Nico Nico Seiga is a Japanese site where users can submit illustrations, manga, and ebooks, as well as comment on other user submissions. Senyu, a popular manga on the site, which has over 10 million views and 350,000 comments, is becoming an anime.
Senyu is a gag fantasy story involving rookie hero Alba and his cynical warrior buddy Ross.
Depicting their adventures against the suppression of the Devil King, the story is full of battles, laughter, and emotion. Haruhara Robinson’s original manga Senyu began serialization on June 17, 2011. The continuation story, Senyu: The Second Chapter, began serialization on July 1, 2011 and is currently still in serialization.
The anime is being directed by Yutaka Yamamoto, whose past work includes Lucky Star and Kannagi. The ending theme for the anime will be created by the Japanese anime music supergroup, JAM Project. Headed by Hironobu Kageyama, the group is known for creating the theme song to Dragon Ball. Senyu will begin broadcasting on Nico Nico Channel and Tokyo T.V. on January 8, 2013. Look forward to it!
This article contains translated excerpts from http://blog.excite.co.jp/exanime/19142049/ (Japanese)