HIDIVE announced its spring 2025 simulcast lineup of anime and English dubs, including Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho, Rock is a Lady’s Modesty, and Yandere Dark Elf: She Chased Me All the Way From Another World!.
The full HIDIVE spring 2025 simulcast anime lineup is listed below:
Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho
Release Date and Time
- Episode 1 Premiere: Monday, March 31, 2025, at 8:30 AM EDT (12:30 UTC)
- Regular Weekly Schedule (Eps 2+): Mondays at 11:00 AM EDT (15:00 UTC)
Synopsis
In the Edo period, there was a shrine maiden called “Itsukihime” in the mountain village of Kadono. Jinta, a young man who acts as the shrine maiden’s guardian despite being a stranger, encounters a mysterious demon who speaks of the far future in the forest where he went to defeat it. From Edo to the Heisei era, this huge Japanese fantasy series follows a demon man who travels through time while continuously questioning the meaning of wielding a sword.
Rock is a Lady’s Modesty
- Release Date and Time: Thursday, April 3, 2025, at 12PM EDT (16:00 UTC)
Synopsis
At an elite all-girls’ academy where refined young ladies gather, Ririsa Suzunomiya, now the daughter of a real estate tycoon after her mother remarried, is forced to abandon her guitar and rock music to fit in. However, her passion is reignited by sounds from the old school building, where she meets a skilled drummer who shares her love for rock. Together, they embrace their inner rockstars, elegantly clashing and shouting their way through the academy in this captivating tale of grace and rebellion.
Yandere Dark Elf: She Chased Me All the Way from Another World
- Release Date and Time: Sunday, April 6, 2025, at 12:05PM EDT (16:05 UTC)
Synopsis
Hinata did it. He got reincarnated into another world, took up the mantle of Hero, and slew the dreaded Demon Lord alongside his party of fellow adventurers. As his reward, he’s returned to Earth to resume a normal life. Or it would be if it wasn’t for the fact that his dark elf companion Mariabelle decided to travel to Earth to come and live with him! Now she uses her arcane talents to ward off any potential romantic rivals and capture Hinata’s affection
Spring 2025 English Dubs
Beheneko: The Elf-Girl’s Cat is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster! Uncensored English Dub
- Release Date and Time: Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at 12:00 PM (17:00 UTC)
- Number of Episodes: 12
- Release Schedule: Weekly
Synopsis
After dying in battle against the forces of evil, a knight is reborn as a behemoth—one of the most powerful monsters in the world! However, baby behemoths look an awful lot like adorable house cats. Just when he thinks his situation couldn’t be more confusing, a beautiful elven adventurer rescues him from the brink of death and adopts him as her pet. This “cat’s” baffling journey is just getting started.
From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad’s Been Reincarnated! English Dub
- Release Date and Time: April 16, 2025, at 12:00 PM EST (17:00 UTC)
- Number of Episodes: 12
- Release Schedule: Weekly
Synopsis
After being struck by a car, 52-year-old civil servant Kenzaburou Tondabayashi finds himself reincarnated as the villainess of his daughter’s favorite video game! Committed to his role as the haughty and arrogant Grace Auvergne, Kenzaburou plays out Grace’s part in the game’s story… Except his kind nature and elegant Japanese manners accidentally turn the unlikeable Grace into the most admired girl in school instead.
Anime Leaving HIDIVE
The following anime will be leaving HIDIVE:
- Hentai Prince & the Stony Cat (April 1, 2025)
- Real Girl (April 2, 2025)
- Revue Starlight (April 2, 2025)
- ALICE or ALICE (April 3, 2025)
- Flowers of Evil (April 3, 2025)
- Utano Prince Sama 2000% (April 3, 2025)
- Cutie Honey Universe (April 7, 2025)
- Yuyushiki (April 8, 2025)
- DOREIKU The Animation (April 11, 2025)
- Devil Survivor 2: The Animation (April 14, 2025)
- Locke The Superman (April 15, 2025)
- Venus Wars (April 15, 2025)
- Utano Prince Sama 1000% (April 29, 2025)
- Love, Chunibyo and Other Delusions – Take on Me! (April 30, 2025)
