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World Witches Take Off! Anime's Promo Video Streamed
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Kadokawa began streaming a promotional video on Monday for the World Witches Hasshin Shimasu—! (World Witches Take Off!) television anime.
The series of 15-minute shorts will premiere on the Tokyo MX 1 channel on January 12 at 24:45 (effectively, January 13 at 12:45 a.m.), and then it will run on BS11 and MBS.
Like the previous Strike Witches: 501st JOINT FIGHTER WING Take Off! anime, the anime will follow the humorous daily lives of the Witches when they are not in battle. However, the new anime will not only feature the 501st Joint Fighter Wing (Strike Witches), but also the 502nd (Brave Witches).
Many of the main staff from Strike Witches: 501st JOINT FIGHTER WING Take Off! are returning for the new anime, including director Fumio Itō, character designer Kei Anjiki, and composer Seikou Nagaoka. acca effe and Giga Production are producing the anime with collaboration by Production I.G and Anime Beans.
Yoko Ishida is singing the opening song "Wanna Fly?" which Kentarō Sonoda wrote, scored, and arranged.The "501 version" ending song is "Colorful Everyday," which a different unit of the 501st Joint Fighter Wing will perform from one episode to the next. Naozumi Mabuchi wrote, scored, and arranged the song. Similarly, the "502 version" ending song is "Awesome days!," which a different unit of 502nd Joint Fighter Wing will perform from one episode to the next. Mitsu wrote the song, and TRYTONELABO's Shunsuke Takizawa scored and arranged the song.
The cast members of the previous anime projects are also returning for the new anime.
Sources: Kadokawa Anime's YouTube channel, Comic Natalie
