Crunchyroll Unwraps Slate of New Series at Anime Expo Lite

Global anime streamer Crunchyroll shared a huge slate of new content at today’s Crunchyroll Industry Panel at Anime Expo Lite, including Battle Game in 5 Seconds, TSUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy-, Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles and SAKUGAN, alongside previewing upcoming summer titles including My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X and Fena: Pirate Princess.

The full slate of new anime series just announced heading to Crunchyroll this summer includes:

• Battle Game in 5 Seconds – A battle of quick wit and power commences as a group of individuals battle every five seconds after meeting! Premieres July. Crunchyroll also included a special video message from Ayumu Murase, the voice of Akira Shiroyanagi from the series.

• TSUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy- – Shunned by a goddess by not being enough of a hero, one former high school student aims to survive in a new fantasy world! Premieres July.

• Peach Boy Riverside – One princess aims to travel the world when one day she encounters a famous ogre-slaying warrior! Premieres July.

• Girlfriend, Girlfriend – From the creator of AHO-GIRL comes a story of a triangular relationship as one high schooler dates two girlfriends at the same time! Premieres July.

• Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles – Realizing his mysterious past, one orphan sets out to live a better life attending a prestigious academy for noble children.

Newly announced series coming to Crunchyroll soon include:

• Restaurant to Another World 2 – There is a certain restaurant that looks completely normal through the week, but on Saturdays, it opens in secret exclusively to some very unique guests in various areas of a parallel world. Premieres October.

• SAKUGAN – This original anime follows a father and daughter on an epic journey that brings them face to face with danger in order to uncover the truth. Premieres October.

• The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window – In this horror mystery anime, bookstore employee Mikado has a fateful encounter with an exorcist named Hiyakawa and must help out with exorcism duties. Premieres October.

• The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat – When a great assassin is reborn in another world, he finds himself the heir to a long line of killers from the shadows. With both his modern-day knowledge and experience and the special magic and techniques of this new world, he could very well become the most unstoppable assassin in history…! Premieres October.

• In the Land of Leadale – A leisurely adventure tale is about to begin, featuring a girl transported to a game world and the smiles and tears she shares with her quirky companions! Premieres January 2022.

• Orient – This is a story about Musashi, a 15-year-old boy who lives in Japan during the Sengoku period where Japan is ruled by demons and Mushashi must try to confront these creatures with a certain special power!

The panel also discussed previously announced, eagerly awaited titles Fena: Pirate Princess — a Crunchyroll and Adult Swim Original premiering this summer (Adult Swim will air the English dubbed series in North America and Crunchyroll will stream the subtitled series worldwide outside of Asia), Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S (premieres July), My Next Life As a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X (premieres July 3) and Drug Store in Another World – The Slow Life of a Cheat Pharmacist (premieres July).

On top of tackling all these upcoming series, Crunchyroll announced that the cast of Restaurant to Another World 2 will gather for a panel during Virtual Crunchyroll Expo, the streamer’s digital flagship event taking place August 5-8. (expo.crunchyroll.com)

• Junichi Suwabe, the voice of Shopkeeper (also known for his work in JUJUTSU KAISEN as Sukuna Ryomen, My Hero Academia as Shota Aizawa and Yuri!!! on ICE as Viktor Nikiforov, among many others)
• Saori Onishi, the voice of Kuro (also known for her work in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? as Ais Wallenstein, Umamusume: Pretty Derby as Mejiro McQueen and Haikyu!! as Kanoka Amanai)
• Sumire Uesaka, the voice of Aletta (also known for her work in DON’T TOY WITH ME, MISS NAGATORO as Hayase Nagatoro, My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X as Susanna Randall and The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! as Kyoko Jingu)

Finally, Crunchyroll also outlined two of the latest Crunchyroll Games mobile games titles, including the hit JRPG Princess Connect! Re: Dive and Mitrasphere, the co-op fantasy RPG that launched just last week. Check them out at www.crunchyroll.com/games!