On this 02/03/2025, 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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“YAIBA: Samurai Legend” TV anime main visual & PV released! Broadcasting begins on April 5 [Sat], studio: WIT STUDIO.
【ＮＥＷ！】Main PV:
[Opening theme]
“BLADE” by BLUE ENCOUNT
[Additional cast]
Gerozaemon Geroda (CV: Takeharu Onishi)
Mr. Spider (CV: Shuhei Sakaguchi)
Mr. Sea Cucumber (CV: Kana Ichinose)
Kojiro Sasaki (CV: Go Inoue)
– Synopsis –
Yaiba Kurogane has spent his days training in the jungle in order to attain his goal of becoming a real samurai. By a twist of fate, he returns to Japan and starts living with the Mine family, who are connected to his father, Kenjuro. Yaiba constantly baffles the Mines’ daughter Sayaka as she witnesses his wild and reckless ways.
One day, Yaiba tags along with Sayaka to school and has a fateful encounter with Takeshi Onimaru, a kendo expert. Yaiba and Onimaru repeatedly clash, and as if in response to their search for strength, two ancient powers are unleashed: the Fujinken,the Wind God’s Sword, and the Raijinken, the Thunder God’s Sword. Both supernatural blades that have jolted the world since ancient days have reawakened…and the truth behind them is revealed!
“WITCH WATCH” TV anime additional cast announced! The series begins its consecutive two cour broadcast on April 6 [Sun], studio: Bibury Animation Studios.
Ibuki Wakatsuki (CV: Nana Mizuki)
Reiji Otogi (CV: Katsuyuki Konishi)
PV:
– Synopsis –
Morihito Otogi, a high school student who comes from a lineage of ogres, enjoys a peaceful, ordinary life until his childhood friend, Nico, moves in with him. Nico is a witch-in-training, and chooses Morihito to be her familiar. While Nico is thrilled to reunite with her old friend and crush, Morihito is tasked with the perilous duty to protect her from a foretold calamity. Between the unpredictable chaos caused by Nico’s magic, and the awkwardness of sharing a home, their lives become a whirlwind of supernatural hijinks and threats.
“ME & ROBOCO” movie main visual & main trailer released! Gallop is animating the movie which releases theatrically in Japan on April 18.
【ＮＥＷ！】Main Trailer:
[Theme song artist]
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HAIKYU sequel film “HAIKYU!! VS Little Giants” title, super teaser visual, & super teaser PV released!
Also: “HAIKYU!! Bakemono-tachi no Iku Tokoro” TV special anime announced!
【ＮＥＷ！】Super teaser PV:
【ＮＥＷ！】”Bakemono-tachi no Iku Tokoro teaser PV:
“Yuusha Party wo Oidasareta Kiyoubinbou” TV anime adaptation announced, studio: animation studio42!
【ＮＥＷ！】Teaser:
[Cast]
Takeo Otsuka
Hina Tachibana
Saori Onishi
[Staff]
Director: Hiroyuki Kanbe
Series Composition: Masashi Suzuki
Character Design: Naoto Nakamura
– Synopsis –
“Orn Doula, today will be your last day in the party.”
Since the party was lacking someone who could play the essential role of Enchanter, it was the quickly adaptable Orn who had converted from Swordsman to Enchanter. On a certain day, Orn, who belongs to the Hero Party, is suddenly informed by the party leader—”your skills are lacking, so leave the party.” The other party members also insulted him as a “weakling” and a “jack of all trades but a master of none.”
After being expelled from the party and getting a fresh start, he decides to resume adventuring. This being so, he chooses to return as a Swordsman since he was an Enchanter only due to party circumstances. However, having been an Enchanter was definitely not a waste. His time in the Hero Party, knowledge, experience, and development of countless original magic will certainly nurture Orn into a swordsman of unconventional strengths.
“I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day” TV anime adaptation announced, studio: ROLL2!
【ＮＥＷ！】Pilot film:
[Cast]
Sheena (CV: Rie Takahashi)
Mimi (CV: Rina Hidaka)
Seiran (CV: Asami Seto)
Ari (CV: Yui Ishikawa)
[Staff]
Director: Takudai Kakuchi
Assistant Director: Yasushi Tomoda
Series Composition / Script: Jukki Hanada
Character Design: Kyoko Yufu
Music: Yukari Hashimoto
– Synopsis –
Death lurks behind a mysterious orphanage where children train to become magical weapons of war. Among them is Sheena, who longs to stop the fighting and end the conflict. On one gruesome night, Sheena meets a strange girl covered in blood, with a smile on her face. The mysterious girl turns out to be a secret weapon—an immortal child soldier named Mimi. When the two become roommates, there is growing tension and attraction. How will the peace-loving Sheena live with someone who welcomes death?
“I Left my A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths!” TV anime Part 2 key visual & PV released!
On March 15, a special program will air instead of an episode. Part 2 begins with episode 10 on March 22; the series will have a total of 24 episodes.
【ＮＥＷ！】Part 2 PV:
[Additional cast]
Niberune (CV: Yuki Tanaka)
Loge (CV: Kazuhiko Inoue)
Maniella (CV: Kimiko Saito)
[Part 2 ending theme]
“MIRROR” sung by Yuki Tanaka
– Synopsis –
Yuke, a red mage, angrily declares that he’s leaving Thunder Pike, the A-rank party he’s been with for five years, because he’s fed up with being insulted and ridiculed by the other members.
While searching for a new party, he runs into his former students Marina, Silk, and Rain, and decides to join their party, Clover. Encouraged by their admiration of him as their teacher, Yuke leads them in completing several quests that show off his own extraordinary magic and skills while bringing out the girls’ abilities to their fullest.
Then, through an “adventure broadcast” by an artifact known as Camelot, Clover becomes well-known throughout society. The party’s dream is to conquer Achromatic Darkness, the most challenging dungeon of all, but as they take on other dungeons in hopes of eventually achieving that goal, they gradually become entangled in chaos that threatens the whole world…
Original TV anime “ZENSHU” new visual released after today’s broadcast of episode 9! MAPPA is animating the 12-episode series.
– Synopsis –
After graduating from high school, Natsuko Hirose starts her career as an animator. Her talent quickly flourishes, and she makes her debut as a director in no time. Her first anime becomes a massive hit, sparking a social phenomenon and earning her recognition as an up-and-coming genius director. Her next project is set to be a romantic comedy movie themed around first love! However, having never been in love herself, Natsuko struggles to understand the concept of first love, and as a result, she’s unable to create the storyboard, causing the movie production to come to a standstill. One day, she passes out while working on her storyboard and wakes up in the world of her favorite childhood anime movie “A Tale of Perishing”.
“The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You” TV anime latest heroine visual: Mimimi Utsukushisugi!
Bibury Animation Studios is animating the series; Season 2 will be 12 episodes long.
