Hot Damn! For years (9 to be exact...ever since I picked up KOF 95 for the PSX) I'd hoped someone would come along and make an OAV/TV series that would do justice to the King of Fighters franchise. The series is filled with memorable characters, each with their own deep and involving backstory, and with all the attention paid to animating Street Fighter (II, II V, Alpha, and so on) I thought it would only be a matter of time before it would be done. Years later, I'd pretty much given up on the possibility.

Dear GOD do I love to be proven wrong somedays. Not only will KOF finally be brought to the screen, but it is being done by none other than Production IG! The same production IG involved in the production of such titles as:

• Blood: The Last Vampire
• Blue Seed
• Ghost in the Shell
• Howl's moving Castle
• Kill Bill's animated sequence
• Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Spirited Away
• Vision of Escaflowne

If ANYONE can do proper justice to the frenetic action, pathos, and legend that exemplifies The King of Fighters, they can.

A 90 second trailer movie (that ought to fire the blood of ANY KoF fan!) can be found here. Not much detail is known about the series, except that it will premier in December, will take the form of a 4 part OAV series with possible net release, and that all the VA (Voice Actor) talent used in the games themselves will be utilized for the OAV (Original Animated Video).