The original TV anime LONA is set to premiere in spring 2027, produced by WIT Studio with screenwriter Akiko Nogi making her anime debut.
WIT Studio announced a new original television anime titled LONA, set to premiere in spring 2027. The project brings together screenwriter Akiko Nogi, known for live-action crime dramas and films, making her anime debut. Director Takashi Katagiri, who worked on SPY×FAMILY Code: White, directs the series. Posuka Demizu, creator of The Promised Neverland, provides original character designs.
The anime is described as a brain science adventure set in a near-future world where people are attacked by the dead. The story follows researcher Ao and trainee Sango at the Laboratory of Optics and Neural Analysis, or LONA, as they analyze the brains of the deceased to solve the mystery. The setting is modeled after the SPring-8 synchrotron radiation facility at RIKEN in Hyogo Prefecture. The main cast includes Minako Kotobuki as Ao, Anna Nagase as Sango, and Fuka Izumi as Mugen, the facility's mascot. Music is composed by Yuko Sebu.
The project began development in 2020, according to animation producer Kazuki Yamanaka. Alongside the announcement, WIT Studio released three teaser visuals and two trailer videos. A teaser PV is also available. The series marks the first original TV anime from screenwriter Akiko Nogi and reunites key SPY×FAMILY staff at WIT Studio for a brain-science mystery that has been in development for six years.
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Screenwriter Akiko Nogi, known for live-action crime dramas and films, is writing her first anime. The brain science adventure series 'LONA' will air in spring 2027. WIT Studio produces, with Takashi Katagiri directing and Posuka Demizu on character design. A teaser PV is out.
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WIT Studio announced a new original television anime titled LONA, set to premiere in spring 2027. The project brings together screenwriter Akiko Nogi (Unnatural, MIU404, Last Mile) and director Takashi Katagiri (SPY×FAMILY Code: White). Posuka Demizu, creator of The Promised Neverland, provides original character designs. The anime is described as a brain science adventure set in a near-future world where people are attacked by the dead. The story follows researcher Ao and trainee Sango at the Laboratory of Optics and Neural Analysis, or LONA, as they analyze the brains of the deceased to solve the mystery. The setting is modeled after the SPring-8 synchrotron radiation facility at RIKEN in Hyogo Prefecture. The main cast includes Minako Kotobuki as Ao, Anna Nagase as Sango, and Fuka Izumi as Mugen, the facility's mascot. Music is composed by Yuko Sebu. The project began development in 2020, according to animation producer Kazuki Yamanaka. Alongside the announcement, WIT Studio released three teaser visuals and two trailer videos.
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