Crunchyroll and Adult Swim have announced a new logo of the adult swim anime series with titled Fena: Pirate Princess.
Toonami made the announcement on his Facebook page. They wrote: “The call of the best seas! Toonami is proud to announce a new animated series with the logo. Fena: Pirate Princess nade and Crunchyroll adult production is expected to sail in 2021 in Toonami!”
Alongside the announcement of the new series, Crunchyroll presented a first trailer on its YouTube channel.
Fena: Pirate Princess is an animated series that tells the story of Fena Houtman, a young orphan.
Fena was raised on an island, where locals were used as non-public assets throughout the British Empire.
Although it may seem that Fena is doomed to be used by another orphan in the British Empire, her mysterious beyond will knock on the door and break the chains of her oppressors.
Not only will Crunchyroll break the chains of her oppressors, but Crunchyroll points out that she will “forge a new identity, without slavery, and seek a position to which she can belong and notice the true mysteries.” . ” “
The series is directed through B: character author and key animator Kazuto Nakazawa. The animation will be directed through Production I.G. and the series will be a joint production of adult swimming and Crunchyroll.
In the trailer above, Nakazawa talked about the series and had been running on the series for “about a year and a half”.
He also noted that the story takes place in Europe in the 18th century. Nakazawa said: “This is happening in the 18th century in Europe. I’m trying to create a show, adventure and action.”
He also described the series as “somewhere between a Manga Shonen and a Shojo Manga”. He explained, “I added action, and then forced myself to come with a love story detail in which I am horrible.”
He continued: “From this to anything the audience would love to see. That’s what I’ve been doing lately. I’m doing everything I can so you can see it very soon.”
Nakazawa concluded, “I hope you wait patiently for this hour.”
Adult Swim’s senior vice president and director of live creation expressed his enthusiasm for the series: “I’m very happy to be able to announce our next animated series co-produced with our Crunchyroll partners and bring Nakazawa’s exclusive vision to life.”
Sarah Victor, Crunchyroll’s progression manager, also said, “The global anime network will love venturing out with Fena in this new series that will begin next year.”
He added: “We are very happy to race with Adult Swim to bring this new series to life.”
The series will be broadcast as a component of Adult Swim’s Toonami programming and will also be broadcast on Crunchyroll in 2021.
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