Shin Anime & Manga Thread

[sdsichero]

Farmagia Anime's 1st Promo Video Reveals Cast, Staff, Theme Songs, January 10 Premiere

The official website for the television anime based on Marvelous' monster-farming/action game Farmagia revealed on Friday the first promotional video, visual, cast, staff, theme songs, and January 10 premiere. The video previews the opening theme song "Life is Beautiful" by Asian Kung-Fu Generation.

Players take control of "Farmagia" Ten, who lives in the underworld Felicidad. By cultivating the farm, players can raise and take control of monsters to take on opponents and free the land from the oppressive Magus. Monsters can also be fused together to make powerful new forms.

[sdsichero]

The Catcher in the Ballpark! Manga Gets TV Anime

An official website opened on Thursday to announce that Tatsurō Suga's The Catcher in the Ballpark! (Ballpark de Tsukamaete!) manga is getting a television anime adaptation in 2025.

The story follows Murata, an office worker, who meets Ruriko, a vendor selling beer who looks like a gyaru. He becomes her first regular customer. Ruriko acts cold towards Murata, but she has an innocent personality that comes out when he is out of sight.

[sdsichero]

'Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!' Anime Reveals Key Visual, Main Trailer for Special Edited Compilation

The official website for the anime adaptation of Yū Toyota's Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! (30-sai Dōtei da to Mahō Tsukai ni Nareru Rashii) manga revealed the key visual and main trailer for its special edited compilation screening on Thursday.

Square Enix Manga & Books licensed the manga, and it describes the story:

Adachi, a thirty-year-old virgin, has developed the power to read people's minds by touching them. After a brush with his very handsome colleague, Adachi realizes he has a raging crush on none other than Adachi himself!

[sdsichero]

From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated! Anime Reveals More Cast, January 9 TV Debut

The official website for From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated!, the television anime adaptation of Michiro Ueyama's Akuyaku Reijō Tensei Oji-san (The Middle-Aged Man that Reincarnated as a Villainess) manga, revealed a commercial, new visual, and more cast on Thursday. The website also revealed that the show will have its broadcast premiere on MBS and TBS and its 28 affiliate channels in the Super Animeism TURBO programming block on January 9.

The manga centers on Kenzaburō Tondabayashi, a 52-year-old public servant who one day gets into a traffic accident. When he regains consciousness, he finds himself reincarnated into a fantasy world's academy, reborn now as the haughty Grace Auvergne, daughter of a duke.

[sdsichero]

Kadokawa Lists Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody TV Anime With Sequel

Kadokawa's listing of the 18th volume Ayamegumu's manga adaptation of storywriter Hiro Ainana and character designer shri's Death March to The Parallel World Rhapsody (Death March Kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyōsōkyoku) light novel series features a cover image that states that a sequel television anime is in production. The 18th volume will ship on December 9.

The story of the original light novel series follows a 29-year-old programmer who is on a "death march," but one day he wakes up in another world after a nap. From a meteor shower he happens to gain vast riches, and he decides to go sightseeing. So begins his "heartwarming, occasionally serious, and harem" adventure in another world.

[sdsichero]

Kodansha Lists Natsumi Eguchi's Dekin no Mogura Manga With Anime Debuting in July 2025

Kodansha's listing for the special edition of the eight volume of Natsumi Eguchi's Dekin no Mogura (The Banned Mole, or The Banned Mogura) manga features a cover of the volume that states an anime adaptation will be "broadcast" starting in July 2025.

The manga centers on university students Magi and Yaeko, who one day witness a Kōjien dictionary falling on the head of a man and hurting him. However, despite bleeding from his head, the man expresses that he does not want them to call an ambulance or the police for him, which seems suspicious. In addition, after this encounter, both Magi and Yaeko start seeing strange things.

[sdsichero]

Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon Novels Get Anime

Hobby Japan announced on Friday that Shisui Meikyou and tef's Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon: My Trusted Companions Tried to Kill Me, But Thanks to the Gift of an Unlimited Gacha I Got LVL 9999 Friends and Am Out For Revenge on My Former Party Members (Shinjiteita Nakama-tachi ni Dungeon Okuchi de Korosarekaketa ga Gift "Mugen Gacha" de Level 9999 no Nakama-tachi o Te ni Irete Moto Party Member to Sekai ni Fukushuu & "Zamaa!" Shimasu!) light novel series is getting an anime in 2025.

J-Novel Club licensed the novels, and it describes the story:

When Light is kicked out of the Concord of the Tribes, his former comrades instantly turn on him. Light escapes this diabolical act of betrayal by the skin of his teeth...only to find himself in the deepest part of the Abyss, the most dangerous dungeon in the realm! To avoid being eaten by carnivorous monsters, he uses the Unlimited Gacha, his sole magical skill. But where it previously only produced junk items, this time Mei—a gorgeous Level 9999 fighter in a maid outfit—springs forth!

Fast forward three years and Light has carved out his own kingdom in this backwater dungeon, summoning more beautiful Level 9999 warriors who swear absolute fealty to him. Now a powerful Level 9999 Overlord himself, Light plans to ascend to the surface and take revenge on his betrayers one by one!

[sdsichero]

The Moon on a Rainy Night Manga Gets TV Anime

Kodansha USA Publishing revealed on Friday that Kuzushiro's The Moon on a Rainy Night (Amayo no Tsuki) manga is getting a television anime. The anime will be distributed worldwide in various countries. Kuzushiro drew an illustration to commemorate the announcement

Kodansha USA licensed the manga, and it describes the story:

One rainy night, Saki is rushing to a piano lesson when she crashes into a beautiful, long-haired girl, dropping her sheet music in the process. Saki stutters an apology, but the girl simply hands back her sheet music and leaves without a word. Saki begins her first day of high school the following morning, only to find the stranger from the night before sitting at the desk next to hers. She learns that the girl's name is Kanon and that she is not quite completely deaf, but very hard of hearing. Though Kanon needs to be close to people to read their lips, she tends to push people away with her icy demeanor. Through one kind gesture, Saki slowly begins breaking down the walls around Kanon, even as she feels something new blossoming within her.

[sdsichero]

Gundam Seed Freedom Zero Prequel's Teaser Streamed

The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed anime began streaming the teaser for Mobile Suit Gundam Seed FREEDOM ZERO, the prequel to the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed FREEDOM anime film, on Friday.

[sdsichero]

Übel Blatt Anime's 2nd Trailer Reveals January 10 Debut, Streaming Only on Prime Video Worldwide, More Cast

P ony Canyon revealed a second English-subtitled trailer on Friday for the television anime of Etorouji Shiono's Übel Blatt dark fantasy manga. The video reveals that the series will debut on January 10 in Japan on Tokyo MX at 24:30 (effectively January 11 at 12:30 a.m.), and will stream each week exclusively on Amazon Prime Video worldwide starting on January 11 at 1:30 a.m. JST (January 10 at 11:30 a.m. EST).

P ony Canyon describes the anime's story:

Rumors stir throughout the land: when the wielder of the black sword draws his dark blade, all who stand in its path are torn asunder...! Köinzell, the mysterious young boy who carries the black sword, undeniably wields it with exceptional skill, but can he truly be responsible for the bloody rumors? Pursued by the Traitorous Lances, four powerful warriors who were thought to have been defeated by the Seven Heroes, the strength of the young swordsman will be tested to its limit. At battle's end, only the shocking truth of Köinzell's quest will stand above the corpses of his enemies... An epic fantasy on the grandest of scales!

[sdsichero]

The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, January Debut

The staff of the television anime adaptation of Umiharu's The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World manga, which is itself an adaptation of author Hifumi Asakura and illustrator Yamakawa's Arafō Otoko no Isekai Tsūhan Seikatsu light novel series, revealed the anime's main promo video, January 2025 debut, staff, more cast, and opening theme song information on Friday.

Manga UP! Global describes the manga's story:

Ken'ichi, a single man who's almost 40, is suddenly transferred to another world. As he navigates his way through the dangerous forests of that world, he realizes that he can use a huge online shopping site. Ken'ichi aims to use his cheat ability to live a slow life in another world!

[sdsichero]

Kaijū Sekai Seifuku TV Anime's 2nd Teaser Reveals Cast, Staff, April Debut

The official website for the television anime of the Kaijū Sekai Seifuku (Monster World Conquest) project from Kotobukiya's Character Creation Lab. initiative began streaming its second teaser promotional video on Friday. The teaser reveals the anime's cast, staff, and April 2025 premiere date TV Tokyo and other channels.

The "heartwarming slice-of-life" anime follows four dragon-like monsters who came to Earth to conquer it — but first, they study humanity by freeloading off an OL (female office worker) in her 20s. They turn her apartment into their secret base, and prepare for their world conquest … eventually.

[sdsichero]

Himitsu no AiPri TV Anime Gets 2nd Season

The "Pretty Series Crossing Live 2024" event announced on Saturday that production on a second season of the Himitsu no AiPri (Secret AiPri) television anime has been green-lit. In addition, the first event entirely dedicated to Himitsu no AiPri will happen on January 25 at Tokyo's Bunkyo Civic Hall.

[sdsichero]

Rakuen Tsuihō -Expelled from Paradise- Kokoro no Resonance Sequel Film Reveals 2026 Debut in Teaser Video

Aniplex revealed on Saturday a new key visual, teaser video, and 2026 debut for Rakuen Tsuihō -Expelled from Paradise- Kokoro no Resonance (Heart's Resonance), the all-new feature-length anime film sequel to the 2014 anime film Expelled from Paradise. While the original announcement of the film had featured the title Rakuen Tsuihō: Liberated from Paradise, this latest announcement lists the title as Rakuen Tsuihō -Expelled from Paradise- Kokoro no Resonance as well as Rakuen Tsuihō: Kokoro no Resonance instead.

[sdsichero]

Sanrio to Stream I.Cinnamoroll Anime in English on YouTube

Sanrio's "Hello Kitty and Friends" YouTube channel revealed on Friday that the channel will stream the I.CINNAMOROLL Animation anime in English every Friday at 4:00 p.m. EST. It is unclear if the anime will have English subtitles or will be English dubbed, or when it will debut on the YouTube channel. The YouTube channel is streaming a trailer for the seires.

In Cinnamoroll's origin story, a white dog flew down from the skies one day and was discovered by a female Cafe Cinnamon worker. The "I.Cinnamoroll" brand depicts an alternate world that poses a what-if question: What if Cinnamoroll had not met the Cafe Cinnamon worker on that fateful day? The "I" in the title stands for both the English first-person pronoun "I" and the Japanese word "ai" (love), and it represents the brand's theme of taking care of one's own body and mind.