Arata-naru Sekai is an ambitious multi-media project with a Madhouse (Redline, Hunter x Hunter, Chihayafuru) anime, Hitoma Iruma (Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko) light novel and Kendi Oiwa (Welcome to the N.H.K.) illustrated manga telling different aspects of a time travel story.
A new preview offers a look at the interconnected story.

Cast includes:
Risa Taneda

Yuka Iguchi (Maho Misawa from Ro-Kyu-Bu!, Maria Takayama from Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai)

Rumi Okkubo (YuruYuri's Chinatsu Yoshikawa)

Yumi Uchiyama (Binbō-gami ga!'s Momiji, You and Me's young Kaname Tsukahara)

Yoriko Nagata (Dog Days' Jaune Crafty)

Staff includes
Director: Yuzuru Tachikawa (Aquarion Evol's opening)
Character design: Shinichi Kurita (Evol and Xam'd: Lost Memories's openings)
Art setting: Kaoru Aoki (Kuroko's Basketball, Upotte)
Art director: Masanobu Nomura (Mardock Scramble)
Color design: Ken Hashimoto
Director of photography: Atsushi Ozawa
3D director: Shuhei Yabuta
Editing: Kashiko Kimura
Sound director: Satoshi Motoyama
Music: Naoki Chiba ("naotyu")
Theme song: Marina Kawano
Produced by: Satoru Kousaki (Monaca)
A box set of the Past, Present and Future will ship in October for 9,240-yen ($118)
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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.