Kodoani.com – CTW announced on Friday that the anime series is based on the light novel series The New Gate by Shinogi Kazanami will be adapted into a webgame titled THE NEW GATE Best Collection on the G123 service, and pre-registration is now open. The game will be free to play, with in-game purchase options.
In the role-playing game, players can craft equipment and go on adventures with allies. Battles will take place in a turn-based automatic battle system.
The company is currently running a pre-registration campaign, rewarding players with the in-game currency orichalcum, depending on the number of subscribers.
The anime will premiere on April 13 at 11:30 p.m. (which is April 14 at 1:30 a.m.) on Tokyo MX and BS11, and will then air on MBS and AT-X. Crunchyroll will also stream the anime as it airs.
One Peace Books describes the manga's first volume as follows:
THE NEW GATE – an online game that turns into a life and death struggle for players. Thanks to the brave efforts of Shin, the strongest of them all, the game ends and freedom seems within reach. But just after Shin defeats the game's final boss, he finds himself transported 500 years into the future of the game's world. Transported from a simple game malfunction to a strange new land, a young swordsman with unparalleled strength prepares to embark on a legendary journey!
Kazanami began posting the original story on the “Shōsetsuka ni Narō” website in 2013. AlphaPolis began publishing the story in print in December 2013, with art by Makai no Jūnin. In August 2016, Kazanami removed the story from Shōsetsuka ni Narō and AlphaPolis put the story on its website.
Yoshiyuki Miwa launched a manga adaptation in November 2014 on AlphaPolis' manga website.