A pilot anime film titled NAKED PEAK -climb the Mountains of Madness- will be released in Japan sometime in February 2023. The film is a proof of concept anime project that is based on a TRPG (tactical role-playing game) scenario called Mountains of Madness ~Summit of Deities~, which in turn is inspired by H.P Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos and mountain climbing.
A Japanese crowdfunding campaign for the NAKED PEAK anime project was launched on December 14, 2021, collecting 1491% over its original financial stretch goals. Around 11,862 supporters pledged 119 million yen (US$1 million) for the pilot film’s production. The production team hopes that the pilot will lead to an eventual feature-length anime film.
The production team of NAKED PEAK -climb the Mountains of Madness- includes Yuusaku Kumagai (FreakAngels director) as director, Senbon Umishima (Recovery of an MMO Junkie) as character designer, Ryuu Ooyama as creature designer, Chiemi Kurosaki (Shounen Ashibe Go! Go! Goma-chan) as animation director, Yasutada Katou (When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace) as art director, and Ryuuichi Takada (Summer Time Rendering) as music composer. G-angle and STEREOTYPE are the animation production companies.
More details about the pilot anime film are available on the official website.
