Director Takashi Yamamoto helms effort for new fan disc from Frontier Works, Sanrio

The official Twitter account for the Jewelpet Twinkle DVD-Box release announced on Wednesday that the 2010-2011 magical girl anime's original staff is collaborating on a new short video. The new video will be similar to another video created for the Jewelpet Twinkle Fan Disc F DVD/CD bundle that shipped in 2012, after the television anime finished airing. The Twitter account teases another opportunity for fans to meet everyone at the anime's Magic Academy again.

The television anime's director Takashi Yamamoto (A Dark Rabbit Has Seven Lives, Nanatsuiro Drops) is leading the new effort, after the video distributor Frontier Works presented the right holder Sanrio and the anime's production committee with the project proposal for a new fan disc. The video is part of the celebration next summer of the anime's protagonist Akari Sakura turning 20 on July 22, 2018. (20 is the age at which people officially become adults in Japan.)

The television anime already inspired three previous fan discs as well as a new special episode created for the television anime's Blu-ray Disc box release.

来年夏へ向けての企画のお知らせです。オンエア当時からカウントすると来年2018年7月、本作のヒロイン桜あかりちゃんが二十歳を迎えます。それに合わせて、記念アイテムが出せればと考えております。 #ジュエルペット pic.twitter.com/Cyq85vQnqy

— てぃんくる☆ (@twinkle_DVDBOX) November 1, 2017

弊社ビデオメーカーですので、やはりファンディスク的なもの(第4弾)を検討しています。そして、実はもうサンリオ様や製作委員会様へは企画提案させていただいておりまして、短尺でも何かしらの「新規映像」制作を調整中です! #ジュエルペット pic.twitter.com/Uplv68HMdL

— てぃんくる☆ (@twinkle_DVDBOX) November 1, 2017

(イメージ的には、ファンディスクF収録の新規映像が近い感じです。)山本監督はじめオリジナルスタッフの方々のご協力をいただき、再び魔法学校の皆に会える機会がつくれればと思います!どうぞお楽しみに~☆ #ジュエルペット pic.twitter.com/of50MYE3T1

— てぃんくる☆ (@twinkle_DVDBOX) November 1, 2017

Sanrio and Sega Toys launched their Jewelpet character and toy line in 2008, and the first Jewelpet anime followed a year later. Each Jewelpet toy is a stuffed animal; in the original storyline, these pets belonged to magicians in "Jewelland" and can use magic themselves, thanks to their round jewel eyes. They study every day to learn how to use magic.

The first Jewelpet anime was followed by Jewelpet Twinkle, Jewelpet Sunshine, Jewelpet Kira☆Deco—!, Jewelpet Happiness, Lady Jewelpet, and most recently, 2015's Jewelpet: Magical Change.

[Via Otakomu]