Season 2 of Too Many Losing Heroines has been announced, with more information to come later. The first season ended in 2024.

To commemorate the second season, the Too Many Losing Heroines X (formerly Twitter) ed a GIF of heroine Anna, holding two Pocky sticks in her mouth. The announcement that a second season has been greenlit appears under her. As of the time of writing, this post accumulated over 24,000 retweets and 74,000 likes on the platform.

Too Many Losing Heroines, or Makeine, is a light novel series that focuses on a high school boy and the “loser heroines” around him. This is the term for girls who like someone already in a relationship or don’t have any interest in them. The light novel series started in 2021, and is still ongoing. Meanwhile, a manga adaptation of the series started in 2022. It is also ongoing. When the first season ended, the finale was an original episode that Takibi Amamori, the author of the light novel series, wrote. The second season will likely continue with the story from before this episode.

Too Many Losing Heroines season 2 is in production, with more information on it to appear later. Seven Seas licensed both the original light novel and the manga adaptation, and you can watch the first season on streaming services like Crunchyroll.

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Persona 3 Reload finally brought one of my favorite JRPGs of all time to modern audiences in a way that matches the visuals and quality-of-life features of games coming out today. Now that this wish of mine is finally granted, it is time to look ahead to the future. For instance, how it is currently nigh-impossible to legally watch the excellent Persona 3 anime movies.

Persona 3 The Movie was the first in this quartet of films, coming out in Japan on November 23, 2013. Each movie came out about a year after one another, with the final one — Winter of Rebirth — dropping in 2016. What may be surprising about this situation is how relatively new (so to speak) these movies are.

After all, the final movie in the series came out not even 10 years ago at this time. This is quite intriguing since the original Persona 3 came out in 2006. In fact, these movies are even newer than the Persona 4 anime series. It came out in 2011 and even its Golden version came out in 2014.

That said, there is a stark difference between the Persona 3 anime movies and the anime adaptations of both Persona 4 and 5. Both of the latter series are available to stream right now legally on services like Crunchyroll. Despite the Persona 3 movies being newer than the Persona 4 anime, it isn’t available to stream anywhere.

In fact, if you would like to watch these movies legally, you would have to buy the physical copies of the films or a digital version. And, to be frank, good luck with that. Not only are the physical copies hard to find, but they are quite expensive these days. Furthermore, there seems to be a digital version you can get of these films, but it is only available on Amazon Prime as of right now.

Buying digital copies isn’t the most sure-fire solution, especially when it’s only on one platform, and things could change anytime. In addition, it would cost $60 to get all four movies this way. There is a rental option, but then you only have a limited set of time to watch them. It would be much better if you could stream these movies on a service like Netflix or Crunchyroll. This was possible in the past, and is how I watched them, but no longer is the case.

It truly is a shame that the Persona 3 anime movies are unavailable to stream because more fans of the series deserve to see them. I get if you are jaded by the anime adaptations of these masterpiece JRPGs since both Persona 4 and 5’s anime series are a bit lackluster. However, that isn’t the case at all with their Persona 3 counterpart.

For one, the visuals of these movies are incredible. These are movies for a reason, rather than a TV series, and it shows in the quality and budget of the series. Studio A-1 Pictures —that worked on movies 2-4 — is hit-or-miss sometimes when it comes to its animation quality, but these movies are some of the best work the studio has ever done. It captures the dark and grim aesthetics of the original JRPG so well.

In addition, having the movies divided up into four movies gives just enough time to do most of the story justice. Sure, you don’t get some of the side stories here. That said, thankfully, most of the main plot points happen and are done well. In addition, you get just enough time with certain characters to experience their full arc before tragic events happen.

Plus, bringing back the Persona 3 anime movies would allow a service like Crunchyroll to finally dub them. It is a shame there is no official dub for them at this time. With the recent release of the original game’s remake, Persona 3 Reload, in 2024, now feels like the perfect time for these to return. Here’s hoping the Persona 3 anime movies come back soon. After all, fans of the series and this game, in particular, are missing out otherwise.

Persona 3 Reload is available right now for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.

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The first episode of the Fate/strange Fake anime (with Japanese dub) will air on December 31, 2024 during the special New Year’s television special for the Fate series. There is also a trailer for the first episode. [Thanks, 4Gamer!]

Here is the newest trailer for Fate/strange Fake:

All of the content will appear in the first episode. It shows off the various Servants and Masters participating in the Snowfield Holy Grail War. Characters like Flat and Caster appear, as well as familiar faces such as Gilgamesh and Enkidu. There is also a brief shot of Ayaka and Saber’s first meeting, which parallels the signature scene of Saber greeting Shirou for the first time.

Aniplex announced in 2023 that it was producing a TV series based on Fate/strange Fake. This news came after the “Whispers of Dawn” OVA. The TV series will cover a bit of what the OVA did, but with more detail, as well as show what happens afterwards.

As for Fate/strange Fake, it is a spin-off light novel series penned by Ryogo Narita. Narita is a light novelist and manga writer whose original works include Durarara!! and Baccano!. The story of Fate/strange Fake follows a faulty Holy Grail War in Nevada. As an unsuccessful copy of the Holy Grail War in Fuyuki, the one in Nevada has some bizarre aspects to it, such as a missing Saber class and a blurred definition of what a hero is.

The anime adaptation of Fate/strange Fake will premiere at the end of 2024. Technically speaking, for a limited time, you can watch the English dub of the first episode on Crunchyroll's YouTube channel.

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Sword Art Online is certainly a guilty pleasure of mine. The first half of the original season and Season 3 Alicization have a special place in my heart as some of my favorite seasons of anime of all time. But all things must come to an end at some point. It is high time for the final new season of Sword Art Online and 2025 feels like its last shot.

For the record, the last season of proper SAO was Season 4 War of Underworld that concluded in 2020. That was more than four years ago at the time of writing. That may not sound like a ton, but it is quite a lot considering the biggest gaps before now between seasons was between Season 2 and 3. That was also four years.

The problem, though, is we have no release date or formal announcement of an season. Waiting five years for a new season is some Attack on Titan-level patience and it shouldn’t happen. 2025 certainly feels like the last time Sword Art Online will feel relevant enough to garner a new season and it just needs to happen.

To make matters worse, as of this year, we are now in the official SAO timeline. In the anime lore, the original Aincrad game came to an end in 2024, which we are now in. It has also been a whopping 12 years since the first season dropped. There is no reason to keep fans waiting this long, especially considering how close to the end it is.

Sure, the light novel series is still going in the midst of the final arc known as Unital Ring, but that equally needs to wrap up soon. It is in its seventh book thus far, which is coming close to matching the full length of the Alicization arc. Given how weak Season 4 and the conclusion of Alicization was, it is only more frustrating SAO isn’t returning yet.

Then there is the matter of other similar anime. Attack on Titan started after Sword Art Online. And even with the infamous wait for that series, it still managed to conclude long before Season 5 of SAO. The same goes for Tokyo Ghoul and its four-season adaptation of two different manga series. But, to be fair, those are series that started around the same era as SAO.

What about series that came long after Sword Art Online’s beginning? Equally notable and popular series like Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer, Black Clover, Boruto, Oshi no Ko, and even My Hero Academia are done right now, at least in manga form. All of these series started after SAO and several of them even have many more anime episodes as well. Heck, even One Piece is in the final stretch and could finish first.

With the prevalence of virtual reality and AR in culture today, there is no better time to bring back Sword Art Online. Any longer, though, and it has the chance to come back with a whimper. To help, Gun Gale Online Season 2 is happening right now in the Fall 2024 anime season. It is doing just as great as the first season and is filling a nice gap right now.

But Gun Gale Online Season 2 should only be the start of the return of SAO. It feels like a neat appetizer for the main event next year. Plus, it would help the other aspects of the franchise, such as video games. The games have been in a slump for a few entries now and being able to fully adapt the Unital Ring arc alongside the anime would be an excellent opportunity.

It is high time for Sword Art Online to come back with a new and, hopefully final, season in 2025. Next year feels like the final opportunity for this series to stay relevant and popular. It already feels almost too late if it wasn’t for the ongoing Gun Gale Online Season 2. If Aniplex and A-1 Pictures waits past 2025, it may not even be worth going back to Kirito, Asuna, Alice, and the gang for the community and company alike. The return needs to be announced now.

Sword Art Online is available to stream right now on Crunchyroll.

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The last puppet show episode for Nier Automata Ver1.1a has appeared on X (formerly Twitter), depicting a happy ending. The short clip shows 2B handing 9S a bouquet of flowers and then everyone cheers.

Here is the clip on the final puppet show episode for Nier Automata Ver1.1a via its creator's X:

Aoki Yuka (moge) was the one in charge of the C parts in Nier Automata Ver1.1a. These little shorts appear at the end of the episode, showing puppet versions of the characters. Considering how the actual episodes are rather dramatic and tragic, they can be fun and cute palate cleansers. The contrast is also something that is in Yoko Taro’s works ever since the early days of Drakengard, which can be very humorous in tone despite how dark the narrative can get.

Nier Automata Ver1.1a is the anime adaptation of Nier Automata. Though it includes elements that weren’t in the game proper, it mostly follows along the plot. It started airing in January 2023 and recently had its final episode on September 27, 2024, with a total of 24 episodes.

Nier Automata Ver1.1a is available on streaming services like Crunchyroll. As for the game, you can play it on the PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Windows PC.

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A Japanese Twitter deciphered the hidden messages in each episode of NieR Automata anime and discovered that the last episode teases more to come for 2B and 9S. The message spoils what happens to them at the end of the show though, so if you haven't finished it or the game yet, you should be aware of that. [Thanks, moshii3456!]

During the last episode of the show, the message began with an emergency report regarding 2B and 9S. It then stated that the two of them surviving the final battle will lead to some great calamity or disaster. The message ended with a warning for the council, asking it to observe the pair with great care. As the show ended on September 27, 2024, it may be a sign that there’s a sequel or something else in the works. This will either be something original to the anime (as the anime ended as the game did), or it might adapt the storyline from the concert.

Ever since the NieR Automata anime adaptation started airing, people have known about the secret messages, but it wasn't known that they relate to 2B and 9S. They appeared in the eye catch animations each episode. In NieR Automata Ver1.1a, there are lines of code that appear which, when deciphered using a hexadecimal converter, turn into Japanese text.

The messages started with contemplation about an android’s existence, as well as observations on robotic lifeforms imitating humanity. As the episodes continued, they related more and more to the events at hand. For instance, it stated that the final mission of the YoRHA has begun and it’s forbidden to interfere with the events. It also noted that A2’s presence may be affecting how the story branches into different routes. Since robotic lifeforms operate in a network and humans are the ones that have a council in NieR Automata, these messages may be, on a meta level, for us as well.

NieR Automata is readily available on the PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Windows PC. You can watch NieR Automata Ver1.1a on Crunchyroll.

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A-1 Pictures and Troyca have announced a new Blu-ray disc box for Aldnoah Zero. It’ll contain all 24 episodes of the anime, as well as the new Episode 24.5: Ame no Danshou - The Penultimate Truth -.

You can watch a short trailer for the Blu-ray disc box on the official X (formerly known as Twitter) for Aldnoah Zero. As a note, the trailer does contain pretty major spoilers for the entire series. So if you haven’t watched the show yet, then you should be mindful of that.

The trailer gives an overview of the whole show, with clips from both seasons. Aldnoah Zero aired from July 2014 to March 2015. Gen Urobuchi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Rusty Rabbit, Fate/Zero) plotted the show. Hiroyuki Sawano (Attack on Titan, Kill la Kill, Xenoblade Chronicles X) composed the music and Kalafina (Yuki Kajiura’s vocal group) sang the opening. 

As for the plot of the show, it takes place in an alternate universe in which the Apollo 17 mission discovered a Hypergate on the moon. This Hypergate allowed humans to teleport to Mars, facilitating colonization. On Mars, they discovered alien technology called Aldnoah, and so they decided to declare independence from Earth to form the Vers Empire. War erupts between the Vers Empire and Earth over Earth’s resources. Aldnoah Zero follows the perspectives of two protagonists—Inaho Kaizuka of Earth and Slaine Troyard of Mars—as they navigate the conflict from different sides, with the climax of both seasons being their showdowns with each other.

The Blu-ray disc box for Aldnoah Zero will come out on March 26, 2025. You can also watch Aldnoah Zero on Crunchyroll.

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The latest episode of the NieR: Automata anime adaptation showed the fight against the Square Enix CEO as part of its alternate ending skit. The skit "starred" former Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda and current president Takashi Kiryu.

The skit started with Pod 042 introducing one of the multiple endings present in the NieR Automata video game. It continued with the puppets of 2B and 9S watching various machine lifeforms competing in the arena. 2B and 9S eventually ed the fight, until former Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda and current president Takashi Kiryu appeared to confront them. The skit ended with a Japanese textbox that described the end of the YoRHa forces and the end of humanity after being overwhelmed by the power of the super CEO boss.

You can check out the alternate ending skit for the NieR: Automata anime featuring the Square Enix CEO boss fight here:

The Square Enix CEO boss fights appeared as a secret bonus fight in the NieR Automata 3C3C1D119440927 DLC. When it released, the fight featured Yosuke Matsuda and the PlatinumGames CEO at the time, which was Kenichi Sato. Additionally, NieR series producer Yosuke Saito confirmed that the voices of the former and current Square Enix CEOs were recorded specifically for the skit.

The second cour of episode for the NieR Automata Ver1.1a anime adaptation is currently airing and is available streaming on Crunchyroll. The game is available on the PS4, Switch, Xbox One, and Windows PC. 

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The Pod’s Podcast for Nier Automata Ver1.1a will start up again along with the second cour of the anime. Like last time, Hiroki Yasumoto will be the host.

You can listen to the NieR Automata Ver1.1a official podcast via Onsen. The previous episodes are there as well. When the show starts to air, you’ll be able to send in letters about your thoughts on the anime in. If you’re lucky, Yasumoto might read your message and respond to it. For reference, Hiroki Yasumoto is the voice actor for Pod 042 in both the game version and anime adaptation of NieR Automata. His previous roles include from Hetalia: Axis Powers, Chad from Bleach, and Elfman from Fairy Tail.

NieR Automata Ver1.1a is the anime adaptation of the critically-acclaimed and award-winning NieR Automata game. Instead of being a straight adaptation, it incorporates elements and characters from content like the stage play. As the first cour focused on the first two endings in the game, which revolved around the YoRHa androids’ conflict with Adam and Eve, the second cour will adapt the latter half of the game. This will bring more focus onto characters like the Red Girls and A2.

NieR Automata Ver1.1a is readily available for streaming on Crunchyroll. The second cour will start airing in Japan and on Crunchyroll from July 5, 2024.

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Part 2 of the NieR Automata Ver1.1a anime will start airing on Crunchyroll from July 5, 2024. This is the same starting date as Japan.

You can watch the trailer for it here. However, it’s the same as Promotion File 11, which Aniplex released earlier in 2024:

A-1 Pictures first announced the second cour in late May 2024. The trailer teases some of the battles that the YoRHa androids will undergo, as well as shows part of the Red Girls’ more sinister true personality. As a reminder, LiSA will be singing “Black Box,” the opening of NieR Automata Ver1.1a part 2. In the past, LiSA contributed opening or ending songs for anime like Fate/Zero, and Demon Slayer. Though it was only for the Japanese dub, she also sang the theme song for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

NieR Automata Ver1.1a is an animated adaptation of the award-wining NieR Automata video game. However, rather than a straight adaptation, it features some characters from the stage play as well. The main voice actors have reprised their roles and like the game, it features music from MONACA.

The anime adaptation of NieR Automata Ver1.1a is readily available for streaming on Crunchyroll and part 2 will start airing from July 5, 2024.

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The second cour of episodes for the NieR: Automata Ver1.1a anime adaptation will release on July 5, 2024. In addition, A-1 Pictures shared a new key visual art for the second part of the anime series depicting various key characters.

Note: The story below contains minor spoilers for the plot of NieR: Automata and its anime adaptation. 505l5k

After the first episode of the second part premieres, new episodes will appear every Friday at 11:30pm JST. The new key visual was shared via the official X (formerly Twitter) for the NieR: Automata Ver1.1a anime series. The artwork features protagonists 2B, 9S, and A2 laying on the ground, accompanied by a hologram of the Red Girl next to them. The post is accompanied by a Japanese and English caption that reads “They are perpetually trapped... in a never-ending spiral of life and death.”

You can check out the new key art for the second cour of the NieR: Automata Ver1.1a anime series in more detail here:

The full key visual is reminiscent of various artworks that were previously released on both the Japanese and English social media s for the NieR: Automata anime adaptation. As a reminder, a trailer for the second cour of episodes of the series appeared on late May 2024.

The second cour of the NieR Automata Ver1.1a anime is set to release on July 5, 2024. The first part of the anime series is currently available on Crunchyroll.

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Season 2 of the NieR Automata Ver1.1a anime adaptation will start airing sometime in 2024. LiSA will be singing “Black Box,” which will be the opening theme.

The key visual for NieR Automata Ver1.1a depicts a barren land with the legs of the mysterious Red Girls. While those who’ve played the game already know their significance to the story, they were only minor characters throughout Ver1.1a. The full trailer for the second season depicts some more characters. You can watch it here:

You can hear a snippet of the opening song in the trailer as well. “Black Box” has LiSA providing the vocals while Hiromu Akita of amazarashi wrote the song and lyrics. Amazarashi is a rock band that has provided opening and ending themes for Dororo, My Hero Academia, and Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace.

As for LiSA, she is a popular singer and songwriter whose anime song career kicked off in 2011 when she released “Oath Sign” for Fate/Zero. Since then, she’s sung songs for Sword Art Online, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, and The Irregular at Magic High School.

NieR Automata Ver1.1a season 2 will air sometime in July 2024. You can watch the current season on Crunchyroll.

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A-1 Pictures confirmed a season 3 of the Mashle: Magic and Muscles anime. It also ed a teaser trailer for the sequel, though it features scenes and footage from the first two seasons.

Mashle: Magic and Muscles is a Japanese anime and manga series that focuses on a non-magical boy living in a magical world. Though one’s magic level and skill determines their place in society, Mash can’t use magic at all. He does, however, have a very powerful body and a set of incredible muscles. Using his physical prowess, he goes to prove to the world that he can become the equivalent of a valedictorian at a magical school using muscles alone.

The story started serialization in 2020 and ended in 2023, with a total of 18 tankobon volumes. The manga was highly popular and received a nomination for the sixth Next Manga Awards. As of March 2024, over 10 million copies of the manga are in circulation. A-1 Pictures started an anime adaptation of it in April 2023, with the second season ending in March 2024. It also received multiple animations for the 8th Crunchyroll Anime Awards.

Mashle: Magic and Muscles is available to stream via services like Crunchyroll. Viz Media has licensed the manga for English release. Season 3 of Mashle: Magic and Muscles is in production.

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Crunchyroll announced the Solo Leveling anime English dub release date, as well as many of the voice actors for the show. It will begin airing on the subscription service on January 20, 2024. 

Here is the full list of Solo Leveling anime English dub voice actors so far, with Aleks Le in the starring role as Sung Jinwoo:

• Baek Yoonho - Christopher R. Sabat
• Cha Hae-in - Michelle Rojas
• Choi Jong-in - Ian Sinclair
• Go Gunhee - Kent Williams
• Lee Joohee - Dani Chambers
• Sung Jinah - Rebecca Wang
• Sung Jinwoo - Aleks Le
• Woo Jinchul - SungWon Cho
• Yoo Jinho - Justin Briner

And here’s a chance to hear some of them in the trailer going over the English dub. It also features some of the early scenes from the show and offers details about the show's plot.

As a reminder, Solo Leveling already began airing on Crunchyroll. A new simulcast episode appears every Saturday on the subscription service. The second one appeared on January 13, 2024, and episode three is expected to debut on January 20, 2024. So the dub is about two weeks behind.

The Solo Leveling anime is airing now. Its English dub debuts on January 20, 2024. The light novel, manhwa, and audiobook are handled by Yen Press outside of Japan. 

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Aniplex has ed the opening song and sequence for Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga. The opening song for this series is UVERworld’s “Eye’s Sentry.”

The single for the song will come out on March 6, 2024. It’ll be available as both a physical and a digital release. This is not the first time that UVERworld sang a song for Blue Exorcist. The band sang “Core Pride” and “One Drop Impact,” which were the first openings for the original series and the Kyoto Saga, respectively.

You can watch the opening of Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga here:

The opening shows the majority of the main cast, which comprises of the Okumura twins, Rin’s classmates, Shura, and Mephisto. It also hints at some of the events that’ll happen later in the arc, such as Izumo’s importance. However, it’s fairly vague, which makes it a safe opening to watch for those who have not read the manga or are caught up on the anime. This is the third anime series for Blue Exorcist, so here is a guide for those who need to watch the previous entries of the show.

Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga is available on Crunchyroll. The full version of “Eye’s Sentry” will come out on March 6, 2024.

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