Transformation Academy

Transformation Academy (Japanese: トランスフォメーションアカデミー) is a Japanese-El Kadsreian anime series created by Hideto Aramaki and Steven Arisawa.

The anime takes place in a world where some humans are born shapeshifters and are trained at an academy known as the Transformation Academy, and is based around the life of recently-enrolled student, Hatsumi Ayukawa, an 11-year old student who discovers her ability and is enrolled in the school. While she tries to blend in with her new peers and control her new shapeshifting abilities, she winds up having to face against evil demons from another dimension who attack the school frequently, and has to figure out where all the monsters are coming from with the help of her new friends, Eiji Fukisawa and Jun

Premise
In a world where shapeshifting is a recessive genetic trait in humans, and humans with the shapeshifting trait are taught how to use their abilities at the Transformation Academy, Hatsumi Ayukawa, an 11-year old girl who woke up one morning discovering her ability, is enrolled into the school to learn her abilities. There, she meets and becomes roommates with 12-year old 6-month student, Eiji Fukisawa, and they both try to blend into the school together. However, they and gender-neutral magician, Jun, apparently discover that demons have been attacking the school and possessing the students, and they set out to find where the demons are coming from. They also deal with attacks from the Anti-Shifter League, a terrorist group bent on killing shapeshifters, who may be the cause of all the demons and monsters seeping into the school grounds.

Production
Hideto Aramaki and Steven Arisawa began production of Transformation Academy in November 2013 after they met each other during Kadsrecon, a convention celebrating El Kadsreian pop culture and history. According to an interview, Hideto and Steven were inspired to make Transformation Academy after watching the El Kadsreian print of. They were also inspired to base the show around shapeshifters after watching reruns of Manimal on BTV's Throwback Thursdays block.