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86 (2021)
* Based on a sci-fi military action light novel series written by Asato Asato and illustrated by Shirabi. Having bid Lena farewell, Shin and the surviving members of the Spearhead squadron continue into the heart of Legion territory. There, they endure countless hardships until they're rescued by the Federal Republic of Giad, a reformed nation that offers them a second chance at a peaceful life. But it isn't long before a sense of duty calls the Eighty-Six back to the battlefield. Choosing to enlist in the military, they willingly walk back through the gates of hell, this time joined by a peculiar new ally-Frederica Rosenfort: a haughty young girl with a rare ability and wisdom far beyond her years. Source: Yen Press
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BanG Dream! Garupa Pico: Fever!
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Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Los Angeles 2032. A young woman wakes up with no memories, and possessing deadly skills. The only clues to her mystery are a locked data device and a tattoo of a black lotus. Putting together the pieces, she must hunt down the people responsible for her brutal and bloody past to find the truth of her lost identity. Source: crunchyroll
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Blue Period
Bored with life, popular high schooler Yaguchi Yatora jumps into the beautiful yet unrelenting world of art after finding inspiration in a painting. Source: NetflixNote: The show received an early premiere on Netflix on September 25th. The regular TV broadcast started on October 2nd, 2021.
Build Divide: Code Black
In a city where the King reigns supreme, your strength in BuildDivide determines everything. There is a rumor circulating in Shin Kyoto. "Anyone able to defeat the King in Build-Divide shall be granted whatever their heart desires." In order to challenge the King, one must first enter the battle known as Rebuild. There, they will have to complete the "Key."— Everyone Has a Wish They Hope To Have Granted—The young Kurabe Teruto vows to defeat the King so that he can get what he longs for. He, with a little guidance from the mysterious Banka Sakura, dives headfirst into the Rebuild Battle. Now, the city of Shin Kyoto is the stage and BUILD-DIVIDE is the game. Source: Official website
Cardfight!! Vanguard: Over Dress (2021)
15-year-old Yuuyu discovers a nocturnal amusement park where the members of Team Blackout play Vanguard each night. Yuuyu soon finds himself drawn into epic battles and thrilling action as he and Team Blackout fight to maintain their territory. Source: HIDIVE
Chickip Dancers
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Deep Insanity: The Lost Child
The world is overrun with a mysterious condition known as "Randolph syndrome" which causes sudden comas. Simultaneously, a massive underground realm known as "Asylum" in the South Pole was discovered & found to be the syndrome's origin. Weird creatures, unlike any on the surface, dwell there with previously unknown natural resources. To cure the Randolph syndrome (and to get rich plundering the creatures' genetic data and underground resources), people set foot in the Asylum. Source: ANN
Deji Meets Girl
Higa Maise is a listless first-year high school girl who works part-time at the front desk of her family's hotel in Okinawa, meets an "Suzuki Ichirou," a mysterious youth who came alone from Tokyo as a hotel guest. Since Suzuki's arrival, "dëji" things have been happening around Maise, like fish swimming around the room or a giant banyan tree smashing through the hotel ceiling. ("Dëji" is an Okinawan word that means "totally" or "very.")Source: ANN
Digimon Ghost Game
In a little near future when a new technology has developed. On social networking sites, rumors of an unknown strange phenomenon called "hologram ghosts" are flying around. First year junior high school student, Amanokawa Hiro, activates a mysterious device called "Digivice" left by his father. As a result, he is able to see unknown creatures called "Digimon" that are invisible to ordinary people. From the day he met Gammamon, a mischievous Digimon entrusted to him by his father, he becomes involved in a variety of bizarre phenomena. The "Mouth Sewing Man" who steals human time, the "Mummy Man" who wanders around at night and kidnaps people. The hologram ghosts are right next to us, and they are out to get us. What follows is a story of the other side of the world that no one knows. Together with Gammamon and his friends, Hiro steps into the mysterious world where Digimon live. Source: Crunchyroll News
Gunma-chan
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Gyakuten Sekai no Denchi Shoujo
Japan, 2019, just before the dawn of a new era. Suddenly, a slit to another dimension world appears in the sky. What can be found there is the alternative world "Shinkoku Nippon" withe the sky and the earth upside down. This parallel world keeps the former militarism, its era being Eternal Showa. They military invade the real Japan with giant humanoid robots called "Garann" and their gas weapons "Genmu" that can make our modern weapons ineffective. "Shinkoku Nippon" instantly seizes the government and achieves de facto conquest of Japan. The new era "Reiwa" does not arrive for Japan. Source: Official website
Han`you no Yashahime: Sengoku Otogizoushi (2021)
Long-lost twins Towa and Setsuna reunite after ten years to discover that they are the half-demon daughters of the great demon Sesshoumaru. Joined by Moroha, the daughter of Inuyasha, the three set out on a journey to regain their missing past. Source: Hulu
Isekai Shokudou 2
* Based on light novel series written by Inuzuka Junpei and illustrated by Enami Katsumi. The restaurant is opening up again with new characters and new dishes. There is a certain restaurant in the first basement level of a multi-tenant building in one corner of a shopping street near the office district. The historical restaurant, marked by a sign with a picture of a cat, is called "Western Cuisine Nekoya." This restaurant looks completely normal through the week, but on Saturdays, it opens in secret exclusively to some very unique guests. During these hours, doors in various areas of a parallel world open to allow customers of many different races and cultures into the restaurant. Source: crunchyrollNote: The first episode premiered on Crunchyroll Expo Online on August 6 PT.
Kaginado
Laughs and shenanigans are on the horizon in this crossover! Fan-favorite characters from Kanon, Air, Clannad, Little Busters!, Rewrite, and Planetarian start the school year together in a new world where anything is possible. With so much personality in one anime universe, every day feels like a new kind of dream. Source: Funimation
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Kanashiki Debu Neko-chan
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Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha Hen
It is the Taisho Period in Japan. Tanjiro, a kindhearted boy who sells charcoal for a living, finds his family slaughtered by a demon. To make matters worse, his younger sister Nezuko, the sole survivor, has been transformed into a demon herself. Though devastated by this grim reality, Tanjiro resolves to become a “demon slayer” so that he can turn his sister back into a human, and kill the demon that massacred his family. Source: crunchyrollNote: The Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Arc TV series includes an all-new episode 1 featuring the day leading up to the events in the movie, plus re-edited 6 episodes featuring new scenes and music.
Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yuukaku Hen
* Based on an action fantasy shounen manga by Gotouge Koyoharu. Tanjirou and his comrades embark on a new mission within the Yoshiwara Entertainment District to face the demon Daki. Source: Official twitter
Kimi to Fit Boxing
* Based on an exergaming video game published by Nintendo exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.
Komi-san wa, Komyushou Desu.
At a high school full of unique characters, Tadano helps his shy and unsociable classmate Komi reach her goal of making friends with 100 people. Source: Netflix
Konu to Tanoshii Otomodachi
Note: Part of TV Tokyo's Kinder TV (きんだーてれび) program.
Kyoukai Senki
In 2061 AD, Japan is dominated. Divided and ruled by the four major economic blocs of the world, the Japanese people spent their days oppressed as subjugated citizens. Japan became the front line of the world where AMAIM, a human-type special mobile weapon deployed by each economic zone, strode about. One day, Shiiba Amou, a boy who loves machines, meets i-LeS (autonomous thinking AI) named "Gai," and this leads him to throw himself into the battle to reclaim Japan, by piloting the AMAIM "Kenbu" built by himself. Source: crunchyroll news
Kyuuketsuki Sugu Shinu
* Based on a comedy supernatural shounen manga by Bonnoki Itaru. After a vampire hunter learned of a mansion inhabited by a vampire rumoured to have kidnapped a kid, he went there intending to take the monster down. However, the vampire turned out to be a wimp who keeps turning into ash at the smallest things. And that kid wasn't being held captive, he was just using the "haunted house" as his personal playground. Source: M-U
Lupin Sansei: Part 6
Gentleman thief Lupin III is back and ready for his next caper — unless legendary sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, has anything to say about it! When Holmes' longtime partner, Dr. Watson, is murdered, none other than Lupin tops the suspects list. With Holmes fast closing in, Lupin must prove his innocence and bring a shadowy organization called The Raven to heel if he wants to live to steal another day. Source: Sentai Filmworks
Megaton-kyuu Musashi
In an ordinary town, there are people who live a peaceful and fulfilling life. But they don't know that it is a false peace. The untold truth. The earth has already been destroyed. 99. 9% of the human race has been wiped out by a mysterious alien force from outer space. The enemy is named "Dracters." Eventually, a large hole was drilled in the earth and terraformed into a suitable environment for the aliens to live. Humans have no choice but to hide in shelters to escape their eyes. Waiting for the day of resurrection, which they do not know when it will come. The inhabitants of the shelter Ixia have had their memories of the day of destruction erased, and live a normal life without knowing anything about it. However, some of them, the "chosen ones," have become pilots, driving giant robots called "Rogue" and fighting against aliens. Today, another new pilot is selected. Source: crunchyroll news
Mieruko-chan
* Based on a horror comedy seinen manga by Izumi Tomoki. One day, Miko suddenly started seeing grotesque beings that others couldn't. Her response was not to run, not to face them, but to do everything she can to completely ignore them! Can she keep a straight face and continue her day-to-day life while surrounded by horrifying monsters. Source: Yen Press
Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu (2021)
*Based on an isekai light novel series by Rifujin na Magonote. After a cataclysmic event left Rudeus and Eris stranded on the Demon Continent, they continue their journey with the Superd guide Ruijerd in order to make their way back home. The Man God continues to guide Rudeus with his cryptic advice, and Rudeus has a run-in with a figure from legend—the Great Emperor of the Demon World, Kishirika herself! When Rudeus lends her aid, Kishrika rewards him with a strange new power. one that might just be more than he bargained for. Meanwhile, Roxy resumes her quest to find Rudeus. Will the two ever meet. Source: ANN
Muteking the Dancing Hero
Muteki arrives in Neo San Francisco from the country and meets DJ. When monsters suddenly attack, DJ's music transforms Muteki into Muteking, as the two team up to save the city. with dance. Source: Funimation
Muv-Luv Alternative
* Based on a visual novel developed by âge. A story of the bonds between those who fight, in a world pushed to its limits. On one of the countless parallel worlds that exist throughout spacetime, humanity has fought a decades long war against the BETA, hostile extraterrestrial invaders, using humanoid fighting machines called Tactical Surface Fighters. This is a story of how humanity lives and dies while on the brink of extinction. Source: crunchyroll
Ousama Ranking
* Based on a fantasy adventure manga by Tooka Sousuke. Bojji is a deaf and powerless prince who cannot even wield a children's sword. As the firstborn son, he strives hard and dreams of becoming the world's greatest king. However, people mutter about him behind his back as "a good-for-nothing prince" and "no way he can be king."Bojji is able to make his first ever friend, "Kage" (shadow) — a literal shadow on the ground who somehow understands Bojji well. (Kage is a survivor of the Kage assassin clan that was all but wiped out. No longer a killer, Kage now makes ends meet by stealing.) The story follows Bojji's coming-of-age as he meets various people in his life, starting with his fateful encounter with Kage. Source: ANN
Platinum End
* Based on a supernatural thriller manga written by Ooba Tsugumi and drawn by Obata Takeshi. As his classmates celebrate their middle school graduation, troubled Mirai is mired in darkness. But his battle is just beginning when he receives some salvation from above in the form of an angel. Now Mirai is pitted against 12 other chosen humans in a battle to become the next god of the world. Mirai has an angel in his corner, but he may need to become a devil to survive. Source: Viz
Puraore! Pride of Orange
Dream Monkeys is a girl's ice hockey team based in Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture, and its members aim to reach the top of the world. Mizusawa Manaka, a junior high school student living in the city, her younger sister Ayaka, and her childhood friends Kaoruko and Mami come to the door of a trial class held by the team. After practice, everyone is completely fascinated by ice hockey. Eventually, they were invited by the coach, Youko, to become official members of the team. Through practice games and training camps, everyone grows and the team becomes one. With the slogan, "Connect the puck with the bond of heart!", Dream Monkeys heads into the tournament. Source: Crunchyroll
Saihate no Paladin
* Based on a fantasy adventure light novel series written by Yanagino Kanata and illustrated by Rin Kususaga. In a city of the dead, long since ruined and far from human civilization, lives a single human child. His name is Will, and he's being raised by three undead: the hearty skeletal warrior, Blood; the graceful mummified priestess, Mary; and the crotchety spectral sorcerer, Gus. The three pour love into the boy, and teach him all they know. But one day, Will starts to wonder: "Who am I?" Will must unravel the mysteries of this faraway dead man's land, and unearth the secret pasts of the undead. He must learn the love and mercy of the good gods, and the bigotry and madness of the bad. And when he knows it all, the boy will take his first step on the path to becoming a Paladin. Source: Official websiteNote: The first episode received a limited online advanced screening on d Anime Store on September 26. Regular TV broadcast started on October 9, 2021.
Sakugan
The distant future, long after the Western calendar is no longer used. Humans live shoulder-to-shoulder, cramped in the "Labyrinth," an underground world deep below the surface. There are many colonies where people live in the underground Labyrinth. The place is known for extreme high temperatures, but also for lodes of gold, silver, and other riches. In one of the colonies named Pin-in, a curious nine-year-old girl named Memempu and her father Gagumber board a two-person work robot and mine for ore. They eke a living as the lowest of lowest "Worker" occupations. One day, Memempu begs her father Gagumber to set out as Markers — those who chart the innards of the Labyrinth as a spelunker — to search for her mother who left their home. If they encounter a "mysterious giant creature" lurking in the caves, the survival rate is less than 5%. Since discovering an unknown world is dangerous work, "maps" hold great value in the world of Labyrinth and fetch high prices on the market. A Marker is the most dangerous, but also the most lucrative, job. Gagumber decides he cannot hold back the ever-curious Memempu from going off on her own countless times, and finally gives in. The two embark on a journey together in the work robot. However, the "cost" of curiosity. The "truth" they finally uncovered. This is a father and daughter's epic journey with the theme of family love. Source: ANNNote 1: The runner-up for the "Science-Fiction/Robot" category of the Project Anima. Note 2: The first episode premiered on Crunchyroll Expo Online on August 5 PT and in Japan on d Anime Store on August 14. Also the first two episodes were streamed on Nico Nico and animelo mix on September 19. Regular broadcast started on October 7.
Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru
* Based on a BL mystery horror manga by Yamashita Tomoko. Shy bookstore clerk Mikado Kousuke has the ability to see ghosts and spirits, an ability he wishes he didn't have, since what he sees usually terrifies him. Hiyakawa Rihito, an exorcist whose supernatural powers are as strong as his social graces are weak, doesn't seem to fear anything, mortal or otherwise. When this odd couple gets together to solve the bizarre cases that come their way, their work methods may not be entirely safe for work. Source: SuBLime
Sekai Saikou no Ansatsusha, Isekai Kizoku ni Tensei Suru
* Based on a fantasy harem light novel series written by Tsukiyo Rui and illustrated by Reia. The greatest assassin on Earth knew only how to live as a tool for his employers—until they stopped letting him live. Reborn by the grace of a goddess into a world of swords and sorcery, he's offered a chance to do things differently this time around, but there's a catch. He has to eliminate a super-powerful hero who will bring about the end of the world unless he is stopped. Now known as Lugh Tuatha Dé, the master assassin certainly has his hands full, particularly because of all the beautiful girls who constantly surround him. Source: Yen Press
Selection Project
"Selection Project" is a national idol reality show that is held every summer. The Selection Project is the top gateway for girls who want to become idols. The audience's votes determine which girls win or lose in the "audition battle."Miyama Suzune wishes to be an idol like Amasawa Akari, an idol who got her start through the Selection Project reality show. Suzune had been stricken with illness since she was little, but she listened to Akari's music often in her hospital room. Akari's voice gave Suzune smiles and courage, which encouraged Suzune to want to inspire others in the same way. In her last summer of junior high, Suzune decides to enter the seventh Selection Project to make her dreams come true. Source: ANN
Senpai ga Uzai Kouhai no Hanashi
* Based on a love comedy manga by Shiromanta. Igarashi is a hardworking young office lady. Takeda, the senpai above her at work, annoys her constantly–and yet she finds herself growing closer to him. Every day is filled with comic mishaps and romantic moments as Igarashi tries to balance work, life, and love. Source: Seven Seas Entertainment
Shikizakura
Miwa Kakeru is an otherwise ordinary high school student, but a strange twist puts him on the front line in a supernatural battle against the menacing Oni. With the help of a fantastically powerful battle suit known as "Yoroi", Kakeru joins an elite team that fights the monstrous Oni and defends humanity from otherworldly threats. The team is assigned to protect Myoujin Ouka, a shrine maiden who is prophesized to save the world, but she must perform a sacred ritual within Shikizakura, the horizon that connects the spiritual and physical world that lies somewhere amid the blooming cherry blossoms and the colorful autumn leaves. But in this world, the journey to destiny is hard-fought, winding and sometimes deadly. Source: Sentai Filmworks
Shin no Nakama ja Nai to Yuusha no Party o Oidasareta node, Henkyou de Slow Life Suru Koto ni Shimashita
* Based on an adventure fantasy light novel series written by Zappon and illustrated by Yasumo. Red was once a member of the Hero's party, a powerful group destined to save the world from the evil forces of Taraxon, the Raging Demon Lord. That is, until one of his comrades kicked him out. Hoping to live the easy life on the frontier, Red's new goal is to open an apothecary. However, keeping the secret of his former life may not be as simple as he thinks. Especially when the beautiful Rit, an adventurer from his past, shows up and asks to move in with him. Source: Yen Press
Shinka no Mi: Shiranai Uchi ni Kachigumi Jinsei
* Based on a fantasy light novel series written by Miku and illustrated by Umiko. Hiiragi Seiichi is an ugly, revolting, dirty, smelly fatass; these are the insults hurled at him one after another about his appearance. Such was Seiichi's daily school life of bullying, then for some reason, one day when school was out, a voice claiming to be a God said over the PA system to prepare to be transported to another world. What's more, not Seiichi alone, but the entire school. A fantasy world where game-like elements such as as levels, stats, and skills exist. However, the God still had preparations to complete for the transfer, and would send them over as soon as the hero summoning ritual was ready. The classes all formed groups to wait for the transfer, but Seiichi alone was discluded and as such was summoned to a different area. After being transported the first thing Seiichi ate was the "Fruit of Evolution". This would come to greatly change his life. Source: M-U
Shuumatsu no Harem
* Based on a sci-fi erotic manga written by Link and drawn by Shouno Kotarou. The Man-Killer Virus: a lethal disease that has eradicated 99. 9% of the world's male population. Mizuhara Reito has been in cryogenic sleep for the past five years, leaving behind Tachibana Erisa, the girl of his dreams. When Reito awakens from the deep freeze, he emerges into a sex-crazed new world where he himself is the planet's most precious resource. Reito and four other male studs are given lives of luxury and one simple mission: repopulate the world by impregnating as many women as possible! All Reito wants, however, is to find his beloved Erisa who went missing three years ago. Can Reito resist temptation and find his one true love. Source: Seven Seas EntertainmentNote: Episode 1 aired on 8 October 2021 as planned, but all later episodes were delayed until January 2022.
Taishou Otome Otogibanashi
* Based on a historical romance shounen manga by Kirioka Sana. The setting is the Taisho Era. Tamahiko, a young man who disappointed his parents after losing the use of his right hand in an accident, is forced to move out of his home under the guise of rehabilitation. Resentful of everything in life, he becomes withdrawn and pessimistic when one day a woman named Yuzuki knocks on his door. She claims she has been sent there by his father to be his bride. Source: Pony Canyon
Takt Op. Destiny
One day a black meteorite fell on the world, and the world completely changed. The meteorite produced grotesque monsters called D2, which started running rampant. D2 very quickly banned all music, which was the one thing able to overcome them. But there were some people who resisted the D2. They are young women who hold the power of music, the "Musicart." These young women hold "scores" that are able to defeat the monsters. And there are also people who lead these women, known as Conductors. The anime takes place in America in the year 2047, which has fallen to ruin thanks to the D2. Takt, a Conductor, is partnered with a Musicart named Unmei. Takt yearns for music to be returned to the world, and Unmei wishes to destroy the D2. Their aim is to travel to New York. Source: ANN
Tesla Note
* Based on a spy action manga written by Nishida Masafumi and Kubo Tadayoshi and drawn by Sannomiya Kouta. Negoro Botan is not your average high school girl—she's been trained to be an elite government agent since she was young. She's also an expert on the "Tesla Shards", which appear throughout the world to cause supernatural chaos. Her mission is to retrieve these shards, and to do so she teams up with the smarmy, self-proclaimed top agent Kuruma. But this is no easy mission, even for an elite team. Source: Kodansha
Tsuki to Laika to Nosferatu
* Based on a science fantasy light novel series written by Makino Keisuke and illustrated by Karei. It's the era where manned spaceflight has not yet succeeded. The supreme leader of the republic announced the project to send humans up into orbit with rockets. Behind the scenes, at the end of the snowy fields of the republic, at the secret town <Laika 44>, the "Nosferatu Project" that used vampires as a substitutes for humans for rocket flight experiments was moving forward. Taking advantage of a certain incident, First Lieutenant Lev Leps was promoted from <Dropout> Cosmonaut Cadet. He was ordered to supervise the vampire girl, Irina Luminesk, who was chosen by chance to be a guinea pig. Strict training. Continuous failed experiments. Can mankind actually reach space? The team was enveloped by such an atmosphere. Despite being made fun of by the egoist top-brass and the whims of the times, they were here, putting everything they have into aiming for distant space. Source: Yado InnNote: The first two episodes received an advance release online on September 4th. The regular TV broadcast started on October 4th, 2021.
Visual Prison
Yuki Ange is a lonely boy with no family. He travels to Harajuku to see his favorite artist, and there sees an intense musical battle between the bands Eclipse and Lost Eden, their energetic performance striking a pain through his heart. Source: ANN
Waccha PriMagi!
Middle-school first-year student Hibino Matsuri loves festivals, and she dreams of one day being able to star in "PriMagi", a magic-like form of stage entertainment borne from song, dance and fashion. That day arrives when the hyper-spirited, trouble-making magician Myamu arrives from the magical realm and scouts Matsuri for PriMagi. Together, the two compete with rivals to rise to the top of PriMagi. Source: ANN
World Trigger 3rd Season
* Based on an adventure science fiction manga by Ashihara Daisuke. One day, a gate to another world opened in Mikado City. Invaders from another dimension, referred to thereafter as Neighbors, overran the area around the gate, leaving the city gripped by fear. However, a mysterious group suddenly appeared and repelled the Neighbors. This Border Defense Agency independently researches Neighbor technology and fights to protect this world. In a short time, they managed to build an enormous base and prepare a defensive system against the Neighbors. it's been four years since then. Source: crunchyroll
Yakunara Mug Cup mo Niban Kama
Together with her father, who had quit his salaryman job, Toyokawa Himeno moves to Gifu prefecture's Tajimi city. That's the city where her mother is from, whom she had lost when she was still young. Himeno is now attending her mother's alma mater, where her classmate Kukuri Mika invites her to tag along to a special place. That place turns out to be the pottery club! There, she learns for the first time that her mother was a legendary potter, and is consequently pulled into the world of pottery. Source: crunchyroll
Yakunara Mug Cup mo Nibangama
Together with her father, who had quit his salaryman job, Toyokawa Himeno moves to Gifu prefecture's Tajimi city. That's the city where her mother is from, whom she had lost when she was still young. Himeno is now attending her mother's alma mater, where her classmate Kukuri Mika invites her to tag along to a special place. That place turns out to be the pottery club! There, she learns for the first time that her mother was a legendary potter, and is consequently pulled into the world of pottery. Source: crunchyroll
Yoshida Katsuko no Yabai wa! SDGs: Araburu! Trouble! Sustainable!
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Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru: Dai Mankai no Shou
The magical girls of the Sanshu Middle School Hero Club have one goal: to make people smile whenever they can and to always help those in need. Through teamwork and the help of their magical powers, Yuuna, Mimori, Fuu, Itsuki, Karin and Sonoko have vanquished deadly Vertexes, recovered a missing friend and balanced their lives as magical girls and regular middle school students. Now a new adventure begins, one that will test their skills and their bond as friends alike. Source: Sentai Filmworks