Yesterday, acttil announced their first official project yesterday with news of an upcoming collaboration with TRIGGER to release the Collector's Edition release of Little Witch Academia on Blu-ray this summer. The Collector's Edition will come with one Blu-ray disc, an original soundtrack, and a 112-page art book. TRIGGER will be publishing the disc while acttil handles PR and marketing.

As one of the four titles for Anime Mirai, the Young Animator Training Project, Little Witch Academia revolves around a young girl named Akko Kagari who joins a famous witch academy after she was inspired b the great witch Shiny Chariot when she was younger. The short twenty-six minute episode, which has been compared to by fans with Harry Potter and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, is currently available online on Crunchyroll and on TRIGGER's official YouTube page. Alternatively, you can stream it below.

For fans who will be attending Anime Expo 2013, there will be a Little Witch Academia Fan Event on 7/6 at 2PM featuring script writer Masahiko Otsuka. The event will be open to fifty randomly selected fans who enter acttil's online email contest. Talented up-and-coming voice actress Megumi Han (Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal II, The Last of Us), who voiced Akko Kagari, will also be hosting her own panel on 7/5 at 12:15 PM.

For more information about TRIGGER's upcoming release, including how to enter into acttil's Anime Expo 2013 contest, please visit the official English Little Witch Academia website: http://www.acttil.com/littlewitchacademia/

note: Corrected information regarding the upcoming release.