Funimation Acquires Last Exile ~Fam The Silver Wing

Funimation has announced that it has acquired the home video and internet streaming rights to the forthcoming Last Exile ~Fam The Silver Wing anime under production via GONZO.The series is the successor to the 2003 anime adaptation with a new story and characters and will also reunite key staff from the 2003 TV series.

Director Koichi Chigira, character designer Range Murata, and production designer Makoto Kobayashi will return along with composer Hitomi Kuroishi. The world premiere of the first episode of “LASTEXILE -Fam, The Silver Wing -” will be held at this year’s Anime Expo in Los Angeles, with Koichi Chigara (Series Director), Makoto Kobayashi (Mecanical Designer), Takaaki Suzuki (Setting, Script) and Hiroyuki Birukawa (Producer) in attendance for the premiere on July 2nd.

Funimation will be holding a contest on its new portal to celebrate the release and is working with cosplay community ACParadise on further events during Anime Expo with posters and photos with selected cosplayers working the Funimation booth as characters from the series during the convention.