Virgin Punk's 'Clockwork Girl' Episode Gets Digital Release in September
The digital release brings a theatrical-only original anime from a veteran director and a major studio to a wider home audience for the first time.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Aniplex of America announced at its 2026 San Diego Comic-Con panel that 'Clockwork Girl,' the first story in Yasuomi Umetsu and Shaft's Virgin Punk original anime series, will be available for digital purchase in September. The film opened in Japanese theaters in June 2025 and screened in the U.S. later that year.
Aniplex of America made the announcement during its 2026 San Diego Comic-Con panel on Thursday, where it also screened a trailer of the film's English dub. 'Clockwork Girl' opened theatrically in Japan in June 2025 at Cine Libre Ikebukuro in Tokyo and Theatre Umeda in Osaka, where it ranked #1 in the mini-theater rankings. Aniplex of America and Fathom Entertainment brought the anime to U.S. theaters in November 2025 with both Japanese audio with English subtitles and an English dub.
The film is set in 2099, where bounty hunters pursue criminals who misuse the medical android technology Somadea. The Japanese cast includes Saki Miyashita as Ubu Kamigori, Katsuyuki Konishi as Mr. Elegance, Taku Yashiro as Lewis Gaudi, Rui Tanabe as Maggie, Norio Wakamoto as Tommy J, Fūka Izumi as Noa Andriette, and Sumire Uesaka as Vespa. Yasuomi Umetsu directs at Shaft and also designs the characters, with Yūya Takahashi handling series composition and script.
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