Right now, the anime's creator has said The Beginning will be "completely foreign" from any other video game experience, but that's about all there is to go on. SlashGear writes that the game will support both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift and that next month's alpha test starts with a paltry 208 testers from the Tokyo metro area. But should you get in, control won't take place via brainwaves like on the show, as motion controls are on tap for the real-world version.

Getting your hopes for a surprise NerveGear VR headset announcement might be a little premature, though -- we still have six years before the show's 2022 setting arrives.