Studio Trigger Reveals 'BNA' Anime Series for 2020 Premiere

by Vindstot
Jul 5, 2019 9:15 PM | 64 Comments

An original anime series titled BNA (Brand New Animal) was announced by animation studio Trigger at its Anime Expo panel on Friday. A key visual (pictured) was also previewed at the panel. The television anime will air on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block in 2020.

You Yoshinari—the original creator, director, and character designer for the Little Witch Academia anime franchise—is helming the production. Kazuki Nakashima, the veteran writer behind Kill la Kill and Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, will be in charge of the script. This marks the first time Yoshinari and Nakashima are collaborating.

Yoshinari drew the character line art for the key visual. Canadian artist Genice Chan is credited for the background art and color design.

Studio Trigger was established by directors Hiroyuki Imaishi, Masahiko Otsuka, and producer Kazuya Masumoto in 2011 after they left Gainax. As a part of the 2013 Anime Mirai project, Trigger produced the short film Little Witch Academia, which later inspired a second film in 2015 and a television anime in 2017.

Trigger primarily produces original anime, beginning with Kill la Kill in 2013. The studio's first feature-length anime film, Promare, opened in Japan on May 24, earning a cumulative 731 million yen (approximately US$6.74 million) as of June 30.

Official site: https://bna-anime.com/

Source: Comic Natalie

News tip submitted by zagzee

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20 of 64 Comments Recent Comments

Reiveth said:
The elitism here is fucking retarded lmao, trigger is great, ratings and sales prove it, and yet weeb fart sniffing snobs have to pathetically argue in the comments of a fucking news post. Keep up the stereotype

Welcome to the shithole that is MAL Forums lol

As for this, I'm not surprised that they jumped on the furry train, but I've been a fan of everything Trigger has released recently except Kiznaiver so I'm pretty excited especially when looking at the staff on this

Jan 1, 2020 4:15 AM by Tokoya

The elitism here is fucking retarded lmao, trigger is great, ratings and sales prove it, and yet weeb fart sniffing snobs have to pathetically argue in the comments of a fucking news post. Keep up the stereotype

Jul 11, 2019 8:09 PM by Reiveth

Trigger saving anime once again xD. Insta PTW.

Jul 10, 2019 1:24 AM by chriskor022

Looks interesting, I'll definitely watch it.

Jul 8, 2019 11:13 PM by RaginCajun

syncrogazer said:
Did Promare even do well in its theatrical run? lol this looks like shit.

It did thanks to word of mouth.

Jul 8, 2019 7:16 PM by Dab1za9

hm, it smells like another copy

Jul 8, 2019 4:55 PM by momoeirin

"furry", "furries", "fur", really?
What does this have to do with the series ? I never once read this in texts about Mickey Mouse, Donald DUck or whatever else.

Jul 8, 2019 7:18 AM by Rei_III

lol the hate on Trigger on this thread is strong well at least they make original anime more but ye their stories are like nothing new and some are even stolen like with Promare but they only copy the basic plot anyway and make it their own story overall

Jul 8, 2019 7:05 AM by deg

Did Promare even do well in its theatrical run? lol this looks like shit.

Jul 8, 2019 6:59 AM by syncrogazer

Didnt know that hating Trigger was the new cool thing to do these days.

Jul 7, 2019 6:23 PM by DatRandomDude

Yasamura said:

Asaeed said:

Kill la kill is their only good show.

Little Witch Academia is pretty good okay

Agreed. On the first movie. 10/10.
Series was sort of stale.

Jul 7, 2019 5:09 PM by Fabris

Looks interesting. As for furries I don't worry.

Jul 7, 2019 4:48 PM by removed-user

Hamazura said:
absolutely disgusting.

sh*tgger trying to leave Gainax's shadow as always and, as always failing outrageously

Good job shitting on something that's not even possible to watch yet. You're really cool.

Jul 7, 2019 2:32 PM by TsukuyomiREKT

absolutely disgusting.

sh*tgger trying to leave Gainax's shadow as always and, as always failing outrageously

Jul 7, 2019 10:16 AM by Hamazura

Greyleaf said:

Imaishi said:

What a stupid post, honestly. Glossing over the pathetic 'lol u are kid and have shit taste' tone and the previous passive agressive post, implying Imaishi's work are soulless or anything less than pure passion for the medium is being fucking blind. I would argue that SnK is way more of a 'appeal to the masses' thing with very little risks taken, and its directing lacks anything unique. That is a product. While you can instantly spot Imaishi's work because he, unlike the snk guy, actually has unique style, he's one of a kind. Araki does what? Just adaptations, and brings little from himself to these. He directed fucking guilty crown, lol.
Anyway, whatever, I'm not doing any more bickering over whose favourites are better, but this 'no soul' argument leads to nothing, because it can't even be properly backed up, and is such a vague accusation it's just stupid to use. Bring something concrete, or just go away with meaningless posts.

Dude's obviously just trying to get a rise out of people. No one in their right mind gives TTGL a 1, unless—as you said—they're blind.

Ehhh, that's really debatable.

RayReynolds said:
I'm not saying that trigger right now is copying plots of popular manga or with a lot of reputation with announced adaptation a long time ago and now decide to make an anime with the same topic, but considering how condescending their fans, they believe: "trigger is the most original thing that exists, like Gainax and invented whole genres", I still see people who believe that Gainax invented the mecha with evangelion (because it is the only mecha they know) and because few people consult sources to confirm the truth.
I think that in a certain way it is a psychological strategy so that people continue believing that they are the first in everything.

Lmao so fucking true.

Jul 7, 2019 9:58 AM by Cabron

I'm not saying that trigger right now is copying plots of popular manga or with a lot of reputation with announced adaptation a long time ago and now decide to make an anime with the same topic, but considering how condescending their fans, they believe: "trigger is the most original thing that exists, like Gainax and invented whole genres", I still see people who believe that Gainax invented the mecha with evangelion (because it is the only mecha they know) and because few people consult sources to confirm the truth.
I think that in a certain way it is a psychological strategy so that people continue believing that they are the first in everything.

Jul 7, 2019 5:50 AM by RayReynolds

I'm of the opinion Trigger was ALWAYS rubbish. The more they produce the more I've come to think Gurren Lagann was just a fortunate accident, and I don't even think its that good. Kiznaiver could be blamed on Mari Okada but I doubt it would fare much better if left completely to Imaishi and Otsuka since they have a habit of reusing overused tropes and killing of their best plots/characters for bigger explosions.

Jul 7, 2019 2:42 AM by MoonStar9

Well this thread is... mega o o f to say the least.

To be quite frank we don't know how things will go for this series but the bold idea of "Trigger is creatively going bankrupt" uh... you do realize that these are taken at face value, correct?

And even if people were correct, it's still going to be at face value (at least as of writing this) since we ain't sure how this will be seen as. And with the creativity put into play... well, execution matters the most. I can get that the concept isn't for everyone especially for those that aren't into furries (I'm friends with some of them, but I'm not a furry myself), but I feel like people are just massively shooting for bullets.

Not trying to be mean here in the thread, but I feel rather awkward with the statements being made here.

Jul 7, 2019 1:53 AM by removed-user

ganomed said:

Sjo said:

holy fudge, you sound so pretentious.
those big words become pretty irrelevant when you can't speak proper english btw
also funny you should mention people being 12 with attack on titan in your top 10 lol norm

I didn't say that whatever is popular is shit, I'm not this kind of person.
Maybe you didn't see through it, but SnK is not really your generic anime full of fan service. In fact the author applies itself to make the exact opposite of everything you expect, it's quite audacious, not everyone can deal with the frustration.
While stuff like Guren Laggan or Code Geass for example (maybe you like this one too?) are just commercial products whose only purpose is to make lot of money by pleasing the largest possible audience, you'll understand that taking risks is not an option so they're just a collection of proven and bland anime clichés.
Some would argue that the purpose of every anime is to make money but on one hand we have the vision of an artist creating something new and unique that you might dislike and on the other a bunch of people industrially applying a well known recipe, that's pretty different.
When you'll grown a bit older you should try to rewatch your currents favorites to perhaps realize they have no soul.

You just proved his/her point by typing a wall of pretentious moaning that no one would dare bother to even read. Quite the hoity toity anime connoisseur you must be, huh?

Jul 7, 2019 12:28 AM by KusogakiRenfir

Imaishi said:

ganomed said: