Trigger and A-1’s DARLING in the FRANKXX Anime Teased

Joseph Luster July 5, 2017

As previously reported, Studio Trigger announced a trio of anime projects at Anime Expo 2017, one of which is a co-production with Sword Art Online and Blue Exorcist studio A-1 Pictures. That’s DARLING in the FRANKXX, and Aniplex followed up the announcement with the first teaser promo.

DARLING in the FRANKXX features Atsushi Nishigori (The IDOLM@STER) as director, with Toshifumi Arai (chief animation director on Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic) as assistant director, Naotaka Hayashi (Robotics;Notes, scenario supervision on Steins;Gate) teaming up with Nishigori on series composition, Shigeto Koyama (Gunbuster 2, Star Driver) on mechanical design, and Masayoshi Tanaka (character designs on anohana, High School of the Dead) handling character design, action supervision, and chief animation direction.