Series synopsis
Estab-Life: Great Escape, also known as エスタブライフ グレイトエスケープ is a Japanese animation sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on Fuji TV on April 7, 2022. It ended on June 23, 2022. It was created by Goro Taniguchi. It stars Tomomi Mineuchi, Rie Takahashi, Maria Naganawa and Show Hayami.
The distant future. After reaching its peak, Earth's population fell into decline. AI was developed to help preserve the species and manage the ecosystem; a grand experiment in human diversity. Through genetic engineering, a diverse array of peoples, including beastfolk, magical beings, and more, was created to live in a diverse city separated into walled "clusters".
Each cluster developed a unique culture, befitting of the people that lived there. Their lives, and the system, is continually ma ...
Premise
The distant future. After reaching its peak, Earth's population fell into decline. AI was developed to help preserve the species and manage the ecosystem; a grand experiment in human diversity. Through genetic engineering, a diverse array of peoples, including beastfolk, magical beings, and more, was created to live in a diverse city separated into walled "clusters".
Each cluster developed a unique culture, befitting of the people that lived there. Their lives, and the system, is continually maintained by the AI to ensure survival.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Tomomi Mineuchi as Equa (voice)
- Rie Takahashi as Feles (voice)
- Maria Naganawa as Martes (voice)
- Show Hayami as Alga (voice)
- Shin-ichiro Miki as Ulula (voice)
- Kappei Yamaguchi as Mikhail (voice)
- Wataru Takagi as Client Man (voice)
- Takeshi Kusao as Mealpen (voice)
Supporting cast
- Sora Amamiya as Vivalde (voice)
- Yutaka Aoyama as Toichi (voice)
- Nobuo Tobita as Pohpoh (voice)
- Kazuhiro Nakaya as Yaohachi (voice)
- Rina Hidaka as Sandryon (voice)
- Shuuya Nishiji as Hachiro (voice)
- Tomomichi Nishimura as Fernand (voice)
- Kujira as Dokyo (voice)
- Rie Kugimiya as Magical Girl (voice)
- Banjo Ginga as The Manager (voice)
- Kenji Hamada as Ichiro Yamada (voice)
- Miyu Tomita as Customer Girl (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 12 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 12 | April 7, 2022 | June 23, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
You Can't Run from Schoolwork In the future, individual districts have become isolated habitats called "clusters." Equa lives as a student in one such cluster, the university city of Ochanomizu, but she is actually an "extractor" who takes requests from people desperate to flee to other clusters. Shockingly, her latest client is a teacher at her school. |
April 7, 2022 |
| 2 |
You Can't Run from Memories Toichi, the boss of the Kanto Union, one of the three major gangs that control the yakuza town of Shinjuku, wants help to escape his home cluster. His reasons come as a shock to Feles, an extractor who originally hailed from Shinjuku herself. |
April 14, 2022 |
| 3 |
You Can't Run from the Aquarium A plea from a famous ballet troupe brings the extractors to the divided Ikebukuro Cluster. But will even they be able to sneak 18 clients past a lethal train crossing with secret police breathing down their necks? |
April 21, 2022 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Fuji TV |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 7, 2022 |
| Last aired | June 23, 2022 |
| Runtime | 22 minutes |
| Status | ended |