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11Nova CityAlso calledNova Inception Urbs, N.I.U., NovaGameANANTAApproximate sizeManhattan-sized (per dev interviews)StyleJapanese urban, cel-shaded anime33Nova City is the primary open-world setting in ANANTA. It is a sun-soaked coastal metropolis roughly the size of Manhattan, making it one of the largest urban game environments attempted in a single city. The Japanese urban styling is inspired by neighborhoods like Akihabara, rendered in the game's cel-shaded anime aesthetic with a full day-night cycle.55Nova Inception Urbs is the first city in ANANTA and where players start the game. It is no longer the only one: a second city was confirmed in August 2026.77Districts and Areas99Two Nova City districts have official location pages of their own, published in August 2026.1111DistrictCharacterDowntownThe social heart of the city, where everyone is chasing the brightest screen and the hottest bandVeluxity ZoneThe thrill district: street racing, fight clubs, the ParaBoar biker gang, and a heavy Reign Group presence1313The city includes beaches, amusement parks, industrial zones, shopping districts, business centers, residential areas, artistic quarters, neon nightlife zones, and cultural centers. The environment has three vertical layers: rooftops, mid-level platforms, and street level, all of which are explorable through parkour and grappling.1414Named Locations1717Paradox PlazaGlimmergoldSonic Boom ClubWhalebone Library (also called Flying Bone Library)Eve Gallery (Eve Art Museum)Dream GardenDelirium Block1919Two further places are named in the in-fiction social feed published on the official Ananta site. The Golden Coast is the city's beach and waterfront stretch: official posts tie it to tourism, sunbathing, tide warnings, and yacht racing, and one in-universe tourism post describes Nova as a coastal destination built around it. Aerie Bank is named as a city banking landmark, appearing in an in-fiction breaking-news post about a Chaos incident outside the building.2121Southern Road2323Southern Road is a named Nova City street. It appears once, in a breaking-news post on the in-fiction city feed reporting a gang fight there, with the NCCA's Aegis Nexus Team on site and residents told to evacuate. Nothing else has been published about it: no district, no landmark, and no indication of whether it is a location the player can visit.2525Living World2727NPCs follow daily routines, carry smartphones, and post on social media. They react to player behavior: steal someone's phone and they get angry; cause a scene and it might end up on the in-game social feeds. Random encounters appear on the map as red and blue markers. See City Life and Social Media Influence for more.2929Businesses and Institutions3131Six private organizations have been named in Nova City, five of them through corporate pages published on the game's own website and written from inside the world. The city's public bodies are covered separately on A.C.D. and NCCA.3333OrganizationBusinessReign GroupThe city's largest conglomerate: construction sites and real estate offices, with a past its own description declines to explainAerie BankA bank whose own page describes asset concealment and offshore transfers for the Leonas GroupSaturn EntertainmentFilm, television and music, headlined by the director Minajima KazuVault SecurityArmed private security with three contract tiers, two of which staff a Chaos advisorZenith ProjectRobotics and embodied AI, with four product lines and a public showcase called Zenith ParkShorewater IndustriesKnown only as Mechanika's employer3535Two smaller operators sit alongside them: Cat Express, the courier service, and Eonbug, the surveillance outfit. ParaBoar is the only criminal organization the game has named and given a territory.3636Future Expansion3838A second city, Chongxiao, was revealed on August 25, 2026 under the framing "Two Cities, Two Adventures." It is presented as the place the player character is from, reached from Nova City by plane, and it has three published locations of its own: Weilan Lake, Mingpu District, and Longqi Village.4040Earlier marketing also spoke in general terms about European-styled and American-styled cities plus countryside zones being added over time. None of those have been named or shown, and Chongxiao is the only additional city confirmed so far.4242Naming History4444Early Project Mugen materials used the abbreviation N.I.U. (Nova Inception Urbs). Later marketing shifted to simply "Nova City" or "Nova." This wiki treats them as the same location unless the developers clarify otherwise.4646Overview4848The city uses Japanese urban styling with the game's cel-shaded anime look. Day and night cycles change the atmosphere and affect gameplay.5050Design5252Nova Inception Urbs looks like a modern Japanese city with varied architecture, street life, and NPCs going about their day. Supernatural elements are mixed into the urban environment.5454Future Cities5656Chongxiao is the confirmed second city. Travel between the two is described in official copy as a plane trip rather than a seamless border crossing, though the exact form it takes in play has not been shown.5858Exploration6060Players can move through the city using various abilities, similar to Spider-Man or GTA. The game offers missions, secrets, and story content spread across the open world.
