An original anime series titled BNA (Brand New Animal) was announced by animation studio Trigger at its Anime Expo panel on Friday. A key visual (pictured) was also previewed at the panel. The television anime will air on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block in 2020.

You Yoshinari—the original creator, director, and character designer for the Little Witch Academia anime franchise—is helming the production. Kazuki Nakashima, the veteran writer behind Kill la Kill and Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, will be in charge of the script. This marks the first time Yoshinari and Nakashima are collaborating.

Yoshinari drew the character line art for the key visual. Canadian artist Genice Chan is credited for the background art and color design.

Studio Trigger was established by directors Hiroyuki Imaishi, Masahiko Otsuka, and producer Kazuya Masumoto in 2011 after they left Gainax. As a part of the 2013 Anime Mirai project, Trigger produced the short film Little Witch Academia, which later inspired a second film in 2015 and a television anime in 2017.

Trigger primarily produces original anime, beginning with Kill la Kill in 2013. The studio's first feature-length anime film, Promare, opened in Japan on May 24, earning a cumulative 731 million yen (approximately US$6.74 million) as of June 30.

Official site: https://bna-anime.com/

Source: Comic Natalie

News tip submitted by zagzee

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