Tyler Ouellette
The Monster Strike anime gaming company released its primary character promotional preview trailer on Saturday, September 2nd, 2018. Monster Strike, otherwise known as Sora no Kanata is a 2016 Japanese animated action-adventure film directed by Shinpei Ezaki, written by Taku Kishimoto and based on the video game Monster Strike by Mixi and Yoshiki Okamoto. It is a prequel and sequel to the ONA anime series of the same name.
See the official trailer here:
The plot weaves a tale that takes place 13 years ago when suddenly one part of Tokyo broke off and began to float in the sky. Tokyo was separated into “Old Tokyo” as the part that was floating in the air, and “New Tokyo,” the part that stayed on the ground. Communication and interaction between the two Tokyos were impossible, and years passed. One day, a young girl perceives that Old Tokyo will fall back down to the ground, and she sets out on the perilous path from Old Tokyo to New Tokyo to save the citizens from the impending crisis.
A Certain Magical Index, Trinity Seven, and Azumanga Daioh director Hiroshi Nishikori is directing the film which is prequel story to the main events of the first season.
The story follows Kanata, a young orphan who is haunted by unidentified beings that begin to appear. Saved by a mysterious blue-haired girl called Sora, she explains to Kanata that he is destined to save the world, setting the stage for additional characters to join him on his quest as the savior of man.
