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  New episodes resume on April 6 simultaneously in Japan, overseas The IGN news service posted the official trailer for Part 2 of the  One Piece  anime's Egghead arc with English subtitles on Friday. Watch trailer here The  One Piece  anime will start  airing  new episodes again in Japan on April 6 on Sundays at 11:15 p.m. (10:30 a.m. EDT) on  Fuji TV  and its affiliates. Crunchyroll  will simultaneously  stream  the anime when it resumes the Egghead arc on April 6 in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Latin America. Additionally, it will stream  One Piece  Specials 14-16, and new English  dub  episodes (1109-1122) starting on March 18 in the mentioned territories. The  franchise  had  announced  in mid-October that the current Egghead arc of the anime would pause to "recharge," and then the arc will continue in April 2025. The anime is currently airing...

  Screenings on April 13, 14, and 16 with English subtitles,  dub Crunchyroll  announced on Friday that it acquired the North American theatrical rights for the compilation  film  of the first  Kaiju No. 8  anime season under the title  Kaiju No. 8 : Mission Recon .  Sony Pictures Entertainment  will present the film "in an event-style release" in theaters in the United States and Canada on April 13, 14, and 16. The screenings will be available in both Japanese with English subtitles, and dubbed in English. The film will  open  in 32 theaters in Japan for three weeks only starting on March 28, and will include the new original episode "Hoshina's Day Off." The American band  OneRepublic  performs the ending theme song "Invincible (from  Kaiju No. 8 )" as the ending theme for the "Hoshina's Day Off" part of the film. Multiple staff members from the first season are returning for the new episode.  Yūto Tsukuda ...

  Chika Anzai ,  Ikumi Hasegawa ,  Akari Kitō , more star in sci-fi anime based on RPG The official website for the television anime adaptation of game developer  Petit Depotto 's  Gnosia  sci-fi social deduction RPG revealed in a new trailer on Sunday that the anime will debut in October. The website also revealed the show's staff and cast, as well as a new visual. Watch trailer here The anime will star (left to right in image above): Hiroki Nanami  as Raqio Ikumi Hasegawa  as Setsu Chika Anzai  as Yūri Akari Kitō  as SQ Asami Seto  as Gina Kazuya Ichikawa  ( Burning Kabaddi ,  The World Ends with You the Animation ) is directing the anime at  Domerica .  Jukki Hanada  ( Love Live! School idol project  franchise,  Sound! Euphonium ) is both writing and overseeing the series scripts, and  Arisa Matsuura  ( Romantic Killer ) is adapting Kotori's original character designs for animation....

  Sound! Euphonium , The Final Movie  unveiled in 10th anniversary event The " Sound! Euphonium  10th Anniversary Event" on Sunday revealed  Sound! Euphonium , The Final Movie , the  franchise 's upcoming film slated for 2026. The film's trailer video and teaser visual also debuted at the event. Watch trailer here The third season of the  Sound! Euphonium  anime  premiered  in April 2024. The anime had a total of 13 episodes. The third anime season adapted Kumiko's third year in high school.  Haruka Tomatsu  voiced the new character Mayu Kuroe. Original light novel author  Ayano Takeda  published the story of Kumiko's third year in high school in two novel volumes. The first volume shipped in April 2019 and the second volume shipped in June 2019. The first 13-episode television anime series for the  franchise  premiered in April 2015. The anime  inspired  the  Gekijō-ban Hibike! Euphonium: Kitauji ...

  Teaser post uses same phrase as  TOHO 's tease of new anime announcement The official X (formerly  Twitter ) account of  Satsuki Nakamura 's  Though I Am an Inept Villainess  ( Futsutsuka na Akujo de wa Gozaimasu ga - Sūgū Chōso Torikae Den ) light novel series has been teasing an announcement since March 12 by posting countdown images drawn by the light novels' illustrator  YukiKana . The account will reveal the announcement on Monday, at 7:00 p.m. JST (6:00 a.m. EDT), the same time that  TOHO animation  will  reveal  a new anime. The light novels' X/ Twitter  teaser posts also use the same phrase as  TOHO animation 's tease of new anime announcement: "On the night the comet lights up the night sky, the fate of two people will intersect." Ichijinsha  launched Nakamura's light novel series with illustrations by  YukiKana  in December 2020. The novels' manga adaptation by  Ei Ohitsuji  simultaneou...

  Senryū Girl ,  Detectives These Days Are Crazy!  manga creator launched series in 2023 NBC Universal  announced on Friday that  Masakuni Igarashi 's  Tune In to the Midnight Heart  ( Mayonaka Heart Tune ) manga is getting a television anime series that will debut in 2026. Watch trailer here Kodansha 's  K MANGA  service is publishing the manga digitally in English, and it describes the story: When Arisu Yamabuki was all alone in bed at night, he was able to find solace in the voice of a radio host who went by “Apollo.” However, one day, she simply stopped broadcasting without any explanation. Years then passed, and Arisu is now a second-year high-schooler. He makes it his mission to search for Apollo, as there is something he wants to tell her. He doesn't know what she looks like, or even what her real name is, but he manages to get some leads on her in his school's broadcasting club. That's where he meets four girls who all dream to get a ...

  New season gets mostly new staff, to stream exclusively on   Netflix Warner Bros. Japan  announced on Friday that the anime based on  Shinya Umemura ,  Azychika , and  Takumi Fukui 's  Record of Ragnarok  ( Shūmatsu no Walküre ) manga is getting a third season titled  Record of Ragnarok III . The series will be available exclusively on  Netflix . The staff revealed a teaser visual and teaser trailer, and a celebration illustration from  Azychika . Watch official teaser here The new anime will feature a different staff.  Koichi Hatsumi  ( Tokyo Revengers ,  Tokyo Revengers: Christmas Showdown ) is directing the anime at  Yumeta Company  ×  Maru Animation  ( Yumeta Company  and  Graphinica  animated the previous season).  Yasuyuki Mutō  ( Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway ,  Tokyo Revengers ) is the main writer, and  Yōko Tanabe  ( Handyman Saitō in Another World )...

  The anime will star (including previously announced cast): Manaka Iwami  as Asaka Mari Takuya Eguchi  as the beastfolk Hidaka Tsunagu Kōtarō Nishiyama  as Yukihiro Aida Shin Itagaki  ( Teekyū ;  Okitsura ;  So I'm a Spider, So What? ) and  Hiromi Kimura  ( I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World ;  So I'm a Spider, So What? ) are co-directing the series at  Millepensee . Itagaki is also credited for overseeing and writing the series scripts, and Kimura is also credited as the character designer.  Akiyoshi Yasuda  ( Real Girl ,  Why Does Nobody Remember Me in This World? ) is composing the music. Other staff members include: Art Director:  Masakazu Miyake Color Design:  Miyuki Kibata Director of Photography:  Arimasa Omi Editing:  Haruka Nunokawa  (name spelling not confirmed) Sound Director:  Shin Itagaki ,  Ryōsuke Naya Sound Production:  Studio Mausu The series will debut this ...

  The staff for   Aniplex   and   bilibili 's   To Be Hero X   animated   project   confirmed on Friday the series will debut on April 6. The series will replace   One Piece   to air on   Fuji TV   at 9:30 a.m. on Sundays, after   One Piece   moves   to a late-night programming block on Sundays starting on April 6. The staff also revealed a new visual Crunchyroll  will  stream   To Be Hero X  worldwide excluding Asia. The series will stream in Japan on  Netflix  and  Amazon Prime Video . The cast includes: Natsuki Hanae  as Nice Nobunaga Shimazaki  as E-soul Kōichi Yamadera  as Ahu Inori Minase  as Lucky Cyan Ayane Sakura  as Loli Yoshitsugu Matsuoka  as Little Johnny Yūichi Nakamura  as Ghostblade Kōki Uchiyama  as Dragon Boy Kana Hanazawa  as Queen Mamoru Miyano  as X Li Haolin  is credited for the original work and as the...