'Lycoris Recoil' Gets Short Movies

The 2nd anniversary special program for the Lycoris Recoil television anime announced six short movies on Tuesday. Different staff members will be directing and storyboarding each of the six movies, with Shingo Adachi in charge of supervision. Character designer Imigimuru will also handle the script for some of the episodes. The short movies will feature the daily lives of Chisato, Takina, and their friends. The original anime aired in 13 episodes in Summer 2022. Aniplex of America licensed the anime in North America and streamed it on Crunchyroll, with a subsequent English dub. A new anime project was announced in February 2023. Lycoris Recoil marked the directorial debut of Shingo Adachi (Sword Art Online character design, chief animation director) at A-1 Pictures. Asaura (Ben-To manga) penned the script, and Imigimuru (Kono Bijutsubu ni wa Mondai ga Aru! manga) designed the characters. Shuuhei Mutsuki (Sansha Sanyou) composed the music. Official site: https://lycoris-recoil.com/ Official X (Twitter): @lycoris_recoil Lycoris Recoil (Short Movie) on MAL