Japanese producer GDH recently obtained the right to create an animated
version of Top Cow Productions’ Witchblade comic GDH group company GONZO
K.K. will create the animation.

Gonzo plans to use the original concept of the adventure tale–Witchblade,
a weapon passed down from ancient times, selects the next female bearer–while
adapting the animated series to mesh the U.S. comic with Japanese animation. The
main character will be a Japanese woman and the setting is Tokyo in the near
future to meet the condition of airing in Japan . The highlights are GONZO’s
strength in 3DCG, which will be used to create impressive action scenes, and the
original story surrounding the main character.

Witchblade will air every Thursday morning on CBC, beginning
Thursday April 6th at 1:45 am, and every Saturday morning on TBS, beginning
Saturday April 8th at 2:25 am. Also, prior to its TV run, in cooperation with
broadband websites such as BIGLOBE and ShowTime, Internet previews will be
available to a limited number of applicants. Applications are being accepted
beginning Friday, March 17, 2006 and it is planned to run the preview for three
days from Friday, March 31 to Sunday April 2.