Adult Swim and Crunchyroll Announce New Anime Called FENA: PIRATE PRINCESS Premiering Next Year
This last weekend marked the first ever Adult Swim Con. During the event, the team from Toonami revealed that Adult Swim and Crunchyroll are teaming up for a new anime series called Fena: Pirate Princess. The series will run for 12 episodes and is directed by Kazuto Nakazawa with animation from Production I.G.
Fena: Pirate Princess is a 12 episode original anime series that tells the tale of a young orphan girl, Fena Houtman. Fena has been raised on an Island where there is no hope of becoming anything more than chattel, to be used and discarded by soldiers of the British Empire. But Fena is more than just another powerless orphan. When her mysterious past comes knocking, Fena will break the chains of her oppressors. Her goal: forge a new identity, free of bondage, and search for a place where she can truly belong and find out the true mysteries behind a keyword “Eden.” It is the story of a lifetime adventure she and her crew of misfits and unlikely allies will have, in pursuit of her goals!
Jason DeMarco of Adult Swim said:
I’m thrilled to be able to announce our next co-produced anime series with our partners at Crunchyroll and bring Nakazawa’s unique vision to life. I hope you come to love these characters as much as I do.
Sarah Victor from Crunchyroll added:
The global anime community is going to love adventuring alongside Fena in this new series setting sail next year. We’re delighted to be working alongside Adult Swim to bring this new series to life.
After the trailer that fans were shown, Nakazawa answered some pretty general questions about the series as well. He explained that he was trying to create an anime between the Shonen and Shojo genres. This sounds good, but I got worried when he says he wrote it to be an action show and then threw in some romance that he says he’s bad at writing. Whenever someone says they did something but they’re bad at it, I get worried.
That being said, Fena: Pirate Princess looks like it has some potential and could be a lot of fun. The series is set to premiere during the Toonami anime block on Adult Swim in 2021.