Shin Anime & Manga Thread

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63 is pretty young. RIP Yukihiro Shibutani

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'Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!' TV Anime Reveals More Cast, Theme Songs, January 2025 Debut

The official website for the anime based on Suzuki Makishima's Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf! (Nihon e Yōkoso Elf-san.) light novels revealed on Thursday that the show will debut in January 2025. The site also revealed additional cast, a visual, and theme song information.

J-Novel Club is releasing both novels and the manga adaptation in English, and describes the story:

Kazuhiro Kitase's only hobby is sleeping. Ever since he was young, he would enter a wondrous world within his dreams and go on thrilling adventures. One day, he goes on an adventure with an elf girl he became friends with in his dream world, but it's put to an abrupt halt when they both get scorched with a dragon's breath! As he wakes up from his dream, he notices a familiar figure sleeping next to him...the elf girl from his dreams?! Join Kazuhiro on his new adventures through Japan with Ms. Elf!

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Yama Wayama's Let's Go Karaoke!, 'Captivated, by You' Manga Both Get TV Anime

Manga creator Yama Wayama announced on Thursday that both her Captivated, by You (Muchū sa, Kimi ni.) manga and her Let's Go Karaoke! (Karaoke Iko!) manga will get a television anime adaptation.

The announcement stated both works are getting a TV anime "at the same time."

Yen Press describes Let's Go Karaoke!:

Nothing worries Satomi Oka more than the upcoming final choir competition of his middle school career -- right up until he is accosted by a stranger from the shadows who demands, “Let's go karaoke!” As a yakuza, Kyouji Narita doesn't scare easily, but a terrifying prospect has driven him to seek Satomi's help. The boss is holding a karaoke contest, with the loser forced to get a tattoo to be selected and torturously applied by the boss himself! Oka has been to many vocal rehearsals over the years, but never one-on-one karaoke sessions with a gangster!!

Yen Press describes Captivated, by You:

Hayashi's frank, guileless demeanor quietly draws the attention of classmates and strangers as he counts all the stairs in school, photographs street signs, and dries sweet potatoes on the classroom balcony. In a world shaped by conformity, Hayashi is refreshingly and unapologetically true to himself. Conversely, Nikaidou has worked very hard to perfect a gloomy, dour façade that keeps his classmates far, far away. While much of the school regards Nikaidou as a bad omen, one student catches a glimpse behind the mask and-undeterred by rumors of bad luck and supernatural powers-begins to pick away Nikaidou's carefully crafted persona…

(Let's go Karaoke)


(Let's Go Karaoke left, Captivated by You right)

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Aquarion: Myth of Emotions Anime Reveals Staff, Setting, Visual, January 2025 Premiere

The staff for Aquarion: Myth of Emotions (Sōsei no Aquarion: Myth of Emotions), the upcoming fourth anime in the Aquarion franchise, revealed the anime's staff, setting, visual, and January 2025 premiere date on Thursday.

The anime will be set in Kanagawa prefecture's Fujisawa city, and will center specifically on the city's iconic Enoshima island. The island and city are visible above along with three Vector Machine mecha.

The anime will premiere on Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, tvk, BS Asahi, and other channels in January 2025. Crunchyroll will stream the anime as it airs in Japan.

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BanG Dream! Ave Mujica TV Anime Announces January 2, 2025 Premiere Date

The official website for BanG Dream! Ave Mujica, an upcoming new TV anime series from the BanG Dream! franchise, announced the anime is now set to premiere in Japan on January 2, 2025.

The synopsis on the anime site reads as such:

Didn't I say, "Give me the rest of your life"?

Ave Mujica, the band to which Sakiko Togawa invited the members, was achieving commercial success through live performances and media exposure.

A girl who had lost both the friends she had vowed to share her fate with and the house where she was born and raised. For what purpose does she bear the burden of another person's whole life and continue the band?

She hides her past and her true face behind a mask, and tonight, she descends into the perfect miniature garden.

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Shinichiro Watanabe, MAPPA's Lazarus Anime Streams 1st Look Video

Adult Swim began streaming a new English-subtitled first look video clip for Lazarus (Lazaro in Japanese), the new original anime for Toonami with Shinichiro Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Space Dandy) and animation studio MAPPA (Chainsaw Man, Jujutsu Kaisen, Attack on Titan The Final Season), on Friday

The anime is scheduled for 2025.

Adult Swim describes the story:

The year is 2052 - an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity prevails across the globe. The reason for this: mankind has been freed from sickness and pain. Nobel Prize winning neuroscientist Dr. Skinner has developed a miracle cure-all drug with no apparent drawbacks called Hapuna. Hapuna soon becomes ubiquitous… and essential. However, soon after Hapuna is officially introduced, Dr. Skinner vanishes.

Three years later, the world has moved on. But Dr. Skinner has returned - this time, as a harbinger of doom. Skinner announces that Hapuna has a short half-life. Everyone who has taken it will die approximately three years later. Death is coming for this sinful world - and coming soon.

As a response to this threat, a special task force of 5 agents is gathered from across the world to save humanity from Skinner's plan. This group is called "Lazarus." Can they find Skinner and develop a vaccine before time runs out?

EDIT: There was a visual too:

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Dr. Stone: Science Future Anime's 1st Part to Debut in January 2025

TOHO animation revealed on Friday that the first cours (quarter of a year) of Dr. Stone: Science Future, the fourth and final season of the Dr. Stone anime, will debut in January 2025. TOHO animation is also streaming a "super teaser" promotional video for the anime.

The anime will air for three cours with breaks in between.

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Hazure Skill "Kinomi Master" TV Anime Reveals Teaser Video, Cast, Staff, January 2025 Debut

The official website for the television anime adaptation of Hanyuu and Air Matsukoto's Hazure Skill "Kinomi Master": Skill no Mi (Tabetara Shinu) wo Mugen ni Taberareru Yо̄ ni Natta Ken ni Tsuite (Useless Skill "Nut Master": How I Gained the Ability to Eat Unlimited Skill Fruits [Without Dying]) manga, based on Hanyuu's original novels of the same name, revealed the show's teaser promotional video, cast, staff, visual, and January 2025 debut on Friday.

The fantasy story follows a boy named Light, who wants to be the greatest adventurer. He and his friend Lena eat skill fruits, which results in death if eaten more than once. Lena gains the Sword Saint skill and quickly becomes an S-rank adventurer, while Light gets the useless Nut Master skill, which only helps for nut farming. One day, Light accidentally eats a second skill fruit. However, instead of dying, he gains a second skill, Sword Saint.

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Magic Maker ~Isekai Mahō no Tsukurikata~ Anime's Main Promo Video Reveals More Cast, January 2025 Debut

Kadokawa started streaming the main promotional video on Friday for the television anime adaptation of Kazuki Kaburagi's Magic Maker ~Isekai Mahō no Tsukurikata~ (How to Perform Alternate World Magic) light novel series. The video reveals the show's January 2025 debut on TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, BS NTV, and AT-X.

The story of the light novels centers on a man who dies in the modern world while harboring a longing for magic, and is reincarnated in another world as a baby named Shion. Hoping that magic finally exists in another world, Shion is disappointed when he finds out that magic also does not exist in this new world. One day, while visiting a lake with his sister Marie, Shion witnesses a mysterious phenomenon that was "like magic." Shion then decides to be a pioneer of magic in another world and starts researching about magic.

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The Unaware Atelier Master Novels Get TV Anime in April 2025

AlphaPolis announced on Friday that Yōsuke Tokino's The Unaware Atelier Master (Kanchigai no Atelier Meister) light novel series is getting a television anime adaptation that will premiere in April 2025.

Alpha Manga is releasing the manga adaptation digitally, and it describes the story:

One day, Kurt, a kind-hearted boy, is suddenly kicked out of the Hero's Party for being "useless". He finds that his aptitude for weapons, magic, and all other combat-related skills is the lowest rank, so he takes odd-jobs repairing the castle walls and digging for minerals to make a living, where his exceptional abilities are immediately revealed. He proves to be skillful in cooking, building, mining, crafting magical tools--in fact, his aptitude for every skill unrelated to combat had an SSS-ranking! Kurt, however, seems completely unaware to his talent and ends up saving people, the town, and even the country through his unaware actions!?

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'I'm a Noble on the Brink of Ruin, So I Might as Well Try Mastering Magic' Anime Reveals More Cast, Staff, 1st Promo Video

The staff for the television anime of Nazuna Miki's I'm a Noble on the Brink of Ruin, So I Might as Well Try Mastering Magic (Botsuraku Yotei no Kizoku dakedo, Hima datta kara Mahō wo Kiwamete Mita) light novel series unveiled more cast, staff, and the anime's first promotional video on Friday. The video reveals and previews the opening theme song "Wonderlust" by saji.

The anime will premiere in January 2025 on the TV Tokyo and BS Fuji channels, and will stream on U-NEXT and Anime Hōdai streaming services in Japan.

J-Novel Club licensed the light novel series, and released the first volume digitally on April 4. J-Novel Club describes the story:

What's a guy to do when his life suddenly changes while innocently enjoying a nice, cold drink after work? And I mean really changes.

This middle-aged commoner now finds himself in the body of Liam Hamilton, the young son of a noble house teetering on the brink of collapse. Between his fervidly desperate father and his utterly apathetic brothers, the only bright side to his new situation is that Liam can finally try learning magic like he's always wanted. Little does he know his hobby of choice may be about to turn his life upside-down yet again!

Will Liam be able to master the craft of magic? And will it be enough to save him from the shadow looming over his family...?

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Go For It, Nakamura-kun!! TV Anime Announces 2025 Premiere in New Teaser Trailer

The official website and accounts for the upcoming Go For It, Nakamura-kun!! TV anime series released a new key visual and teaser trailer today, alongside announcing the main staff and a 2025 premiere.

Seven Seas releases both in English and describes the series:

Nakamura is a shy boy who falls in love at first sight with one of his classmates–his dreamy high school classmate, Hirose. But there’s a problem: they haven’t met yet. And Nakamura is a total klutz who might bungle things before they even begin!

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The Beginning After the End Webnovel/Webcomic Gets TV Anime by Studio A-Cat

A panel at New York Comic Con for TurtleMe's The Beginning After The End webnovel and its webcomic adaptation announced on Saturday that the franchise will get a television anime adaptation in 2025. Crunchyroll will stream the anime worldwide excluding Asia (but including India). The below video features the words "Season 1" at the end.

Tapas stated the anime will be the first anime adaptation of an American web novel and webcomic.

TurtleMe's webnovel series launched in English on Tapas in January 2017, and currently has 1,465 "episodes." Tapas describes the story:

The Beginning After The End follows the thrilling journey of King Grey, a once-powerful ruler reborn into a vibrant world of magic, mythical creatures, and epic battles. Now living as Arthur Leywin, a boy with untapped potential, he discovers that his new life is filled with danger and adventure at every turn. From mastering powerful spells to facing fierce enemies, Arthur must use his skills and wits to protect those he cares about and uncover the secrets of his mysterious reincarnation. Along the way, he finds friendship, challenges, and a destiny that could reshape the very world around him.

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ZENSHU. Anime's New Trailer Reveals January 2025 Debut, More Cast

Crunchyroll premiered a new trailer for MAPPA's original television anime ZENSHU. at New York Comic Con on Friday. The video reveals that the anime will debut in January 2025.

MAPPA describes the anime:

After graduating from high school, Natsuko Hirose starts her career as an animator. Her talent quickly flourishes, and she makes her debut as a director in no time. Her first anime becomes a massive hit, sparking a social phenomenon and earning her recognition as an up-and-coming genius director. Her next project is set to be a romantic comedy movie themed around first love! However, having never been in love herself, Natsuko struggles to understand the concept of first love, and as a result, she's unable to create the storyboard, causing the movie production to come to a standstill.

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San-x's Rilakkuma Character Gets New Anime by Production I.G

The official X (formerly Twitter) account for San-X's Rilakkuma character revealed on Sunday that the character will get an anime by Production I.G. Yoshimi Itazu (The Concierge anime film) directed and storyboarded the promotional video announcing the anime below, and the video's staff includes other veterans of The Concierge such as character designer/key animator Chiyo Morita, concept color designer Izumi Hirose, in-between animator Maiko Nogami, editor Junichi Uematsu, and cinematographer Hiroshi Tanaka. The video previews the anime's theme song "stay with me" by YOASOBI vocalist Lilas Ikuta, a fan of the Rilakkuma character.