Too many posts to respond to after the one I did above, so I'm not going to touch on many points that others made.
This is beyond awesome, of course and the fact that Yu is on-board means that we will get an authentic experience; I just hope Executive Meddling doesn't screw things up.
I too think this means that the boat chapter is 100% going to be in (when mentioning specifically, "story beats that could not be done in the game," this just makes too much sense) and it will be great to add to the lore and more story details.
Just think, the basement and the room in the Ghost Hall Building can be expanded upon, the explanation of the CYM and their leaders could be expanded upon, we may see early depictions (as of 'mue II's timeline or 'mue's timeline) of the other leaders, as well as Ziming and Niao Sun.
The possibilities are almost quite literally endless, for what this anime can show off; excited isn't even a fraction of what I'm feeling right now
Has it been confirmed how long the length of each episode is? (I'm guessing the standard 30 mins)