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Estab Life (エスタブライフ, Esutabu Raifu) is a Japanese mixed-media project created by Gorō Taniguchi. An anime television series by Polygon Pictures titled Estab Life: Great Escape aired from April to June 2022 on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block. An anime film also by Polygon Pictures titled Bloody Escape: Jigoku no Tōsō Geki was premiered in January 2024. A mobile game developed by Square Enix titled Estab Life: Unity Memories has also been announced.
Plot[edit]
The franchise takes place in the distant future when the world population has turned to decline, the H.D.E.D. (Human Diversity Experimental Department) conducted by the ecosystem management AI for the purpose of species prosperity, in addition to ordinary humans, beasts, and various races such as demons and cyborgs have been born. In addition, AI has created many areas surrounded by high walls called "clusters", and the culture, common sense, and values of each area have been formed.[1] Tonkyork Metropolis (a portmanteau of New York City and Tokyo located in Kantō region) and Chicagosaka (a portmanteau of Chicago and Osaka located in Kansai region) during the work has become an experimental and futuristic city divided by clusters, and AI monitoring makes it impossible for people to come and go freely.
Characters[edit]
Estab Life: Great Escape[edit]
- Equa (エクア, Ekua)
- Voiced by: Tomomi Mineuchi[2] (Japanese); Julie Shields[3] (English)
- The leader of the Escape Shop Extractors, a mercenary group that helps clients escape their heavily guarded clusters. When she is not doing an escape job, she is attending school at the Ochanomizu cluster and is the manager of Cafe Vostok. She has the power of precognition called Fatal Luck that allows her to see seconds into the future, and she uses that to plan out her escape tactics.
- Feles (フェレス, Feresu)
- Voiced by: Rie Takahashi[2] (Japanese); Alexis Tipton[3] (English)
- A member of the Escape Shop Extractors who is a “Gun Wizard”, able to cast spells that manipulate bullets. She is athletic and highly proficient with guns.
- Martes (マルテース, Marutēsu)
- Voiced by: Maria Naganawa[2] (Japanese); Sarah Wiedenheft[3] (English)
- A humanoid slime girl who is a member of the Escape Shop Extractors. Her body is composed of several slime lifeforms. She has great affections towards Equa.
- Alga (アルガ, Aruga)
- Voiced by: Show Hayami[2] (Japanese); Anthony Bowling[3] (English)
- A robotic member of the Escape Shop Extractors. He is in charge of technical support for the team.
- Ulula (ウルラ)
- Voiced by: Shin-ichiro Miki[2] (Japanese); Cris George[3] (English)
- A wolf beastman who is a member of the Escape Shop Extractors. He only speaks in growls and barks and specializes in close combat.
Estab Life: Unity Memories[edit]
- Ashley (アッシュ, Asshu)
- Voiced by: Gakuto Kajiwara[4]
- Herbert (ハーバート, Hābāto)
- Voiced by: Toshiyuki Toyonaga[4]
- Charles (チャールズ, Chāruzu)
- Voiced by: Hiro Shimono[4]
- Occa (オウカ, Ōka)
- Voiced by: Kanon Takao[4]
- Kokuto (コクトウ, Kokutou)
- Voiced by: Satsumi Matsuda[4]
- Mithril (ミスリル, Misuriru)
- Voiced by: Yūki Kuwahara[4]
- Fel (フェル, Feru)
- Voiced by: Minami Takahashi[4]
- Sidden (シデン, Shiden)
- Voiced by: Makoto Furukawa[4]
- Hajun Shogun (波旬将軍, Hajun Shōgun)
- Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda[4]
- Prime Minister Akimori (秋森首相, Akimori Shushō)
- Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa[4]
Bloody Escape: Jigoku no Tōsō Geki[edit]
- Kelvin (キサラギ, Kisaragi)
- Voiced by: Yūki Ono[5]
- Loretta (ルナルゥ, Runarū)
- Voiced by: Reina Ueda[6]
- Cruz (クルス, Kurusu)
- Voiced by: Soma Saito[6]
- Jimmy (ジャミ, Jami)
- Voiced by: Yuma Uchida[6]
- Lalac (ララック, Rarakku)
- Voiced by: Satsuki Yukino[6]
- Nonoc (ノノック, Nonokku)
- Voiced by: Masayo Kurata[6]
- Zanza (ザンザ)
- Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama[6]
- Zesh (ゼッシュ, Zesshu)
- Voiced by: Ryōtarō Okiayu[6]
- Yaohachi (ヤオハチ)
- Voiced by: Kazuhiro Nakaya[6]
Media[edit]
Anime[edit]
The project by Gorō Taniguchi was originally announced on September 23, 2021,[7] and was fully announced as a mixed-media project on January 20, 2022,[8][9] with an anime television series by Polygon Pictures titled Estab Life: Great Escape (エスタブライフ グレイトエスケープ, Esutabu Raifu Gureito Esukēpu) that premiered on March 1, 2022, on the Japanese streaming service Fuji TV on Demand and aired from April 7 to June 23, 2022, on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block, as well as an anime film directed and written by Taniguchi at Polygon Pictures originally titled Estab Life: Revengers' Road (エスタブライフ リベンジャーズロード, Esutabu Raifu Ribenjāzu Rōdo, "Estab Life the Movie: Revengers' Road"), which was originally set to premiere in 2023.[5] The film's title was later changed to Bloody Escape: Jigoku no Tousou Geki (BLOODY ESCAPE -地獄の逃走劇-, "Bloody Escape: Escape from Hell"), with the planned release date changed to January 5, 2024.[10][11][6] Hiroyuki Hashimoto is directing the television series, with Shoji Gatoh supervising and penning the series' scripts, Yūsuke Kozaki drafting the original character designs, Yoshiaki Fujisawa composing the series' music, and Slow Curve developing and producing the series. The opening theme song is "Rana" by Meychan, while the ending theme song is "0" by Good on the Reel.[12] Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Asia.[13]