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Spring 2018 Anime: Official Twitter Hashtags & Pages
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The first season of the new year is just one month away from its finale. It was a great start with many amazing titles that made these past months worth the extra hours we put in front of our sets. Now, it is time for the cold wind to give way to the pink hues of the sakura tree and for the Winter 2018 season to give the anime baton to Spring 2018.
The Spring 2018 season has more than 68 anime with 11 of them continuing from Winter 2018:
- Katana Maidens – Toji no Miko
- Hakyuu Houshin Engi
- Record of Grancrest War
- Beatless
- The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments
- Darling in the FranXX
- Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Arc
- Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls
- Yowamushi Pedal: Glory Line
- The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. 2nd Season
- Hitori no Shita: The Outcast 2
This season also has a few series that are returning after taking a small break. These are:
- Shokugeki no SOuma (Food Wars)
- Hoozuki no Reitetsu (Hozuki’s Coolheadedness 2nd Season Part II)
- Boku no Hero Academia 3 (My Hero Academia 3rd Season)
- Nobunaga no Shinobi (Ninja Girl & Samurai Master: The Anegawa/Ishiyama Arc)
Spring 2018 TV Anime Series
- 3D Kanojo: Real Girl
- Kakuriyo -Bed & Breakfast for Spirits-Afterlife Inn Cooking (Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi)
- Aikatsu Friends
- Akkun and His Girlfriend (Akkun to Kanojo)
- Alice or Alice
- Amanchu! Advance
- Butlers: A Millennium Century Story (Butlers: Chitose Momotose Monogatari)
- Caligula
- Captain Tsubasa: The New Series
- Comic Girls
- Cute High Earth Defense Club Happy Kiss!
- Cutie Honey Universe
- Devil’s Line
- Dorei-ku The Animation (Doreiku – Boku to 23-nin no Dorei)
- Fist of the Blue Sky Re:Genesis
- Full Metal Panic! IV
- Food Wars! The Third Plate – Totsuki Train Arc
- Gegege no Kitarou
- Golden Kamuy
- Gundam Build Divers
- Gurazeni
- Heavy Divine Unit Pandora (Juushinki Pandora)
- High School DxD Hero
- Hinamatsuri
- Hisone and Masotan
- Hozuki’s Coolheadedness 2nd Season Part II
- Inazuma 11: Ares no Tenbin
- Jikken-hin Kazoku: Creatures Family Days
- Last Period: the journey to the end of despair
- Layton Mystery Detective Agency: Kat’s Mystery-Solving Files
- Libra of Nil Admirari (Nil Admirari no Tenbin)
- Lostorage conflated WIXOSS
- Lost Song
- Love to Lie Angle (Tachibana-Kan To Lie Angle)
- Lupin the Third: Part 5
- Magical Girl Boy (Magical Girl ORE)
- Magical Girl Site
- Major 2nd
- Megalo Box
- My Hero Academia 3rd Season
- Ninja Girl & Samurai Master: The Anegawa/Ishiyama Arc
- Persona 5 the Animation
- Railroad Crossing Time (Fumikiri Jikan)
- Rokuhoudou Yotsuiro Biyori
- Saredo Tsumibito wa Ryuu to Odoru: Dances with the Dragon
- Space Battle Ship Tiramisu (Uchuu Senkan Tiramisu)
- Steins;Gate 0
- Sweet Punishment
- Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online
- Tada-kun Does Not Fall in Love (Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai)
- The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: The New Thesis – Encounter
- The Piano Forest (Piano no Mori)
- To Be Hero 2
- Tokyo Ghoul:re
- Uma Musume: Pretty Derby
- Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii
- You don’t know Gunma yet.
3D Kanojo: Real Girl
Japanese Title: 3D彼女 リアルガール
Official English Title: Real Girl
Studio: Hoods Entertainment
Air Date: 4 April
Episodes: 12
Adaptation of Manga
3D Kanojo is about the love story between Hikari Tsutsui, an otaku, and the real beauty Iroha Igarashi. The original manga is being serialized in Kodansha’s Dessert. So far 12 volumes have been released.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @3Dkanojo_anime
Hashtag: #アニメ3D彼女
Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi (Kakuriyo -Bed & Breakfast for Spirits-)
Japanese Title: Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi | かくりよの宿飯（やどめし）
Studio: Gonzo
Air Date: 2 April
Episodes:?
Adaptation of Light Novel
The story follows main character Aoi Tsubaki, a university student who was swept away into a hidden world (Kakuri Yo) as a demon’s wife, because of her grandfather’s loan. Instead of marrying the demon, she opens a restaurant at an old-fashioned inn called Tenjinya. It’s a story about Aoi living together with ayakashi (Japanese supernatural creatures), such as a demon and a nine-tailed fox while managing the inn.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @kakuriyo_anime
Hashtag: #かくりよの宿飯
Aikatsu Friends!
Japanese Title: アイカツフレンズ!
Studio: BN Pictures
Air Date: 5 April
Episodes:?
Original Anime
Aine Yuki is attending the Star Harmony Academy’s general course and is good at making new friends. She becomes friends with top idol Mio Minato and they appear on the ‘Aikatsu’ stage together?! Waiting for Aine and Mio are busy days with unique idols such as Maika Chono and Ema Hinata, work in the entertainment world and their school life. Their dream is to become the brilliant top idols- ‘Diamond Friends’!. Karen Kamishiro and Mirai Asuka’s dresses do indeed shine like diamonds! As the group’s numbers increases so does the drama too! Dress up with Aikatsu! Cards! Fans are ‘Friends’. Cards are ‘friends’. With many friends come many dreams!! Aikatsu Friends! begins!
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @aikatsu_anime
Hashtag: #アイカツ #aikatsu #アイカツスターズ
Akkun to Kanojo (My Sweet Tyrant)
Japanese Title: Akkun to Kanojo | あっくんとカノジョ
Official English Title: My Sweet Tyrant
Studio: Yumeta Company
Air Date: 6 April
Episodes: 25
Adaptation of Manga
Akkun to Kanojo is a romantic comedy about the main character Atsuhiro ‘Akkun’ Kagari and his girlfriend Non ‘Non-tan’ Katagiri. Atsuhiro is a tsundere character, first unapproachable but then showing affection. Non is angel-like and very tolerating of Atsuhiro’s changing behavior.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @akkano_anime
Hashtag: #あっカノ
Alice or Alice
Japanese Title: ありすorありす
Studio: EMT2
Air Date: 4 April
Episodes: 12
Adaptation of Manga
A comedy story about the daily life revolving around Rise and Airi, and their stepbrother with a sister complex. Eating meals, having a fight, going out with friends… Why don’t you have a look at the heartfelt daily life of cute Alice?
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @ALICE_or_ALICE_
Hashtag: #ありすorありす
Amanchu! Advance
Japanese Title: あまんちゅ！～あどばんす～
Studio: J.C. Staff
Air Date: 7 April
Episodes: 12
Adaptation of Manga
Amanchu tells the story of Hikari Kohinata, an outgoing 15-year-old girl who lives in a small seaside town on the Izu peninsula. She, along with Tokyo girl Futaba Oki, indulge in the pleasure of scuba diving!
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @amanchu_anime
Hashtag: #あまんちゅ
Butlers: Chitose Momotose Monogatari (Butlers: A Millennium Century Story)
Japanese Title: Butlers: Chitose Momotose Monogatari | Butlers～千年百年物語～
Official English Title: Butlers X Battlers
Studio: Silver Link
Air Date: 12 April
Episodes: 12
Original Anime
Butlers – that’s what the people are called that are destined to protect a certain family for thousands of years. Jay lived a peaceful life with his sister Tenna and their butler Hayakawa. However, the quiet days suddenly changed. Tenna gets swallowed by a strain of time and space and Jay’s body is thrust into the world of 100 years in the future… When he opens his eyes, he wakes up at the same mansion he had lived at, which is now used as Koyomi Academy.
Jay takes on the name Koma Jinguji and attends the school as student council president to find clues about the past. He wants to return to the old days. Separation: where a hundred years should have been separating is a reunion. Fate: the secret of a thousand-year-old family is buried in history. The blood relations from a thousand years and the feelings of a hundred years are now starting to mix…
With a bright mind, beautiful face, and a refreshing smile, the student council president Koma Jinguji – AKA Jay – is popular with all the girls. The cafe owner Tsubasa Hayakawa, on the other hand, is popular with the ladies because he can draw owls in his cafe latte, has many talents, and because he is gentle. Are the two of them destined to be enemies forever?
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @butlers_anime
Hashtag: #千年百年
Caligula
Japanese Title: Caligula -カリギュラ-
Studio: Satelight
Air Date: 8 April
Episodes: 12
Adaptation of Game
Caligula is an anime television series adaptation of the video game The Caligula Effect. From its Wikipedia page: ‘Mobius is a perfect digital world for the imagined benefit of humanity by μ, a virtual idol program that attained sentience and self-awareness. Only humans who are suffering in the real world and strongly relate to μ’s songs are lured into Mobius. Once they enter, people often forget that the real world exists. Regardless of age or gender, they are turned into students and forced to experience school life over and over, which μ considers “the most radiant time in a person’s life.’
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @Caligula_Anime
Hashtag: #Caligula_Anime
Captain Tsubasa: The New Series
Japanese Title: キャプテン翼 (2018)
Studio: David Production
Air Date: 3 April
Episodes: 52
Adaptation of Manga
The manga tells the story of Tsubasa Oozora, who has a very special talent for soccer, and how he makes his way to the top through his battles with rivals like Genzo Wakabayashi and Kojiro Hyuga.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @tsubasa_news
Hashtag: #tsubasa #キャプテン翼復活
Comic Girls
Japanese Title: こみっくがーるず
Studio: Nexus
Air Date: 5 April
Episodes: 12
Adaptation of 4-koma Manga
Comic Girls is a Japanese four-panel manga series by Kaori Hanzawa.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @comiga_anime
Hashtag: #こみっくがーるず
Binan Koukou Chukyuu Boueibu Happy Kiss! (Cute High Earth Defense Club Happy Kiss!)
Japanese Title: Binan Koukou Chukyuu Boueibu Happy Kiss! | 美男高校地球防衛部HAPPY KISS！
Studio: Comet
Air Date: 9 April
Episodes: 12
Original Anime
A town in the northern Kanto region of Japan, Binan City. Binan High School’s The Earth Defense Club (laugh) is still known as the ‘Do Nothing Club’… Club members are Kyotaro Shuzenji, Ryoma Kirishima, Nanao Wakura, Taishi Manza and Ichiro Dogo. They are part of a club, which just enjoys a tea break nonchalantly, chatter away silly talks and don’t even make one sen (hundredth of 1 yen) profit.
After school, they all move to Kurotamayu. It feels too good to sink in hot water, but when Kirishima pulled Shuzenji out of the water, they caught a beautiful boy with a strange appearance.
‘I am the first prince of Honyaraland, Karurusu!
I came to reign happily over you☆’
And so the five The Earth Defense Club members get caught up in the battle for the succession of Honyaraland…
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @boueibu
Hashtag: #boueibu
Cutie Honey Universe
Japanese Title: Cutie Honey Universe
Studio: Production Reed
Air Date: 8 April
Episodes:?
Adaptation of Manga
Honey Kisaragi is a high school girl who attends St. Chapel Academy, but her real identity is Love warrior Cutie Honey. She is a beautiful female android, created by the genius scientist Dr. Kisaragi. Honey aims to catch the mysterious secret society Panther Claw and works together with Panther Claw investigator. But Panther Claw’s leader is Sister Jill, who works under a pseudonym. Honey, who doesn’t know about Sister Jill’s real identity, continues to trust her purely.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @CutieHoney_U
Hashtag: #Cutie_Honey_Universe
Devil’s Line
Japanese Title: デビルズライン
Studio: Platinum Vision
Air Date: 7 April
Episodes: 12
Adaptation of Manga
The anime takes place in a world where humans and vampires co-exist and tells the dark fantasy story of a university student called Tsukasa and a policeman for vampires called Anzai.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @devilslineanime
Hashtag: #デビルズライン
Doreiku The Animation
Japanese Title: 奴隷区 The Animation
Studio: TNK x Zero-G
Air Date: 14 April
Episodes:?
Adaptation of Manga
SCM (Slave Control Method) – An instrument to make someone your slave. If you win a game, you are the master, if you lose, you are the slave. Revenge, love, boredom… There are many different reasons people use the SCM, and the people who play the game are even more different. Victory or Obedience? Let the spectacular survival game begin!
Anime Info Page
doreiku-anime.com
Twitter: @doreiku_anime
Hashtag: #奴隷区
Souten no Ken: REGENESIS (Fist of the Blue Sky: Regenesis)
Japanese Title: 蒼天の拳 REGENESIS
Studio: Polygon Pictures
Air Date: 10 April
Episodes: 24
Adaptation of Manga
Fist of the Blue Sky is a story about Kenshiro Kasumi, who is called the most unrestrained and strongest successor of ‘God Fist of the North Star’ (Hokuto Shinken), which has a history of about 1800 years. This Fist of the Blue Sky, formerly supervised by original author Tetsuo Hara, will celebrate its comeback as TV anime. Witness the new version of the strongest ‘God Fist of the North Star’ successor Kenshiro Kasumi!
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @soutenregenesis
Hashtag: #蒼天の拳 #北斗35周年
Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara – Toutsuki Ressha-hen (Food Wars! The Third Plate – Totsuki Train Arc)
Japanese Title: 食戟のソーマ 餐ノ皿 遠月列車篇
Studio: J.C. Staff
Air Date: 9 April
Episodes: 12
Adaptation of Manga
The continuation of Food Wars from Fall 2017.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @shokugeki_anime
Hashtag: #shokugeki_anime
Full Metal Panic! IV
Japanese Title: フルメタル・パニック！Invisible Victory
Studio: Xebec
Air Date: 13 April
Episodes: 12
Adaptation of Light Novel
Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory is the fourth TV series in the franchise.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @fullmeta_iv
Hashtag: #fmpiv #フルメタ
Gegege no Kitarou 2018
Japanese Title: ゲゲゲの鬼太郎
Studio: Toei Animation
Air Date: 1 April
Episodes:?
Adaptation of Manga
GeGeGe no Kitaro is an anime series based on the manga by Shigeru Mizuku. The first season aired in 1968. The anime is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2018.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @kitaroanime50th
Hashtag: #ゲゲゲの鬼太郎
Golden Kamuy
Japanese Title: ゴールデンカムイ
Studio: Geno Studio
Air Date: 9 April
Episodes: 12
Adaptation of Manga
Golden Kamuy is based on a manga by Satoru Noda, which is currently being serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Young Jump. The story is set in Hokkaido in the late Meiji period (1868-1912). During the gold rush, there are talks about the great treasure of the Ainu, natives of Hokkaido, and Sugimoto is joining hands with the Ainu girl Asirpa to find it, starting a survival story as the 7th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army is hunting the gold as well. The map to the gold is tattooed on 24 jailbreakers. Let the game begin.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @kamuy_anime
Hashtag: #ゴールデンカムイ
Gundam Build Divers
Japanese Title: ガンダムビルドダイバーズ
Studio: TBD
Air Date: 3 April
Episodes:?
Original Anime
The Gunpla Force Battle Tournament is a big event held in GBN once per year. Competing in the final round are Avalon, led by the champion Kyoya Kujo, and the elite 7th Panzer Division led by the cunning Rommel. Starting with Kyoya’s Gundam AGE II Magnum, a variety of Gunpla take to the field to determine which is the strongest force!
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @gundambd
Hashtag: #g_bd
Gurazeni: Money Pitch
Japanese Title: グラゼニ
Studio: Deen
Air Date: 6 April
Episodes: 12
Adaptation of Manga
Gurazeni is a baseball-themed manga by Yuji Moritaka (author) and Keiji Adachi (illustration) and was serialized in Kodansha’s Weekly Morning from December 2010 to January 2015.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @sptv_gurazeni
Hashtag: #グラゼニ
Heavy Divine Unit Pandora (Last Hope)
Japanese Title: Juushinki Pandora | 重神機パンドーラ
Studio: Satelight
Air Date: 4 April
Episodes: 26
Original Anime
Leon and Chloe were right there on the day the Xianglong Crisis that occurred in 2031. The incident involved the explosion of a next-generation quantum reactor, developed to solve the depletion of energy resources. The explosion caused a huge leakage of an unknown energy and lead to the entire world changing, including the evolution of lifeforms and machines, as well as the birth of peculiar being known as B.R.A.I. The sheer power of this life-form drives humanity almost to the point of extinction.
7 years after the Xianglong Crisis, Leon is living on the outskirts of the impenetrable city of Neo Xianglong. He lives with his younger ‘sister’ Chloe, with whom he formed a so-called ‘family contract’. Leon does his own research on how to resist the B.R.A.I., while Chloe does her best to look after the sluggish Leon. They are living in peace until a menace begins to steadily creep up on them…
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @unit_pandora
Hashtag:
High School DxD Hero
Japanese Title: ハイスクールD×D HERO
Studio: Passione
Air Date: 10 April
Episodes: 13
Adaptation of Light Novel
The 4th season of High School DxD.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @hdd_anime
Hashtag: #haremking
Hinamatsuri
Japanese Title: ヒナまつり
Studio: feel.
Air Date: 6 April
Episodes: 12
Adaptation of Manga
One day Yoshifumi Nitta, the hope of the Ashikawa yakuza group, is sitting in his room, enjoying a drink when suddenly something drops on his head. And that’s where it all begins! In the strange cocoon is a strange girl called Hina. She has psychic powers and with them, she makes Yoshifumi take her in and starts living with him.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @hinamatsuri4649
Hashtag: #ヒナまつり
Hisone to Masotan
Japanese Title: ひそねとまそたん
Official English Title: Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan
Studio: Bones
Air Date: 13 April
Episodes:?
Original Anime
Straightforward and innocent Hisone Amakasu is a rookie self-defense official. She was struggling with the fact that she sometimes hurts people unintentionally by her innocent words and decided to join in Air Self-Defence, hoping to maintain a certain distance from people. This decision led her to a fateful encounter which profoundly changes her life. It was the dragon hidden in the base and it chose Hisone as his pilot. When it soared into the sky with Hisone, her fate as a dragon pilot was decided. It is said that dragons have a key to the future of the world… (taken from official website)
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @hisomaso_anime
Hashtag: #ひそねとまそたん
Hoozuki no Reitetsu 2nd Season: Sono Ni (Hozuki’s Coolheadedness 2nd Season Part II)
Japanese Title: 鬼灯の冷徹 第弐期その弐
Studio: Deen
Air Date: 8 April
Episodes: 13
Adaptation of Manga
Second cour of the second season of Hoozuki no Reitetsu.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @hozuki_anime
Hashtag: #鬼灯の冷徹
Inazuma Eleven: Ares no Tenbin
Japanese Title: イナズマイレブン アレスの天秤
Studio: OLM
Air Date: 6 April
Episodes:?
Adaptation of Game
A spin-off story of Inazuma Eleven that takes place in a parallel world.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @inazuma_project
Hashtag: #イナズマイレブン
Jikken-hin Kazoku: Creatures Family Days
Japanese Title: 実験品家族 -クリーチャーズ・ファミリー・デイズ-
Studio: TBD
Air Date: 9 April
Episodes:?
Adaptation of Digital Manhua
Jikken-hin Kazoku: Creatures Family Days is a family story about five siblings coming from mad scientist parents, who just aim to be a ‘normal’ family. It is the first comic from Taiwan to gain 85 million views and is currently being serialized in the Japanese magazine Monthly Comic Bunch.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @jikkenhin
Hashtag: #jikkenhin
Last Period: Owarinaki Rasen no Monogatari (Last Period: the journey to the end of despair)
Japanese Title: ラストピリオド
Studio: J.C. Staff
Air Date: 12 April
Episodes: 12
Adaptation of Game
Last Period -Story of The Never Ending Spiral-, an RPG strategy game developed and published by Happy Element K.K. It features cute chibi characters in SD form with flashy moving and exhilarating battle Fantasy RPG.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @last_period
Hashtag: #ラスピリ #lp_anime
Layton Mystery Detective Agency: Kat’s Mystery-Solving File
Japanese Title: Layton Mystery Tanteisha Katori no Nazotoki File | レイトン ミステリー探偵社 ～カトリーのナゾトキファイル～
Studio: LIDEN FILMS
Air Date: 8 April
Episodes: 50
Adaptation of Game
The main character is Katrielle ‘Kat’ Layton, who runs the Layton Detective Agency and solves the mysteries of London together with the talking dog Sherl and her assistant Ernest Greeves (Noah Montor).
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @anime_layton
Hashtag: #レイトン #ナゾトキ #アニメレイトン
Nil Admirari no Tenbin (Libra of Nil Admirari)
Japanese Title: Nil Admirari no Tenbin | ニル・アドミラリの天秤
Studio: Zero-G
Air Date: 1 April
Episodes: 12
Adaptation of Otome Game
Anime adaptation of the otome visual novel video game developed by Otomate for PlayStation Vita
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @nilad_anime
Hashtag: #ニルアドアニメ
Lostorage conflated WIXOSS
Japanese Title: Lostorage conflated WIXOSS
Studio: J.C. Staff
Air Date: 7 April
Episodes:?
Original Anime
The sequel to Lostorage incited WIXOSS and the fourth season in the anime series in total.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @wixoss_anime
Hashtag: #Lostorage #WIXOSS
Lost Song
Japanese Title: LOST SONG
Studio: LIDEN FILMS
Air Date: 7 April
Episodes:12
Original Anime
Deep within the royal palace in the bustling capital city, the songstress Finis (Yukari Tamura) spends her days in solitude. Both share a special power no other person has. A miraculous power that can heal wounds, create water and stir the wind — the power of song. Guided by destiny, the two young women each face an arduous journey with the power of song. The shadow of war looms over the kingdom, tainting even the miraculous songs with the blood of innocents. Loved ones meet their deaths as silent screams echo through a stone prison. As two destinies intersect, will the final song be one of despair, hope or…?
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @lostsonganime
Hashtag: #LOSTSONG
Tachibana-Kan To Lie Angle (Love to-LIE-Angle)
Japanese Title: Tachibana-Kan To Lie Angle | 立花館To Lieあんぐる
Studio: Creators in pack / Studio Lings
Air Date: 4 April
Episodes: 12
Adaptation of Manga
When Natsuno Hanabi went back to her hometown to study in high school, she thought that she will have a new wonderful life. But Tachibanakan, the dormitory she was going to live in, was not what she expected.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @tachibana_kan
Hashtag: #立花館
Lupin the Third: Part 5
Japanese Title: ルパン三世 PART5
Studio: Telecom Animation Film
Air Date: 4 April
Episodes: 24
Adaptation of Manga
The new Lupin series takes place at a present-day French digital company. Lupin, who drives his classic car, carries his old-fashioned pistol, the Walter P38, and uses the internet, mobile terminals, and other digital gadgets in order to stand up against his enemies.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @Lupin_Pt5
Hashtag: #ルパン5 #Lupin5
Mahou Shoujo ORE (Magical Girl Boy)
Japanese Title: 魔法少女 俺 | Mahou Shoujo ORE
Studio: Pierrot Plus
Air Date: 2 April
Episodes: 12
Adaptation of Manga
‘Love makes a girl stronger.’ Saki Uno is excited about performing as one member of the Idol unit Magical Twin. Saki likes the member of the top idol unit STAR☆PRINCE Mohiro, who is the brother of her unit partner Sakuyo Mikage. She would do anything for him, so these feelings cause a miracle! She transforms into a magical girl because of her strong wish to be able to protect the most important person to her. However, her appearance was quite unexpected…
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @magicalgirl_ore
Hashtag: #魔法少女俺
Mahou Shoujo Site (Magical Girl Site)
Japanese Title: 魔法少女サイト
Studio: production doA
Air Date: 7 April
Episodes: 12
Adaptation of Manga
The main character is Aya Asagiri, a middle school girl who has no place she belongs to, no matter if at school or at home. One day, she finds a mysterious website called ‘Magical Girl Site’ and with the magic she gains, she finds her fate.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @MGSanime
Hashtag: #魔法少女サイト
Major 2nd
Japanese Title: MAJOR 2nd
Studio: NHK Enterprises
Air Date: 7 April
Episodes:?
Adaptation of Manga
An adaptation of the MAJOR 2nd sports manga series succeeding the previous MAJOR (series), written by Takuya Mitsuda. A few years after the epilogue of the previous series, the story features the life of Goro Shigeno’s son, Daigo Shigeno.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @major2nd_tv
Hashtag: #メジャーセカンド #メジャー #MAJOR
Megalo Box
Japanese Title: メガロボクス
Studio: TMS Entertainment
Air Date: 6 April
Episodes: 13
Original Anime
The anime will be produced as a part of the 50th-anniversary celebration of Ashita no Joe. The story is about a man called ‘Junk Dog’ (J.D.), who is fighting fixed matches in a dark underground ring. J.D. is putting himself on the line to challenge his ‘destiny’.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @joe50_megalobox
Hashtag: #メガロボクス #あしたのジョー
Boku no Hero Academia 3 (My Hero Academia 3rd Season)
Japanese Title: Boku no Hero Academia | 僕のヒーローアカデミア ３期
Studio: Bones
Air Date: 7 April
Episodes: 25
Adaptation of Manga
My Hero Academia is set in a world in which many of its people possess superpowers called ‘Quirks’. The Heroes of this world fight against the Villains. Many wannabe heroes attend U.A. High School in the hopes of becoming the next generation of Superheroes. One of those students is the main character Izuku ‘Deku’ Midoriya.
Season 3 of the famous My Hero Academia anime series.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @heroaca_anime
Hashtag: #heroaca_a #ヒロアカ
Nobunaga no Shinobi ~Anegawa Ishiyama-hen~ (Ninja Girl & Samurai Master: The Anegawa/Ishiyama Arc)
Japanese Title: Nobunaga no Shinobi ~Anegawa Ishiyama-hen~ | 信長の忍び～姉川・石山篇～
Studio: TMS Entertainment
Air Date: 7 April
Episodes: 26
Adaptation of 4-koma Manga
The year is 1555, the middle of the Warring States period, and one young man holds on to a very big dream. That young man, known as an empty-headed fool, is none other than Oda Nobunaga. Enchanted by his dream, a certain young girl who admires Nobunaga swears that she will become his ninja one day. Nobunaga has one goal: to unify Japan by military might! Decorated by a colorful cast of characters, including the airheaded Kichou, the errand boy Hideyoshi, the tsundere Nene, the straight man Mitsuhide, and the half-dead Hanbei, this heavy-hitting wartime gag anime is about to begin!! (Crunchyroll)
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @shinobinobunaga
Hashtag: #信長の忍び
Persona 5 the Animation
Japanese Title: ペルソナ５
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Air Date: 8 April
Episodes: 24
Adaptation of Game
It is spring, and second-year high schooler Ren Amamiya is transferring schools and enters Shunjin High School in Tokyo. After a certain event, his ‘Persona’ awakens. He joins the group ‘Phantom Thieves of Hearts’ who possess the same powers. They are stealing ill intent from adults’ hearts. Mysterious mental runaway incidents occur one after another in the streets. During the daytime, Ren is just a normal high school student living his everyday life in the big city of Tokyo and after school, he operates as a member of ‘Phantom Thieves of Hearts’. A magnificent picaresque-style anime is about to begin.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @P5_anime
Hashtag: #紀伊國屋 #ペルソナ５
Fumikiri Jikan (Railroad Crossing Time)
Japanese Title: Fumikiri Jikan | 踏切時間
Studio: EKACHI EPILKA
Air Date: 10 April
Episodes: 12
Adaptation of Manga
‘Ding ding ding ding….’ Today again, someone was stopped by a railroad crossing’s barrier. During the waiting time at railroad crossings unfold youth, eros, art, first love… A slice-of-life omnibus story taking place entirely at the railway crossings!
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @fumikiri_anime
Hashtag: #踏切時間 #fumikirijikan
Rokuhoudou Yotsuiro Biyori
Japanese Title: 鹿楓堂よついろ日和
Studio: Zexcs
Air Date: 11 April
Episodes: 12
Adaptation of Manga
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. (source: MAL)
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Saredo Tsumibito wa Ryuu to Odoru: Dances with the Dragon
Japanese Title: されど罪人は竜と踊る Dances with the Dragons
Studio: Seven Arcs Pictures
Air Date: 7 April
Episodes: 12
Adaptation of Light Novel
Jushiki (=spell formulae) is a special ability in this world. They are chemical reactions in weapons that seem like magic. Two people who use this kind of magic are Gaius and Gigina. Gaius is the one who deals with dangerous situations thanks to being quick-witted and Gigina is a beautiful but cruel swordsman. Even though they seem like enemies, they work together well in battle, as if they were one person. It is a dark fantasy story in which both of them fight to survive.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @sareryu_anime
Hashtag: #され竜
Uchuu Senkan Tiramisu (Space Battleship Tiramisu)
Japanese Title: Uchuu Senkan Tiramisu | 宇宙戦艦ティラミス
Studio: Gonzo
Air Date: 3 April
Episodes:?
Adaptation of Manga
Handsome ace pilot Subaru Ichinose locks himself away from society most of the time, but this is his every-day life on the space battleship Tiramisu with his friends and his beloved special machine Durandal.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @tiramisu_anime
Hashtag: #宇宙戦艦ティラミス #tiramisu
Steins;Gate 0
Japanese Title: シュタインズ・ゲート ゼロ
Studio: White Fox
Air Date: 12 April
Episodes: 23
Adaptation of Visual Novel
November 2010 – Beta Timeline
This is the timeline where the hero, Rintaro Okabe, gave up his tries of saving HER, after many hardships and sorrow.
He is at the bottom.
His friends worry about him.
What happened to HER, who couldn’t be saved?
This is the story of ‘Zero’, telling another tale with new characters.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @SG_anime
Hashtag: #シュタゲ
Amai Choubatsu: Watashi wa Kanshu Senyou Pet (Sweet Punishment)
Japanese Title: 甘い懲罰～私は看守専用ペット
Studio: Magic Bus
Air Date: 2 April
Episodes:?
Adaptation of Digital Manga
The anime tells the story of Hina Saotome, who was sent to prison, despite being innocent. On the spot, she gets into a strange relationship with the guard Aki Myojin, who does what he wants with her, especially during personal searches.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @ComicFestaAnime
Hashtag: #アニメ僧侶 #スカケダ #おみつよ #にごじょ #看守
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online
Japanese Title: ソードアート・オンライン オルタナティブ ガンゲイル・オンライン
Studio: 3Hz
Air Date: 8 April
Episodes: 12
Adaptation of Light Novel
The anime is an adaptation of the spin-off novel series Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @ggo_anime
Hashtag: #ggo_anime
Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai (Tada-kun Does Not Fall in Love)
Japanese Title: Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai | 多田くんは恋をしない
Official English Title: Tada Never Falls in Love
Studio: Doga Kobo
Air Date: 5 April
Episodes:?
Original Anime
While photographing the cherry blossoms in full bloom, Mitsuyoshi Tada comes across a girl named Theresa, who has just arrived in Japan from a foreign country. She is an exchange student from the European country of Larsenburg. However, as soon as she arrived in Japan, she got separated from her companion and found herself lost. Mitsuyoshi helps out Theresa and takes her to his grandfather’s ‘Tada Coffee Shop’. However….
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @tadakoi_anime
Hashtag: #tadakoi #ただこい
Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu: Die Neue These – Kaikou (The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: The New Thesis – Encounter)
Japanese Title: 銀河英雄伝説 Die Neue These 邂逅
Studio: Production I.G.
Air Date: 3 April
Episodes: 12
Adaptation of Novel
A thousand years from now, humanity has advanced into outer space and is divided into two states: the monarchic Galactic Empire and the democratic Free Planets Alliance. The war between those two has lasted over 150 years and spread through the whole galaxy without boundaries. It is a long war. The Galactic Empire is corrupted by its own aristocracy while the Free Planets Alliance is ruled by politics of evil. Both countries are shaken by the appearance of two geniuses. The ‘Invincible Genius’ Reinhard von Lohengramm and the ‘Invincible Magician’ Yang Wen Li.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @gineidenanime
Hashtag: #新銀英伝
Piano no Mori (The Piano Forest)
Japanese Title: Piano no Mori | ピアノの森
Studio: Fukushima Gainax
Air Date: 9 April
Episodes: 12
Adaptation of Manga
Piano no Mori tells the story of two boys from very different walks of life as they grow as pianists and aim to take part in a piano competition.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @piano_anime_tv
Hashtag: #ピアノの森
To Be Hero 2 (To Be Heroine)
Japanese Title: TO BE HERO 2
Studio: Haoliners Animation
Air Date: 19 May
Episodes: 7
Original Anime
Handsome, divorced and with a teen daughter living with him, our hero is a “bad father” who works as a toilet seat designer. One day, as he was on the toilet, he finds himself sucked into the toilet seat and is given the important task of saving the planet. The price for being a super hero is quite huge: this good-looking guy is transformed into an ugly dude…with super power! To protect the Earth and his daughter Min, his fight is about to begin… (Source: Emon Animation Company)
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @to_be_hero
Hashtag: #トゥ・ビー・ヒーロー #TOBEHERO#HAOLINERS
Tokyo Ghoul:re
Japanese Title: 東京喰種：re
Studio: Pierrot
Air Date: 3 April
Episodes: 12
Adaptation of Manga
Taking place 2 years after the events of Tokyo Ghoul √A is a long-awaited anime adaptation of Sui Ishida’s manga, Tokyo Ghoul: re.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @tkg_anime
Hashtag: #東京喰種
Uma Musume: Pretty Derby
Japanese Title: ウマ娘 プリディダービー
Studio: P.A. Works
Air Date: 2 April
Episodes: 13
Adaptation of Game
Uma Musume Pretty Derby is an anime adaptation of an upcoming mobile video game for iOS and Android developed by Cygames that will debut in 2018.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @uma_musu_anime
Hashtag: #ウマ娘
Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii
Japanese Title: ヲタクに恋は難しい
English Official Title: Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Air Date: 13 April
Episodes:?
Adaptation of Manga
Narumi Momose is an office lady and secret fujoshi, and Hirotaka Nifuji has the looks but is a severe game otaku.
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @wotakoi_anime
Hashtag: #ヲタ恋
Omae wa Mada Gunma wo Shiranai (You don’t know Gunma yet.)
Japanese Title: お前はまだグンマを知らない
Studio: Asahi Production
Air Date: 2 April
Episodes: 12
Adaptation of Manga
The story of You Don’t Know Gunma Yet follows Nori Kamitsuki, a high school student who moves from Chiba Prefecture to Gunma Prefecture. Prior to arriving at his new home, he finds disturbing info on the Internet, describing Gunma as ‘the last unexplored place on Earth’ and stating that he needs ‘to bring the best the equipment possible. Will Kamitsuki survive the culture shock of getting to know the true nature of Gunma Prefecture? (source: Crunchyroll)
Anime Info Page
Official Website
Twitter: @omagun_anime
Hashtag: #お前はまだグンマを知らない
Spring 2018 – Happy New Anime Season
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Enjoy the spring season!