On this 16/01/2025, as usual, we bring you the latest and greatest in the world of anime. From fresh episode releases to new announcements, to exciting upcoming series, we’ve got you covered with everything happening in the anime world today. Check out today’s updates below!
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“ALDNOAH.ZERO (Re+)” key visual & trailer released! Limited-time screenings in Japan begin on February 28.
Re+ will be a theatrical compilation of the TV anime + new EP24.5 “Fragments of Rain -The Penultimate Truth-“
【ＮＥＷ！】Trailer:
“The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World” ED released! EAST FISH STUDIO is animating the 13-episode series.
【ＮＥＷ！】ED:
♪ “Ai-craft” by Kiminone
– Synopsis –
Kenichi Hamada is just a regular, middle-aged man working as an illustrator in Japan. One day, he is transported to another world and wakes to find himself in the middle of a dangerous forest filled with ravenous monsters. He quickly discovers a massive online shopping site that can deliver him exactly what he needs. Join Kenichi on his search for relaxation in a new world!
“Grisaia Phantom Trigger” ED released! Bibury Animation Studios is animating the 13-episode series.
♪ “Dandelion” by Yoshino Nanjo
– Synopsis –
What was once “Mihama Academy,” a sanctuary for young girls, has now been transformed into a SORD (Special Organization for Research & Development) training school dedicated to fostering talent for national defense. Rena and Maki specialize in firearms, Tohka and Gumi excel at sniping, Chris handles explosives and data processing, and Murasaki is a skilled ninja for intelligence operations. Together, they take on cases too complex for the police or Self-Defense Forces, repeatedly facing dangerous missions. This is the story of these young girls, painted in blood and gunpowder.
“Magic Maker: How to Make Magic in Another World” OP & ED released! Studio DEEN is animating the series.
【ＮＥＷ！】OP:
♪ “Kirameki” by XIIX
【ＮＥＷ！】ED:
♪ “Yoake no Uta” by Humbreaders
– Synopsis –
On the night of his 30th birthday, one man’s dreams of wielding magic come true after he unexpectedly passes away. He wakes as Sion, a young child in another world. He and his elder sister, Marie, are the children of a lower-class noble family who govern their region. After receiving conflicting messages from their father, Sion and Marie set out on an adventure to uncover the magic.
“mono” begins broadcasting in April! Soigne is animating the series.
Character PV/visual #5: Kako Komada (CV: Maki Kawase)
【ＮＥＷ！】Character PV – Kako:
Teaser PV:
“The Mononoke Lecture Logs of Chuzenji-sensei: He Just Solves All the Mysteries” TV anime additional cast:
Reijiro Enokizu (CV: Shinnosuke Tachibana)
Takuboku Sekiguchi (CV: Shuya Nishiji)
Shutaro Kiba (CV: Takanori Hoshino)
100studio is animating the series which is scheduled to begin in April.
Teaser PV:
– Synopsis –
This story takes place before the exorcist Kyogokudo opened up a used bookstore…
Our setting is in Tokyo in 1948, just right after the war. Kanna Kusakabe had just become a second-year at a high school when she meets the new language teacher, Akihiko Chuzenji.
Mysterious supernatural things keep happening around Kanna. Once again today, Kanna is going to open the doors to the library prep room to seek help from the surly Chuzenji-sensei who is waiting inside.
A high school supernatural mystery featuring the unlikely duo between a teacher and a high school girl is about to begin!
The previously announced “Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise” anime project is a film scheduled for December 5 in Japan, production: Shin-Ei Animation, Fugaku!
【ＮＥＷ！】Teaser:
[Staff]
Director: Goro Kuji
Screenplay: Junji Nishimura, Kazuyoshi Takeda
– Synopsis –
The Battle of Peleliu was fought on the lovely Pacific island of that name by Japanese and American forces toward the end of the Pacific War. A work of fiction based on historical fact, this manga views the battle through the eyes of TAMARU, a 22-year-old soldier and aspiring cartoonist seeing his first combat. A chronicle of the “truth” as seen by a young man struggling to come to terms with war in an era when war was the norm.
STUDIO4°C has announced its latest feature film “ChaO” for a Summer 2025 Japan debut!
[Staff excerpt]
Director: Yasuhiro Aoki
Character Design / Animation Director: Hirokazu Kojima
Art Director: Hiroshi Takiguchi
– Synopsis –
A future society where humans and mermaids coexist. Stephen, an office worker, is suddenly asked to marry by Chao, a princess of the mermaid kingdom! A 100% pure love story!
“Dr. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE” (Season 4) part 1 will be 12 episodes long!
As previously announced, Season 4 will be split into three separate parts (with breaks between).
– Synopsis –
After the battle on Treasure Island, Senku and the gang return to the Kingdom of Science. With their sights set on the Moon, they must first voyage to the Americas in hopes of beginning to harvest the required materials. Through teamwork and science, they continue the fight to save humanity once and for all!
“Danjo no Yuujou wa Seiritsu suru? (Iya, Shinai!!)” TV anime theme song artists:
OP: HoneyWorks feat. HaKoniwalily
ED: Hina Tachibana
Broadcasting begins in April, studio: J.C.STAFF.
– Synopsis –
In a rural junior high school, a boy and a girl pledge eternal friendship, and two years pass without any progress in their relationship as they become destined for one dream…! Himari Inuzuka, a cheerful girl who has yet to find her first love, and Yu Natsume, a passive boy who loves flowers, are still best friends in their own gardening club in their second year of high school.
“If Yu can’t get married, I’ll have to take responsibility for you.” “After Himari said that, I’m having a hard time because your brother started calling me, ‘My brother-in-law!'”
However, when Yu reunites with his first love from the past, the wheels of their relationship suddenly go haywire! Will Himari, who has discovered love, be able to break free from her “ideal friend”?
The English dub of “Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow-” premieres this Saturday, only on Crunchyroll! The dub will continue weekly with a new episode every Saturday.
– Synopsis –
Jinwoo has become a formidable necromancer with an army of loyal shadows at his command. But he must master these abilities while keeping them hidden from other hunters, all while racing against the clock to save his mother. As he faces humanity’s toughest foes, Jinwoo pushes his body and mind to the limit, and the full extent of his newfound power is revealed.
“Rurouni Kenshin -Kyoto Disturbance-” (Season 2) cour 2 ED released! LIDENFILMS is animating the series; Season 2 will be 23 episodes long.
【ＮＥＷ！】ED:
♪ “Just One” by Zarame
– Synopsis –
During the upheaval of the Bakumatsu Era, the Imperialist Kenshin Himura was feared as the “Hitokiri Battosai.” Although he carries a sakabato in his hand, he swore to never kill again and spends his days living in the new era as a ruruoni.
On May 14th, Meiji 11, one of the “Three Great Nobles of the Restoration,” Toshimichi Okubo, was killed. Behind the scenes of this incident that would change the times, Makoto Shishio plans to overthrow the Meiji government. Kenshin says his goodbyes to Kaoru Kamiya and sets off to Kyoto, where he plans on stopping Makoto Shishio, a successor to the title “Hitokiri Battosai” himself.
Kenshin leaves his friends behind, encounters new people and fights against the Shishio clan. Caught between his destiny and his promise to never kill again, the curtain rises once again for the second season of Rurouni Kenshin, a story filled with the memories and feelings of all involved!
