Sentai Filmworks has just announced its acquisition of the 12-episode anime series The World Is Still Beautiful (Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii). The series will be available on home video soon.
Studio Pierrot provided the animation production for the adaptation, which is based on the original manga series by Dai Shiina. Hajimi Kamegaki, director of such anime titles as Air Gear, Fushigi Yugi and Naruto Shippuden the Movie, directed the series. Shinzo Fujita, a screenplay writer for Parasyte -the maxim-, provided the series composition. Ichiro Uno adapted the character designs. Music composition was handled by Shinya Yamada, known for his work on Hunter X Hunter and Chihayafuru. The series aired in Japan on NTV from April to June 2014.
