{"id":68457,"date":"2026-06-19T15:32:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T06:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=68457"},"modified":"2026-06-19T15:32:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T06:32:46","slug":"gundam-studio-sunrise-to-collaborate-with-madoka-magicas-shaft-on-new-anime-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/gundam-studio-sunrise-to-collaborate-with-madoka-magicas-shaft-on-new-anime-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Gundam studio\u00a0Sunrise to collaborate with Madoka Magica&#8217;s Shaft\u00a0on new\u00a0anime\u00a0project\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bandai Namco Filmworks has announced a new anime&nbsp;collaboration&nbsp;between&nbsp;its animation studio&nbsp;<strong>Sunrise<\/strong>&nbsp;and Shaft. A new X account, simply titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sunrise_shaft?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sunrise \u00d7 Shaft New Anime<\/a>,\u201d was launched, along with a teaser trailer and a 5-day reveal countdown.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u250f\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2513<br>\u3000\u3000\u3000<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BAx%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%95%E3%83%88?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30b5\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30bax\u30b7\u30e3\u30d5\u30c8<\/a> \u65b0\u4f5c\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1<br>\u00a0 \u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u00a0 \u00a0 \u89e3\u7981\u307e\u3067\u3010 \u3042\u30685\u65e5 \u3011<br>\u2517\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u251b<br><br>                    2026.6.23 (Tue)  24:30 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/SUNRISExSHAFT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SUNRISExSHAFT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5zAKOiAuVk\">pic.twitter.com\/5zAKOiAuVk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30b5\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30ba\u2715\u30b7\u30e3\u30d5\u30c8\u65b0\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1 (@sunrise_shaft) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sunrise_shaft\/status\/2067547873416478885?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sunrise is known for its work on Gundam&nbsp;and&nbsp;is responsible for&nbsp;creating most of the&nbsp;franchise\u2019s&nbsp;anime series, movies, and OVAs. Aside from Gundam,&nbsp;it created&nbsp;timeless classics&nbsp;such as&nbsp;Cowboy Bebop,&nbsp;Mashin Hero Wataru,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Code Geass. Sunrise also worked on the&nbsp;anime adaptations of&nbsp;Inuyasha&nbsp;and City Hunter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shaft&nbsp;is behind the anime adaptations of&nbsp;Nisekoi,&nbsp;Hidamari&nbsp;Sketch, and the Monogatari series. It has also&nbsp;worked with Magica Quartet&nbsp;to produce the acclaimed&nbsp;Puella Magi Madoka Magica&nbsp;series.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Details on the new project are scarce, with the&nbsp;teaser&nbsp;trailer showing&nbsp;two images:&nbsp;one of&nbsp;a&nbsp;person holding a knife,&nbsp;and the other&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;scribbled-out&nbsp;individual walking amongst a crowd&nbsp;against&nbsp;a neon light background.&nbsp;Additionally, the official X account\u2019s profile picture&nbsp;appears to feature&nbsp;a red spider lily, which symbolizes death among other meanings in Japan,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More information is scheduled to be revealed on Tuesday, June 23, at 12:30 A.M. 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