On this 01/01/2025, 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!
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“PetitCure ~Precure Fairies~” short anime announced, studio: IKIF+! Streaming on YouTube in Japan begins on April 3 [Thu].
Director: Yuko Okamura
Series Composition: Momoka Toyoda
Music: Rina Tayama
New pilot teaser for director Sunao Katabuchi‘s upcoming film “The Mourning Children: Nagiko and the Girls Wearing Tsurubami Black” released! It has not been announced when the film will debut.
ใ๏ผฎ๏ผฅ๏ผท๏ผใPilot Teaser:
โ Synopsis โ
The film follows Kyoto during the Heian period(the 10th century) in Japan.
Tens of thousands dead, gutters filled with corpses, children abandoned in the mountains, and groups of wild dogs vigilantly watching outside the city.
The elegant image of the Heian period has been shown in many literary and artistic works. However, Katabuchi’s new work takes us back to Kyoto a thousand years ago, when the city was shrouded in darkness due to repeated epidemics of plague.
“SPY x FAMILY” Season 3 Forger family visual released! Broadcasting begins this October.
“DIGIMON BEATBREAK” brand-new TV anime announced for October!
ใ๏ผฎ๏ผฅ๏ผท๏ผใAnnouncement:
“The Barbarian’s Bride” has revealed a key visual, the series’ Fall 2025 debut, and its studio: Jumondou!
ใ๏ผฎ๏ผฅ๏ผท๏ผใCast reveal PV:
[Cast]
Serafina de Lavillant (CV: Sayumi Suzushiro)
Veor (CV: Satoshi Inomata)
Cersei (CV: Hana Hishikawa)
Alyssa Malcius (CV: Aki Toyosaki)
โ Synopsis โ
Serafina de Lavillant, the strongest female knight in the West, was sent to subjugate the barbaric tribes of the East. But when her mission fails spectacularly, sheโs captured alive and imprisoned. Humiliated and dreading what horrific torture sheโll endure, she asks to be put to death. To her surprise, rather than tearing her limb from limb, the tribe leader asks for her handโฆin marriage! Will Serafina face a cruel and abusive arranged marriage? Or will she discover that these tribes arenโt as barbaric as she was led to believe?
“Ruri Rocks” TV anime PV released! Studio Bind is animating the series which is scheduled for this year.
[Additional Cast]
Yume Miyamoto
Saki Hayashi
Misuzu Yamada
โ Synopsis โ
Ruri Tanigawa, a high school girl who loves sparkling things, goes to the mountains in search of crystals where she meets Nagi Arato, a graduate student majoring in mineralogy.
Guided by Nagi, Ruri also enters the world of mineral collecting.
“My Happy Marriage” Season 2 episode 12 (25 overall) is being postponed by one week due to production circumstances.
Original: March 24
New: March 31
“Rock Is a Lady’s Modesty” TV anime character visual/PV #4: Tamaki โShiraya (CV: Natsumi Fujiwara)! Broadcasting begins on April 3 [Thu], studio: BN Pictures. HIDIVE will stream the series.
ใ๏ผฎ๏ผฅ๏ผท๏ผใCharacter PV – Tamaki:
โ Synopsis โ
At an elite all-girlsโ academy where refined young ladies gather, Lilisa Suzunomiya, now the daughter of a real estate tycoon after her mother remarried, is forced to abandon her guitar and rock music to fit in. However, her passion is reignited by sounds from the old school building, where she meets a skilled drummer who shares her love for rock. Together, they embrace their inner rockstars, elegantly clashing and shouting their way through the academy in this captivating tale of grace and rebellion.
“You and Idol Precureโช” is listed with a total of 49 episodes!
โ Synopsis โ
Middle school student Uta Sakura loves to sing any chance she gets. But music becomes more than a hobby when she meets Purirun, a fairy whose hometown has plunged into darkness. The Chokkiri Gang took over her land and began stealing her peopleโs sparkle. Determined to help, Uta is transformed into the legendary protector Cure Idol and vows to return their sparkle through song.
Original TV anime “APOCALYPSE HOTEL” new key visual released! Broadcasting begins on April 8 [Tue], studio: CygamesPictures.
PV:
โ Logline โ
The earth where mankind has disappeared and civilization has collapsed.
