After approximately 14 years since its original broadcast, the anime series Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt is set to return with a new series in 2025. The announcement was made on the official New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT social media accounts, accompanied by a teaser visual – available to your left.
The teaser visual features key characters Panty, Stocking, Brief, Garterbelt, and Chuck, along with their adversaries Kneesocks, Scanty, and Fastener.
The main staff for the new series has been revealed, and their first talk video has been uploaded on the TRIGGER channel on YouTube. In the video, director Hiroyuki Imaishi, series composition and concept planner Hiromi Wakabayashi, character designer and art director Shigeto Koyama, and character designers/animation directors SUSHiO and Masaru Sakamoto discuss the visuals and their thoughts on the new series. You can watch the full video below:
The animation will be produced by TRIGGER, known for works such as Kill la Kill, Promare, and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners among others. Hiroyuki Imaishi will return as the director. Atushi Nishigori, the original character designer for the previous series, will also return. Hiromi Wakabayashi will continue to handle the series composition.
Shigeto Koyama, who worked on the character design for Promare, SUSHiO, who served as a character designer for Kill la Kill, and Masaru Sakamoto, who designed characters for Gridman Universe and the SSSS.GRIDMAN series, will be responsible for character designs. Additionally, Yoh Yoshinari, a creator at TRIGGER, will join as a special specialist.
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