Saitama-based unmanned vehicle company Enroute announced yesterday that it has begun the production of a real flyable drone based on Vanship, a flying machine from the Last Exile anime series, in cooperation with the anime’s production company GONZO.
The sci-fi TV anime series was aired for 26 episodes from April to September in 2003, then followed by its sequel Last Exile -Fam, The Silver Wing- in 2011-2012.
Enroute was established in 2006 and has produced various type of industrial unmanned vehicles (drone, surface craft, mower, submarine), and has also supported filming of Toei’s tokusatsu TV series, including the recent Kamen Rider Ghost and Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger.