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Detectives These Days Are Crazy! Anime Reveals Video, Visual, More Cast

Kadokawa revealed a new cast member and a video on Sunday for the television anime of Masakuni Igarashi's Detectives These Days Are Crazy! (Mattaku Saikin no Tantei Tokitara) manga. The visual and videos commemorate "Ii Ossan no Hi" (Good Middle-Aged Man Day, a pun on November 3 as 11 looks like "Ii" and "03" can be pronounced as "oh" and "san") on Sunday.

The anime will premiere in 2025.

One Peace Books describes the story:

Behold, a great detective who thrills the world solving impossible cases in no time! His name? Keiichiro Nagumo. …But all of that was over a decade ago. Now he's just your typical middle-aged dude. Nagumo is behind the times to the point that he doesn't even know what a smartphone is. But out of the blue, he is confronted by a high school girl named Mashiro who shows up wanting to be his assistant. Witness the miracles a gender-gap detective duo can make!

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Kamitsubaki City Under Construction TV Anime Reveals 2nd Teaser Visual, New Video

Kadokawa revealed on Saturday a new teaser visual and new video for the the television anime adaptation of Kamitsubaki Studio's Kamitsubaki-Shi Kensetsu-chū. (Kamitsubaki City Under Construction) project.

The anime will premiere in 2025.

The project's story is about exploring the hidden mysteries of the virtual city called "Kamitsubaki City" and restoring order and peace to the city.

Kamitsubaki Studio has been developing the user-participation project since 2019, with a community of over 20,000 users in alternate reality game and "table-talk" role-playing game experiences. The story unravels the mysteries hidden in the virtual city of Kamitsubaki, leading to the restoration of order and peace on its streets.

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R.I.P. manga author Kazuo Umezu

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Beastars Anime's Final Season Trailer Reveals More Cast, Ending Song Artist, December 5 Debut

Netflix unveiled a new trailer on Tuesday for the final anime season adapting Paru Itagaki's BEASTARS manga. The trailer reveals new cast members, reveals and previews the final season's ending theme song "Feel Like This" by YU-KA, and reveals the anime's December 5 worldwide Netflix debut date.

Viz Media released the manga in English, and it describes the story:

At a high school where the students are literally divided into predators and prey, it's personal relationships that maintain the fragile peace. Who among them is a Beastar—an academic and social role model destined to become a leader in a society naturally rife with mistrust?

Last night at Cherryton Academy, an herbivore student was killed and eaten. Among the members of the drama club, the herbivores' suspicions naturally turn to their carnivore classmates… The prime suspect? Legoshi, a large wolf. But he wouldn't hurt a fly—or would he? And will dwarf rabbit Haru bring out the beast in him? Or are his feelings for her…something else?

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Otherworldly Munchkin: Let's Speedrun the Dungeon with Only 1 HP Manga Gets TV Anime

Bandai Namco Filmworks announced on Wednesday that Yū Shimizu and Makoto Aogiri's Otherworldly Munchkin: Let's Speedrun the Dungeon with Only 1 HP (Isekai Munchkin: HP 1 no Mama de Saikyō Saisoku Danjon Kōryaku) manga will get a television anime adaptation, and revealed a teaser visual and the anime's main staff.

Kodansha USA Publishing releases the manga digitally and describes the story:

16-year-old Yukito Kirihara lives with his 14-year-old sister Sana, who he treasures more than anyone else. But when an ogre shows up outside of his window looking for Sana (a shocking event in its own right), Yukito leaps to save her—and is killed. He's offered the promise of reincarnation by a mysterious woman, who gives him a character sheet in a mysterious book. But when Yukito sees Sana in there, too, he sets off to find her, and save them both—even if he only has 1 hp with which to do it!

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Nandeyanen Comedy Picture Books Get 'Light Anime' on December 1

Japanese publisher Sekai Bunka-sha announced on Tuesday that Hirotaka Nakagawa, Tsubasa Suzuki, and Hiroe Aoki's Nandeyanen (a Kansai dialect expression meaning "What the heck?" or "What the heck are you doing?") picture book series will get a light anime adaptation. (Dai Nippon Printing coined the term "light anime" in 2022 to describe its process of producing an adaptation in less time with fewer costs than in traditional animation.) The project's teaser video reveals that the light anime will exclusively stream on Netflix in Japan starting on December 1.

Sekai Bunka-sha published the first Nandeyanen picture book in 2013. Nakagawa is credited for the text, Suzuki is credited for the original concept, and Aoki drew the book's illustrations.

The picture book is full of silly and hilarious stories like waking up in the morning and you find yourself with a topknot, or when you take off your pajamas and you find yourself wearing a loincloth.

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Rock Is a Lady's Modesty Anime's 1st Promo Video Reveals Main Cast, Staff, April Debut

The official website for the television anime of Hiroshi Fukuda's Rock is a Lady's Modesty (Rock wa Lady no Tashinamideshite) manga revealed the anime's first promotional video, teaser visual, main cast, staff, and April 2025 premiere on Wednesday.

The young lady x rock youth manga takes place in an all-girls' school where young, gorgeous, and ladylike girls from all over the country gather. A girl named LiLisa Suzunomiya, who became the daughter of a real estate tycoon after her mother remarried, gives up her guitar and love for rock music in order to act like a rich, young lady. But her passion for rock is rekindled when she meets a highly skilled drummer, who attends the same all girls' school.

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The Case Book of Arne Mystery Game Gets TV Anime

The official X (formerly Twitter) account of Game Magazine's The Case Book of Arne (Arne no Jiken-bo) mystery game announced on Wednesday that it will receive a television anime adaptation. The announcement coincides with the game's seventh anniversary.

The game's story centers on the unlikely tandem of vampire detective Arne Neuntöte and Lynn Reinweiss, the daughter of a noble family who loves vampires. Together, they solve bloodly murder cases.

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I'm Living with an Otaku NEET Kunoichi!? Anime Unveils More Cast, January 4 Debut

The official website for the television anime of storyboarder Yakitomato and artist Kotatsu's I’m Living with an Otaku NEET Kunoichi!? (NEET Kunoichi to Nazeka Dōsei Hajimemashita) manga unveiled on Wednesday the anime's main visual, additional cast members, and January 4 premiere.

The manga centers on Tsukasa, a normal salaryman who is attacked one night by demons, and is saved by a genius kunoichi named Shizuri. In her off time though, Shizuri is a lazy otaku NEET. Tsukasa and Shizuri end up living together, with Tsukasa using his homemaking skills to pamper Shizuri as she continues to serve as his bodyguard.

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Happinet Confirms Anime of Yui Tamura's Mr. Yano's ordinary days Manga

Happinet confirmed that Yui Tamura's Yano-kun no Futsū no Hibi manga will get an anime adaptation under the English title Yano-kun's Ordinary Days, and launched its official website on Wednesday. Tamura also drew an illustration to commemorate the announcement

The comedy manga centers on Tsuyoshi Yano, the perennially unlucky high school boy, and Kiyoko Yoshida, the classmate that constantly worries for him. Yoshida sees Yano come into school injured, and Yoshida begins following Yano out of concert for him, observing his unlucky daily life, and resolving to support him.

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Medalist TV Anime New Trailer Reveals Ending Theme Song, Premiere Date

The official website for the upcoming TV anime Medalist released its latest third trailer featuring the ending song "Atashi no Dress" ("My Dress") by the four-piece rock band Neguse. The clip also announced the anime is officially set to premiere in Japan as part of the TV Asahi “NUMAnimation” programming block on January 4, 2025.

Kodansha USA, which releases the manga's English language edition, describes the first volume:

Inori is a little girl who dreams of becoming a figure skater. Yet, the obstacles to this dream feel insurmountable: Inori’s already “too old” (she’s 11); she’s always had trouble at school; and, worst of all, her older sister’s skating dreams ended in failure, so her mother is dead set against putting her other daughter through a similar experience. Still, the rink is the only place Inori can be herself, and she’s out on the ice when a fateful meeting takes place. Tsukasa, a frustrated coach on the edge of giving up competitive skating himself, will join Inori to form an unstoppable duo powered by hard work, transcendent joy, and an unshakeable belief that they can prove everyone wrong.

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The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows TV Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, April 2025 Debut in Video

Shochiku announced on Friday that the television anime adaptation of author Sakaku Hishikawa and illustrator Daburyu's The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows (Isshun de Chiryō Shiteita no ni Yakutatazu to Tsuihō Sareta Tensai Chiyushi, Yami Healer to Shite Tanoshiku Ikiru) light novel series will debut in April 2025. Shochiku also revealed a teaser visual, teaser video, and the show's main cast and staff.

J-Novel Club is releasing the novel series and Ten Jūnoichi's manga adaptation in English, and it describes the story:

Life hasn't been kind to Zenos. He was born in the slums, and his dirt-poor background has denied him almost every opportunity. After an encounter with a healer, he throws himself into studying to become one and finally catches a break when an adventurer invites Zenos into his party. Zenos is thrilled—so thrilled, in fact, that he's willing to put up with his teammates treating him like garbage. They fail to appreciate his talents and ultimately kick him to the curb, claiming he's outlived his usefulness to them.

Now bereft of money and out of options, Zenos decides to put his self-taught skills to use elsewhere and opens an underground clinic. Word quickly spreads about the brilliant healer working incredible magic in the city's shadowy underbelly. Even the royal palace is taking notice...

Can Zenos buck the odds and carve out a life for himself in a world that's done nothing but spit in his face? And can he save the lives of the patients who wind up on his doorstep in the process?

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Anime of Yama Wayama's Let's Go Karaoke!, 'Captivated, by You' Manga Reveals Partial Cast, 2025 Debut

The staff for the television anime of Yama Wayama's Captivated, by You (Muchū sa, Kimi ni.) manga and Let's Go Karaoke! (Karaoke Iko!) manga revealed the main cast members for Let's Go Karaoke! and the anime's 2025 debut on Friday.

The original anime 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!!

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Go! Go! Loser Ranger! Anime's 2nd Season Reveals April 2025 Debut in New Video

The official website for the television anime of Negi Haruba's Go! Go! Loser Ranger! (Sentai Daishikkaku) manga revealed a teaser promotional video and April 2025 debut on Friday for the anime's second season.

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Hotel Inhumans Manga About Hotel for Assassins Gets TV Anime in 2025

Shogakukan announced on Friday that Ao Tajima's Hotel Inhumans manga is inspiring a television anime in 2025. Tetsuro Amino (Macross 7, Shiki, Iwa-Kakeru! -Sport Climbing Girls-) is directing the anime at Bridge, with Shoji Yonemura (Parasyte -the maxim-, Wave, Listen to Me!, Shaman King 2021) in charge of the series scripts, and Shingo Fujisaski (Let This Grieving Soul Retire!) desigining the characters.

The manga centers on the titular hotel and its two concierges, Sara and Ikurō, who service a very particular clientele: assassins. Not only does the hotel offer top-class dining, relaxation, and entertainment, but it also boasts an ever-fresh arsenal of weapons, false identity creation services, and a world-class cleaner crew. Here, assassins cross paths with each other as Sara and Ikurō tend to their needs without question.