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'Bye Bye, Earth' Anime Gets 2nd Season in 2025

The television anime of Tow Ubukata's Bye Bye, Earth novel ended its first season on Friday with an announcement of a second season in 2025.

The novels' story is set on an Earth where all people take the form of animals. Belle is the only girl in the world without the characteristics of animals. She sets out to discover if there are other beings like her. Belle wields a sword and becomes involved with the struggles between the cities and outside world.

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Girls Band Cry TV Anime Gets 2 Compilation Films

The second live Togenashi Togeari concert announced at Kawasaki City on Friday that a two-film compilation of the Girls Band Cry television anime is in production.

Toei Animation describes the anime:

The main character drops out of high school in her second year, and aims at entering a university while working alone in Tokyo. A girl is betrayed by her friends and doesn't know what to do. Another girl is abandoned by her parents, and tries to survive in the city by doing part-time jobs. This world lets us down all the time. Nothing goes as planned. But we want something that we can continue to like. We believe there's a place where we belong. That's why we sing.

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Duel Masters LOST Net Anime's 1st Promo Video Streamed

The official X/Twitter account for the net anime based on Shigenobu Matsumoto and Yō Kanebayashi's Duel Masters LOST Tsuioku no Suishō (Duel Masters LOST: Crystal of Remembrance) manga, part of the Duel Masters LOST project, revealed the show's first promotional video on Friday.

The anime will debut on October 4 at 8:00 p.m. JST on the Duel Masters YouTube channel.

"LOST" is an "alternate time story" that progresses at the same time as the current story of Duel Masters Win, and the Duel Masters LOST Tsuioku no Suishō manga depicts a never-before-seen world. It centers on 16-year-old Win Kirifuda — the protagonist of the Duel Masters Win anime — who has lost everything. He is then drawn into a battle to regain the world he once desired.

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"The Most Notorious 'Talker' Runs the World's Greatest Clan" Anime Reveals September 30 Debut, More Cast

The staff for the television anime of Jaki's The Most Notorious "Talker" Runs the World's Greatest Clan (Saikyō no Shienshoku "Wajutsushi" dearu Ore wa Sekai Saikyō Clan o Shitagaeru) novel series revealed the show's theme song artists, more cast, new visual, and the September 30 debut date on Friday.

Gree describes the story:

Noel, a young boy with a legendary hero known as the Overdeath as his grandpa. Admiring his grandpa, Noel aspires to become the strongest seeker, but his inherent support class, "Talker" is considered the weakest. Despite his efforts to become a skilled seeker like his grandpa, Noel couldn't bridge the gap in talent. However, with his unparalleled resourcefulness, he discovers the path to become the strongest.

Gathering allies, Noel forms the greatest clan, aiming to become its master.

With cunning strategies, he bewilders his enemies and leads his comrades towards greater heights. The most notorious “Talker” carves the path to supremacy, sparing no means to achieve it.

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What is KyotoAnimation teasing?

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SHOSHIMIN: How to become Ordinary Anime Gets 2nd Season in April

TV Asahi announced on Sunday SHOSHIMIN: How to become Ordinary, the television anime of Honobu Yonezawa's Shōshimin mystery novel series, will get a second season in April.

The story centers on Jōgorō Kobato, who wishes to live a quiet and ordinary life after a painful experience. He and Yuki Osanai form a "mutually beneficial relationship" as Yuki also wants the same thing. They start high school as classmates with a plan to spend their peaceful days as ordinary people, but unfortunately they keep getting wrapped up in mysteries and disasters as they happen one after another.

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The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You Season 2 Unveils January 12 Debut

The official website for the television anime of Rikito Nakamura and Yukiko Nozawa's The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You (Kimi no koto ga Dai Dai Dai Dai Daisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo) manga unveiled the January 12 premiere and a key visual for the second season on Saturday.

Seven Seas Entertainment is releasing the manga in English, and it describes the story:

Aijo Rentaro tried and tried again, but after asking a hundred girls out on a date, he was rejected every single time. In desperation, he prays for guidance...only to be told by a god that his rejections were due to some cosmic error! Now the god is going to set things right by making sure that Aijo gets one hundred dates. Except, as things often do with gods, the dates come with a catch: one hundred girls are destined to be Aijo's soulmate, and unless he returns their feelings each and every time, they'll die in horrible accidents! Sure enough, girls start confessing their love to Aijo left and right. But how is he supposed to choose?! He doesn't want to kill anyone! When he looks at each potential soulmate, it feels like a bolt of lightning. Can someone really love a hundred other people? This hilarious romantic comedy takes the harem concept to a wild extreme!

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Demon Lord 2099 TV Anime Debuts on October 12

Demon Lord 2099, an upcoming TV anime based on the cyberpunk isekai light novel series, has revealed that its Japanese broadcast will kick off on TOKYO MX and other stations beginning on October 12, 2024.

Yen Press describes Demon Lord 2099:

The cyberpunk metropolis Shinjuku-a massive city-state bedecked with neon signs, towering skyscrapers, and the latest cutting-edge technology. It is here, in year 2099 of the Fused Era, where the legendary Demon Lord Veltol has his second coming five centuries in the making. But this landscape is nothing like the one he conquered all those years ago, for the fusion of magic and engineering has elevated civilization to dazzling, unprecedented heights. Veltol may have been reduced to a historical footnote, but make no mistake…this brave new world will be his for the taking!

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Original Anime Virgin Punk Announced for Early Summer 2025 Release

Aniplex Online Fest 2024 capped off its exciting run of announcements today with a literal bang, revealing a memorable visual and trailer for a brand-new original anime titled Virgin Punk that follows a young bounty hunter named Ubu in the year 2099, featuring designs and concepts by Yasuomi Umetsu (Kite, Mezzo Forte) and studio Shaft (Monogatari Series).

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The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity Manga Gets TV Anime in 2025

Saka Mikami's romantic comedy manga series The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity (known as Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku in Japan) will get a TV anime adaptation in 2025, following the announcement at Aniplex Online Fest 2024 today. CloverWorks (BOCCHI THE ROCK!) is confirmed to work on anime production.

The anime's official website and X (formerly Twitter) opened today, releasing a teaser trailer.

Kodansha USA started releasing the manga's English edition in June 2024, and describes the series:

Chidori High is a boys’ school that takes in the dregs of society with the lowest grades. Next door stands Kikyo Girls’ High, where the wealthy, high-class families send their precious daughters. Chidori second-year Rintaro, who has a fierce face but a gentle heart, is helping at his family’s patisserie when he meets a girl named Kaoruko. The two hit it off right away…but this blissful peace is quickly disturbed when Rintaro discovers that Kaoruko is actually a student at Kikyo. Worse, she doesn’t seem to realize what a huge problem this really is! Will these two be able to forge a path for themselves, and sidestep the traps (metaphorical and literal) laid by their classmates?

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Ruri Rocks TV Anime Uncovers First Teaser Trailer, Visual

Right on schedule, the expedition for more details on the Ruri Rocks TV anime, also known as Ruri no Houseki in Japan, uncovered the first teaser trailer at Aniplex Online Fest 2024 for the adaptation of Keiichirou Shibuya’s manga about two women who study the science of mineralogy. Alongside the trailer, the first visual was released alongside the lead staff and cast members.

The story follows Ruri, a high school girl who loves jewelry, who develops an interest in the world of mineral collecting after encountering Nagi, a graduate student studying mineralogy.

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To Be Hero X Anime Reveals 2025 Release Date, Cast in New Trailer

To Be Hero X, the latest superpowered anime collaboration between bilibili and Aniplex, debuted a brand-new trailer during Aniplex Online Fest 2024 today that announced a 2025 release date and previewed the main cast to the tune of "JEOPARDY" by Hiroyuki Sawano.

Crunchyroll currently streams the previous two series in the franchise, TO BE HERO and To Be Heroine, and describes the latter like so:

Everyone around Futaba expects her to grow up and become an adult, and she's lost the ability to keep herself mentally balanced. At the bottom of her heart, her childish self is still there, and still strong.

One day she wanders into another dimension, a world where the light has been lost, and darkness rules. The people there exist as babies wearing only their underpants. The clothes they wear can be summoned as powerful fighters called SpiCloths.

In this world, a battle was being fought between light and darkness...

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Mikadono Sanshimai wa Angai, Choroi Anime Teases 2025 Broadcast in First Key Visual

After the July announcement that Aya Hirakawa’s romantic comedy manga Mikadono Sanshimai wa Angai, Choroi has a TV anime in the works, the first teaser trailer and key visual for the series was released during Aniplex Online Fest 2024. The teaser confirmed that the series is produced at P.A. Works with Tadahito Matsubayashi directing and Yusuke Inoue providing the character designs. The series is scheduled for a 2025 broadcast.

The series follows Yu Ayase who the Mikadono family takes in after the death of his mother, a popular actor. Already struggling with living up to his mother’s legacy, now Ayase is surrounded by three prodigy sisters: actor Kazuki, martial artist Nico and Shogi player Miwa. The three girls start to develop feelings for Ayase and hijinks ensues.

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May I Ask for One Final Thing? TV Anime Announced for 2025

Aniplex Online Fest 2024 brought a slew of brand-new announcements, including that Nana Ootori and Satsuki’s light novel series May I Ask for One Final Thing? will receive an anime adaptation. Additionally, Crunchyroll is announcing today that the anime will stream on the platform when it premieres in the future.

Alpha Manga currently releases an English version of the manga and describes the series:

In the middle of a ball, Scarlet's fiancé, Kyle, suddenly calls off their engagement. She's falsely accused of being a bully and people unfairly call her a "Villainess." The aristocrats and noble families all denounce her. For years, she had to put up with his abuse and idiocy, but she can't take anymore of it! At her wit's end, she asks for one last favor; to give him a good fist in the face. So begins Scarlet's story of revenge against Kyle and his cronies! A fantasy about an elegant yet rebellious fighter, who doesn't let anyone take advantage of her!!

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I'm Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class Anime Reveals January 2025 Premiere

It’s wedding bells for the two main leads of I'm Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class, known in Japan as Class no Daikirai na Joshi to Kekkon Suru Koto ni Natta. To celebrate the upcoming…bliss (?), a brand new trailer was released which previewed and announced two more main cast members, two family cast members of the married couple, a January 2025 premiere for the series and the ending theme song.

The story of the series follows Saito Hojo, an elite young man who is poised to inherit his grandfather's major corporation. Through an unexpected series of events, Hojo ends up getting married to Akane Sakuramori, the young lady whom he dislikes the most in his school. Although Akane is like a nemesis to Hojo in the classroom, will their life as newlyweds take a different turn?