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TV Asahi and Toei Animation, the team responsible for the success of the live-action series Kamen Rider and Super Sentai, have taken on the challenge of creating a long-awaited special effects action film with female leading roles. On Sep. 21, Innocent Lilies, also known as Shiromajo Gakuen in Japan, will release at Shinjuku Wald 9. In addition to the theatrical release, the film will be distributed on the Internet for fans worldwide to enjoy.
Innocent Lilies was created with the aim of becoming a story about witches that hadn’t been told before. Screenwriter Reiko Yoshida ( K-On!, Girls und Panzer ) is an active creator in the anime world who has already made a huge success of many works with female main casts and will surely use her skills on this work as well. Koichi Sakamoto will be directing the film. Sakamoto has acquired tremendous confidence from special effects fans due to his diverse background in action works. Such top creators have been selected from the world of anime and the world of special effects to draw up the charm of these heroines using their great abilities in their respective fields.
The main cast of witches will be played by the members of the idol group Denpagumi.inc.: Moga Mogami, Nemu Yumemi, Mirin Furukawa, Eimi Naruse, Ayane Fujisaki, and Risa Aizawa. They will also be performing the theme song. Of course, the film will be filled with action, but will also will include moe content. The charm of the witches with be fully shown, as it also is with idols.
To the delight of overseas fans, the film will be distributed worldwide at the same time as the theatrical release in Japan. Fans from within Japan or abroad will be able to enjoy all ten episodes that are unified for the theatrical release. With the film focused on being worldwide, the enthusiasm of TV Asahi and Toei Animation is easily felt.
The story is set at an academy for training witches. All of the new students have endured various pain and heartache. In fact, that is why they were led to the academy. The upperclassmen assign strict orders on the new group of students necessary for the witches to acquire skills. However, secrets unknown to the them are hidden within the academy. Before long, the final contest for awakening as the White Witch approaches. No one can believe what then transpires...
Source: AnimeAnime
Source article written by Katsunori Takahashi
