Virgin Punk (Japanese: ヴァージン・パンク, Hepburn: Vājin Panku) is an upcoming original anime film series created by director Yasuomi Umetsu and animation production studio Shaft. It is directed by and features character designs by Umetsu, with Yuji Honjo and Yuki Funagakure serving as art directors, Yūya Takahashi writing film scripts, and Yoshiaki Dewa composing the music. The first part, Clockwork Girl, is set to be theatrically released in Q3 2025.
| Virgin Punk | |
 Key visual | |
| ヴァージン・パンク (Vājin Panku) | |
|---|---|
| Created by | |
| Anime film series | |
| Directed by | Yasuomi Umetsu |
| Written by | Yūya Takahashi |
| Music by | Yoshiaki Dewa |
| Studio | Shaft |
| Licensed by | Aniplex of America (pending) |
| Released | Q3 2025 – scheduled |
List of films
edit| Episode | Release date |
|---|---|
| Clockwork Girl | Q3 2025 |
Production
editPre-production on the project began in late 2014 following the end of Umetsu's previous (and final) work with studio Arms.[1] For the next several years, Umetsu continued working on the project while taking on other work in the final years of Arms' production studio as well as elsewhere until 2018 when his output decreased. From 2020 onwards, he mainly appeared in contributing key animation to several studio Shaft works, including some outsourced work, as well as directing the opening to Pretty Boy Detective Club (2021).[1] For the opening, Shaft's president, Mitsutoshi Kubota, gave the "Umetsu team" (most of whom were already involved with Virgin Punk) the name of "Shaft Umegumi" in the credits as reference.[1] The project was officially announced in September 2024 at Aniplex Online Fest, with the first part scheduled for a Q3 2025 release.[2]
See also
edit- Kite, 1998 anime OVA by the same director
- Mezzo Forte, 2000 anime OVA by the same director
References
edit- ^ a b c Umetsu, Yasuomi (September 17, 2024). 次回監督作品・解禁です [My Next Directorial Work: Now Revealed]. FC2 Blog (in Japanese). Retrieved September 17, 2024.
- ^ Cayanan, Joanna (September 16, 2024). "Aniplex Unveils Virgin Punk Original Animation Series by Director Yasuomi Umetsu, Studio Shaft". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
External links
edit- Official website (in Japanese)
- Virgin Punk (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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