The previously announced Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance revealed a teaser visual and the main staff at Anime Japan 2025.
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Masaki Tsuzuki is the new anime’s original story creator and scriptwriter with Takayuki Hamana returning to direct at studio Seven Arcs. Issei Aragaki is both the character designer and chief animation director while Shuichi Kawakami is the original character designer.
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha) is a popular anime franchise that debuted in 2004. It was initially derived from a spin-off of the visual novel Triangle Heart. The major entries in the franchise include:
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (2004):
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A’s (2005):
- A direct sequel where Nanoha and Fate face off against the Book of Darkness and its four guardians.
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS (2007):
- Set 10 years later, with Nanoha and Fate mentoring younger generations of mages as part of the Time-Space Administration Bureau (TSAB).
- The Movie Series (2010–2018):
- Retellings of the original series (Nanoha: The Movie 1st and 2nd A’s), followed by the new stories such as Nanoha Reflection (2017) and Nanoha Detonation (2018).
- Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force (2010):
- A darker manga spinoff focused on post-StrikerS events.
Source: Official Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance X (formerly Twitter), Anime Japan 2025
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