This series of shorts is set in a cozy host club called "Club One" a short distance from Shinjuku and follows the outlandish lives of people in the industry. 
(Source: Crunchyroll News, edited)

Meet Wada, who gives off an unapproachable vibe, and Yamamoto, who strikes fear into those around her because of her looks. Though the two girls attend separate high schools, they meet up at a shopping center’s food court almost every day. Take a little peek at the laid-back afternoons Wada and Yamamoto share as they reflect on the ups and downs of high school life together.

 
(Source: Crunchyroll)

We all need a chance to change our lives!

The story follows Miko Kurono, who began her dream career as a livestreamer under the name "Necronomico" after graduating middle school. Amidst spending her days with childhood friend Mayu Mayusaka and rival Kanna Kagurazaka, she's introduced to a new VR game project!? 
 
Upon encountering the game, the girls start pursuing the 'irreplacable now'.
 
(Source: Official site, translated)

To escape his tiring job, weary Murata finds escape at a nearby baseball stadium. While the games are thrilling, it’s Ruriko, the gyaru as cold as the beer she serves but secretly a sweetheart, who keeps him coming back. As her first regular, Murata discovers the warmth behind her frosty demeanor, and their hilarious, heartwarming encounters light up the ballpark and maybe even their hearts.
 
(Source: Crunchyroll)

One day, Kurt, a kind-hearted boy, is suddenly kicked out of the Hero's Party for being "useless". He finds that his aptitude for weapons, magic, and all other combat-related skills is the lowest rank, so he takes odd-jobs repairing the castle walls and digging for minerals to make a living, where his exceptional abilities are immediately revealed. He proves to be skillful in cooking, building, mining, crafting magical tools--in fact, his aptitude for every skill unrelated to combat had an SSS-ranking! Kurt, however, seems completely unaware to his talent and ends up saving people, the town, and even the country through his unaware actions!? 
 
(Source: Alpha Manga) 
Note: Each episode streamed 7 days early on some streaming services. The original TV broadcast started on April 6th, 2025.

The second season of Kakkou no Iinazuke. 
Umino Nagi and Amano Erika were born on the same day and swapped at birth. Nagi was raised as the son of a diner owner, and Erika the daughter of a hotel tycoon. Their parents encourage them to become engaged, and they begin life together. Soon though, infatuations arise as Nagi becomes stuck in a love quadrangle. Life and love are embroiled in epic turmoil as fate is set in motion once again!
 
(Source: Crunchyroll)

On the night of his 30th birthday, one man’s dreams of wielding magic come true after he unexpectedly passes away. He wakes as Sion, a young child in another world. He and his elder sister, Marie, are the children of a lower-class noble family who govern their region. After receiving conflicting messages from their father, Sion and Marie set out on an adventure to uncover the magic. 
 
(Source: Crunchyroll)

The story centers on the the titular Clevatess, the lord of Dark Beasts, who wields both uncanny intellect and destructive power. Frustrated by the 13 heroes tasked to destroy him, he has decided to be rid of humanity once and for all. However, he has been charged with one nuisance: he revived a hero he personally slayed and adopts an orphaned humanoid baby—the last hope to save a dying world. The world stands upon the brink of Armageddon, with the obligation of raising one child holding it all back. Now bound together, what fate awaits this unlikely trio? 
 
(Source: Anime News Network, Crunchyroll, edited)

Takuto Ira succumbed to illness at a young age and ended up reincarnating in a world that resembles the fantasy turn-based strategy game Eternal Nations. Not only did he reincarnate into his favorite game, but as the god who commands the evil civilization Mynoghra. With Mynoghra's beautiful hero unit, Sludge Witch Atou by his side, not even legendarily difficult race traits will stand in the way of restarting their civilization! “Lord Takuto…won't you start over with me?” Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate! A tactical fantasy world is waiting for heroes like you! Join Eternal Nations today!
 
(Source: Cross Infinite World)

On the picturesque island of Tonakijima with a population of only 600, Hana’s favorite pastime is reading literature to the island’s children. Her narration skills are second to none, and Mizuki, the president of the school’s broadcasting club immediately recognizes Hana’s ability to engage with others and draw them into her recitations. Invited by Mizuki to join the club, Hana embarks on a journey to discover her true love of reading — and maybe even change the course of her life along the way. 

(Source: HIDIVE)

Noel is the grandson of legendary Seeker Overdeath and dreams of surpassing his strength. But it turns out that Noel is nothing but a Talker, the weakest class of them all. Undeterred, he uses his silver tongue to gather allies, develop cunning strategies, and form the greatest clan around. Now, as the most notorious Talker, Noel will do whatever it takes to claim supremacy. 
 
(Source: Crunchyroll) 
Note: Each episode streamed a week in advance on some streaming services. The original TV broadcast started on October 7th, 2024.

Rumors stir throughout the land: when the wielder of the black sword draws his dark blade, all who stand in its path are torn asunder…! 
Köinzell, the mysterious young boy who carries the black sword, undeniably wields it with exceptional skill, but can he truly be responsible for the bloody rumors?
Pursued by the Traitorous Lances, four powerful warriors who were thought to have been defeated by the Seven Heroes, the strength of the young swordsman will be tested to its limit. At battle’s end, only the shocking truth of Köinzell’s quest will stand above the corpses of his enemies… 
An epic fantasy on the grandest of scales! 

(Source: Yen Press)

Six childhood friends make a vow one day to become treasure hunters, and eventually grow to be the strongest heroes in the world. During his first quest, Krai Andrey realizes he isn’t cut out for the job. Even so, his friends make him their leader. Underpowered in the face of great expectations, Krai embarks on a reluctant hero’s tale of glory, headaches, and wanting to retire early.
 
(Source: Crunchyroll)

Saneatsu Narita finds himself in a game of survival as half of the human population disappears each night!
 
The game began suddenly. It was "Tasuketsu", a brutal survival game in which the majority is eliminated. In order to fight back against the immensely powerful emperor masterminding the game, young men and women create their own futures using the mysterious special ability known as "Special Right." 
(Source: Crunchyroll, edited)

Kaito Takagi is a low status high schooler. A background mob character, you might say. He is just a low-level explorer who hunts slimes every day in the dungeons that appeared all around Japan, earning pocket money while admiring his childhood friend, the class queen, from afar. One day, a golden slime he had never seen appears before him. After he defeats it, it drops an extremely rare item, worth hundreds of millions, a card that can summon mythical beings!! After he decides to activate the summon, a warrior maiden with unparalleled beauty appears.
 
Rise above the mob, Kaito! A modern battle fantasy story has begun!
 
(Source: Hobby Japan, translated)

College student Tokiwa gets invited to a mixer by his female classmate Suo. But when he arrives with his friends, they're greeted by three dazzlingly handsome men?! But as the two groups get to know each other, they find themselves getting closer in unexpected ways. 
(Source: MANGA UP!) 
Note: Each episode streamed 1 week early on ABEMA. The original TV broadcast started on October 4th 2024.

The second season of Jidou Hanbaiki ni Umarekawatta Ore wa Meikyuu wo Samayou.

Jun Shirasaki’s love life takes a wild turn when he finds himself caught between the Jinguji twins—his childhood friends who are as different as night and day. Rumi, the older sister, pairs a boyish charm with a maiden’s heart, while Naori combines girlish looks with her deep love for otaku culture. As feelings grow and confusion mounts, Jun must navigate this unexpected love triangle next door. 

(Source: Crunchyroll)

Anime adaptation of Hana-Doll*, a 2.5D idol franchise. In the story of the idol project, the "Hana Ningyou Project" (Flower Doll Project) exists to artificially create the "perfect idol" by implanting a special flower seed inside a body. The franchise follows the growth of young men who dedicate their lives to the project. The anime will adapt the "first season" of the drama CD series, titled "Flowering". 
(Source: Anime News Network, edited)

Jill breaks out of prison the night before she’s set to be executed by her fiancé, Crown Prince Gerald. She’s struck by an arrow while escaping, but instead of dying, she’s transported six years into the past—to the night she and Gerald met. Desperate to alter fate, she instead proposes to the first man she sees, Hadis Teos Rave, her enemy in the future. This is her last chance to get it right! 
 
(Source: Crunchyroll)

Uryuu Kamihate is a high school student striving to enter Kyoto University’s medical school. After being raised at an orphanage, Uryuu is taken in by the chief priest at Amagami Shrine, where he begins to live as a freeloader—and to cohabit with Yae, Yuna, and Asahi, the three beautiful shrine maiden sisters! What’s more, the condition he must meet in order to live at the shrine for free is to marry into the family and inherit the shrine! How will Uryuu overcome his marriage meetings with the three sisters as well as the many challenges that Amagami Shrine faces? So begins a miraculous rom-com about living under the same roof with three shrine maidens! 
 
(Source: Crunchyroll, edited)

The second season of Spy Kyoushitsu.
 
Four members of the Din Republic's spy team Lamplight embark on a mission to capture an enemy spy. Although they struggle to work together due to their clashing personalities, Thea, Monika, Erna, and Annett complete their objective. While enjoying a short break, the four girls encounter a woman named Matilda, who claims to be Annett's mother. As they get to know Matilda, the team is dragged into an escalating conflict that tests their teamwork and allegiances.
 
Meanwhile, the remaining Lamplight members notice that the dispatched squad has yet to report back. Worried about their allies, Klaus and Lily set out on an emergency expedition to locate their missing teammates. As the two uncover troubling information about rising tensions in the area where their friends last were, they must act quickly to reassemble the team before the mission reaches the point of no return.
 
(Source: MAL Rewrite)

Making up for her sins in a past life as the evil princess Elise, Aoi Takamoto dedicates her life to saving people as a doctor. But a fatal accident cuts her atonement short and suddenly she’s back to her previous life, 10 years before her death! Will her foresight and medical brilliance help her change her past ways and heal an ailing empire, or is fate doomed to repeat itself?
 
(Source: Crunchyroll)

The second season of Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! 
 
Everything has been going according to plan, but the hour of awakening draws near. Cid Kagenou and Shadow Garden investigate the Lawless City, a cesspool where the red moon hangs low in the sky and three powerful monarchs rule the streets. The true draw for Cid, however, is one who can draw blood–the Blood Queen, a vampire who has slumbered in her coffin for eons. Her awakening approaches, and Cid could finally face a day of reckoning. 
 
(Source: HIDIVE, edited)
 
Note: A world premiere screening of Episode 1 was shown in the The Eminence in Shadow 2nd Season panel at Anime Expo on July 1, 2023.

Yuki Tanaka is a VTuber at Live-On, one of Japan’s largest VTuber companies, as the polite and ladylike Awayuki Kokorone. One day, she forgets to end the stream, and viewers see her real personality—irreverent, improper, and prone to imbibing after a long day. Yuki is surprised to find that her accident caused her rankings to multiply, so she doubles down and gets to work. She’ll be a star yet! 
(Source: Crunchyroll)

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