-april-tv-anime-game-anime-film/.181723. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Romano, Sal (January 21, 2022). "Square Enix announces Estab Life cross-media project, including smartphone game". Gematsu. https://www.gematsu.com/2022/01/square-enix-announces-estab-life-cross-media-project-including-smartphone-game. 
  10. ↑ "Polygon Pictures Produces New Blood Escape and EstabForces Anime Film with Director Goro Taniguchi and Kenji Kamiyama". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-03-22/polgyon-pictures-produces-new-bloody-escape-anime-film-with-director-goro-taniguchi/.196257. 
  11. ↑ "Goro Taniguchi, Polygon Pictures' Bloody Escape Anime Film Opens in January 2024". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2023-09-28/goro-taniguchi-polygon-pictures-bloody-escape-anime-film-opens-in-january-2024/.202933. 
  12. ↑ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 1, 2022). "Goro Taniguchi's Estab-Life TV Anime Reveals Promo Video, Theme Song Artists". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-01/goro-taniguchi-estab-life-tv-anime-reveals-promo-video-theme-song-artists/.183129. 
  13. ↑ Mateo, Alex (March 18, 2022). "Crunchyroll to Stream Goro Taniguchi's Estab Life TV Anime Ahead of Japanese Broadcast Premiere". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-18/crunchyroll-to-stream-goro-taniguchi-estab-life-tv-anime-ahead-of-japanese-broadcast-premiere/.183758. 
  14. ↑ Mateo, Alex (April 11, 2022). "Crunchyroll Streams English Dubs for Aharen-san wa Hakarenai, Estab Life: Great Escape, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-, The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2, More Anime". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-04-11/crunchyroll-streams-english-dubs-for-aharen-san-wa-hakarenai-estab-life-great-escape-kaguya-sama-/.184531. 
  15. ↑ "Episōdo｜Anime "Esutabu Raifu" Kōshiki Saito" (in ja). https://establife.tokyo/episode/. 
  16. ↑ "ESTAB LIFE: Great Escape - Watch on Crunchyroll". https://www.crunchyroll.com/estab-life-great-escape. 
  17. ↑ "On'ea｜Anime "Esutabu Raifu" Kōshiki Saito" (in ja). https://establife.tokyo/onair/. 
  18. ↑ Stenbuck, Kite (January 20, 2022). "Code Geass Producer Goro Taniguchi's Project Establife Will Include a Mobile Game". Siliconera. https://www.siliconera.com/code-geass-producer-goro-taniguchis-project-establife-will-include-a-mobile-game/. 

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