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MAPPA Announces New Anime With Banana Fish Director Hiroki Utsumi

Bucchigiri?! anime is set for a January television premiere.

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During the MAPPA Stage 2023 event held on Sunday, a new anime titled Bucchigiri?! was announced.

The anime is directed by Hiroko Utsumi and produced by MAPPA, with plans for a television premiere in January.

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The staff is as follows:

  • Original Story: Utsumi
  • Script Supervisor & Scriptwriter: Taku Kishimoto
  • Character Designer and one of the Chief Animation Directors: Takahiro Kagami
  • Sub-Character Design, Chief Animation Directors: Hiroyuki Saita, Kiminori Ito
  • Art Director: Kurumi Suzuki
  • Color Key Artist: Yukiko Kakita
  • Compositing Director of Photography: Shinnosuke Kato
  • Editing: Tomoki Nagasaka
  • Music: Michiru Oshima
  • Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta
  • Sound Production: dugout
  • Animation Producer: Takahiro Ogawa

Utsumi and MAPPA have previously worked together on the Banana Fish anime. Utsumi has also directed popular animes such as Free!- Iwatobi Swim Club, Free! Eternal Summer and both seasons Sk8 the Infinity. 

Source: MAPPA Stage 2023 livestream