Illustrator Neco's Heavily Armed High School Girls Project Gets TV Anime
Good Smile Company announced on Friday that illustrator neco's Heavily Armed High School Girls project is receiving a television anime adaptation, scheduled to air in 2027. Masaki Tachibana, known for directing Princess Principal and an episode of Star Wars: Visions Volume 3, is directing the series. Natsuko Takahashi, whose credits include Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 and Yuyushiki, is handling series composition. Good Smile Film and Good Smile Company are jointly producing the anime. The project, which began as a series of illustrations themed around armed high school girls, has previously expanded into multiple figure releases. To mark the announcement, neco released a new key visual and a teaser promotional video, both featuring the character Ichi. In a statement, neco expressed excitement about seeing her original work adapted into an anime, noting that the project grew from a single illustration into figures and now an animated series. Tachibana said he worked closely with neco on character personalities during script development, and that voice recording sessions led to new discoveries about the characters.