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Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 4 announced a Sumi Sakurasawa date visual on Friday, alongside the reveal of the opening and ending theme song artists and its premiere date set for July 4, 2025. ClariS will perform the opening theme song “Umitsuki,” while Regal Lily will handle the ending theme song “Boku no Vega.” A date visual for the main cast—Chizuru, Mami, and Ruka—had also been unveiled earlier. Kazuomi Koga takes over as director for the new season, replacing Shin’ya Une. Studio TMS Entertainment is back to animate Season 4, with the main cast set to reprise their roles. Shun Horie as Kazuya Kinoshita Sora Amamiya as Chizuru Aoi Yuki as Mami Nao Toyama as Ruka Rie Takahashi as Sumi Yu Serizawa as Mini Yaemori The story is adapted from a manga by Reiji Miyajima, serialized in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine since July 2017. Kodansha USA handles the English publication, while Crunchyroll streams the anime. The plot follows Kinoshita Kazuya, a 20-year-old college student who struggles after being dumped by his girlfriend just a month into their relationship. Frustrated, he turns to an unconventional dating method and meets Mizuhara Chizuru, a stunning girl with long black hair and a charming smile. What starts as a rental encounter quickly blossoms into something real. This chaotic rom-com promises plenty of love and excitement!

The April Showers Bring May Flowers anime has revealed a new trailer, two additional cast members, and the ending theme song. Tasuku Hatanaka and Makoto Koichi are joining the cast as Tsutomu Shinbashi and Keisuke Ueno. The Japanese rock band Glasgow will perform the ending theme song “Souvenir.” The series is scheduled to premiere this July. Silver Link is producing the series, with Mirai Minato (Mission: Yozakura Family) serving as the director and script supervisor. Miwa Oshima (Anne-Happy) is handling character design, while Yuki Hayashi (Haikyu!!) and Shogo Yamashiro (My Hero Academia: Vigilantes) are composing the music. The cast includes: Saori Hayami as Hana Tabata Shimba Tsuchiya as Yosuke Ueno Yoshino Aoyama as Sumire Uguisudani Yoshimasa Hosoya as Tetsuo Gotanda The anime is based on a manga series by Roku Sakura, which was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten’s Young Ace seinen magazine from April 2016 to September 2022, spanning 12 volumes. Yen Press has licensed the English version of the manga and describes the first volume as: Hana Tabata, who sees herself as the plain side character in others' stories, doesn’t feel like her name, which means “flower,” suits her. Still, she loves romance manga and sometimes imagines herself as the heroine. When the most popular guy in class catches her daydreaming, she fears humiliation but is surprised when he keeps her secret and starts chatting with her. Ever doubtful, Hana wonders if his kindness could truly be sincere.

With only one day left until the release of JUJUTSU KAISEN: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death in Japanese theaters, a new character visual of Suguru Geto has been unveiled, accompanied by a comment from his voice actor, Takahiro Sakurai. The visual showcases Geto as one of the key characters in the Hidden Inventory / Premature Death arc, following Toji Fushiguro, who was previously featured. JUJUTSU KAISEN: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death – New Suguru Geto Visual You can read Geto’s voice actor, Takahiro Sakurai’s, comment below: The film, set to premiere in Japan on May 30, 2025, is a re-edited theatrical version of the Hidden Inventory / Premature Death arc, originally featured in the first five episodes of JUJUTSU KAISEN Season 2. This arc follows young Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto as they embark on a mission to protect Riko Amanai, the Star Plasma Vessel. The movie will include enhanced visuals, a new audio mix, and a new Juju Stroll short anime, a comedic slice-of-life mini-anime typically paired with TV episodes. Additionally, an acoustic version of “Where Our Blue Is” by Tatsuya Kitani, a rendition of the Season 2 opening theme, will be featured, as highlighted in the latest trailer. Studio MAPPA is once again handling the animation, with the original cast reprising their roles. North American Release and Anime Sequel JUJUTSU KAISEN: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death will hit North American theaters on July 16, 2025, distributed by GKIDS in both subtitled and English-dubbed versions. This marks GKIDS' first collaboration with the franchise after acquiring distribution rights through Toho International. The film sets the stage for the anime’s next arc, the Culling Game sequel, which is currently in production. This continuation will pick up after Season 2, with only a teaser visual released so far. Further details remain under wraps. The JUJUTSU KAISEN manga concluded in September 2024 after six and a half years of serialization. It ended with a total of 30 volumes, the final two of which were released simultaneously in December 2024, with Volume 30 featuring a special epilogue. Source (Anime Corner)

Kyoto Animation’s upcoming anime, CITY THE ANIMATION, has unveiled a new key visual ahead of its July 6 premiere. Directed by Taichi Ishidate, the anime adapts CITY, a manga by Keiichi Arawi, the creator of Nichijou: My Ordinary Life. The first trailer was showcased at AnimeJapan 2025 in March, along with announcements of new cast members. Check out the second key visual for the anime below. CITY THE ANIMATION – Second Key Visual The voice cast for the anime includes: Mikako Komatsu as Midori Nagumo Aki Toyosaki as Nikura Yui Ishikawa as Wako Izumi Yoshihisa Kawahara as Tsurubishi Makabe Miyu Irino as Tatewaku Makabe Ayaka Nanase as Matsuri Makabe Azusa Tadokoro as Eri Amakazari Yu Wakui as Riko Izumi Takehito Koyasu as Doctor / Father Mayumi Asano as Mother KENN as Tatsuta Satoshi Inomata as Ryota Coco Hayashi as Kamome Haruna Fukushima as Umi Yuki Tenma as Sora You can see the full anime staff for CITY THE ANIMATION below. Director: Taichi Ishidate Character Designer / Chief Animation Director: Tamami Tokuyama Color Designer: Kana Miyata Art Director: Shiori Yamazaki Photography Director: Hiroki Ueda CG Director: Tatsunori Kase Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka Animation Production: Kyoto Animation Keiichi Arawi’s City manga originally ran from 2016 to 2021 in Kodansha’s Morning magazine, concluding with 13 volumes. After a three-year hiatus, it returned on December 24, 2024. Vertical Comics licensed the English version, describing the story: Created by the mind behind Nichijou, this surreal slapstick series follows Midori Nagumo, a broke college student living in a seemingly ordinary city filled with quirky characters. As her chaotic antics unfold, the city springs to life. Midori faces financial troubles, with her landlady pressuring her for unpaid rent and her best friend refusing to lend her money after catching on to her tricks. Desperate, she considers bullying or petty theft, but neither proves sustainable. Maybe getting a job would help—if only it didn’t cut into her fun city escapades. CITY THE ANIMATION marks KyoAni’s first new anime adaptation in six years.

Kyoto Animation’s upcoming anime, CITY THE ANIMATION, unveiled its first trailer, announced new voice cast members, and confirmed a July 6 premiere. Directed by Taichi Ishidate, the anime adapts CITY, a manga by Keiichi Arawi, known for Nichijou: My Ordinary Life. The news came during the AnimeJapan 2025 event, where it shared the spotlight with KyoAni’s other project, Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid. The theme songs were also revealed, with “Hello” by Furui Riho as the opening and “LUCKY” by TOMOO as the ending. New voice cast members were introduced for the Adatara Family. Takehito Koyasu as Doctor / Father Mayumi Asano as Mother KENN as Tatsuta Satoshi Inomata as Ryota Coco Hayashi as Kamome Haruna Fukushima as Umi Yuki Tenma as Sora The main voice cast has already been announced, and you can check out the complete list below. Mikako Komatsu as Midori Nagumo Aki Toyosaki as Nikura Yui Ishikawa as Wako Izumi Yoshihisa Kawahara as Tsurubishi Makabe Miyu Irino as Tatewaku Makabe Ayaka Nanase as Matsuri Makabe Azusa Tadokoro as Eri Amakazari Yu Wakui as Riko Izumi You can see the full anime staff for CITY THE ANIMATION below. Director: Taichi Ishidate Character Designer / Chief Animation Director: Tamami Tokuyama Color Designer: Kana Miyata Art Director: Shiori Yamazaki Photography Director: Hiroki Ueda CG Director: Tatsunori Kase Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka Animation Production: Kyoto Animation Keiichi Arawi’s City manga ran from 2016 to 2021 in Kodansha’s Morning magazine, concluding with 13 volumes. After a three-year break, it returned on December 24, 2024. Vertical Comics licensed the English version, describing it as: From the creator of Nichijou, this surreal slapstick series follows Midori Nagumo, a broke college student living in a city full of eccentric characters. As she dashes around, she stirs up chaos and keeps the city lively. Midori is struggling with debt, facing a landlady demanding unpaid rent, and a best friend unwilling to lend her money anymore. She considers bullying or petty theft, but neither is a long-term solution. Perhaps getting a job could help, though it might cut into her time for wild city adventures. CITY THE ANIMATION marks KyoAni’s first new anime adaptation in six years.

A new trailer for the Kaiju No. 8 compilation movie was revealed during the series’ stage at Jump Festa ’25. The movie will feature new content, in the form of Hoshina’s Day Off special episode. The trailer revealed that One Republic is returning to the franchise with a new ending theme song, titled “Invincible”: The movie premieres on March 28 in Japan and it will have an international release, although it was not revealed when. Check out the key visual for the movie below: Kaiju No. 8 AnimeShigeyuki Miya & Tomomi Kamiya directed the first season while Ichiro Okouchi handled the script and series composition. Tetsuya Nishio worked as the character designer and chief animation director. Mahiro Maeda handled the kaiju designs and Yuta Bandoh composed the music. The first season aired for 12 episodes from April to June and ranked second in the “Best Animation”, “Best Sci-Fi”, and “Best Soundtrack” categories for the Spring 2024 season. Crunchyroll describes the plot of the series as: In a world plagued by creatures known as Kaiju, Kafka Hibino aspired to enlist in The Defense Force. He makes a promise to enlist with his childhood friend, Mina Ashiro. Soon, life takes them in separate ways. While employed cleaning up after Kaiju battles, Kafka meets Reno Ichikawa. Reno’s determination to join The Defense Force reawakens Kafka’s promise to join Mina and protect humanity. The anime adapts a manga by Naoya Matsumoto.

The previously announced anime adaptation of Takopi’s Original Sin is to premiere in 2025, as revealed during the Jump Festa '25 stage. teaser trailer featuring Reina Ueda as Shizuka and Kurumiamiyaopi been released. Studio ENISHIYA is producing the animation with Shinya Iino as the director I is also for the series composition.ita Nagahara is overseeing the character designs. Takopi’s Original Sin is based on a manga written and illustrated by Taizan 5 (Hero Complex, The Ichinose’s Deadly Sins). The manga was serialized on the Sh Jump platform from 2021 to 2022, comprising a total of 16 chapters compiled into 2 volumes. Despite only having two volumes, the manga has exceeded 1.4 million copies in circulation. VIZ Media the manga in English and describes the plot as follows: A cute little alien named Takopi lands on Earth. What is his mission? To be taken to our leader? No. To spread happiness throughout the universe! The first person Takopi meets is a depressed fourth grader named Shizuka (Or is it…?) is determined to do whatever it takes to make Shizuka smile again. However, his misguided attempts to help her by using his advanced technology to back time only result in mayhem and death. What is the truth thatopi can’t remember? And what must the pink alien octopus with a heart of gold sacrifice to truly help Shizuka and her friends…?

A trailer and key visual for Blue Box anime’s second cour were revealed during the series’ stage at Jump Festa ’25. Kana Ichinose will be joining the cast as Ayame Moriya. The trailer features the new opening theme “Saraba” by Macaroni Empitsu and the ending theme “Contrast” by TOMOO. Check out both below: The series is currently on a one-week break for the holidays. Blue Box returns on January 2, 2025, with episode 13. Netflix is streaming the anime worldwide, one week in advance, as the first two episodes streamed together while the TV broadcasts and overseas audiences got a regular schedule. The main cast for Blue Box includes the following members: Shoya Chiba as Taiki Inomata Reina Ueda as Chinatsu Kano Akari Kito as Hina Chono Chiaki Kobayashi as Kyo Kasahara Yuma Uchida as Kengo Hanyu Yuichiro Yano is the director of Blue Box while Yuki Kakihara is in charge of the series composition. Miho Tanino handles the character designs while Takashi Omama composes the music. Shinobu Isoko, Miho Tanino, Manabu Nii, and Aya Miyajima are all working as chief animation directors for the series.

oshi no Ko announced at Jump Festa ’25 that they’re holding a fan appreciation event on February 2, 2025. A visual for the event was also unveiled. The main cast: Takeo Otsuka, Yurie Igoma, Megumi Han, and Manaka Iwami attended the stage panel, discussing the major developments that happened in the second season, B-Komachi’s new song “POP IN 2,” and the milestones of the series such as the Oshi no Ko YouTube channel surpassing a million subscribers. Additionally, the cast also showed off merchandise including the two editions of the final volume’s cover. They also announced again that a third season is in production. Oshi no Ko Season 3 – Visual Studio Doga Kobo (Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie) animated the first two seasons of the anime with Daisuke Hiramaki (Selection Project) as director and Ciao Nekotomi (Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence) as assistant director. Kanna Hirayama (Rent-A-Girlfriend) designed the characters while Takuri Iga composed the music. The cast consists of: Takeo Otsuka as Aquamarine Hoshino Yurie Igoma as Ruby Hoshino Megumi Han as Kana Arima Manaka Iwami as Akane Kurokawa Rumi Okubo as Mem-cho Lynn as Miyako Saito Rie Takahashi as Ai Hoshino The TV anime adaptation is based on the manga series written by Aka Akasaka (Kaguya-sama: Love is War) and illustrated by Mengo Yokari (Scum’s Wish). Shueisha’s Weekly Young Jump has been serializing the series since April 2020. A live-action adaptation of the series is set to premiere this November. HIDIVE is streaming the series and they describe it as follows: Dr. Goro is reborn as the son of the young starlet Ai Hoshino after her delusional stalker murders him. Now, he wants to help his new mother rise to the top, but what can a child do about the dark underbelly of the entertainment industry?

Aharen-san wa Hakarenai Season 2 unveiled an April 2025 release date and additional cast member at Jump Festa ’25. Nao Toyama joins the cast as Riku Tamahana. The character Riku also appeared in the last episode of the first season. Inori Minase and Takuma Terashima were present at the stage panel to deliver the announcements. Aharen-san wa Hakarenai Season 2 cast announcement Aharen-san wa Hakarenai is a manga series by Asato Mizu. The first season premiered in April 2022 with 12 episodes. Studio Felix Film animated the anime with Tomoe Makino and Yasutaka Yamamoto as directors. Takao Yoshitaka wrote the script and MONACA composed the music. Voice actor unit Trysail performed the opening theme of the series while the musical duo HaKoniwalily sang the ending theme. The cast of the first season consisted of: Inori Minase as Reina Aharen Takuma Terashima as Raido Matsuboshi M・A・O as Mitsuki Oshiro Tetsuya Kakihara as Ishikawa Tomori Kusunoki as Hanako Sato Kana Hanazawa as Tobaru-sensei Yurie Kozakai as Miyahira-sensei The series is available to stream on Bilibili and Crunchyroll and the latter describes the plot of the series as follows: Socially awkward Aharen-san has personal boundary issues, either getting too close or too far from her classmates. When fellow student Raido picks up an eraser she drops, Aharen-san decides they’re now best friends. Whether studying, playing the arcade, or just eating lunch—she’s along for the ride. What follows is an impromptu bonding that shows affection can blossom in the unlikeliest of places!