Shin Anime & Manga Thread

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Patlabor EZY Anime Project Unveils Visual, Staff, 2026 Start

The staff for the Patlabor EZY anime project unveiled on Friday an updated teaser visual, main staff members, and 2026 start.

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Blue Miburo Anime's New Video Highlights Historical Shinsengumi Characters

The official website for the television anime of Tsuyoshi Yasuda's Blue Miburo (Ao no Miburo) unveiled its second full promotional video and second key visual on Friday. The video highlights the historical Shinsengumi characters, and also previews the opening theme song "Ao" (Blue) by SPYAIR.

The series will premiere on October 19, and it will air on Saturdays at 5:30 p.m. (4:30 a.m. EDT) on the YTV and NTV channels, as well as on their affiliates.

Kodansha USA Publishing licensed the manga in English under the title The Blue Wolves of Mibu, and it describes the story:

Nio is an orphan who can't help dreaming of a better world. In this action-packed manga, he meets two men who show him how much a few swords can change history.

This riveting samurai series from the acclaimed creator of Days shares its setting with Rurouni Kenshin and chronicles the founding of the Shinsengumi by handsome and volatile men fighting for justice...and for themselves!

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Let This Grieving Soul Retire! Anime Unveils Main Promo Video, Visual, Additional Cast

The staff for the television anime of Tsukikage and Chyko's Let This Grieving Soul Retire! (Nageki no Bōrei wa Intai Shitai: Saijaku Hunter ni Yoru Saikyō Party Ikusei-jutsu) light novel series revealed on Friday the main promotional video, main visual, and additional cast. The video previews the opening theme song "Kattō Tomorrow" (Conflict Tomorrow) by Lezel and the ending theme song "Scream!" by Pmarusama.

J-Novel Club is publishing the novels in English, and it describes the story:

It's the golden age for treasure hunters—adventurers hungry for wealth, fame, power, and glory, who risk their lives in treasure vaults throughout the world.

“Let's become treasure hunters.”

Krai and his childhood friends swore to become the greatest of them all, but that dream should have died the day Krai realized he wasn't cut out for the job! Yet expectations continue to mount, right along with Krai's fear for his life. While his childhood friends climb closer toward their dream, this grieving soul has one simple wish: to pack it all in and retire!

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Murder Mystery of the Dead Party Game Gets TV Anime

ABC Animation announced on Friday that cosaic and Group SNE's Murder Mystery of the Dead party game is getting a television anime series that will premiere on November 13. A special program for the anime will air on November 6.

The original party game is for 7-8 players, and does not need a game master. The game takes place in a shopping mall after a zombie pandemic has led to the collapse of civilization.

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Kagaku×Bōken Survival! TV Anime Reveals Main Cast, Promo Video, Opening Theme

TOHO animation revealed a promotional video on Friday for Kagaku×Bōken Survival!, the television anime of the Kagaku Manga Survival (Science Manga Survival) study manga series.

The series will debut on October 5 at 6:25 p.m. on the NHK Educational channel.

The show will have seven themes:

• Abnormal weather survival (three episodes)
• Insect world survival (three episodes)
• New virus survival (three episodes)
• Antarctica survival (two episodes)
• AI survival (three episodes)
• Dinosaur world survival (three episodes)
• Energy crisis survival (four episodes)

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Sakamoto Days Anime's Video Announces January 2025 Netflix Debut

Netflix unveiled an announcement video for the television anime of Yuuto Suzuki's Sakamoto Days manga on Thursday. The video announces the anime's January 2025 premiere on Netflix. (The anime will also premiere on television in Japan in January 2025.)

Viz Media and MANGA Plus are publishing the manga in English digitally. MANGA Plus describes the manga:

Taro Sakamoto was the ultimate assassin, feared by villaines and admired by hitmen. But one day...he fell in love! Retirement, marriage, fatherhood and then... Sakamoto gained weight! the chubby guy who runs the neighborhood store is actually a former legendary hitman! Can he protect his family from danger? Get ready to experience a new kind of action comedy series!

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2nd Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199 Anime Film Debuts Trailer

The staff for Yamato yo Towa ni: Rebel 3199 (Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199), the next project in the Space Battleship Yamato remakes, unveiled a new trailer and visual for the second film, "Sekijitsu no Shutsugeki" (The Assault of the Burning Sun) on Friday.

The second film will open on November 22, and participating theaters will offer a special limited edition Blu-ray Disc of the film during its screening run. The film will then ship on retail Blu-ray Disc and DVD on January 29.

The new project is a sequel to the Uchū Senkan Yamato 2205: Aratanaru Tabidachi - Kōshō -STASHA- (Space Battleship Yamato 2205: The New Voyage Part II: Stasha) film, which opened in February 2022.

Yamato yo Towa ni (Be Forever Yamato) is also the title of the 1980 sequel to the original Yamato anime projects. The 1980 film's story is not set in the year 3199, but the 2004 original video anime series Dai Yamato Zero-go's story is set in that year.

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Kyoto Animation Reveals Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants to be Loved Film for 2025

Kyoto Animation revealed during a 2025 lineup livestream on Saturday that it is producing a film for the Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid franchise titled Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants to be Loved (Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon: Samishigariya no Ryū). The film will open in 2025.

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Kyoto Animation Produces Anime of Keiichi Arawi's CITY Manga

Kyoto Animation revealed during a 2025 lineup livestream on Saturday that it is producing CITY The Animation, a television anime based on Keiichi Arawi's CITY manga. The anime will debut in 2025. The anime will be the first non-sequel anime for Kyoto Animation in six years.

Kyoto Animation describes the anime:

This town, is not just a normal town.
There's laughter, love and emotional moments.
An unpredictable ordinary life presented by the residents!
Exciting stuffs come one after another. Welcome to CITY.

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My Happy Marriage Season 2 Unveils Teaser, Cast, Staff, January 2025 Debut

Kadokawa unveiled the teaser promotional video, teaser visual, cast, staff, and January 2025 premiere for the second television anime season based on Akumi Agitogi and Tsukiho Tsukioka's My Happy Marriage (Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon) light novel series on Monday. Netflix also stream the teaser with English subtitles.

Yen Press licensed the light novels, and it describes the story:

Born to a noble family, Miyo is raised by her abusive stepmother and married off to Kiyoka, a soldier so heartless his prior fiancées fled within three days into their engagement. With no home to return to, Miyo slowly starts to open her heart to her cold and pale husband-to-be, despite their rocky introduction... This might just be her chance at finding true love and happiness.

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Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc Season 2 Premieres in January

The first season of the Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc (Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Hen, or literally, Kinnikuman Perfect Chо̄jin/Superhuman Origin Arc) anime ended on Sunday with an announcement that season 2 will premiere in January.

P ony Canyon describes the story:

Prince Kinnikuman, who came to Earth from Kinnikusei, a planet at the end of the universe, was always ridiculed by humans as a useless Chojin. However, by chance, he was given the right to participate in the Chojin World Cup, a tournament to determine the world's best Chojin, and by a miracle, he won the championship. The following year, he even won it again!

Since then, he has become a central figure among Seigi Chojin who protects the peace of the universe. He has managed to defeat the raging forces of the enemy, including Akuma Chojin who plans to rule the world, and Perfect Chojin who aims to wipe out the weak Chojin on Earth, with the power of friendship with his friends, including Terryman and Robin Mask.

In recognition of his achievements, Kinnikuman wins the "Survival Match for the Kinnikusei Throne," the final test of his career, and is crowned the 58th Great King of Kinnikusei! He returned to his home planet from Earth, got married, and said goodbye to eight years of fighting. About a year and a half later, the entire universe was supposed to be at peace...

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Harmony of Mille-Feuille Anime Unveils Main Staff, 1st Anime Visuals

P ony Canyon revealed more of the main staff, first teaser visual, and character visuals for the anime of Harmony of Mille-Feuille (Utagoe wa Mille-Feuille) music project on Sunday.

The anime will premiere in 2025.

The project launched in April 2022 with the themes of "a cappella." "high school girls," and "complex." The story of six high school girls coming of age through a cappella music has already spawned voice drama stories, music videos (in which the characters' voice actresses themselves try their hand at a cappella) and documentary videos featuring their lessons.

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Spice & Wolf: merchant meets the wise wolf Anime Gets 2nd Season

The official website for the Spice & Wolf: merchant meets the wise wolf anime announced on Tuesday that the series is getting a second season.

Yen Press publishes the novels in English, and it describes the series:

The life of a traveling merchant is a lonely one, a fact with which Kraft Lawrence is well acquainted. Wandering from town to town with just his horse, cart, and whatever wares have come his way, the peddler has pretty well settled into his routine—that is, until the night Lawrence finds a wolf goddess asleep in his cart. Taking the form of a fetching girl with wolf ears and a tail, Holo has wearied of tending to harvests in the countryside and strikes up a bargain with the merchant to lend him the cunning of “Holo the Wisewolf” to increase his profits in exchange for taking her along on his travels. What kind of businessman could turn down such an offer? Lawrence soon learns, though, that having an ancient goddess as a traveling companion can be a bit of a mixed blessing. Will this wolf girl turn out to be too wild to tame?

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Sheesh, I love Level 5 games but they cannot manage the production of them anymore. Delayed again. But Decapolice will get an anime...

Decapolice Game Gets TV Anime, PC Version, Delay to 2026

Level 5 revealed on Tuesday during the LEVEL5 VISION 2024 TO THE WORLD'S CHILDREN online event a new trailer for its DECAPOLICE crime suspense role-playing game. The company announced that the game is getting a television anime that will premiere at the same time as the game, which has a new release window of 2026 following another delay.

The game stars Harvard Marks, a rookie detective assigned to the Broadstone Police Center's Special Investigation Unit. The center uses a detective training simulator called Decasim, which creates a virtual world that completely copies reality. However, a mysterious hacker has transformed all the characters in Decasim into puppets.

Players solve cases by investigating crime scenes and analyzing evidence. After resolving the culprit's identity, players may have to face them in tactical operations, which may involve the criminal manifesting a Crime Beast.

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Gorilla no Kami Kara Kago Sareta Reijō wa Ōritsu Kishidan de Kawaiigareru Manga Gets 2025 TV Anime

Kadokawa announced on Tuesday (which is World Gorilla Day) that Mika Kamisu's manga adaptation of Shirohi's Gorilla no Kami Kara Kago Sareta Reijō wa Ōritsu Kishidan de Kawaiigareru (The Lady Blessed by the Gorilla God Is Adored by the Royal Knights) novel series is itself inspiring a television anime next year.

The "never-before-seen gorilla romantic comedy" fantasy is set in a world where people can be blessed by various animal gods upon turning 16. It follows the coming of age of Sofia Reeler, a timid countess who happens to be blessed by the Gorilla God (who is said to be the most powerful god in combat).