In the latest issue of Famitsu, SEGA announced World Destruction as a new "apocalypse impending" RPG for the Nintendo DS, and at the same time an anime based on the game. Both of them should appear this summer, and the anime in particular is pinned down for a July 2008 premiere.

Over on DS Fanboy, World Destruction is briefly described as "a traditional RPG with turn-based combat and giant bosses filling up both of the system's screens". The game's developer is Image Epoch (maker of Luminous Arc, another fantasy game series for the DS), and a full-page ad in the magazine links the official website to WD.sega.jp (nothing to see there so far). More scans are available on GoNintendo, who also say that the project reunites three Xenogears staffers: Masato Kato on scenario, Kunihiko Tanaka on character designs and Yasunori Mitsuda on sound. Somehow, though, I can't drag myself to get excited about it... all these eroge demos I tried today must have worn me out.

Update: ANN writes that the World Destruction anime will be produced (animated, actually) by Production I.G, and gives a brief outline of the game's story: "The game centers on a youth named Kirie Irunisu who secretly possesses the power to destroy the world. He is forced to join a party that aims not to save the world, but to eradicate it and start anew." The game also has a main heroine named Morute Ashera, who will play a bigger role in the anime version. Good to hear.

Updated #2: More production / staff details were posted on the AnimeSuki forum, along with the scan of an article about the anime, which is co-produced by Sega and Geneon.