Spring 2016 Anime
TV
Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
When Subaru Natsuki leaves the convenience store, the last thing he expects is to be wrenched from his everyday life and dropped into a fantasy world. Things aren't looking good for the bewildered teenager; however, not long after his arrival, he is attacked by some thugs. Armed with only a bag of groceries and a now useless cell phone, he is quickly beaten to a pulp. Fortunately, a mysterious beauty named Satella, in hot pursuit after the one who stole her insignia, happens upon Subaru and saves him. In order to thank the honest and kindhearted girl, Subaru offers to help in her search, and later that night, he even finds the whereabouts of that which she seeks. But unbeknownst to them, a much darker force stalks the pair from the shadows, and just minutes after locating the insignia, Subaru and Satella are brutally murdered.
However, Subaru immediately reawakens to a familiar scene—confronted by the same group of thugs, meeting Satella all over again—the enigma deepens as history inexplicably repeats itself.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Boku no Hero Academia
What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested extraordinary superpowers called “Quirks” at age four? Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Becoming a hero would mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study? U.A. High's Hero Program of course! But what would you do if you were one of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless?
Middle school student Izuku Midoriya wants to be a hero more than anything, but he hasn't got an ounce of power in him. With no chance of ever getting into the prestigious U.A. High School for budding heroes, his life is looking more and more like a dead end. Then an encounter with All Might, the greatest hero of them all gives him a chance to change his destiny…
(Source: Viz Media)
Bungou Stray Dogs
Stalked by a beastly white tiger, Atsushi Nakajima has no idea that the menace lives inside him—a power that catches the attention of the Armed Detective Agency. Using inhuman abilities to combat crime, this team takes Atsushi under the wing of their most eccentric member, Dazai. Together, they tear through mafia-muddled mysteries while enemies keep an eye on the tiger’s lofty bounty.
(Source: Funimation)
Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta?
After mustering up the courage to propose to a girl in an online game, naive otaku Hideki "Rusian" Nishimura is devastated when she flat-out rejects him. To make matters worse, the girl reveals that she is actually an older man in real life. With his dreams crushed and his heart broken, Rusian comes to an abrupt decision in the midst of his raging fit: he will never trust another girl in an online game again.
Years later, Rusian is now in a guild with three other players, one of whom possesses a female avatar by the name of Ako. Ako is deeply in love with Rusian and wants to marry him. Although he entertains the possibility that she might be a guy, Rusian accepts her proposal, claiming that her gender does not matter as long as she is cute in-game. However, after a discussion between the guild members that led to all of them having an offline meeting, Rusian finds out that Ako, along with the other members, is not just a girl but also his schoolmate.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Diamond wa Kudakenai
The year is 1999. Morioh, a normally quiet and peaceful town, has recently become a hotbed of strange activity. Joutarou Kuujou, now a marine biologist, heads to the mysterious town to meet Jousuke Higashikata. While the two may seem like strangers at first, Jousuke is actually the illegitimate child of Joutarou's grandfather, Joseph Joestar. When they meet, Joutarou realizes that he may have more in common with Jousuke than just a blood relation.
Along with the mild-mannered Kouichi Hirose and the boisterous Okuyasu Nijimura, the group dedicates themselves to investigating recent disappearances and other suspicious occurrences within Morioh. Aided by the power of Stands, the four men will encounter danger at every street corner, as it is up to them to unravel the town's secrets, before another occurs.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Koutetsujou no Kabaneri
The world is in the midst of the industrial revolution when horrific creatures emerge from a mysterious virus, ripping through the flesh of humans to sate their never-ending appetite. The only way to kill these beings, known as "Kabane," is by destroying their steel-coated hearts. However, if bitten by one of these monsters, the victim is doomed to a fate worse than death, as the fallen rise once more to join the ranks of their fellow undead.
Only the most fortified of civilizations have survived this turmoil, as is the case with the island of Hinomoto, where mankind has created a massive wall to protect themselves from the endless hordes of Kabane. The only way into these giant fortresses is via heavily-armored trains, which are serviced and built by young men such as Ikoma. Having created a deadly weapon that he believes will easily pierce through the hearts of Kabane, Ikoma eagerly awaits the day when he will be able to fight using his new invention. Little does he know, however, that his chance will come much sooner than he expected...
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Sousei no Onmyouji
Rokuro Enmado is a young boy who used to be a powerful aspiring exorcist, before a tragic incident left his friend dead and made him abandon the profession. One day, he has a fateful encounter with Benio Adashino, a girl around his age and a well known exorcist from the east. According to prophecy, Rokuro and Benio are the "Twin Star Exorcists", and are destined to marry and have a child which will be the ultimate exorcist, capable of cleansing all evil spirits, or Kegare, from the world.
When Rokuro's best friend Ryogo goes missing, Rokuro is forced to ask Benio for help to enter Magano, the realm of the evil Kegare, to rescue him!
(Source: Wikipedia)
KIZNAIVER
Katsuhira Agata is a quiet and reserved teenage boy whose sense of pain has all but vanished. His friend, Chidori Takashiro, can only faintly remember the days before Katsuhira had undergone this profound change. Now, his muffled and complacent demeanor make Katsuhira a constant target for bullies, who exploit him for egregious sums of money. But their fists only just manage to make him blink, as even emotions are far from his grasp.
However, one day Katsuhira, Chidori, and four other teenagers are abducted and forced to join the Kizuna System as official "Kiznaivers." Those taking part are connected through pain: if one member is injured, the others will feel an equal amount of agony. These individuals must become the lab rats and scapegoats of an incomplete system designed with world peace in mind. With their fates literally intertwined, the Kiznaivers must expose their true selves to each other, or risk failing much more than just the Kizuna System.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Gakusen Toshi Asterisk 2
The second season of Gakusen Toshi Asterisk.
Less than a century ago a meteor collided with the planet's surface and the resulting disaster caused the next generation of humanity to develop a wide variety of amazing abilities. In the center of the meteor's crater lies Rikka, a system of six academies known as the Asterisk. Ayato Amagiri enters the Asterisk as a transfer student hoping to compete in a special battle event known as the Festa. However, he quickly finds himself on the bad side of one of the strongest fighters around—the beautiful but fiery Julis-Alexa von Riessfeld. To stand against her he'll have to rely on his own sword-wielding ability, but when the tables turn, will they be able to team up to take down the competition?
(Source: Anime News Network)
Sakamoto desu ga?
First year high school student Sakamoto isn't just cool, he's the coolest! Almost immediately after starting school, he began attracting everyone's attention. The girls love him, and most of the boys resent him. There's even a boy in the class who works as a model, but who is constantly upstaged by Sakamoto! No matter what tricks the other boys try to play on him, Sakamoto always manages to foil them with ease and grace. Though Sakamoto may seem cool and aloof, he helps others when asked, such as in the case of the boy in his class who was being constantly bullied. No matter what difficulties Sakamoto encounters, he moves through his high school life with confidence and class!
(Source: MangaHelpers)
Hundred
The story begins with the Hundred, the only weapon that can counter the mysterious Savage life form attacking Earth. To become a Slayer (master of military arts) who wields this Hundred, the main character Hayato Kisaragi successfully enrolls in the marine academy city ship Little Garden. However …
"I wanted to meet you, Hayato!!"
"W–who are you…?"
Hayato feels a strange yet familiar sense of incongruity towards Emil Crossford, his roommate who somehow knows him from somewhere. On top of that, as soon as he enters the school, he is challenged to a duel by the "Queen" (the school's most powerful Slayer) Claire Harvey!
(Source: Anime News Network)
Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge
For high school student Tanaka, the act of being listless is a way of life. Known for his inattentiveness and ability to fall asleep anywhere, Tanaka prays that each day will be as uneventful as the last, seeking to preserve his lazy lifestyle however he can by avoiding situations that require him to exert himself. Along with his dependable friend Oota who helps him with tasks he is unable to accomplish, the lethargic teenager constantly deals with events that prevent him from experiencing the quiet and peaceful days he longs for.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Magi: Sinbad no Bouken
Fifteen years before the events of Magi, a brave and handsome young man named Sinbad set sail and started his adventure. The future High King of Seven Seas gradually matured through various encounters and farewells, taking him towards kingship step by step.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Flying Witch
Traditionally, when a witch turns 15, she's supposed to go out into the world alone to study magic. Makoto's parents, however, believe that their directionally-challenged daughter should get a high school degree. Instead of being sent out on her own, Makoto and her cat Chito find themselves traveling from the bustling city of Yokohama to Aomori Prefecture, where they'll stay with relatives until Makoto finishes school. It's going to be a big adjustment, and it only gets more complicated since "normal" people aren't supposed to know that witches exist… something that she tends to forget.
(Source: Sentai Filmworks)
Big Order
Ten years ago, a fairy by the name of Daisy appeared and asked the child Eiji Hoshimiya what his one and only wish was. Although his wish remains a mystery, the consequences were catastrophic. In an event called the "Great Destruction," the world started to fall apart as everything collapsed and countless people died.
Now, Eiji is a high school student whose only concern is his sick sister. He does not remember what he wished for; all that he remembers is that his wish caused the Great Destruction. In the years since that event, thousands of other people have also received abilities to make their heart's desire come true. These people called "Orders" are believed to be evil and are hated by the general public. However, some of these Orders are after Eiji's life in vengeance for those that he killed. Will Eiji be able to survive the numerous assassination attempts? And the biggest mystery of all: what did he wish for, and what were his intentions in wishing for something that caused so much desolation?
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Kuromukuro
During the construction of the Kurobe Dam, an ancient artifact was discovered, and so the United Nations Kurobe Research Institute was established. Intellectuals from all over the world gathered to study the object, and the children of those researchers attend Mt. Tate International Senior High School, including the institute head's daughter, Yukina Shirahane. In the summer of 2016, a lone samurai once again awakens!
(Source: Pony Canyon USA)
Ushio to Tora 2 (TV)
The second season of Ushio to Tora (TV).
Long ago, a ferocious monster terrorized the land, until a samurai, wielding the legendary “Beast Spear”, sealed him away. 500 years later, a middle school student named Ushio Aotsuki accidently uncovers the monster in a hidden cellar under his family’s temple. The unsealed monster and the spear attract many other supernatural creatures to the temple and Ushio is forced to release the monster in order to defeat them. Ushio names the monster “Tora” and unwillingly work together to battle other spirits and demons.
(Source: Crunchyroll)
High School Fleet
A hundred years after catastrophic shifts in tectonic plates caused most of its area to submerge, Japan now thrives as a maritime nation. High functioning cities line the coasts of Japan, and well developed sea routes are defended by specialized naval ships. The marine industry is flourishing, and young girls are eager to join the Blue Mermaids—highly skilled women who devote their lives to protecting the seas.
After some time apart, childhood friends Akeno Misaki and Moeka China are reunited at Yokosuka Girls' Marine High School. Here they are joined by others who share their dream of becoming Blue Mermaids. Soon, training exercises commence, with Akeno and Moeka being put in charge of their own ships and crew. Everything is progressing smoothly for Akeno as she settles into her role as captain and builds camaraderie between her fellow crew members aboard the Harekaze, a destroyer ship. However, unexpected engine and navigation failures soon leave their ship stranded and the crew in danger.
High School Fleet follows the Harekaze's valiant crew as they navigate treacherous waters and other obstacles on their quest to become fully-fledged Blue Mermaids.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Seisen Cerberus: Ryuukoku no Fatalité
Maintaining a delicate balance of power, the kingdoms of Amoria, Ishilfen, and Vanrodis rule over the continent of Kuna'anh. Even the slightest hint of trouble in one country could spark a continent-wide war. However, their one common fear is the evil dragon Daganzord, whose only meaning of existence is to devour and destroy all life.
Ten years ago, a group of mages worked together in an effort to seal away the malevolent beast. But the ritual—later known as the "Balbagoa Tragedy"—was a failure, and many lost their lives. Though his parents died in this tragedy, Hiiro was saved by the swordsman Giruu. Under the latter's tutelage, Hiiro learned swordsmanship with the sole purpose of seeking revenge. Now a budding master himself, he sets out in search of Daganzord in order to realize his long-awaited vengeance, or to be consumed by the dragon and meet the same fate as his parents.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Joker Game
In 1937, before World War II begins in earnest. Lieutenant Colonel Yuuki of the Imperial Japanese Army forms the "D Agency," an army intelligence outfit under his command and tutelage. Army General Staff attaches Lieutenant Sakuma to observe the unit's performance. D Agency casts a wide net to find agents beyond Japanese military personnel, and Yuuki establishes D Agency's tenets, which go against IJA doctrine: "Don't kill, don't get killed, don't get captured." With this, Yuuki trains a team of operatives who conduct missions against domestic and foreign powers.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Mayoiga
30 young men and women who came together on a shady bus tour. The tour's destination: an illusive, possibly nonexistent village called Nanakimura. In Nanakimura, one can lead a utopian existence, free of the world's obstacles … or so it was rumored, like an urban legend.
"In despair over the real world ... wanting to escape the tedious daily life … wanting to restart your life from scratch …"
The bus headed deep into the mountains, carrying 30 people each harboring their own expectations and wounds in their hearts…
And so, the place these 30 arrived at, was an uninhabited village with the lingering faint scents of life, even though it was falling apart.
What is the truth of Nanakimura facing the 30? You can't miss even one episode!
(Source: Anime News Network)
Gyakuten Saiban: Sono "Shinjitsu", Igi Ari!
Since he was a child, Ryuuichi Naruhodou's dream was to become a defense attorney, protecting the innocent when no one else would. However, when the rookie lawyer finally takes on his first case under the guidance of his mentor Chihiro Ayasato, he realizes that the courtroom is a battlefield. In these fast paced trials, Ryuuichi is forced to think outside the box to uncover the truth of the crimes that have taken place in order to prove the innocence of his clients.
Gyakuten Saiban: Sono "Shinjitsu", Igi Ari! follows Ryuuichi as he tackles cases to absolve the falsely accused of the charges they face. It will not be easy—standing in his path is the ruthless Reiji Mitsurugi, a prosecutor who will stop at nothing to hand out guilty verdicts. With his back against the wall, the defense attorney must carefully examine both evidence and witness testimony, sifting through lies to solve the mystery behind each case. With a shout of "objection!," the battle in the courtroom begins!
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Shounen Maid
Chihiro Komiya is an energetic elementary school student who was living with his mom. Chihiro is very good at doing housework and chores, and his mother's motto is "No work, no food." After his mother suddenly dies, a man named Madoka Taketori who claims to be his uncle shows up, and asks Chihiro to come live with him. Chihiro initially refuses, but when seeing the horribly dirty state of Madoka's rich home, he decides to start cleaning it. Then Madoka makes another offer to Chihiro: that he comes to live with him, but in exchange Chihiro will do the housework. Chihiro accepts this deal, but suddenly finds himself in a maid uniform.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Endride
The story is set on Endra, an unknown world beneath the surface of Earth itself. It is another world, where the giant Adamas shines above and seven-colored bands drift across the skies.
One day, Shun Asanaga — an ordinary yet positive and bright 15-year-old middle school boy who lived in the "Land Above" — lands in this place. He had discovered a mysterious crystal at his scientific businessman father's company, and the moment he touched the crystal, he was transported to Endra.
He meets Prince Emirio, who strongly despises the current King Deruzain and had just turned 16 at Endra's castle. He became of age to ascend to the throne, and he wields a weapon to seek his vengeance at last, but the difference in strength proves to be insurmountable. Captured and imprisoned by Deruzain, Emirio is heartbroken. But then, the walls of the prison suddenly become distorted, and Shun appears within them.
Two youths live in Endra — one to return his former world, and one to exact revenge. The future that is within the grasp of two youths raised in different worlds…
(Source: Anime News Network)
Bakuon!!
Riding a bicycle may be better than walking, but when another girl zips past her on the way to class, Sakura Hane realizes that there’s an even better option: motorcycles! Fortunately, Sakura’s all-girl school just happens to have a motorcycle club! It only has one member though: the mysterious Raimu Kawasaki, who’s never been seen without her face-obscuring helmet. But that changes immediately once Sakura and the girl who passed her, Onsa Amano, sign up and start recruiting! It won’t all be easy riding… Sakura still has to earn her license, and there are problems like the club’s official status having slipped, and the need to recruit a faculty sponsor.
(Source: Sentai Filmworks)
Sansha Sanyou
Futaba Odagiri is the energetic transfer student who befriends Teru Hayama, the class president who is meaner than she looks, and Youko Nishikawa, a former rich girl who still acts like a princess. Three very different girls who only share one thing: the kanji for leaf in their names. Balancing school and life is hard enough, but what about dealing with clashing personalities on top of it all?
(Source: Crunchyroll)
Anne Happy♪
The story centers around class 1-7 of Tennogofune Academy, where all the students with "bad karma" or misfortune seem to have been gathered. Hibari, a student in this class, meets the unlucky Hanako and the perennially unhealthy Botan on her first day of school, and together they try to find a way to turn their school life into a happy one.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Macross Δ
Macross Delta is set in the year 2067, 8 years after the events of the latest Macross TV series, Macross Frontier. The story focuses on Walküre, a team of talented idols and the Delta Squadron, a team of experienced Valkyrie pilots as they battle against the Var Syndrome, a mysterious phenomena that is consuming the galaxy and there is also the mysterious Aerial Knights Valkyrie fighter team of the Kingdom of Wind.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Terra Formars: Revenge
The second season of Terra Formars.
In Terra Formars Revenge, the crew members of the Annex I continue to fight against Terraformars—the large humanoid cockroaches that evolved from the ones sent to Mars centuries ago. However, far from discovering the cure for the lethal Alien Engine Virus that has been plaguing Earth, the Annex I team have learned that some squadrons have agendas from their own countries. Now, the squadrons must not only fight against the Terraformars for their survival, but also each other in the never-ending battle for international dominance.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Kuma Miko
What does a bear know about life in the big city? For Machi Amayadori’s sake, hopefully a lot! The young shrine maiden has spent her whole life in the rural mountains with Natsu, her talking guardian bear. Now, at fourteen, she wants to take a chance and attend high school in the big city. Can Natsu really prepare her for city life? Or will his wacky trials be too much for even Machi to bear?
(Source: Crunchyroll)
Super Lovers
A high school boy named Haru and his mother are living overseas. His mother orders him to take care of and "civilize" his adoptive brother Ren, a wild young boy who dislikes talking with other people. While their relationship is adversarial at first, they grow closer as they begin to understand one another.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Crystal - Death Busters-hen
The third cour of Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Crystal.
Usagi Tsukino is still struggling to balance her home life with the duties of being Sailor Moon, the guardian of love and justice. Along with the other Sailor Guardians and her boyfriend Mamoru Chiba, they begin investigating cases of students from Mugen Academy, a school for the most elite students, who are being transformed into monsters. During the investigation, they meet three strange individuals: Haruka Tenou, a handsome racecar driver; Michiru Kaiou, a talented violinist; and Hotaru Tomoe, a mysterious girl with a weak constitution.
As more incidents occur, the Sailor Guardians are met with another surprise—the appearance of two new planetary protectors with motives of their own. Despite the newcomers' questionable allegiance to Usagi and her comrades, they all face a threat from a common enemy: an evil entity who calls himself Pharaoh 90.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Concrete Revolutio: Choujin Gensou - THE LAST SONG
The stage is set in “another Japan” as a banquet of diverse superhumans unfolds…
In an imaginary "age of gods" about 20 years after the war, Japan has grown and developed by leaps and bounds. What if all the superhumans ever written about in fictional stories existed at the same time? Superhumans who came into existence through different circumstances, and who are special in different ways -- Titans from outer space, lifeforms from a mystical world, phantoms and goblins from ancient times, cyborgs created by scientists, relics that rose out of the ruins of ancient civilizations, and the list goes on. One segment of these superhumans makes no secret of their existence and has gained popularity in society. Others cloak their identities and fight in secrecy.
There are enemies of superhumans as well, organizations that operate in the shadows.
The Japanese government has taken many measures to secure peace and order.
One is the establishment of an organization under the Ministry of Health and Welfare -- the Overpopulation Research Laboratory, a.k.a. the Superhuman Bureau.
Their mission is to identify and approach superhumans, then oversee and safeguard them. One member of the Superhuman Bureau, Jiro Hitoyoshi, is protagonist of this series.
(Source: Official Site)
12-sai.: Chiccha na Mune no Tokimeki
The story begins with Hanabi, a sixth-grade girl who is neither an adult nor a child. She deals with issues such as accidentally witnessing her homeroom teacher kissing, and worrying about experiencing physiological changes before her friends. This is the depiction of a 12-year-old girl's innocent worries and first love.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Beyblade Burst
This is the story of a group of passionate Bladers who follow their dreams on an unforgettable journey to the top.
Valt Aoi is crazy about Beyblade. Valt's best friend since childhood, Shu Kurenai, is hailed as a Beyblade prodigy and has already been named as one of the National Beyblade Tournament's Final Four. Inspired by Shu's accomplishments, Valt sets his sights on reaching this year's national tournament. But to get to the big leagues, he must first emerge victorious from the district tournament – no easy feat, given the tough opponents standing in his way. Determined to win, Valt aims to make it to the championship, where he hopes to battle Shu and move on to the national tournament. As he battles, Valt broadens his circle of friends and reaches new heights. Without even realizing it, he has begun to dream of becoming the best Blader in the world.
(Source: Beyblade US site)
Kidou Senshi Gundam Unicorn RE: 0096
U.C. 0096. Three years after Char’s rebellion, Banagher Links, a boy who lives on the manufacturing colony Industrial 7, meets a mysterious girl named Audrey Burne. She claims to seek to prevent a potential war by interfering with the transfer of “Laplace's Box” from the Vist Foundation to a Neo Zeon remnant group known as the “Sleeves”.
However, when a Federation squad also sent to prevent the transfer clashes with the Sleeves, the colony is plunged into battle.
As Banager races through the flames in search of Audrey, one other fateful encounter awaits him—the Unicorn Gundam, a pale white mobile suit that's the key to Laplace's Box.
What is Laplace’s Box? What are the secrets that it holds? For the first time in 100 years, light will shine on the darkest secrets of the Universal Century...
(Source: Gundam.info)
Kyoukai no Rinne 2
High school student Sakura Mamiya and impoverished death god Rinne Rokudou continue to confront the supernatural. Pulled into the problems of their quirky acquaintances, the pair again find themselves immersed in trouble.
Ageha's black cat Oboro seeks revenge for alleged mistreatment and demands Ageha to nullify their contract. When she refuses to do so, a bitter quarrel breaks out between them. Meanwhile, the scheming Damashigami Company shows no sign of halting its wrongdoings, and the bat-like demon Masato continues to commit devious acts to pursue his long-awaited revenge on Rinne.
For Sakura and Rinne, these paranormal complications never seem to end. As their saga continues to unfold, they must cope with these unusual circumstances as they appear, all while facing problems of their own.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Cardfight!! Vanguard G: Stride Gate-hen
Team TRY3: Chrono, Shion, and Tokoha, managed to win the championship of Generation Quest. In the mean time, however, Ryuzu Myōjin has a secret plan: summoning Zodiac Time Beasts of Gear Chronicle clan to Earth. Chrono and Kouji want to stop Ryuzu, but they are confronted by a mysterious group of cardfighters known as "Company" who share Ryuzu's ideology.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Aikatsu Stars!
Yume Nijino has been accepted into Four Stars academy, home of the beautiful and talented S4 idol group. She and the other newcomers are determined to discover their talent, with a choice of specializing in beauty, singing, dancing, or drama. A tough road lies ahead of them, and they must rely on each other to overcome their weaknesses and develop their unique strengths.
At the first-years' opening performances, Yume performs stellarly but faints and is unable to remember being on stage at all. Struggling to find her talent, she meets Rola "Laura" Sakuraba, and the two develop a friendly rivalry, working together to learn and improve.
Though they have their differences, all the students share the same goal: to become the next S4 idol. But hard work and determination, along with teamwork, are needed if they want to join the elite S4.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Future Card Buddyfight DDD
The third season of Future Card Buddyfight.
Gao Mikado, a 6th year student of the Aibo Academy Elementary Division, is partnered with Dragon of the Sun, Bal Dragon, a monster born from a mysterious egg. To earn the coveted title as the strongest fighter in the world, Gao and Bal team up to challenge other fighters in the "World Buddy Cup". The two will have to battle others in a card game called Buddyfight, which allows monsters to fight alongside humans as buddies. Their rivals include ex-Buddy Police Tasuku Ryuenji, and the self-proclaimed strongest combination, Gaito Kurouzu and his buddy monster Black Death Dragon, Abygale.
(Source: AniList.co)
PriPara 3
The third season of PriPara.
One day, a huge UFO appeared in the sky above the town of Parajuku, and glittering jewels sprinkled down from the sky. Now it's been decided that the Idol God Grand Prix will take place at Parajuku’s PriPara and the PriPara system has been updated. Around this time, Laala meets a mysterious baby that fell from the sky. This baby calls Laala ‘Mama’ and refuses to leave her side, so Laala ends up taking care of the child, but what will happen now?!
(Source: Honey's Anime)
Kaitou Joker 3
Duel Masters VSRF
The 12th Duel Masters series.
It is the sequel of Versus Revolution, continuing the chain of events after the battle between the Invaders and Revolutionary. It is also the last season and conclusion of the Versus saga in the anime
The 'V' mark that was once on Katta Kirifuda's forehead hides a mysterious force. However, the power was sealed off.
Even though the impact of removing the seal does not do much, but Hamukatsu starts to talk! Plus more hamsters that are like Hamukatsu starts to appear!
They were then told about a secret organization, the "Rare Killers", with the members being transfer students of the school! What is the mystery of the hamsters like Hamukatsu and who exactly are the Rare Killers?
The final battle is about to start!
(Source: Duel Masters Wikia)
Turning Mecard W
Power Battle Watch Car
The series is set in the near future, when an automobile company named JHC Motors is depicted to have created the Watch Cars, which are miniature sentient robotic cars that are supposed to have become good companions to children and adults alike. Watch Cars are depicted to have become a global trend. There is a Battle League where Watch Cars and their trainers battle. Jino, one of the young Watch Car Masters, goes to the Watch Car Battle League with his Watch Car Blue-will, but The Rangers of Darkness an evil force to takeover al the watch cars in The city, Jino and his friends must stop them.
(Source: Wiki)
Kamiwaza Wanda
The story is set in a world where every event has been turned into programs, and mysterious monsters known as "Promin" maintain the world. However, many Promin who have turned into bugs known as "Bugmin" are responsible for many of the world's real-life bugs. Left alone, they may eventually turn into a big problem. The boy Yūto encounters the space dog Wanda, and the pair use a camera-like device and key items to capture Bugmin.
Promin themselves are able to do things like "accelerate objects," "spew fire," or "create objects," through an ability known as "Kamiwaza" (miracle), and are able to fend off Bugmin with it. At first, the Bugmin only cause small, bothersome things, but it will soon elevate into a global scale threat. Can one boy and one dog save the world?
(Source: Anime News Network)
Battle Spirits: Double Drive
Shunta Mogami loves the Battle Spirits game. One day he is transported by a light from a Battle Spirits card to Spirits World, the origin of all Battle Spirits. He meets a girl named Eto, who claims to have summoned him to Spirits World in order to prevent its destruction at the hands of the revived Evil God-King, who once plotted the destruction of Spirits World before being defeated and sealed away. Together with the confident, green-deck-wielding Yoku Albatrosa, who also came from another world, Shunta sets out to find the twelve God-Kings whose power originally sealed the Evil God-King.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Capsule Boy
6.5-centimeter tall Degirdians fall to Earth in their spacecraft while chasing fugitives. Their spaceship transforms into a capsule toy stand near a toy store and a human boy accidentally takes home one of the aliens thinking it's a capsule toy. They befriend a human boy and try to figure out a way to get home all while fighting off the evil alien.
(Source: MAL)
TV Short
Uchuu Patrol Luluco
The show takes place in Ogikubo, which is the name of the specially designated area in space in the Milky Way where Earthlings and aliens can live together. Luluco is a female middle school student who lives with her father, and no matter where she is, Luluco is a common, "super normal" girl. As she is living her normal life, one day the mysterious transfer student ΑΩ Nova abruptly appears before her. That meeting will change Luluco's fate.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Kyuukei Jikan (Break Time)
Subaru Natsuki's sudden arrival in another world brought nothing short of tension and despair—but that does not mean there is no time for a break! The Kingdom of Lugunica is home to an array of interesting tales and lively characters, all waiting to be discovered. As Subaru explores this fantasy world, he learns that it may not be so different from his own.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Honobono Log
Some of us are fortunate enough to have a partner to confide in on our bad days. In even the most devastating times, we can depend on our comrades for support. Others are incredibly lucky to have a special someone that they can just randomly embrace. No matter the situation, there always tends to be a close ally to help us get by.
Honobono Log showcases the best and worst of couples and families, enticing romantic-comedy lovers with various relatable situations.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Onigiri
The MMORPG Onigiri thrusts its players into mystical Japan, a land filled with mythical creatures of Japanese legend. Starting as a lone Oni, players fight against the malevolent influence of the Kamikui as their miasma spreads over the land. 8 NPCS, each with their own distinct personality and skills, ally themselves with the player to help build a legend, and quell the evil that has arisen. As you grow stronger together, so do the bonds binding you to each other.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Wagamama High Spec
Wagamama High Spec revolves around Kouki Narumi, a high school student who also draws a manga serialized in a weekly magazine. Because the manga he draws is a risqué romantic comedy, he keeps this fact a secret from everyone around him, with his younger sister Toa and his best friend Mihiro being the only ones who know.
But one day, as the student council president Kaoruko Rokuonji is searching for male members for the student council, he finds out that Kouki is the manga's author. Kouki joins the student council in exchange for Kaoruko not revealing his secret. However, the vice president, Ashe R. Sakuragi, strongly opposes him joining, and in the midst of all this, various requests and troubles of students begin to pile up.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Aggressive Retsuko (TV short)
The show centers on Retsuko, a 25-year old red panda who works in her dream company's accounting department. But it turns out that she is forced to keep doing more and more impossible tasks by her superiors and co-workers. She doesn't talk back to them, but she still has to let off steam, so she ends up going to karaoke by herself and singing death metal.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Pan de Peace!
The 4koma centers around Minami, an airheaded girl who is starting high school and who loves eating bread for breakfast. Baked goods bring happiness everyday to her and her classmates — the reliable Yuu, the pastry-baking Fuyumi, and the independent Noa.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Usakame
Although Ayako Suzuki, Kinako Tanaka, Nishi Nishiaraidaishi, and Kurumi Satou are each eccentric in their own way, they have something in common: they all belong to the tennis club of Usakame High School. While the girls spend their days hanging out together and diligently practicing the sport, they end up in all kinds of amusing situations.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
KAGEWANI: Shou
After surviving the onslaught at Sarugaku headquarters, Sousuke Banba resumes his investigation of the Kagewani monster hybrids. Armed with the ability to harness the Kagewani's power, the researcher now has a means to eliminate the creatures. But despite the benefits of this skill, it has one major drawback: Sousuke now struggles to maintain his sanity, with the power threatening to consume his body.Soon, threats old and new begin to rear their heads, as the upper echelons of Sarugaku become active once again and an assassin with a personal vendetta sets her sights on Sousuke. Nevertheless, he resolutely forges ahead on his mission, determined to track down the origins of the Kagewani and eliminate their threat once and for all.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
BONOBONO (2016)
Based on the original comic BONO BONO by Mikio Igarashi that has seen over 9,000,000 total copies printed, this is the definitive animated version of the emotionally soothing character-driven series that will make you ask yourself the philosophical question, "What are living things?" while laughing at heartwarming gags and being entertained by the interactions of amusing forest friends Bonobono the young sea otter, Chipmunk, Fishing Cat, and more.
Enjoy the easygoing days and minor misadventures of Bonobono and his friends!
(Source: Fuji Creative)
Tonkatsu DJ Agetarou
Being the heir of a tonkatsu (breaded pork cutlet) restaurant running for three generations, young Agetarō Katsumata works at the family business daily under his father's supervision but with little motivation. One day he stumbled into a nightclub in the neighborhood and soon discovered the similarities of rhythmic moves between cooking tonkatsu and being a disc jockey.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Bishoujo Yuugi Unit Crane Game Girls
The story centers on three girls: Mirai, Ayaka, and Kyouko. The three are the only ones who can save Earth from being destroyed by a group of asteroids. They are hired by Sayo, the representative of a shadowy organization, and the organization starts work on turning them into an idol group. While the trio are more than prepared to be idols, they are instead taken into an arcade.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Hakuouki: Otogisoushi
Features the characters from the Hakuouki games in chibi form, and will feature a completely new story with the theme "A normal every day that might have existed."
(Source: Anime News Network)
Neko Neko Nihonshi
The story imagines if Japanese historical figures such as Queen Himiko, the warlord Oda Nobunaga, and samurai Sakamoto Ryouma were cats.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Aware! Meisaku-kun
Once upon a time, there was a prestigious school called "Ryugu Elementary School" that produced many famous characters. One day, an ordinary boy named "Matsuda Meisaku" entered Ryugu Elementary School. Will he be able to graduate from the school as a masterpiece character, surrounded by a lot of strong characters such as 'Sweetie' who is super stupid and high-tension, 'Musubi' who is mad and called 'Onigiri', 'Nokio' who is a narcissist and calls himself a robot, and 'Bolt' who is obviously faster than a rabbit?
(Source: Anime News Network)
Neko mo, Onda-ke
The manga is set in Matsuyama City in the southwestern prefecture of Ehime on Shikoku Island during the Showa 40s era (1965-1975). The Onda family includes the big sister Sachiko who is a passionate fan of the idol Hiromi Dō, the little brother Takushi who is terrible at arithmetic, the father Yoshito who works at a factory and is a Yomiuri Giants baseball fan, the mother Natsuko who wants to build a house for the family, and the newest addition — a cat named Mii.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Panpaka Pants W-O New!
Sequel to Panpaka Pants O-New!. It follows a young underwear-wearing pig and his adventures.
Nameko: Sekai no Tomodachi
Nameko forest is where different kinds of Nameko from all over the world gather. Nameko and his friends, who live in the forest, decide to tell people about the forest's charm by becoming guides, forming the group "Universal Rangers of Nameko Forest." The Nameko that come from all over the world are all unique, with their own personalities.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Shounen Ashibe GO! GO! Goma-chan
Shounen Ashibe follows the daily life of first-grader Ashibe Ashiya and his spotted seal pet Goma-chan.
(Source: MAL News)
Sore Ike! Sabuibo Mask
The story features the Sabuibo Mask live-action film's main character, Sabuibo Mask, attempting to solve various problems in his rural town.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Korogashiya no Pun
A dung beetle becomes too overzealous at rolling anything remotely round.
Movie
Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai
This is the last time I’m going to practice…
Natsuki Enomoto, a third-year student at Sakuragaoka High School, has feelings of unrequited love for her childhood friend, Yuu Setoguchi. Unable to be true to her own feelings, Natsuki tells Yuu that she is merely using him as a stand-in to practice confessing her love to. As Natsuki continues to pretend not having any feelings for Yuu, her classmate Koyuki Ayase asks her out on a date. Will Natsuki ever be able to stop “practicing” and actually confess her love to Yuu?
(Source: Aniplex USA)
Yu☆Gi☆Oh!: THE DARK SIDE OF DIMENSIONS
Set six months after the events of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, Yugi Muto and his friends are in their final year of high school and are talking about what they will do in the future. Meanwhile, Seto Kaiba has commissioned an excavation to retrieve the disassembled Millennium Puzzle from the ruins of the Millennium chamber. The item had previously housed the soul of his rival, Atem, whom he hopes to revive in order to settle their score. The excavation is interrupted by a mysterious man, who faces Kaiba in a game of Duel Monsters and steals two pieces of the recovered Puzzle. What is his ulterior motive? The stakes have never been higher; the rivalries never as fierce; the risks never so great.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Hibike! Euphonium: Kitauji Koukou Suisougaku-bu e Youkoso
After swearing off music due to an incident at the middle school regional concert band competition, euphonist Kumiko Oumae enters high school hoping for a fresh start. As fate would have it, she ends up being surrounded by people with an interest in the high school brass band. Kumiko finds the motivation she needs to make music once more with the help of her bandmates, some of whom are new like novice tubist Hazuki Katou; veteran contrabassist Sapphire Kawashima; and band vice president and fellow euphonist Asuka Tanaka. Others are old friends, like Kumiko's childhood friend and hornist-turned-trombonist Shuuichi Tsukamoto, and trumpeter and bandmate from middle school, Reina Kousaka.
However, in the band itself, chaos reigns supreme. Despite their intention to qualify for the national band competition, as they currently are, just competing in the local festival will be a challenge—unless the new band advisor Noboru Taki does something about it.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Meitantei Conan: Junkoku no Nightmare
On a dark night, the Japanese police is raided by a spy. Different countries' intelligence agencies—such as England's MI6, Germany's BDN, and America's CIA—as well as the FBI's secret files are going to be taken, but public safety officers lead by Tooru Amuro arrive just in time. The spy steals a car and escapes. The spy and Amuro are then locked in a dead heat on the highway, and just as it is about to cause an accident with multiple cars, the spy's car is hit by FBI agent Shuichi Akai's rifle bullet and falls of the roadway.
The next day, Conan and his friends go to a newly-remodeled aquarium in Tokyo. Under the main attraction, a Ferris wheel, Conan finds an attractive woman alone and injured. Her left and right eyes are different colors.
But the woman is in a state of amnesia where she doesn't even remember her own name, and the cellphone she's carrying is broken. Conan and his friends promise to help her regain her memory, so they stay with her.
Throughout all this, Vermouth is watching behind the scenes. Afterwards, she pulls out a silencer and speaks into an attached intercom, "It's as planned, Gin."
(Source: Anime News Network)
Garo: Divine Flame
A sequel set 4 years after the TV anime Garo: Honoo no Kokuin.
Leon, who has succeeded the name of Golden Knight "GARO," devotes himself to train a young Makai Knight for the next generation, together with Prince Alfonso of the Valiante Kingdom. Then, they receive an order to exterminate the most beautiful Horror in the world which resides in a neighboring country "Vazelia." At the same time, a young Makai Knight for the next generation is kidnapped by an unknown person. Leon desperately follows them, only to find that he is surrounded by his enemies at a dead end. Then, a Makai Knight Dario who was supposed to be missing for some time suddenly appears and rescues him. Under his guidance, Leon is led to the town where he meets up a totally unexpected person.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Ajin: Shoutotsu
The second movie in the Ajin film trilogy.
17 years ago, immortals first appeared on the battlefields of Africa. Later, rare, unknown new immortal lifeforms began appearing among humans, and they became known as "Ajin" (demi-humans). Just before summer vacation, a Japanese high school student is instantly killed in a traffic accident on his way home from school. However, he is revived, and a price is placed on his head. Thus begins a boy's life on the run from all of humankind.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Tamayura: Sotsugyou Shashin Part 4 - Ashita
The fourth and final movie in a series of Tamayura movies.
Precure All Stars Movie: Minna de Utau♪ Kiseki no Mahou!
The film's story will revolve around the power that lies in the tears that the Precures hide. The video reveals that the Precures' tears have the power to end the world, and so the Precures must not cry no matter what. The Precures will fight in the world of song and magic to protect their tears.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Phantom of the Kill: Zero kara no Hangyaku
Game producer Jun Imaizumi announced six new projects related to the smartphone game "Phantom of the Kill" during a Niconico live broadcast celebrating the game's one-year anniversary on Friday. One of the new projects is a 15-minute anime concept film.Naoyoshi Shiotani (Psycho-Pass, Blood-C: The Last Dark) will direct the concept film at Production I.G Fuji & Gumi Games' strategy drama RPG follows mysterious girls who carry the names of legendary weapons (such as "Masamune") as they search for their lost memories. The game allows players to collect characters and weapons, and enter dungeons to engage in turn-based tactical battles.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Kaze no Matasaburou
A girl moves from the city and goes to school in the country due to some circumstances in his father's job. Her new schoolmates keep her at a distance. There is a boy she'd like to get to know better, but she worries about how he might treat her, and doesn't try to get closer. She begins to hate life in the country, and longs to return to the city, but she ends up meeting a real god of wind. The work depicts the fears, kindness, and love of children in a short, fleeting fairy tale.
(Source: Anime News Network)
"Parade" de Satie
A Parade by three managers and four performers. Koji Yamamura's new animation project, "Parade" de Satie (Satie's "Parade"). Erik Satie composed ballet music "Parade" in 1916 with 1917. Dutch indie jazz band, Willem Breuker Kollektief played this music and Koji Yamamura directs for Erik Satie's"Parade" as a surrealism animated ballet. It will be coming in 2016 that 150th anniversary Erik Satie and 100th-anniversary "Parade".
(Source: Yamamura Animation)
Crayon Shin-chan: Bakusui! Yumemi World Dai Totsugeki
A story set in the dream world, depicting the Kasukabe Defense Forces and the Nohara Family fighting against a nightmare trouble. One day the people in Kasukabe come to be able to have dreams they want in their sleep, after having a strange dream in which a giant fish swallows them. The people enjoy having their own distinctive dream in the dream world, but the world gradually changes into a nightmare world. Shinnosuke Nohara and Kasukabe Defense Forces members let Saki Nubatama, a girl who moves in Kasukabe, join the group, and they go into the dream world to explore the cause of the nightmare.
(Source: Manabu Tsuribe)
Meiji Tokyo Renka: Hanakagami no Fantasia
Sequel to Meiji Tokyo Renka: Yumihari no Serenade.
Utopa
Hundreds of years after the 20th century, nature and the ecosystem have been devastated due to use of nuclear and biological weaponry. Most of Earth has been contaminated and is collapsing into ruin, and a great majority of plants and animals are now extinct. The world heads to the “Big Six,” the sixth mass extinction event. Humanity built cities in the sky, migrating the endangered species of animals and plants there. Over many years, the animals evolved in these isolated cities. With artificial genetic crossbreeding, they acquire language, bipedality, and build a life and civilization for themselves free from want. No one thinks of the world below any longer. One day, a single plant seed wanders into one of the sky cities and some children discover it. Unable to resist the temptation to look into the world outside, they decide to undertake an adventure to the outside world, unknowing that once they set foot on the ground, they will never be able to return.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Utopa is one of four Anime Tamago 2016 young animator training projects.
Naze Ikiru: Rennyo Shounin to Yoshizaki Enjou
The story centers around Ryōken, a young man who lamented his misfortune and despised temples and monks. He had placed all his hope on his unborn child, but an unfortunate incident took everything away from him. In his time of despair and suffering in the dark, Ryōken came across the preachings of the holy priest Rennyo. They tell the answer to "why we live," as revealed by the monk Shinran. Finding new meaning, Ryōken becomes Rennyo's apprentice. Angry at the increase of followers at Honnōdera, the other Buddhist sects chase Rennyo and Ryōken out of Kyoto. Seeking a new place of worship, the two arrive in Yoshizaki (Fukui) in the Hokuriku region.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Sinbad: Mahiru no Yoru to Fushigi no Mon
The search for Sana’s comrades continues. Sara who opens up her heart to Sinbad reveals her horrible story of how her father’s apprentice Galip destroyed the peaceful kingdom and her family by using the wizardly power. Suddenly the Magic Lamp shows the passage “to the Wonder Gate to the land of ancestors that appears in the Night at High Noon,” but Galip’s solders block their path.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Kacchikenee!
Aiko lives in a shrine that has a sliding door that mysteriously is only half painted, and thought during her childhood that she wanted to paint it. But the 17-year old Aiko now has no dreams about the future. Suddenly, a strange man appears before her. Aiko's grandfather and the shrine's chief priest offers the man to stay in the shrine, but Aiko isn't having any of it. But he realizes the kindness of the brusque young man, and slowly comes to like him. But what is his true identity?
(Source: Anime News Network)
Kacchikenee! is one of four Anime Tamago 2016 young animator training projects.
Kidou Senshi Gundam UC: A Phantom World
The short begins when an Anaheim Electronics-manufacture Sinanju Stein unit, stolen and now affiliated with the Neo Zeon unit Sleeves, bursts through the Earth's stratosphere. The Unicorn takes off from the Nahel Argama and moves to intercept. While it engages with the Sinanju Stein, the Banshee Norn and Phenex are moving to assist.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Colorful Ninja Iromaki
Third-grader Himeno moves to a huge mansion in the country. But she soon finds out it's a ninja house! The ninjas Akamaki—who tends to the fires, Aomaki—who sees to the water, and Kiiromaki—who sees to the carpentry, mistake Himeno for a princess, and begin solving problems for her with their own unique skills. But that is not the full extent of their powers! When Aomaki and Kiiromaki combine, they from Midorimaki. Similarly, when Akamaki and Aomaki combine, they form Murasakimaki; and when Akamaki and Kiiromaki combine, they form Tōmaki. Life with these colorful ninjas has only begun, when they discover a large tornado heading for the mansion. What will happen to the Himeno family? Can the colorful ninja protect Himeno?
(Source: Anime News Network)
Moving Colors
An animated short film produced by past students of Taku Furukawa based on colors.
Controller of Controller
Aru Apartment no Isshitsu
A short animation from Tomoyasu Murata about a journey between dream and reality.
OVA
Owari no Seraph: Kyuuketsuki Shahal
The OVA story is set before the main story's "Battle in Nagoya" arc. The Shinoa Squad is ordered another mission from Guren to rescue a human girl named Riko from a mysterious vampire Shahal, and bring her back to her family. But Ferid and Crowley also appear when they find Shahal. Can Yuichiro save the girl?
Shokugeki no Souma OVA
OVAs bundled with the 18th and 19th volumes of the Shokugeki no Souma manga.
FAIRY TAIL (2014) OVA
Yousei-tachi no Batsu Game (Fairies' Penalty Game)
Following the Grand Magic Games' undecided outcome, Fairy Tail master Makarov Dreyar finds another way to settle the winner: Team A and Team B will play rock-paper-scissors. The victors can order whatever they want the losers to do. Under these conditions, Laxus Dreyar sends Natsu Dragneel and his team on an impossible mission to retrieve a lost stone.
Natsu vs. Mavis
As the Fairy Tail girls soak in the hot water together with their first master, Mavis Vermillion, they notice that despite the pleasant atmosphere in the bathhouse, Mavis is gloomy. When Warrod Sequen unexpectedly appears, he shares a century-old story about Mavis burying a secret treasure. While Natsu and his team set out to find the treasure to remind Mavis of the good old days, a dispute between Fairy Tail's original members comes to light.
Yousei-tachi no Christmas (Fairies' Christmas)
Fairy Tail members help their beloved city of Magnolia get into the holiday spirit. After a long day of hard work, Natsu and his friends gather to celebrate Christmas with alcohol and games, which soon escalates in real Fairy Tail fashion.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Durarara!!x2 Ketsu: DuFuFuFu!!
The episode revolves around the man with "the worst luck in Ikebukuro," Shizuo Heiwajima, and another blonde-haired, sunglasses-wearing man wearing a bartender outfit named Shidzuo Nobusuma. Shidzuo is a young hoodlum. As the two men's fates are entangled, a new legend is born on the streets of Ikebukuro.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Shoujo-tachi wa Kouya wo Mezasu: Iubeki Monokashira
Original anime bonus included with the first print of PC game "Shoujo-tachi wa Kouya o Mezasu".
In the story, Buntarou is a student who wants to be something, but doesn't know what. One day his female classmate Sayuki announces she is working on a bishoujo game. Sayuki scouted him because he wrote a good script for drama club, but Buntarou doesn't know anything about bishoujo games.
(Source: Anime News Network)
ONA
Violet Evergarden CM
Special trailers released on YouTube promoting the two volumes of the original light novel and announcing Violet Evergarden's anime adaptation. Features all original animation not used in the series.
Flying Witch Petit
Short clip series of "flying witch" streamed on the vap YouTube channel.
Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins
Gyakuten Saiban 6 Prologue
The country of Khura'in doesn't have attorneys. Instead, the outcome of trials are decided by the oracles.
Meanwhile, in Japan, Naruhodo Ryuichi receives a disturbing call from his old friend, Mayoi Ayasato, who is currently training in Kurain.
Tokyogurashi!
A parody opening for a spin-off of Gakkou Gurashi!, starring the characters from the visual novel Tokyo Necro by Nitro+.
The animation was released by Nitro+ as an April Fool's prank, complete with an official website announcing a full TV series. The website was closed shortly after.
Mirai no Watashi
The short is part of McDonald's new "Crew ni Narou. Campaign" (Join the Crew. Campaign) to attract part-time restaraunt staff members. It depicts the coming-of-age of a new crew member named Sumire.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Masamune Datenicle
The coming-of-age battle story will center on the famous 17th-century Japanese warlord Date Masamune when he was young. The Date clan took its name from the Date region of the former Mutsu province, which comprises part of the modern-day city of Date.
The anime will be the first in the city's "Kirari na Wonder Project" (Twinkling Wonder Project), which aims to highlight tourist attractions and the appeal of the region.
Gainax's newly founded Fukushima studio will work on the anime, and will complete it at the end of March. The anime will have a private screening in April and will also screen in anime events and be posted online.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Kyoto Animation Koushiki Twitter: Itsumo Arigatou
Kyoto Animation celebrating 50,000 Twitter followers with a short animation.
Kinyoubi no Yakusoku
A promotional video for the Miyagi Cooperative delivery service.
Pâtisserie no Monster
Pâtisserie no Monster focuses on the titular monster Powan, the owner of a small pastry shop in France.
Yowai Robot to 10 no Story Project
The project is inspired by "weak robot", it is a project to produce 10 stories to think about the "friendly relations" between the robot and the human. Recruiting from 1 to 10 pieces of comics/short stories with an original robot focus, two of the best works would receive an animated short.
(Source: Official Vimeo channel)
This entry includes:
1) april12：弱いロボットと10のストーリー, released Mar 22, 2016.
2) Minna de Otsukai (みんなでおつかい：弱いロボットと10のストーリー), released Mar 22, 2016.
Himitsukessha Taka no Tsume GT
Eagle Talon is a secret society based in Kojimachi, Tokyo. With plans for world domination, their attempts are continually foiled by Deluxe Fighter, the superhero who always manages to save the day.
Kirai, Demo, Suki
A commercial to promote HAL Tokyo College of Technology & Design. Composer Teddyloid, rapper DAOKO, director Hibiki Yoshizaki, and character designer PALOW created the commercial.
The character is named "Throne.No.11 HAL mia," a girl who wants to change her fate.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Arinko Hepo: Futari no Himitsu Kichi
Studio Nanahoshi's first independently produced anime!
Hepo the ant and Popo the ladybug run around their "secret hideout" made of leaves and branches!
(Source: YouTube Description, Translated)
Spring has come!
Spring fairy came along with the cherry blossoms.
(Source: Official You Tube channel)
Special
Charlotte: Tsuyoimono-tachi
Takehito Kumagami's clairvoyance leads his group of friends to another child with supernatural powers: Iori Sekiguchi, a mind reader. However, as they try to approach her, they realize her power makes her nearly impossible to pin down. Having been chosen by the club to handle this case, Nao Tomori and Yuu Otosaka must find a way to get around the child's unique ability before it is too late.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Oji-san to Marshmallow: Hige-san to Yume Marshmallow
An unaired episode bundled with the home release of Ojisan to Marshmallow.
Habahiro Hige awakens at his desk at work, but much to his surprise, he has become a baby! To make things stranger, Iori Wakabayashi walks in wearing a school uniform but doesn't recognize him as the baby. Upon being picked up and held by her, Hige discovers that he doesn't just have the body of a baby but the mind of one as well.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Nobunaga no Shinobi: Nobunaga to Minarai Shinobi
Oda Nobunaga saves a girl from drowning one day. She clumsily tells him that she's a shinobi. Instead of attempting to kill him, she swears to serve him one day after hearing his plans to unify Japan.
(Source: Crunchyroll)
Dimension W: W no Tobira Online - Rose no wo Nayami Soudanshitsu
Tsubasa to Hotaru (2016)
The story revolves around Tsubasa Sonokawa, a 15-year old high school girl who fell in love with her upperclassman when he saved her after she fainted at the train station from anemia. She thought it was a meeting of fate, and visited him at his class every day. However, he told her that her feelings were "heavy," and he dumped her. She once again meets a boy after taking over her friend Yuri's job as boy's basketball team manager. She learns that she might have more of a connection with this boy named Aki than she first thought...
(Source: Anime News Network)
Omoi no Kakera
Hina Satou is a 13-year-old who loves figure skating and lives in a port town in Miyagi Prefecture. After losing her mother in the 2011 earthquake, she and her father are currently living in temporary housing. With sad memories of the earthquake and memories of a gentle mother, the cheerful Hina continues to move toward her dreams.
(Source: Fukushima Gainax)
Love Live! μ's Final Love Live! Opening Animation
An anime special shown prior to the "μ's Final Love Live! ~µ'sic Forever~" live concert that took place in the Tokyo Dome on March 31st and April 1st 2016. In the episode, the members of μ's visit the school's new baby alpaca, and muse about their current selves.
Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen Specials
Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen specials included with the volumes of the DVD/BD.
Zekkyou Gakkyuu: Tensei
A girl's classmate disappears during a game of hide-and-seek. When she goes out to look for him, she hides when she hears someone pursuing her. After a while, she peeks out to see if her pursuer has given up.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Yu☆Gi☆Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions Special: Eien no Rival - Yuugi to Kaiba!
A summary special hosted by Jounouchi and Mokuba discussing the rivalry between Yuugi and Kaiba. They introduce the setting of the series, recap the best quotes from both Yuugi and Kaiba and their ace monsters, show highlights of their duel in Battle City, and lastly showcase the first 3 minutes of the film a week before it is released in theaters.
Hikari: Kariya wo Tsunagu Monogatari
A short produced by the Kariya City Tourist Association of Aichi Prefecture to promote tourism. It tells the story of a high school ekiden (long-distance road relay running) club and its efforts to prepare for the ward tournament. Since the story takes place in Kariya, viewers will get an idea of the city through the backgrounds.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Zonmi-chan: Meat Pie of the Dead
A heartwarming splatter comedy about a zombie in love!
Zonmi-chan is a clumsy, careless, but cute girl. Sometimes she takes a bite out of the guy she likes. Oh, that's right, Zonmi-chan is a zombie girl.
(Source: Neft Film via ANN)
The episode was shown at AnimeJapan 2016 at the booth of Neft Film. The company plans to fund future episodes through crowdfunding. Neft Films uploaded the episode to YouTube on April 5, 2016.
Tokyu Plaza Ginza Open
A commercial made to advertise the grand opening of the Tokyu Plaza Ginza, a giant indoor shopping mall with restaurants, cafes, boutiques, furiniture, and spas.
Music
Hajimari no Sokudo
Music video for the song "Hajimari no Sokudo" by Sangatsu no Phantasia.
Kimagure Mercy
Animated PV created for the release of Hachioji-P's「Eight -THE BEST OF 八王子P-」
It tells the story of a girl who is sick of dealing with a man who is shallow, and only interested in her when he wants something from her. After listening to his constant excuses, she finally has enough with the disinterest he has in her, and leaves him.
(Source: Vocaloid Wiki)
Marine Bloomin'
A music video for the song Marine Bloomin, a part of Sanyo Bussan's iMarine project, Marine Bloomin' stars Umi Monogatari's Marin.
Kakushin
A musical anime promoting motivation for LGBT teens. The focus of the short is on a young man and his struggling affection towards his male classmates.
Committed RED
A music video for T.M.Revolution's song "Committed RED".
The concept of the video is "the song of a man who crosses through the ages and fights" and was animated as a work about "a man who continues his journey of fighting even though he hesitatingly hurts others, and even though society and a normal everyday life have tossed him away."
(Source: Anime News Network)
Super Nuko ni Naritai
Music video directed and animated by Mafuteru for the song Super Nuko ni Naritai by Mafumafu.
Ginga
Blue Star
Music video for the track Blue Star by HachiojiP featuring Miku Hatsune from the album "Eight: The Best of HachiojiP". The song is the theme song of Hatsune Miku Expo 2016.
There are two official videos for this song, one is the official music video for Hatsune Miku Expo 2016, with illustrations by Kei Moshizuki and direction by Okiku, released on February 15, 2016.
The other is directed by Atsushi Wakamura and is the one included with the first press release of HachiojiP's eighth album "Eight: The Best of HachiojiP" on June 15, 2016.
(Source: AniList.co)
Halved
A music video for VMO's song Halved feat. Chip King(The Body) also released on their "Catastrophic Anonymous" album.
Datsugoku
Jailbreak is an original song by Neru. The boys in the video are named Kawasemi, who has orange hair and turquoise eyes, and Kuina, who has black hair and orange eyes.
Based on the PV, the song tells the story between the boys in a fictional dystopian city enclosed by an artificial cage.
(Source: Vocaloid wikia)
feather (Overdrive Version)
Music video by Tarafu Ootani for feather (overdrive version) by Japanese electronic artist Serph from his album "PLUS ULTRA". The video was produced for Serph's 2016 music video contest featuring this song. The contest received around fifty applicants, and Ootani's submission was selected as Grand Prix winner. It was subsequently posted on the official Nobel music label YouTube channel as an official music video.
Megane
Music video for the song Megane by Yuu Inoue that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. It was released as a single the following month. The video was animated by Kumiko Kitayama.
Neko no Heishi ga Yuku
Music video for the song Neko no Heishi ga Yuku by Kaede Mori that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. It is the title track for her album released that same month. The animation was done by Creatures, Inc.
Ookina Onaka
Music video for the song Ookina Onaka by Japanese music group CRaNE that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program.
Cluster A
An official music video for the song Cluster A from the [MARU-151] in the blue shirt - Cyanotype release by the band "in the blue shirt".
Rifujin-jin
A song about a child's negative attitude. How being bossed around by adults makes a flame of anger boil in them. Even though the adults are doing it for the child's benefit (stop eating so many potato chips, do your homework, don't draw on the walls, etc.)
Suki na Koto Dake de ii Desu
Music video for PinocchioP's Vocaloid song "All I Need are Things I Like" featuring Hatsune Miku.
CATCH
Tororo Okura Mekabu Nattou
Music video for the song Tororo Okura Mekabu Nattou by Tetsu and Tomo that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program.
ONA (Chinese)
Zhen Hun Jie
Based on the Chinese Manhua. Requiem Street, where evil spirits are attracted to in order to destroy them. A place where spirits and humans co-exist, not all humans can enter Requiem Street. Only those rare-soul users with guardian spirits can enter. Xia Ling was just a normal university intern, but a meeting by chance changes her ordinary life... In this world full of evil spirits, can you cooperate with your guardian spirit in order to survive?
Jie Moren
When Freshman Zhou Xiaoan put on a ring of unclear origin, a terrifying devil leaps from his mouth and his life is changed forever. Shocking historical secrets are slowly revealed - a Blood Devil calling itself King Zhou of Shang, a race of heart-eating zombies; a dubious group of Taoist Priests that fight against them; mysterious beings of the supernatural world who can blend in to human society.
(Source: GFearJ)
Shuang Yue Zhi Cheng
In the year 2200, a new Cold War between two forces is set to end with a peace treaty. However, one side is hiding a dark secret, which results in numerous tragedies in the following months. In the wake of a crisis, a paramilitary team is founded to steal information at the center of the conflict.
Chao Shen Xueyuan: Hei Jia
Hen Xi You
A modern day high school student is accidentally possessed by the spirit of the ancient Monkey King.
Nami Hexin: Jueze Pian
Nanocore is a science fiction Chinese cartoon in 3D. The stage of the story is established on a fictional planet Birthigin. In this young planet, humanity will never stop longing for a bright future despite reason and fear. In revolutions and evolutions, humanity keeps challenging the Creator, and which eventually induces contractions intensified. People choose to wake up and struggle for their own ideals. They end the peace and angers sweep the whole planet, resulting in outbreak of the crisis known as Purple Fog.
In time of humans facing their odds of survival, the plan N.S.P led by the elite keeps frustrating until NanoCore's involving. It brings the plan his birth. As the existence, that the elite thinks should lead the development of human weapons, however, he breaks shackles of fate, and arrives at a land where faith no longer exists.
He learns to make choices and grows up with them, and the dim future of Birthigin thus begins to change.
(Source: Nanocore Tumblr)
Yong Zhe Da Maoxian 2
Second season of Yong Zhe Da Maoxian.
Scattered throughout the world is proof of an advanced prehistoric civilization. There exist those who desperately want to learn more about these ancient people. The series follows people who set out on an adventure to uncover the truth.
(Source: AniList.co)
TV Short (Chinese)
Xiongmao He Xiao Yanshu
One day Little Mole finds a cuddly Panda toy in the fields. When the rightful owner claims Panda back Little Mole sets off on a journey to distant China so he can be reunited with Panda. Little Mole is good hearted, friendly and an amazing friend who does not hesitate to travel across the world to see his friend.
Panda Hehe lives with friends in the middle of the Chinese countryside. Once Little Mole from the Czech republic gets there, they become an inseparable team and along with other animal friends experience many adventures.
(Source: Moleandpanda.com)
Zhuzhu Xia: Guangming Shouweizhe
Twin City, as legend has it, is an evil city which was born at the time when Crystal City was created. There is a mirror-like lake above the city which has a horrifying power. It enables people to face the darkest side deep within their hearts. This darkness manifests as the person's opposite. The heroes must send these malicious beings back to their realm before the tear Crystal City apart.
