Aniplex of America has announced that Virgin Punk: Clockwork Girl the first installment in the original anime project by Yasuomi Umetsu and studio SHAFT will be released in theaters across the United States.
Official Trailer:
CAST:
Ubu Kamigori: Saki Miyashita
Mr. Elegance: Katsuyuki Konishi
Lewis Gaudi: Taku Yashiro
Maggie: Rui Tanabe
Tommy J: Norio Wakamoto
Noa Andriette: Fuka Izumi
Vespa: Sumire Uesaka
STAFF:
Original Idea: Yasuomi Umetsu, SHAFT
Director, Character Design: Yasuomi Umetsu
Series Composition, Screenplay: Yuya Takahashi
Key Animators: Genichiro Abe, Shinya Takahashi, Maho Kando
Art Setting: Shinichi Yokota
Art Directors: Yushi Honjo, Yuki Funagakure
Color Setting: Yasuko Watanabe
Composite Directors: Takayuki Aizu, Rei Egami
Editor: Rie Matsubara
Sound Director: Syoji Hata
Music: Yoshiaki Dewa
Animation Production: SHAFT
INTRODUCTION:
Yasuomi Umetsu is an incredibly talented writer, director, and character designer from Japan who has captivated fans from all over the world with his unique worlds from works such as KITE (1998) and MEZZO FORTE (2000), among others. In recent years, he has worked in multiple capacities, including directing the opening and ending sequences of various popular titles and working as an animator. This occasion marks his return as animation director, for the first time in 10 years, with the title VIRGIN PUNK.
Animation studio SHAFT joins forces with Director Yasuomi Umetsu to animate the visuals for this title. The studio has created and gifted the world with much-loved titles such as Puella Magi Madoka Magica and the Monogatari series.
VIRGIN PUNK is the progeny of Yasuomi Umetsu and SHAFT, an entirely original animation series created and planned by this talented team.
Yuya Takahashi, a screenwriter known for his work on the Kamen Rider series and drama Mountain Doctor, takes the reins of the script. Maximizing the unique animated expressions found in VIRGIN PUNK, he depicts the anguish experienced by Ubu, the story’s protagonist, who must live her life as a bounty hunter, painting a story of the intense characters that draw her in with their desires and chaos, interwoven into her life.
SUMMARY:
Conditions for Receiving Bounty: Bring the brain of a wanted criminal possessing illegal Somadea to authorities. Whether the target is alive or dead…is irrelevant.
The year is 2099. Humanity has advanced, overcoming all injuries and illnesses with the development of the Medical Android Technology “Somadea.” However, along with the development of Somadea, crimes misusing said technology have rapidly increased.
Somadea grants physical abilities far superior to those of normal flesh and blood, and by illegally modifying it, Somadea can be misused for criminal purposes.
To deal with these Somadea crimes, the government established the Bounty Hunter System. Civilians registered as bounty hunters are permitted to kill illegal Somadea users designated as wanted criminals by the police. In return, they are rewarded with large amounts of bounty money.
In this unforgiving world, Ubu Kamigori makes a living hunting down criminals as a bounty hunter. But one day, when she returns home from a job, she finds the man with whom she has a sordid history waiting there – Mr. Elegance. And so, her destiny begins to unravel.
A tale woven by mechanical girls and the smell of gunpowder smoke, this suspenseful action begins!
Sources: Anime Expo 2025, Aniplex USA YouTube
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