AsianCrush Is Streaming the Girl’s High Anime

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The Fandom Post is reporting that AsianCrush has added the Girl’s High anime to its service. All 12 episodes are available for streaming.

The story of Girl’s High is described as:

Three girls, Eriko, Yuma, and Ayano, are excited about starting their first day of high school. They get so excited that they break the rules before even starting by touring the school before the school’s opening ceremony. They find out their original notions about the all female school may not be as true as they were thinking. However, Eriko and her friends are joined by more new friends. They all work hard to get through high school life together.

Source: The Fandom Post

HIDIVE to Stream the Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul Anime Film

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The Fandom Post is reporting that HIDIVE will begin streaming the Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul anime film on June 28, 2021. The film will be available with both a sub and a dub in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, and Central and South America.

The story of the film is described as:

Dawn of the Deep Soul continues the epic adventure of plucky Riko and Reg who are joined by their new friend Nanachi. Together they descend into the Abyss’ treacherous fifth layer, the Sea of Corpses, and encounter the mysterious Bondrewd, a legendary White Whistle whose shadow looms over Nanachi’s troubled past. Bondrewd is ingratiatingly hospitable, but the brave adventurers know things are not always as they seem in the enigmatic Abyss…

Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul opened in Japanese theaters in January 2020.

Source: The Fandom Post

ABLAZE Publishing Reveals Two New Manga Titles for August / September 2021 Release

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ABLAZE has announced plans to publish two new entries in its expanding manga catalog with the August 2021 release of the e-sports inspired Versus Fighting Story, by writer Izu and artists, Madd and Kalon, followed by the September 2021 debut of the zombie survival-horror adventure, Crueler Than Dead, by Tsukasa Saimura and Kozo Takahashi. Both titles will debut in print and digitally.

VERSUS FIGHTING STORY

The first manga dedicated to the world of e-sports competition.

Max Volta, leader of a team of professional players, launches an assault on the Capcom Pro Tour, one of the major international competitions for Street Fighter V. Everything does not happen as expected for the arrogant and overconfident Max… even after being named top pick to win the tournament, he suffers a crushing defeat. Max takes it out on his friends, which leads to his sponsors pulling out. He is afraid his career is over. But then the mysterious Inés offers to return to the basics of “VS fighting” and put together a team capable of beating the Japanese god of fighting games…and which will cause a storm in the world of professional gaming.

Whether you’re a beginner or a combat game specialist, you’ll enjoy taking a dive into the heart of the competition in this humorous adventure and its gallery of colorful characters. Officially endorsed by Capcom and the fighting game community, featuring genuine Street Fighter characters, and produced in the vein of the best sports shonen, readers are invited to discover the e-sport spirit as they have never seen it before.

CRUELER THAN DEAD

No one knows where it started… but when the world finally realized what was going on, it was already too late.

When Maki Akagi wakes up in a lab full of corpses, she learns from a dying soldier that she is the result of a last-ditch experiment to cure humans of a virus turning them into zombies. Accompanied by a young boy who also miraculously escaped, she will have to try to get to the very center of a devastated Tokyo filled with bloodthirsty monsters. The dome located there contains the last survivors of mankind. And humanity’s very survival depends solely on a few drops of this miraculous vaccine…

Inspired by Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira), The Walking Dead, Romero classics, and new zombie films like 24 Hours Later, Crueler Than Dead delights in the meticulous detail of decomposed flesh, with a wicked and hungry eye… evoking a modern vision of a zombie world that is terrifying and tension filled.

Netflix to Stream the Sailor Moon Crystal Anime on July 1, 2021

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Netflix is listing that the Sailor Moon Crystal anime will begin streaming on the service on July 1, 2021. The service lists that “seasons” of the anime will premiere on that day.

Neflix began streaming the two-part Pretty Guardians Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie (Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon Eternal) anime film project worldwide on June 3, 2021. The two-part film project takes the place of a fourth season for Sailor Moon Crystal. The films cover the “Dead Moon” arc of Takeuchi’s original manga.

The third Sailor Moon Crystal season, which featured a new staff and focused on the Death Busters arc (also called the Infinity arc), premiered in April 2016. Crunchyroll, Niconico, and Hulu streamed the season. The three services and others streamed the first two Sailor Moon Crystal seasons overseas as they debuted online in Japan.

VIZ Media licensed all three seasons of Sailor Moon Crystal for release in North America.

Source: ANN

FUNimation Entertainment to Simulcast The Honor Student at Magic High School Anime

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FUNimation Entertainment has announced that it will simulcast The Honor Student at Magic High School (Mahōka Kōkō no Yūtōsei: The honour at magic high school) anime in partnership with Aniplex of America for the Summer 2021 anime season.

Hideki Tachibana is directing the anime at studio CONNECT. Takashi Watanabe is the assistant director. Tsuyoshi Tamai is writing and overseeing the series scripts, and Ryōsuke Yamamoto and Takao Sano are adapting Kana Ishida’s designs for animation. Taku Iwasaki is returning from the previous works in the franchise to compose the music.

The Honor Student at Magic High School is scheduled to premiere on Japanese television on July 3, 2021.

Source: ANN

Let’s Make a Mug Too Anime to Get a Second Season in October 2021

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The official website for the Let’s Make a Mug Too anime has confirmed that the series will get a second season titled Yakunara Mug Cup Mo Niban Kamo (Let’s Make a Mug Too: Second Kiln) in October 2021. The main cast and staff are returning for the new season.

Jun Kamiya is directing the anime at Nippon Animation. Naruhisa Arakawa is writing and supervising the series scripts. Ayano Yoshioka is designing the characters and also serving as the chief animation director. Tajimi and its tourism association are both collaborating on the anime.

Crunchyroll simulcast the Let’s Make a Mug Too anime as it aired in Japan.

Source: ANN

Horimiya Manga to Get a Special One-Shot Epilogue Chapter in July 2021

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The July 2021 issue of Square Enix’s Monthly G Fantasy magazine has announced that Daisuke Hagiwara’s Horimiya manga will have a special one-shot chapter in the magazine’s next issue on July 16, 2021. The new one-shot will have a story that takes place immediately after Hori and Miyamura graduate.

The story of the manga is described as:

At first glance, the ultra-popular Hori-san seems like a frivolous high school girl, but in reality, she’s plain, pragmatic, and family-oriented. On the other hand, the bespectacled Miyamura-kun comes across as an average, gloomy high school fanboy, but he’s actually an attractive young man who has a bad-boy streak and is covered in piercings and tattoos. When these two unexpectedly similar classmates have a random run-in outside of the classroom, a bubbly, sweet tale of school life begins.

Hagiwara launched Horimiya in Monthly G Fantasy in 2011 as an adaptation of HERO’s Hori-san to Miyamura-kun four-panel school comedy manga, and ended it on March 18, 2021. Yen Press publishes the manga in English.

Source: ANN

Hard-Boiled Cop and Dolphin Manga Ends

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This year’s 30th issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine has published the final chapter of Ryūhei Tamura’s Hard-Boiled Cop and Dolphin (Shakunetsu no Nirai Kanai) manga.

The story of the manga is described as:

Meet hard-boiled cop Boyle Samejima. He’s just been assigned to the remote Ogasawara Islands. There he finds co-workers, a mysterious young girl and a dolphin for a partner? Cop x girl x ocean. Welcome to the craziest hard-boiled cop story you’ll ever read.

Hard-Boiled Cop and Dolphin debuted in last year’s 30th issue of the magazine, which shipped in June 2020. VIZ Media and MANGA Plus are both publishing the manga in English.

Source: ANN

Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō Manga to End in July 2021

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The August 2021 issue of Akita Shoten’s Champion RED magazine has announced that Chimaki Kuori’s Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō spin-off manga will end in the magazine’s next issue on July 19, 2021.

The story of the manga is described as:

In the wake of a space-wide civil war instigated by Saga–the Gemini Gold Saint–a new team of Saints comes together with the goal of protecting their goddess Athena. This first all-woman team of armored warriors, powered by the Zodiac, will use their cunning, strength, and compassion to defend their worlds and oppose their very destinies.

Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō launched in Champion RED magazine in 2013. Seven Seas Entertainment is publishing the manga in English.

Source: ANN

Crunchyroll Adds The Saga of Tanya the Evil: Operation Desert Pasta Anime Short

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Crunchyroll began streaming The Saga of Tanya the Evil: Operation Desert Pasta anime short on June 19, 2021. The 17-minute short debuted during a livestreamed event for the franchise.

The story of the series is described as:

High above the blood- and mud-soaked trenches, a young girl pits herself against army mages in high stakes aerial duels with bullets, spells, and bayonets. Her name is Tanya Degurechaff and she is the Devil of the Rhine, one of the greatest soldiers the Empire has ever seen. But inside her mind lives a ruthless, calculating ex-salaryman who enjoyed a peaceful life in Japan until he woke up in a war-torn world. Reborn as a destitute orphaned girl with nothing to her name but memories of a previous life, Tanya will do whatever it takes to survive, even if she can find it only behind the barrel of a gun.

The first season of The Saga of Tanya the Evil premiered in Japan in 2017. Crunchyroll simulcast the series as it aired, and FUNimation Entertainment streamed an English dub. The anime also had a film that opened in Japan in February 2019. Crunchyroll screened the film in the United States in May 2019, and began streaming it in September 2019. A second season of the anime was announced during the livestreamed event on June 19, 2021.

Source: ANN