Shaft Produces 'Virgin Punk' Original Anime Series

Shaft Produces 'Virgin Punk' Original Anime Series
Staff: • Original Creator, Director, Character Design: Yasuomi Umetsu • Series Composition, Script: Yuuya Takahashi (Lupin III: Part IV) • Main Animator: Genichirou Abe (Kizumonogatari I: Tekketsu-hen), Shinya Takahashi (Fate/stay night Movie: Unlimited Blade Works assistant animation director), Maho Kando (Fate/strange Fake: Whispers of Dawn key animation) • Sub-character Design: Keita Matsumoto (Persona 5 the Animation: The Day Breakers character design) • Art Design: Shinichi Yokota (Psycho-Pass Movie) • Art Director: Yuuji Honjou (Koukyoushihen Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution 2: Anemone), Yuuki Funagakure (Wonder Egg Priority) • Assistant Art Director: Mizuki Saitou (Dance Dance Danseur) • Color Design: Yasuko Watanabe (Bishounen Tanteidan) • Prop Design: Naoko Kouda (Blood-C), Shinya Nishizawa (Kyoukaisenjou no Horizon character design) • Mechanical Design: Niθ (Muv-Luv Alternative) • Director of Photography: Takayuki Aizu (Fate/Extra: Last Encore), Rei Egami (Luminous Witches) • 3DCG: Studio Moe, Cre-p, DandeLion Animation Studio, Shaft • Motion Graphics: Capsule • Editing: Rie Matsubara (Undead Girl Murder Farce) • Sound Director: Shouji Hata (Spy x Family) • Music: Yoshiaki Dewa (Yofukashi no Uta) • Studio: Shaft • Distribution: Aniplex • Official site: https://virgin-punk.com/ • Official X (Twitter): @virginpunk_pr

Source: animate Times

The Aniplex Online Fest 2024 event announced an original anime series titled Virgin Punk on Monday, revealing the production staff, a teaser visual (pictured), and the first promotional video. The first installment, Clockwork Girl, will premiere in Cine Libre Ikebukuro in Tokyo and Theater Umeda in Osaka in early Summer 2025. Yasuomi Umetsu, best known for creating A Kite (Kite) and Mezzo Forte, is credited as the original creator alongside animation studio Shaft. This marks Umetsu's first work in ten years since he created and directed Wizard Barristers: Benmashi Cecil (Wizard Barristers) in 2014. Synopsis The story follows Ubu, a young woman who finds herself living the dangerous life of a bounty hunter. As she grapples with her inner turmoil, she becomes entangled in a world filled with chaos and the desires of the powerful and eccentric individuals around her. Virgin Punk on MAL

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