It is directed by and features character designs by Umetsu, with Yuji Honjo and Yuki Funagakure serving as art directors, Yūya Takahashi writing film scripts, and Yoshiaki Dewa composing the music.

Pre-production on the project began in late 2014 following the end of Umetsu's previous (and final) work with studio Arms, Wizard Barristers.

Umetsu came up with three different ideas and presented them to Shaft president Mitsutoshi Kubota, who selected the Virgin Punk project.

In 2015, with Virgin Punk approved, Umetsu was asked to direct the opening for Shinbo's and Naoyuki Tatsuwa's Gourmet Girl Graffiti anime and worked with Shaft production manager Ryuusuke Suzuki, whose work impressed Umetsu and thus he recommended Suzuki to be the producer of Virgin Punk.

[1] For the opening, Kubota gave the "Umetsu team" (most of whom were already involved with Virgin Punk) the name of "Shaft Umegumi" in the credits as reference.