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Phantasy Star Online 2 Anime Adaptation Announced for 2016

With 2015 marking the 15th anniversary of Phantasy Star Online Sega Japan have announced a brand new project, a new TV anime series based on the popular MMORPG Phantasy Star Online 2. The anime is currently scheduled for a 2016 broadcast.

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The announcement of the anime, titled Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation, was made at the offline ARKS Caravan event in Okinawa. The anime will have a brand new original story set in a near future Earth setting, within the universe of Phantasy Star Online 2. It will featuring stories from the players of the game, which is out on the PC, PlayStation Vita and mobile devices.

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Phantasy Star is one of the longest running JRPG franchises in the industry. Developed and published by Sega, the first game in the series released in Japan on the Sega Master System in late December, 1987. Since the first game’s release, over 10 games have been produced. The series eventually grew internationally with the release of Phantasy Star Online in 2000, a MMORPG that released on the Dreamcast, Xbox and PC. Since its release, the Online games became its own series. All of the games are set in the near future in various solar systems and clusters. The latest game in the series is Phantasy Star Nova, a single player RPG based on PSO2.

Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation is currently scheduled for a 2016 broadcast. Not much is known about the series and more information is expected to be released in the forthcoming months.

You can visit the website here: http://phantasystar.sega.jp/psportal/pso15anniversary/animation/
And follow the game on Twitter: @sega_pso2

 
Source Article and Images – Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation Website
Source Article – Famitsu
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