Loups-Garous Anime Film, From Production I.G

"Virtual reality. Murder. Werewolves. And teen girls!" Thus begins the intriguing story of the Loups-Garous Kihi Subeki Ookami light novels, perfectly summarized in the marginally lolicious picture below. It was taken from the new website opened for an upcoming anime film adaptation of Loups-Garous, freshly announced for a 2010 release from Bandai Visual and studio Production I.G.



ANN points out that the staff working on this movie reunites the hot-shots behind Production I.G's anime series Blood+ from a few years ago, with music to be composed by the Japanese pop band SCANDAL (Bleach). And, thanks to Viz Media's plans to publish the original novel in North America from January 2010, we also have a lengthy synopsis to go by. Perhaps too lengthy.

"Virtual reality. Murder. Werewolves. And teen girls! In a future where nothing is as it seems, can old legends come true? In the near future, humans will communicate almost exclusively through monitors, making real interaction a rarified and weak occurance for those living in a near totalitarian society. In this new world of communication, children are only allowed to interact personally on school grounds. So when a serial killer starts slaughtering junior high children the communication routes go under futher surveillance. And despite all the safeguards put in place to avoid physical interaction, the killer's latest victim turns out to have been in contact with three young girls: Mio Tsuzki, a certified prodigy; Hatsuki Matsuno, a uiet but opinionated classmate; and Ayumi Kono, her best friend. And as the girls get caught up in trying to quell curiosity under such terrorist scrutiny, Hatsuki learns that there is much more than meets the eye of their monitored communications."