{"id":47974,"date":"2025-05-14T15:54:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T06:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=47974"},"modified":"2025-05-14T15:54:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T06:54:57","slug":"the-hundred-line-last-defense-academy-will-get-an-anime-adaptation-if-the-game-sells-well-director-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/the-hundred-line-last-defense-academy-will-get-an-anime-adaptation-if-the-game-sells-well-director-says\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy will get an anime adaptation if the game sells well, director says\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Given Kazutaka Kodaka\u2019s track record, including creating the widely popular Danganronpa franchise, it\u2019s no surprise that the game director is eager to turn his latest project, <strong>The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy<\/strong>, into an anime series. The game is part-visual novel and <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/the-hundred-line-last-defense-academys-100-endings-are-all-dense-enough-to-be-true-endings-with-no-fillers-or-easy-bad-endings-says-kotaro-uchikoshi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">has over 100 endings<\/a>, so the idea of condensing <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/interviews\/interview-the-hundred-line-last-defense-academys-devs-needed-players-to-think-they-were-completely-out-of-their-minds-to-compete-in-the-game-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">such a large project<\/a> into a linear, watchable series seems both daunting and fitting.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I would like to animate it!<br> Not sure if it&#39;s an original story or not. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yEah0Cbaem\">https:\/\/t.co\/yEah0Cbaem<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kazutaka kodaka\/\u5c0f\u9ad8\u548c\u525b (@kazkodaka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kazkodaka\/status\/1922449789662212236?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Responding to fan requests for an anime adaptation on X, Kodaka says he would be more than happy to animate the series. Since The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy has so many narrative options, Kodaka is unsure if the anime would feature an original story or one of the existing in-game storylines. <a href=\"https:\/\/over\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a> Interestingly, Kodaka <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kazkodaka\/status\/1922456822096465940\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">considers<\/a> that the The Hundred Line would, plot-wise, lend itself to an anime adaptation even better than Danganronpa did.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If the game sells well, we\u2019ll definitely turn it into an anime!<br>To make that happen, I\u2019m doing everything I can to bring more players to Hundred Line!<br>If you think the game is interesting, please recommend it to the people around you! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JRZ1mDzf4u\">https:\/\/t.co\/JRZ1mDzf4u<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kazutaka kodaka\/\u5c0f\u9ad8\u548c\u525b (@kazkodaka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kazkodaka\/status\/1922457755002036555?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kodaka assures fans that an anime adaptation of The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy is \u201cdefinitely\u201d on Too Kyo Game\u2019s to-do list, provided the game sells well enough. With a current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/the-hundred-line-last-defense-academy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Metacritic score of 85%<\/a> and a \u201cVery Positive\u201d rating on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3014080\/The_Hundred_Line_Last_Defense_Academy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>, that doesn\u2019t seem unrealistic, but with <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/the-hundred-line-last-defense-academy-devs-have-lost-track-of-how-much-artwork-is-in-the-game-but-theres-at-least-2000-character-expression-and-600-cgs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">how much the the game cost to make<\/a>, it might take some time before the development studio is ready for further investments. Fan support was already high for The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, but Kodaka\u2019s wish for an anime adaptation has <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/walnutroll\/status\/1922463992271835219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prompted many<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/shinyzekrom2202\/status\/1922471382698320364\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">promote the game<\/a> even more passionately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy is out now on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3014080\/The_Hundred_Line_Last_Defense_Academy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a> (Windows) and for the Nintendo Switch.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kazutaka Kodaka says an anime adaptation of The Hundred Line is &#8220;definitely&#8221; on the table, provided it sells enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":47976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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