Anime Japan 2023: Announcements and Highlights

TONIKAWA: Over the Moon For You, Season Two

With the second season set to premiere next week (April 7th), the second season of the anime adaption based on Kenijiro Hata’s TONIKAWA: Over the Moon For You has a brand new trailer, highlighting a new opening theme performed by NEKO HACKER (featuring Seiyuu Yuzaki Tsukasa) titled Setsuna no Chikai. The second season will also be part of Crunchyroll’s simulcast.

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Jujutsu Kaisen Season Two

Image Credit: Gege Akutami/MAPPA/Shueisha Inc.

It’s another big season fans have been looking forward to, and that’s the second season of Jujutsu Kaisen. Better get ready. Because we’re going back to 2006, Gojo and Geto’s time in Jujutsu High School. The new stage event revealed new information about the staff and cast and brought up a new trailer and visual. The new season is set to debut on July 7th, here is a list of the cast and staff, according to Crunchyroll:

  • Satoru Gojo voiced by Yuichi Nakamura (Hawks in My Hero Academia)
  • Suguru Geto voiced by Takahiro Sakurai (Reigen in Mob Psycho 100)
  • Shoko Ieiri voiced by Aya Endo (Komugi in Hunter x Hunter (2011))
  • Riko Amanai voiced by Anna Nagase (Ushio in Summer Time Rendering)
  • Toji Fushiguro voiced by Takehito Koyasu (Zeke in Attack on Titan)

Staff:

  • Director: Shouta Goshozono (JUJUTSU KAISEN episode 17 key animator)
  • Series Composer: Hiroshi Seko (JUJUTSU KAISEN  season one)
  • Character Design: Tadashi Hiramatsu ​​(JUJUTSU KAISEN season one), Sayaka Koiso (JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 chief animation director)
  • Assistant Director: Ryota Aikei
  • Art Director: Junichi Higashi
  • Color Design: Eiko Matsushima
  • CGI Producer: Yusuke Tannawa
  • 3DCG Director: Daisuke Ishikawa (Monster’s Egg)
  • Compositing: Teppei Ito
  • Editing: Keisuke Yanagi
  • Music: Yoshimasa Terui
  • Sound Director: Yasunori Ebina
  • Sound Production: dugout
  • Animation Production: MAPPA
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My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU

Image Credit: Wataru Wataru, Shogakukan / OREGAIRU Production Committee

It’s hard to believe that My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU is celebrating its tenth anniversary. The Special Stage Event for the series revealed an Anniversary Visual to commemorate the occasion. The latest installment, titled My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU: Climax OVA, will be bundled with a limited edition of the upcoming video game, based on the franchise set to debut on April 27th for Playstation 4/Nintendo Switch. My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU is based on the light novel series, My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected written by Wataru Watari and illustrated by PONKAN8. According to Anime Corner, It also had a manga series titled My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, as I Expected -Monologue- and My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, as I Expected @comic, as well as a 4-koma manga series Yahari 4-koma demo Ore no Seishun Rabu Kome wa machigatteiru. A light novel series focusing on Yui Yuigahama is also currently ongoing.

RE: ZERO-Starting Life In Another World-

Image Credit: Tappei Nagatsuki, KADOKAWA / Re:ZERO: Starting Life in Another World 3 Production Committee

It has been two years since the second season ended. But now fans can rejoice in the fact that RE: Zero -Starting Life In Another World is getting a third season. In addition to a new season, a new game has also been announced, titled Witch’s RE: Surrection.

Overtake

Image Credit: KADOKAWA・TROYCA/Overtake! Production Committee

One of the newest original anime projects is about to head into the world of F4 Racing with OVERTAKE! A new visual and four new cast members were shared in this new announcement. Joining the cast are Tasuku Hatanaka (Kotaro Komaki), Kengo Kawanishi (Satsuki Harunaga), Taku Yashiro (Toshiki Tokumaru), and Reina Ueda (Arisu Mitsuzawa). For more on this story, head over to Crunchyroll.

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Horimiya

Image Credit: HERO, Daisuke Hagiwara/SQUARE ENIX, “Horimiya” Project

A beloved Rom-Com is making its return to the television screen. Horimiya will be returning for an original anime called Horimiya -Piece-, which will adapt the popular manga chapters that were missed in the original anime, and it will air in July 2023. Cloverworks will be handling the animation production.