On this 17/01/2025, 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, weโve got you covered with everything happening in the anime world today. Check out todayโs updates below!
“Black Butler -Emerald Witch Arc-” opening theme song:
“MAISIE” by Cรถ shu Nie feat. HYDE
Written by HYDE, Miku Nakamura, hico
Emerald Witch Arc premieres in April and will stream on Crunchyroll.
“The Rose of Versailles” promotional video – Marie Antoinette (CV: Aya Hirano) ver.! The brand-new movie releases theatrically in Japan on January 31, studio: MAPPA.
ใ๏ผฎ๏ผฅ๏ผท๏ผใPromotional Video – Marie Antoinette:
โ Synopsis โ
Oscar Franรงois de Jarjayes, raised as the “son” and heir of a general’s family, masquerades as a beautiful woman in men’s clothing.
Marie Antoinette arriving from neighboring Austria as a bride to become a noble and graceful queen..
Oscar’s servant and childhood friend, the commoner Andrรฉ Grandier.
Hans Axel von Fersen, a handsome and intelligent count from Sweden.
They meet in Versailles, France in the prosperous late 18th Century and live their respective destinies beautifully while being tossed about by the tides of times.
“CLASSICโ
STARS” begins broadcasting in April! platinumvision is animating the series.
ใ๏ผฎ๏ผฅ๏ผท๏ผใCharacter PV – Dis=Cord:
[Additional cast]
Lost Beethoven (CV: Taku Yashiro)
Lost Vivaldi (CV: Takuya Sato)
Lost Shumann (CV: Ayumu Murase)
Ao Miharagi (CV: Daisuke Namikawa)
[Theme songs]
OP: “Singularist” sung by Yuma Uchida
ED: “BEYONDโ
CLASSIC” by Granโ
Mystar
โณ Beethoven (CV: Yuma Uchida), Mozart (CV: Kento Ito), Chopin (CV: Shun Abe), Liszt (CV: Shoya Ishige)
“Alma-chan Wants to Have a Family!” TV anime adaptation announced, animation production: Studio flad!
Director: Yasuhiro Minami
Series Composition: Yukie Sugawara
Character Design: Mika Yamamoto
“The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancรฉ and Sold to Another Kingdom” TV anime key visual! TROYCA is animating the series which begins in April.
Teaser PV:
โ Synopsis โ
Philiaโs family has produced saints for generations. Itโs no surprise that sheโs known as the greatest saint of all timeโand set to marry the second prince, Julius. What no one expects is for Julius to call off the engagement, claiming that Philiaโs perfection makes her charmless and unlikable. To add insult to injury, Philia is packed off to a neighboring country in exchange for gold and resources, forcing her to leave her homeland!
Despite bracing herself for mistreatment, Philia finds a warm welcome in her new town, where she puts her saintly abilities to good use erecting barriers against monsters and curing epidemics. But even as she flourishes in her new life, her homeland is under threat of destruction!
“Witchy PreCure!! ~MIRAI DAYS~” streams on Crunchyroll beginning tomorrow (January 18) with a double premiere!
PV:
GKIDS is bringing “Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-” to theaters in North America starting February 28!
‘Beginning’ is a theatrical version of GQuuuuuuX using re-edited episodes.
It has not been announced when the series itself will begin airing.
โ Synopsis โ
Amate Yuzuriha is a high-school student living peacefully in a space colony floating in outer space.
When she meets a war refugee named Nyaan, Amate is drawn into the illegal mobile suit dueling sport known as Clan Battle.
Under the entry name “Machu,” she throws herself into fierce battle day after day, piloting the GQuuuuuuX. Then an unidentified Gundam mobile suit pursued by both the space force and the police appears before her, along with its pilot, a boy named Shuji.
Now their world is about to enter a new era.
“Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four!” English dub kicks off with a double premiere on Crunchyroll on Monday, January 20!
[English lead cast]
Joshua Waters as Uchimura
Taylor Murphy as Ulmandra
โ Synopsis โ
The Four Heavenly Kings of the Demon King’s army reign over a certain alternate world, and the one chosen as the fourth of them… is none other than an ordinary salaryman, Uchimura Dennosuke! After being headhunted by the Demon King’s army, Uchimura is welcomed into a director-level position… but business in the Demon King’s army is one life-or-death mission after another! Since Uchimura has no particular powers, he must tackle every challenge he faces in this new world using the experience and knowledge of a salaryman! This career change isekai tale is for all the working folks out there!
