Kodoani.com – Project introduction website SAND LAND announced on Wednesday that manga SAND LAND author Akira Toriyama’s anime adaptation will hit theaters in Japan on August 18. Sunrise, Kamikaze Douga and Anima will produce the animations. The site also revealed character images:
The work was previously announced in December as a “screen adaptation”.
The Sand Land manga is a series of short stories that Toriyama serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from May to August 2000. Shueisha published a compiled book volume in November 2000.
In the distant future, war has destroyed the entire Earth, leaving only a barren wasteland where the water supply is controlled by a greedy king. In search of a long-lost lake, Sheriff Rao enlists the help of the demon king… and finds the king’s son, Beelzebub, and his assistant, Thief. Together, the unlikely trio sets out across the desert, facing dragons, bandits, and their deadliest enemy… the King’s army! It’s travel and action adventure in this new story by Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball Z!
