There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless… Sequel Anime Announced

There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless... ~Next Shine~

REMOW released a new trailer for the There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless… anime, confirming that the series will get as theatrical sequel anime titled There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless… ~Next Shine~. The sequel anime for There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless… will open in Japanese theaters on November 21 with five episodes, and it will air on Japanese TV at a later date.

There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless… premiered on July 7 and ran for 12 episodes.

Akari Nanawo performs the opening theme song “Muri Muri Evolution (The Impossible Theory of Evolution),” and Philosophy no Dance performs the ending theme song “Mayocchauwa (I’m Confused).”

The staff of the anime includes: 

  • Director: Natsumi Uchinuma
  • Series Structure / Script: Naruhisa Arakawa
  • Character Design: kojikoji
  • Chief Animation Director: Misaki Kaneko / Haruki Moriya / Takashi Shiokawa / Kino
  • Tokino Keinosuke Ami
  • Color Setting: Mitsuko Sekimoto
  • Art Director: Yuri Takagi / Keito Watanabe
  • Director of Photography: Takuma Morooka
  • Editing: Ichiro Chaen
  • Sound Director: Takayuki Yamaguchi
  • Music: Yoshiaki Fujisawa
  • Animation Production: studio MOTHER

The cast includes:

  • Kanna Nakamura as Rena Amaori
  • Saori Onishi as Mai Oduka
  • Yukari Anzai as Ajisai Sena
  • Kana Ichinose as Satsuki Koto
  • Takako Tanaka as Kaho Koyanagi
  • Mayu Sagara as Haruna Amaori

Writer Teren Mikami and illustrator Eku Takeshima launched the There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless… light novel series in February 2020. The light novel series is published by Shueisha under the Dash X Bunko label.

Lastly, here’s an overview of the anime series, via REMOW:

A non-stop girls’ comedy-romance in a high school setting with a cast of richly individual characters. The main character, Renako Amaori, who had a lonely time in junior high school, makes her debut in high school and meets her classmate, school superstar Mai Oduka. The two share each other’s worries and become secret friends…

Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games Anime Delayed to 2026, Street Fighter 6 Visuals Revealed

Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games x Street Fighter 6

Kadokawa has delayed the premiere of TV anime adaptation for Eri Ejima’s Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games manga to 2026. Before being delayed, Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games was set to release in 2025.

In addition, new Street Fighter 6 collaboration visuals were revealed ahead of Tokyo Game Show 2025, where a booth for the anime will be featured.

The anime’s cast includes:

  • Ikumi Hasegawa as Aya Mitsuki
  • Kana Ichinose as Mio Yorue
  • Sayaka Senbongi as Yu Inui
  • Shino Shimoji as Tamaki Ichinose 

Shōta Ihata directs the anime at diomedéa. Wataru Watari is in charge of the series scripts. Mayuko Matsumoto is the character designer, and Kana Hashiguchi is the music composer. FAV gaming, Kadokawa’s professional gaming team for Street Fighter 6, is credited with collaborating on recording for Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games.

Other staff members include:

  • Art Director: Scott MacDonald
  • Art Setting: Maho Takahashi
  • Color Key Artist: Yuki Hayashi
  • Compositing Director of Photography: Yasuyuki Itou
  • Editor: Toshihiko Kojima
  • Sound Director: Yayoi Tateishi

Ejima launched the Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games manga in Kadokawa’s Monthly Comic Flapper magazine in January 2020. Seven Seas Entertainment publishes the series in English.

Lastly, here’s an overview of the manga series, via Seven Seas Entertainment:

An over-the-top comedy manga about delicate young ladies indulging in hardcore gaming–inspired a live-action series and an anime!

Kuromi Girls’ Academy is a refined, elegant school that expects the very best in deportment from its young ladies. Aya got into this peerless rich-girls’ institution on a scholarship, and hopes to grow as lovely as her fellow student and idol Shirayui. But Shirayui hides a terrible secret: she’s a trash-talking, combo-chaining, newbie-stomping, ruthless hardcore gamer! Could a mutual indulgence in no-holds-barred video game combat grow into a deeper rapport between these two girls?

Umamusume: Cinderella Gray 2nd Cour World Premiere Event Announced for October 4

Umamusume Cinderella Gray 2nd cour world premiere event

REMOW announced the Umamusume: Cinderella Gray 2nd Cour World Premiere Event is set for Global Stage Hollywood at TCL Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, CA on October 4 at 1:30 p.m. PDT. RSVPs for the Umamusume: Cinderella Gray 2nd Cour World Premiere Event are free here. 

Umamusume: Cinderella Gray 2nd Cour premieres on October 5. REMOW is currently streaming the Umamusume: Cinderella Gray anime on Amazon Prime Video and the It’s Anime YouTube channel in the US, Canada, Mexico, the UK, Ireland, and Australia.

Alexandros performs the opening theme song “Koeru (Surpass)”, and  Tomoyo Takayanagi performs the ending theme song “∞”.

The cast includes:

  • Tomoyo Takayanagi as Oguri Cap
  • Hōchū Ōtsuka as Ginjirō Musaka
  • Ayano Shibuya as Norn Ace
  • Yō Taichi as Rudy Lemono
  • Shiori Izawa as Mini the Lady
  • Azusa Tadokoro as Symboli Rudolf
  • Lynn as Maruzensky
  • Yurina Amami as Mr. C.B.
  • Ayumi Hinohara as Yaeno Muteki
  • Ruriko Noguchi as Sakura Chiyono O
  • Saya Aizawa as Mejiro Ardan
  • Kana Yūki as Super Creek
  • Yumiri Hanamori as Dicta Striker
  • Yūko Kaida as Toni Bianca
  • Shizuka Ishigami as Obey Your Master
  • Akira Sekine as Moon Light Lunacy
  • Ayahi Takagaki as Michelle My Baby
  • Miyu Tomita as Ellerslie Pride
©K, S, I/S, UCP © Cygames, Inc

Yūki Itō and Takehiro Miura are the directors of the anime at Cygames, with Aki Kindaichi handling series compositions. In addition, Takuya Miyahara and Keigo Sasaki are the anime’s character designers. Masafumi Sugiura and Junnosuke Itō are credited for screenplay and manga planning, respectively. 

Additional staff members include:

  • Chief Animation Directors: Yōsuke Fukumoto, Akira Takata and Atsushi Komori
  • Color Key Artist: Nanako Okazaki
  • Art Director: Osamu Hasada
  • 3D CG Director: Nobuyuki Kamiya
  • Compositing Director of Photography: Akane Fushihara
  • Editor: Akinori Mishima
  • Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
  • Music Composer: Kenji Kawai
  • Animation Producers: Takuya Chikamatsu, Sōta Machiguchi

Though I Am an Inept Villainess Anime Premieres in 2026

Though I Am an Inept Villainess anime

TOHO Animation announced the TV anime adaptation of Satsuki Nakamura’s Though I Am an Inept Villainess light novel series will premiere in 2026. A new promotional video for Though I Am an Inept Villainess was also released.

Though I Am an Inept Villainess key visual
©中村颯希・一迅社/「ふつつかな悪女」製作委員会

Mitsue Yamazaki directs the Though I Am an Inept Villainess anime series at studio Dōga Kōbō. What’s more, Yoshiko Nakamura oversees the series scripts, and Ai Kikuchi is the anime’s character designer. The anime stars Manaka Iwami as Kou Reirin and Natsumi Kawaida as Shu Keigetsu.

Ichijinsha launched Nakamura’s light novel series in December 2020. The manga adaptation by Ohitsuji was launched at the same time in Ichijinsha’s Monthly Comic Zero-Sum magazine. The light novels’ 10th volume shipped on April 2. Seven Seas Entertainment publishes the series in English and released the light novel series’ ninth volume on August 26.

Lastly, here’s an overview of the Though I Am an Inept Villainess series, via Seven Seas Entertainment:

In a kingdom inspired by historical China, five clans put forth their maidens as imperial consorts–but only one will be crowned empress. The frail and beautiful Kou Reirin, the so-called “butterfly” of the imperial court, is a shoo-in to marry the crown prince. But when “court rat” Shu Keigetsu lashes out at her during the glittering Lantern Festival, it’s Reirin who wakes up in the dungeons! Body-swapped by her assailant to steal her position at court, Reirin’s plight seems dire…to everyone else! Now that she’s got a robust new body, not even the looming threat of execution can stop her!

Grand Blue Dreaming Season 3 Announced

Grand Blue Dreaming Season 3

The official website for Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2 was updated with a new key visual, confirming that Grand Blue Dreaming Season 3 is in the works. Grand Blue Dreaming Season 3 takes place in Palau, the anime’s first setting outside Japan.

Grand Blue Dreaming Season 3 key visual
© Kenji Inoue, Kimitake Yoshioka, Grand Blue Dreaming 2’s Production Committee

Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2 premiered on July 7 on Tokyo MX and BS11 channels, and Crunchyroll is streaming the series.

Zero-G animated Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2, and Liber aided in production. Further, Shinji Takamatsu returned as director/scriptwriter/sound director, Yōichi Ueda served as animation director alongside character designer Hideoki Kusama, Aiko Matsuyama was the color key artist, and Saber Links was the second season’s sound production studio.

As previously revealed, Shōnan no Kaze and Atarashii Gakkō! perform the Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2 opening theme song “Seishun Towa.” SEAMO performs the ending theme song “Hadaka de Dotsukiai feat. May’n.”

The cast includes:

  • Yūma Uchida as Iori Kitahara
  • Ryōhei Kimura as Kohei Imamura
  • Hiroki Yasumoto as Shinji Tokita
  • Katsuyuki Konishi as Ryūjiro Kotobuki
  • Chika Anzai as Chisa Kotegawa
  • Maaya Uchida as Nanaka Kotegawa
  • Toa Yukinari as Azusa Hamaoka
  • Kana Asumi as Aina Yoshiwara
  • Takuya Eguchi as Hajime Nojima
  • Junya Enoki as Shinichirō Yamamoto
  • Natsuki Hanae as Yū Mitarai
  • Robert Waterman as Kenta Fujiwara
  • Jun Fukuyama as Captain Kudō
  • Shinji Kawada as Toshio Kotegawa
  • Nana Mizuki as Kaya Mizuki
  • Aya Yamane as Sakurako Busujima
  • Sumire Morohoshi as Shiori Kitahara
  • Yoshino Aoyama as Naomi Otoya

Lastly, here’s an overview of the manga, via Kodansha USA:

After moving out on his own to a seaside town, Iori Kitahara makes a college debut he never anticipated. A new chapter of his life unfolds, full of diving with beautiful girls and shenanigans with a gaggle of lovable bastards! Idiot-expert Kenji Inoue and au naturel authority Kimitake Yoshioka bring you a glorious college tale filled with booze-fueled antics!

Hakuoki SSL ~Sweet School Life~ is Coming to the West on February 12, 2026 for Switch

eastasiasoft announced Idea Factory-developed otome visual novel Hakuoki SSL ~Sweet School Life~ is coming to Nintendo Switch in the west on February 12, 2026. Pre-orders for the physical editions of Hakuoki SSL ~Sweet School Life~ are live at Playasia. 

Hakuoki SSL ~Sweet School Life~ was originally released for the PlayStation Vita in March 2014 and later ported to Nintendo Switch in June 2023 in Japan.

Lastly, here’s an overview of the game, via eastasiasoft:

The long-running Hakuoki otome visual novel series enters a new era! Hakuoki SSL ~Sweet School Life~ puts a modern spin on the Edo period romance of the main series, instead casting heroine Chizuru and the handsome warriors of the Shinsengumi as students and teachers living in modern Japan. School life antics ensue as these beloved characters hold a school festival, stress over midterms, get into watergun fights and more!

Experience a fun slice-of-life story through unlockable event scenes, engaging dialogue and beautifully illustrated character portraits, all localized in English for the first time. Explore unique endings with each character and enjoy mini-games that make this standalone entry extra special!

Key Features:

      • Take the role of Chizuru as she’s surrounded by familiar faces in a new modern setting!
      • Engage in fun mini-games with the handsome warriors of the Shinsengumi.
      • Make key choices and discover unique endings with each possible love interest!
      • Enjoy voiceovers in Japanese and newly localized text in English.
      • Navigate scenarios with ease using a variety of UI controls and preferences!

Silent Hill f Releases Launch Trailer

Silent Hill f launch trailer

Konami released the launch trailer Silent Hill f as review scores for the new horror game are going live. Silent Hill f will launch on September 25 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and Windows. 

The staff of Silent Hill f includes producer Motoi Okamoto, scriptwriter Ryukishi07, and composer Akira Yamaoka. Yamaoka is joined by fellow composer Kensuke Inage, and kera is the character and creature designer. Suzie Yeung stars as protagonist Hinako Shimizu in the English dub.

Here’s a story synopsis for Silent Hill f, via Konami:

Hinako Shimizu was living her life as an ordinary teenager. That is, until her town (Ebisugaoka) is suddenly shrouded in fog and begins to change in a horrific way. Now, she must explore a town she no longer recognizes while solving puzzles, fighting strange enemies, and doing everything she can to survive… in order to face the ultimate decision that she must make. This is a tale about a beautiful yet terrifying choice.

Konami and Bloober Team’s Silent Hill 2 remake was released on October 8, 2024 for PlayStation 5 and PC (Steam). Silent Hill 2 features third-person action similar to the likes of the recent Resident Evil games. It’s one of the highest rated games of 2024 on Metacritic at 86, and Final Weapon gave Silent Hill 2 a 4.5 out of 5 score. On January 23, 2025, Konami announced that Silent Hill 2 surpassed two million copies sold worldwide.

Digimon Story Time Stranger Reveals Tekken 8, Tales of Arise and Taiko no Tatsujin In-Game Collab T-Shirts

Bandai Namco has announced new Tekken 8, Tales of Arise, and Taiko no Tatsujin collaboration t-shirts for Digimon Story Time Stranger. The new Digimon Story Time Stranger in-game t-shirts feature the key art of Tekken 8, a pixel illustration of Hoodle from Tales of Arise, and artwork of Don-chan from Taiko no Tatsujin.

Bandai Namco also announced a collaboration between Digimon Story Time Stranger and The Idolmaster to celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Idolmaster series. A collaboration T-shirt featuring a new illustration of The Idolmaster character Haruka Amami will be available in the game.

The Digimon Story Time Stranger “Anime Song Pack” DLC was also revealed with the following tracks:

  • “Butter-Fly” (from Digimon Adventure)
  • “brave heart” (from Digimon Adventure)
  • “Target Akai Shougeki~” (from Digimon Adventure 02)
  • “Break Up!” (from Digimon Adventure 02)
  • “The Biggest Dreamer” (from Digimon Tamers)
  • “SLASH!!” (from Digimon Tamers)
  • “FIRE!!” (from Digimon Frontier)
  • “With The Will” (from Digimon Frontier)
  • “Going! Going! My soul!!” (from Digimon Savers / Digimon Data Squad)
  • “Believer” (from Digimon Savers / Digimon Data Squad)
  • “Nebagiba!” (from Digimon Xros Wars / Digimon Fusion Battles)
  • “WE ARE Xros Heart!” (from Digimon Xros Wars / Digimon Fusion Battles)
  • “Mikakunin Hikousen” (from Digimon Adventure:)
  • “Break the chain” (from Digimon Adventure:)
  • “FACTION” (from Digimon Ghost Game)
  • “First Riders” (from Digimon Ghost Game)

Digimon Story Time Stranger launches October 3 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam with Japanese and English voice overs. A free demo of Digimon Story Time Stranger is available now on all platforms featuring the opening sequence and save data transfers to the full game. Pre-orders are now available in the PlayStation Store, and various editions will be sold at the Bandai Namco Store, including an exclusive Collector’s Edition.

Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2 Release Dates, Schedule and Episodes

Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2 visual

Nearly seven years after the first season ended, Iori Kitahara’s dream college life finally continues in Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2. This season is bound to be bright, hot, and chaotic, and Final Weapon has everything you need to know about the Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2 anime, including the weekly schedule and release dates for all the new episodes.

Iori’s new chapter in life continues to unfold at his diving club. This life is full of beautiful girls and brotherly shenanigans with the boys. Kenji Inoue and Kimitake Yoshioka round out the this trio with booze-filled antics that will keep fans excited and on their toes through Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2.

Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2 Release Dates, Exact Premiere Time and Schedule

Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2
© Kenji Inoue, Kimitake Yoshioka, Grand Blue Dreaming 2’s Production Committee

New episodes of Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2 will release on Mondays at 9:30 a.m. PDT / 12:30 p.m. EDT on Crunchyroll. Episodes will be released with English subtitles. Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2 is expected to have 12 episodes in total.

Here are the release dates and schedule for Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2 (subject to change):

  • Episode 1 – July 7 – OUT NOW
  • Episode 2 – July 14 – OUT NOW
  • Episode 3 – July 21 – OUT NOW
  • Episode 4 – July 28 – OUT NOW
  • Episode 5 – August 4 – OUT NOW
  • Episode 6 – August 11 – OUT NOW
  • Episode 7 – August 18 – OUT NOW
  • Episode 8 – August 25 – OUT NOW
  • Episode 9 – September 1 – OUT NOW
  • Episode 10 – September 8 – OUT NOW
  • Episode 11 – September 15 – OUT NOW
  • Episode 12 – September 22 – OUT NOW

New Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2 episodes will be released at the following times (subject to change):

  • Pacific Daylight Time: 9:30 a.m. PDT
  • Mountain Daylight Time: 10:30 a.m. MDT
  • Central Daylight Time: 11:30 a.m. CDT
  • Eastern Daylight Time: 12:30 p.m. EDT
  • Greenwich Mean Time: 4:30 p.m. GMT

OP/ED, Cast and Staff

Shōnan no Kaze and Atarashii Gakkō! perform the Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2 opening theme song “Seishun Towa.” The ending theme song is “Hadaka de Dotsukiai feat. May’n” by SEAMO.

The cast of the anime includes:

  • Yūma Uchida as Iori Kitahara
  • Ryōhei Kimura as Kohei Imamura
  • Hiroki Yasumoto as Shinji Tokita
  • Katsuyuki Konishi as Ryūjiro Kotobuki
  • Chika Anzai as Chisa Kotegawa
  • Maaya Uchida as Nanaka Kotegawa
  • Toa Yukinari as Azusa Hamaoka
  • Kana Asumi as Aina Yoshiwara
  • Takuya Eguchi as Hajime Nojima
  • Junya Enoki as Shinichirō Yamamoto
  • Natsuki Hanae as Yū Mitarai
  • Robert Waterman as Kenta Fujiwara
  • Jun Fukuyama as Captain Kudō
  • Shinji Kawada as Toshio Kotegawa
  • Nana Mizuki as Kaya Mizuki
  • Aya Yamane as Sakurako Busujima
  • Sumire Morohoshi as Shiori Kitahara
  • Yoshino Aoyama as Naomi Otoya

Zero-G animates the new season, and Liber is aiding in production. Further, Shinji Takamatsu returns as director/scriptwriter/sound director, and Yōichi Ueda serves as animation director alongside character designer Hideoki Kusama, Aiko Matsuyama is the color key artist, and Saber Links is the sound production studio.

Where Can I Watch Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2?

© Kenji Inoue, Kimitake Yoshioka, Grand Blue Dreaming 2's Production Committee
© Kenji Inoue, Kimitake Yoshioka, Grand Blue Dreaming 2’s Production Committee

Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2 is streaming on Crunchyroll in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, and the Indian subcontinent. In Japan, the anime is airing on the Tokyo MX and BS11 channels every week during its run. 

What is Grand Blue Dreaming About?

Lastly, here’s an overview of the manga, via Kodansha USA:

After moving out on his own to a seaside town, Iori Kitahara makes a college debut he never anticipated. A new chapter of his life unfolds, full of diving with beautiful girls and shenanigans with a gaggle of lovable bastards! Idiot-expert Kenji Inoue and au naturel authority Kimitake Yoshioka bring you a glorious college tale filled with booze-fueled antics!

Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Releases New Trailer for DLC Character Joe Higashi

Fatal Fury City of the Wolves Joe Higashi

SNK released a new trailer for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves DLC character Joe Higashi in English and Japanese. Joe makes his arrival in Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves this fall, and he is playable in a special demo at the Samsung SSD booth at Tokyo Game Show 2025, which runs from September 25 to 28 at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan.

Moreover, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves players can expect new stories in Arcade Mode and Episodes of South Town featuring Joe Higashi. In Arcade Mode, Joe and Cheng Sinzan film “The Legend of Joe,” a motion picture based on the Muay Thai master’s life. In Episodes of South Town, Joe reminisces about how he met star pupil Preecha. 

Here’s a character bio, along with the latest trailer in English and Japanese:

Voice Actors: Kevin Andrew Rivera (EN), Kozo Mito (JA)

Famed Muay Thai fighter with stiff kicks that can shatter steel. No other kickboxer can lay a finger, elbow, or knee on Joe Higashi, so the champ winds up tackling a different beast: the silver screen! His biopic documentary, The Legend of Joe (directed by none other than Cheng Sinzan), is already shooting around South Town; Joe even envisions a bit part for star pupil Preecha, whose recent tournament triumphs have done her master proud.

Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves DLC character Ken Masters from Capcom’s Street Fighter series was released on August 3. DLC character Andy Bogard is also already available now with the Season Pass, and Street Fighter’s Chun-Li and Mr. Big will arrive in winter 2025 and early 2026, respectively.

Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves is available now for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store.