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The "Juju Fes 2021" event announced in Saitama on Sunday that Gekijō-ban Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (Jujutsu Kaisen 0 the Movie) will open on December 24. The event also debuted a teaser visual:
The 24th and final episode of the Jujutsu Kaisen television anime ended on March 26 with an announcement that a film will open this winter. The film is based on Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Tokyo Toritsu Jujutsu Kōtō Senmon Gakkō (Jujutsu Kaisen 0: Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School) manga prequel story, with MAPPA animating again and TOHO distributing.
Akutami drew the previous visual of the character Yuta Okkotsu:
Viz Media released the Jujutsu Kaisen 0 manga on January 5, and it describes the story:
Yuta Okkotsu is a nervous high school student who is suffering from a serious problem—his childhood friend Rika has turned into a Curse and won't leave him alone. Since Rika is no ordinary Curse, his plight is noticed by Satoru Gojo, a teacher at Jujutsu High, a school where fledgling exorcists learn how to combat Curses. Gojo convinces Yuta to enroll, but can he learn enough in time to confront the Curse that haunts him?
The Jujutsu Kaisen television anime premiered on October 2. Crunchyroll streamed the anime outside of Asia as the anime airs in Japan, and has also streamed dubs in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Crunchyroll describes the anime's story:
Hardship, regret, shame: the negative feelings that humans feel become Curses that lurk in our everyday lives. The Curses run rampant throughout the world, capable of leading people to terrible misfortune and even death. What's more, the Curses can only be exorcised by another Curse.
Itadori Yuji is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a friend who has been attacked by Curses, he eats the finger of the Double-Faced Specter, taking the Curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with the Double-Faced Specter. Guided by the most powerful of sorcerers, Gojo Satoru, Itadori is admitted to the Tokyo Metropolitan Technical High School of Sorcery, an organization that fights the Curses... and thus begins the heroic tale of a boy who became a Curse to exorcise a Curse, a life from which he could never turn back.
Sunghoo Park (The God of High School) directed the anime at MAPPA. Hiroshi Seko (Attack on Titan: Lost Girls, Banana Fish, Vinland Saga) wrote and supervised the scripts. Tadashi Hiramatsu (His and Her Circumstances, Yuri!!! on Ice, Parasyte -the maxim-) designed the characters. Hiroaki Tsutsumi, Yoshimasa Terui, and Arisa Okehazama composed the music.
Akutami launched the main manga in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in March 2018. The manga has 50 million copies in circulation, including print and digital copies. Akutami said in February that manga will "probably" end within two years. Akutami added he does not have confidence in that statement though.
Viz Media published the manga's first three chapters in English simultaneously with Japan as part of its Jump Start initiative. When Viz then switched to its new Shonen Jump model in December 2018, the company began publishing new chapters of the manga digitally. Shueisha is also publishing the manga on its MANGA Plus website.
The official website for the Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S anime began streaming the show's second promotional video on Saturday. The video reveals that the anime will premiere on July 7. The show will air on the ABC TV, Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, and BS11 channels.
The site also revealed a new key visual for the show.
The anime is the second season based on Coolkyoushinja's Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid manga.
Crunchyroll will stream the anime worldwide outside of Asia starting in July. A series of short anime titled "Mini Dora" began streaming on Kyoto Animation's YouTube channel on April 7.
The returning cast includes:
Mutsumi Tamura as Kobayashi
Yūki Kuwahara as Tohru
Maria Naganawa as Kanna
Yūki Takada as Elma
Minami Takahashi as Lucoa
Daisuke Ono as Fafnir
Yūichi Nakamura as Makoto Takiya
Emiri Katō as Riko Saikawa
Yuko Goto as Georgie
Kaori Ishihara as Shōta Magatsuchi
Tomomi Mineuchi will voice the new character Ilulu. fhána will perform the opening theme song "Ai no Supreme" and Super Chorogons will perform the ending theme song "Maid With Dragons."
Tatsuya Ishihara (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Sound! Euphonium) is directing the anime's second season. The late Yasuhiro Takemoto (Amagi Brilliant Park, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, Hyōka, Lucky Star), who directed the anime's first season, is credited as the series director. Yuka Yamada (Neo Angelique Abyss, Samurai Warriors, Umi Monogatari) is returning to oversee the series' scripts, and Miku Kadowaki (Amagi Brilliant Park, Beyond the Boundary) is returning to design the characters. Nobuaki Maruki (Amagi Brilliant Park) is returning as the chief animation director.
Shōko Ochiai (Tsurune) is the art director, replacing the late Mikiko Watanabe. Norihiro Tomiita (A Silent Voice) is returning as the 3D director, and Joji Unoguchi (Violet Evergarden: The Movie) is returning as the 3D artist. Hiroki Ueda is the compositing director of photography. Azumi Hata (Free! -Take Your Marks-) is the color key artist. Yota Tsuruoka is returning to direct the sound, and Masumi Itou is returning to compose the music at Lantis.
Kyoto Animation is returning to produce the anime. The "S" in the show's second season title stands for "Super Supreme Second life Starts."
Coolkyoushinja began the ongoing Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid manga in the inaugural issue of Monthly Action magazine in May 2013. Seven Seas Entertainment is releasing the manga in English. The manga has also inspired several spinoff series.
The series inspired an anime adaptation that premiered in Japan in January 2017. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired in Japan, and Funimation streamed an English dub. Funimation released the anime on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in April 2020.
Sources: Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S anime's website, Comic Natalie
Spring season features a lot of good Shonen anime and today, we will be sharing some of our favoarites in this session of "Let's Talk Anime"!
If you have any shonen recommendation, do share your anime titles below the comments! Cheers to another collab video with TTS BUROSU for setting this up
Eclipsemanga, set between the two wars, launches in July
The Bandai Namco Group announced the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Project ignited initiative during the opening ceremony for the life-size Freedom Gundam statue in Shanghai on Friday. The initiative commemorates the 20th anniversary of the original Mobile Suit Gundam Seed anime next year, and it will have several parts. Headlining the initiative is the previously announced film project (confirmed as being in production now) that serves as a sequel to the television series. The staff, led by returning director Mitsuo Fukuda, will announce the opening date and other details in the future.
The initiative also includes a new Mobile Suit Gundam Seed game. The staff will announce more details in the future.
The Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Eclipse side-story manga (pictured above) will launch in Japan and overseas in July as a new Mobile Suit Variation project. The story is set in Cosmic Era 72, during what would become known as the "lost two years" between the two wars. Some call it the time of "peace on thin ice," while others call it the "brief respite before the next turmoil." The story follows 17-year-old mobile suit pilot Tatsumi Hōri, 19-year-old commander Miyabi Oto Kiō, 18-year-old Coordinator pilot Ken Noland Suse, and others who risk their lives in an empty unit known as "ODR."
The manga's MVF-X08 Eclipse Gundam is a custom mobile suit developed in top secret by ODR. Bandai will offer the Master Grade 1/100 model kit in August.
The story is credited to SOW, and Atsushi Soga is drawing the manga. Kogado Studio is designing the characters, and Junichi Akutsu (Astrays) is designing the mecha. Kadokawa's Gundam Ace magazine will launch the manga on July 26. The Gundam.info will start presenting the manga overseas in July.
After the original live stream on Friday was cancelled, the Gundam Channel and Gundam.info's official YouTube channels will stream the statue's opening ceremony on May 31 at 12:00 p.m. (May 30 at 11:00 p.m. EDT). The statue features a new special anime video made by Fukuda.
"Gundam docks at Shanghai," the first large-scale Gundam event in China, is running from May 28 to July 11 at Mitsui Shopping Park LaLaport Jinqiao, the home of the statue. The event features interactive areas devoted to the history of Gundam, the various anime, free Gundam plastic model demonstrations, and other aspects of the franchise.
The first Mobile Suit Gundam Seed television anime aired from 2002 to 2003, followed by Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny from 2004 to 2005. The three-part Mobile Suit Gundam Seed C.E.73: Stargazer anime project followed in 2006. Sony Music Anime Festival '06 announced the planned film project in May 2006.
Chiaki Morosawa, the head scriptwriter for the two Gundam Seed series, passed away at the age of 56 in 2016. She had been collaborating with her husband Mitsuo Fukuda, who directed both Gundam Seed television series, on the planned Gundam Seed film project. Morosawa had explained in 2008 that the plot for the project was completed, but that she had been ill since the end of the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny sequel in 2005.
Singer T.M. Revolution (Takanori Nishikawa) stated in 2019 that the film project is "moving along."
Bandai Entertainment previously released the series on DVD in English in North America. Right Stuf released the anime on Blu-ray Disc in December 2020.
The official website of the Laid-Back Camp anime revealed on Friday that the third and final Blu-ray Disc of Yurucamp Season 2, the second television animeseason based on Afro's Yurucamp (Yurukyan△, Laid-Back Camp Δ) manga, will include a new OVA when it ships on July 28. The OVA is titled "Tabi-suru Shima Rin" (Traveling Rin Shima). The website also unveiled several screenshots.
The first anime premiered in January 2018, and Crunchyroll streamed the 12-episode series as it aired. The ROOM CAMP (Heya Camp) short anime spinoff premiered in January 2020. The second season of the anime premiered on January 7 and ended on April 1.
The Eiga Yurukyan△ (Laid-Back Camp Movie) will open in 2022. The cast and staff announced the movie in an October 2018 event.
The anime adapts Afro's "slow outdoor manga" which follows two young women. Rin likes to go camping by herself along the lakes that provide a scenic view of Mt. Fuji. Nadeshiko loves to take cycling trips by herself to places where she can see Mt. Fuji. After they meet, Rin and Nadeshiko take camping trips, eat cup ramen together, and enjoy the scenery.
Afro launched the manga in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Forward magazine in 2015. Yen Press began releasing the manga in English in March 2018.
The adaptation that ALL MANGA FANS have been waiting for is finally here! Catch KOMI CAN'T COMMUNICATE coming this October 2021!
For people that love "slice of life" anime, this is definitely a series you wouldn't want to miss! For those that have not read the manga, we highly recommend you to proceed on reading the first few chapters before the anime release :D
For those that did read the manga, share your thoughts below the comments on what parts you hope to see get adapted into the anime ;)
Cheers to another collab video with TTS BUROSU for giving this series a shoutout!
Akira Ishidaplays Primordial Guy Crimson; MindaRyn,Takuma Terashimaperform new themes.
The live-streamed "Jura Tempest Station: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime's All-Female News Announcement Pep Rally Special!" announced a new cast member, the new theme songs' artists, and July 6 return date for the second anime season of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime on Sunday.
Akira Ishida will play Guy Crimson, one of the Primordials.
MindaRyn is contributing her second single "Like Flames" as the season's second opening theme song. The single will launch on August 25. After contributing two opening theme songs to the first season, Takuma Terashima is performing the second season's second ending theme song "Reincarnate."
The live special also debuted the season's third promotional video, although the video is restricted to Japan only.
To commemorate the franchise having over 25 million copies in circulation and the franchise's Twitter account having over 200,000 followers, the account is offering 20 gifts to randomly selected followers who retweet a post. The franchise is also offering a free wallpaper to thank fans for the Twitter milestone.
The second television anime season premiered its first cours (quarter of a year) in January. The television anime of Shiba's spinoff manga The Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Tensura Nikki Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken) then premiered on Tokyo MX on April 6 at 11:00 p.m. JST. When The Slime Diaries ends, the second cours of the second season will begin, making nine straight months that anime from the franchise will air on TV.
The first television anime of Taiki Kawakami's manga, which in turn adapted author Fuse and artist Mitz Vah's light novel series, premiered in October 2018. Crunchyroll streamed the series, and FUNimation Entertainment streamed an English dub. The anime specifically adapted and is based on Kawakami's manga adaptation of the original novels.
Sources: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime franchise's website, Mantan Web
Dragged my friends Rin Rin & Bob to react to my SUSHISABI MV and gimme some feedback for future improvements. I'm really thankful to everyone for giving me this opportunity to create this passion project.
For those that didn't know, I created my very first MV called SUSHISABI which you all can check it on my youtube at: https://youtu.be/h8Oj2hLICF8
An educational music video teaching you on how to eat sushi
Its not just about the reaction, but the whole process has really been an amazing journey and I would like to share this little BTS with you guys. Enjoy
Join Mir and a special guest, where we talk about the latest anime that makes us questions our morals eventhough it promotes itself as a romantic comedy. If you like this video, don't forget to like, share and subscribe to our channel
Join Mir and a special guest, where we talk about the hottest Shounen Anime in the block. Find out if Jujutsu Kaisen is an anime worth watching and if you agree or disagree with our opinions. If you like this video, don't forget to like, share and subscribe to our channel
On an island, a giant chasm was discovered. This mysterious hole known as the Abyss houses enormous cave systems that remain fully unexplored even through the years. Its legend and mystery draw in countless explorers, called ‘Cave Raiders’, to its depths to uncover its many secrets.
In the city of Orth that surrounds the Abyss, an orphaned girl named Riko who lives in the Belchero Orphanage stumbles upon a strange boy, who turns out to be a human-like robot that Riko eventually names Reg.
One day, a ‘message’ from the fame White Whistle Lyza, Riko’s mother, reaches the surface telling that she is ‘waiting at the bottom’ of the Abyss. Convinced that the message is for her, Riko and Reg set off on a journey to reach the bottom of the Abyss.
World Setting:
The Abyss and the City Orth
Nobody knows how deep down is the Abyss. It is inhabited by strange and wondrous creatures and full of mysterious ancient relics which purpose in unknown to modern man.
Apart from the constant dangers from the creatures and environments of the Abyss, what makes exploration and reaching the bottom neigh impossible is the “Curse of the Abyss", a phenomenon that inflicts mysterious and potentially fatal conditions upon ascension.
Map of the Abyss
The severity of the curse worsens the deeper down the Abyss. But there’s a certain point where the curse becomes absolutely fatal and raiders can no longer ascend past that point.
Only those of the highest rank among the cave raiders, the White Whistles, are said capable of going beyond and surviving the deeper layers.
Characters:
Riko
Riko has prepared all her life to be a Cave Raider and explore the Abyss. Her deep desire partially stems from her mother Lyza who was a famed White Whistle.
She can be brash, naïve, and trouble-prone as well as extremely childish given her age, but she is solidly determined in her goal to reach the bottom of the Abyss, prepared to make any sacrifice to achieve her goal.
Reg
Reg’s past and origins are a complete mystery as he has lost his memories when Riko discovered him. The only clue they can surmise is that he is connected to the Abyss and probably one of its greater secrets.
Needless to say his robotic extendable arms, super tough exterior, and energy blasting annihilator are the sole reason the duo are capable of making the journey at all. The biggest advantage Reg has is that he is immune to the curse of the Abyss having a robot body.
Animation and Music:
Riko and Reg
“Made in Abyss” was animated by Kinema Citrus, the same studio who did “Black Bullet” and “Barakamon”.
Interestingly, both the opening theme "Deep in Abyss" and the ending theme "Tabi no Hidarite, Saihate no Migite" were both performed by the actresses for Riko and Reg - 'Miyu Tomita' and 'Mariya Ise'.
Final Thoughts:
Facing the Abyss together
At first impression, "Made in Abyss" comes off as a cute chibi adventure story, reminiscent of ”Journey to Centre of the Earth” in concept.
The Abyss is mysterious and that mystery draws audiences into the story as the duo undergo their adventure. What is also interesting is that the tone of the story slowly gets progressively darker the deeper the characters descend the Abyss.
Dangers in the Abyss
The surface is bright and sunny as is the beginning of the anime. The first layer is lush with green but still familiar with a hint of excitement in the air as the duo’s journey begins. But the subsequent layers become darker and fraught with dangers.
This is reflective of the nature of the Abyss and it matches the pace of the story’s tone brilliantly. It takes a few episodes in for the story to get going, but as the journey is set underway it does get better.
Each passing year, the quality of anime on Netflix gets better, and the number of anime titles arriving continues to grow. Twenty-twenty has been a stacked year so far, and 2021 is already beginning to take shape as another excellent year for anime on Netflix. We’ll be keeping track of all of the latest announcements and upcoming anime coming to Netflix in 2021.
Yasuke, known to history as the world’s only Black Samurai, is famous amongst Japanese historians. Cannon Busters creator LaSeasn Thomas will help bring the Black Samurai to life, and providing his voice will be Lakeith Stanfield.
In a war-torn feudal Japan filled with mechs and magic, the greatest ronin never known, Yasuke, struggles to maintain a peaceful existence after a past life of violence. But when a local village becomes the center of social upheaval between warring daimyo, Yasuke must take up his sword and transport a mysterious child who is the target of dark forces and bloodthirsty warlords.
Previously believed to be coming to Netflix in the Fall of 2020, the series has instead been moved to May 2021. Eden has been directed by Yasuhiro, the director of Full Metal: Alchemist, so by default, it could be one of the best anime releases of 2021.
One thousand years in the future, the city “Eden 3” has no human population, and is solely inhabited by robots. The human masters of the robots disappeared many years ago. Two farming robots, while on a mission outside of Eden, discover a human baby girl. Realizing that the ancient myth of humans is real, the two robots take in the little girl and raise her together in a safe haven outside of Eden.
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Netflix Release Date: June 3rd, 2021 Studio: Toei Animation, Studio Deen | Runtime: 160 Minutes
Having only arrived in Japanese theatres in early 2021, it’s a quick turnaround for Sailor Moon Eternal to make its way over to Netflix in June 2021. Fans will be very happy to learn that the Viz Media English dub cast will be returning to reprise their roles for the movie.
When a mysterious solar eclipse happens in April, Sailor Moon and Chibiusa meet Helios, a mysterious Pegasus who is looking for two maidens to break the seal of the Golden Crystal. Meanwhile, the group known as the Dead Moon Circus has plans to conquer the Earth, the Moon, and eventually the universe by obtaining the Legendary Silver Crystal.
Netflix subscribers are going to be treated to another dose of Godzilla as the classic kaiju returns to the streaming service in 2021 with a brand new anime series. Behind the animation is Beastars animations CG Orange, and designing the legendary creature is the highly acclaimed Studio Ghibli artist, Eiji Yamamori.
Beastars (Season 2) N
Netflix Release Date: July 2021 Studio: Orange | Episodes: TBA
Beastars set the anime community alight upon its release in late 2019 and has since become one of the most popular series to be streamed on Netflix. Continuing to be aired in Japan, once the series has finished its broadcast, fans can look forward to the series return to Netflix in July 2021.
In a society of anthropomorphic animals, the culture is divided amongst herbivores and carnivores. At Cherryton Academy, Legosi, a large but timid and quiet wolf is a member of the school’s drama club, working as a stagehand. The club is run by the star pupil Louis, a red deer. After the death and devouring of a student, the alpaca Tem, a wave of distrust rocks the school as the herbivores and carnivores are at odds. To make life even more complicated for Legosi, he has a fateful encounter with the dwarf rabbit Haru and soon develops very complicated feelings for her.
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Netflix Release Date: July 2021 Studio: TMS Entertainment | Episodes: TBA
Rumour surrounding a potential Netflix anime for Resident Evil had been circulating for some time, but typically, those rumors were often dismissed. Now it’s been confirmed that Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, is coming to Netflix, and as early as 2021. The series will take place in the same canon timeline as the video games.
The Seven Deadly Sins (Season 5)
Netflix Release Date: Late 2021 Studio: Studio Deen | Episodes: TBA
With the manga coming to an end, we could expect to see The Seven Deadly Sins anime draw to a close with the fifth season. There are still plenty of climactic fights to come, but fans will be waiting until towards the end of 2021 before the fifth season is available to stream on Netflix.
Meliodas, Elizabeth, Hawk, Dianne, Van, King, Gowther, Merlin, and Escanor are standing against the flames, a mighty enemy, and a visual depicting the members of the Seven Deadly Sins confronting their destiny.
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Netflix Release Date: 2021 Studio: TMS Entertainment | Episodes: TBA
The series can be treated as part four for the Original Baki series already available to stream on Netflix. But, judging by the press release made by TMS Entertainment, it looks like the animation team is going all out to give us an epic finale to the Baki Hanma storyline.
In the grand finale, Baki Hanma will finally face his father in deadly combat to determine who is the strongest martial artist in the world.
TRESE (Season 1) N
Netflix Release Date: 2021 Studio: BASE Entertainment | Episodes: TBA
The highly acclaimed Philippine horror/crime has finally been confirmed it’s on its way to Netflix in the near future. We have high expectations for the series, and we can’t wait to see what Jay Olivia and BASE Entertainment have in store for us.
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Netflix Release Date: 2021 Studio: David Production | Episodes: TBA
Fans of Spriggan have been waiting many years to see a new adaptation of the popular 80s manga. The last time Spriggan received an anime adaptation was in 1998, and a subsequent PlayStation video game was released in 1999. With the series set to arrive in 2021, fans have been rewarded for their patience.
Many years ago an ancient civilization once ruled the Earth but ultimately destroyed themselves. Leaving messages to future generations to find, they detail how to use the powerful creations they used. Various factions begin to search for mysterious artifacts in the order to use them against their enemies. Standing in their way is the ARCAM Corporation and their elite squadron of soldiers known as Spriggans.
The cutest stop motion Bear from Japan is coming back to Netflix in 2021! This time Rilakkuma, and his companions will be going to an amusement park after dark. With a spooky sounding setting, we could see Rilakkuma return to Netflix just in time for Halloween 2021.
Mari Yamazaki’s niche comedy-adventure about a time-traveling Roman architect is certain to make anime fans laugh in 2021.
Roman architect Lucius is troubled by an issue, only to discover an old tunnel that leads to a modern Japanese bathhouse. Inspired by what he’s seen, Lucius decides to open his own spa, naming it, Roma Thermae.
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Netflix Release Date: 2021 Studio: WIT Studio | Episodes: TBA
Once, vampires and humans lived in harmony. Now, a young girl and a vampire queen will search for that Paradise once again. In the divided world of the future, two girls want to do the forbidden: the human wants to play the violin, and the vampire wants to see a wider world.
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Netflix Release Date: TBA Studio: Production I.G. | Episodes: TBA
It was confirmed in June 2019 that we were going to see the second season of Ultraman on Netflix. It’s been a long time since the announcement and we’re yet to see season 2 on Netflix, which means 2021 is when the fabled Japanese hero is likely to return.
Many years have passed since the events of the original Ultraman. Now perceived as a memory the legendary ‘Giant of Light’ is believed to have left earth and returned to his home planet. Shinjiro Hayata discovers that his father was the Ultraman. Taking the mantle from his father Shinjiro becomes the new Ultraman of the earth.
