Eternal Anima is a Marvelous turn-based JRPG set for release on March 4, 2027 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC, with the Steam version arriving March 5. It is directed by Katsuhisa Higuchi, with a story by Kazushige Nojima, and was shown in hands-on form at Marvelous's Pre-Tokyo Game Show 2026 event.
Marvelous announced ETERNAL ANIMA during the September 9, 2026 Nintendo Direct, scheduled for March 4, 2027 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC, with the Steam version following on March 5. The announcement described a world where civilization and wisdom are lost, a protagonist who reads memories from objects, and a theme of inheritance across eras. The project had previously appeared in 2023 as PROJECT LIFE is RPG.
Hands-on coverage from Marvelous's Pre-Tokyo Game Show 2026 event added the staff and the battle detail. Katsuhisa Higuchi, lead programmer on Chrono Trigger, directs, and Kazushige Nojima, a scenario writer on Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts titles, wrote the story. The protagonist is named Wade, who sees the near future and reads the past by touching objects, and travels between two eras to stop continents from sinking. Producer Makoto Shioda said the concept was built over more than five years around the theme of legacy.
The combat system, called Future Prediction Battle, shows enemy actions, damage, and turn order before a command is locked in, with no random damage or evasion. Hitting a weakness delays an enemy on the turn order, and repeated hits can remove its turn in a Break, but the exploited weakness becomes an immunity on the following turn. Jobs and skills come through Wisdom Inheritance from relics. The stories agree on the release date and platforms; the Steam date appears as March 5 in two accounts and as a specific time, March 5 at 3:00, in one.
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Oct 16
Marvelous showed Eternal Anima at its Pre-Tokyo Game Show 2026 event, and the time travel JRPG is scheduled for March 4, 2027, on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2, and Windows. Katsuhisa Higuchi, who was lead programmer on Chrono Trigger and worked on early Final Fantasy games, directs. Kazushige Nojima, a scenario writer on several Final Fantasy titles and the Kingdom Hearts series, wrote the story. The protagonist, Wade, sees the near future and reads the past by touching objects. Players travel between two eras to stop continents from sinking, and the choices made while altering the timeline carry consequences. In battle, Future Sight shows the turn order, incoming targets, and enemy weaknesses. Hitting a weakness stuns an enemy and delays its action, and repeated hits can remove it from the turn entirely, but the exploited weakness becomes an immunity on the following turn. Producer Makoto Shioda said the team spent over five years on the concept, built around the theme of legacy.
Oct 16
Marvelous will release ETERNAL ANIMA, a new turn-based JRPG, on March 4, 2027 for Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam, the Steam version arriving March 5 at 3:00. The title was first shown in 2023 as PROJECT LIFE is RPG and was formally revealed on September 9, 2026. Players control Wade, who uses the ability Dokushijutsu to read memories left in objects and travel between a submerged world's past and present. Combat runs on Future Prediction Battle, which displays enemy actions, damage, and turn order before a command is locked in, with no random damage or evasion. Striking a weakness pushes an enemy back on the timeline; repeated hits cancel its turn in a Break. Jobs and skills come through Wisdom Inheritance from relics. Director Katsuhisa Higuchi and producer Makoto Shiota spoke about the system in interviews published alongside hands-on previews.
Sep 9
Marvelous announced a new RPG, ETERNAL ANIMA, during the Nintendo Direct streamed on September 9, 2026. The game is set for release on March 4, 2027, for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC, with the Steam version following on March 5. Set in a world where civilization and wisdom have been lost, the protagonist uses a Mind-Reading Art to evoke the memories of heroes and inherit their powers, and must sense enemy hostility to anticipate actions in battle. Other sources describe the setting as one where hoping for a better future is a felony, with the protagonist pursued as a heretic traveling between the past and present of four lost continents. The game is described as a completely new JRPG centered on the theme of inheritance across eras. Marvelous has opened the official website for the title.