Shaft and Yasuomi Umetsu Team Up for New Anime Virgin Punk
A Shaft-produced original action anime titled Virgin Punk has been announced. The show’s director and character designer is Yasuomi Umetsu, the director of anime like Kite, Mezzo Forte, and Wizard Barristers.
Chapter 1 of the new “series,” Clockwork Girl, will debut in early summer 2025 at Cinelibre Ikebukuro and Theater Umeda. Shaft and Umetsu are co-credited as the creators.
Some of Virgin Punk‘s other staff include:
• Series composer and scriptwriter: Yuya Takahashi (Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible)• Main animator: Genichiro Abe (Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu co-main animator)• Main animator: Shinya Takahashi • Main animator: Maho Kando
Get a look at Umetsu’s return as a project-wide director (his first time since 2014’s Wizard Barristers) with the trailer below. A visual was also released.
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Sources: press release, Aniplex Online Fest 2024
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