{"rewrite":{"id":"r_0f26334a98c0e8319ee7c667","clusterId":"c_9d996448b7d10888955f9409","slug":"wit-studio-reveals-original-tv-anime-lona-for-spring-2027","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"WIT Studio Reveals Original TV Anime LONA for Spring 2027","summary":"WIT Studio announced a new original television anime titled LONA, set to premiere in spring 2027. The project brings together screenwriter Akiko Nogi (Unnatural, MIU404, Last Mile) and director Takashi Katagiri (SPY×FAMILY Code: White). Posuka Demizu, creator of The Promised Neverland, provides original character designs. The anime is described as a brain science adventure set in a near-future world where people are attacked by the dead. The story follows researcher Ao and trainee Sango at the Laboratory of Optics and Neural Analysis, or LONA, as they analyze the brains of the deceased to solve the mystery. The setting is modeled after the SPring-8 synchrotron radiation facility at RIKEN in Hyogo Prefecture. The main cast includes Minako Kotobuki as Ao, Anna Nagase as Sango, and Fuka Izumi as Mugen, the facility's mascot. Music is composed by Yuko Sebu. The project began development in 2020, according to animation producer Kazuki Yamanaka. Alongside the announcement, WIT Studio released three teaser visuals and two trailer videos.","whyItMatters":"This marks the first original TV anime from screenwriter Akiko Nogi, best known for live-action dramas, and reunites key SPY×FAMILY staff at WIT Studio for a brain-science mystery that has been in development for six years.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eComposer Yuko Sebu said she was invited to the project by Nogi at the Academy Awards ceremony. \u0026#34;What a wonderful coincidence!\u0026#34; Sebu said in a statement. \u0026#34;Surrounded by the WIT STUDIO team and director Katagiri, who are all enjoying making the work, I\u0026#39;m having so much fun!\u0026#34;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnimation producer Kazuki Yamanaka said the project began in 2020 and that production is still ongoing. \u0026#34;We\u0026#39;re thinking and challenging ourselves daily, led by Katagiri-kun and Iino-san, to not lose to Nogi-san\u0026#39;s script power,\u0026#34; Yamanaka said. \u0026#34;Happily, many strong and creative staff have gathered.\u0026#34; He added that the team has 10 more months of production before the spring 2027 broadcast.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWIT STUDIO president Joji Wada noted that the anime arrives in the studio\u0026#39;s 15th year. \u0026#34;Each completed piece of footage exceeds my imagination, and I\u0026#39;m amazed daily, thinking \u0026#39;That\u0026#39;s really good!\u0026#39;\u0026#34; Wada said.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe three teaser visuals were posted in countdown format on X from the accounts of WIT STUDIO, Nogi, and the official LONA account. One visual focuses on trainee researcher Sango with researcher Ao reflected in her eye. Another depicts the LONA facility interior. The third features a key object central to the story.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCharacter designer Yudai Iino said he was surprised and anxious when asked to join the project but became positive as he deepened his understanding of the work. Sub-character designers are Ayumi Yamada and Keisuke Okura. The full staff list includes art director Yumiko Kuga, 3DCG director Shigenori Hirozumi, and sound director Shoji Hata.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"WIT Studio announced original TV anime LONA for spring 2027, with screenwriter Akiko Nogi (Unnatural) and director Takashi Katagiri (SPY×FAMILY Code: White). A brain science mystery about analyzing the dead's memories. Posuka Demizu handles character designs.","twitterPost":"LONA: WIT Studio's next original anime teams SPY×FAMILY director Katagiri with live-action screenwriter Nogi. The setting is modeled after a real synchrotron facility. Development started in 2020. Spring 2027 premiere.","threadsPost":"WIT Studio's 'LONA' assembles a team from outside the usual anime pipeline: live-action drama writer Akiko Nogi and film director Takashi Katagiri. The brain-science premise and real-world lab setting suggest WIT is aiming for a grounded, procedural tone rather than fantasy.","newsletterBlurb":"WIT Studio announced LONA, an original TV anime from screenwriter Akiko Nogi and director Takashi Katagiri, set for spring 2027. The brain science adventure follows researchers analyzing the memories of the dead. 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