Recently, it was confirmed that a TV anime adaptation of Arknights is in production, and here's everything you need to know about it.

Developed by the Chinese developer, Hypergryph, Arknights is a popular free-to-play tower defense mobile game. The developers released the game worldwide in January 2020 for iOS and Android. Since then, the Gacha game has grabbed a playerbase of millions because of its art, gameplay, and competitive approach.

We've heard several rumors in the past few months stating that Arknights would receive an anime adaptation. And now, fans who are familiar with the game are thrilled that the stories were indeed true.

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Arknights Anime Officially Comfirmed

Today (October 24th, 2021), the official

" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">Twitter account of Arknights staff confirmed that the rumored TV anime based on the video game is in production. Interestingly, the official announcement states that the first season of anime "is in works," and it is titled "Prelude to Dawn." What's more thrilling is that the creators also released a 47-second PV trailer to tease the upcoming Arknights anime series.

The teaser flaunts a dark and mysterious tone for the anime; here you go; take a look at the trailer yourself:

As mentioned in the official Tweet, the anime is produced by Yostar Pictures. The in-house animation studio of Yostar previously released a 10-minute long Arknights anime special for Christmas 2020. The animation was titled "Holy Knight Light" and featured a short story of operators from the video game. And now, the same studio is working on the Arknights TV anime, which is quite exciting for the community.

Of course, it's exciting that the long-awaited anime adaptation is in the works; however, there isn't any official release window for Arknights anime.

Anyway, the studio will probably release more information about the anime in the coming months. So, we might soon get a release window along with the cast involved in the project.