Source: Sentai Filmworks press release Official Site: fagirl.com (Japan) Special Thanks to Carolyn Medrano
Sentai Filmworks unboxes their newest acquisition for the Spring 2017 anime simulcast season, FRAME ARMS GIRL (????????????, Fureemuaamuzu Gaaru, 2017), inspired by the popular Frame Arms model kit series! Ao Gennai, an ordinary high school girl, opens a package that was mistakenly delivered to her house. To her surprise, what lies within is a a small robot named Gourai, a Frame Arms Girl with an evolving personality. Ao discovers that Gourai is actually a newly developed prototype, and that she is the first person to activate her. Follow Ao’s antics as she learns the ups and downs of being Gourai’s owner... which will include putting her into competitive fights! The series will be directed by Keiichiro Kawaguchi (PHANTASY STAR ONLINE 2: THE ANIMATION), with sound direction by Satoki Iida (PERSONA 4: The Animation, BLUE EXORCIST: KYOTO SAGA) and series composition overseen by Deko Akao (ANONYMOUS NOISE, FLYING WITCH). The studios helming the project are studio A-CAT (DETECTIVE CONAN: THE RAVEN CHASER (movie 13)) and ZEXCS (LADY JEWELPET, UMI MONOGATARI). FRAME ARMS GIRL is scheduled for an April 2017 release in Japan. It will soon be available to stream on select digital outlets for the Spring 2017 simulcast season with a home video release to follow. For Sentai Filmworks’ latest announcements regarding this and other great titles, be sure to like them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter.
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Sentai Filmworks is a leading global supplier of anime and official anime merchandise, distributing and curating one of the industry’s most diverse libraries of top trending and classic titles. Offering thousands of hours of content across both traditional and digital platforms, Sentai is dedicated to bringing captivating stories and iconic characters directly from Japan. With hit series that include PARASYTE –THE MAXIM–, NO GAME NO LIFE, FOOD WARS!, IS IT WRONG TO TRY TO PICK UP GIRLS IN A DUNGEON?, and AKAME GA KILL!, Sentai’s catalog continues to grow with new favorites like HIMOUTO! UMARU-CHAN and MONSTER MUSUME: EVERYDAY LIFE WITH MONSTER GIRLS, as well as classic anime series such as LEGEND OF THE GALACTIC HEROES.