EA and FUNimation have announced a new partnership to create an “anime feature film” based on the critically-acclaimed RPG franchise Mass Effect. T.O Entertainment, a Tokyo-based anime film production company, will co-produce the movie. According to EA, the anime film will “tell the tale of an epic science fiction adventure set in a vast universe filled with dangerous alien life and mysterious, uncharted planets.”
Mass Effect series executive producer Casey Hudson will serve as executive producer on the film alongside his Funimation and T.O Entertainment equals.
“Over the last few years, we have revealed different pieces of the Mass Effect world through different media. Extending the story through an anime medium is another amazing opportunity for us,” said Hudson. “Partnering with FUNimation ensures that we will bring this rich universe to life with the utmost quality and the same attention to detail that the Mass Effect games are known for.”
“It is thanks to the enormous and passionate Mass Effect fan base that this movie is made possible,” said Gen Fukunaga, President & CEO of FUNimation. “With production underway on the Dragon Age video, we are excited to team up with another BioWare team to add an exciting new chapter to this vast sci-fi world.”
The Mass Effect anime film is currently in production and will release both digitally and on home video in summer 2012.