Tomoyuki Uchikoga, an art director and graphic designer on promotional materials for Gurren Lagann, Trigun: Badlands Rumble, and other titles, has reported that Gainax announced its new project at the end of its Gurren Lagann Parallel Works 2 event on Tuesday. Hiroyuki Imaishi (Gurren Lagann, Dead Leaves) is directing the project, which is nicknamed "Pansuto," and Atsushi Nishigori (Gurren Lagann) is designing the characters. Another Gurren Lagann veteran, Yoh Yoshinari, is drawing the concept art. More details on the new project will be revealed in the June issue of Kadokawa Shoten's Newtype magazine on Monday.

Gainax had previously revealed in a job listing that it is working on a new anime production from May to October, and the job listing indicated that the project is set in Great Britain from 1900 to 1930.