Expelled from Paradise Anime Staff's New Film Project to Be Unveiled Next Spring

Director Seiji Mizushima (Fullmetal Alchemist, Mobile Suit Gundam 00) revealed on Twitter on Tuesday that there will be an event next spring to unveil the new film project that he is making with the staff from the science-fiction anime film Expelled from Paradise. Toei Animation streamed a video to tease the upcoming announcement:

Mizushima shared a visual from character designer Masatsugu Saitō:

Toei Animation, Nitroplus writer Gen Urobuchi (Fate/Zero, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Thunderbolt Fantasy), and character designer Saitō (Cyborg 009 Call of Justice) are working on the film project.

Urobuchi reported that Renji Ōki (Azur Lane, Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters novelization), a Nitroplus writer who wrote an Expelled from Paradise side-story novel, is teaming up on the background materials for the new project. Toei Animation's Expelled from Paradise producer and CG director Kouichi Noguchi (Digimon: Data Squad) is working on the new project. The staff did not state that the new project's story is tied in any way to Expelled from Paradise's story.

The Expelled from Paradise film debuted in theaters in Japan in November 2014, and won the Best Animation of the Year Award at the 24th Japan Movie Critics Awards in May 2015. Aniplex of America released Expelled from Paradise in 15 theaters across the United States in December 2014.

Aniplex of America released the film on Blu-ray in North, Central, and South America in June 2015.

Source: Seiji Mizushima's Twitter account via Otakomu