AstralShift has unveiled the 2D-animated opening sequence for Hell Maiden, “Not my Paradiso,” produced by the Japanese band Mili. They’ve worked on Honkai: Star Rail and Limbus Company, and the production of the original soundtrack of Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights.
The animation was supervised by Jeto of Studio Rosatrium, serving as an homage to late-90s and early-2000s Japanese animation. Anime productions such as Rozen Maiden, Hellsing, and D.Gray-Man have inspired the overall feel,
Hell Maiden is a new game inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy. It’s up to the player to face various hordes in a survivors-like experience, but the resources that define your abilities are the cards in your deck.
As a maiden named Dante, the player must use everything they have to defeat the hordes. Progressing through them will eventually help her find a way through the nine circles of Hell as she seeks salvation.
Besides the enemies, the journey also involves rescuing the Poets of Limbo. Those individuals will grant the player blessings, including abilities, perks, signature attacks, and ultimate weapons.
Drawing on legendary poets such as Homer, Ovid, Horace, and Lucan, they seem essential to the task. Dante is accompanied by the Roman poet Virgil and is protected by the sanctified Beatrice, both of whom should be crucial.
Hell Maiden will be released for PC via Steam Early Access on July 16, 2026.
