Darling in the Franxx
 

Trigger's new show called 'DarliFra' revealed from the panel/expo.
A-1 Pictures to serve as co-producer.

Full title is: Darling in the Frankxx. It will be a sci-fi series.

Staff to be announced on July 5th.

Source:
https://twitter.com/SieteSeventh/sta...69705160896512
https://twitter.com/myanimelist/stat...73877465645056
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...titles/.118350

Key visual
http://i.imgur.com/KrzG1JW.jpg?1

Official site is working now too:
http://darli-fra.jp/

Staff info:

Director: Atsushi Nishigori (Idolmaster, Gurren Lagan)
Assistant Director: Toshifumi Akai (Magi, Granblue Fantasy The Animation)
Series Composition: Naotaka Hayashi (Steins: Gate, Plastic Memories), Atsushi Nishigori
Character Design, Chief Animation Director: Masayoshi Tanaka (Your Name, Anthem of the Heart)
Mechanical Design: Shigeto Koyama (Rebuild of Evangelion, Big Hero 6)
Action Supervision: Hiroyuki Imaishi (Kill la Kill, Gurren Lagann)
Animation Production: TRIGGER, A-1 Pictures

Source
http://manga.tokyo/news/studio-trigg...aff-pv-visual/

New key visual
http://i.imgur.com/7W0y9xX.jpg?1

New CM.

Premieres for January (Winter 2018)
https://twitter.com/DARLI_FRA/status/920674735578419203

New key visual is also out
https://i.imgur.com/XobKZ0h.jpg?1

The new visual
https://scontent-sof1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...de&oe=5AA5F5F3

Story:

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...-story/.124056

Premiere date and OP theme song

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...e-song/.125247

Looks like Funimation got this

https://www.funimation.com/blog/2017...w-winter-2017/

Crunchyroll will also be streaming it.

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-new...ix-more-titles

It has been announced that Darling in the Frankxx will get a manga adaptation which will start serialization on January 14, 2018. This manga will be illustrated by Kentaro Yabuki, most famous for his previous works like To Love-Ru and Black Cat. The official website has also confirmed that Mika Nakashima and HYDE will perform the opening theme song of the show, titled “Kiss of Death.” The anime will premiere on January 13, 2018.

https://preview.ibb.co/iA6cs6/ddd.png

PV 2:

https://twitter.com/Spy_0taku/status/951761432324001792

Is confirmed that this will have 24 episodes, this is looking good so far.

Episode 1:

This was a really interesting episode. The world building looks nice and I'm really interested in most of the characters, especially Zero 2.

The monsters in this series reminds me a little from God Eater. The visual looks over the top especially for the mecha but I really like the style of it. Zero and Hiro had some entertaining character chemistry although I'm really curious to know more about the others.

Right now, this show is listed as 24 episodes (might be 2 cour split?) We'll have to see but very exciting stuff so far.

Typical girl meets boy in giant robot complete with bathing scene. Animation is gorgeous as you'd expect from trigger. Not sure how I feel, but definitely worth watching.

I though exactly the same, the same cliche scene once again. The setting of this series is interesting enough to keep me watching this tho, there are lots of characters incoming it seems and I hope the series does a great job with the fighting scenes.

On another hand I hope Hiro doesn't go full Beta MC with Zero Two, considering she's not the usual dumb Main Heroine at all.

On a side note.

I'm pretty sure this first episode established 002 to be the man in this relationship.

Agree, hopefully things change since we have 24 episodes to see what's going to happen.

Anyways, that was a really good start overall, the fight was pretty intense too.

So the mecha is some kind of Vandread but combined with in some sort of "Shinga Bishojo" ala Star Driver?

Still, they touched a lot of mecha cliches to see in the whole rookie pilot among others. Hard to judge the series with only one episode that got at least a good pacing

That was a rather generic first episode for a mecha series, and all I could think about during the swimming scene was how hot it will look in the manga (apparently it's out, I have to check it out).

Still, it wasn't bad by any means. Waiting to see more.

The beginning made me fear why Yabuki was chosen to draw the manga. There might be a lot of nudity.

This us weird, various design looks like they would fit into eighties, premise sound like borderline porn mecha parody. Yet it's played perfectly straight and it somehow works:eyespin:

So far heroine does it for me, she certainly have unique personality yet unlike similar situation she is neither pushy, bland nor annoying. For once I can see why would MC be fascinated by her, though it helps that in the end he jumped in is not because her or some heroism but because it was something he seek for himself.

Damn, this was so generic. Not that I was expecting anything original but this looks like they were just ticking boxes with the most overused tropes.

Animation was good but I can't keep watching just for that.

Not much to say, but that it was a generic first episode for a mecha. It wasn't bad though, and the setting seems like it will be interesting, so hopefully things pick up from here.

captain earth meets kill la kill in a nutshell.

You should check one of these days Star Driver. The mecha transformation from Darling is quite similar with the MC even shouting "Ginga Bishonen!!" every time he uses it. :D

Also, I think Star Driver's director was also behind Captain Earth

Every little thing shown in this show I've seen before, honestly, you can connect all the scenes to a previous anime.

But who cares!? It was AWESOME!!! :D:D:D I want more!!! :D:D:D

Seriously, that was great from beginning to end, it looked great, 02 is awesome, and as many characters as him I've seen before, Hiro never bothered me at all throughout the episode. In fact, if there's one thing that bothered me is how FRANXX are apparently the evolution of Tauburn. Seriously, look up Star Driver.

Best premiere of the season to me, and definetly looking forward to more.

Oh, and I also appreciated we were told right away

this will be in the talks of best anime of 2018

That's pretty sad, actually. lol

The Trigger style threw me off, but now I've realized this is totally Pacific Rim. Two people pilot a mecha to fight blue-blooded Kaiju.

It's made by Trigger so it's a must watch for me, even tho mecha is not my favorite cup of tea (with a few exceptions, of course)! Their art and animation are pure joy to my eyes.
Sure, the boy meets girl is a familiar cliche, but i'm curious to know more about everything else related to those monsters, the main girl (loved her personality already) and how the world became that way. Kinda disappointed at the male MC tho. His design and personality were a bit weak for my taste. Maybe they wanted to make him a total opposite from 002 but still... who knows, maybe it will grow on me eventually.

One thing this series has is the benefit of the doubt, this is a trigger show, the same studio that delivered Kill la Kill, LWA, Inferno Cop and other shows that ended on being really good ones. A-1 delivered some good stuff and some mediocre series too, so there is a chance for something bad.

Yes the first episode is relying heavily on cliche stuff all over the place but we must wait a bit before judging it because it can be something incredibly good and fun. 24 episodes is enough to do that.

A little too moody for my tastes, but at least it isn't boring.

I was like "Oh, that's a female Tauburn". And was secretly hoping this would be somehow related to Star Driver. :D
KIRABOSHI !!

I honestly really didn't care about how cliched this was. It's been such a long time since a proper mecha tv series, that it could have been the third rehash of the original Mobile Suit Gundam and I'll still love it. XD

What really impressed me was the 2d mecha action. I honestly thought only Sunrise does those nowadays, so I'll forgive the designer for basically just making a female Tauburn. :heh:

That said, those shorts with that long sleeved uniform just looks... EEEWWWW.

This was pretty good, there is a lot that is very similar to most mech anime starts, but the animation, the direction, and the soundtrack is pretty good. The male MC is your usual main character in a mech series, but I like him a little better than many other MCs, there is a hidden strength to him and I think he complements 002 very well. 002 is also rather refreshing as well. She's strong but simple, she's not your usual tsudere female heroine, she and the her male partner really seem to have a connection.

The amount of flower references in there series would make a botanist squee in delight. I'm interested in seeing if that's just a theme or will it have more meaning later on.

I like that both the male and female MCs did a very good job of both of them carrying the episode. She is the strength and he is the heart. He doesn't seem to be a weakling either. There is a reason that he was told he could stay while the other girl was being forced to leave. I'm liking what I'm seeing and I'll be interested in seeing what happens next.

It IS weird, though not unusual in terms of uniform style. I have about 5 Japanese male students in grades 5 and 6 who have this style of uniform. White shirt, long sleeve navy jacket top, and shorts. It's really weird to me, since it's winter now and the temperature here has gotten to freezing and lower, and the boys bundle up in coats, and yet still wear shorts? Having come from northern states in the US and having to deal with brutal winters all my life, I can only raise an eyebrow and the interesting look.

I liked how the first episode gave both MCs' perspective about the Jian.