During Anime Expo 2025, Aniplex of America announced that it will be theatrically releasing Yasuomi Umetsu’s Clockwork Girl, the first story in the Virgin Punk anime. Alongside the announcement, a trailer was released.
Check out the trailer below:
The cast and staff of the anime include:
Cast
- Saki Miyashita as Ubu Kamigori
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Mr. Elegance
- Taku Yashiro as Lewis Gaudi
- Rui Tanabe as Maggie
- Norio Wakamoto as Tommy J
- Fūka Izumi as Noa Andriette
- Sumire Uesaka as Vespa
Staff
- Director:Yasuomi Umetsu
- Animation Production: SHAFT
- Series composition and scripts: Yūya Takahashi
- Animators: Gen’ichirou Abe, Shinya Takahashi, and Maho Kando
- Sub-Character Design: Keita Matsumoto
- Mechanic Design: Niθ
- Prop Design: Naoko Kouda, Shinya Nishizawa
- Art Setting: Shin’ichi Yokota
- Art Directors: Yūshi Honjō, Yuki Funagakure
- Assistant Art Director: Mizuki Saitō
- Monitor Graphics: Capsule
- 3DCG: Moe, Cre-p Co., Ltd., Dandelion Animation Studio, SHAFT
- Editing: Rie Matsubara
- Sound Director: Shōji Hata
- Music: Yoshiaki Dewa
- Distribution: Aniplex.
Clockwork Girl premiered in Japan on June 27 at Cine Libre Ikebukuro in Tokyo and Theatre Umeda in Osaka. The film opened at #1 in the mini-theater rankings. Lastly, here’s an overview of the series via My Anime List:
The story follows Ubu, a young woman who finds herself living the dangerous life of a bounty hunter. As she grapples with her inner turmoil, she becomes entangled in a world filled with chaos and the desires of the powerful and eccentric individuals around her.