The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity Gets Anime Adaptation from CloverWorks

 

An anime based on Saka Mikami's manga series Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity (Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku) is scheduled to debut in 2025. The series is being animated by Studio CloverWorks, and a teaser trailer showcasing Kaoruko Waguri and Rintaro Tsumugi, the two main characters, was also published. The voice actors and other employees have not yet been disclosed.

The manga series The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity (Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku) was created by Saka Mikami. In October 2021, it started to serialise on Kodansha's Magazine Pocket manga website and app. There are already 13 volumes in print, and the 14th volume is scheduled for release on October 9 of this year.

The manga is being published in print by Kodansha, and there are presently two volumes available. The first volume is described as follows:

Chidori High is a boys’ school that takes in the dregs of society with the lowest grades. Next door stands Kikyo Girls’ High, where the wealthy, high-class families send their precious daughters. Chidori second-year Rintaro, who has a fierce face but a gentle heart, is helping at his family’s patisserie when he meets a girl named Kaoruko. The two hit it off right away…but this blissful peace is quickly disturbed when Rintaro discovers that Kaoruko is actually a student at Kikyo. Worse, she doesn’t seem to realize what a huge problem this really is! Will these two be able to forge a path for themselves, and sidestep the traps (metaphorical and literal) laid by their classmates?

In addition, Mikami unveiled a commemorative artwork commemorating the launch of the anime:

I’m Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class reveals the January premiere, new cast, and first trailer

 

The first trailer, four new cast members, and the January 2025 launch date for the anime I'm Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class were unveiled. The animation is overseen by Studios Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ, with Hiroyuki Oshima serving as director.

With Shogo Sakata portraying Saito Hojo, Hinaki Yano voices Akane Sakuramori. The announcement stated that Hinaki Yano will sing the last song.

The new cast additions include:

• Sayumi Suzushiro as Himari Ishikura
• Nene Hieda as Shisei Hojo
• Hochu Otsuka as Tenryu Hojo
• Fumi Hirano as Chiyo Sakuramori

The teaser image for the anime was released in June. The following people make up the core cast of the anime I'm Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class:

• Director: Hiroyuki Oshima
• Series Composition: Tatsuya Takahashi
• Character Design: Nanako Tatsu
• Music: Alisa Okehazama
• Animation: Studio Gokumi​​​,​ AXsiZ
• Production: EGG FIRM

 

Together with the artist of the manga adaptation, mosskonbu, the original novel's illustrator Nanami Narumi will create the anime's character designs. An overview of the anime:

High school student Hojo Saito marries his classmate, Sakuramori Akane, the girl who had been his worst enemy in school. “If you tell the rest of the class we’re married, I’ll kill you” “I don’t want them to know either. There’s no point in that.”

Their newlywed life isn’t going so well, and they are constantly at odds. However, as they progress through their daily lives, the distance between them closes, they have more enjoyable moments together, and they gradually come to understand one another.

Saito learns about Akane’s cute side, which he never saw before, and Akane gradually begins to recognize the feelings that she’d been keeping inside… The heart-throbbing newlywed life of two people who just can’t seem to be honest with each other begins here!

Seiju Amano is the author of the light novel series I'm Marrying a Girl I Hate in My Class (Class no Daikirai na Joshi to Kekkon suru Koto ni Natta), while Nanami Narumi is the illustrator. Media Factory began serialising the manga in December 2020, and as of November 2023, eight volumes had been published. Additionally, mosskonbu has illustrated a manga adaption.

Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga Unveils New Trailer

 

A new trailer for Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga was released. On October 5, the anime will make its broadcast debut and run for two straight episodes. When presenting the material, Nobuhiko Okamoto and Jun Fukuyama promised "the darkest part of the story" to yet. The trailer features Reol's opening song, "RE RESCUE":

The next Blue Night Saga and the next chapter in the Blue Exorcist franchise are being animated by Studio VOLN and are scheduled to debut in January 2025. Character designer and chief animation director Yurie Ohigashi is working with director Daisuke Yoshida on the Beyond the Snow Saga. The series composition is under the direction of Toshiya Ono. The soundtrack is being composed by Kohta Yamamoto and Hiroyuki Sawano. The following are the new arc's theme songs:

• Opening: “Re Rescue” by Reol
• Ending: “Tsurara” by Yobahi

The anime Blue Exorcist is based on a manga written by Kazue Katou. It began serialisation in Jump Square magazine in 2009, and in the spring of 2011, A-1 Pictures released an anime adaptation of it. The first season concluded with an original anime arc. The second season, Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga, debuted in the winter of 2017. It kept the manga's plot unchanged and disregarded the prequel's anime-only arc. In 2011, a companion piece named Blue Exorcist: Kuro's Trip Away From Home had its DVD special debut. There is also a two-episode OVA for the second season. Another A-1 Pictures-animated side story was added to the franchise in 2011. Among the anime series' principal cast members are:

• Nobuhiko Okamoto as Rin Okumura
• Jun Fukuyama as Yukio Okumura
• Kana Hanazawa as Shiemi Moriyama
• Eri Kitamura as Izumo Kamiki
• Kazuya Nakai as Ryuji Suguro
• Hiroshi Kamiya as Memphisto Pheles
• Kouji Yusa as Renzo Shima
• Yuki Kaji as Konekomaru Miwa
• Ono Daisuke as Arthur Auguste Angel

The manga is available to read on MangaPLUS:

Raised by Father Fujimoto, a famous exorcist, Rin Okumura never knew his real father. One day a fateful argument with Father Fujimoto forces Rin to face a terrible truth–the blood of the demon lord Satan runs in Rin’s veins! Rin swears to defeat Satan, but doing that means entering the mysterious True Cross Academy and becoming an exorcist himself. Can Rin fight demons and keep his infernal bloodline a secret? It won’t be easy, especially when drawing his father’s sword releases the demonic power within him!

Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online reveals ReoNa's opening in the latest trailer

 

Ahead of its October 4 premiere date, Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online Season 2 unveiled a new trailer and key image at today's Aniplex Online Fest. The adaptation is being animated by Studio A-1 Pictures, who previously owned Studio 3Hz. Yosuke Kuroda is responsible for the series composition, Yoshio Kozakai is the character designer, and Masayuki Sakoi is the director. The rest of the staff is unchanged. The new trailer includes ReoNa "GG"'s opening theme song:

The principal ensemble is coming back:

• Yoko Hikasa as Pitohui
• Tomori Kusunoki as LLENN
• Kazuyuki Okitsu as M
• Chinatsu Akasaki as Miyu Shinohara/Fukaziroh

 

Dengeki Maoh magazine published by ASCII MediaWorks serialised a manga adaptation with illustrations by Tadadi Tamori from 2015 to 2021. Compilation was done in four volumes. Yen Press, who licensed the manga as well, outlines the story as follows:

Karen Kohiruimaki always felt out of place in the real world. Due to her extreme height, she found it hard to make friends with other girls her age. Everything changes when she’s introduced to VR and Gun Gale Online. In GGO, Karen is free to play the cute, chibi avatar of her dreams! Can Karen find friendship in this bullet-ridden MMO…?

Twelve episodes from the first season broadcast in the spring of 2018. A sequel was revealed in July of last year. The anime adapts the light novel Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online by Reki Kawahara and Keiichi Sigsawa (licensed in English by Yen Press). The Dengeki Bunko imprint is still in use for the light novel. 

Solo Leveling Season 2 Releases in January 2025 and features a new key visual

 

The anime Solo Levelling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- has a new key image and a confirmed release date of January 2025. November will see the release of the first two episodes as the ReAwakening motion picture. It has been revealed that Crunchyroll will stream the animation produced by Studio A-1 Pictures outside of Japan.

Taito Ban and Reina Ueda were there when the announcement was made during the Aniplex Online Fest event.

The first teaser, which featured Hiroyuki SAWANO's song "4eVR" from the original soundtrack, was already made public.

Staff members of Solo Levelling Season 2 anime include:

• Director: Shunsuke Nakashige
• Series Composition: Noboru Kimura
• Character Designer: Tomoko Sudo
• Sub-Character Designer: Chiaki Kozumi
• Monster Designer: Hirotaka Takuda
• Prop Design: Soutarou Shiraishi
• Action Director: Yoshihiro Kanno, Hirokatsu Maruyama
• Main Animator: Takafumi Tori, Kaito Hashimoto, Hajime Nakagawa
• Art Director: Yasuhiro Okumura
• Color Design: Naomi Nakano
• Director of Photography: Daichi Iseki
• CG Director: Toshitaka Morioka
• Motion Graphics: Hiromu Oshiro (Production I.G.)
• Editing: Yuji Kondo
• Sound Director: Ryo Tanaka
• Music: Hiroyuki Sawano
• Animation Production: A-1 Pictures

The h-goon adaptation of Chugong and DUBU's Solo Levelling webtoon from REDICE Studio served as the inspiration for the anime. Streaming on Crunchyroll, the narrative is explained as follows:

They say whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, but that’s not the case for the world’s weakest hunter Sung Jinwoo. After being brutally slaughtered by monsters in a high-ranking dungeon, Jinwoo came back with the System, a program only he could see, that’s leveling him up in every way. Now, he’s inspired to discover the secrets behind his powers and the dungeon that spawned them.

The core cast of Season 1 included Shunsuke Nakashige as director, Tomoko Sudo as character designer, Kevin Penkin as music composer, and Noboru Kimura as head of series composition. Season 1 aired for 12 episodes from January to April 2024.

Howl's Moving Castle Returns to Theatres, with a 20th anniversary visual and trailer revealed by GKIDS

 

This month, GKIDS is celebrating Hayao Miyazaki's 20th anniversary by re-releasing Howl's Moving Castle in American theatres. To mark the occasion, the company has also unveiled a new poster and teaser. It is a part of their continuing Ghibli Fest 2024, which has already screened a number of films and will screen a few more before the year is over.

The following is the schedule:

• Thursday, September 26 at 7:00 PM (Japanese version)
• Friday, September 27 at 7:00 (English version)
• Saturday, September 28 at 7:00 PM (Japanese version)
• Sunday, September 29 at 3:00 and 7:00 PM (English version)
• Monday, September 30 at 7:00 PM (Japanese version)
• Tuesday, October 1 at 7:00 PM (English version)
• Wednesday, October 2 at 7:00 PM (Japanese version)
• Thursday, October 3 at 7:00 PM (English version)

 

At Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki wrote and directed the 2004 film Howl's Moving Castle, which had its premiere in Japan. The music was composed by Joe Hisaishi. Diana Wynne Jones, a British novelist, wrote the book that served as the basis for the film. The following people provide the voices in the anime film:

• Howl – Takuya Kimura (Japanese) / Christian Bale (English)
• Young Sophie – Chieko Baisho (Japanese) / Emily Mortimer (English)
• Old Sophie – Chieko Baisho (Japanese) / Jean Simmons (English)
• Witch of the Waste – Akihiro Miwa (Japanese) / Lauren Bacall (English)
• Suliman – Haruko Kato (Japanese) / Blythe Danner (English)
• Markl – Ryunosuke Kamiki (Japanese) / Josh Hutcherson (English)
• Calcifer – Tatsuya Gashuin (Japanese) / Billy Crystal (English)

 

GKIDS explains the narrative:

Sophie, a quiet girl working in a hat shop, finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome but mysterious wizard named Howl. The vain and vengeful Witch of the Waste, jealous of their friendship, puts a curse on Sophie and turns her into a 90-year-old woman. On a quest to break the spell, Sophie climbs aboard Howl’s magnificent moving castle and into a new life of wonder and adventure. But as the true power of Howl’s wizardry is revealed, Sophie finds herself fighting to protect them both from a dangerous war of sorcery that threatens their world. Featuring the voice talents of Lauren Bacall, Christian Bale, Billy Crystal, Blythe Danner, Emily Mortimer, and Jean Simmons.

This year, theatres will exhibit additional Studio Ghibli films, such as My Neighbour Totoro, Pom Poko, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, and Kiki's Delivery Service.

I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years Season 2 Highlights Shalsha and Falfa in the Latest Trailer

 

I've reached my maximum level after 300 years of killing slimes. A third character trailer for the second season of the anime has been released, and it features both Falfa and Shalsha. Under the direction of Kunihisa Sugishima, Studio Teddy is producing animation. In 2025, the anime will make its debut.

Minami Tanaka provides the voice of Shalsha, and Sayaka Senbongi plays Falfa. Watch the trailer for it below:

Laika and Azusa have their own character trailers before the two. In addition to director Kunihisa Sugishima, the primary cast members are character designer Hikaru Kodama, writer Naohiro Fukushima, and musician Keiji Inai. The anime's voice cast in its entirety consists of:

• Aoi Yuki as Azusa
• Kaede Hondo as Laika
• Sayaka Sembongi as Falfa
• Minami Tanaka as Shalsha
• Manami Numakura as Beelzebub
• Azumi Waki as Flatorte
• Riho Sugiyama as Rosalie
• Yukari Tamura as Pecora
• Yui Ogura as Sandra
  

First season of I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level debuted in April 2021, animated by Revoroot. The light book series by Kisetsu Morita (story) and Benio (art) served as the inspiration for the anime. As of August 9, there have been 25 releases of the novel. Crunchyroll streams the animation, and Yen Press licenses the English version of the novel.

The story follows Azusa, who dies of overworking and gets reincarnated as an undying witch in another world. She decides to be as free as she can, only hunting slimes. Little did she know that hunting slimes for centuries would still make her an overpowered isekai protagonist.

Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom reveals the Tokihito Saiga illustration

 

Illustrator Tokihito Saiga has created new artwork for the upcoming film Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom. On September 13, the film debuted in Japan's IMAX theatres. On September 20, it will make its national debut in Japan. On November 8, it will arrive in North America.

At MADHOUSE studio, Naoyuki Ito is directing the film, and Satoshi Tasaki is the principal animator and character designer. The script is being worked on by Yukie Sugawara. The music is being composed by Shuji Katayama. Overlord: OxT will make a comeback in the Sacred Kingdom film, along with a brand-new theme tune called "WHEELER-DEALER":

 

Volumes 12–13 of the light novel will be adapted for the third Overlord film. Although the arc was not featured in the fourth season, its events should have occurred around the 8th episode. The first two movies are recaps of the first and second seasons of the anime. They are titled The Undead King and The Dark Hero. Both came out in 2017.

2.5 Dimensional Seduction Arrives At Summer Comic Con With A Second Cour Trailer

 

The second season of the 2.5 Dimensional Seduction anime will air this autumn, and a new trailer introducing the Summer Comiket storyline has been released. English subtitles are streamed via HIDIVE, and the animation is done by Studio J.C. Staff.

Additionally, the new theme tunes were disclosed. "Tsugihagi no Tsubasa," the new opening song, is performed by Soraru. The primary female cast of the musical performs the closing song, "Release Sigh." It consists of Noa (CV: Sayumi Suzushiro), Aria Kisaki (CV: Sayumi Watabe), Ririsa Amano (CV: Kaori Maeda), and Mikari Tachibana (CV: Akari Kito).

As Yoichi Higarashi, Junichi Suwabe joined the voice cast.The four girls were included in the anime's earlier images as well.

Hideki Okamoto is the director of 2.5 Dimensional Seduction, Takao Yoshioka is in charge of the series composition, Tomoyuki Shitaya is in charge of character design, and Hiroaki Tsutsumi is in charge of music. The remaining voice actors for the anime are as follows:

    Masamune Okumura, played by Junya Enoki
    753♡ Aya Yamane
    Tomokazu Sugita as Ogino, Yuka Nukui as Magino, and M・A・O as Mayuri Hanyu

Since June 2019, Yu Hashimoto has been writing and drawing the manga 2.5 Dimensional Seduction, which is serialised on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ manga service. The English manga was licensed by Seven Seas, and HIDIVE tells the tale:

Okumura, the otaku president of his school’s manga club, has absolutely no interest in real girls and prefers the sexy fictional 2D manga character, Liliel. However, when the new school year begins, he discovers the club has a new member: Ririsa. She not only has a passion for cosplay but considers Lilliel her favorite character. They quickly bond and when Ririsa convinces Okumura to be her photographer, the line between 2D and 3D blurs.

The "Undead" music video by YOASOBI is revealed

The music video for Monogatari: Off Season & Monster Season's "Undead" song was unveiled by YOASOBI. Characters and artwork from the anime series are included in the song video. The music video was directed by Ijigen Tokyo's Toshitaka Shinoda, while Shu Horiuchi (.MP) served as the art director.

For "Undead," YOASOBI's Ayase was in charge of the arrangement, lyrics, and music. In addition to vocalist Ikura, background chorus vocalists Haley Lewis, Missy Suzki, Leona Ortiz, Dylan Ortiz, and Jonas Whitaker are listed in the video credits. Their lyrics are credited to Konnie Aoki.

Theme songs for television programs including BEASTARS, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, and Oshi no Ko have made YOASOBI well-known to lovers of anime. Producer Ayumu and singer-songwriter Ikura make up the pair.

July 1, 2024, saw the release of the song. Monogatari's latest season debuted on July 7, one week later. The song was first listed as one of the theme songs, but it was eventually revealed that it would be the theme music for the conclusion. Nadeko Sengoku and Yotsugi Ononoki are voiced by Kana Hanazawa and Saori Hayami, who also perform the opening theme, "Caramel Ribbon Cursetard."