Akihabara News (Tokyo) — Lycoris Recoil emerged as the favorite anime television series of 2022, according to a poll of Japanese anime fans conducted in December.
The anime series was created by Spider Lily and Asaura and it aired from July to September last year.
Lycoris Recoil tells the story of a government-sponsored all-female task force of assassins and spies called Direct Attack who disguise themselves as high school students. Their mission is to maintain the peace in Tokyo through the secret elimination of criminals and terrorists. The focus of the story is particularly on its two lead characters, Chisato Nishikigi and Takina Inoue.
The thirteen-episode run was produced by Sony-owned animation studio A-1 Pictures and broadcast on Tokyo MX.
The poll conducted by Anime! Anime! had over 8,200 respondents.
In the wake of the success of Lycoris Recoil, the girls with guns creation has also appeared in manga form and has a spin-off light novel. Starting this weekend, there will also be a stage play that will run at the Tennozu Galaxy Theater in Tokyo which will run until mid-month.
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