Last summer, Kill la Kill and Little Witch Academia studio Trigger teamed up with alcoholic beverage producer Kirin to produce an internet-exclusive ad for one of Kirin’s drinks. Now that ad has been pulled from Kirin’s official site, apparently due to complaints. The commercial, which …Read more »
Trigger fans heading to this month’s Comic Market in Tokyo should make a beeline for the studio’s booth. That’s because Trigger, the folks behind Kill la Kill , Little Witch Academia and Kiznaiver have created a special, limited-edition artbook for the festival entitled Trigger Girls …Read more »
Little Witch Academia , the little anime short that launched studio Trigger, is all grown up. Luna Nova Magical Academy is making its way to TV, and we’ve got your latest peek at the series via a brand-new trailer courtesy Toho Animation. The series is …Read more »
Rebecca Sugar's Steven Universe isn't exactly shy of its fondness for anime, and the connection is getting even deeper with the latest episode. "Mindful Education" premieres on August 25 (that's today!), and features contributions from animator Takafumi Hori of anime studio Trigger. Hori previously worked …Read more »
In the latest issue of our special Anime USA magazine , our contributors took some time to put together a feature on the ever-expanding world of anime shorts. Naturally we didn't have enough room to cover all of them, and while Trigger got plenty of …Read more »
Anyone who’s spent time reading up on the behind-the-scenes of the anime industry knows that the talent folks behind our favorite pastime face a lot of difficulties, from low wages to overwork to burnout and even serious medical issues. The latest report about the sometimes …Read more »
Pixiv Zingaro, the Tokyo gallery co-run by art-sharing site Pixiv and pop artist Takashi Murakami, has been the sight of many anime and manga-based exhibitions since it opened up in otaku paradise Nakano Broadway a few years back. The latest, which runs from May 12 …Read more »
Luluco is an ordinary middle school student. Even though she lives in a city full of interplanetary immigrants and her father is a space patrolman, she’s just your average everyday normal girl. That is until her dad is frozen from accidentally eating illegal space-time pills …Read more »
Can you believe Studio Trigger is five years old? It feels like just yesterday the fledgling studio, founded by a cohort of ex-Studio Gainax geniuses, was putting out the short Little Witch Academia . Five years later, and they’ve got an impressive filmography, including Kill …Read more »
Studio Trigger, the folks behind Little Witch Academia and Kill la Kill , are many things, but lazy is not one of them. The studio is at work on not one but two original anime series set to hit screens this April, and now we’ve …Read more »
Here’s an interesting series of tweets that’s been generating some talk on Japanese social media. Kazuya Masumoto, producer at Studio Trigger ( Little Witch Academia , Kill la Kill ) did some tweeting on the 25th about the “Mt. Fuji-sized gap” between the perceptions of …Read more »
The hype for Star Wars: The Force Awakens is pretty strong over here in Japan, with nebuta floats and even rice fields molded into Star Wars shapes in anticipation of the new film. Publisher Kadokawa and anime magazine Newtype have also gotten in on the …Read more »
Studio Trigger – you know, the Little Witch Academia , Kill la Kill , and Ninja Slayer guys? – are hiring. We know quite a few of you readers are industry geeks, so why don’t we take a look at a real-life anime industry job …Read more »
As much as we love anime itself here at Otaku USA, we also love learning about the business behind anime: the people, the studios, the process – just how does this anime stuff we like so much become a reality? That’s why we were psyched …Read more »
Village Vanguard, named after the famous New York jazz club, is a popular chain of bookstores/hamburger shops (yes, you read that right) in Japan, and they also run a brand of clothing called VV Wear. VV Wear has teamed up with Studio Trigger ( Little …Read more »
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