Summer 2018 Anime
TV
Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3
Eren and his companions in the 104th are assigned to the newly-formed Levi Squad, whose assignment is to keep Eren and Historia safe given Eren's newly-discovered power and Historia's knowledge and pedigree. Levi and Erwin have good reason to be concerned, because the priest of the Church that Hanji had hidden away was found tortured to death, making it clear that the Military Police are involved with the cover-up. Things get more harrowing when the MPs make a move on Erwin and the Levi Squad narrowly avoids capture. Eren is also having problems with his Titan transformation, and a deadly killer has been hired to secure Eren and Historia, one Levi knows all too well from his youth.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Overlord III
The third season of Overlord.
With his foundations now set in this new world, the first steps of Ains Ooal Gown's master plan apparent begin to come to fruition. The value of Carne village and especially the political value of his alter ego Momon are reaffirmed; the “hidden” genius of his actions is continuously met with shock and awe by Demiurge, Albedo, the rest of his guardians, and even Ains himself at his “great wisdom.”
His attempts to act in a way befitting the ruler of Nazarick, continuing to further cement his guardian’s loyalty, push him ever further down the path of not-so-intentional world domination. Without human conscience due to being undead, he is motivated only to continue searching for other players from Yggdrasil and to gain power to better protect the children and home of him and his forty former companions. Lord Ains Ooal Gown maintains his mantle of Overlord and leads the Great Tomb of Nazarick unto the world stage, directly into a vicious power struggle between two great empires.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo no Dorei Majutsu
In the MMORPG Cross Reverie, Takuma Sakamoto is so powerful that he is lauded as the “Demon Lord” by other players. One day, he is summoned to another world – but with the same appearance he had in the game! There, he meets two girls who both proclaim themselves to be his Summoner. They had performed an Enslavement Ritual to turn him into their Summon... but that's when Takuma's passive ability <> activated! Instead, it was the girls who had become enslaved! Though Takuma may have been the strongest Sorcerer there was, he had no idea how to talk with other people. That's when he makes his choice: to act based on his persona from the game!
“Amazing? But of course... I am Diablo, the being known and feared as the Demon Lord!”
So begins a tale of adventure with an earth-shakingly powerful Demon Lord (or at least someone who acts like one) taking on another world!
(Source: J-Novel Club)
Grand Blue
Iori Kitahara moves to the coastal town of Izu for his freshman year at its university, taking residence above Grand Blue, his uncle's scuba diving shop. Iori has high hopes and dreams about having the ideal college experience, but when he enters the shop he is sucked into the alcoholic activities of the carefree members of the Diving Club who frequent the place. Persuaded by upperclassmen Shinji Tokita and Ryuujirou Kotobuki, Iori reluctantly joins their bizarre party. His cousin Chisa Kotegawa later walks in and catches him in the act, earning Iori her utter disdain.
Based on Kenji Inoue and Kimitake Yoshioka's popular comedy manga, Grand Blue follows Iori's misadventures with his eccentric new friends as he strives to realize his ideal college dream, while also learning how to scuba dive.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Cells at Work!
The average human body contains about 60 trillion cells, and each of them has work to do! But when you get injured, viruses or bacteria invade, or when an allergic reaction flares up, everyone from the silent but deadly white blood cells to the brainy neurons has to work together to get through the crisis!
(Source: Kodansha Comics USA)
BANANA FISH
Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove Ash's older brother mad in Iraq has suddenly fallen into Papa's insatiably ambitious hands--and it's exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to make Ash Lynx's acquaintance...
(Source: Viz Media)
Satsuriku no Tenshi
With dead and lifeless eyes, Rachel Gardner wishes only to die. Waking up in the basement of a building, she has no idea how or why she's there. She stumbles across a bandaged murderer named Zack, who is trying to escape. After promising to kill her as soon as he is free, Rachel and Zack set out to ascend through the building floor by floor until they escape.
However, as they progress upward, they meet more twisted people, and all of them seem familiar with Rachel. What is her connection to the building, and why was she placed in it? Facing a new boss on each floor, can Rachel and Zack both achieve their wishes?
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Hyakuren no Haou to Seiyaku no Valkyria
Some urban legends are best left untested! Yuuto Suoh gets more than he bargained for when he joins his childhood friend Mitsuki Shimoya in testing out an urban legend. When he uses his phone to take a picture of himself with the local shrine's divine mirror, he is whisked off into another world – one heavily steeped in the lore of the old Norse myths. Using his knowledge gained from school and from his solar-powered smartphone, he has the chance to bring the Wolf Clan, the same people who cared for him, to prominence, all while earning the adoration of a group of magic-wielding warrior maidens known as the Einherjar.
(Source: J-Novel)
Asobi Asobase
During recess, Olivia, a foreign transfer student who doesn't know English, plays a game of "look-the-other-way" with Hanako Honda, a loud-mouthed airhead. Their rowdy behavior spurs the ire of Kasumi Nomura, a deadpan loner constantly teased by her older sister for her tendency to lose games. Not willing to compete, Kasumi declines Olivia's offer to join the fun, but eventually gets involved anyway and dispenses her own brand of mischief. Soon, a strange friendship blossoms between the peculiar trio, and they decide to form the "Pastime Club," where they are free to resume their daily hijinks.
Whether it be failing to learn English, trying desperately to become popular, or getting caught by teachers at the wrong time, school life will never be boring when the girls of Asobi Asobase are up to their hilarious antics.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Yuragi-sou no Yuuna-san
Kogarashi Fuyuzora is a "hands on" psychic. Ever since the day he got possessed by an evil ghost, he has been burdened with debt. Needing a cheap room to rent, he winds up at a haunted hot springs inn, Yuragi Inn, where only incredibly beautiful girls reside. Amongst the residents is a ghost, Yuuna, who cannot move on to the spirit world. Despite the resistance from the current tenants that are all girls, Kogarashi manages to start his new life at Yuragi Inn.
(Source: Crunchyroll)
Shichisei no Subaru
Asahi's life in reality ended simultaneously when she died playing Union, a world-renowned online RPG. The members of Subaru went separate ways when Union shut down due to Asahi's death. Six years later, Haruto logs onto a renewed version of Re'Union and reunites with Asahi who had died. Is it really her or just an electronic ghost? The former team members reunite and enter the mysterious and deadly online game to find out.
(Source: TBS Global Business)
High Score Girl
The year is 1991 and 6th grader Yaguchi Haruo only has video games to live for. He's not popular in school and he's neither handsome, funny, nice nor even friendly. The only thing he has going for him is that he is good at video games. One day at the local arcade, he plays Oono Akira, a fellow classmate but who's popular, smart, pretty and a rich girl that absolutely destroys him at Street Fighter II. Not only does he lose to her 30 times in a row, he can’t beat her at any game. Haruo can’t seem to shake Akira off as she follows him from arcade to arcade everyday after school and beats him every time. As weird as it sounds, the odd couple begins a strange bond and friendship.
(Source: MangaUpdates)
Happy Sugar Life
Satou Matsuzaka is a beautiful high schooler who has a reputation for being permissive with men. However, a chance encounter with a young girl named Shio Koube makes Satou realize that this is her first and only true feeling of love.
Telling others that she lives with her aunt, Satou secretly shares an apartment with Shio. Despite her innocent appearance, Satou is willing to do anything to protect her beloved, resorting to desperate measures to ensure that their "happy sugar life" remains intact.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Sunoharasou no Kanrinin-san
Aki Shiina has always been perceived as a girl because of his feminine appearance. Wishing to change himself and forget his past, he moves to a dorm and enrolls in a middle school in Tokyo.
Arriving at his new home, Aki is welcomed warmly by the dorm's caretaker, Ayaka Sunohara, who immediately takes a liking to him. But he soon finds out that all of his new roommates are girls from the student council! The girls often tease Aki, seeing him as very girlish. However, still determined to become more masculine, Aki tries his best to help the people around him.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Gintama.: Shirogane no Tamashii-hen - Kouhan-sen
The second season of the Silver Soul arc.
Following the temporary retreat of the Altana Liberation Army from the Kabuki District, the state of the war has seemingly improved. However, as the Oniwaban, Shinsengumi, and residents of the district combat the army's remnants, Edo's greatest inventor Gengai Hiraga is abducted. Responsible for causing the enemy's withdrawal by rendering their weapons useless, Gengai's nanomachine virus is now at risk of being shut down.
Meanwhile, a laser capable of obliterating a planet is activated in Earth's orbit on the Liberation Army's mother ship. Another battle ensues when Shinsuke Takasugi and the rest of the Kiheitai arrive on the vessel to stop the weapon from firing. Forced to fight a war on two fronts, the Yorozuya and their allies must prevail on both sides to save Edo and the rest of the world.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Jashin-chan Dropkick
The demon Jashin-chan has been summoned to Earth by Yurine Hanazono, a girl with a knack for the occult. Unfortunately, Yurine does not actually know how to send Jashin-chan back to Hell. Now stuck on Earth, she must live at Yurine's apartment as her familiar.
The only way for Jashin-chan to return would be to kill her summoner, but this is easier said than done for the incompetent demon. Since Jashin-chan is immortal and can regenerate her body, Yurine does not hold back in attacking her with a range of weapons, punishing her in gruesome manners for her evil schemes. Jashin-chan is also often visited by her demon friends: the kindhearted Gorgon Medusa and the energetic minotaur Minosu, who seem much more well-behaved in contrast, and disapprove of her plans to kill Yurine.
Jashin-chan Dropkick is a comedy focusing on these two reluctant roommates and their bizarre antics as they get by with their cat-and-mouse relationship.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Tenrou: Sirius the Jaeger
Imperial Capital, 1930.
A strange group of people carrying musical instrument cases landed on Tokyo station.
They are called the “Jaegers”, who came to hunt vampires.
Amongst them, there stood a young man with striking serenity and unusual aura.
His name is Yuliy, a werewolf whose home village was destroyed by vampires.
Yuliy and the Jaegers engage in deadly battle over a mysterious holy arc only known as “The Arc of Sirius”.
What truth awaits them at the end…?
With eternal affinity and spiral of conspiracy entwine, the highly anticipated action-thriller anime begins!
(Source: Official Website)
Chio-chan no Tsuugakuro
For the average Japanese high school student, walking to school can be a chore, but for first-year Chio Miyamo, it's always an adventure. Constantly running late due to her long night sessions playing video games, she is forced to come up with new routes to make it to Samejima Private Academy on time.
On her many bizarre journeys to school, Chio contends with obstacles like street-blocking detours, overzealous kabaddi players, and befuddled motorcycle gang leaders. But these minor hindrances are no match for the special ops training that Chio, AKA the legendary assassin "Bloody Butterfly," has received from her extensive gaming obsession. Together with her best friends Manana Nonomura and Yuki Hosokawa, Chio will do whatever it takes to avoid her school's harsh penalties for tardiness.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Hanebado!
After her crushing defeat of 21-0 at the National Junior Badminton Tournament, Nagisa Aragaki's love for her sport begins to distort. Unable to deal with the shame of loss, she starts to terrorize the members of her high school badminton club. Her grueling drills bring some to the verge of tears while others quit the club outright. With the team losing members and new prospects being too terrified to join, the future of the badminton club looks exceptionally grim.
That is, until Kentarou Tachibana joins as the new head coach. Not only is he an Olympic-level player, but he also comes bearing a secret weapon: Ayano Hanesaki, the girl who defeated Nagisa six months ago. However, Ayano is not the rival Nagisa remembers, but a girl with conflicted feelings wanting to distance herself from badminton. With her future in sports now on the line, Nagisa must find a way to face her fears of inadequacy, heal her rival's troubled heart, and bring victory to Kitakomachi High School's badminton club.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Back Street Girls: Gokudolls
After failing their boss for the last time, yakuza members Kentarou, Ryou, and Kazuhiko are faced with one of two choices: have their organs harvested and sold or take a trip to Thailand for sex reassignment surgery and become pop idols. Now, after a year of excruciating training, the three thugs have been reborn as Airi, Chika, and Mari. Debuting as the amateur idol group The Goku Dolls, the three strive towards becoming top idols.
However, despite the hours of feminizing brainwashing they were forced to endure, the three idols have managed to keep the yakuza spirit alive in their hearts. In order to fix this, their yakuza boss hires Mandarin Kinoshita, a legendary manager who has never had an idol group fail under his management. With their lives now on the line, the reluctant yakuza must work with their new manager to unleash their inner cuteness and become the successful idols that their tyrannical boss can truly be proud of.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Harukana Receive
In beach volleyball, there is no room for aces. To achieve victory, each player must find their one, irreplaceable partner that they can rely on in the court of sand. At least, that is what Haruka Oozora learns on her first day in Okinawa after moving in with her grandmother and her cousin Kanata Higa. While touring a nearby beach, Haruka stumbles upon some girls practicing beach volleyball and is quickly invited to join. This friendly practice game suddenly turns into a match when one of the girls, Narumi Tooi, notices Kanata approaching the court.
Although the two suffer a devastating defeat, Haruka finally realizes the reason for her cousin’s quiet and distant behavior. Kanata and Narumi used to be an exceptionally talented beach volleyball duo, until Kanata quit due to her short height causing problems for Narumi. Now, with the Junior Tournament just weeks away, Haruka must learn the intricacies of competitive beach volleyball and help Kanata overcome her crippling anxiety towards the sport that she once used to love.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Free!: Dive to the Future
With the seniors having graduated from high school, the determined swimmers eagerly take on their futures with a dream to fulfill.
Now attending Hidaka University in Tokyo, Haruka Nanase unexpectedly runs into Shiina Asahi, an old teammate and friend from his middle school days. Consequently, the troubling memories regarding his middle school swim team resurface, as it was a time when Haruka's views on swimming became negative and led him to quit the team. Haruka later reconnects with his other middle school classmates; all except for Ikuya Kirishima, who still resents Haruka for quitting the team, resulting in its disbandment. Aware of the issues between them, Haruka resolves to improve his friendship with Ikuya. However, he quickly realizes that making amends with an old friend isn't his only obstacle.
Facing the reality and challenges of encountering higher calibre swimmers, Haruka must work hard to establish himself if he dreams of competing on an international level.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight
As preparations begin for Seisho Music Academy's yearly Seisho Festival, the girls of the 99th class are gearing up to perform their very own rendition of "Starlight," the tragic tale of two goddesses drawn together by the glow of the heavens but destined to be pulled apart, never to meet again. Created to foster the next generation of theatrical talent, this girls’ only school works to improve the singing, acting, and dancing skills of its students.
One student is 16-year-old Karen Aijou, an easygoing girl who has dreamed of performing on stage since she was a child. Her love for theater is further invigorated when her childhood friend Hikari Kagura transfers to Seisho Academy. Through her old friend, Karen stumbles upon a secret elevator leading to a massive theater underneath the school. Hosted by a talking giraffe, this arena serves as a battleground where her classmates participate in duels to determine who among them deserves the title of "Top Star," earning them the right to play one of the lead roles in "Starlight." Emboldened by the promise she made with Hikari to someday be stars together, Karen enters these mysterious battles in the hopes of making their dream a reality.
(Source: MAL News)
ISLAND
Urashima, an island far from the mainland. The people who live there lead carefree lives. But five years ago, the island's three great families suffered a series of misfortunes, and succumbed to suspicion. The people of the island cut off all contact with the mainland, and began a slow decline. The key to saving the island lies in three girls who belong to the three families. But they are bound by old traditions, and are conflicted. On that island, a lone man washes ashore. The man claims to be from the future, and he begins a solitary struggle to change the island's fate.
(Source: Anime News Network)
FLCL: Alternative
Life seems to drift by for Kana Koumoto and her friends in their small Japanese town. Every day is just like the last, and it feels like every new day will be the same. Kana goes to school, hangs out with her friends, and likes to paint her nails and listen to music, but it feels like nothing special is ever going to happen.
As a change of pace, Kana and her friends decide to design a bottle rocket and launch it into space, even though it might not get there at all. However, just when the rocket is completed, a robot suddenly crashes into and destroys it, shortly followed by a pink-haired woman claiming to be a "Galactic Investigator." Kana's life quickly becomes more exciting than she ever imagined, dealing with new feelings, changing friends, and even boy troubles. It turns out life can go by in the blink of an eye, fast enough to even miss it, so what's with these weird robots that seem to show up at the worst times?!
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Angolmois: Genkou Kassenki
The scary great king comes from the other side of the sea... The big incident "Genkou" that shook medieval Japan is being drawn in an original way in this historical anime, along with the beginning of the Samurai!
(Source: Crunchyroll)
Muhyo to Rouji no Mahouritsu Soudan Jimusho
Are you a victim of unwanted spirit possession? Is there a ghost you need sent up and away...or down to burn for all eternity? If the answer is yes, then you need Muhyo and Roji, experts in magic law. Serving justice to evil spirits is their specialty.
(Source: Viz Media)
Kyoto Teramachi Sanjou no Holmes
High schooler Aoi Mashiro moved from home six months ago, but her recent breakup has made her want to return to tell off her ex-boyfriend. In need of money for a train ticket, she steals two hanging scrolls from her grandfather's attic and takes them to be appraised at an antique shop in the heart of Kyoto's Teramachi Sanjou shopping district. Little does she know that a fateful encounter awaits her during this visit.
Upon entering the shop, Aoi is greeted by Kiyotaka Yagashira, the owner's grandson and a graduate student at Kyoto University. Nicknamed "Holmes" for a pun involving his surname, as well as for his incredible deductive skills, Kiyotaka inspects the scrolls that Aoi brought with her. Based on the items she selected to sell, Kiyotaka senses that Aoi possesses great intuition not unlike his own. Seeing her potential and sympathizing with her story, Kiyotaka offers Aoi a part-time job so she can earn the required money herself.
Aoi and Kiyotaka begin working together soon after—not only within the antique shop, but also around town whenever the locals ask for help with their various problems. With Kiyotaka's deduction and Aoi's intuition, no case is too tough for this modern-day Holmes and Watson duo!
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Lord of Vermillion: Guren no Ou
Set in Tokyo, it's January 29, 2030. High-frequency resonance is observed in the vicinity of Tokyo, and the red fog rolls into the city. Those who hear the sound, humans and animals alike, pass out, losing consciousness. Everything shuts down in Tokyo, believing that the fog is carrying an unknown virus that causes an epidemic. However, six days later, after the incident, people wake up as if nothing happened.
After that, Tokyo's sealed-off city sections gradually return to normal. However, since the high-frequency resonance, some "bizarre events" start to happen, and people find themselves being pulled deeper into more mysteries. Meanwhile, young people start to become aware of themselves and release their power hidden in their blood, discovering themselves as "vessel of wisdom blood." Together, being led by something unknown, they meet, communicate, and face the unavoidable circle of fate, sacrificing their own lives.
(Source: MAL News)
Phantom in the Twilight
Set in modern day London, the story takes place in a world where "Shadows" are born from human fear and anxiety. A young girl arrives to study abroad, only to be caught in a bizarre incident as she enters university. In a city with no acquaintances, the helpless girl wanders into "Café Forbidden," a mysterious café that exclusively opens at midnight. She meets an assortment of handsome men employed at the café, where guardians who protect the boundary between humans and shadow convene.
(Source: MAL News)
Planet With
Souya Kuroi has dreams of people with superpowers fighting a massive dragon in the sky, but his real life is almost as weird. He's had amnesia for about two weeks and been taken in by a maid and an anthropomorphic cat. When a UFO in the shape of a stuffed bear approaches Sorimasaka City and other metros around the world, he's startled to see seven rainbow-sparkling heroes zoom out to confront it – just like in his dream. Even weirder, the maid wants him to leave his shelter to confront these heroes and take the source of their power.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Chuukan Kanriroku Tonegawa
Teiai Group is one of Japan's largest firms. Yukio Tonegawa, a man with a larger-than-life presence and sharp intellect, works as the right-hand man of Chairman Kazutaka Hyodo. One day, the chairman commands Tonegawa to spearhead "Game of Death," an evil project that employs debtors. He rallies his direct reports and scrambles to form Team Tonegawa, only to encounter a barrage of challenges from the erratic chairman and his disloyal employees, ultimately leading to his demotion.
Team Tonegawa is bombarded with an onslaught of wide-ranging problems! "Mr. Tonegawa - Middle Management Blues -" is a spinoff of "Kaiji," the hit manga series that boasts a total circulation of over 20 million printed copies.
(Source: Nippon TV)
Yume Oukoku to Nemureru 100-nin no Ouji-sama
The heroine is an ordinary, everyday woman until the day she finds herself in another world and discovers that she’s actually a long-lost princess. Now, she must enlist the aid of the world of dreams’ princes and defend against the onslaught of nightmarish monsters known only as the dream-eaters.
(Source: Sentai Filmworks)
Tsukumogami Kashimasu
In a place and time where disasters are commonplace, Oko and Seiji cater to local customers at Izumoya, their renowned rental shop for everyday items. Mixed with Izumoya’s regular inventory are tsukumogami, ancient spirits disguised as ordinary objects. Unlike most people, Oko and Seiji can see and listen to the spirits, and Izumoya becomes a hub of paranormal activity as numerous tsukumogami end up in the shop. And when Oko and Seiji spread the supernatural love by lending their “special” tsukumogami to unwitting customers, things get really interesting!
(Source: HIDIVE)
Ongaku Shoujo (TV)
The story follows the protagonist Hanako Yamadaki when she encounters the obscure, low-selling 11-member "C-list" idol unit Ongaku Shoujo. Their producer Ikehashi thinks the unit needs a new member. Together, Ongaku Shoujo and Hanako strive for the top of the music world.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Aguu: Tensai Ningyou
In the story, Ai is an ordinary girl, and a dancer. Her friend Machi is also a dancer, but Machi is a genius. Watching Machi's talent often makes Ai feel down. But one day, Ai finds out Machi's secret: the existence of the Aguu, palm-size entities who grant genius talent upon those who hold them. In order to save Machi, who has become a "Seamstress" who makes Aguu, Ai becomes a "Savior." The Saviors are a group of people who have fought the Seamstresses for generations.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Senjuushi
The story takes place at the subsequent era after the whole world was devastated by the nuclear war. Under the strong rule by the World Empire, people are all suppressed and deprived of their own lives. A resistance team secretly keeps fighting to break the suppression while everyone is forbidden to possess any force of arms.
The team challenges the fight with the "antique guns" that were left as works of art, and the incarnations of those antique guns are called "Musketeers" appear and join the team, as if they responded to the soul of the team.
In their battles with the incarnations of contemporary guns who represent and are dispatched from the Empire, the "Musketeers" turn their "Absolute Noble" mode to give a powerful boost to themselves, and bring hope to the world!
(Source: Marvelous)
Shinya! Tensai Bakabon
New adaptation of Tensai Bakabon.
The original family comedy manga centers on an idiotic boy and his father.
(Source: AniList.co)
Kira Kira Happy ★ Hirake! Cocotama
A long time ago, Haruka Hoshinogawa made a wish with the town's old cherry blossom tree with her grandfather while receiving a present from him: a cherry blossom ribbon. As she grew up, she treasured the gift that was given to her while starting fifth grade in her school. One day, upon noting that the old cherry blossom tree is wilting, her grandfather decided to leave the shop to explore the world and let Haruka take care of the store in his absence. The next day while sleeping, her treasured ribbon sprouted a strange egg, revealing a Cocotama, a god born from an object that has been cherished with love and care.
Haruka woke up and accidentally saw the Cocotama on the table, retreated to her Hiding Egg. As Haruka picked it up, it has changed into a mysterious key. Left with some questions, the Cocotama introduced herself as Ribbon, and Haruka learned about the existence of her kind and the mysteries behind the strange key she had. Ribbon realized that the key is actually the Key of Wonders and that Haruka was chosen by it to be the Legendary Contractor to the Cocotamas. Now, both of them try to run the shop and meet new Cocotama friends, while discovering the mysteries and powers behind the Key of Wonders.
(Source: Wikipedia, edited)
Space Bug
This story is about Mick, a sleeping chironomid. Insects are taken up into space for use in experiments by humans. An epic space adventure of Mick and his friends of their journey back home to Earth. The development plans and experiments are aborted by humans for no known reason, the organisms are left behind in the space station with limited resources. Going over hurdles and fighting through challenges, together, they travel across planets and gain new comrades, heading for Earth. As their journey progresses, the mystery behind the human’s abandonment unravels…
(Source: Crunchyroll)
TV Short
One Room: Second Season
Yama no Susume: Third Season
The third season of Yama no Susume.
Aoi and Hinata are childhood friends. Aoi prefers staying indoors and is afraid of heights, whereas Hinata is outgoing and loves mountaineering. They both decide to climb a mountain in order to see a sunrise they saw together when they were younger.
In the coming third season, they enjoy hiking beautiful mountains with colored leaves and the story gets even more colorful when they become friends with local school girls!!
(Source: Yomiuri TV Enterprise)
Hataraku Onii-san! No 2!
The second season of Hataraku Onii-san!
Calico Tapio Chatorazawa has more energy than anyone, and Russian Blue Kuehiko Roshihara is a bit of a sourpuss. These two classmates will do all kinds of different jobs to learn how fun and hard it is to work!
(Source: Crunchyroll, edited)
Semiwa Magic Cube
The story revolves around Semi, a girl who travels back in time to prevent evil forces from using the magic cube.
Oshiete Mahou no Pendulum: Rilu Rilu Fairilu
The third season of Rilu Rilu Fairilu.
The story centers on a girl who stumbles upon a relic known as the "Magic Pendulum," and uses it to get to the Fairilu world. While there, she goes on adventures as the show portrays her growing up.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Movie
Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai
Spring time in April and the last of the cherry blossoms are still in bloom. The usually aloof bookworm with no interest in others comes across a book in a hospital waiting room. Handwritten on the cover are the words: "Living with Dying." He soon discovers that it is a diary kept by his very popular and genuinely cheerful classmate, Sakura Yamauchi, who reveals to him that she is secretly suffering from a pancreatic illness and only has a limited time left. It is at this moment that she gains just one more person to share her secret.
Trying to maintain a normal life as much as possible, Sakura is determined to live her life to the fullest until the very last day. As her free spirit and unpredictable actions throw him for a loop, his heart begins to gradually change.
(Source: Aniplex USA)
Boku no Hero Academia THE MOVIE: Futari no Hero
The first installment in the My Hero Academia (Boku no Hero Academia) movie franchise.
The climactic finals are over, and U.A. is getting ready for the summer training camp. Deku and All Might receive an invitation from a certain person to go overseas to a giant artificial moving city called I-Island. This island, a kind of “science Hollywood” that gathers the knowledge of scientists from around the world, is holding an exhibition called I-Expo showcasing the results of Quirk and hero item research. In the midst of all this, Deku meets a Quirkless girl named Melissa and remembers his own Quirkless past. Out of the blue, the impregnable security system the island boasts is hacked by villains, and all the people on the island are taken as hostages! Now, a plan that could shake hero society has been put into motion! The man who holds the key to it all is the number one hero and Symbol of Peace, All Might.
(Source: Funimation)
Nanatsu no Taizai Movie 1: Tenkuu no Torawarebito
The Seven Deadly Sins travel to a remote land in search of the phantom ingredient "sky fish." Meliodas and Hawk end up at a "Sky Palace" that exists above the clouds, where all the residents have wings. Meliodas is mistaken for a boy who committed a crime and is thrown in prison. Meanwhile, the residents are preparing a ceremony for defense against a ferocious beast that awakens once every 3,000 years. But the Six Knights of Black, a Demon Clan army, arrives and removes the seal on the beast in order to threaten the lives of the residents of Sky Palace. Meliodas and his allies meet the Six Knights of Black in battle.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Non Non Biyori: Vacation
Even when you're fortunate enough to live in a place as beautiful as the country village of Asahigaoka, you should never turn down the chance to explore someplace else. So, when Suguru wins a free trip to Okinawa just as the summer vacation is coming to an end, the town's entire school… all 5 students and 1 teacher, plus the local candy shop owner… can hardly wait for their 3-day trip to begin! Between kayaking, swimming and meeting new people, there's always something fun happening, but the best part of all is that big city girl Hotaru and her new small-town friends all get to explore the wonders of Japan's famous vacation destination together.
(Source: Sentai Filmworks)
Penguin Highway
For a child, Aoyama has knowledge comparable to an adult. As such, he is often teased by his classmates. He also has a crush on the friendly woman he recently met at a dental office. One morning, penguins start mysteriously appearing around his neighborhood. Nobody knows where they came from and how they managed to get there. Aoyama is determined to find out more, and he joins his new crush in researching the penguins.
As time passes, they discover a levitating sphere which they nickname "The Sea." Whatever goes into The Sea does not come back out, and the only things that can destroy it are the penguins. However, something horrifying is created when the penguins do...
Penguin Highway follows Aoyama and the woman's research on the mysterious penguins' origin, as well as the many difficulties Aoyama faces throughout his investigation.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Mirai no Mirai
One day, Kun’s mother brings home a new family member. For the four-year-old boy, joy quickly turns to disappointment when the little sister replaces her brother as the center of attention. The boy can’t bring himself to accept her as his sister. But things turn magical when, with a mysterious garden as his gateway, the boy encounters his mother as a little girl and his great-grandfather as a young man, and has a series of surprising adventures with his older sister from the future. These experiences change how he sees the world and help him grow into the big brother he was meant to be.
(Source: GKIDS)
K SEVEN STORIES: R:B ~BLAZE~
A year has gone by since the Blue Clan SCEPTER 4 has disbanded and the Red Clan HOMRA took over as the unofficial go-to people for dealing with the underground community. Lately, the stress of having to constantly keep his destructive power under control is causing the Red King Mikoto Suoh to become unstable.
Meanwhile, Reisi Munakata is chosen by the Dresden Slate to become the new Blue King. Believing this to be his true calling, Munakata uses his newfound power and skill as king to rebuild SCEPTER 4. Munakata then turns his attention to HOMRA and Mikoto Suoh, whom he believes pose a risk to the safety of the world.
When the two young kings cross paths for the first time, a new battle begins in the story of the seven kings…
(Source: AnimeLab)
Pocket Monsters: Minna no Monogatari
The Wind Festival is held once a year in Fula City, where people live together with the wind. Since long ago, on the final day of the festival, the legendary Pokémon Lugia will appear and bestow the blessings of the wind upon the people. This film is about everyone's stories, from Lisa (Risa), a high school girl who is just starting out as a Pokémon trainer, to Callahan (Kagachi), a guy who can't stop lying to Toren (Torito), a researcher who lacks confidence in himself, to Harriet (Hisui), an old lady who hates touching Pokémon, and Margo (Largo), a mysterious young girl who watches over the forest by herself.
(Source: Anime News Network, edited)
K SEVEN STORIES: SIDE:BLUE ~Tenrou no Gotoku~
Over a decade ago, a clash between the Red King Genji Kagutsu and Blue King Jin Habari led to what would later become known as the Kagutsu Incident—a catastrophic disaster that wiped out a portion of eastern Japan, claiming over 700,000 lives, including that of the two kings.
Years later, Goki Zenjo, former right-hand man to Jin Habari and a survivor of the incident, returns to work for SCEPTER 4, now under the command of Reisi Munakata, the new Blue King. However, Zenjo is still having difficulties accepting Munakata as his new king.
One day, Munakata requests that Zenjo personally train a young new recruit named Takeru Kusuhara, insisting that his teachings will become crucial to the future of SCEPTER 4.
(Source: AniList.co)
Chiisana Eiyuu: Kani to Tamago to Toumei Ningen
Kaniini to Kaniino (Kanini & Kanino)
Under the faint sound of fluttering fairy wings, a forest stream is the home to tiny anthropomorphized freshwater crabs. Siblings Kanini and Kanino live peacefully with their father while their mother is above the surface to give birth. However, during a fierce storm, their father is lost downstream, so the siblings set out to find him on their own. But the waters are not free of danger, and a flesh-hungry piranha could be hiding behind any stone.
Samurai Egg (Life Ain't Gonna Lose)
In a carefully monitored hospital room, one boy writhes in pain at the mere taste of eggs. His name is Shun, and he has had a severe egg allergy his whole life. As a child, Shun is careless and his condition is frustrating—as it is to his mother, who is constantly battling his egg intolerance and near death experiences. But, through perseverance, Shun learns to live despite the amount of eggs in the world around him.
Toumei Ningen (Invisible)
An invisible man starts his monotonous day as usual—by putting on clothes and the weight of a fire extinguisher on his shoulders to keep his airy body grounded. Although he interacts with the tangible world, no one actually seems to acknowledge his presence. That is, until he meets a kind-hearted blind individual in a heavy storm, one that may show him the purpose of his isolated life.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
K SEVEN STORIES: SIDE:GREEN ~Uwagaki Sekai~
Sukuna Gojo is a boy who ran away from his wealthy home after becoming disgusted by his controlling parents. Since then, he’s been surviving alone on the streets using an SNS app called JUNGLE, which grants its user unnatural power and abilities.
One day, Sukuna comes into contact with the founder of JUNGLE, the Green King Nagare Hisui.
Wanting to learn more about the mysterious Green King, Sukuna decides to climb up the ranks of JUNGLE so that he can meet Hisui in person. But in order to reach the highest rank, Sukuna must defeat the most powerful user in JUNGLE.
(Source: AnimeLab)
Donten ni Warau Gaiden: Ouka, Tenbou no Kakehashi
The third part in an anime film trilogy adaptation of the Donten ni Warau Gaiden (Laughing Under the Clouds - Side Story) spinoff manga.
The three brothers discover that the human experiment banned after destroying the "Orochi", is still going on to secretly revive the evil snake. They also find out that some ex-members of the Yamainu (the Japanese military unit formed to kill the snake) are behind this conspiracy. The brothers fight together again in a battle against the military.
(Source: Amazon Prime Video)
Aragne no Mushikago
There's something very wrong with the apartment that young university student Rin has rented, and it's more than just the terrible condition that it's in. There's something grim and foreboding about the place… an omnipresent atmosphere of dread that makes Rin feel as though she's constantly being watched by a thousand unblinking eyes.
And the surrounding area isn't any better. Between sinister street people on strange missions, bizarre cults and rumors of a serial killer, it might seem that staying locked in behind closed doors would be the safest thing to do. But what if the real danger is already inside? There's no escape for Rin or her secrets now, and the only thing more terrifying than the horrific events that take place in her apartment are the nightmarish entities that conduct them!
(Source: Sentai Filmworks)
Yuukai Anna
196X. Anna, an enigmatic and attractive professional kidnapper, abducts The Professor during his wedding ceremony on request from one of the latter's former girlfriend. This woman, whose face Anna has never seen, wishes to die with The Professor before he marries. Leaving the church with The Professor on the back seat of her motor-bike, Anna starts on the journey to the fictional city of 'Alpha Paris'.
(Source: QWFF)
Oshie to Tabi Suru Otoko
The story begins in the early Showa era of the 20th century. A mysterious old man on a train relates the disappearance of his older brother three decades ago, near the 12-story Ryounkaku tower that once stood in the seaside town of Uozu, Japan. The mystery revolves around telescopes, peep shows, and the blurred boundary between reality and dreams.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Sore Ike! Anpanman: Kagayake! Kurun to Inochi no Hoshi
The story begins in Anpanman World, where everybody is bustling around, getting ready for the annual Star Festival. On that day, an egg emerges from Baikinman's garbage box, and when it hatches, a mysterious boy named Kurun emerges from within. Though Kurun does not know where he came from, he spends his days having fun with everybody. But one day, black stars begin raining down. Anpanman thinks that something suspicious might be occurring at the Star of Life, and he heads there.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Tomica Hyper Rescue Drive Head Kidou Kyuukyuu Keisatsu Movie
In the future, just a little after the present day... To respond to disasters beyond human comprehension and the increasing complexity of crime and mishaps, the mobile emergency police Hyper Rescue (an organization newly formed by the government primarily for life-saving) developed Drive Heads that are specialized with police, fire-fighting, and rescue capabilities.Drive Heads are special vehicles that change from car forms to humanoid walker vehicles. The grade schooler Kurumada Gou and other children found to be suitable become drivers and join forces with the mobile emergency police and other adults. Even now, they race to the scene to protect the peace and security of all humanity. Go Rescue!
(Source: Anime News Network)
OVA
Violet Evergarden: Kitto "Ai" wo Shiru Hi ga Kuru no Darou
Unaired episode included with the 4th BD/DVD release. It takes place between episodes 4 and 5 of the show.
The CH Postal Company has just received a request to transcribe a love letter from Irma Felice, a famous opera singer. Accepting the task, Violet Evergarden visits Irma to write her letter. However, not only does Irma provide little information, she asks Violet to write based on her own feelings. Despite Violet's numerous attempts, Irma finds every version of the letter inadequate.
Violet consults her colleagues, and they help her out by writing love letters of their own. Yet even those are rejected by the opera singer. As a last resort, Violet asks Irma for her true thoughts and feelings, hoping to find the missing puzzle piece. Will the Auto Memory Doll be able to translate Irma's emotions into words?
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Iya na Kao sare nagara Opantsu Misete Moraitai
A project featuring women in various outfits showing disgusted faces and their underwear.
Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san: Water Slide
OVA bundled with the ninth volume of the manga.
Joining Mano and Nakai on their trip to the water park are classmates Nishikata and Takagi. However, before they can decide on what to do first, Nakai runs off with Nishikata, leaving his saddened girlfriend behind with Takagi. Mano explains that Nakai promised to ride down the water slide with her—which is rumored to make tandem riders fall in love. Unsurprisingly, Takagi devises a plan to regroup the couple in a way that also permits her to spend time teasing Nishikata.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Nekopara Extra Koneko no Hi no Yakusoku
About half a year before the opening of the patisserie, La Soleil where the catgirls work with Kashou. Back when Chocola and Vanilla were still kittens when they first arrived at the Minazuki household and before they opened up to the other catgirls.
(Source: Official site)
Kekkai Sensen & BEYOND OVA
Bundled with the 5th volume of the Kekkai Sensen: Back 2 Back manga
The OVA, which will have a duration of 24 minutes, will adapt two stories. The first story titled "Zapp Renfro Inga Oohou-juu!!" will adapt a chapter from volume four, while the second story, titled "Bakkaadio no Shizuku," will adapt a chapter from volume two.
(Source: AniList.co)
Queen's Blade: UNLIMITED
The tagline for the new project is, "More strongly, more violently, reboot!" According to Miyagomono-ya Hans, Queen's Blade Unlimited returns to the origin nine years ago, while simultaneously depicting a never-before-seen Queen's Blade world.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Lupin III: Lupin wa Ima mo Moete Iru ka?
The Idolm@ster SideM: PASSION of the PASSION
Unaired episode included with the 7th volume of the BD/DVD release of The Idolm@ster SideM.
ONA
Baki
The protagonist, Baki Hanma, trains with an intense focus to become strong enough to surpass his father, Yujiro Hanma, the strongest fighter in the world. Five of the world's most violent and brutal death row inmates are gathering to face Baki. Their objective is to taste defeat -- their unmatched strength and skill have led them to grow bored of life itself, and they now seek out Baki in the hopes that he can overwhelm and utterly crush them. In this crisis, other underground martial art warriors gather to fight by Baki's side: Kaoru Hanayama, Gouki Shibukawa, Retsu Kaioh, and Doppo Orochi. An epic showdown between violent death row inmates and Baki and his friends begins!
(Source: Netflix)
Ani ni Tsukeru Kusuri wa Nai! 2
The second season of Ani ni Tsukeru Kusuri wa Nai!
As always, Shi Miao is tired of her brother's ridiculous antics, and Shi Fen can only hope to escape the clutches of his violent sister. With their friends and classmates in tow, the two continue their dysfunctional relationship as reluctant but devoted siblings.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Super Dragon Ball Heroes
The July 2018 issue of Shueisha's V Jump magazine revealed that the Dragon Ball Heroes game series will get a promotional anime this summer. The anime will depict the story's "Prison Planet" arc from Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Universe Mission. The anime's "first episode" will get an advance screening at the "Super Dragon Ball Heroes Universe Tour 2018" tournament event for the game at Aeon Lake Town in Saitama prefecture on July 1.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Dies Irae: To the Ring Reincarnation
Episodes 12–17 of Dies Irae released exclusively on the web.
Aru Zombie Shoujo no Sainan
On a hot summer day, five university students sneak into the library storage to look for some treasure. They find two sets of female antique mummies from Italy around the age of 14–20 years old.
One of the students, Sayaka, rips open the mummy and takes out a stone called "stone of life," which gave the mummies super strength and eternal life. Having stolen their "stone of life," the two mummy girls wake up and become zombies after 100 years in order to get it back in a bloody gruesome way, smashing their heads and eating their flesh for power.
The only way for the students to get out is to somehow find a way to kill the zombie girls. Will they be able to survive?
(Source: Shochiku)
Yakusoku no Nanaya Matsuri
"A festival of miracle, where you can meet whoever you want to meet." Mihara Shoma, a first-year in high school, receives a message from his best friend Atsushi, who he hadn't heard from in ages. "Wanna come to this cool little festival I found? It's been a while, so I'd like to catch up." Unable to sit around after that, Shoma heads to a ghost village in the mountains for the Tanabata Nanayamatsuri. But he doesn't find Atsushi there. Instead, he meets a girl named Shiori, who has someone she wants to meet as well. Will Shoma be able to meet Atsushi once again?
(Source: Crunchyroll)
Harukana Receive: Yokoku
Web-exclusive next episode previews for Harukana Receive. These contain unique chibi animations and are released on Kadokawa's official YouTube channel. They are released about 2 days prior to the full episode airing.
Cinderella Girls Gekijou: Kayou Cinderella Theater 3
Bonus segments of Cinderella Girls Gekijou 3 streamed on The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Mobage following the television broadcast.
Monster Strike The Animation
The lonely dragon Oragon is called upon to help save the Strike World from annihilation and hear tales of the legendary monsters that will help him, including the fallen angel Lucifer, the Knight of Knights Arthur, the mage princess Solomon, and more.Features a storyline unrelated to the previous Monster Strike the Animation seasons. Various stories featuring monster characters from the Monster Strike mobile game are presented in an omnibus format.
(Source: Official YouTube channel, edited)
Includes Episode 0.
Tales of the Rays Gekijou
Hanasaku Kizuna no Romantan
After an invasion by the Vivolian army, the Sprite Himawari and her childhood friend Tsubaki flee their homeland of Floria for the town of Romton. There, they live out their lives in peace... for a time. One day, Himawari's friend and fellow Sprite Ajisai is kidnapped by mysterious strangers. Now Himawari and detective Tsubaki set out to rescue her, but find the dreaded Vivolians standing in their way!
A 2D animated special episode aired on the Monster Strike anime channel, promoting the Monster Strike game debut of the Flower 4 series. Despite this, the storyline is standalone and unrelated to previous Monster Strike anime installments.
(Source: Crunchyroll, edited)
Kemurikusa (2018)
Prequel vignettes to the Kemurikusa TV series released on Tatsuki's official Twitter. They have an irregular episode count as follows: ep 0 (in actuality, it is unnumbered), 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9.
After the Kemurikusa TV series finished airing, Tatsuki released another vignette the following week numbered ep 12.1 both on his Twitter account and official YouTube channel for a grand total of 7 web shorts tied directly to the TV series.
Robot Girls NEO
The story is set in a ruined future Nerima, where a photon energy disaster is said to have devastated the area. No one knows whether that is true or not, and details are hard to come by. All that is left is the photon research facility tower that stands as a monument at the center of the devastation. Z-chan and Gre-chan live together in the Shutter District, which spreads from the base of the tower. Their home is made from salvaged materials that they have named Photon House. The advanced photon energy that flowed through the place is now gone, and the world is now ruled by the Getter Rays that rain down from space. But even now, Z-chan and Gre-chan use the highly efficient photon energy to power their home.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Musunde Hiraite
Named after a Japanese children's song meaning "Closed Hands, Open Hands", Musunde Hiraite is an ensemble story that primarily follows Hiroshi Furuya, a high school student who falls head over heals for Himari Asaki, a beautiful high school senior, on the day of his high school entrance. Although Hiroshi constantly tries to confess his feelings, Himari studiously avoids him, because she's secretly afraid of men.
(Source: Crunchyroll)
CHAINSAW BUNNY: Deleted Scene
A "deleted scene" from Chainsaw Bunny, where the monster becomes a giant pink faceless looming creature.
Kiss made, Ato 1 Byou.
He said he'd stop one second before we kiss... So why are we really kissing right now!? My first kiss is on stage performing a play......! We've been friends since we were kids, and Izuru's always bossing me around. I have to write the script for our school festival play, which is a relief because at least I can steer clear of Izuru, who's playing the leading role of the prince...... But on performance day, the princess gets sick, and I have to take her place! I'm dreading the final kissing scene. We're just supposed to pretend, but now... our lips are... touching...! I know it's Izuru... but he looks like a handsome prince, and... he's actually kinda hot......
(Source: Ebook Renta)
GREEN DA KA RA x Mirai no Mirai
A collaboration between SUNTORY's drink brand Green Dakara and the Mirai no Mirai anime film.
In the first commercial, SUNTORY's drink mascot characters Green Dakara-chan and Mugi-chan come inside Mirai no Mirai protagonist Kun's house. He tells them to be quiet so as not to wake the sleeping Mirai.
The first ad debuted on Japanese national TV and online on Friday. The 2nd commercial was also debuted on Friday but it did not receive its national TV airing till the following week.
(Source: MAL)
Zannen na Ikimono Jiten
The book series offers humourous introductions to surprising aspects of living creatures, such as "raccoons don't really wash their food," and "dolphins would drown if they fall completely asleep."
(Source: Anime News Network)
Unbelievable Space Love
Coffee Ikaga Deshou
The story follows a coffee food truck shop, where the barista makes an individual cup for each customer. The coffee brewed conscientiously, sincerely, and wholeheartedly helps customers unwind.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Holiday Love: Fuufukan Renai
Can a relationship survive after an affair? Azu is 30-year-old stay at home mom and she runs a nail salon in her apartment. While carrying the frustration of thinking that her husband Junpei (32) doesn't love her as a woman anymore, she raises the child they were blessed with and continues through the motions of everyday life. One day, while Azu is running her salon, a customer asks to borrow her cellphone, and shows her something dangerously entrancing.
A few days afterward, she receives a notification from an unknown man, sending Junpei and Azu's relationship into the deep-end... From Yukari Koyama of the TV drama "Rose-Colored Crusade" comes a challenging original work! You are invited to the story of 4 married people that could take place anywhere, filled with temptation, betrayal, and broken hearts - a true love story!
(Source: Manga Box)
Special
ONE PIECE: Episode of Sorajima
The Straw Hats embark on a dangerous trip to the sky where their destination comes straight out of a fairytale. The island of Skypiea and its grand city of gold await among the clouds, but a clash of winged clans and a man who calls himself God won’t make things easy! Only Luffy can resist this God’s mighty power and light the mysteries of the past.
(Source: Funimation)
Hakumei to Mikochi: Neji to Bed to Irori to Bakuchi
Special episode included in the second Blu-ray/DVD volume.
K: Seven Stories - The Idol K
Megalo Box Specials
Cinderella Girls Gekijou 3rd Season Specials
Special episodes bundled with Blu-Ray/DVD release of Cinderella Girls Gekijou 3rd Season.
Golden Kamuy: Golden Douga Gekijou Specials
Extra episodes of Golden Douga Gekijou included on the Blu-ray / DVD volumes 1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12.
Music
Mou Ichido Luminous
Music video from the Bang Dream franchise, for Pastel*Palettes's "Mou Ichido Luminous"
Additional Memory
Music video animated by sidu for the song Additional Memory by Jin (Shizen no Teki-P) from the album "Mekakucity Reload" released on November 7, 2018.
Rikaisya
Prayer X
Music video directed and animated by Ryoji Yamada for the song Prayer X by King Gnu
In the music video Prayer X, King Gnu takes an abstract and animated approach to mental health topics such as paranoia, anxiety, depression, and suicide.The setting is in a grey monotonous world where the main character is trapped inside a repetitive schedule which slowly drives him insane.
(Source: JROCK NEWS)
Change Our Mirai!: Our 7 Lights
Music video for the song Change Our Mirai!: Our 7 Lights by the fictional band Irodorimidori spawned from Sega's Chunithm rhythm arcade game.
Hotohashiru
Official music video for Oresama's Hotohashiru song which was specifically created as the ED for Muhyo to Rouji no Mahouritsu Soudan Jimusho. The MV uses imagery to reflect the TV anime's theme of ghost sweeping and also splices in some live-action shots of the Oresama duo themselves.
Unlike the first 3 music videos of their career, with character designs and animation solely done by Utomaru, this music video employed 26 other artists and animators to achieve the final product.
WiSH VOYAGE
Official music video for IDOLiSH7's song WiSH VOYAGE also released on the album of the same name.
Aster
Music video for the song Aster, directed, animated, and musically written by Harumaki Gohan, featuring vocals by Hatsune Miku.
Graduation
Official music video for Polaris' song Graduation, animated by Takaharu Shimizu.
Hakken
Music video directed by ONIONSKIN for the song Hakken by Sora Tob Sakana. The song is featured on their single "New Stranger".
Out Of My Head
Scottish synth-pop group CHVRCHES has shared a vibrant new song and visual featuring the Japanese EDM group Wednesday Campanella.
"Out My Head" is accompanied by an animated music video by famed anime creatives Junichi Yamamoto and Yoshiki Imazu. Lauren Mayberry, the lead vocalist of CHVRCHES, has said that Japan is a special country for the band.
(Source: billboard.com)
HuGoo.n no Hug Hug Song
A music video commissioned by Elleair, a household paper product company, for their disposable baby diapers. It's so safe that you can hug your baby and play around with it without worrying about spilling out from the action. In the music video it shows the mascot GOO.N (グ～ン) doing such with a baby.
Kingyo Sukui
Music video for the song Kingyo Sukui by Yukano that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program.
Gifts
Music video for the song Gifts by Superfly that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program.
Dolly
Keina Suda's 1st EP titled "teeter" will have a limited edition release bundled with a DVD that contains 2 animated items on December 16, 2019. First is the official music video for mock animated by Avogado6 (a short version was also released on Suda's official YouTube channel). Second is the official music video for Dolly animated by Avogado6 (it was also released on Suda's official YouTube channel).
(Source: MAL)
Sleeping Beauty
Official music video directed by Kousuke Sugimoto for the collaborative song "Sleeping Beauty" by Korean hip-hop group Epik High and Japanese pop band Sekai no Owari ( End of the World).
Sound of Love feat. Eden Kai
Music video directed by Kakeru Mizui for the single Sound Of Love by Japanese DJ BABY-T, featuring Eden Kai on vocals and ukulele.
Days of Delight
A promotional video by Kousuke Sugimoto for the jazz label "Days of Delight," sampling the song Friends by Yoshio Suzuki.
Vocaloid Culture
The newest MV from Mitchie M. In this clip Miku plays around at being a DJ and creating this song by using various samples and effects used in many other vocaloid songs. The list of used samples is at the end of the video.
ONA (Chinese)
Mo Dao Zu Shi
Xian: the state of immortality that all cultivators strive to achieve. However, there is a dark energy that lies underneath—the forbidden Mo Dao, or demonic path. Through an unfortunate series of tragedies, this is the path that cultivator Wei Wuxian experiments with during his teachings. His rise in power is accompanied by chaos and destruction, but his reign of terror comes to an abrupt end when the cultivation clans overpower him and he is killed by his closest ally.
Thirteen years later, Wei Wuxian is reincarnated in the body of a lunatic and reunited with Lan Wangji, a former classmate of his. This marks the beginning of a supernatural mystery that plagues the clans and threatens to disrupt their everyday life.
Mo Dao Zu Shi follows these two men on their mission to unravel the mysteries of the spiritual world. Fighting demons, ghosts, and even other cultivators, the two end up forming a bond that neither of them had ever expected.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Cike Wu Liuqi Fanwai
Extra episodes of Scissor Seven that focus on Thirteen and Dabao.
Wei, Kanjian Erduo La!
Daisuu is a manhua artist who lives his life in solitude, having no friends, family, or a lover to call his own. One day, he stumbles upon a kitten, whom he takes in to shelter from the rain. This kitten turns out to be a cat boy named Myou, and Daisuu inadvertently finds himself with a very unusual "pet." Myou's always causing trouble, but for Daisuu it's like a breath of fresh air as his dull days begin to sparkle with colour.
(Source: AniList.co)
Xi Xing Ji
The journey to the West was a conspiracy of heaven! After Sutra went missing for more than a decade, Heaven sent its army to search, in order not to let the Sutra once again fall into the hands of heaven, the journey to West begin again.
(Source: White Cloud Pavilion)
Xiaolü He Xiaolan
"I've been holding a few words back for a long time — I like you!"
"Beryl and Sapphire" is a popular manhua created by artist Ocarina. Here includes protagonists with the most random names in history — the mild-mannered Beryl (Green) and the easily-embarrassed Sapphire (Blue). At times the closest of friends, at others the worst of enemies… In this donghua where each episode is set in a different world, how would they encounter each other time and again?? Only angst? Too painful! Nothing but fluff? Too sugary! Come watch B&S, the show where you'll never guess the ending…
(Source: Guodong Subs)
Qing Chi Hong Xiao Dou Ba!
Beanie's Daily is a short film series with a duration of 3min-4min. The protagonist is a Red bean that dreams of being eaten. His daily job is staying in the red bean smoothie, smashed red bean bun, red bean bubble tea and so on, waiting for being eaten. Although he has never realized his dream(of being eaten), but he has met many friends at work, such as pearls, medlar, aloe vera, etc., and he start knowing that making his dream come true is not the most important thing. The most important thing in life should be happy living.
(Source: REDPEA Animation)
Tian Yu 2: Cang Gu Zhi Ban
Qiang Shen Ji: Tegong Shijia Pian
An Tu! An Tu!
The animation And2 Girls is based on the five members of the virtual idol group And2girls. The story takes place after the era of Big Power Outages in which Shang Jing City has become an international metropolis due to energy reserves and development. Idols have also become recognized by everyone and sought after. Studying at Music&Art Private High School, the five girls encounter acquaintances and companions for their common purpose. They make unremitting efforts for the goal, boarding the summit of Star List through the match, to prove their strength!
(Source: Guodong Subs)
Bai Gui Youeryuan
Adaptation of a doujinshi of the game Ying Yang Shi by Miiin (Mïïn敏).
Nami Xueyuan
In the inner world of "Nano Core", all the protagonists and supporting characters and heroes must study and live in the "Nano Academy". In this world, everyone does not take classes, exams, and leads weird campus routines seriously, protects the world without seriousness, and keeps "showing friendship" to everyone in their own ways. (translated from douban)
Jiyi U-Pan
In 2035 AD, the outbreak of depression triggered the birth of memory transplantation technology. Memory transplantation is divided into four levels: knowledge, experience, emotion, and personality. The highest level of memory transplantation can allow one person to be reborn in another.
(Source: BiliBili)
Movie (Chinese)
Shikioriori
Anthology film for three short stories.
The three shorts in the anthology are titled "Hidamari no Choushoku" (Sunny Breakfast), "Chiisana Fashion Show" (A Small Fashion Show), and "Shanghai Koi" (Shanghai Love), and all three will be set in three different Chinese cities.
The theme of the three stories are food, clothing, and shelter. "Hidamari no Choushoku" is about a youth working in Beijing and a grandmother in his hometown. "Chiisana Fashion Show" is about sisters living in Guangzhou. "Shanghai Koi" is set in 1990s Shanghai and is a homage to Byousoku 5 Centimeter (5 Centimeters Per Second).
(Source: AniList.co)
Zuori Qing Kong
Tu Xiaoyi, Yao Zhetian and Qi Jingxuan are high school students in a small town, Lanxi, in southern China. This is a story about dreams, friendship, family and first love in their youthful days.
Feng Yu Zhou
The young man who lives in Xiaoyanggang dreams of martyrdom, but his eyes are blind, but he can only sneak into the market by swindling. Until one day, Rakshasa attacked Xiaoyanggang, and his mother, who was dependent on him, suddenly disappeared. Lang Ming had to embark on the road of finding the truth. After a wave of unrest, the ancient gods and beasts are in danger, and the legendary chivalrouss are also in front of them. Lang Ming has also embarked on an adventure that has changed his life…
(Source: AniList.co)
Seer 6 Da Dianying: Shengzhe Wudi
Meishi Da Maoxian: Yingxiong Hui
Nu Ta
In a totalitarian and male chauvinist world, a female high-heeled shoe named Mulan Hua rebels against the baby shoe factory to protect her baby girl from being transformed into a male shoe. To raise her daughter, she later has to disguise herself as a male sturdy shoe and works day and night in a capitalist cigarette factory. The story is not only about a mother’s sacrifice and a feminist’s revenge, but also has a political undertone of the intoxication of power.
(Source: mulanfestival.com)
Shenmi Shijie Lixian Ji 4
Hugo and her father Dashan live in an ordinary small village, but she has been to an unknown magical place, where is the mysterious world. In a magical space parallel to the human world, ordinary people entering the mysterious world will become animals in three days. Legend has it that the god created this magical world. Every year 99 animals are selected here and become citizens. The patriarch is a strange animal. It is called Lala, Hugo’s best friend. Hugo has never seen his mother since he remembered. Dashan told Hugo that his mother was doing scientific research outside all year round. Hugo missed her mother very much and wrote to her often. One day, Hugo suddenly discovered that the letter she wrote to her mother had not been sent away, but had been hidden by the mountain. Hugo asked about his mother's whereabouts, and Da Shan had to tell the truth hidden in his heart for many years. It turned out that Hugo's mother had also discovered the mysterious world. In order to find the whereabouts of their mother, Hugo and Dashan once again went to the mysterious world. The appearance of Hugo brought a morning full of surprises to the mysterious world. Hugo meets his friends in the mysterious world again. The patriarch Lala’s spells have made rapid progress, and Uncle Xiong has a crush on the aboriginal leader Lan, who has both kung fu and beauty. Good friends are immersed in the joy of reunion. A crazy penguin appears. It says that the mysterious world is about to be destroyed because an evil dragon broke into the land of God... (translated from douban)
