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Spring 2023

Ao no Orchestra

Nippon Animation
24 episodes · TV Upcoming The Blue Orchestra, 青のオーケストラ
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Hajime Aono used to live for the sound of his violin playing. Ever since he was young, he had admired his world-renowned violinist father, who inspired him to pick up the instrument himself. But following his parents' bitter divorce, Aono swears to never play again and heads for high school without a direction or a prospect.

During a physical education class, the unathletic Aono gets struck in the face with a ball and ends up in the infirmary. There, he meets the brash Ritsuko Akine who begins to play the violin in the room, believing she is alone. However, following a past incident, there have been rumors claiming that Akine is a bully, which has isolated her from her peers—a fact Aono was unaware of.

Akine dreams of enrolling in a school with an orchestra, but her amateurish playing and lack of musical knowledge grates on Aono immensely. Seeing this as a perfect opportunity for the two to become friends, their teacher suggests that Aono teaches Akine how to play the violin, something Aono is vehemently against. However, as the pair spends more time together, they soon learn to understand and help each other—and Aono may finally discover the lost passion and melody in his life.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Isekai One Turn Kill Neesan: Ane Douhan no Isekai Seikatsu Hajimemashita

Gekkou
? episodes · TV Upcoming My One-Hit Kill Sister, 異世界ワンターンキル姉さん ~姉同伴の異世界生活はじめました~
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"It wasn't me who was the strongest in another world, but my sister?!"

As a result of an accident in the real world, Asahi Ikusaba is transported to another world. He tries to enjoy the different world he imagined, but his abilities prove to be the weakest. Just as he's about to be attacked by a vicious monster, Asahi's doting elder sister Mayu comes into his rescue and saves him.

Chasing after Asahi's love, Mayu too ended up in the same world as him, with the strongest of abilities and cheat skills. The fantasy tale of the strongest elder sister with a brother complex and the younger brother with the weakest skills begins.

(Source: MAL News)

Isekai Shoukan wa Nidome desu

Studio Elle
12 episodes · TV Ongoing Summoned to Another World for a Second Time, Isenido, 異世界召喚は二度目です
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There was once a man who was summoned to another world, and saved it. Of course, he became too popular there, and turned into an isekai-normie. However, that man fell into a "trap" and was forcibly returned to his original world. Moreover, he had to start over as a baby!

This is the story of the way-too-fantastic ex-hero who lived as a gloomy high-schooler, as he gets summoned once again to that same other world in a very unexpected development!

(Source: Coolmic, edited)

Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni. 2

J.C.Staff
? episodes · TV Upcoming In Another World With My Smartphone 2, In Another World With My Smartphone 2nd Season, In a Different World with a Smartphone., 異世界はスマートフォンとともに。
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Second season of Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni.

Jijou wo Shiranai Tenkousei ga Guigui Kuru.

Studio Signpost
? episodes · TV Upcoming My Clueless First Friend, The Clueless Transfer Student Is Assertive., 事情を知らない転校生がグイグイくる。
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Opposites attract when a cheerful airhead meets the resident wallflower of his new class in this heartwarming, slice-of-life school comedy series!

One lonely, gloomy fifth-grade girl is the target of her classmates' relentless bullying and teasing—that is, until a new kid arrives on the scene. Friendly Takada is as clueless as he is well-meaning, but somehow he possesses the magic ability to start drawing "Grim Reaper" Nishimura out of her shell. As the elementary schoolers experience all the fun of a childhood summer together—from going to the pool to picking sunflowers to watching fireworks—an unusual friendship blossoms!

(Source: Square Enix)

Kaminaki Sekai no Kamisama Katsudou

Studio Palette
? episodes · TV Upcoming Kamikatsu, 神無き世界のカミサマ活動
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Yukito's parents are the leaders of a cult. After he gets sacrificed, he gets reincarnated into another world where religion doesn't exist and porn books are akin to a child's doodles. He finds that it's also a world where your life and death is decided by the country. While obstructing his friend's execution, both of them lose their lives. Just at that moment, the god of his religion comes to their world and revives them.

(Source: MU)

Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Bakuen wo!

Drive
12 episodes · TV Ongoing KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World!, この素晴らしい世界に爆焔を!
8.13

Crimson Magic Clan members Megumin and Yunyun are at the top of their class, but they still have a lot to learn. Yunyun's begun learning advanced magic, but Megumin has gone down a different path-the path of explosion magic! Despite being warned of its limited usefulness, Megumin believes explosion magic is the way for her to become a great, voluptuous wizard, and she won't be convinced otherwise!

(Source: Yen Press)

Mahou Shoujo Magical Destroyers

Bibury Animation Studios
? episodes · TV Completed Magical Girl Magical Destroyers, 魔法少女マジカルデストロイヤーズ
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Set in a dystopic near future where otaku culture in Japan has been obliterated by a mysterious organization known as "SSC", Magical Girl Destroyers follows the misadventures of Otaku Hero – a young revolutionary who loves otaku culture – and Anarchy, Blue, and Pink, a trio of magical girls who admire him. Together they struggle to create "a world where you can say what you like about what you like as much as you like

Source: Crunchyroll

Mashle

A-1 Pictures
? episodes · TV Upcoming Mashle: Magic and Muscles, マッシュル-MASHLE-
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To everyone else in his magic-dominated world, the young and powerless Mash Burnedead is a threat to the gene pool and must be purged. Living secretly in the forest, he spends every day training his body, building muscles strong enough to compete with magic itself! However, upon having his identity exposed and his peaceful life threatened, Mash begins his journey to becoming a "Divine Visionary," a role so powerful that society would have no choice but to accept his existence.

And so, in order to maintain his peaceful life, the magicless Mash enrolls in the prestigious Easton Magic Academy, competing against the children of some of the most powerful and elite in the realm. Lacking the very skill needed to survive at Easton, magic, Mash appears to already be at a disadvantage to his fellow classmates. In order to achieve his goals, Mash will have to fight his way through every trial using his fists alone, overcoming magic with muscles, all for the illustrious title of Divine Visionary!

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Niehime to Kemono no Ou

J.C.Staff
24 episodes · TV Ongoing Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts, 贄姫と獣の王
7.21

Seratus tahun yang lalu, terjadi perang besar antara umat manusia dan bangsa binatang. Setelah perang berakhir, sebuah tradisi tahunan diusulkan di mana pengorbanan seorang wanita akan diambil dari manusia untuk dimakan oleh Raja Binatang. Tradisi ini terus berlanjut saat korban ke-99, Sariphi yang berusia 15 tahun, dibawa dari desanya ke kerajaan Ozmargo, sebuah kerajaan yang dipenuhi racun di mana para makhluk buas tinggal dan manusia dilarang masuk.

Namun Sariphi tidak seperti pengorbanan sebelumnya. Optimisme dan kurangnya rasa takut terhadap binatang buas dan nasibnya mengejutkan sang Raja yang biasanya menakutkan. Penasaran dengan sang putri yang dikorbankan dan sejarahnya, ia mengizinkannya untuk bebas berkeliaran di sekitar kerajaan sampai malam wahyu meskipun ada potensi kemarahan. Tanpa disadari oleh Sariphi dan Raja, waktu singkat yang mereka habiskan bersama perlahan-lahan telah mempersiapkan sesuatu yang tak terbayangkan untuk masa depan Ozmargo.

Tonikaku Kawaii 2nd Season

Seven Arcs
? episodes · TV Hiatus TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You Season 2, Tonikawa: Over the Moon for You Season 2, トニカクカワイイ
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Second season of Tonikaku Kawaii.

Yamada-kun to Lv999 no Koi wo Suru

Madhouse
? episodes · TV Hiatus Loving Yamada at Lv999, My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999, 山田くんとLv999の恋をする
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After her boyfriend cheats on her with another girl he met in-game, Akane Kinoshita learns the hard way that gamer boyfriends can be just as bad as the offline variety. As she vents her anger by beating mob monsters to a pulp, she has a chance encounter with Akito Yamada, a guildmate with an afro and Noh mask.

Yamada is unsociable and curt, hardly the type of person to make Akane swoon. However, while his gaming stats might be maxed out, Yamada is inexperienced in matters of the heart, and against all odds, she finds herself moved by him. Making new friends along the way, can Akane shake the heart of Yamada, a final boss-level high school boy?

[Written by MAL Rewrite]