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Netflix Streams New Episodes for Pokémon Horizons Anime on May 10
Netflix confirmed on Wednesday that the second part of the Pokémon Horizons: The Series anime will begin streaming on May 10. The Pokémon Company had originally announced that the anime would debut on Netflix in the U.S. on February 23, but the series debuted instead on March 7. The anime premiered in Japan in April 2023 with a one-hour first-episode special. The show airs on Fridays at 6:55 p.m. ...
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Anime's Visual Previews Main Characters' Updated Look
The official website for the television anime of Hiro Mashima and Atsuo Ueda's Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest sequel manga posted a new visual showing the main characters as they will appear in the anime. The anime will premiere in July. Tetsuya Kakihara, Aya Hirano, Rie Kugimiya, Yūichi Nakamura, Sayaka Ōhara, Satomi Satou, and Yui Horie all reprise their roles as Natsu Dragneel, Lucy Heartfilia, Ha...
New Character Teased for G Gundam Anime's 30th Anniversary
The streamed "Gundam Franchise 45th Anniversary Special" teased a "special project" for the 30th anniversary of the Mobile Fighter G Gundam anime on Sunday. During the special, the anime's lead voice actor Tomokazu Seki introduced a 30th anniversary logo and a hint of what is to come: illustrations in development for a new character. Seki qualified that he heard that there "may" be new development...
Every Little Thing Duo Performs Vampire Dormitory TV Anime's Ending Song
The official Twitter account for the television anime of Ema Toyama's Vampire Dormitory manga revealed on Saturday that pop rock duo Every Little Thing will perform the anime's theme song "Mata Ashita" *See You Tomorrow." The anime will debut on TOKYO MX and BS Nippon TV on April 7 at 11:30 p.m. JST. It will also run on AT-X from April 8 and on MBS from April 9. Crunchyroll will stream the anime i...
Hyakushō Kizoku TV Anime's 2nd Season Premieres This Fall
― The Tokyo MX booth at AnimeJapan 2024 on Saturday revealed that the second season of the television anime adaptation of Hiromu Arakawa's autobiographical manga Hyakushō Kizoku (The Peasant Noble) will premiere in fall 2024. The first season of the anime premiered on the Tokyo MX channel in July 2023. Each episode was four minutes long. The eighth volume of the manga bundled all 12 aired episodes o...
CoMix Wave Films Teases New Work by 'Rookie Director'
CoMix Wave Films' booth at Anime Japan 2024 is teasing a new anime project by a "rookie director," along with a teaser illustration. The booth did not reveal any other new information. CoMix Wave Films is best known for producing and distributing the anime films of director Makoto Shinkai, beginning from his first film Voices of a Distant Star, until his recent popular hits your name., Weathering ...
Nanare Hananare TV Anime Premieres in July
― The Anici booth at AnimeJapan announced on Saturday that P.A. Works and DMM.com's original television anime Nanare Hananare will premiere in July. The anime stars: Rika Nakagawa as Kanta Misora
Yuki Nakashima as Suzuha Obunai
Rarisa Tago Takeda as Anna Aveiro
Manaka Iwami as Nodoka Ōtani
Moe Kahara as Shion Tanizaki
Miku Itō as Megumi Kaionji The original coming-of-age story anime depicts the vari...
2nd Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction Anime Film Delayed to May 24
― The official website for the two-part anime film adaptation of Inio Asano's Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction manga announced on Monday that the staff have delayed the second film's opening from April 19 to May 24 in order to improve the film's quality. The site also revealed a new visual for the second film. The first film will open this Friday. Lilas Ikuta (also known as "Ikura") voices mai...
A Nobody's Way Up to an Exploration Hero Anime Unveils July Debut
The official website for A Nobody's Way Up to an Exploration Hero, the television anime of Kaito's Mob kara Hajimaru Tansaku Eiyūtan light novel series, revealed on Friday that the anime will premiere on Tokyo MX and BS NTV in July. The light novels' story centers on Kaito Takagi, a high school student with a mob character and low status. He's an ordinary explorer who hunts slimes everyday in dung...
The Boy and the Heron Film's English Dub Opens in Japan on March 20
― Toho announced on Monday that it will screen the English dub of Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki's latest feature film The Boy and the Heron (Kimi-tachi wa Dō Ikiru ka) in Japan on March 20. The Boy and the Heron film won Best Animated Feature Film in the 96th Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday. This is Miyazaki's second film to win after Spirited Away in 2003. He also received nominations for Howl...
'Studio Apartment, Good Lighting, Angel Included' Anime Reveals March 30 Streaming Debut, 1 Week Before TV
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The official website for the television anime of matoba's Studio Apartment, Good Lighting, Angel Included (One Room, Hi Atari Futsū, Tenshi Tsuki.) manga announced that the anime will exclusively begin streaming in Japan on the ABEMA service on March 30, one week before its television premiere. The anime will then premiere on Tokyo MX on April 6 at 10:00 p.m. (9:00 a.m. EDT), on BS NTV later that...
The Irregular at Magic High School Anime's 3rd Season Debuts on April 5
― The official website for the third television season of the The irregular at magic high school anime revealed on Friday that the series will premiere on Tokyo MX, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, and BS11 on April 5 at 11:30 p.m. The show will also air on TV Aichi, MBS, an AT-X. The show will have an advanced screening event on March 31. The season's new cast members include Kikunosuke Toya as Minoru Kudou, ...
Date A Live V Anime Premieres on April 10
The official website for the Date A Live V television anime announced on Tuesday that the series will premiere on April 10 at 11:30 p.m. JST on AT-X. The anime will then air on Tokyo MX, BS11, KBS Kyoto, and Sun TV. The show will also stream on d Anime Store. The anime features a returning cast and staff. The new cast includes Aya Endo as Mio Takamiya, a beautiful young girl who is a mysterious e...
KessCo to Release One Piece, Digimon Tabletop Games
― Los Angeles-based game company KessCo announced on Thursday that it has entered into a licensing deal with Toei Animation on the 25th anniversary of the One Piece and Digimon franchises. The company will release tabletop games based on both franchises as well as a collection of "outdoor spring/summer toys" between 2024 and 2025. The Egg Head Arc of the One Piece anime debuted on January 7. The new...
Kumarba Kids' Anime Premieres on April 6
― The staff of the television anime based on the Kumarba animation YouTube channel for kids revealed on Saturday that the anime will premiere on TV Tokyo and other channels on April 6. The anime will air within the eeny meeny miney mo program that airs on Saturdays starting at 7:00 a.m. The cast from the YouTube channel will reprise their roles in the anime, including Fairouz Ai as Kumarba, Mai Satō...
'Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You' TV Anime Confirmed
Kodansha confirmed the television anime for Haruka Mitsui's Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You. (Dōse, Koishite Shimaunda. or KoiShima) manga on Thursday. Mitsui drew the below illustration to celebrate the announcement. Kodansha USA Publishing is releasing the manga in English, and it describes the story: Mizuha's seventeenth birthday is the pits. Her parents totally forgot, and the senpai she ...
'Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You' Shōjo Manga Listed With TV Anime
The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the artist group CLAMP posted the cover for the April issue of Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine on Monday. The image of the magazine (which will ship on Friday) indicates that a television anime adaptation of Haruka Mitsui's Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You. (Dōse, Koishite Shimaunda. or KoiShima) manga has been green-lit. Kodansha USA Publishing is r...
'Tadaima, Okaeri' BL Anime Premieres on April 8
― The official website for the television anime of Ichi Ichikawa's Tadaima, Okaeri (I'm Home, Welcome Back) boys-love manga announced on Sunday that the anime will premiere on April 8. The anime will debut on the Tokyo MX channel on that day at 24:30 (effectively, April 9 at 12:30 a.m. or April 8 at 11:30 a.m. EDT), and it will also run on MBS, BS NTV, and Animax. The manga's story tells the daily l...
Laid-Back Camp Anime's 3rd Season Debuts on April 4
― The cast for the third anime season of Laid-Back Camp based on Afro's Yurucamp (Yurukyan△, Laid-Back Camp Δ) manga announced during an advanced screening Saturday that the season will debut on April 4. The animation studio is changing from C-Station to 8-Bit. Shin Tosaka (Infinite Stratos 2) is the new director, and Masafumi Sugiura (Uma Musume Pretty Derby) is now in charge of series composition...
Sword of the Demon Hunter TV Anime Premieres in Summer
― Amazon is showing a preview of the cover of the final issue of Futabasha's Monthly Action magazine, which reveals that the television anime of Moto'o Nakanishi's Sword of the Demon Hunter Kijin Gentosho novel series will premiere this summer. The issue will ship on Saturday. Nakanishi published the first novel volume, titled Suihō no Hibi (Days of Nothing), in June 2019 with art by Tamaki. The ser...
Love Live! Superstar!! Anime Season 3 Slated for October
The final performance of the "Love Live! Superstar!! Liella! 5th Love Live! ~Twinkle Triangle" concerts announced on Sunday that the third Love Live! Superstar!! anime season will premere in October on the NHK E Tele (NHK Educational TV) channel. The first season of the Love Live! Superstar!! television anime premiered on NHK Educational in July 2021 and aired for 12 episodes. Funimation streamed ...
Kinnikuman Perfect Origin-Hen Anime Premieres in July
The official website for the upcoming Kinnikuman Perfect Origin-Hen (Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc, or literally, Kinnikuman Perfect Chо̄jin/Superhuman Origin Arc) anime announced on Friday that the anime will premiere in July on CBC, TBS, and 26 other affiliated networks. The anime will run in a new "Agaru Anime" programming block, which will air every Sunday at 11:30 p.m. (10:30 a.m. EDT) with t...
Sk8 the Infinity OVA Reveals 1st Visual
The official twitter account for the Sk8 the Infinity anime project revealed the first visual for the new original video anime (OVA) for the franchise. The main staff from the first season that aired in January 2021 is returning for the OVA. Hiroko Utsumi (Banana Fish, Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club, Free! Eternal Summer) is returning to direct the original anime at BONES, and Ichiro Okouchi (Code Geas...
Space Brothers Author: Anime Planned to Continue After Manga Ends
― Manga creator Chūya Koyama revealed during his appearance on the Odoru! Sanma Goten show on Tuesday that the anime adaptation of his Space Brothers (Uchū Kyōdai) manga is planned to continue after the manga ends. He explained during the program that the previous anime had caught up with the manga at the time. Koyama previously revealed in January 2022 that he planned to start the final arc of the ...
Aniplex Teases New Anime with 'M'
More details to come on Thursday
― Aniplex continues to tease its new anime works, and released an image of the letter "M" on its website on Tuesday. On Monday, Aniplex teased a new anime work with the codename "O" image on its website. Aniplex will reveal more details on January 18. Sources: Aniplex, Comic Natalie
The Idolm@ster Shiny Colors Anime Reveals Key Visual
― The television anime based on Bandai Namco Entertainment's The Idolm@ster Shiny Colors browser game revealed on Saturday a new key visual. It also reaffirmed that it will debut on television in April. The anime will air on TV Tokyo, BS11 and BS Nippon TV. Before the television premiere, the 12-episode anime is screening in theaters as three films. The first film ran in Japan from October 27 throug...
BanG Dream! Ave Mujica Sequel TV Anime Slated for January 2025
― The Bushiroad New Year's Big Announcement 2024 event reported on Saturday that the previously announced BanG Dream! Ave Mujica sequel anime will premiere on television in January 2025. 【速報】TVアニメ「BanG Dream! Ave Mujica」の放送が2025年1月に決定🎊詳細は続報をお待ちください🌙#バンドリ #ブシ新春2024— バンドリ！ BanG Dream! 公式 (@bang_dream_info) January 6, 2024 Saturday's event also announced two compilation films of the earlier BanG Dream!...
Chained Soldier Anime Reveals January 4 Debut
― The official Twitter account for the television anime of writer Takahiro and artist Yōhei Takemura's Chained Soldier (Mato Seihei no Slave or literally, Slave of the Magic Capital's Elite Troops) manga revealed on Sunday that the anime will premiere in Japan on January 4. The show will air on AT-X, Tokyo MX, BS-Asahi, and MBS. The series was previously slated to premiere this year. HIDIVE will str...
Classroom of the Elite Anime's 3rd Season Slated for January 3
Kadokawa announced on Saturday that the third season of the Classroom of the Elite anime will premiere on January 3. It will first premiere on the AT-X channel on that day at 10:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. EDT), before running on Tokyo MX, BS NTV, Sun TV, TV Aichi, and KBS Kyoto. The anime was delayed from its slated 2023 premiere due to "various circumstances." Crunchyroll will stream the season as it air...
Pole Princess!! Anime Film to Get International Release
― Avex Pictures confirmed during its panel at Anime NYC on Friday that the upcoming anime film in its and Tatsunoko Production's original Pole Princess!! pole dancing anime will get an international release. The film will open in Japan on November 23. The movie's story centers on the "Pole Dance Japan Cup" competition, where protagonist Hinano Hoshikita and her friends will compete as the Galaxy Pri...
Sushio, Mai Yoneyama Return to Work on New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt Anime Project
― Studio Trigger staff members confirmed at a panel for the studio at Anime NYC on Friday that both Sushio and Mai Yoneyama are returning to work on the new Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt anime project. Hiromi Wakabayashi, Hiroyuki Imaishi, and Shigeto Koyama attended the panel, and Yoneyama attended the end of the panel. Yoneyama worked as a key animator on the previous Panty & Stocking with Gart...
Sengoku Youko TV Anime Premieres on January 10
The official website for the television anime of Satoshi Mizukami's Sengoku Youko manga announced on Thursday that the anime will premiere on the Tokyo MX, ABC TV, and Nagoya TV channels on January 10, and on BS Asahi on January 12. It will air on Tokyo MX on Wednesdays at 24:00 (effectively, Thursdays at midnight JST or Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. EST). The anime will have two arcs — the "Yo Naoshi ...
Bocchi the Rock! Compilation Project Reveals Film Titles
― The official Twitter account for the Bocchi the Rock anime revealed the titles of the upcoming compilation films on Monday. The first film is titled Bocchi the Rock! Re: and will open in Japan in spring 2024, while the second film is titled Bocchi the Rock! Re:Re: and is currently slated for a summer release. The anime adapts Aki Hamaji's four-panel manga Bocchi the Rock!, which follows Hitori "B...
Monthly Mōsō Science Anime Reveals 2nd Visual, 2-Episode December 2 Advance Screening
The official website for the Monthly Mōsō Science (Gekkan Mōsō Kagaku) original television anime unveiled its second key visual on Tuesday. The anime's staff also announced the advance screening for the first two episodes on December 2 at the TOHO Cinemas Ikebukuro in Tokyo. The anime will premiere in January. The original anime's story is set in a certain country in Most City, where the handsome ...
Sentenced to Be a Hero Anime Not Yet Confirmed for a 2025 Release (Updated)
― Update: The article originally listed a 2025 release date for the anime, but Kadokawa reached out to ANN, saying that the anime is not yet confirmed for a 2025 release. ANN's original article is shown below. Kadokawa revealed on Monday that the television anime adaptation of Rocket Shokai's Sentenced to Be a Hero: The Prison Records of Penal Hero Unit 9004 (Yūsha-kei ni Shosu: Chōbatsu Yūsha 9004-...
Demon Lord 2099 Anime Airs in 2024
― Kadokawa revealed at the "Fantasia Bunko Daikanshasai Online 2023" livestream event on Saturday that the anime of author Daigo Murasaki and illustrator Kureta's Demon Lord 2099 (Maou 2099) light novel series will air in 2024. ══════════ #魔王2099 2024年｜放送決定！══════════🌐#ファンタジア文庫大感謝祭にて発表となりましたhttps://t.co/QKwQJZpO1rhttps://t.co/S99m1XlBRw pic.twitter.com/q65NVNOeeU— アニメ 魔王2099 公式｜2024年放送 (@2099_anim...
2nd Jujutsu Kaisen Stage Play Unveils New Visual of Cast in Costume
The official website for the stage plays of Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga unveiled a new visual for the second stage play on Tuesday. The visual features Ryūji Satō (center in visual below), Kazuaki Yasue (right), and Nonoka Yamaguchi (left) in costume as their characters Yūji Itadori, Megumi Fushiguro, and Nobara Kugisaki, respectively. The second stage play will run in Hyogo and Tokyo from...
Adult Swim's Jason DeMarco: 'We Won't Be Making Any More' FLCL
Jason DeMarco — senior vice president in the anime and action series/longform department at Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) and Cartoon Network Studios (CNS) — stated on Twitter on Friday that while Adult Swim "considers [FLCL: Grunge] and [FLCL: Shoegaze] ratings successes and is very happy with their performance," the company "won't be making any more." DeMarco thanked fans who helped make the two ...
The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor TV Anime Premieres in 2024
― Updated: The Twitter account stated the anime will premiere in 2024, not in January 2024 as this article previously stated. ANN regrets the error. The official Twitter account for the anime adaptation of Sarasa Nagase's The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor (Yarinaoshi Reijō wa Ryūtei Heika o Kōryaku-chū) novel series revealed on Friday that the anime will air on television in 2024. Cross...
Goro Taniguchi, Polygon Pictures' Bloody Escape Anime Film Opens in January 2024
― The official website for the original anime film Bloody Escape -Jigoku no Tōsōgeki- revealed on Thursday that the film will debut in Japan in January 2024. The film's announcement video teased a premise of "androids vs. vampires vs. yakuza." The film follows the android Kisaragi. He is being chased by an organization of immortal vampires who aim to conquer a divided Tokyo. The yakuza vow to avenge...
New Zenryoku Usagi Anime Premieres on October 7
The official website for the "Reiwa-era" anime project for Kei Ikeda's Zenryoku Usagi manga announced on Wednesday that the series will premiere on TV Saitama on October 7 at 5:55 p.m. JST before airing on TV Kanagawa and Chiba TV. The anime will also stream on DMM TV and d Anime Store on October 8. As previously announced, Atsushi Nigorikawa is directing the new anime at Rising Force, and Misa Mo...
Bungo Stray Dogs Season 5 Ends With 'To Be Continued'
The 11th and final episode for the fifth season of the anime based on Kafka Asagiri and Sango Harukawa's Bungo Stray Dogs manga ended with the words "To Be Continued" on Wednesday. Technically, the episode's ending caption in Japanese mistakenly stated that the work was "finished," but the anime's official website addressed on Friday that the text was a mistake, and the text should indeed actually...
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Anime's 9th Episode Delayed on Some Streaming Services
The official website for the anime of Haro Aso and Kotaro Takata's Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (Zom 100: Zombie ni Naru Made ni Shitai 100 no Koto) manga announced on Thursday that the anime's ninth episode will be delayed by 24 hours from Sunday to Monday on some streaming services due to production circumstances. The anime's ninth episode will still air during its regular schedule in Japan ...
Precure Franchise Gets New Anime Film in 2024
― Screenings of Eiga Precure All Stars F, the 20th anniversary film in the Precure All Stars crossover anime film series, revealed at the end of the film that a new Precure film will open in 2024. Eiga Precure All Stars F opened on Friday, and features all 77 Precure magical girls, from the franchise's first installment in Futari wa Pretty Cure, to the latest ongoing installment Soaring Sky! Precure...
The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3 Anime Premieres on October 6
The staff for the The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3 television anime announced on Wednesday that the season will premiere on October 6 at 9:00 p.m. JST on AT-X before airing on other stations. The anime had its world premiere screening at Anime Expo earlier on July 3. The anime is also holding world tour premiere screenings in Paris and Austin in July; in Mannheim, Germany and Toronto in Augu...
The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash Anime Unveils New Visual, January 12 Debut
Aina Suzuki, Mutsumi Tamura star in Studio Massket anime
― The official Twitter account for the television anime of Honobonoru500 and Nama's The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash (Saijaku Tamer wa Gomihiroi no Tabi o Hajimemashita.) light novel series unveiled a new visual for the anime, as well as the anime's January 12 premiere date on Thursday. The anime will premiere on the Tokyo MX ...
Love Live! Superstar!! Anime Season 3 Slated for 2024
The final performance of the "Love Live! Superstar!! Liella! 4th Love Live! tour ~brand new Sparkle~" announced on Sunday that the third Love Live! Superstar!! anime season will air in 2024. Sunday's performance also announced that the group's fifth live concert tour will start in Fukuoka on January 20 and 21 before going to Tokyo on February 10 and 11. The first season of the Love Live! Superstar...
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid Film Reveals New Visual
― The Aniplex Online Fest 2023 livestream event on Sunday revealed a new visual for Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid, the second of two films in the sequel anime project for the Seishun Buta Yarō (Rascal Does Not Dream) light novel series. The film will open in Japan on December 1. The sequel anime project adapts the eighth and ninth novels in the franchise: Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister ...
'Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World' Anime's 2nd Season Delayed to 2024
― Kadokawa announced on Friday that the second season for the television anime of Kei Sazane and Ao Nekonabe's Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World (Kimi to Boku no Saigo no Senjō, Arui wa Sekai ga Hajimaru Seisen) light novel series is delayed to 2024. The anime was previously slated to air this year. The first season will re-air on BS11 starting on October 2. Crunchyroll will stream the new...
Dog Signal TV Anime Premieres on October 22
NHK revealed on Thursday that the television anime of Saya Miyauchi's Dog Signal manga will premiere on the e-tele (NHK Educational) channel on October 22 at 5:00 p.m. (4:00 a.m. EDT). Kazuhiro Furuhashi (Spy×Family, 1996 Rurouni Kenshin) is directing the anime. The manga centers on a rookie dog trainer named Miyu Samura. Miyu's ex-girlfriend left him with a dog that he didn't really know how to t...
Hoshikuzu Telepath Anime Premieres on October 9
The official Twitter account for Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara magazine announced on Friday that the television anime of Rasuko Ōkuma's Hoshikuzu Telepath (Stardust Telepath) manga will premiere on October 9 on AT-X at 9:00 p.m. JST. The series will then air on Tokyo MX at 10:00 p.m. JST, and then broadcast on other networks. The story follows a shy girl named Umika who is afraid of speaking with ...
Gintama Anime's 'Baragaki' Arc Also Gets Compilation Screenings on November 10
Bandai Namco Pictures announced on Monday that the "Baragaki" (Thorny) arc of the Gintama anime will also have compilation screenings. The "Gintama on Theater 2D: Baragaki-hen" compilation will open with a three-week limited engagement in Japanese theaters on November 10. The anime's X (formerly Twitter) account reports that the screenings will have "new bonus video content," but did not specify i...
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Anime's 7th Episode Delayed on Some Streaming Services
The official website for the anime of Haro Aso and Kotaro Takata's Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (Zom 100: Zombie ni Naru Made ni Shitai 100 no Koto) manga announced on Thursday that the anime's seventh episode will be delayed by 24 hours from Sunday to Monday on some streaming services due to production circumstances. The services affected include Netflix, Hulu, and Crunchyroll. The anime's se...
MF Ghost Anime Debuts on October 1
The official Twitter account for the television anime of Shuuichi Shigeno's MF Ghost manga revealed on Friday that the anime will premiere on October 1 on Tokyo MX, BS11, and RKB Mainichi Broadcasting. The anime will also air on Animax, TV Aichi, Shizuoka Broadcasting System, TV Setouchi, Tochigi TV, and YTV. Tomohito Naka (Initial D Legend 2: Racer, Initial D Legend 3: Dream, Sword Gai: The Anima...
I Shall Survive Using Potions Anime Schedules October 7 Premiere
― The official website for the television anime of FUNA's I Shall Survive Using Potions! (Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu!) light novel series announced on Sunday that the anime will premiere on October 7 at 26:00 (effectively, October 8 at 2:00 a.m. or October 7 at 1:00 p.m. EDT). The anime will run in the "Animazing!!!" programming block on ABC TV and TV Asahi's 24-affiliate network and later on BS F...
Suzume Film Returns to Cinemas in Japan from September 20 to October 5
The official website of Makoto Shinkai's Suzume (Suzume no Tojimari) film announced on Thursday that the film will have a special "Okaeri Jōei" (Welcome Back Screening) in 100 theaters in Japan from September 20 until October 5. The special screening will commemorate the release of the film on Blu-ray Disc and DVD, also on September 20. The film's special screening scheduled on September 25 to 29 ...
Whisper Me a Love Song Yuri Anime Unveils New Visual
The official website for the television anime adapatation of Eku Takeshima's Whisper Me a Love Song (Sasayaku yō ni Koi wo Utau) manga unveiled a new visual for the anime on Friday. The anime will premiere in January 2024. The anime will star Hana Shimano as Himari Kino and Asami Seto as Yori Asanagi. Xin Ya Cai (episode director for Arte, assistant director for The Genius Prince's Guide to Raisin...
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Anime Episode 6 Delayed by 1 Week to August 27
The official Twitter account for the anime of Haro Aso and Kotaro Takata's Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (Zom 100: Zombie ni Naru Made ni Shitai 100 no Koto) manga announced on Sunday that the anime's sixth episode will be delayed by one week to August 27. The 2023 World Athletics Championships will instead air on August 20 in Japan. The anime's fifth episode was also delayed by one week to thi...
Sequel Work to Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA - Licht Nameless Girl Film Reveals Visual
Kadokawa revealed a new visual for the planned sequel work to Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA - Licht Nameless Girl (Gekijōban Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Licht - Namae no Nai Shōjo), the latest film in the Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya franchise, on Saturday. Kadokawa revealed the visual at a 10th anniversary event for the anime franchise. The sequel work was first announced in August 2021. Fa...
Overtake! Original Motorsports Anime Reveals New Visual
Kadokawa and TROYCA revealed a new visual on Sunday for their Overtake! collaborative anime project. The companies also revealed that they will host an event for the anime on October 8 (Gotemba Day) that will screen the first two episodes. The anime will premiere in October. The story will center on the motor sport Formula 4 (F4). Freelance photographer Kōya Madoka finds himself in a slump due to ...
My Tiny Senpai TV Anime Delays Episode 6 by 1 Week to August 19
The official website for the television anime of Saisou's My Tiny Senpai (Uchi no Kaisha no Chiisai Sempai no Hanashi or Story of a Small Senior in My Company) manga announced on Friday that the anime's sixth episode has been delayed by one week. The anime will go on hiatus on August 12, and episode 6 will air on August 19 instead. Episode 5 is still slated to premiere on August 5. The office roma...
Naoko Yamada, Science Saru's Kimi no Iro Anime Film Rescheduled to 2024
― Toho revealed on its official Twitter account that Kimi no Iro (Your Color), a new anime feature film by Science Saru and director Naoko Yamada (K-ON!, The Heike Story, A Silent Voice), is now slated to open in 2024. The film was previously slated to open in fall 2023. Yamada is directing the film at Science Saru. Story Inc. is credited as planner and producer. Reiko Yoshida (K-ON!, Girls und Panz...
Studio Ponoc's The Imaginary Film Opens in Japan on December 15
Studio Ponoc announced on Friday that its anime film adaptation of A.F. Harrold and Emily Gravett's The Imaginary novel will open in Japan on December 15. The company also unveiled a poster: Studio Ponoc delayed the film last year from its original summer 2022 release date due to "new challenges" stemming from the film's production methods and the COVID-19 pandemic. The film's title in Japan is Ya...
365 Days to the Wedding Anime to Air on TV
The official Twitter account for the anime adaptation of Tamiki Wakaki's 365 Days to the Wedding (Kekkon Surutte, Hontō desu ka?: 365 Days To The Wedding) manga confirmed on Friday that the anime will air on TV. Seven Seas licensed the manga, and it describes the story: Takuya and Rika are coworkers in a travel agency in Tokyo. They're both single, but they don't mind, since they're introverts wit...
Dropkick on My Devil! TV Anime Spinoff Airs on December 26
― The official Twitter account for the Dropkick on My Devil! franchise announced on Saturday that Jashin-chan Dropkick: Seikimatsu-hen (Dropkick on My Devil! Apocalypse Arc), the new spinoff anime for the franchise, will air on December 26 at 24:00 (effectively December 27 at 12:00 a.m.) on BS NTV. This television spinoff is different from the crowdfunded fourth season of the anime. Unlike the previ...
Undead Murder Farce Anime Unveils New Visual
Anime premiered in Japan on Wednesday
― The official website for the anime of Yugo Aosaki's Undead Girl Murder Farce novels revealed a new visual featuring the anime's characters, illustrated by the anime's original character designer Iwamoto05, on Tuesday, a day before its premiere on Wednesday. The anime debuted on Fuji TV's +Ultra block on Wednesday at 24:55 JST (effectively, Thursday at 12:55 a.m...
Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse Anime Premieres on October 8
The staff for the television anime adaptation of Nakaba Suzuki's The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse (Mokushiroku no Yon-kishi) sequel manga announced on Tuesday that the anime will debut on October 8 on TBS and its affiliates. The Japan Anniversary Association declared July 4 (7/4) to be "The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse Day." Original creator Suzuki drew a ...
Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable! TV Anime Listed With January 2024 Premiere
― The official Twitter account for manga cafe Wing posted a photo on Monday showing the 11th compiled book volume of Kai Ikada's Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable! (Dosanko Gal wa Namaramenkoi) manga. The volume's wraparound jacket band shows the manga's television anime adaptation as premiering in January 2024. The 11th volume will ship on Tuesday. The anime was previously slated to premiere this ye...
Yoshitaka Amano's ZAN Anime Debuts in 2026 or Later
― The producers of ZAN, an anime based on Yoshitaka Amano's DEVA ZAN art, revealed on Monday that the project will debut in theaters in 2026 or later. The anime was announced as a series last year, but Monday's news lists the anime as a theatrical project. Jaymen Tokyo and Good Win will produce the project. Mariko Suzuki from M's Management Studio, film producer Hiroaki Ikegami, Kazuhiko Yusa (repre...
Original Naruto Anime's Brand-New Episodes Premiere on September 3
The official Twitter account for the Naruto anime franchise announced on Sunday that the four "brand-new" episodes for the original Naruto anime will begin airing in Japan on September 3. The first of the four new episodes will also get a live screening at Makuhari Messe event hall in Chiba on September 3. Tickets go on sale on July 18. The new episodes commemorate the original anime's 20th annive...
The Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2 Anime Unveils Visual for 2nd Half
― The official website for the second television anime season based on Kore Yamazaki's The Ancient Magus' Bride (Mahō Tsukai no Yome) manga unveiled a new visual for the anime's second half at Anime Expo on Saturday. The second season's first half premiered on April 6, and ended on June 22. The second half will premiere on October 5. The season adapts the "Gakuin" (College) arc of the manga, which ...
Classroom of the Elite Anime Season 3 Delayed to January 2024
Season was first slated for 2023
― Kadokawa announced on Friday that the third season of the Classroom of the Elite anime will premiere in January 2024, delayed from its slated 2023 premiere due to "various circumstances." The second season premiered in July 2022. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired under the title Classroom of the Elite II. The first season's directors Seiji Kishi and Hiroyuk...
Marin Miller Won't Reprise Role in Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage Anime
Voice actor Marin Miller (Izanami in B: The Beginning) stated in a Twitter thread on Saturday that they will not reprise their role as Kage's Mom in the English dub of the Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage (Ōsama Ranking: Yūki no Takarabako) anime. Miller stated that they turned down the role because they "didn't want to experience the loss of [their] job in the future from these ill...
The Great Cleric Anime Premieres on July 6
― The official website for the anime of Broccoli Lion's Seija Musō: Salaryman, Isekai de Ikiru Tame ni Ayumu Michi (The Great Cleric ~The Path a Salaryman Must Walk to Survive in a Fantasy World~) novels revealed on Thursday that the anime will premiere and stream in advance exclusively on July 6 on ABEMA, at 2:00 a.m. JST (effectively July 7). The anime will then start airing on TBS on July 13 at ...
The Misfit of Demon King Academy II Anime's Re-Airing From 1st Episode Starts on July 8
The official website of The Misfit of Demon King Academy II, the second season of the The Misfit of Demon King Academy anime, revealed on Monday that the sequel anime will restart its broadcast on July 8 with the first episode. The anime will air on TOkyo MX, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, BS11, and AT-X starting on July 8, and on YTV and TV Aichi on July 11. The new season is airing in split cours (quarte...
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid Film's Teaser Visual Unveils Winter Opening
The staff for the new sequel anime film project based on Hajime Kamoshida's Seishun Buta Yarō light novel series debuted a teaser film for the second of the two films, Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid, on Sunday. The visual announces that the film will open this coming winter. The first batch of MoviTicke Cards for the film will go on sale on June 23, and each will bundle a clear file folde...
My Unique Skill Makes Me OP Even at Level 1 Anime to Premiere on July 8
― The staff for the television anime of Nazuna Miki and Subachi's My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1 (Level 1 dakedo Unique Skill de Saikyō desu) light novel series announced on Monday that the anime will premiere on July 8. The anime also debuted its second key visual and designs for the characters Celeste and Alice Wonderland: Kodansha USA Publishing licensed both the light novel series a...
Dark Gathering TV Anime Premieres on July 9
― The official website for the television anime of Kenichi Kondo's Dark Gathering manga revealed on Friday that the anime will premiere on Tokyo MX on July 9 at 25:05 (effectively July 10 at 1:05 a.m.). The show will then air on BS Asahi and Kansai TV later that night. The anime stars Yū Sasahara as Yayoi Hо̄zuki, Nobunaga Shimazaki as Keitarо̄ Gentо̄ga, Kana Hanazawa as Eiko Hо̄zuki, and Rina Kawag...
Tsuyokute New Saga Anime Delayed From July 2023 Premiere
The official Twitter account for the television anime of Masayuki Abe's Tsuyokute New Saga (New Saga Plus, a wordplay on the Japanese term for replay mode) light novel series announced on Friday that the anime has been delayed from its planned July 2023 premiere date "due to various circumstances." The anime's website and Twitter account will announce the anime's new premiere date once it has been...
Attack on Titan The Final Season Part 3 Anime's 2nd Half Reveals New Visual
The MAPPA Stage 2023 event on Sunday revealed a new visual for the second half of the Attack on Titan The Final Season Part 3 (Shingeki no Kyojin The Final Season Kanketsu-hen) anime. The second half will premiere this fall. The first half aired as a one-hour special on March 3 (effectively, March 4 in Japan). Crunchyroll streamed the first half under the title Attack on Titan Final Season The Fin...
Liar Liar Anime Reveals July 8 Premiere Date
The official website for the anime of Haruki Kuō's Liar Liar (not related to Renjuro Kindaichi's Liar x Liar manga) light novel series revealed the anime's July 8 premiere date on Monday. The anime will premiere on Tokyo MX and Sun TV on July 8 at 10:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. EDT), and on BS Asahi on July 9. The "academy x mind game x romantic comedy" story is set on the "Academy" island where students b...
BRADIO Performs 'Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon' Anime's Opening Song
― The official website for the television anime adaptation of Hirukuma's Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon (Jidōhanbaiki ni Umarekawatta Ore wa Meikyū ni Samayō) light novel series announced on Friday that the band BRADIO will perform the anime's opening theme song "Fanfare." The CD single for the song will ship on July 26. The anime will premiere in July. Crunchyroll will stream...
Level 1 Demon Lord and One Room Hero Anime Reveals July Premiere
The staff for the television anime of Toufu's Level 1 Demon Lord and One Room Hero (LV1 Maō to One Room Yūsha) manga revealed on Thursday that the anime will premiere in July. HIDIVE will stream the anime as it airs in Japan. Keisuke Inoue (My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! both seasons, Ao-chan Can't Study!) is directing the anime at studios SILVER LINK and BLADE. Toshiya Ono...
Netflix Streams Yakitori: Soldiers of Misfortune Anime on May 18
Netflix revealed that it will stream Yakitori: Soldiers of Misfortune, an anime adaptation of author Carlo Zen and illustrator so-bin's Yakitori science-fiction novel series, on May 18. The sci-fi novels are set in a future where the solar system is dominated by trade federations who are in constant conflict. In order to escape his restrictive homeland of Japan, and under the recommendation of his...
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