{"rewrite":{"id":"r_244ae339720dff756418a227","clusterId":"c_66978cad9e918073ce9da97c","slug":"mika-pikazo-s-level-robochika-tv-anime-announced-set-in-2050-shibuya","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Mika Pikazo's Level Robochica Original TV Anime Production Announced","summary":"Mika Pikazo's original doujin project Level Robochica is being adapted into a television anime, Amuse Creative Studio announced on June 24. The near-future science fiction story is set in 2050 Shibuya, where human-like machines called Robotica serve humanity. The anime will tell a new original story that inherits the world of Pikazo's 2017 self-published work. A teaser visual drawn by Pikazo shows the mysterious girl Lily reaching out with a smile. Pikazo commented that she created the story about people living in a world where happiness is taken for granted, expressing hope and strangeness through cute characters. The project expanded in 2019 when screenwriter Ryo Yoshigami joined to write Level Robochica Episode #β, and in 2022 Shinchosha published two novels: RE:BEL ROBOTICA 0 by Yoshigami and RE:BEL ROBOTICA by Gakuto Mikumo. The anime will debut its first footage at Anime Expo 2026 in Los Angeles from July 2 to 5. Pikazo is the event's key visual illustrator and will appear in a panel on July 4. A booth will distribute a special booklet and screen a teaser PV using in-production footage.","whyItMatters":"The announcement extends Mika Pikazo's reach from character design for games and VTubers into original television storytelling, adapting a project she began as a self-published doujin in 2017.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe Level Robochica anime adapts a project Pikazo first released as a doujinshi at Summer Comiket 2017. After collaborating with screenwriter Ryo Yoshigami (Psycho-Pass series) in 2019 to serialize the Episode #β novel on the project\u0026#39;s website, the work expanded into two light novels published by Shinchosha in 2022: RE:BEL ROBOTICA 0 by Yoshigami and RE:BEL ROBOTICA by Gakuto Mikumo (Strike the Blood). The anime\u0026#39;s setting features Meta Reality, a fusion of reality and virtuality that lets people perceive digital data with all five senses. The protagonist Taiki cannot benefit from MR due to a congenital bug. The newly released visual depicts Lily, a character from the original concept, smiling and reaching out. Pikazo said she has been fixated on happiness since childhood and created the work hoping to find something in the world. At Anime Expo 2026, Pikazo will appear at the Amuse Creative Studio Presents: New Anime Launch Event on July 4 from 15:45 to 17:05 local time in room 404AB. The Mika Pikazo x Level Robochica booth at West Hall WH-1364 will offer the world\u0026#39;s fastest screening of the teaser video and free mini booklets. Pikazo is also handling the event\u0026#39;s key visual.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Mika Pikazo's 2017 doujin 'Level Robochica' is getting a TV anime set in 2050 Shibuya, with a new original story. A teaser visual shows the mysterious girl Lily reaching out. The first footage will screen at Anime Expo 2026.","twitterPost":"Mika Pikazo's 'Level Robochica' anime will debut a teaser PV at Anime Expo 2026 on July 4. The project started as a self-published doujin in 2017 and later expanded into novels by Ryo Yoshigami and Gakuto Mikumo.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Mika Pikazo's original doujin project 'Level Robochica' is being adapted into a TV anime, set in 2050 Shibuya. The anime will tell a new story in the same world, with a teaser visual of the girl Lily. 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