Wonder Egg Priority
Japanese anime television series
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| 2022 | Received multiple nominations at the 6th Crunchyroll Anime Awards, including Best Girl, Best Protagonist, Best Director, Best Animation, Best Character Design, Best Score, Best VA Performance (Japanese and English), Best Action, Best Drama, and Best Fantasy for Ai Ohto and the series |
| April 26 2022 | The series received a North American Blu-ray release, making it available for home media collection. |
| 2021 | The series was commonly described as one of the best new anime of 2021, drawing positive comparisons to works by directors like Naoko Yamada, Satoshi Kon, and Kunihiko Ikuhara. |
| 2021 | Episode 11 received mixed reviews for the late introduction of character Frill and a shift in narrative focus that was seen as disrupting the show's developing storylines. |
| 2021 | CloverWorks studio reached out to international freelancers to assist with animation production due to severe staffing and completion challenges. |
| 2021 | Wonder Egg Priority was nominated for Best Anime Series at the IGN Awards |
| 2021 | The series concluded its main 12-episode run, with polarized reception to the final episode. |
| 2021 | Episode 10 was praised for its focus on transgender issues, particularly through the characters Momoe and Kaoru. |
| 2021 | The eleventh episode received criticism for its late introduction of the character Frill and shift in narrative focus. |
| 2021 | Series creator Shinji Nojima rejects the magical girl genre classification, instead referring to Wonder Egg Priority as a fantasy series. |
| June 30 2021 | A special episode of Wonder Egg Priority was aired, with approximately half the timeslot dedicated to a recap of the main series. |
| April 2021 | Episode 4 sparked controversy due to a dialogue about suicide motivations differing between genders, leading to criticism and a response from director Shin Wakabayashi about a cut dissenting line of dialogue. |
| March 2021 | A special episode was aired three months after the original planned twelfth episode, which was reworked and began with a recap segment that took up half of its one-hour broadcasting timeslot. |
| March 31 2021 | First two episodes of the English dub premiere. |
| March 31 2021 | The main broadcast of Wonder Egg Priority concluded, completing its initial television run. |
| March 30 2021 | Funimation announced the series would receive an English dub, with the first two episodes set to premiere the next day. |
| January 2021 | Wonder Egg Priority began broadcasting, featuring Kanata Aikawa in her first leading voice role and De De Mouse's first anime music composition. |
| January 13 2021 | Wonder Egg Priority began airing on Nippon TV's programming block, marking the start of its television broadcast. |
| January 12 2021 | Wonder Egg Priority began broadcasting, marking Shin Wakabayashi's first time serving as series director for a television anime. |
| 2020 | Shin Wakabayashi was connected with Shinji Nojima through a Nippon TV producer, marking his first time serving as series director for a television anime. |
| 2020 | Wonder Egg Priority was conceived by Shinji Nojima, a live-action drama television writer, who wanted to create an anime that bridged the gap between live-action realism and anime's fantastical elements. |
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