A new clip has been released for the upcoming anime Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, which is set to air on Netflix from November 17th. The video was posted on Netflix's official YouTube channel after premiering at the Drop 01 event last Wednesday. It is the first official clip of the anime to be released other than the teaser trailer, which came out about a month ago now.
The new clip shows the first time that Scott learns the identity of his new crush, Ramona Flowers. After finding out that she delivers DVDs for Netflix - a nice blast from the past - he rushes home to rent a movie. Finally, mirroring one of the most famous scenes from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Scott waits by the door immediately after making the order until Ramona brings the DVD, even though several days have passed. It is a great clip to interest new people in the anime, while also making old fans excited by seeing a new version of one of their favorite scenes.
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off will be the first animated installment in the series, and most of the original cast of the live action movie have returned to voice their characters. This includes the leading characters of Scott (Michael Cera), Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), and Knives Chau (Ellen Wong). It is being animated by Japanese studio Science SARU, the studio behind DEVILMAN crybaby and The Heike Story. The director is Abel Góngora, who directed the episode "TO-B1" in Star Wars: Visions, another project that turned live action into anime.
Scott Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee O'Malley has talked about how manga influenced his original work, and even did the cover art for the March 2008 issue of Viz's Shojo Beat magazine. In that issue, O'Malley also contributed an art tutorial and a 4-panel comic. While Scott Pilgrim Takes Off could just as easily have been animated by a Western studio, it is interesting to see it being turned into an anime by a Japanese studio instead. Hopefully it can be just as successful as the rest of the franchise!
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