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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!

The previously announced Chainsaw Man: The Reze Arc movie revealed the second trailer and a 2025 premiere date in Japan. The information was announced during the Jump Festa ’25 stage, along with two “contrasting” visuals. Reina Ueda was cast as Reze last year. Studio MAPPA is animating the movie and the staff includes: Director: Tatsuya Yoshihara Screenwriter: Hiroshi Seko Character Designer: Kazutaka Sugiyama Assistant Director: Masato Nakazono Sub Character Designer: Souta Yamazaki, Shun Main Animator: Shoichi Action Animation Director: Sota Shigetsugu Devil Designer: Riki Matsuura, Kiyotaka Oshiyama Costume Designer: Aya Yamamoto Art Director: Yusuke Takeda Color Designer: Naomi Nakano Color Script: Riku 3DCG Director: Daiki Watanabe, Masahiro Tamai Compositing Director: Teppei Ito Editor: Masato Yoshitake Music: Kensuke Ushio Distribution: TOHO Studio MAPPA animated the first season of the Chainsaw Man adaptation under Ryu Nakayama’s direction. Nakayama has since started his own animation studio. Kazutaka Sugiyama is the character designer, with Kiyotaka Oshiyama, who is credited for creature designs. Kensuke Ushio is composing the music. The main cast includes: Kikunosuke Toya as Denji Tomori Kusunoki as Makima Shogo Sakata as Aki Hayakawa Fairouz Ai as Power Mariya Ise as Himeno Kenjiro Tsuda as Kishibe Karin Takahashi as Kobeni Higashiyama Taku Yashiro as Hirokazu Arai Shiori Izawa as Pochita The manga has been split into two parts: the second part has been ongoing since July 2023. MangaPLUS app is publishing it in English: all chapters are available to read for free while using the app. Viz Media is in charge of physical releases and describes the plot as: Denji’s a poor young man who’ll do anything for money, even hunting down devils with his pet devil Pochita. He’s a simple man with simple dreams, drowning under a mountain of debt. But his sad life gets turned upside down one day when he’s betrayed by someone he trusts. Now with the power of a devil inside him, Denji’s become a whole new man—Chainsaw Man! MAPPA channel describes the plot of The Reze Arc movie as: Denji became “Chainsaw Man”, a boy with a devil’s heart, and is now part of Special Division 4’s devil hunters. After a date with Makima, the woman of his dreams, Denji takes shelter from the rain. There he meets Reze, a girl who works in a café.

BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War (TYBW) revealed the first preview images and synopsis for the finale of Part 3, which will premiere as a double-episode next Saturday on December 28. It will continue after the conclusion of Bazz-B’s fight against Haschwalth. Haschwalth will now doubt Uryu, and you can see their confrontation at the end of the season’s look back video. The final scene also revealed the preview images: BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War (TYBW) Part 3 Finale Preview Images – Uryu and Haschwalth Synopsis: Shinigami and Quincy. Ichigo and Uryu. Resolve and pride— The story progresses beyond farewell, heading toward the conclusion of conflict. Uryu, who had shot Renji and returned to the Wahrwelt (Vaalweld), is approached by Jugram Haschwalth, who seems different than before. Meanwhile, the Shinigami, placing their trust in the path opened by Kyoraku, rush toward the main hall of the Wahrwelt. Blocking their way is Gerard Valkyrie. Despite being put at a disadvantage against the relentless attacks from the captains of the Gotei 13, Gerard remains composed, declaring that miracles only awaken in moments of dire crisis. At the same time, Ichigo, Orihime, and Chad are pushed to the brink of spiritual particle poisoning by the abilities of Askin Nakk Le Vaar. With Yoruichi Shihoin stepping in to battle Askin, Ichigo presses forward. Everything converges into one. At the end of the fierce, relentless battle, what will Ichigo’s eyes see? BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 -The Conflict- is the third of four parts of the new anime. It premiered on October 5, topping our weekly rankings 7/12 times. PIERROT FILMS, the new brand of Pierrot’s second studio, is animating. The new adaptation has had a lot of original content, with Tite Kubo saying that Part 4 will have even more. The key staff for the anime includes Hikaru Murata as the director, Tomohisa Taguchi and Masaki Hiramatsu in charge of the series composition, Masashi Kudo as the character designer, and Shiro Sagisu as the music composer. Chief animation directors include Yukio Hasegawa, Sei Komatsubara, Masashi Kudo, and Kumiko Takayanagi. BLEACH: Rebirth of Souls game is coming on March 21, 2025, with the latest trailer featuring Shigekuni Yamamoto.

Tamura Mutsumi has joined the ‘Tis Time for “Torture,” Princess Season 2 voice cast as Sakura Heartlock. Together with Mutsumi, Haruka Shiraishi, who voices the main character Princess was also present at the panel to deliver the announcements. Tis Time for “Torture,” Princess Season 2 cast Mutusmi Tamura as Sakura Heartlock The first season premiered in January 2024 and it has a total of 12 episodes. Studio Pine Jam animated the first season with Yoko Kanamori as the director. Kazuyuki Fudeyazu is doing the series composition. Satoshi Furuhashi and Toshiya Kono are the character designers and Masaru Yokoyama is composing the music. The cast includes: Haruka Shiraishi as Princess Chikahiro Kobayashi as Excalibur Shizuka Ito as Torture Tortura Tessho Genda as Hell-Lord ‘Tis Time for “Torture,” Princess is based on a manga written by Robinson Haruhara and illustrated by Hirakei. It has been serialized on the Shonen Jump+ manga website since April 2019. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime and they describe it as follows: As the war between the Imperial Army and Hellhorde rages on, the Princess, despite being armed with her mythical sword Excalibur, is captured and imprisoned. What kind of torture does she face at the hands of the chief demon interrogator? Fluffy fresh-baked toast! Hot, steaming ramen! Oh, the humanity! Can the Princess withstand these tormenting treats and keep her kingdom’s secrets safe?

My Hero Academia Season 8 will air during the Fall 2025 season. The announcement was made during the series’ stage at Jump Festa ’25. An anime adaption for the franchise’s spin-off series My Hero Academia: Vigilantes was also announced along with a trailer and key visual reveal. Vigilantes will air in April 2025. The upcoming season will be the last one of the anime with studio BONES continuing to handle the animation production. Season 7 received positive reviews after it finished airing in early October. The manga by Kohei Horikoshi concluded in August. Horikoshi later announced that he is currently working on a new manga based on recent My Hero Academia events. “I feel really lucky over the success of My Hero Academia,” said Horikoshi. “So I know there’s a lot of pressure around my next move. I’m planning to start a new manga as soon as I possibly can.” The recent film My Hero Academia: You’re Next became the highest-grossing film of the series with over $32.1 million earned at the worldwide box office. The other three films include My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (2018), My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2019), and My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission (2021). Crunchyroll is streaming My Hero Academia with English subtitles and dubbed and describes the plot as: Izuku has dreamt of being a hero all his life—a lofty goal for anyone, but especially challenging for a kid with no superpowers. That’s right, in a world where eighty percent of the population has some kind of super-powered “quirk,” Izuku was unlucky enough to be born completely normal. But that’s not enough to stop him from enrolling in one of the world’s most prestigious hero academies.

An anime adaptation of My Hero Academia: Vigilantes was officially announced during Jump Festa ’25. The series will begin airing in April 2025. A new trailer and key visual were also revealed as part of the announcement. Check out both below: Studio BONES will animate the series. The following is the main staff: Director: Kenichi Suzuki Series Composition: Yosuke Kuroda Character Design: Takahiko Yoshida Music: Yuki Hayashi, Shogo Yamashiro, Yuki Furuhashi Art Director: Yukihiro Watanabe Color Design: Haruko Nobori Director of Photography: Yingying Zhang 3DCG Director: Mizuki Sasaki Sound Director: Masafumi Mima Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose My Hero Academia Season 8‘s air date for Fall 2025 was also announced as part of the series’ stage event. Vigilantes is a spin-off series that also serves as the prequel to the original My Hero Academia story written and illustrated by Kohei Horikoshi. The My Hero Academia: Vigilantes anime adaptation will mark the franchise’s sixth anime project following the main series and four original movies. My Hero Academia Season 8 is set to release in 2025 and will mark the final instalment in the main anime series. My Hero Academia: Vigilantes is written by Hideyuki Furuhashi with illustrations by Betten Court and original concept by Horikoshi. The manga began serialization in Jump GIGA in 2018 until it was later transferred to Shonen Jump+ the same year. The series came to an end in July 2022 with chapter 126 (Volume 15). VIZ Media licensed the series in English and has published all 15 volumes as well. VIZ Media describes the first volume of My Hero Academia: Vigilantes as such: Koichi Haimawari couldn’t make the cut to become an official hero, so he uses his modest Quirk to do good deeds in his spare time. Then one day a fateful encounter with some local thugs leads him to team up with two other unlikely heroes. None of them really know what they’re doing, but they’ve got the courage—or foolishness—to try. But they soon discover fighting evil takes more than just being brave…

The new Ranma 1/2 anime officially has Season 2 in production, as announced after today’s episode. Studio MAPPA is animating, and an announcement trailer has been released for the sequel. A special illustration by the anime’s character designer Hiromi Taniguchi was also released to commemorate the announcement. Ranma 1/2 Season 2 Announcement Illustration by Hiromi Taniguchi Most of the original voice cast from the original returned, with new additions including Akio Otsuka as Soun Tendo (replacing Ryusuke Obayashi, Cho as Genma Saotome (replacing Kenichi Ogata) and Kenichi Ogata as Narrator (replacing Tadashi Nakamura, who passed away in 2019). The Ranma 1/2 staff includes: Director: Konosuke Uda Series Composition: Kimiko Ueno Character Designer: Hiromi Taniguchi Chief Animation Director: Hiromi Taniguchi, Tsuyoshi Yoshioka, Yoshiko Saito, Nao Otsu Lead Animators: Nao Naito, Rie Aoki POP Artwork: Minami Kitamura Art Director: Chihiro Okawa Color Designer: Yukiko Kakita Compositing Director: Atushi Kano Editing: Keisuke Yanagi Sound Director: Konosuke Uda Sound Effects: Takuya Hasegawa Music Selection: Makiko Chihara Sound Production: dugout Inc. Music: Kaoru Wada Production Planning: Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Co., Ltd. Rumiko Takahashi began the Ranma 1/2 manga as her third major series (following URUSEI YATSURA and Maison Ikkoku) in August 1987. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine until March 1996. VIZ Media licensed it in English. The manga was previously adapted into two anime series by Studio Deen: Ranma 1/2 and Ranma 1/2 Nettohen. The two anime together ran for a total of 161 episodes from 1989 to 1992. In addition, the series also got 12 OVAs and three films. A live-action TV special was released in 2011. The story Ranma and Genma Saotome, a father-son duo who end up falling in a cursed lake and getting cursed. Ranma’s curse has him turning into a girl every time he is splashed with cold water (and reverting when splashed with warm water), while his father turns into a panda under the same conditions. The fact that Ranma is set to marry Akane complicates this further, as she is does not end up liking her fiance at their first meeting.

Blue Exorcist: Blue Night Saga revealed a new visual ahead of the premiere on January 4. The anime will also have a stage at Jump Festa on Sunday. Studio VOLN is animating the new installments of the Blue Exorcist franchise, including the Beyond the Snow saga. Daisuke Yoshida is directing the Beyond the Snow Saga with Yurie Ohigashi as the character designer and chief animation director. Toshiya Ono is in charge of the series composition. Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto are composing the music. Blue Exorcist anime is based on a manga by Kazue Katou. It started serialization in the Jump Square magazine in 2009 and received an anime adaptation by A-1 Pictures that premiered in the Spring of 2011. The first season ended with an arc that was anime-original. Season 2 titled Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga aired in the Winter of 2017 season. It ignored the anime-only arc from the prequel and continued to adapt the manga’s storyline. A side-story titled Blue Exorcist: Kuro’s Trip Away From Home debuted as a DVD special in 2011. The second season also has a two-episode OVA. In 2011, the franchise also received a movie; another side-story animated by A-1 Pictures. The main cast for the anime series includes: Nobuhiko Okamoto as Rin Okumura Jun Fukuyama as Yukio Okumura Kana Hanazawa as Shiemi Moriyama Eri Kitamura as Izumo Kamiki Kazuya Nakai as Ryuji Suguro Hiroshi Kamiya as Memphisto Pheles Kouji Yusa as Renzo Shima Yuki Kaji as Konekomaru Miwa Ono Daisuke as Arthur Auguste Angel Crunchyroll is streaming the anime.

DAN DA DAN Season 2 revealed the first trailer showing off Jiji’s transformation earlier today, and the video has already exceeded 2 million views in just about 7 hours. The season ended with quite the cliffhanger after Evil Eye’s appearance, so it will be interesting to see what exactly will happen in the cursed house. The trailer currently has over 1.2m views on X (formerly Twitter), 640k views on the Japanese YouTube upload, with another 310k over on the English one. Studio Science SARU is animating the show, with Fuga Yamashiro as the director. Hiroshi Seko in charge of the series composition and Naoyuki Onda as the character designer. Both Crunchyroll and Netflix are streaming the first season of the anime, and they both confirmed that they will stream the sequel. The main Japanese voice cast consists of: Natsuki Hanae as Jin ‘Jiji’ Enjoji Shion Wakayama as Momo Ayase Natsuki Hanae as Ken ‘Okarun’ Takakura Nana Mizuki as Seiko Ayase Mayumi Tanaka as Turbo-Granny Kazuya Nakai as Serpoian Alien Ayane Sakura as Aira Shiratori The DAN DA DAN Season 2 key visual was revealed after the Episode 12 finale on Thursday, and you can check that out below as well. Yukinobu Tatsu writes and draws the DAN DA DAN manga, which began serialization on Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ service in 2021. The story follows a high school girl Momo and her classmate Ken Takakura. Momo comes from a family of spirit mediums, while Ken is a follower of the occult. After their challenge went wrong, Ken (now known as Okarun) got cursed and ended up with yokai powers. They then met Aira who also ended up cursed, with Jiji being the latest addition to the gang (and it seems there’s a pattern there). The anime topped has frequently ranked near the very top of our weekly rankings, topping them twice. We had to chance to interview both the Japanese and English voice cast members of DAN DA DAN. From the Japanese cast, we spoke with Shion Wakayama, the voice of Momo. Also present was the show’s director Fuga Yamashiro. As for the English members, we spoke to both Abby Trott and AJ Beckles, who voice Momo and Okarun, respectively.

Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise the Shadow- anime has unveiled its main trailer, revealing a January4 premiere date and featuring the ending theme song by TK from Ling Tosite Sigure. The first two episodes were already released as part of the ReAwakening movie, which began showing in theaters in. Studio A-1 Pictures is once again handling the animation, with Crunchyroll the anime Japan. LiSA performs the opening theme songReR” with Felix Stray Kids, which is also featured in the new trailer alongside the ending song “UN-APEX.” The trailer is available for viewing below. The Solo Leveling Season 2 anime staff includes: Director: Shunsuke Nakashige Series Composition: Noboru Kimura Character Designer: Tomoko Sudo Sub-Character Designer: Chiaki Kozumi Monster Designer: Hirotaka Takuda Prop Design: Soutarou Shiraishi Action Director: Yoshihiro Kanno, Hirokatsu Maruyama Main Animator: Takafumi Tori, Kaito Hashimoto, Hajime Nakagawa Art Director: Yasuhiro Okumura Color Design: Naomi Nakano Director of Photography: Daichi Iseki CG Director: Toshitaka Morioka Motion Graphics: Hiromu Oshiro (Production I.G.) Editing: Yuji Kondo Sound Director: Ryo Tanaka Music: Hiroyuki Sawano Animation Production: A-1 Pictures The anime is based on the "Solo Leveling" webtoon by Chugong and DUBU from REDICE Studio, which was adapted by h-goon. Crunchyroll is currently streaming the first season. The story follows the world weakest hunter, Sung Jinwoo, as he discovers a way to up in a world where it is otherwise impossible and begins to grow. He now has a game-like leveling interface, acquiring for completing quests from the System. Solo Leveling" was voted the most anticipated anime of Winter 2024, and it also won Best New Anime at the Winter 2024 Anime Awards. Season 1 ran for 12 episodes from January to April 2024, with the main staff consisting of Shunsuke Nakashige as the director, Tomoko Sudo as the character designer, Kevin Pen as the music composer, and Noboru Kimura in charge of the series composition. Solo Leveling anime voice cast: Taito Ban/Aleks Le as Sung Jinwoo Genta Nakamura/Justin Briner as Yoo Jinho Reina Ueda/Michelle Rojas as Cha Hae-in Daisuke Hirakawa/Ian Sinclair as Choi Jong-in Hiroki Touchi/Christopher R. Sabat as Baek Yoonho Banjo Ginga/Kent Williams as Go Gunhee Makoto Furukawa/SungWon Cho as Woo Jinchul Haruna Mikawa/Rebecca Wang as Sung Jinah Dani Chambers as Lee Joohee The Solo Leveling -ReAwakening- movie premiered in North American theaters on December 6. Additionally, our spoiler-free review is available for viewing. Source (Anime Corner)

TO BE HERO X has unveiled its second trailer and key visual, announcing a worldwide release set for April 2025. The series is co-produced by Aniplex, Bilibili, and BeDream, with animation by Studio LAN and Paper Plane Animation. It serves as a sequel to the 2016 series TO BE HERO. The main cast of TO BE HERO X includes: Natsuki Hanae as Nice Nobunaga Shimazaki as E-Soul Koichi Yamadera as Ahu Inori Minase as Lucky Cyan Ayane Sakura as Loli Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Little Johnny Yuichi Nakamura as Ghostblade Koki Uchiyama as Dragon Boy Kana Hanazawa as Queen Mamoru Miyano as X Please refer to the new key visual below. Li Haoling, founder of Haoliners Animation League and director of Link Click, will be directing TO BE HERO X. Hiroyuki Sawano is composing the music. The official synopsis for the series is as follows: In this world, heroes are created by people’s trust, and the hero who gains the most trust is known as X. People’s trust can be quantified through data, and these values are reflected on everyone’s wrist. By gaining enough trust points, an ordinary person can possess superpowers and become a superhero who saves the world However, the constantly changing trust values make the path of a hero full of uncertainties… Source (Anime Corner)

The DAN DA DAN anime unveiled its first trailer at today's Festa stage, attended by the main cast. A sequel was announced following the final episode, which aired this week. The second season is set to premiere in July 2025 and will stream on Netflix worldwide. Abelora will join Fuugaashiro as the director. Read our origianl article Dan Da Dan Announces Season 2 for July 2025 - Anime News The theme songs feature "Otonoke" by Creepy Nuts as the opening and "TAIDADA" by ZUTOMAYO as the ending. The DAN DA DAN anime was dubbed in English, and the cast includes: Shion Wakayama / Abby Trott as Momo Natsuki Hanae / AJ Beckles as Okarun Nana Mizuki / Kari Wahlgren as Seiko Ayane Sakura / Lisa Reimold as Aira Kaito Ishikawa / Aleks Lee as Jiji Kazuya Nakai / Benjamin Diskin as Serpoians Mayumi Tanaka / Barbara Goodson as Turbo Granny Although the licensed as DAN DA DAN, the officially licensed title for the manga is a single word Dandadan. The, created by Yukinobu Ryu, is currently serialized on the Shonen Jump platform and is being published in English by VIZ Media. Source (Anime Corner)

A remaster of the anime Yui-Oh Duel Monsters GX has been announced for April 2025, titled Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX th Remaster. KENN who played Judai Yuki the anime, left following comment: "Thanks to the support of everyone, I have been able to continuously engage with the role Judai Yuki for almost half life. The more experience I gain, the more I realize the incredible talent of the staff and cast I worked with back then. Congratulations on the broadcast of the remastered version. Gatcha! That was a fun duel!" Yu-Gi- Duel Monsters GX th Remaster Visual The original anime series ran for 180 episodes from October 2004 to March 2008. Studio Gallop was responsible for the animation. The voice cast included: KENN as Judai Yuki Taiki Matsuno as Jun Manjoume Sanae Kobayashi as Asuka Tenjouin Masami Suzuki as Shou Marufuji Hiroshi Shimono as Tyranno Kenzan Shunsuke Kazama as Yami Yuugi Kenjiro Tsuda as Seto Kaiba Shunsuke Kazama as Yugi Mutou Takeshi Maeda as Ryo Marufuji Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX is the second anime series in the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, following the original Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters. It is set years after the events of the original series, with GX focusing on a new cast of characters while maintaining connections to the original Yu-Gi-Oh! universe. Source (Anime Corner)

SPY x FAMILY Season 3 revealed an October release date at today’s Jump Festa ’25 event, attended by the main stage. Kazuaki Shimada, the character designer for the anime, drew an illustration to commemorate the news. Season 3 ofY x FAMILY anime was announced during the SPY x FAMILY ANIME EXTRA M event with a teaser visual drawn by Kazuaki Shimada. Art director Yuni Yoshida conceptualized the design. SPY x is based on a manga by Tatsuya Endo. The manga series spawned anime adaptation in 2022: the first cour aired in the Spring 2022 anime season the second the fall of the same year. WIT Studio and Cloverworks animated the series. The franchise also produced an anime original movie titled SPY x FAMILY Code: WHITE that premiered late last year in JapanCrunchyroll is streaming theY x FAMILY anime and describes the as: World peace is stake, and secret agent must undertake most difficult mission—pretend to be a man. Posing as a loving husband and father, he will infiltrate an elite school to get close to a high-profile politician He has the perfect cover, except his wife is a deadly assassin, and neither knows each other’s identity. But someone does—his adopted daughter, who is a telepath. Source (Anime Corner)

The Gintama spin-off anime, 3-Z's Ginpachi-sensei, unveiled a new trailer at the Jump Festa '25 stage. The anime, which was previously confirmed for an October 2025 release, will be animated by Studio Bandai Namco Pictures. The spin-off novel by Tomohito Osaki will have Makoto Moriwaki as the chief director and Natsumi Higashida as director. Their main voice cast is returning and includes: Tomokazu Sugita as Gintoki Sakata Rie Kugimiya as Kagura Daisuke Sakaguchi as Shinpachi Shimura Class 3-Z’s Ginpachi-sensei – Anime Visual The staff for Class 3-Z’s Ginpachi-sensei includes Kazuyuki Fudeyasu as the character designer, Shinji Takeuchi as the chief animation director, and Audio Highs handling the music. The anime previously confirmed a 2025 premiere a teaser trailer. Tomoh Osaki began the spin-off novel in 2006, with the final volume, Volume 8, releasing in 2018. Hideaki Sorachi wrote and illustrated the original Gama manga, which first ran in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump from 2003 to 2018, and then in their Jump Giga until February 2019. Gintama was animated by Sunrise until Season 4, at which point Bandai Namco Pictures took over. The anime comprises a total of 367 episodes, along with numerous OVAs, movies, games, novels, and specials. The latest installment was Gintama: The Very Final movie, which premiered in 2021. The Gintama On Theater 2D project also announced a double-feature movie adaptation for the Shinsengumi Crisis and Kabukicho Four Devas arcs, scheduled to premiere in February 2025. VIZ Media licensed the manga in English as Gin Tama, while Crunchyroll is streaming the anime. The story follows Gintoki Sakata, a legendary samurai with a sweet tooth who now handles odd jobs. Together with his new friends, he embarks on numerous wacky adventures while confronting his past and saving the world on the side. Source (Anime Corner)