Last year, it was announced that the 1979 Toei Animation anime Hana no Ko Lunlun would be getting a new, Chinese-produced animation titled (according to Google Translate) Hua Xianzi: Zhi Mofa Xiang Duilun, or Flower Fairy: Theory of Magical Fragrance. An “advance trailer” for that new title, which is labelled as a sequel, has now been released.
In Hua Xianzi, Rumi, an apprentice at a perfume-making studio, is attacked by a black mist. With the help of black cat, she awakens the power of a flower key and transform into a Flower Child (Hana no Ko). As a Flower Child, Rumi has to purify the scattered petals of a seven-colored flower that was withered by dark magic and purge the darkness in people’s hearts. During her magical girl journey, Rumi also finds herself attacked by a mysterious, second Flower Child.
wawayu anime studio is the animation production company in charge of the new Lunlun show. During the initial announcement, it was revealed that the planning production side is a collaboration between Toei Animation’s Shanghai-based subsidiary Toei Dongman and Tencent Video.
The original Hana no Ko Lunlun is one of Toei Animation’s Majokko titles, the first of which was 1966’s Mahou Tsukai Sally.
Source: Toei Animation YouTube channel
