{"id":127395,"date":"2025-07-03T22:01:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T05:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=127395"},"modified":"2026-11-01T05:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T13:00:17","slug":"virgin-punk-clockwork-girl-coming-to-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/07\/03\/virgin-punk-clockwork-girl-coming-to-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Punk: Clockwork Girl Coming to America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The new <strong>Yasuomi Umetsu<\/strong> anime <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/02\/09\/virgin-punk-clockwork-girl-blasts-into-japanese-theaters-on-june-27\/\"><em>Virgin Punk: Clockwork Girl<\/em><\/a> is &#8220;coming soon&#8221; to American theaters, Aniplex of America has revealed.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">An English-subtitled version of the anime&#8217;s trailer was also released.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Virgin Punk: Clockwork Girl | OFFICIAL TRAILER\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/esQM3UWBgD0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Virgin Punk: Clockwork Girl<\/em>, which is a first installment, premiered in Japanese theaters on June 27 JST. The show is set in the year 2099, where the Medical Android Technology Somadea has aided humanity in conquering injury and illness, but has also resulted in crimes due to its physical ability-enhancing properties. Ubu Kamigori is a bounty hunter who hunts down criminals, but her life takes a turn when she finds a man called Mr. Elegance, whom she has a &#8220;sordid history&#8221; with, waiting in her home.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The anime is Umetsu\u2019s first project-wide directorial role since 2014\u2019s <em>Wizard Barristers&nbsp;<\/em>and is his first&nbsp;<strong>Shaft<\/strong>-produced series, though he has previously worked on&nbsp;Shaft productions like <em>Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story<\/em>&nbsp;(key animation),&nbsp;<em>Pretty Boy Detective Club<\/em>&nbsp;(opening storyboard artist and director et al.),&nbsp;<em>Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Final Season&nbsp;<\/em>(key animation), and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?s=The+Quintessential+Quintuplets%7E\"><em>The Quintessential Quintuplets~<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;(key animation).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;font-size: 12pt\">Staff<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Director:<strong> Yasuomi Umetsu<\/strong> (<em>Kite<\/em>, <em>Mezzo Forte<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Series composer and scriptwriter:<strong>\u00a0Yuya Takahashi<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Kubo Won\u2019t Let Me Be Invisible<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Main animator:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sakugabooru.com\/post?tags=gen%27ichirou_abe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u00a0Genichiro Abe<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(<i>Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu<\/i>\u00a0co-main animator)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Main animator:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sakugabooru.com\/post?tags=shinya_takahashi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shinya Takahashi\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Main animator:\u00a0<strong>Maho Kando<br \/><\/strong>\u2022 Background art director:<strong>\u00a0Yuji Honjo<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Eureka \u2014 Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution<\/em>\u00a0co-background art director)<br \/>\u2022 Background art director:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Yuki Funagakure<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Color designer:\u00a0<strong>Yasuko Watanabe<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Monogatari Series: Off &amp; Monster Season<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Compositing director:\u00a0<strong>Takayuki Aizu<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Bakemonogatari<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Compositing director:\u00a0<strong>Reina Egami<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>The Quintessential Quintuplets~<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Music composer:<strong>\u00a0Yoshiaki Dewa<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Hell\u2019s Paradise<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;font-size: 12pt\">Cast<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 <strong>Saki Miyashita<\/strong> as Ubu Kamigori<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 <strong>Katsuyuki Konishi<\/strong> as Mr. Elegance<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 <strong>Taku Yashiro<\/strong> as Lewis Gaudi<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022<strong> Rui Tanabe<\/strong> as Maggie<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 <strong>Norio Wakamoto<\/strong> as Tommy J<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 <strong>Fuka Izumi<\/strong> as Noa Andriette<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 <strong>Sumire Uesaka<\/strong> as Vespa<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><em><strong>Update: <\/strong>Added Funagakure to the staff credits.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aniplexUSA\/status\/1940902130895712262\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">@aniplexUSA<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Yasuomi Umetsu anime Virgin Punk: Clockwork Girl is &#8220;coming soon&#8221; to American theaters, Aniplex of America has revealed. An English-subtitled version of the anime&#8217;s trailer was also released. Virgin Punk: Clockwork Girl, which is a first installment, premiered in Japanese theaters on June 27 JST. The show is set in the year 2099, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":116320,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[14,1725,330,10832],"class_list":["post-127395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime","tag-anime","tag-original-anime","tag-shaft","tag-virgin-punk-clockwork-girl"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/virgin-punk-second-new-key-visual-e1742605462393.jpg?fit=1075%2C607&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-x8L","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127395"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127395"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172311,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127395\/revisions\/172311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}