Spring '18 + Streaming News

**tigeress02** · October 28, 2017, 10:50 AM

TV Special & Short Form TV or ONA Series

April 1

Amai Choubatsu: Watashi wa Kanshu Senyou Pet [Magic Bus; ? eps (4 mins)]

April 2

Omae wa Mada Gunma wo Shiranai [Asahi Production; 12 eps (5 mins)] [?] [CR]
Uchuu Senkan Tiramisu [Gonzo; ? eps (7 mins)] [?] [CR, F]
Washimo 6th Season [Studio Deen; ? eps (10 mins)]

April 3

Neko Neko Nihonshi 3rd Season [Neft Film / cresco motion design; ? eps]
Shounen Ashibe: Go! Go! Goma-chan 3 [Bridge; ? eps] [?] [CR]
Tachibana-kan to Lie Angle [Creators in Pack / Studio Lings; ? eps] [?] [CR]

April 4

Alice or Alice [EMT�; 12 eps (4 mins)] [Sentai Filmworks] [Hi]

April 6

Akkun to Kanojo [Yumeta Company; 25 eps (5 mins)] [?] [CR]
Nobunaga no Shinobi: Anegawa Ishiyama-hen [TMS Entertainment; ? eps (3 mins)] [?] [CR]
Ore-tacha Youkai Ningen G [DLE; ? eps (2 mins)]

April 7

Koneko no Chii Ponpora Dairyokou [Marza Animation Planet; ? eps] [?] [A]
Waka Okami wa Shougakusei! [DLE / Madhouse; ? eps (14 mins)]

April 9

Fumikiri Jikan [EKACHI EPILKA; ? eps (5 mins)] [?] [CR]
LadySpo [?; ? eps (5 mins)]

April 20

Aggressive Retsuko [Fanworks; 10 eps] [?] [N]

April

Kuroneko Monroe [?; ? eps]

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OVA

April

ReLIFE: Kanketsu-hen [TMS Entertainment / Double Eagle; 4 eps] [?] [CR]

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Theatrical Releases

March

Anime Tamago 2018 [Trailer]
- Engimon [Studio Nanahoshi x Usagi Ou]
- Midnight Crazy Trail [Picona Creative Studio]
- Milky Panic: Twelve [Tomason]
- Time Driver: Bokura ga Kaita Mirai [Imagica Imageworks x Robot]
Bungou Stray Dogs: Dead Apple [Bones]
Doraemon Movie 38: Nobita no Takarajima [Shin-Ei Animation]
Precure Super Stars! [Toei Animation]

April

Crayon Shin-chan Movie 26: Bakumori! Kung-Fu Boys - Ramen Tairan [Shin-Ei Animation]
Detective Conan Movie 22: Zero no Shikkoujin [TMS Entertainment / V1Studio]
Liz to Aoi Tori [KyoAni]
Servamp Movie: Alice in the Garden [Platinum Vision]

May

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch III - Oudou [Sunrise]
Digimon Adventure tri. 6: Bokura no Mirai [Toei Animation]
Godzilla: Kessen Kidou Zoushoku Toshi [Polygon Pictures]
Kidou Senshi Gundam: The Origin VI: Tanjō Akai Suisei [Sunrise]
Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2202: Ai no Senshi-tachi Movie 5: Rengoku-hen [Xebec]

Spring

Haikara-san ga Tooru Movie 2: Tokyo dai Roman [Nippon Animation]

**tigeress02** · October 28, 2017, 02:56 PM

Info on this first group of shows.

Chio-chan no Tsuugakuro

The "dramatic extreme going to school comedy" manga follows the titular female high school student Chio Miyamo, and her adventures to commute to school every day. Chio runs in to problems both big and small, such as construction, a biker gang, a sudden urge to use the bathroom, and more.

Gurazeni

This is the story of Natsunosuke Honda, a pro baseball player�a relief pitcher who has been playing pro in a team called Spiders for 8 years. The team operates as a highly-stratified society, where the player's performance determines his annual salary. Natsunosuke is one of the highest paid players in the game. He measures how good players are by how much money they make, and he intends to be on top and stay there, and as such is always looking for players to challenge and does everything to insure that he is better than they are.

Hinamatsuri

One night, a strange object falls on the head of Nitta, a member of the yakuza. Inside the box is a strange young girl named Hina. She has tremendous supernatural powers, and Nitta finds himself reluctantly taking her in. Her powers can come in handy for his yakuza business, but he also runs the risk of her using them on him! Not to mention, if she doesn't use her powers, she will eventually go berserk and destroy everything around her. Nitta and Hina's strange life together is just beginning...

Jikken-hin Kazoku: Creatures Family Days [Trailer]

A scientist couple has been arrested for conducting illegal studies, allegedly for performing genetic modification on five of their children. The youngest child Dannis is the only one who grew up as a normal human and now has to tend to the rest of his family while trying to find a medicine to turn them into normal humans again.

Dog human, plant gene, spiderweb gene, and mind reading�how will these family members who grew up in a laboratory survive in the outside world?!

Juushinki Pandora [Trailer]

On the day the Xianglong (Shanron or Soaring Dragon) Crisis occurred in 2031, Leon Lau was right in the middle of the unfolding events. The Quantum Reactor, a next generation energy device developed to replace dwindling environmental resources, exploded and unleashed an unknown energy. As a result, the global environment changed overnight. Living things (besides humans) and machines each underwent their own unique evolution, and the B.R.A.I. (Biological Revolutionary of Accelerated Intelligence) entities in particular evolved and came into being. Because of them, humanity was driven to the brink of extinction. Humans fight the B.R.A.I with M.O.E.V. (Multi-purpose Organic Evolution Vehicle) variable units.

Seven years after the Xianglong Crisis, Leon is in the wilderness on the edge of the "absolute defense city" Neo Xianglong. Living with Chloe Lau under a "family pact," he conducts his own research to counter the B.R.A.I. The awkward Leon and the busybody Chloe. They live day-by-day as if to forget the past for the moment. However, threats unrelentingly draw near.

Major 2nd

The sequel series follows Daigo, the son of the protagonist of the first Major manga.

Megalo Box [Trailer]

This anime was created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Ashita no Joe manga, which is it based off.

In this story, a man called JD (Junk Dog) participates in fixed boxing matches in an underground ring in order to live. Today, he enters the ring again, but he encounters a certain person. JD wants to take on a challenge that risks everything.

Nil Admirari no Tenbin [Trailer]

The Taishou era didn�t end in 15 years, but went on for another 25. In order to protect her waning family, a girl resolves to marry a man she doesn�t even know the name of. However, just before the marriage was to take place, the girl�s younger brother mysteriously committed suicide by self-immolation and was found holding an old book in his hands. Appearing before the bewildered young girl was the "Imperial Library Intelligence Asset Management Bureau," more commonly referred to as "Fukurou." According to these men, there exists "Maremono," which are books that greatly affects its readers. On top of that, ever since the incident involving the girl�s younger brother, she unwittingly gains the ability to see "Auras" (the sentiments of the Maremono which manifest as bright lights and are usually invisible to humans). It was as though fate were trying to drag the young girl in its flames. And then, even though apprehensive, the girl chooses to venture outside her bird cage. Jealousy, hatred, scorn, compassion and love. What awaited the girl was the darkness of betrayal that had already begun to bewitchingly inlay the imperial capital. Toyed by and swayed within that darkness, will the young girl finally reach the truth after her struggles, or�?

Piano no Mori

A tranquil tale about two boys from very different upbringings. On one hand you have Kai, born as the son of a prostitute, who's been playing the abandoned piano in the forest near his home ever since he was young. And on the other you have Syuhei, practically breast-fed by the piano as the son of a family of prestigious pianists. Yet it is their common bond with the piano that eventually intertwines their paths in life.

Saredo Tsumibito wa Ryuu to Odoru: Dances with the Dragons [Trailer]

The series takes place in an alternate world, staged mostly in the city of Eridana, whose territory is half in the Tseberun Dragon Empire, and half in the Lapetodes Seven Cities Alliance. Each half is separated by the Orielal River. In this world, special abilities called spell formulas (咒式, jushiki) exist, which are essentially chemical reactions augmented through special weapons that cause a magic spell-like effect. These special weapons are called Magic Staff weapons, and are as varied as regular weapons are. Spell formulists use these spell formulas to fight with "Beasts of Abhorrent Form," natural creatures that use spell formulas and pose a threat to humans, such as Dragons, Aions, or Enormes.

The story focuses on the two main characters, Gaius Sorel and Gigina Ashley-Bufh, the only two employees of Spell Formulist dispatch office Ashley-Bufh & Sorel Co. They are met with a variety of requests from a variety of clients, all requiring the adept use of spell formulas.

Souten no Ken: Regenesis

It is just before WWII, Kasumi Kenshiro hides as a quiet, absent-minded professor teaching literature at a small women's college in Tokyo. Once the 62nd Grand Master of Hokuto Shinken, "God Fist of the North Star," and known has Yan Wang, or "the King of Death," who preserved the peace in the "City of Devils." A fighter of thugs and drug dealers, Kasumi seeks anonymity and a quiet life until the death of his lover, and former brothers, forces him to return to Shanghai to fulfill his destiny and avenge the deaths of his associates.

Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii [Trailer]

After discovering that they work at the same company a gaming crazed otaku and a fujoshi meet each other for the first time since middle school. After some post-work drinking session they begin dating, but will it be a perfect relationship for the two?

Trailers
Full Metal Panic! IV
Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu: Die Neue These - Kaikou
Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3

The four shows below are all titles that Netflix said it would stream worldwide come Spring 2018. They also plan to start streaming Violet Evergarden (from Winter '17-'18) in the spring as well

A.I.C.O. Incarnation [Trailer]

In Japan in the year 2035, an accident known as the "Burst" occurs during a research project, spawning an out-of-control artificial life form called "Matter" that has spread throughout the Kurobe Gorge. The research city that was once hailed as the hope for humanity is cordoned off by the government. Two years later, 15-year-old Aiko Tachibana, who lost her family in the Burst, learns something unbelievable from Yuya Kanzaki, a new student at her school. A secret is hidden within her body, and the answer to the puzzle lies at the "Primary Point" that was the center of the Burst. Aiko resolves to infiltrate the restricted area, escorted by a team of divers and with Yuya as her guide. When boy meets girl with the fate of humanity in their hands, what new truth will come to light?

B: The Beginning (previously called Perfect Bones; English Dub Cast Announcement)

The story is set in the future where scientists have tried to create the "perfect human" in hopes of keeping peace in the universe. After nearly achieving their goal through several children, the scientists send their "new humans" for further training where they are kidnapped by an evil organization set on using their powers to implement their own concept of a new world order.

Devilman: Crybaby [Trailer]

The protagonist Akira Fudo learns from his best friend, Ryo Asuka, that an ancient race of demons has returned to take back the world from humans. Ryo tells Akira that the only way to defeat the demons is to incorporate their supernatural powers, and suggests that he unite with a demon himself. Akira succeeds in transforming into Devilman, who possesses both the powers of a demon and the soul of a human. The battle of Devilman and Akira Fudo begins.

Sword Gai: The Animation

The story revolves around Gai, who was born beside a woman who met her death in a forest. He was adopted by the swordsmith Amon. A few years later, Gai becomes Amon's apprentice, and during the forging of a sword, he loses his right arm. To help him, Amon crushes the demon sword Shiryū (lit. Death Dragon) to form it into Gai's replacement right arm. Gai then is able to fuse with the weapon on his arm, and fights against his enemies.

**Spy Princess** · October 28, 2017, 04:58 PM

I'm just here for Full Metal Panic, and hope it doesn't get delayed again.

**Nutmeg** · October 28, 2017, 09:05 PM

Originally posted by Spy Princess View Post

I'm just here for Full Metal Panic, and hope it doesn't get delayed again.

Same. I'm gonna need to rewatch the other seasons... it's been a while.

**goddessofanime** · November 4, 2017, 12:51 PM

Wotaku ni Koi is actually pretty good...been reading the manga on scan sites.

**ThePhillyFlash** · November 5, 2017, 02:26 AM

Originally posted by Spy Princess View Post

I'm just here for Full Metal Panic, and hope it doesn't get delayed again.

Originally posted by Nutmeg View Post

Same. I'm gonna need to rewatch the other seasons... it's been a while.

Never could get into Full Metal Panic, though I tried, the show just didn't appeal to me.

**Levo** · November 5, 2017, 07:30 AM

Originally posted by ThePhillyFlash View Post

Never could get into Full Metal Panic, though I tried, the show just didn't appeal to me.

This not appealing?

**tigeress02** · November 5, 2017, 08:08 AM

Originally posted by goddessofanime View Post

Wotaku ni Koi is actually pretty good...been reading the manga on scan sites.

I was looking forward to that show. Then I saw it was the noitaminA for the season, which means Anime Strike. Oh well.

**goddessofanime** · November 5, 2017, 11:09 AM

Originally posted by tigeress02 View Post

I was looking forward to that show. Then I saw it was the noitaminA for the season, which means Anime Strike. Oh well.

Off to the pirate sites then

**ThePhillyFlash** · November 6, 2017, 02:09 AM

Originally posted by Levo View Post

This not appealing?

Meh! Nothing I haven't seen before.

**Levo** · November 6, 2017, 03:10 AM

Originally posted by ThePhillyFlash View Post

Meh! Nothing I haven't seen before.

But Tessa is special

**tigeress02** · December 2, 2017, 08:51 AM

Updates to the top two posts.

First some season flip-flops. Devilman: crybaby was initially reported by Netflix to be a Spring '18 show, but now it will premiere a season earlier. Also, Butlers: Chitose Momotose Monogatari was delayed from Winter '17-'18 to Spring '18.

Now some new stuff added to the list.

Amanchu! Advance [Trailer]

Second season of Amanchu!

First season synopsis (per Crunchyroll): It is spring, the season of great changes. Hikari Kohinata is an overwhelmingly cheerful and outgoing 15-year-old girl who has spent all her life in a small and beautiful seaside town on the Izu peninsula. On the first day of high school, she meets Futaba Oki, a slightly introverted girl who has just moved from Tokyo. Before she knows it, Futaba gets dragged along into Hikari's passion for scuba diving. And from there, Futaba gradually starts to come out of her shell, and learns how to take challenges and dive into the ocean of life.

Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou

Seventeen year old Hajime Nagumo is your average, everyday otaku. However, his simple life of pulling all-nighters and sleeping in school is suddenly turned upside down when he, along with the rest of his class, is summoned to a fantasy world! They're treated like heroes and tasked with the duty of saving the human race from utter extinction. But what should have been any otaku's wet dream quickly turns into Hajime's nightmare. While the rest of his class are blessed with godlike powers, Hajime's job, Synergist, only has a single transmutation skill. Ridiculed and bullied by his classmates for being weak, he soon finds himself in despair. Will he be able to survive in this dangerous world of monsters and demons with only a glorified blacksmith's level of strength?

Boku no Hero Academia 3rd Season

Caligula

n the original game's story, a virtual idol known as μ performs user-inputted songs and gains self-awareness through exposure to users' bitter feelings and dissatisfaction toward reality. Wanting to save humanity � which she believes is continuously suffering � she lures people to a virtual reality world called Mobius with her songs. She then imprisons them in Mobius, thinking they will be free from the suffering of reality and that all their wishes will come true. The game follows the nine members of the "Going Home Club," a club that was formed because the characters want to escape from Mobius and go home. The game's title refers to the "Caligula Effect," which is a pattern of behavior where one wants to see or do something more if it is denied to them.

Dorei-ku: Boku to 23-nin no Dorei - The Animation

What if you could enslave anyone you ever wanted? Well, this comes close. The SCM lets you enslave anyone who is also wearing an SCM, at a price. One must win over the other, at anything, in order for the other to become their slave.

Mahou Shoujo Site

Asagiri Aya, a girl bullied at school and at home. One day, an eerie website, Mahou Shoujo Site, flashes on her computer screen and welcomes her to the Mahou Shoujo World.

**ThePhillyFlash** · December 3, 2017, 03:27 AM

Originally posted by tigeress02 View Post

Amanchu! Advance [Trailer]

YAY!! More Amanchu! Hikari approves!

**tigeress02** · December 16, 2017, 09:06 AM

Another group added to the list.

Captain Tsubasa (2018)

The new anime will recount the story starting from the manga's beginning.

The original soccer manga revolves around 11-year old Tsubasa Ōzora, a boy who loves soccer and is recognized by his coach Roberto due to his skill of the sport. Tsubasa goes with his coach to Brazil in order to train for the World Cup.

Golden Kamuy

In Hokkaido, the far northern lands of Japan, Sugimoto survived the Russo-Japanese war of the Meiji era. Nicknamed "Invincible Sugimoto" during the war, he now seeks the riches promised by the gold rush in hopes of saving the widowed wife of his now deceased comrade from the war. During his hunt for gold, he finds hints of a hidden stash of gold by corrupt criminals. Partnering with an Ainu girl that saves his life from the harsh climates of the north, they venture into a survival adventure in a race against the criminals that seek the hidden stash.

Mahou Shoujo Ore

Saki Hino is a member of a new idol group Magical Twin. She admires Mohiro Mikage from the popular idol group STAR☆RICE and would like to do anything for him. Her wish came true one day as she became a male Mahou Shoujo!

Rokuhoudou Yotsuiro Biyori

Four men�Gure, Sui, Tokitaka, and Tsubaki�each help run a Japanese tea shop together called Rokuhoudou. When one visits the shop, they are greeted warmly, is served with tea, and are often helped with any problems they may have.

Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara (2018)

Second half of "Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara" (Food Wars! The Third Plate).

Steins;Gate 0

Follows an alternate ending to the previous anime. Set in Tokyo's Akihabara district, the original followed Rintarō Okabe as he changes fate by traveling between different world lines.

Tokyo Ghoul:re

Two years have passed since the CCG�s raid on Anteiku. Although the atmosphere in Tokyo has changed drastically due to the increased influence of the CCG, ghouls continue to pose a problem as they have begun taking caution, especially the terrorist organization Aogiri Tree, who acknowledge the CCG�s growing threat to their existence.

The creation of a special team, known as the Quinx Squad, may provide the CCG with the push they need to exterminate Tokyo�s unwanted residents. As humans who have undergone surgery in order to make use of the special abilities of ghouls, they participate in operations to eradicate the dangerous creatures. The leader of this group, Haise Sasaki, is a half-ghoul, half-human who has been trained by famed special class investigator, Kishou Arima. However, there�s more to this young man than meets the eye, as unknown memories claw at his mind, slowly reminding him of the person he used to be.

Uma Musume: Pretty Derby

Has a related mobile game in development.

The game's concept begins with Uma Musume (Horse Girls), girls endowed with excellent running capability, and who aim to become top idols and compete in the national sports entertainment show "Twinkle Series." Players take the role of both teacher and trainer for the girls in the Nihon Uma Musume Training Center Gakuen (Japan Horse Girls Training Center Academy) and help them make their debut.

A = Amazon	CR = Crunchyroll	F = FUNimation
H = Hulu	Hi = HIDIVE	N = Netflix
O = other	T = Tubi TV	Y = Youtube

Spring '18 + Streaming News

Spring '18 + Streaming News

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