Red-and-black demon-mask melee archetype
Spiked demon masks, blue forearms and biker outfits recur. TGS combat for the same visual group includes a Kurogane-gumi axe-fighter label. Weapons include axes and, in some shots, bare hands.
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Red-and-black demon-mask heavy-gunner variant
The outfit and blue forearms match the melee archetype, while the character consistently carries a large multi-barrel heavy weapon or launcher.
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Round-helmeted dual-baton female archetype
A gray rounded visor, short red-and-black armor and blue legwear recur alongside the labelled battle, vehicles and formation. The character uses paired purple batons or long striking weapons.
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Silver-horned heavy boss candidate
A silver single-horn metal mask, large body and red-and-black biker armor recur across 2024–2026 material with the Kurogane visual group and vehicles. The weapon appears chain- or club-like, with its end obscured.
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Red-core mechanical colossus
The design has a large black-and-red mechanical shell, a narrow glowing red core and huge arms. The snapshot’s manual review merges the earlier “masked strong enemy” shot with this same monster. Adjacent combat shares the Kurogane palette, but no readable faction label appears.
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Blond open-red-coat combat archetype
White eye coverings, long open red coats and gold chains recur in groups during alley combat. The archetype fights unarmed.
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Brown-haired red-clad headband brawler
Brown hair, a white headband and red workwear recur in the same alley battle. The character fights unarmed.
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Red-and-white full-helmet combat archetype
A red-and-white full helmet and white clothing with flame-like red panels appear in the same alley battle. The character fights unarmed.
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Light question-mark-mask archetype
White question-mark masks, teal short jackets and orange trim recur in mansion combat. The design fights unarmed, while some repeated models carry crowbars or short clubs.
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Heavy question-mark-mask archetype
Question-mark masks, exposed muscular arms and teal chest armor recur in the mansion fight. The weapon is a crowbar or another heavy melee implement.
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Green-hooded dual-blade female archetype
A green hood, orange X-shaped chest mark and paired green short blades recur in the mansion group. The weapons appear to be short blades or hooked batons.
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Pumpkin-emblem armored gunner
Teal-and-black heavy armor and a yellow flaming pumpkin or skull back emblem appear in pairs in the hostage scene. A long firearm or heavy club is partly obscured by the viewing angle.
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Television-headed suited hammer archetype
A monitor head, black suit with yellow trim and a construction-site sledgehammer recur. Some repeated models fight unarmed.
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Gray-haired gunman with a black tie
A gray fringe, black tie and semiautomatic pistol distinguish this appearance in the same upper-floor hostage incident.
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Gray-haired compact-gun carrier with a yellow tie
Light-gray side-parted hair, a yellow tie and a compact automatic weapon distinguish this appearance.
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Blond open-collar gunman in a black suit
A blond side part, open white collar and semiautomatic pistol distinguish this appearance in the same hostage incident.
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Dila boss-form identification — 2023
This large floating anomaly appears in 2023 footage and is identified in the available record as Dila’s combat form.
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White-masked rooftop armed archetype — 2023
White full-face masks resembling skulls or question marks, dark armor and teal-orange accents appear together in rooftop combat. The melee club or staff is poorly resolved.
Read articleFirst public Project Mugen teaser
Official accounts began a countdown ahead of the full reveal on August 24.
Read articleProject Mugen formally revealed
The first trailer, official website and preregistration launched together, presenting a free-to-play urban open-world RPG.
Read articleProduction video and platform changes
A development video showed city generation, character movement, indoor-outdoor connections and environmental interaction. Media reports subsequently said a PS4 version was no longer planned.
Read articleThe codename gives way to ANANTA
An official short explicitly ended the Project Mugen codename phase and adopted the ANANTA brand.
Read articleANANTA’s full reintroduction
A new gameplay trailer established Nova City, the ACD, free-to-play plans and global preregistration, and announced an offline technical test in Hangzhou.
Read articleMainland China publication approvals
The snapshot records publication approvals for the mobile, PC-client and PS5 versions of ANANTA.
Read articleInvite-only technical test in Hangzhou
A small offline PC technical test began. It was not a public beta.
Read articleTGS 2025 participation announced
Official material confirmed two PC demo modes, story and exploration, for September 25–28.
Read articleSeven-minute gameplay trailer
The trailer presented NPC ecology, environmental combat, transport exploration, occupational roles and character switching.
Read articlePublic TGS demo and mission gameplay
The game became playable by a broad public audience, alongside a 10-minute-27-second mission gameplay video.
Read articleProducer clarifies that 2026 was a target
The producer acknowledged showing Famitsu a 2026 target, while saying a formal announcement would follow when plans became more specific.
Read articleAnalyst forecasts the first half of 2027
JPMorgan moved its external release forecast to the first half of 2027. The eventual direction was similar, but this was not a NetEase announcement at the time.
Read articleRelease date announced at Gamescom ONL
The official release-date trailer introduced Chongxiao as the second main city and announced a global release on January 15, 2027.
Read articlePlanned simultaneous global release
The snapshot records the announced global launch date for PC, Steam, PS5 and mobile. At the time of that snapshot, this remained a future plan.
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Lake-city panorama
A lake-city scene combining islands, pavilions, embankments and a pagoda on a hillside.
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Waterfront business district
A waterfront skyline defined by a spherical tower and very tall buildings.
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Red-wheel commercial district
A red Ferris wheel sits among dense commercial buildings, with FERRIS WHEEL lettering visible on its supports.
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Mountain tea gardens
A tea-village landscape combining tea rows, dark-tiled timber buildings, bamboo and a valley.
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Mechanical harbor district
A harbor landscape of containers, cranes, chimneys, large machinery and elevated roads over water.
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Lake, hills and cityscape
A landscape combining a long causeway, arched bridges, lake islands, a hilltop tower and modern high-rises.
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Waterfront railway cityscape
A waterfront urban panorama combining a red Ferris wheel, several railway tracks, low-rise housing and industrial chimneys.
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Traffic-jam film set
A film-set scene combining a pagoda and lakeside hills with cameras, a crane and vehicles.
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NOVA BANK street scene
A dense urban street scene with readable NOVA BANK lettering on a rooftop.
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Shannon dairy storefront
A dairy-business scene showing the Xuenong Dairy sign and delivery vehicles.
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Bachong Pagoda landscape
A pagoda on a lakeside hillside forms part of the surrounding lake-and-mountain scenery.
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Longqi Village roads
Village streets and mountain roads lined with low traditional buildings, white walls and dark tiles.
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Longqi practice space
A traditional timber interior used for martial practice, illustrating local martial-arts life.
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Ivory Cove station sign
An early station-sign scene with readable Ivory Cove and Bayshore Line names.
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Nova City cross-water expressway
A large road over water, shown with multiple lanes, traffic, shipping and a waterfront skyline.
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Nova City waterfront railway skyline
An early cityscape combining a waterfront railway, red Ferris wheel, industrial chimneys and high-rise buildings.
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Downtown night alley
A nighttime urban scene combining digital displays with narrow streets.
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Downtown cherry-blossom park
A public leisure scene combining cherry blossoms, water, a small bridge and picnicking.
Read articleOpen-world car driving
ANANTA has a substantial open-world car-driving subsystem, rather than cars appearing only in cutscenes.
Read articleResponsive civilian traffic
Ordinary city traffic is driven by responsive traffic AI rather than only mission scripts.
Read articlePersistent visible vehicle damage
Mission vehicles retain visible damage states for a period.
Read articleUsable metro transport
The metro is transport the player can actually use, not merely station scenery.
Read articleUsable buses and taxis
Buses and taxis can carry players rather than merely appearing as traffic.
Read articleCharacter switching during exploration
Character switching is available during free exploration, not solely through chapter selection.
Read articleOccupation-specific character stories
Different switchable characters have occupational missions and personal stories.
Read articlePersistent individual NPC schedules
Individual NPCs have persistent schedules across times and places.
Read articleTiered wanted levels and police pursuit
A GTA-style wanted-level system dynamically escalates police pursuit.
Read articleAccessible interiors at several heights
Accessible interiors are organized at rooftop, middle and ground levels.
Read articleCharacter homes and future customization
Each character has a home or personal space and may appear there when switched to. Customization is an explicit development direction, but was not implemented in the TGS demo.
Read articleSeparate instanced levels
Dungeons or instanced levels exist separately from the open world.
Read articleQuantified social-media progression
Social media or fame is a quantified team-progression system.
Read articleFreely triggered city events
The open world has freely triggered city events or interaction hotspots.
Read articleTemporary weapon and object reuse
Environmental objects and enemy weapons can be temporarily reused in combat.
Read articleTransitions across mission phases
Missions can transition among ground combat, vehicle chases and boss phases.
Read articleOlder characters retained at release
Previously announced 2023 characters such as Bansy, Mechanika and Dila will all remain in the current release roster.
Read articleDila’s 2023 anomalous boss form
The large floating female anomaly in the 2023 trailer is Dila’s boss or anomaly form, not a separate unknown character.
Read articleTwo working labels for one colossus
The masked-opponent shot and red-core mechanical colossus in the 2026 trailer show one enemy, not two.
Read articleA continuously running day-night cycle
The world has a continuous day-night cycle rather than only scenes preset to different times.
Read articleRepeatable street racing
Street racing is a repeatable independent activity, not only a story chase.
Read articleTriggered phone-reading interaction
Looking at a passerby’s phone is an interaction the player can trigger.
Read articleTwo major city-scale settings
The then-current official website presents Chongxiao and Nova City as two main city-scale adventure spaces.
Read articleChongxiao and Lingyun’s spatial hierarchy
Primary material consistently places Weilan Lake, Mingpu District and Longqi Village in a Chongxiao/Lingyun context, but the administrative hierarchy is not fully settled.
Read articleA shared lake, pagoda and skyline viewshed
Weilan Lake, Bachong Pagoda and Mingpu’s high-rise center share a visible area. A visible-from relationship is plausible, but pixel distances are not map distances.
Read articleLongqi’s rural mountain setting
Longqi contains a white-walled village center, mountain tea gardens and training space, unlike Mingpu’s high-rise core.
Read articleMingpu’s mixed riverfront district
Mingpu combines old and new riverfront areas; the supervisory agency and Zenith Tower are valuable location anchors.
Read articleZhouhe Park around Zenith headquarters
Zhouhe Park centers on Zenith headquarters. Placing it in Mingpu is likely because the main website places Zenith Tower there.
Read articleDowntown and Veluxity within Nova City
The website presents Downtown and Veluxity as contrasting examples of Nova City districts.
Read articleDowntown’s dense activity cluster
The red Ferris wheel is a stable Downtown landmark that can help align commercial, waterfront and night-street shots.
Read articleVeluxity’s coastal activity cluster
Industrial, entertainment and beach spaces share a Veluxity theme, while actual adjacency still needs map UI.
Read articleIvory Cove and Bayshore Line in 2024
Official 2024 footage shows the named ST01 Ivory Cove station and Bayshore Line.
Read articleFree travel on Bayshore Line
Ivory Cove supports a complete ticketing, gate, boarding and arrival system rather than being scenery.
Read articleIvory Cove in Nova City’s rail corridor
The station name, line and waterfront skyline make a Nova City location likely.
Read articleThe 2023 and 2024 stations share a base layout
The stations show closely matching double tracks, shelters, columns, overhead lines, arriving trains and advertising structures.
Read articleA multi-line or branching station diagram
A multicolored diagram beside the platform information board may suggest more than one simple line.
Read articleNova City’s cross-water expressway
The multi-lane bridge at the start of the 2024 trailer is a major connection toward the dense urban core.
Read articleAir travel back to Chongxiao
A plane ticket can take players from Nova City back to Chongxiao, supporting air travel while airport coordinates, duration and loading remain undisclosed.
Read articleA gated Lingjing interior in Bachong Pagoda
Official text and trailer dialogue connect the tower’s Lingjing interior with trials or qualification, suggesting more than background scenery.
Read articleInternal gallery names and public district names
Chengzhong Qianbo and Binhai Kuangbei are likely related to Downtown and Veluxity, but the relationship type is not disclosed.
Read articleThe bank image as a headquarters candidate
The building on Aerie Bank’s page may be a Nova City headquarters or flagship office.
Read articleRejected: key art as a measurable shared location
Treat every person, landscape, tower, business district, shop and brand in the key visual as one measurable map.
Read articleRejected: real inspirations determine game geography
Connect game locations by the real distances and directions of Shanghai, Hangzhou or Osaka merely because they look similar.
Read articleA bridge connection between Nova City and Lingyun
The snapshot proposes a sea-crossing bridge from Nova City’s western interchange to Lingyun’s eastern road network alongside air travel.
Read articleRelay island as an airport candidate
The relay island at the far right of the Chongxiao map, toward Nova City, may contain Nova City’s airport or an entrance.
Read articleA search sector for Chongxiao’s airport
Reversing the vector from point C to the proposed Nova City airport gives a preferred search sector about 9.5–19.2 degrees east of north and 3.0–3.1 thousand world units from C. The proposal requires at least 3042.189 world units from the other airport and at most 3080.459 from Chongxiao’s own city anchor.
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