Spring 2017 Anime

OVA 1: Sukue! Kyuujo Kunren!

After dealing with the villains that infiltrated the school premises, the rescue training is resumed. But not all goes as planned, as there is a villain still hidden in the USJ.

OVA 2: Training of the Dead

Class 1A in UA is in for a survival training. However, for this training they have some special guest, 4 students from a rival school. One is an old friend of Tsu, while the other doesn't hits off with Bakugou in the wrong way. The training obviously doesn't go Midoriya's way.

[Source: Anime News Network]

The second season of Strike the Blood which adapts three arcs from the 9th, 11th, and 12th light novel volumes.

[Source: MyAnimeList]

In the multiplayer online game Glory, Ye Xiu is regarded as a textbook and a top-tier pro-player. However, due to a myriad of reasons, he is kicked from the team. After leaving the pro scene, he finds work in an Internet Cafe as a manager. When Glory launches its tenth server, he throws himself in to the game once more. Possessing ten years of experience, the memories of his past, and an incomplete, self-made weapon, his return along the road to the summit begins!

[Source: MyAnimeList]

Bundled with the 11th and 12th volumes of the manga.

The OAD adapted the manga's chapter 17 from the fourth volume, where Miia, Cerea, Mero, and Kurusu go to the gym's pool.

Specials included with the Blu-ray and DVD releases of Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon.

Unaired episodes bundled with the 19th and 20th volumes of the manga.

Episodes bundled with the manga's seventh and tenth volumes.

Specials included with the first and third Blu-ray and DVD volumes of the TV series.

Unaired 13th episode offered to those who buy all six Blu-ray Disc or DVD volumes of the television anime and submit proof-of-purchase stubs.

Unaired thirteenth episode.

It's the vacation of a lifetime, a trip to a remote island filled with geniuses–and murder.

On Wet Crow's Feather Island, a tiny speck in the Sea of Japan, lives Akagami Iria, the exiled daughter of a powerful family. Born into great wealth, she was a princess of the highest pedigree–until she was cut off by the leader of the Akagami Foundation. For the last five years, she's lived on Feather Island with her maids. But she hasn't been alone. She has invited the best minds Japan has to offer to come and stay with her.

[Source: Del Rey]

New episodes bundled with the limited editions of the manga's eighth, ninth and tenth volumes.

Episode 1

The Ajin Control Committee's most feared worst-case scenario: "The Shinya Nakamura Incident."

Episode 2

A special side story depicting the everyday lives of the characters. This will let people see the unexpected and frank reactions that were never shown in the TV anime or films. Taking forbidden peeks at their lives might become a habit!

Episode 3

A focus on the backstory of when Satou captured the first ever Ajin in Africa and discovered that he himself is an Ajin.

Previously unreleased anime special that will screen at "Nanfes."

Special episodes included with the fourth and fifth volumes of the Blu-ray/DVD.

"Completely new bonus anime" included with each of the six Blu-ray/DVD volumes.

Yamada is the plant appointee; tending the school's garden of flowers on her own. She isn't the slightest bit athletic, she's actually quite clumsy. However, that doesn't stop her from having feelings for the star athlete in the class next-door, Kase-san. Slightly shy, Yamada is reluctant about her feelings for the enthusiastic Kase-san. Slowly but surely, the pair are helping each other to grow in confidence for both themselves and their budding relationship, each blush and brush of the hand at a time.

[Source: Baka-Updates]

Short specials included in the Blu-ray/DVD releases.

A special included with the 6th DVD/BD volume of Yuri!!! on ICE. It focuses on an exhibition routine performed by Yuri Plisetsky.

Unaired episode included with the Blu-ray release.

Story set a month after the events of the series. The crew of the Harukaze relax after midterm exams, and a Coco receives a new mission.

[Source: Anime News Network]

Series of web shorts streamed after the broadcast of each episode.

Unaired episode included with the seventh and final Blu-ray volume of the TV anime.

A world where mysterious beings called "Disasters" continually threaten the peace of the world. A special military unit called Saber is formed to oppose Disaster. Private conglomerates and the independent self-defense organization Blade also form, and advance on the enemy. Noii is a high school student who yearns to join Saber and fight Disaster. After a mysterious girl named Motis transfers into his class, his normal life completely changes.

[Source: Anime News Network]

Original anime DVDs bundled with limited-edition volumes 21 and 22 of the manga.

Episode taking place between episodes seven and eight of Brave Witches.

No synopsis has been added to this title.

An original project that is attempting an "unprecedented fusion of games and anime."

The story centers on five girls who fight with a special mission in the plane of existence on the other side of the screen. The setting of the story is the metropolitan area of the Japanese capital, after it was beset by a certain abnormality.

[Source: Anime News Network]

Shorts about girls who transform into machines.

No synopsis has been added to this title.

Masaki Tenchi was a completely ordinary boy, other than being the successor of the Masaki Shrine. But he ends up breaking the seal that was meant to keep a "demon" banished away inside a small shrine in the back, and is then forced to fight the revived Ryoko (demon)! Realizing that her nemesis Ryoko has been revived, Ayeka comes to earth as well... And this is how Tenchi's involvement with the rulers of the galaxy, the Jurai clan, began!

[Source: Crunchyroll]

In his past life, although too weak to protect his home when it counted, out of grave determination Nie Li became the strongest Demon Spiritist and stood at the pinnacle of the martial world. However, he lost his life during the battle with the Sage Emperor and six deity-ranked beasts.

His soul was then brought back to when he was still 13 years old. Although he's the weakest in his class with the lowest talent, having only a red soul realm and a weak one at that, with the aid of the vast knowledge which he accumulated from his previous life, he decided to train faster than anyone could expect. He also decided to help those who died nobly in his previous life to train faster as well.

He aims to protect the city from the coming future of being devastated by demon beasts and the previous fate of ending up destroyed. He aims to protect his lover, friends, family and fellow citizens who died in the beast assault or its aftermath. And he aims to destroy the so-called Sacred family who arrogantly abandoned their duty and betrayed the city in his past life.

[Source: Goodreads]

No synopsis has been added to this title.

A special anime featuring a battle against the Colossal Titan screened at the Tokyo Skytree.

In the short, the characters from Shingeki no Kyojin are part of the Sky Survey Corps, protecting the Wall Skytree, a section of the walled city that contains the Skytree. The Sky Survey Corps find that the Wall Skytree is under attack by an army of titans, including a giant 350 meter-class titan that has suddenly appeared next to the Skytree and remains motionless.

[Source: Anime Now!]

"Beyond my world of despair, there is hope."

The story is set in the year 2020 in Japan. Shin Hazama encountered his other “self," who walks a different life from another Japan. The everyday life which they thought would be perpetual, altered, as their life crackle away. What will the boys and girls desire and choose? A fight against another self in another world begins.

[Source: MyAnimeList News]

Short specials of ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka included on the three BD Box Sets.

The first episode focuses on Jean and Lotta where Lotta reflects how Jean is very forgetful day-to-day yet remembers the most important things.

The second episode focuses on Nino and Jean out drinking at a bar. Nino pokes at Jean for not having any friends outside of himself and Lotta. The conversation then steers toward women.

No synopsis has been added to this title.

Unaired thirteenth episode of Soushin Shoujo Matoi included with the second Blu-ray box set.

It is rumored in the martial world that a mystery white-haired girl suddenly appeared around the thief Feng Ling Er. She is so powerful that many martial arts masters can't defeat her. The girl's identity, the source of her power and her influence to the world all caused discussion among the public. But Feng Ling Er and the white-haired girl named Bai Yu Xiu never care about it. They travel the world with pleasure, unaware of a great conspiracy coming towards them.

No synopsis has been added to this title.

A spin-off of "Hirune Hime: Shiranai Watashi no Monogatari" (Ancien and the Magic Tablet) centering on the adventure of Ancien, a girl that keeps appearing in Kokone's dreams. The story of the dream is one that Kokone's father told her as a mysterious fairy tale when she was little. The short expands on the story from the film.

[Source: Anime News Network]

No synopsis has been added to this title.

Special episode 12.1 of Kemono Friends, streamed online.

"Change the world with music? Foolish."

Lucy's world stops after her band disbands. Meaningless days pass, until she meets her cousin Lucifer and his bandmate Ibaraki Doji. They ask her to join their indie band, the "Wicked Pistols".

Lucifer talks about his dream of going major after winning the MONSTERS ROCK competition, only for Lucy to reject him outright. However, Lucy's heart begins to thaw after a certain event...

[Source: XFLAG via Anime News Network]

No synopsis has been added to this title.

2017 April Fools' Day event where the Kuroko's Basketball bird mascots fill in for the characters in a trailer for the Last Game movie.

[Source: Anime News Network]

No synopsis has been added to this title.

A collaboration between Mameshiba and Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei meant to promote the latter's film release in July 2017. In the first short, Tatsuya is replaced by a Mameshiba Edamame version of his character recreating scenes from the TV anime. A new collaboration product line is being released as well with assorted Mameshiba-ified character goods of Mahouka characters.

An anime about the new transfer student that raps, President Trap-kun.

No synopsis has been added to this title.

Specials bundled with Blu-ray volume of Anitore! XX: Hitotsu Yane no Shita de.

No synopsis has been added to this title.

Heavenly Dao is eternal, however life is limited, making heaven and earth pieces of a chessboard.

Gu Hai from the 21st century was taken onto another world. Gu Hai became a formidable opponent in the area of trade. In the times of war, he comes up with strategies for the Chen Empire against the Song Empire.

A fairy from heaven became interested in him and gave him a mission to complete on his journey. However this may bring turmoil and chaos upon the world.

Unaired episode included with the TV anime's DVD.

Master butt-swordsman Nohara Hiroshinosuke (Lone Wolf) travels with his family seeking employment. The family encounters a mysterious girl Hazumi and a wild dog Shiro, and decides to travel together. The group is attacked by various assassins, eventually their lives are threatened by the butt-swordsmen's enemy, the armpit-swordsmen of the Demon Bull Clan. Who will win: butts or armpits? Against an array of idiosyncratic enemies, Nohara Hiroshinosuke and his son Shinnosuke have the chance to display their swashbuckling skills.

[Source: Anime News Network]

Episode 0 of Monsuto Anime. It is the first item in the franchise to be completely animated in CG.

The big threat is passed, but the gang's still got little threats to handle. The monsters are becoming a part of daily life, but there's one big thing missing: Oragon. One day, a powerful monster appears in the middle of town. It's got Oragon inside!

[Source: Crunchyroll]

A small country town. Recently, the town has witnessed many strange incidents. A yokai kindergartener O-O- O-No Shinnosuke and his yokai father Tamatama Dad arrive in town. They are said to be looking for the yokai Big Butt Mom who has run away from home. When an elementary school girl Fumie Sakura is suddenly attacked by the mysterious Fuzzy Wuzzy, a superfluous-hair yokai, Shinnosuke goes to her aid. Their encounter is the start of the greatest yokai case in the small town's history.

[Source: Amazon via Anime News Network]

New Episode of Jakusansei Million Arthur.

2017 April Fools' Day event where Nitro+ mascot Super Sonico is becoming an Ultraman-esque superhero, "Ultrasonico."

The series plays out in the Onahama district in Iwaki, in the Fukushima prefecture's coastal region.

It follows the personifications of two WW2 japanese warships, Shiokaze and Sawakaze, who worked as breakwaters in Onahama Port. In this fictional story, the 2011 earthquake pierces a worm hole in the spacetime continuum, starting an invasion from another dimension.

No synopsis has been added to this title.

2017 April Fools' Day event which is based on the world of the games made by Nitro+Chiral, and depicts the “love and life” of over 60 characters. Videos available include the opening movie, Chapter 27 [Sweet Pool and Lamento: Beyond the Void], Chapter 28 [Sweet Pool and Togainu no Chi], Chapter 29 [DRAMAtical Murder], and Chapter 30 [DRAMAtical Murder].

Comedic effect is enhanced when Nitro+'s style isn't used but rather the style of Plus Heads who is known for their absurdist gag comedy.

[Source: Gematsu]

A collaboration between Morinaga Milk Industry and Mary to Majo no Hana. It features newly animated scenes of Mary to Majo no Hana that have the characters savor Morinaga food products: Bifidus yogurt, PARM ice-cream, Philadelphia cream cheese slices (3-layer cheese slices where Philadelphia cream cheese is sandwiched between Kraft singles), and MOW ice-cream.

The series will center on the three Hinobori brothers, who run a stuffed toy shop called "Nui Nui" at the end of Tokyo's Kappabashi shopping street. The eldest brother Kaede is the manager, the second son Aoi is in charge of patterns, and the third son Akane is in charge of displays.

[Source: Anime News Network]