Title: Little Witch Academia (Young Animator Training Project) The Enchanted Parade (film)
Japanese: リトルウィッチアカデミア 魔法仕掛けのパレード
Airing dates: 8/1/2017 (TV series 25 episodes) and 11/12/2016 (premiere)
Theatrical release dates: 2/3/2013 (Wakate Animator Ikusei Project) and 3/7/2015 (Mahōjikake no Parade)
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Magic, School
Director: Yoh Yoshinari
Assistant director: Yoshihiro Miyajima (film)
Written by: Michiru Shimada (TV, film) and Masahiko Otsuka (Anime Mirai)
Music by: Michiru Oshima
Character designer: Shūhei Handa (TV)
Assistant animation directors: Takafumi Hori, Yusuke Yoshigaki (Mirai), Atsushi Nishigori, Mai Yoneyama and Sushio (film)
Sound director: Jun Watanabe (TV and film)
Directors of photography: Daisuke Okumura, Naoki Yorozu (TV), Eiji Tsuchida (film) and Toyonori Yamada (Mirai)
Art directors: Masanobu Nomura (TV), Yūji Kaneko (Mirai and film)
Art assistant: Ryutaro Ueda (film)
Background art by: Giang Van (TV), Ayaka Fujii, Seiko Yoshioka and Takayuki Suzuki (Mirai)
Color setting by: Yukiko Kakita
CG animation by: Shouko Hayashi (film)
2D work by: Natsuki Wada (film)
Artist management by: Mika Yamakawa (film)
Assistant recording engineer: Adrien Bolko (film)
Design by: Yusuke Yoshigaki (TV)
Editing by: Kentarou Tsubone
Animation producer: Naoko Tsutsumi (film)
Executive producer: Takanori Aki (film)
Producers: Naoko Tsutsumi (Mirai), Daisuke Okeda, Masahiko Otsuka and Yoshiki Usa (film)
Associate producers: Katsuhiro Takei and Yoshihiro Furusawa (film)
Studio: Trigger
Network: Tokyo MX, BS11, KTV
Opening theme: "Shiny Ray" by YURiKA
Ending theme: "Hoshi wo Tadoreba (星を辿れば / If You Follow the Stars)" by Yuiko Ōhara
Movie theme song: "Magic Parade" by Yuiko Ōhara
Main cast: Atsuko "Akko" Kagari (アツコ・"アッコ"・カガリ) voiced by Megumi Han (JP) and Erica Mendez (EN)
Lotte Yanson (ロッテ・ヤンソン) voiced by Fumiko Orikasa (JP) and Stephanie Sheh (EN)
Sucy Manbavaran (スーシィ・マンババラン) voiced by Michiyo Murase (JP) and Rachelle Heger (EN)
Diana Cavendish (ダイアナ・キャベンディッシュ) voiced by Yōko Hikasa (JP) and Laura Post (EN)
Amanda O'Neill (アマンダ・オニール) voiced by Arisa Shida (JP) and Marianne Miller (EN)
Constanze Braunschbank Albrechtsberger (コンスタンツェ・ブラウンシュバン ク・アルブレヒツベルガー) voiced by Rie Murakawa (JP) and Jennifer Alyx (EN)
Jasminka Antonenko (ヤスミンカ・アントネンコ) voiced by Reina Ueda (JP) and Stephanie Sheh (EN)
Professor Ursula (アーシュラ先生) / Shiny Chariot (シャイニィ シャリオ) voiced by Noriko Hidaka (JP) and Alexis Nichols (EN)
Supporting cast: Hannah (ハンナ) voiced by Eri Nakao (JP) and Jennifer Alyx (EN)
Barbara (バーバラ) voiced by Chinatsu Akasaki (JP) and Alexis Nichols (EN)
Principal Holbrooke (ポルブルック校長) voiced by Ikuko Tani
Professor Finnelan (フィネラン先生) voiced by Rurika Yamamoto
Professor Lukitsch (ルーキッチ先生) voiced by Mari Okamoto
Professor Badcock (バドコック先生) voiced by Asami Yano
Professor Nelson (ネルソン先生) voiced by Minami Takayama
Magical Curio shop owner (魔法道具屋の店員) voiced by Akihiro Matsushima
Avery (エイブリ) voiced by Madoka Asahina
Alcol (アルコル)
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Synopsis: TV version of Little Witch Academia. Episodes 1, 2 and 3 will be previewed at a screening at Cinema Mediage (Tokyo) and Toho Cinames Umeda (Osaka) on December 11, 2016. Regular broadcasting will begin in January, 2017.
Akko Kagari is an ordinary girl who joins the renowned witch academy for witch girls, Luna Nova Academy. When she was younger, she went to Magical Festa, a magic show hosted by a witch named Shiny Chariot. Akko was so mesmerized and inspired by Shiny Chariot's performance that she dreamed to someday be a "cool" witch like her. This young and impressionable Akko takes Shiny Chariot's words as her own motto: "Never forget, a believing heart is your magic.“ As part of a class, Akko and her classmates go into a labyrinth under the Tower of Luna Nova. There, a sealed ancient dragon was unleashed by one of her classmates. Akko tries to stop the dragon, but…
Little Witch Academia is one of the four anime works that each received 38 million yen (about US$480,000) from the "2012 Young Animator Training Project." Just like in 2010 and 2011, the animation labor group received 214.5 million yen (US$2.65 million) from the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs, and it distributed most of those funds to studios who train young animators on-the-job.
there are 2 films and cameos in Space Patrol Luluco, Inferno cop before ep.1gdpetti said:Little Witch Academia? I keep hoping for these to take an more esoteric/occult trajectory but they never do....