Wuthering Waves: Elysium Animated Series Announced by Kuro Games
The series is the first major project from Kuro Onroad, a new animation brand that signals Kuro Games' intent to expand its intellectual property into multimedia production beyond game development.
Key Facts
- Kuro Games announced the animated series Wuthering Waves: Elysium on July 18, 2026.
- The series is produced by Kuro Onroad, a new animation brand established under Kuro Games.
- The original Wuthering Waves game launched globally in May 2024 for PC and mobile.
- No release date, episode count, or streaming platform has been announced for the series.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime Corner, Niche Gamer (Anime).
Kuro Games has announced a new animated series titled Wuthering Waves: Elysium, based on its open-world action RPG Wuthering Waves. The announcement came on July 18, 2026, via a short teaser trailer released on the official YouTube channel. The series is being produced by Kuro Onroad, a newly established animation brand under Kuro Games. In a press release, the company stated that the project "marks a new chapter for Kuro Games as it expands the Wuthering Waves universe beyond the game and offers fans another way to experience its characters, stories, and world through animation." The original game launched globally in May 2024 for PC and mobile, later expanding to additional platforms. Set in a post-apocalyptic world after a catastrophic event called the Lament, players control the amnesiac Rover, who travels with Resonators to uncover the truth about the world's past while fighting Tacet Discords. No release date or episode count has been announced for the animated series.
The teaser trailer for Wuthering Waves: Elysium was released without specifying a release window, episode count, or streaming platform. Kuro Games described the project as part of a broader push to bring its game worlds to life through animation, though no staff or cast details were included in the announcement. The original game, Wuthering Waves, launched globally in May 2024 for PC and mobile, and later expanded to additional platforms. Its story follows the amnesiac protagonist Rover, who explores a post-apocalyptic world alongside Resonators, characters with special abilities, while battling creatures called Tacet Discords. The game was developed and published by Kuro Games, a Chinese studio known for its previous title Punishing: Gray Raven. The announcement of Kuro Onroad as a dedicated animation brand suggests the company is investing in long-term franchise development, though no other projects under the brand have been revealed yet.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime Corner Wuthering Waves: Elysium Animated Series Officially Announced
- Niche Gamer (Anime) Wuthering Waves: Elysium anime announced