mondstadt – Jainituos Presents

New Genshin Impact trailer

Studio: Ufotable

Genre: Fantasy, Adventure

Hello my friends, Welcome to another entry of my blog.

Today… I want to do something different, because I was surfing, for news, material and just a bit of inspiration for writing new stories and entry blogs… A lot of things, when I suddenly saw in the anime news than event that really surprised me, and that is Ufotable, yes… our beloved studio famous for making living classic like Demon Slayer and the most of the Fate franchise anime, is making an anime of absolutely one of the most famous online games so far. Naturally I am talking about…

So I will do it is just tell you what is going on in the trailer, then I will express my thoughts regarding the idea of an anime of Genshin Impact, and then I will give my conclusions about the concept, because it is really worth it.

But before I commence, I must ask the typical question:

Are you guys ok? Feeling healthy?

If the answer is yes, then I am very happy.

TRAILER

Now, I want to tell you that I am not going to give any spoilers about Genshin Impact. Well, despite being familiar with some of its characters, and crazy about Mona Megistus, I have never ever played Genshin Impact, because I already use Steam, and because of the games I play, I spent too many hours of my day, even more than the ones I wanted to use on gaming. And for me that is a problem, because I want to play Genshin Impact, but… what if I become obsessed?

(Ironically that makes me ask myself…. what is wrong with that?)

(sigh) Never mind. My point is that I love the concept of Genshin Impact, and the trailer, of shall I say teaser, is very basic, so there is nothing to spoil. Having said that, let’s continue.

Firstly, the trailer starts with the night sky, possibly as a reference to the origins of both Lumine and Aether, and then we see the appearance of the logos of both Ufotable and HoYoVerse, who, for those do not know, is the company that created Genshin Impact and Honkai Impact 3rd. Also… HoYoVerse is based on Shanghai, China.

Be honest… Do you thought they are Japanese? Eh?

Shortly afterwards, we past through a forest, in which at first doesn’t seen to be so much to show, but then… we see our beloved partner…

PAIMON… who, my goddess… Is incredibly cute!!! KAWAII!!! And, if you notice the face of Paimon, you will immediately see that this animation was indeed done by Ufotable, sometimes that the Fate anime fans, myself including, will cherish straight away. Now, Paimon guides us through the forest, and then, we see one minute of amazingly beautiful landscapes of Teyvat, mostly they are waterfalls, mountains, forests, and other territories. I will asume that some belong to Mondstadt, others to Liyue Harbour, and the statue most likely belongs to Inazuma, the Nation of Eternity.

I apologise for being so short in my words, but like I said, I never played Genshin Impact, so I barely recognise anything of Teyvat.

Finally, we got a shot of both Aether and Lumine, holding hands and looking ahead, as if they were saying We are ready for adventure.

Then the trailer delight us with a tracking shot of the beautiful landscapes of Teyvat, ending with the logo of our beloved story, saying…

«HoYoverse x Ufotable

Long-Term Project Launch

Let’s step into this vast Magical World of adventure together!«

And the trailer ends.

MY THOUGHTS

Now. I must confess you, people, that I was not expecting an anime of Genshin Impact. Why you ask? I… don’t really know, especially if we keep in mind that this game is incredibly in both China, Japan and the rest of the world, and also because right now the Japanese studios are expanding abroad and adapting stories like Tower of God, The God of Highschool and the upcoming Solo Leveling, all based in South Korean manhwa.

So it was a matter of time that an anime of Genshin Impact will come soon to us. I guess that I was sceptical, because China recently was making some changes to the game, one of them changing the costume of Mona Megistus, from the blue leotard to the Pact of Sun and Moon costume, being the only one available to Chinese servers.

Of course, she does not look bad, but I was thinking that perhaps China did not want to outsource the licence Genshin Impact has become, mostly due to profits. Anyway. Now that I see that they will be anime, I am overhyped, I think the anime of Chainsaw Man, and the second part of Spy X Family have created on me a hype this powerful.

What I can I say about the animation?

I expected no less from Ufotable. During the last decade, Ufotable has become one of my favourite anime studios, along with A-1 Pictures, MAPPA, Wit Studio, and Bones among others. And despite this trailer is very basic, you will be delight with the beautiful landscapes and the waterfall, which is the best from everything, and… I don’t think they choose a better studio for an anime version of Genshin Impact.

I saw that some people in YouTube disappointed that Ufotable was producing this instead of going back to the Fate franchise, but I ask… What else do they need to produce at this point regarding Fate? Any other story from Fate/Grand Order? I am not against that, but I think Ufotable deserves a break from Fate and try to do something different, along with Demon Slayer.

Now… My last question. If this going to be a prequel of Genshin Impact? A sequel? What is going to be? Because I think the story of the game is kind of self-contained. And yes, I said that I never played the game, but I also said that I am more or less familiar with the concept.

One thing is for sure… Something big is coming for Genshin Impact, and I will be there for check it out and do my review.

As a matter of fact… I can start playing Genshin Impact in my IPad.

CONCLUSION

And there you go. This idea looks interesting, and I hope that Ufotable gives us something funny, entertaining and poignant for Genshin Impact. Like I said, I am overhyped, I hope that most of you are too.

If you want to check the trailer of Genshin Impact, I will leave the link here.