First Take a look at Virgin Punk, Studio SHAFT’s Newest Anime

It isn’t usually that anime are launched which might be completely authentic, not based mostly on any manga or mild novel. Only a few start simply as an anime. However that’s precisely what Virgin Punk, the most recent anime introduced by well-known studio SHAFT, is. Virgin Punk is a completely new story, made only for this upcoming anime. The story will probably be advised in smaller components, the primary of which was simply introduced this week.

The announcement for Virgin Punk got here in the course of the Aniplex On-line Fest stream this previous Monday. Aniplex introduced the mission from SHAFT, beneath director Yasuomi Umetsu, and launched a first-look trailer and a few visuals. The primary a part of the Virgin Punk mission is titled “Clockwork Lady,” hinting at a steampunk theme for the sequence, and it will likely be launched in early summer time 2025 – although solely at two choose cinemas in Tokyo (Cine Libre Ikebukuro) and Osaka (Theater Umeda) for now.

Yasuomi Umetsu Returns to Anime Directing

A Collaboration Between Umetsu and SHAFT

Yasuomi Umetsu goes to be directing Virgin Punk, together with designing the characters. He’s additionally the thoughts behind the anime Kite (1998) and Mezzo Forte (2000), together with the anime film Kiss and Cry. In keeping with the Virgin Punkofficial web site, he has been gaining reputation for his work each domestically and internationally for his work as each an animator and a director for opening and ending anime movies. That’s the reason he’s returning to direct a full mission for the primary time in over ten years.

In the meantime, SHAFT is a giant title studio within the anime world. Works by the studio embody Puella Magi Madoka Magica, the Monogatari sequence, and Mekakucity Actors to call a number of of probably the most well-known titles. Collection like Madoka Magica and Monogatari have gotten basic anime that followers have watched time and again, and proceed to be standard even years after they first aired, giving SHAFT a robust legacy within the anime world.

Virgin Punk is being made by Yasuomi Umetsu working alongside SHAFT. Umetsu is planning and penning this new authentic story thought, however the script has been written by Yuya Takahashi, who additionally wrote the Kamen Rider sequence and Lupin III: Half IV. The primary animators are Gen’ichirou Abe (Kizumonogatari Half 1: Tekketsu movie), Shinya Takahashi (Battle Angel key animation), and Maho Kando (Josee).

What’s Virgin Punk About?

An Authentic Story

As Virgin Punk was simply introduced this week, there may be not numerous info for what the anime will probably be about but. The primary character who’s featured on the promotional poster is known as Ubu, and he or she is a bounty hunter. AnimeNewsNetwork experiences that Virgin Punk will deal with the “struggling” of Ubu, and “the need and chaos the sturdy characters who encompass her have woven,” which can be all of the official web site says proper now. The trailer exhibits Ubu escaping from some type of facility originally, seemingly confused and misplaced, and later showcases her ability with weapons. The setting is 2099 in a semi-futuristic, European-style city, crossing fantasy components with sci-fi ones. It appears to be closely centered on gun battles.

To date, that’s the solely actual info that has been launched. Even the character of how Virgin Punk will probably be launched stays shrouded in thriller in the mean time. The primary film within the mission, titled “Clockwork Lady,” will launch subsequent summer time, although the official web site experiences it’s going to solely be at two theaters for now. Whether or not Virgin Punk will probably be a sequence of flicks, or an anime sequence that simply begins with a film appearing as an additional lengthy introductory episode, stays to be seen. On condition that SHAFT is making the anime, it’s unlikely that it’s going to solely have a restricted launch for very lengthy.

Whereas Virgin Punk could premier solely at two theaters in Japan subsequent summer time, it’s going to probably both unfold to extra theaters over the course of the summer time or begin to air as a standard sequence on TV. Many massive anime premier their first episode (or a number of) at theaters in Japan nowadays, giving followers an opportunity to see it on the massive display and have early entry that others don’t have. The trailer, although, does name it a “Yasuomi Umetsu Movie,” which suggests it might be a sequence of flicks as an alternative. Virgin Punk may properly be both, so hold your eyes on the information within the coming months as extra info is launched.

Virgin Punk will launch in early Summer time 2025.

Sources: AnimeNewsNetwork, Official Web site