Anime GTA-Style Game Ananta’s Massive Open World Could Be Its Greatest Strength Or Its Biggest Problem

If you're anything like me, seeing the announcement of another anime-style open-world game back in 2023 raised an eyebrow. There are so many games in a similar vein that I glance at, think look cool, and then don't find quite appealing enough to actually get me to sink time into them. Ananta had me looking twice, though. Ananta features multiple vehicles, engaging storyline missions, a roster of appealing characters, and a vast open world, meaning it's regularly referred to as "anime GTA." While my hands-on time with Naked Rain's free-to-play urban RPG at Gamescom 2026 was enjoyable, I'm still left a little confused about how the final game will look when it's released in 2027. To begin with, the story mission I played and the open world I engaged with were marked as two completely separate modes in the menu, although Rain, the game's international marketing lead, assured me that this would not be the case when Ananta is released. Ananta has two distinct cities. While Ananta clearly falls into many of the traps of a modern open-world RPG, its eccentric characters, obsession with social media, and ability to live different lives across its regions set it apart from others in the ge…