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Strike Witches: 501st Joint Fighter Wing Take Off! Movie Gets New Visual & Trailer


Earlier today, the official website for the Strike Witches: 501st Joint Fighter Wing Take Off! anime adaptatoin updated with a new teaser trailer and key visual for the series’ upcoming movie. We break the details down below.

Trailer

The 55-second promo offers a brief at the film in action, as the main characters narrate.

Key Visual

The image features the members of the 501st Joint Fighter Wing standing, weapons drawn, on a grassy hill.

Strike Witches - 501st JOINT FIGHTER WING Take Off Movie Visual

The Strike Witches: 501st Joint Fighter Wing Take Off! movie will hit Japanese theaters on October 4.

Fumio Ito returning to the director’s chair at studios Giga Production and acca effe, with Kei Anjiki (Yotsuiro Biyori) reprising his role as character designer.

The main voice cast from the TV series will reprise their roles in the new show.

Strike Witches: 501st Joint Fighter Wing Take Off! aired in the Spring 2019 broadcast season. Crunchyroll streamed the show as part of their simulcast lineup, and describes the title as:

Strike Witches, the 501st Joint Fighter Wing girls, are back from battle and ready to relax as best they can! War with the deadly Neuroi won’t last forever, but one thing is certain, the war on laundry is eternal. Join these aerial combat cuties in a down-to-earth series highlighting the team’s hijinks between missions.

Source: Yaraon!

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