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AMBot | 07/06/2021 | Reading Time: 3 Min.
Over the official website for the anime Sakugan, based on the novel Sakugan Labyrinth Marker (Drilling Labyrinth Marker) by Nekotarō Inui, a new promotional video has been released, announcing that the series will premiere in October. The anime was postponed from its originally planned 2020 broadcast to 2021.
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The description of the novel on the Everystar website reads:
The distant future, long after the Western calendar has fallen out of use.
People live shoulder to shoulder, crammed into the "Labyrinth," an underground world deep beneath the surface.
There are many colonies where people live in the underground labyrinth. The place is known for its extremely high temperatures, but also for its gold and silver deposits and other riches.
In one of the colonies called Pin-in, a curious nine-year-old girl named Memempu and her father Gagumber board a two-person work robot and mine for ore. They eke out a living as the lowest of the low "worker" professions.
One day, Memempu asks her father Gagumber to set out as a Marker—those who explore and map the interior of the labyrinth as spelunkers—to search for her mother, who has left their home.
If they encounter a "mysterious giant creature" lurking in the caves, the survival rate is less than 5%. Since exploring an unknown world is dangerous work, "maps" in the world of Labyrinth hold high value and fetch high prices on the market.
A Marker is the most dangerous but also the most lucrative job.
Gagumber decides that he cannot stop the ever-curious Memempu from setting out on her own countless times and finally gives in. The two embark on a journey together in their work robot.
Yet the "price" of curiosity...
The "truth" they ultimately uncover...
This is an epic journey of father and daughter with the theme of familial love.
vkREtt6DJa
The description of the novel on the Everystar website reads:
The distant future, long after the Western calendar has fallen out of use.
People live shoulder to shoulder, crammed into the "Labyrinth," an underground world deep beneath the surface.
There are many colonies where people live in the underground labyrinth. The place is known for its extremely high temperatures, but also for its gold and silver deposits and other riches.
In one of the colonies called Pin-in, a curious nine-year-old girl named Memempu and her father Gagumber board a two-person work robot and mine for ore. They eke out a living as the lowest of the low "worker" professions.
One day, Memempu asks her father Gagumber to set out as a Marker—those who explore and map the interior of the labyrinth as spelunkers—to search for her mother, who has left their home.
If they encounter a "mysterious giant creature" lurking in the caves, the survival rate is less than 5%. Since exploring an unknown world is dangerous work, "maps" in the world of Labyrinth hold high value and fetch high prices on the market.
A Marker is the most dangerous but also the most lucrative job.
Gagumber decides that he cannot stop the ever-curious Memempu from setting out on her own countless times and finally gives in. The two embark on a journey together in their work robot.
Yet the "price" of curiosity...
The "truth" they ultimately uncover...
This is an epic journey of father and daughter with the theme of familial love.
This article was originally published in German. It was translated with technical support and editorially reviewed before publication.
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