Category: Announcements

It would be an understatement to say that fans are excited about the upcoming Ippon Again anime, which is about judo and has female main characters. It’s unusual to see an anime focused on sports with a female protagonist who respects the sport and doesn’t treat it as a vehicle for cuteness. This one shows exactly what it’s like to be a girl who does judo in high school. It was announced earlier this month that the manga series Ippon Again, which used to be called Mou Ippon, would be made into an anime. Here is all you want to know.

This comes after a lot of news about anime versions of comics that are airing or will air in the first week of July. Towards the end of last week, the news broke when the anime’s editor-in-chief verified the announcement on his official Twitter account. The announcement Muraoka’s “Mou Ippon” anime adaptation Muraoka’s “Mou Ippon” manga is in the works. Since serialization began in Akita Shoten’s weekly magazine, the manga has published three volumes.

Ippon Again Anime: Official Announcement!

Subway Daydream agreed to compose a dramatic and impactful theme for ‘Mou Ippon!’ since they know that any good sports anime needs a score like that. The latest promotional trailer for the anime features a sneak peek at the show’s upbeat opening theme song, “Stand By Me.” The music is a wonderful fit for the show’s story.

At the beginning of the clip, the main character, Michi Sonoda, trains with her sidekicks, Sanae, Towa, and Anna. Anna is a kendo club member and unsuccessfully tries to recruit Michi, while Sanae and Towa are also judoka. Even though we meet the girls in high school, the narrative begins when Towa beats Michi in a middle school tournament. Though Michi had considered giving up judo, inspiration from Towa and Sanae kept her training.

What Is The Plot?

Michi quit judo after her last competition, which she lost embarrassingly in the championship round. Between high school activities and entrance exams, she won’t have time to do the martial art she loves the most. Still, it is natural to have to put aside childhood passions as you mature. Still, she wants to do judo, and she wants to do it even more when she meets Towa. Towa is the girl who beat Michi in their last fight.

Towa is hoping to start a judo club at their school but needs additional members to do so. They’ll take their shared passion for judo into the ring and come out on top again. The 20-volume sports drama manga series Ippon! Furthermore, Yu Muraoka debuted in Akita Shoten’s Weekly Shonen Champion.

Ippon Again Anime: Release Date

A new trailer has been released, featuring the first single of the series-opening song performed by the Subway Daydream. “Ipponmichi” was sung by the made-up Aobanishi High School Judo Club. Just a friendly reminder that the air date for the anime in Japan is set for January 8, 2023. We don’t know which French platform the game will be available on. Including the nearly a dozen new series announced today. HIDIVE has 14 new titles scheduled to premiere in the Winter of 2023. It’s wintertime, and HIDIVE is streaming Ippon! Once more. Keep it here for updates.

On Tuesday this week, Kyoto Animation said that the “Ensemble Concert” arc of the Sound Euphonium anime will soon be shown in Japanese theaters. In April 2015, 13 episodes of the first anime TV show based on the franchise began airing. Crunchyroll streamed the anime in real-time, and Pony Canyon USA handled home media distribution. The anime was the inspiration for the Gekij-ban Hibike! It was released in April 2016 and is a “flashback” film by Kitauji Koko. Here is all you need to know.

In the past, Kyoto Animation has dropped hints that they plan to adapt the Concert narrative into a “medium-length” anime. The anime will be released in theatres and on home video. Tatsuya Ishihara will once again direct the Kyoto Animation series. Ayano Takeda, the first person to write a light novel, told the story of Kumiko’s junior year of high school in two books. Both volumes came out this year, with Volume 1 arriving in April and Volume 2 in June of 2019. In the same year, two further animated features were announced by Kyoto Animation. Liz and the Blue Bird, with Mizore Yoroizuka and Nozomi Kasaki in the lead roles, debuted in April 2018 in Japan.

Sound Euphonium Anime: Official Announcement

On December 27, 2022, a preview trailer for an OVA based on the “Ensemble Concert” arc of Sound! Euphonium by Kyoto Animation came out. There will be a premiere for the OVA in Japan soon. The anime is getting a theatrical debut before making its way to Blu-ray. The show’s executive producer is Naoko Yamada, and animator Tatsuya Ishihara is in charge of the animation.

With its premiere in October 2016, Euphonium 2 is a 13-episode sequel series. Crunchyroll began streaming reruns of the anime throughout its initial run, while Pony USA later published the series on home video. The second season of the anime, which started that month, was what gave rise to the 2017 retrospective film. Eleven Arts released the film in theaters across the United States in November 2018, and it is available in both Japanese and English.

What Is The Plot?

In her first year at Kitauji High School, Kumiko Oumae has made it her goal to put her painful past behind her. Despite her best efforts to start over, she finds herself back in the school band club. She plays the euphonium, thanks to her new acquaintances Sapphire Kawashima and Hazuki Katou. The band is in such bad shape right now that they can’t even compete at the local Sunfest, much less at the national level. Noboru Taki, the band’s new advisor, allows them to either chill-out and have a good time or work hard and try to make it to nationals.

Kumiko is hesitant to try out for nationals because she doesn’t want to make the same mistakes she did in middle school. In the middle of all this chaos, she learns that her former bandmate Reina Kousaka, with whom she had a tense relationship, has joined the band club at Kitauji. Noboru’s rigorous training puts Kumiko and the rest of the band members through their paces. And they were forced to work over their differences to achieve their goals as a unit.

Sound Euphonium Anime: Release Date

The forthcoming third season of the anime is set to premiere in 2024. Crunchyroll has the first two seasons available if you want to see the anime. A theatrical premiere and a Blu-ray release of the new products are in the works. Kitauji High School’s Concert Band Club is the protagonist in this tale. The club’s fortunes had been deteriorating, but after hiring a new advisor, they began to turn around. To learn more, please check back later.

Behind the Line is the latest anime spinoff from the Fafner in the Azure series. The show’s opening theme song and when it will air are shown in a trailer for the show. The premiere of Production I.G.’s latest anime feature is rapidly approaching. While it’s true that imitation is the highest form of flattery, it’s also easy to brush it off as an admission of failure. Nobuyoshi Habara’s Fafner in The Azure Anime is a clear homage to or copy of Neon Genesis Evangelion. However, it is vastly inferior to the original. Read this for complete details.

There are now three Fafner anime series: Dead Aggressor (2004), Exodus (2015), and Beyond (2019-), plus the movies Heaven and Earth (2008) and Right of Left (OVA). Even though the most recent episode (Beyond) would enrich this conversation, it is ignored because the show is still in progress. The people of the Island face off against an alien race known as the Festum in the Fafner story. Fafner is to protect the island. It comprises a fleet of mecha that are controlled by high school seniors.

Fafner In The Azure Anime: Official Announcement

This week, an early screening of the new spinoff episode Fafner in the Azure: BEHIND THE LINE took place at Tokyo’s Marunouchi Piccadilly theatre, giving us yet another chance to see it before it premieres online. Angela’s “Start Again” theme song makes its debut, and more of the episode is shown in previews. Since the first TV anime premiered in 2004, the two-member unit angela has been supplying themes for the series. Soon the show will have its full theatrical debut in Japan, and the digital single will be made available with it.

The new anime was first teased Minashiro Birthday Party 2017, and it features a complete tale. Those who have seen it have called it a “calm offshoot.” Production I.G., under Takashi Noto’s helm once again, is animating the series. Tow Ubukata is composing the script at the moment. The creator of these characters is Hisashi Hirai. Angela will sing the anthem. All the original cast members will be returning to their respective roles.

What Is The Plot?

Dead Aggressor has the best visuals and soundtrack, but its plot falls short. This is because, halfway through the season, the show got a new head writer who greatly raised the bar. A lack of narrative cohesion plagues the first few episodes despite their abundance of action sequences and Nordic-sounding technology. There’s a lot of room for development, for example, in the story’s shifting focus from the love triangle between Maya, Soushi, and Kazuki. All over to the homoerotic undercurrents of Kazuki and Soushi’s relationship.

Ubakata’s inability to recover from these discomforts in Dead Aggressor and Exodus came as no surprise. Considering the fact that a solid foundation is essential to the construction of any building. Exodus is a great work on its own because it shows how the island’s isolationism ended. And how the desperate people of Srinagar left the city.

Fafner In The Azure Anime: Release Date

The premiere of Production I.G’s new anime film is on the 20th of January, 2023. As of the first day of screenings, January 20, 2023, the goers will receive a gift on a first-come, first-served basis. Over the course of three weeks, thirteen tiny acrylic plates will be given out at random. Each will feature a different chibi picture of a Behind The Line character. On January 16, 2023, Nico Nico Live Broadcast will begin airing the first two seasons of Fafner in Azure. At last, keep an eye on The Anime Daily to get all the updates right here.

To no one’s surprise, the upcoming Play It Cool Guys anime only gets better and better. The official website for the TV anime has been updated with a new cast member and the name of the artist who did the ending theme song. This comes just days after a new trailer for the show came out. People usually think of a bishounen protagonist as a handsome young man who is tall and thin, has hair as smooth as silk, and has eyes that look like they could hold the whole world in them. Like a lot of literary and media tropes, it’s nice when this one is turned on its head or brought to light. The following is a complete list of the details you require.

Play It Cool Guys dig into the tropes of the bishounen genre by asking what makes its protagonists seem so flawless. It might seem like everyone has angelic beauty and talent if they do everything perfectly. To appear so laid-back and unconcerned with what other people think, which the bishounen cares about the most in private, takes much planning, thought, and practice. The show provides a glimpse beyond the carefully crafted curtain.

Play It Cool Guys Anime: Official Announcement

Kokone Nata’s Play It Cool, Guys is being adapted into an anime series. It will shortly air on TV Tokyo in Japan for a second season. Before that, a new promotional video and key visual were unveiled, a new cast member was presented, and the latest opening theme, “Warau na!” (“Don’t laugh!”), by syudou was revealed. The new character is Shirakawa, who is Motoharu’s editor. Ayako Kawasumi will lend her voice to the role. Chiaki Kon helms Play It Cool, Guys. It is a Studio Pierrot production. Masato Nakayama composed the music, Eri Taguchi designed the characters, and Makoto Uezu wrote the script for the series.

What Is The Plot?

The protagonists of this anime are a group of dudes who think of themselves as untouchably cool. They work very hard to be cool, but the many rookie mistakes they make all the time undo all their hard work. They are a bunch of nerds who always attempt to pass off as more cool than they are. In the anime, these guys try to act cool every day but fail miserably, which leads to funny situations.

Play It Cool Guys Anime: Release Date

The first episode of the anime will air on January 2, 2023. The show is also being live-streamed on Crunchyroll. Even though the story started out with mini-chapter character adventures, the main cast still interacts and spends time on it. The story remains exciting and hilarious. Mistakes they make show the fact that they are human, like drinking from the wrong end of a bendable straw or not pushing the button at a traffic light. To learn more, please check back later.

The heartwarming story is coming to the screens, as seen in the Japanese children’s comic, The Klutzy Witches. Satoko Narita authored the manga. Enga Senno created the illustrations. An anime film adaptation of the well-liked manga is in the works. And the official Twitter account for The Klutzy Witch said that a movie based on the character, The Klutzy Witch: An Anime Film, would be coming soon. A series of books by Satoko Narita called The Klutzy Witch would be turned into an anime movie. We can hardly wait for Production IG to finish animating this stunning and exciting story. Here is all you need to know.

Even though the otaku community isn’t very interested in the novel series, it has become very popular with young readers. Because of this, the book has a lot of young fans who can’t wait for it to come out. As a serial, it appeared in the Japanese magazine Popar. And later on, the big screen was an animated film. Now that the anime is almost here, it’s time to look at a plot summary. Fuka, whose mother is a queen, is the protagonist, as is their daughter. Her mother is a powerful witch and the ruler of their household in the Silver Castle.

The Klutzy Witch Anime Film: Official Announcement

Production I.G. has changed the date of the movie The Klutzy Witch, based on a series of children’s books by Satoko Narita. Some new faces have been added to the cast. You can learn more about them and the rest of the changes in the film in the latest, shorter teaser trailer released in Japan. It becomes clear that Fuuka, the protagonist, is a bumbling apprentice in a world full of witches and magicians.

Fuuka’s best pals, n and Chitose, are always there to bail her out of sticky situations. Because of her clumsiness, Fuuka accidentally frees a powerful witch imprisoned for nearly destroying the world many years ago. Even though there are risks, Fuuka agrees to defeat the evil witch and save the world.

What Is The Plot?

As has already been said, the plot of the anime movie will have fantasy and adventure elements. The princess and her best pals will lead us on several exciting and perilous excursions in her enchanted kingdom. Since Fuka looks up to her mother, it seems likely that the movie will show how a mother and daughter interact with each other. Though he means well, Fuka comes across as a swindler who may be easily duped.

The main focus of the anime will be on Fuka’s adventures at the magical academy. Will she be successful in her quest to emulate her mother’s witchcraft? Or is she going to keep attracting trouble anyway? The anime movie will show whatever happens to her. It’s a great mood booster for people of all ages. Therefore, everyone should see the anime flick. The anime’s teaser is out. The teaser gives viewers a glimpse of Fuka’s mythical world of origin.

The Klutzy Witch Anime Film: Release Date

This is a family-friendly animation that doesn’t contain any disturbing content. Since October 2006, Poplar Publishing has published it as part of their Poplar Pocket Bunko line. Production I.G.’s animated feature adaptation will premiere in Japan in the spring of 2023. Additionally, pre-booking for the tickets may soon begin, so fans should stay on the lookout. The latest teaser for the upcoming anime film The Klutzy Witch confirms that the movie will be in theaters on March 31, 2023. In the meantime, please check back for further information.

Part 1 ended on Monday with a one-hour special, which merged Episodes 12 and 13. The ending sparked flames in the fandom. And now viewers are eyeing Part 2. Fortunately, Bleach TYBW anime fans do not need to wait anxiously for the news on its second cour. Studio Pierrot has shared the release date along with other key details. Thus, here is all you need to know about Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 2.

Bleach Thousand-Year Blood War is a Japanese anime based on the final arc of Tite Bleach Manga. Kubo is the author and illustrator. The makers shared the trailer and visuals of the series at Jump Festa ’22 on December 18, 2021. Currently, the series is running for four cours with few breaks in between.

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 2: Announcement

The finale of Part 1 featured a special ending and a promo video. On December 27, 2022, a promo video shared the details of the release date and other details about Bleach TYBW part 2. Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 2 will cover volumes 55–74 of the manga. Tomohisa Taguchi will take over for Noriyuki Abe as the director at Studio Pierrot. He earlier helmed the anime Twin Star Exorcists.

Masashi Kudo will return as the character designer. Moreover, Shiro Sagisu will write the music. Tatsuya Kitani will sing the new theme song, Scar. Earlier, he sang the theme and visual songs for the Bleach Ex exhibition. On the other hand, SennaRin will be singing the ending theme song, Saihate. Other staff members who didn’t appear in the anime will reprise their roles. You can see the promo video right here:

What Will Happen Next?

Despite the part 2 trailer’s gloomy atmosphere, our favorite characters will be alive and return to the screen. Repeatedly, the focus is on Ichigo, but other characters, like Toshiro Hitsugaya, are also put into the spotlight for their impressive abilities. However, the promo video didn’t feature Orihime and Ishida. Are Kubo and the makers hinting at something? Only time will decide their fate. Soon, the Quincies will make their way back to Seireitei to finish it out. 

In addition, Ichigo will spare no effort to ensure the safety of the soul reapers. To deal with them, he will use his Quincy abilities. Yhwach, on the other hand, will devour the soul king and evolve into an all-powerful being. It will become clear in the course of the story that he is the god’s son and that his father was Soul King. How does Ichigo intend to prevent him from establishing a new empire? The TYBW Part 2 will have all the answers!

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 2: Release Date

On Tuesday, the promo video announced that Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 2 will return in the summer of 2023. It will release in July. However, no exact date is out yet. Disney+, Hulu, and Ani-One Asia will stream the second cour. Keep following The Anime Daily for more updates!

Even though golf isn’t as interesting as other sports, Birdie Wing was a surprise hit this year. But the plot surprised everyone by including interesting themes like the mafia and the players’ hardships. It’s not uncommon for sports-themed anime to be less than stellar, but with recent hits like Birdie Wing: Golf Girls’ Story, it seems like the genre is now back on track with top-notch production values. Birdie Wing Season 2 is delayed. Bandai Namco Pictures has created an original anime series for television. Find out absolutely everything pertinent to your situation here.

The first season of the latter series, Birdie Wing – Golf Girls’ Story, ended in June 2022. And the audience asked that Bandai Namco Pictures develop a second season quickly. We didn’t have to wait long for our wishes to come true. The focus of Birdie Wing: A Golf Girls’ Story is, unsurprisingly, golf. Birdie Wing Season 2 is delayed. Bandai Namco Pictures has Takayuki Inagaki at the helm of the sequel’s animated segment. Character creation is another area where BANDAI NAMCO Studios excels.

Birdie Wing Season 2: Official Announcement

The first promotional video for Season 2 of the anime Birdie Wing is set to start soon. It was webcast at a special preview screening. Anime debuted in Japan, people from all over the world will be able to watch it on Crunchyroll. This video is a collection of scenes from the anime where Eve and Aoi interact, both inside and outside of the game. Aside from a healthy rivalry, they are also very good friends and hold each other in the highest regard on and off the field.

The trailer also shows parts of the anime’s opening and closing themes for the second season. Kohli Hirose, who sang the opening theme in the first season, will return for the second. At the same time, Sarasa Kadowaki will sing the concluding theme song, “Kimi ga Iru Kara” (Since You’re Here). The ending theme is a must-have for your playlist, and you can hear a snippet of it in the top video.

What Is The Plot?

According to the official website, the story takes place in Nafres, an imaginary European country. Eve, a golf prodigy, makes a career by wagering on the sport. One fateful day, Aoi Amawashi, the privileged heiress and prodigy golfer, happens to be the daughter of a wealthy businessman. They are both brilliant but in different ways. Aoi, the “Innocent Tyrant,” and Eve, the “Rainbow Bullet,” both enjoy a round of golf when they are not under duress. There is mutual attraction, influence, and transformation between the two. This is the story of a talented female golfer.

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Birdie Wing Season 2: Release Date

Because of the novel nature of Birdie Wing, its ending cannot be predicted. It remains to be seen whether Eve is successful in eliminating the mafia or if they follow her to Japan. If you were to return to Nafrece, would you please tell us what became to Eve’s loved ones? I can’t wait until the next season to find out what happens with all of this. We now know that the second season of Birdie Wings will premiere in January 2023, and the news comes alongside the confirmation of the show’s renewal for a second season. It was announced that the second season of the sports anime has just been pushed back to April 2023. To learn more, please check back later.

A light novel series is getting an anime adaptation, and fans can not wait any longer. Farming Life in Another World Anime has already released a preview video, cast members, and further details. The second promotional video was also recently released, revealing the anime’s theme songs. Fans are already looking forward to the release of the anime and are expecting a lot. There have already been discussions about the anime going on Reddit. So, here is everything that you need to know.

Kinosuke Naito is the original author of the series. The novel series is ongoing. It was first serialized in 2016 on the Shosetsuka ni Naro website. Yasumo is working on the series’ illustrations, which Kadokawa has also printed. The series also has more than 2 million copies in circulation. Without any further delay, keep reading to find out more.

Farming Life in Another World Anime: Official Announcement

The official website and Twitter account for the anime released a second promotional video on Friday, which also announced the cast members and themes songs of the anime. Shimoji and Suzaki will perform the opening theme song, “Flower Ring.” VTuber Hizuki Yui will be performing the ending theme song “Feel The Winds.”

The main cast members are Atsushi Abe, Shino Shimoji, and Aya Suzaki, who will play the characters of Hiraku Machio, Ru, and Tia. Additional cast members include Yukiyo Fujii, Miyu Tomita, and Machico, who will voice the roles of Ann, Flora, and Sena. Natsumi Hioka and Lynn will be part of the cast as Lastismun and Ria.

The staff includes director Ryoichi Kuraya, chief animation director Yoshiko Saito and series script supervisor Touko Machida. Yasuharu Takanashi and Johannes will be composing the anime’s music. Other staff members are editor Masaki Utsunomiya, sound director Shuhei Abe and chief animation director Kiyotaka Nakahara.

Plot Details

The anime is about Hiraku, who passed away because of a serious illness. However, God brings him back to life and sends him to a fantasy world of his choice. God also gives him a mighty farming tool so he can enjoy his second chance at life to the fullest. Fans can look forward to seeing Hiraku dig, chop, and plow in a fantasy world of his choice. Thus, it will be interesting to see how this popular manga is serialized into an anime by the trusted studio!

Farming Life in Another World Anime: Release Date

The anime will be released on January 6, 2023, at 9 pm JST. For Japanese fans, it will air on the AT-X channel, TV Tokyo, and BS TV Tokyo. International fans can look forward to watching the anime on HIDIVE. The company will be streaming the anime as it airs in Japan. Are you looking forward to this anime? Please share it in the comments below. Stay tuned to The Anime Daily for more updates.

The official Twitter account for the novel says that K Nogatsu’s light novel Seiyu Radio No Ura Omote Anime will become an anime series. The news was dropped during a webcast meant to get fans excited for the publication of the series’ eighth and final volume. The Uraomote light novels, written by Seiyuu Radio, are reportedly getting the anime treatment. Even though we had two promotional images, we had no idea of the project’s extent or contents. You will find all the information you need right here.

The Seiy Radio no Ura Omote Light Book Series by K Nigatsu and Saba Mizore is well-known in Japan. ASCII Media Works’ Dengeki Bunko imprint released it in February 2020. In June 2022, they will have released seven books. From March 2020 to July 2021, Umemi Makimoto drew a manga adaptation in ASCII Media Works’ manga magazine. All three volumes made it into a tankbon. The anime production will go ahead.

Seiyu Radio No Ura Omote Anime: Official Announcement

Moe Toyota plays Asumi Utatane Miki Toyosaki plays Chika WatanabeMiku Ito voices Yeven though, and Miki Toyosaki plays Chika Watanabe. Y is voiced by Miku Ito. On the other hand, these two actors have already voiced these parts in a promotional film for the 2020 light novel series. The main characters of this tale are two Japanese voice actresses by the names of Yhi and Yasumi. Both women are very different, despite the fact that they co-host a radio show. Also, each of them sang in a movie that was made to promote the release of the Light books in 2020.

Both Nogatsu and Sabamizore’s novels had their debut in February of 2020. On June 10th, though, the seventh book was sent out, and now the eighth is on its way. Makimoto’s manga version of the novel ran from March 2020 to July 2021 in Kadokawa’s Dengeki Maoh magazine. That same September of 2021 saw the release of the third and final volume of the collection.

What Is The Plot?

Voice actors Yuuhi Yuugure and Yasumi Utatane take the lead roles in this story as the novel’s protagonists. They are friends from school and co-host a program show together. While it seems that the two enjoy spending time together in front of an audience and appear as though they have a lot in common with one another, neither of them actually do.

A demeaning verbal exchange ensues, followed by general chaos. Still, both of these people are doing everything they can to get their jobs done. While at the same time, they were bickering with each other and offering each other phony compliments, they were simultaneously building this delicate bond.

Seiyu Radio No Ura Omote Anime: Release Date

This week saw the announcement of a television anime series based on the story. Even so, between August 2020 and September 2021, you may expect to see the release of all three volumes. On June 10, 2022, we saw the release of the seventh volume, and on January 7, 2023, we can expect the eighth. There has not been any news on the release date for the anime yet. To learn more, please check back later.