It’s time to change location!

What They Say:
Amami, the owner of the Rainy Color café, assigned Nozomu Tokura as the manager of the new shop in Hawaii. Even though life of Nozomu is increasingly hectic toward the opening, he and his new fellows in Hawaii keep positive and make their efforts trying to get everything down. Can they make it by the date of opening?

The Review:
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers)
While I had liked the general idea of the series, the first two seasons of Rainy Cocoa, now called Ame-Con!!, they were definitely a struggle because of the short running time. The series did not go over well here and Funimation didn’t go after the third season, which Crunchyroll will be streaming but doesn’t interest me in checking it out. With this new season, the show shifts gears as we head to Hawaii with a new show that Amami has set up and put Nozomu in charge of. Talk about a dream assignment! With a thirty-second opening theme, the episode is two minutes long past that and we get to see how Nozomu is handling the Hawaii life and enjoying it all quite a lot. We do get a bit of time with everyone back at the main shop with some of them being envious, but the focus on Nozomu is nicely done s he has to figure out how to draw in more customers as there’s a lot of competition in the area. That means trying to find a good and creative hook, which becomes a Shiba Inu dog being brought to the place in order to play up its Japanese management side a bit.

In Summary:
When you have to rely on animals to make your show work you may be in a bit of trouble, at least in the context of this kind of show. The opening episode does a nice job of connecting the old and the new but it leaves me hopeful that they won’t lean on the old crew too much and move forward more with new things. What we do get here is nicely animated with some good designs and the appeal of what Hawaii is like as a significant draw. I’m cautiously optimistic based on past seasons and the fact that I don’t think they’ll have learned to manage the running time any better now than before.

Grade: B-

Streamed By: Crunchyroll

Review Equipment:
Sony KDL70R550A 70″ LED 1080P HDTV, Apple TV via HDMI set to 1080p, Onkyo TX-SR605 Receiver and Panasonic SB-TP20S Multi-Channel Speaker System With 100-Watt Subwoofer.

© Kato Kotono · Kodansha / Altair Production Committee

The consecutive two-cour series of Altair: A Record of Battles is moving right along and ahead of it getting its back half underway on October 14th, 2017, the official site has updated with new cast additions that will be coming on and a new key visual that you can see further below. The new additions include:

• Mamiko Noto as Caterina
• Hiro Shimono as Erbach
• Daisuke Hirakawa as Kalbahal
• Shizuka Itou as Cassandra
• Rikiya Koyama as Pino
• Mariya Ise as Kokoshka
• Ryoko Shiraishi as Niki
• Hiroshi Naka as Wan Ishin
• Sho Hayami as Zsigmond III
• Megumi Han Margitte
• Juri Kimura as Gertrude

The adaptation has Kazuhiro Furuhashi directing based on the series composition by Noboru Takagi. Toshiyuki Kanno is handling the character designs with it being animated at MAPPA.

The Japanese cast includes Ayumu Murase as Mahmut, Makoto Furukawa as Zaganos, KENN as Kyros, Katsuyuki Konishi as Sleiman, Kenjiro Tsuda as Rui, Kenichi Ogata as Khalil, Junichi Suwabe as Abiriga, Takaya Satou as Ibrahim, Yoko Hikasa as Shara, Kazuya Nakai as Balaban, Kouki Uchiyama as Bayezit, Ai Kayano as Ayşe, Nobunaga Shimazaki as Orhan and Nobuhiko Okamoto as Ishmael.

The original work comes from Kotono Kato and began in Monthly Shonen Sirius back in 2007 with over eighteen volumes out so far.

Plot Concept: Mahmut is a young Pasha serving on the general’s council of Turkey. The clouds of war are gathering over his country. With Turkey’s council split between the warmongers and the pacifists, Mahmut begins his quest to keep the peace at any cost. As he finds himself deeper and deeper in the politics of the ancient world, new enemies and allies surface. Who will prevail? What will Mahmut do if war proves to be inevitable?

© Kato Kotono · Kodansha / Altair Production Committee

[Source: ANN]

Starting October 7th, HIDIVE members will be able to stream new episodes of ClassicaLoid every Saturday at 11:00 UTC on HIDIVE’s anime streaming service in the following territories:

United States, Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Central America, South America, Netherlands, Scandanavia, and Turkey

The second season of the slapstick comedy ClassicaLoid reunites normal high school girl Kanae with her least favorite house guests. There’s Beet-san (otherwise known as Ludwig van Beethoven) and free-spirited Motz (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), as well as fellow squatters Chopin, Liszt, and Schubert. These maestros have already proven they have the skill to save the world with their “Musik,” but with the addition of two new Classicaloids – Wagner and Dvorak – Kanae is sure to be at her wits’ end.

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HIDIVE is a new anime streaming service built with the needs of anime fans in mind. Currently offering a beta with a curated (and growing) catalog of some the most iconic anime and live action titles of the past and present, HIDIVE provides a unique streaming experience to its territories around the world. Featuring one of the industry’s best players, customizable subtitles, in-episode live-chat, pinned searches, and more, fans can watch, discover, and share their favorite shows. For more information, or to start a free trial, visit HIDIVE.com.

© light / Dies irae ANIME PROJECT

Crunchyroll previously announced their pickup of the Dies Irae anime series for streaming and with the first episode going live today they’ve now set the details. The series will bring out new episodes every Friday at 1:05pm ET for members with it being available to viewers worldwide outside of Asia. Funimation will be producing a simuldub with details to come on that.

The series has Susumi Kudo directing it based on the series composition by the original game scenario writer Takashi Masada. Takaaki Fukuyo is on board as the character designer.

The cast from the game that will be participating in the animation includes Kousuke Toriumi as Ren Fujii, Yui Sakakibara as Marie ,Hitomi Nabatame as Rea Himuro, Takeshi Maeda as Shirou Yusa, Yoshina Makino as Erii Honjou, Junichi Suwabe as Reinhard Heydrich, Ken Narita as Valeria Trifa, Kishô Taniyama as Wilhelm Ehrenburg, Kei Mizusawa as Kai Sakurai, Kei Mizusawa as Beatrice Waltrud von Kircheisen, Hitomi Nabatame as Isaak, Hiroki Yasumoto as Göetz Von Berlichingen, Yuka Inokuchi as Rusalka Schwägerin, Asami Yaguchi as Eleonore Von Wittenburg, Kouki Harasawa as Spinne, Risato Habuki as Riza Brenner, Yuuki Tamaki as Wolfgang Schreiber, and Kousuke Toriumi as Mercurius.

Plot Concept: Ren Fujii is a normal student who just had a fistfight with his former best friend, leading him to break off their friendship. But with the help of his childhood friend, Kasumi Ayase, and upperclassman, Rea Himuro, he’s gradually returning to his normal school life.

Then a series of brutal murders in which the victims are decapitated begins to strike their city. Strangely, at the same time, Ren starts to have terrifying nightmares of being beheaded by a guillotine. But these are just a prelude to the painful and terrifying battles to come.

Their daily life has turned inside-out. Supermen are lurking in the darkness. The town has become a battlefield as Ren is consumed by insane happenings beyond his imagination. Faced with the reality that he cannot survive unless he fights, will he be able to retake his normal life?

HOUSTON, TX, October 5, 2017 - HIDIVE will soon begin streaming Land of the Lustrous for the 2017 fall simulcast season in international territories!

Starting October 7th, HIDIVE members will be able to stream new episodes of Land of the Lustrous every Saturday at 18:38 UTC on HIDIVE’s anime streaming service in the following territories:

United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand

A new life form, the Houseki, must fight against the Moon Dwellers, beings who attack them without discrimination and use their shattered bodies as decorations. For this reason, each Houseki is assinged a role, whether it be a fighter or a media. Phos, the youngest of their kin, and has not been given an assignment due to a lack of skill. Everything changes when Kongou assigns Phos the task of creating an encyclopedia of natural history.

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HIDIVE is a new anime streaming service built with the needs of anime fans in mind. Currently offering a beta with a curated (and growing) catalog of some the most iconic anime and live action titles of the past and present, HIDIVE provides a unique streaming experience to its territories around the world. Featuring one of the industry’s best players, customizable subtitles, in-episode live-chat, pinned searches, and more, fans can watch, discover, and share their favorite shows. For more information, or to start a free trial, visit HIDIVE.com.

We’ve not heard too much about what’s going to be happening with the upcoming Batman Ninja anime feature film that’s being produced but a site update has revealed some neat pieces to it with the first visual of what Warner Bros. Japan and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment are putting together.

With a planned 2018 release, we know that Jumpei Mizusaki will be directing it based on the screenplay by Kazuki Nakashima. TYakashi Okazaki is on board with the character designs and Kamikazedouga will be producing the animation for it. Which we’re definitely keen on seeing the first trailer for as well as the voice cast for it, both in Japanese and English.

HOUSTON, TX, October 6, 2017 - HIDIVE will soon begin streaming Himouto! Umaru-chan R for the 2017 fall simulcast season in international territories!

Starting October 8th, HIDIVE members will be able to stream new episodes of Himouto! Umaru-chan R  every Sunday at 15:30 UTC on HIDIVE’s anime streaming service in the following territories:

United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Turkey, Italy, and Spain

Umaru Doma has a secret: in public, she’s a reserved and perfect beauty. At home, she devolves into a junk food connoisseur whose talents include video games, reading manga, watching anime, and annoying her big brother, Taihei. This season reunites Umaru with her friends: busty country girl Nana, quiet Kirie, and close nerd Sylphynford. What adventures await Umaru-chan now?

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HIDIVE is a new anime streaming service built with the needs of anime fans in mind. Currently offering a beta with a curated (and growing) catalog of some the most iconic anime and live action titles of the past and present, HIDIVE provides a unique streaming experience to its territories around the world. Featuring one of the industry’s best players, customizable subtitles, in-episode live-chat, pinned searches, and more, fans can watch, discover, and share their favorite shows. For more information, or to start a free trial, visit HIDIVE.com.

The spring 2017 anime series Hinako Note is having its home video releases handled by Media Factory and they’ve set a bit of a shorter schedule overall for the show. With the third volume out in just about a week we now have a look at the very appealing cover design and packaging artwork for the it. The twelve episode series is getting a four-volume release that began on July 26th, 2017. The DVDs are priced at 9,000 yen each while the Blu-ray’s are priced at 10,000 yen each. Check the full schedule below!

The series set Takeo Takahashi as the chief director working with Toru Kitahata as the hands-on director. They worked from Tatsuhiko Urahata’s scripts and character designs by Kazuyuki Ueda, who also served as the chief animation director. The series was produced by studio Passione.

The Japanese cast includes M.A.O as Hinako Sakuragi, Miyu Tomita as Kuina Natsukawa, Yui Ogura as Mayuki Hiiragi, Hisako Tojo as Chiaki Ogino, Marika Kouno as Yuna Nakajima and Yuri Yoshida as Ruriko Kuroyanagi.

The series comes from creator Mitsuki as part of the Comic Cune magazine where the four-panel slice of life series began back in August 2014 and looks to be doing yearly collected releases.

Plot concept: Hinako is a shy little girl whom animals are instinctively drawn to. Because of this, Hinako works as a scarecrow to keep said animals away from the crops in her neighbor’s fields. Thus the tale of the scarecrow girl begins!

Hinako Note Japanese Volume 4 Packaging

Hinako Note Japanese Volume 3 Packaging

Hinako Note Japanese Volume 2 Packaging

Hinako Note Japanese volume 1 Packaging

[Source: Hinako Note]

Crunchyroll revealed their pickup of the Recovery of an MMO Junkie series back at the end of August and with the first episode having gone live they’ve now set their plans for it. The show will have new episodes out every Friday at 11:00 am ET time and the availability is a bit wider than normal as it’s open to viewers worldwide outside of China and Japan, giving Asian viewers a better chance to get in on it than they usually do. The show is coming from director Saori Den based on the series composition by Kazuyuki Fudeyasu. Senbon Umishima is handling the character designs while Signal. MD is handling the animation production for it.

The Japanese cast includes:

• Mamiko Noto as Moriko Morioka
• Takahiro Sakurai as Yuuta Sakurai
• Ryouta Suzuki as Hayashi
• Reina Ueda as Lily
• Tomoaki Maeno as Homare Koiwai
• Takuma Terashima as Kazuomi Fujimoto
• Yuuichi Nakamura as Kanbe
• Yuuka Aisaka as Lilac
• Takanori Yagi as Himeralda
• Kazuhiro Sunseki as Pokotarou

Megumi Nakajima is performing the opening theme song “Saturday Night Question” while Yuuka Aisaka is performing the ending theme song “Hikari, Hikari.”

The original manga from Rin Kokuyou began in 2013 and has two volumes released and is on hiatus due to the author’s health.

The series recently got its home video side detailed as the ten episode series will have an eleventh episode that arrives in a Blu-ray box set that lands on December 8th, 2017.

Plot Concept: Moriko Morioka is a 30-year-old single NEET woman. After dropping out from reality, she has taken off in search for a fulfilling life and ended up in a net game or “netoge.” In the netoge world, she began her new life as a refreshing and handsome character named Hayashi. While starting out as a beginner, a pretty character named Lily reached out to help her. Meanwhile, in the real world, awaits a shocking encounter with a good-looking elite company employee, a mysterious blue-eyed blonde.

Madman Entertainment has put together a new two-season collection for Maken-ki! with it now scheduled for a January 10th, 2018 release. This brings together the original Maken-ki! series and the Maken-Ki! Two project. The releases will mirror the North American ones in terms of extras and being bilingual but it will be a DVD-only release priced at $59.95 when all is said and done.

Check out our review of the series.

Plot Concept: Based on the manga series by Hiromitsu Takeda, this romantic comedy is about Takeru Ohyama, a typical perverted teenage boy. His new school doesn’t require entrance exams, and it just turned co-ed! Unfortunately, his dreams of a happy high school life are dashed when he finds out the school is much more than it seems. All of the students wield a special item—a Maken—to unleash their magical abilities in duels! Can Takeru find a Maken that works for him? Even while trying to fit in at a new school and dealing with all kinds of girl problems?

© 2018 Takaaki Yamamoto

With a number of short works to his name, Souichiro Yamamoto’s manga series Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san, aka Skilled Teaser Takagi-san, was announced previously to be getting an anime adaptation in 2018. No staffing or details were revealed for it at the time but that’s now been updated with the first promotional video. Hiroaki Akagi is on board to direct based on the series composition by Michiko Yokote. Aya Takano is handling the character designs with Takuji Mogi serving as the chief animation director with Natsuko Kondou at Shin-Ei Animation. The manga currently runs in Gessan magazine after moving there from Gessan Mini where it kicked off back in 2012. There are five volumes out so far with the sixth due out next month.

• Rie Takahashi as Takagi-san:
• Yuki Kaji as Nishikata

Plot Concept: “If you blush, you lose.”

Living by this principle, the middle schooler Nishikata gets constantly made fun of by his seat neighbor Takagi-san. With his pride shattered to pieces, he vows to turn the tables and get back at her some day. And so, he attempts to tease her day after day, only to find himself victim to Takagi-san’s ridicule again sooner than later. Will he be able to make Takagi-san blush from embarrassment even once in the end?

TV Tokyo is continuing its promotion for the long running ongoing series Youkai Watch. The 192nd episode of the series is scheduled for an October 13th, 2017 debut and they’ve now brought out the first teaser preview for it.

Please note that TV Tokyo takes these previews down when the episode airs.

The series is directed by Shinji Ushiro based on the series composition by Yoichi Kato. Toshiya Yamada is handling the character designs and it’s animated by Oriental Light & Magic.

The Japanese cast includes Etsuko Kozakura as Jibanyan, Haruka Tomatsu as Kēta Amano, Tomokazu Seki as Whisper, Aya Endo as Fumika “Fumi” Kodama, Chie Satou as Kanchi Imada, Naoki Bandou as Jinmenken, Ryoko Nagata as Kēta’s mom and Tooru Nara as Gorōta “Kuma” Kumashima.

Plot Concept: When Keita frees Whisper, a ghost-like yōkai, from 190 years of imprisonment, Whisper pledges to protect Keita from supernatural dangers. Whisper also gives Keita a watch that allows Keita to see other yōkai. Together with the twin-tailed cat spirit Jibanyan, they encounter lots of yōkai-related problems and solve them.

Add another classic science fiction series that Tubi TVis now streaming as they continue to expand their catalog as God Mars is now available on the service. The streaming service has picked up the entire 64 episode run and it’s now available in full to check out. The series was produced by TMS Entertainment in Japan and it currently does not have a home video licensor in the US

Originally airing from October 1981, the series was created by Mitsuteru Yokoyama with his manga that ran from 1976 to 1977 with five volumes in Shounen Captain. The anime adaptation saw Keisuki Fujikawa handling the bulk of the writing on it, as he’d done a lot of the Galaxy Express 999 work as well as Glass Mask and Great Mazinger.

Plot concept: A young boy is sent from a distant star to destroy Earth, but after experiencing the beauty of the planet and its inhabitants, begins to question his mission. With the aid of the powerful robot God Mars, the boy struggles to protect Earth from his own people, and as a result, is forced to do battle with his very own brother.

KSM Anime announced back in March their plans to release the Sky Wizards Academy anime series. That first half of it is coming out on separate DVD and Blu-ray releases on October 23rd, 2017 and the bilingual release is now getting a new trailer that showcases the cast and how it’s being adapted into German, which definitely works well.

Check out our review of the North American release from Funimation.

The series was directed by Takayuki Inagaki based on the scripts by Hiroshi Yamaguchi at Diomedia. The Japanese cast includes Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Kanata Age, Nozomi Yamamoto as Misora Whitale, Nao Tōyama as Lecty Eisenach, Iori Nomizu as Rico Flamel, Risa Taneda as Yuri Flostre, Yuuki Yamada as Chloe Sevegny, Saeko Zōgō as Freon Flamel and Tetsuya Kakihara as Lloyd Alwyn.

The title comes from Yu Moroboshi with artwork by Mikihiro Amami that began in 2013 and has ten volumes out since then. Not surprisingly, a manga adaptation kicked off as well back in summer 2014 in Monthly Comic Alive with Arisu Shidou handling that adaptation.

Plot Concept: The story is set in a world where humanity, driven off the land by the threat of magical armored insects, now live in aerial floating cities. Thus wizards – aerial combat mages who fight the insects with magical powers – came into being.

Kanata Age is a young man who lives on the floating wizard academy city of “Misutogan.” He was once celebrated as the “Black Master Swordsman,” the elite ace of the S128 special team. However, he is now despised as the “traitor of the special team.” One day, he is assigned as the instructor of E601, a team that has suffered 10 consecutive defeats. E601 has three girls – Misora Whitale, Lecty Eisenach, and Rico Flamel – with one or two peculiar quirks.

(C) 2017 サンカクヘッド／集英社・「干物妹！うまるちゃんR 」製作委員会

With Sentai Filmworks having picked up the second season of Himouto! Umaru-chan as expected, we’re now just waiting the small bit of time until it hits. Ahead of that TOHO has brought out a new TV spot for it to get us totally ramped up for its October 8th, 2017 Japanese debut.

Check out our review of the first season.

The anime adaptation of SankakuHead’s manga series was directed by Masahiko Ohta based on the scripts by Takashi Aoshima along with character designs by Aya Takano and was done at Dogakoba. Ohta, Aoshima and sound director Yasunori Ebina all worked together on Yuruyuri and a few of them on Kotoura-san.

The main cast is set to include Aimi Tanaka as Umaru Doma, Yurina Furukawa as Sylphynford Tachibana, Haruka Shiraishi as Kirie Motoba, Akari Kageyama as Nana Ebina, Kenji Nojima as Taihei Doma, Tetsuya Kakihara as Alex, Hiroki Yasumoto as Bonba and Ami Koshimizu as Kano.

The original manga series has nine volumes to its name so far. That property has been running since 2013 in Weekly Young Jump.

Plot Concept: To her classmates, Umaru Doma appears to be the perfect girl. She’s beautiful, friendly, and fashionable, earns top grades, and seems to be able to do any task asked of her with ease. She’s even humble and polite! However, if Umaru’s classmates could see her in the privacy of her home, they wouldn’t even recognize her.

Once she’s inside the door, the pretty clothes come off, the orange hamster hood goes on, and it’s time to pig-out on snack foods, binge-watch television, and play violent video games! This version of Umaru is everything that the public Umaru isn’t: she whines, rolls on the floor, leaves messes all over the apartment, and makes life miserable for her poor older brother, Taihei. Even the most guarded secrets have a way of being found out, and, as Umaru becomes even more obnoxious and outrageous, her two lives are bound to collide in disastrous fashion!

With a TV series coming this fall for The Ancient Magus’ Bride, Shochiku previously revealed that they’re handling the home video distribution for it and have set a pretty good schedule for it. With the first set about two months away they’ve now brought the first TV spot to remind fans to get their preorders in as the TV show itself is about to get underway. The twenty-four episode series is getting a four-volume release that begins on November 29th, 2017. Each set will have six episodes and will be priced at 18,000 yen. They’re all listed as limited editions and will be on Blu-ray only.

The series is based on the manga by manga creator Kore Yamazaki and set Norihiro Naganuma to direct it based on the script from Aya Takaha. Hirotaka Kato is working on the character designs for it.

Known as Mahou Tsukai no Yome in its original Japanese form, Seven Seas Entertainment acquired The Ancient Magus Bride manga back in 2014 for release. The manga series comes from Kore Yamazaki, their third professionally published work, and the first North American volume landed in May 2015. The series is currently being serialized in Monthly Comic Garden with six volumes have been released so far in Japan.

Plot concept: Hatori Chise is only 16, but she has lost far more than most. With neither family nor hope, it seems all doors are closed to her. But, a chance encounter began to turn the rusted wheels of fate. In her darkest hour, a mysterious magus appears before Chitose, offering a chance she couldn’t turn down. This magus who seems closer to demon than human, will he bring her the light she desperately seeks, or drown her in ever deeper shadows?

The Ancient Magus TV Japanese Blu-ray Volume 1 Cover

The Ancient Magus TV Japanese Blu-ray Volume 1 Packaging

The Ancient Magus TV Japanese Blu-ray Box 1 Cover

The Ancient Magus TV Japanese Blu-ray Box 1

[Source: The Ancient Magus’ Bride (Mahoutsukai no Yome)]

With a new series in the works in Japan it’s a good time to get reacquainted with the Basilisk anime series. The show is now shceduled for a new priced-down Blu-ray release in Japan that’s set to land on December 22nd, 2017. It’s priced at 14,904 yen and will come with a new box, a 24-page booklet, and will have 83 minutes worth of extras with music videos, clean opening and closing sequences, and interview sessions. .

Funimation previously released the anime over the years while Del Rey Manga initially brought out the manga before Kodansha Comics took it over and released it all digitally.

Original Concept: The Iga clan and the Kouga clan have been sworn enemies for more than four hundred years. Only the Hanzo Hattori truce has kept the two families from all-out war. Now, under the order of Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa, the truce has finally been dissolved. Ten ninja from each clan must fight to the death in order to determine who will be the next Tokugawa Shogun. The surviving clan will rule for the next thousand years.

But not all the clan members are in agreement. Oboro of the Iga clan and Gennosuke of the Kouga clan have fallen deeply in love. Now these star-crossed lovers have been pitted against each other. Can their romance conquer a centuries-old rivalry? Or is their love destined to end in death?

Basilisk Japanese Blu-ray Box Set Packaging

Basilisk Japanese Blu-ray Box Set Cover

[Source: Basilisk]

Funimation’s closing in on the end run of episodes for the simuldub pf Classroom of the Elite and they’re doing some extra promotion for it to draw in those that may do some binge watching. Known as Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu, the simuldub has set Apphia Yu as the ADR director and they’re working from scripts by Emily Neves. The main cast includes Justin Briner as Kiyotaka Ayanokoji, Felecia Angelle as Suzune Horikita, Sarah Wiedenheft as Kikyo Kushida, David Matranga as Manabu Horikita, Brandon McInnis ,as Ken Sudo, Travis Mullenix as Haruki Yamauchi, Aaron Dismuke as Kanji Ike, Christopher Wehkamp as Rokusuke Koenji, Dallas Reid as Yosuke Hirata, Bryn Apprill as Kei Karuizawa, Matt Shipman as Hideo Sotomura, Michelle Rojas as Maya Sato, Brittney Karbowski as Chiaki Matsushita, and Jennifer Alyx as Sae Chabashira.

The show set Seiji Kishi and Hiroyuki Hashimoto to direct it based on the series composition by Aoi Akashiro. Kazuaki Morita is on board to work on the character designs with studio Lerche handling the animation production.

The series comes from writer Shougo Kinugasa and artist Shunsaku Tomose that began in May 2015 with new volumes hitting regularly.

Plot concept: Kōdo Ikusei Senior High School, a leading prestigious school with state-of-the-art facilities where nearly 100% of students go on to university or find employment. The students there have the freedom to wear any hairstyle and bring any personal effects they desire. Kōdo Ikusei is a paradise-like school, but the truth is that only the most superior of students receive favorable treatment. The protagonist Kiyotaka Ayanokōji is a student of D-class, which is where the school dumps its “inferior” students in order to ridicule them. For a certain reason, Kiyotaka was careless on his entrance examination, and was put in D-class. After meeting Suzune Horikita and Kikyō Kushida, two other students in his class, Kiyotaka’s situation begins to change. Based from the popular light novel series of the same name!

The summer 2017 anime series Senki Zesshou Symphogear AXZ is having its home video release plans handled by King Records and they’ve set a fairly standard plan. With the second volume coming up on October 25th, 2017 we now have a look at that character cover for it and the series is definitely looking very appealing. The series is getting a six-volume release where the first five DVDs and Blu-ray’s are priced at 6,500 yen while the seventh with an extra episode is priced at 7,500 yen which began on September 27th, 2017.

The series was directed by Katsumo Ono, features character designs from Satoru Fujimoto and is animated by Satelight.

The Japanese cast includes Ai Kayano as Kirika Akatsuki, Aoi Yūki as Hibiki Tachibana, Ayahi Takagaki as Chris Yukine, Nana Mizuki as Tsubasa Kazanari, Yōko Hikasa as Maria Cadenzavna Eve and Yoshino Nanjō as Shirabe Tsukuyomi.

The franchise began back in 2012 with two more seasons coming in 2013 and 2015 respectively. Funimation originally streamed the first season of the series but passed on the others as they did not pursue a home video license. All three seasons also streamed on Crunchyroll.

Original concept: In a world where aliens known as “The Noise” threaten the earth, only one thing can protect the human race: the magical armor Symphogear. But in order to save their world, the Symphogear wearers will have to learn from the tragedies of the past.

Symphogear AXZ Japanese Volume 2 Cover

Symphogear AXZ Japanese Volume 1 Cover

[Source: Symphogear]

Saturday has arrived and the calendar continues to populate with new shows. Sort of. Crunchyroll’s calendar doesn’t have anything on the new side listed so once again we just have a look at what’s on their unlock for free from last week calendar with:

• 5:30am - MY HERO ACADEMIA SEASON 2
• 7:30am - CASE CLOSED
• 9:30am - FOX SPIRIT MATCHMAKER
• 1:30pm - THE REFLECTION
• 1:30pm - THE IDOLM@STER SIDE M
• 9:30pm - FOLKTALES FROM JAPAN SEASON 2
• 9:40pm - CARDFIGHT!! VANGUARD G NEXT
• 11:00pm - NANBAKA 

Funimation has three simuldub episodes going live today with:

HiDive doesn’t have anything on their schedule for today.