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Yasuomi Umetsu, Shaft's Virgin Punk Original Anime Reveals Cast for 1st Story

The official website for SHAFT, revealed the cast and a new visual for "Clockwork Girl," the first story in the series, on Saturday.

The cast include (Note: Character name romanizations not official):

Saki Miyashita as Ubu Shinsui

Katsuyuki Konishi as Mr. Elegance

Taku Yashiro as Luis Gaudi

Rui Tanabe as Maggy

Norio Wakamoto as Tommy J

Fūka Izumi as Ayano Andriette

Sumire Uesaka as Vespa

"Clockwork Girl" will open theatrically on June 27 at Cine Libre Ikebukuro in Tokyo and Theatre Umeda in Osaka.

The story depicts the suffering of the female protagonist Ubu, and the desire and chaos the strong characters who surround her have woven.

Yasuomi Umetsu and studio SHAFT are credited as original creators. Umetsu (Josee, The Tiger and the Fish 2nd key animation) are the main animators.

Addional staff are:

• Sub-Character Design: Keita Matsumoto
• Mechanic Design: Niθ
• Prop Design: Shinya Nishizawa
• Art Setting: Shin'ichi Yokota
• Art Directors: Yuki Funagakure
• Assistant Art Director: Mizuki Saitō
• Color Design: Yasuko Watanabe
• Compositing Directors of Photography: Rei Egami
• Monitor Graphics: Capsule
• 3DCG: Dandelion Animation Studio, SHAFT
• Editing: Rie Matsubara
• Sound Director: Shōji Hata
• Music: Yoshiaki Dewa
• Distribution: Aniplex

Sources: Virgin Punk anime series' website, Comic Natalie