Pole Princess!! Franchise Gets New CG Theatrical Anime Opening on January 29
The official website for Avex Pictures and Tatsunoko Production's original Pole Princess!! pole dancing anime project revealed on Friday a new theatrical CG anime will screen in six theaters in Japan for two weeks starting on January 29. The new anime is titled Pole Princess!!: Croix du Nord. The new anime will be 60 minutes long and will feature a pole dance show and the new character Luchika Hiyori (name romanization not confirmed). tomari designed the new character, pictured below.
The anime will star returning cast members Rio Tsuchiya, Anna Suzuki, Yui Ogura, Minami Hinata, Yoshino Nanjō, Rina Hidaka, Saori Hayami, and Rie Kugimiya.
The returning staff members include:
- Director: Hitomi Ezoe
- Screenplay: Tōko Machida
- CG Director: Yoshihiro Otobe
- Original Character Designs: tomari
- Animation Character Designs: Kotono Sakurai
- Music: Kenta Higashiohji
- Music Production: Avex Pictures
- Pole Dancing Supervisor: KAORI (STUDIO TRANSFORM)
- Animation Production: Tatsunoko Production
- Original Work: Avex Pictures, Tatsunoko Production
- Distribution: Avex Film Labels
The anime's story takes place after the "Pole Dance Japan Cup." The members of the Galaxy Princesses group receive a phone call from a member of Aile d'Ange with an offer for them to appear as guests at an event Aile d'Ange are hosting. The Galaxy Princesses accept the offer. Later, a mysterious girl suddenly visits Azumi Studio.
The franchise debuted a prologue episode 0 in December 2022, and released the first five-minute net anime episode on YouTube in January 2023. The anime has seven episodes.
The story centers on Hinano, a very normal and mild-mannered 17-year-old girl. Since she was very young her grandmother ran a planetarium that Hinano loved, but one day Hinano found out that the planetarium would be closing down. Hinano worried about whether there was anything she could do for her grandmother and for the planetarium, and she coincidentally one day catches sight of a woman dancing on a pole under a starry sky. She gathers her friends and together they set up a stage in the planetarium to perform shows, and they jump into the world of pole dancing.
Avex Pictures and Tatsunoko Pro are both credited for the original work. Hitomi Ezoe (episode director for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure franchise, Kageki Shoujo!!, Utano☆Princesama Revolutions) directed the anime at Tatsunoko Pro. Tōko Machida (Wake Up, Girls!, Show By Rock!!) wrote the scripts, and tomari was in charge of the original character designs. Yoshihiro Otobe (PriPara, KING OF PRISM by PrettyRhythm) was the CG director. Kenta Higashiohji (BUILD-DIVIDE -#000000- CODE BLACK, Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle) composed the music at Avex Pictures. KAORI of STUDIO TRANSFORM is the pole dancing supervisor.
Avex Pictures had stated in November 2023 the anime film would get an international release, but the film has not yet debuted in North America.
Sources: Pole Princess!! anime's website, Anime Hack
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