[b]Little Witch Academia[/b] is a 2013 animated short produced by [i][[Trigger (company)|]][/i] for [i]Anime Mirai 2013[/i]. The short was created and directed by [[Yoshinari You]] and written by Ootsuka Masahiko and was released in theaters on March 2, 2013. [i]Trigger[/i] later began streaming the short with English subtitles on YouTube from April 19, 2013.

On July 5, 2013, Trigger announced at [[Anime Expo]] that a new episode, tentatively titled [i][b]Little Witch Academia 2[/b][/i], would be developed in response to the reception the first episode received. The project will begin production in late 2013 following the airing of [[Kill la Kill]], with a goal to release it for winter 2014. Whilst initially having the funds for a twenty minute episode, Trigger launched a [[Kickstarter]] campaign to extend its runtime by fifteen minutes. The Kickstarter was launched on July 9, 2013 and met its $150,000 goal within five hours. A stretch goal of $500,000 was added to produce a making of documentary and audio commentary for the Bluray release. The Kickstarter raised a total of $625,518. Ootsuka has stated that if the sequel performs well, they may potentially look into producing a television series or full length film. A television series was eventually made for the series in Winter 2017, and was premiered on Netflix.

h4. Characters

* [[Kagari Atsuko]]
* [[Lotte Jansson]]
* [[Sucy Manbavaran]]
* [[Diana Cavendish]]
* [[Ursula Charistes]]
* [[Shiny Chariot]]
* [[Amanda O'Neill]]
* [[Constanze Amalie von Braunschbank-Albrechtsberger]]
* [[Jasminka Antonenko]]
* [[Croix Meridies]]
* [[Andrew Hanbridge]]
* [[Barbara Parker]]
* [[Hanna England]]
* [[Anabel Creme]]
* [[Anne Finneran]]
* [[Bernadette Cavendish]]
* [[Miranda Holbrooke]]
* [[Alcor (Little Witch Academia)|]]
* [[Avery (Little Witch Academia)|]]
* [[Frank (Little Witch Academia)|]]
* [[Stanbot (Little Witch Academia)|]]
* [[Wangari (Little Witch Academia)|]]

h4. See also
* [[Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time]]
* [[Luna Nova school uniform]]
* [[Shiny Rod (Little Witch Academia)|]]
* [[Shooting Star (Little Witch Academia)|]]
* [[Witch]]
* [[Magic]]

h4. External links

* "[i]Little Witch Academia[/i] at [i]Trigger[/i] Website":http://www.st-trigger.co.jp/works/lwa/
* "[i]Little Witch Academia[/i] at [i]Anime Mirai[/i] Website":http://www.animemirai.jp/c2.php
* "[i]Little Witch Academia[/i] on [i]Wikipedia[/i]":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Witch_Academia
* "[i]Kickstarter[/i] for [i]Little Witch Academia 2[/i]":http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1311401276/little-witch-academia-2
* "TV anime website":http://tv.littlewitchacademia.jp/
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