Chihayafuru (ちはやふる) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Suetsugu. It was serialized in Kodansha's josei manga magazine Be Love from December 2007 to August 2022, with its chapters collected in 50 tankōbon volumes. It is about a school girl, Chihaya Ayase, who is inspired by a new classmate to take up Hyakunin Isshu karuta competitively.
Altair: A Record of Battles is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kotono Kato. It tells the story of Tuğril Mahmut, a young military officer and his exploits to protect his country from invasion by a neighboring empire. The manga was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Sirius from July 2007 to November 2023, with its chapters collected in 27 tankōbon volumes.
Dr. Stone is an anime television series produced by TMS Entertainment based on the manga series of the same name written by Riichiro Inagaki, illustrated by Boichi, and published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump. 3,700 years after a mysterious light turns every human on the planet into stone, genius boy Senku Ishigami emerges from his petrification into a "Stone World" and seeks to rebuild human civilization from the ground up. The series is directed by Shinya Iino, with Yuichiro Kido as scriptwriter, and Yuko Iwasa as character designer. Tatsuya Kato, Hiroaki Tsutsumi, and Yuki Kanesaka compose the series' music. The first season aired from July 5 to December 13, 2019, on Tokyo MX and other channels. The first season ran for 24 episodes. The season is streamed by Crunchyroll worldwide outside of Asia, while Funimation produced a simuldub. The English dub of the first season aired on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block from August 25, 2019 to February 22, 2020.
Dr. Stone is an anime television series produced by TMS Entertainment based on the manga series of the same name written by Riichiro Inagaki, illustrated by Boichi, and published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump. 3,700 years after a mysterious light turns every human on the planet into stone, genius boy Senku Ishigami emerges from his petrification into a "Stone World" and seeks to rebuild human civilization from the ground up.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens is the sixth spin-off anime series in the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise and the tenth anime series overall. It is produced by Bridge and broadcast on TV Tokyo. The series is directed by Nobuhiro Kondo. The series follows Yūga and his friends as they show off the delights of Rush Duels while under the watchful eye of the Goha Corporation that oversees the city. On April 28, 2020, it was announced that after episode 5, the remaining episodes would be delayed for five weeks due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 10, 2020, it was announced it will be delayed again due to the aforementioned pandemic and will resume on August 8, 2020. Starting April 4, 2021, it aired on Sunday at 7:30 AM JST.
The first season of the Spy × Family anime television series was produced by Wit Studio and CloverWorks. The series is directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi, with character designs by Kazuaki Shimada while Kazuaki Shimada and Kyoji Asano are chief animation directors. The music was composed and produced by (K)now Name. The anime was first announced in October 2021. The series follows master spy Twilight, who must disguise himself as psychiatrist Loid Forger and build a mock family in order to investigate political leader Donovan Desmond. Unbeknownst to him, his wife, Yor, is actually an assassin known as the Thorn Princess, while his daughter, Anya, has telepathic abilities.
The first season of the Edens Zero anime television series was announced on Twitter by Hiro Mashima on June 12, 2020. It is produced by J.C.Staff and directed by Yūji Suzuki, who passed away on September 9, 2021, before its broadcast ended. Shinji Ishihira served as chief director, with Mitsutaka Hirota overseeing scripts, Yurika Sako designing the characters, and Yoshihisa Hirano composing the music. Covering the first eight volumes of Mashima's original manga series of the same name, the plot follows Shiki Granbell, a boy with gravity powers who inherits the titular spaceship from his adoptive grandfather, the mechanical "Demon King" Ziggy, and assembles its crew in search of a cosmic goddess known as Mother.
The second season of the Edens Zero anime television series was confirmed through the franchise's official Twitter account on February 9, 2022. It is produced by J.C.Staff, with Toshinori Watanabe replacing Yūji Suzuki as director following Suzuki's death in September 2021. Returning staff include Shinji Ishihira as chief director, Mitsutaka Hirota as script overseer, Yurika Sako as character designer, and Yoshihisa Hirano as music composer.
The second season of the anime television series Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, also marketed as Mushoku Tensei II: Jobless Reincarnation, is based on Rifujin na Magonote's light novel series of the same title. The series follows a jobless and hopeless man who dies after having a sad and reclusive life and reincarnates in a fantasy world while keeping his memories, determined to enjoy his second chance at life without regrets as Rudeus Greyrat. The second season of the anime series adapts volumes seven to twelve of the light novels. Now a grown teenager, Rudeus travels the world alone in search of his missing mother, later enrolling at the Ranoa University of Magic where he reunites with his childhood friend Sylphie. "Episode 0" focuses on the whereabouts of Sylphie after the magic crisis from the middle of the previous season, which resulted in her being transported.
