![]() Titled ‘Little Witch Academia 2’, the Kickstarter aimed to raise $150,000 from western fans in order to increase the length of the short film from 20 minutes to 35 minutes. It is almost impossible to talk about the Enchanted Parade without making mention of Studio TRIGGER’s Kickstarter fundraiser. Will Akko’s Happy Time Projectplay out according to plan, or will an indifferent society get in the way of spreading joy? The Enchanted Parade Kickstarter Having a hard time convincing her disgruntled friends and rivals, Akko is this time joined by three new faces: Amanda, Constanze, and Jasminka. While the story has held up unfavorably amongst some fans, departing from its dungeon crawling plot to, instead, delve into Akko as she more closely pursues her dreams of becoming a performer. With Kill la Killconcluding a year earlier, the TRIGGER was able to leverage some of its big guns to bring this film to life, with Yoh Yoshinari to direct the project once again. Little Witch Academia: The Enchanted Paradeįollowing the success of the original short film, Studio TRIGGER decided to revisit Little Witch Academia through a sequel film. This is similar to new animators today who enter the industry in Japan, drawing their inspiration from low-brow late-night anime, often feeling isolated from other professionals who found their start being fans of Disney and other well-respected animations much like the other witches at Luna Nova who are following in the footsteps of their family tradition. ![]() Driven by passion, both Akko and the animators embark on an unlikely journey to achieve their dreams.Īkko’s inspiration, Shiny Chariot, is a performer who the rest of the Witches consider to be low brow. The story of Little Witch Academia is meant to draw a strong parallel between Akko attending Luna Nova and the young animators working on their very first show. Will Akko find the strength to unlock the power of the rod to save the day and restore Chariot’s reputation as well as her own? A Story for the Animators to Relate to In the struggle to prove herself, she finds the Shiny Rod, the very wand Shiny Chariot used to spread her joy. Little Witch Academia is a story about an aspiring witch, Atsuko ‘Akko’ Kagari, as she leaves Japan to attend the Lunanova School of Witchcraft in the footsteps of her idol Shiny Chariot. From gorgeous animation to breathtaking background art, the short film lived up to the reputation that Studio TRIGGER had built for themselves. With Yoshinari’s love for European architecture and a setting reminiscent of a dungeon-crawling RPGs, Little Witch Academia delivered on a truly unique anime experience at the time. The short film captured the hearts of fans worldwide. ![]() Lead by Yoh Yoshinari, a team of five fresh animators (including the likes of rising star Shuuhei Handa) did the key animation work for what would end up involving over 17000 completed drawings. Its contemporaries included the likes of Madhouse’s Death Billiards, which also went on to receive a full-length adaptation in Winter 2015. Little Witch Academia found its humble origins as part of Japan’s Anime Mirai 2013, a government program set up to help train young animators. The Short Film that Started it All: Little Witch Academia ![]() In the wake of episode 17 and the notorious short series Inferno Cop, the studio had yet to properly show fans what it was capable of producing on its own. Little Witch Academia is Studio TRIGGER’s first serious production after the splitting off from Studio Gainax. ![]()
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