HIDIVE announced the 4 popular anime series they are going to stream! These are Giant Beasts of Ars, Mirage QUEEN Prefers Circus, The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes, and Uta no☆Prince-sama Maji LOVE ST☆RISH Tours. Lupin Zero and Ragna Crimson are also going to be streamed soon.
The anime movies, The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes and Uta no☆Prince-sama Maji LOVE ST☆RISH Tours will be having theatrical screenings first before becoming available on the HIDIVE platform.
Aside from that though, they are also going to produce and stream the English dubs for Akiba Maid War, The Eminence in Shadow, Urusei Yatsura, and Reincarnated as a Sword. Truly, HIDIVE is becoming a bigger platform by having all these animes on their roster!
For the English dub release and cast, HIDIVE will be making an update soon in its Twitter account.
Here are the newly-announced streams:
1. Giant Beasts of Ars
HIDIVE Premiere date: January 2023
Genre: Fantasy, Action
Synopsis: In a world of heroes and mythology, humans and beasts have always been in conflict with one another. This is because humans stole the land from the beasts. Beasts started to eat humans, and humans, in turn, started to hunt them down. It eventually became something that can be profited, and Jiro is one of them. He encounters Kuumi or “Number 22” who escaped from the laboratory, and together, they unveil the world’s secrets.
2. The Tunnel of Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes
HIDIVE premiere date: First quarter of 2023
Theatrical screening: September 9, 2022
Genre: Mystery, Drama
Synopsis: Urashima Tunnel is a space known for granting the desire people harbor in their hearts, but in exchange for years in their life. Kaoru Tohno found himself facing a tunnel similar to the Urashima Tunnel, and he suddenly remembered his dead sister, Karen.
Kaoru proceeded to investigate the tunnel, and to his surprise, he is followed by Anzu Hanashiro. Anzu herself is experiencing inner conflicts about who she is, so she offers to help him. Will they be able to discover the secrets of the tunnel?
3. Uta no☆Prince-sama Maji LOVE ST☆RISH Tours
HIDIVE premiere date: First quarter of 2023
Theatrical screening: September 2, 2022
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Synopsis: The members of ST☆RISH are enjoying their idol activities due to the success of “Maji LOVE LIVE Kingdom”. However, they started to develop certain feelings that they have never experienced before. They were then summoned to the Shining Office because they will be receiving a “reward”, what will it be?
4. Mirage QUEEN Prefers Circus
HIDIVE premiere date: Sometime in 2023
Theatrical screening: June 17, 2022
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Synopsis: The Phantom Queen and their partner, Joker, RD, travel around the world on an airship named Troubadour. However, the Phantom Queen remains a mystery – their nationality, age, and gender unknown.
The Queen then aimed to have the cursed jewel, the legendary Rose of Linden. To this, the talented circus members consisting of a hypnotist, an acrobat, and a magician challenges the Queen. The Queen, intent on getting back the jewel, accepts this challenge in a bold way.
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Here are the newly announced English dubs of the following:
1. The Eminence in Shadow
Original Japanese dub premiere: October 5, 2022
Genre: Fantasy, Action
Synopsis: Cid Kagenou died an unfulfilled life in modern-day Japan. Fortunately, he is reincarnated into a magical world where he has the second chance to achieve his goals. He wanted to become the mastermind behind everything, controlling the strings and telling the story. He then adapts a fake persona as a mob member and created a mob organization, Shadow Garden.
2. Reincarnated as a Sword
Original Japanese dub premiere: October 5, 2022
Genre: Fantasy, Action
Synopsis: A human incarnated into a nameless sword in a new world. He roams around and acquired new abilities and techniques along the way. He then encounters a young girl fleeing from a beast, and decided to let her wield him. The young girl easily defeated the beast with the sword.
The young girl, Fran, named the sword as “Shishou”. Together, the two of them are an unstoppable force, as Fran has a goal of evolving into a very mighty beast despite the odds.
3. Akiba Maid War
Original Japanese dub premiere: October 6, 2022
Genre: Comedy, Action
Synopsis: Nagomi Wahira has a dream of joining the maid cafes in Akihabara because she finds the girls there cute. Hence she joined the maid cafe, Ton Tokoton. During Nagomi’s first day, everything went smoothly until she was instructed to run an errand with her fellow recruit, Ranko Mannen.
They are to visit a rival maid cafe, and Nagomi did not expect the violence that ensued there. Maids equipped with knives and guns charged towards them, with Ranko calmly going through them. Nagomi then realized the harsh reality of maid cafes, and has to cope with this.
4. Urusei Yatsura
Original Japanese dub premiere: October 14, 2022
Genre: Romance, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: Ataru Moroboshi is chosen to represent humanity when the aliens invaded Earth known as the Oni. Ataru engages in a duel – which is actually a game of tag, against Lum, who is the Oni leader’s daughter. Lum, however, values personal dignity above victory. This is why Ataru won by seizing Lum’s bikini top.
Ataru is a womanizer despite having a girlfriend, Shinobu Miyake. Lum thought that Ataru wanted to marry her, so she moves in with him using her influence. Ataru then faced the struggle of saving his crumbling relationship with Shinobu while making Lum happy. He also cannot seem to stop flirting with every woman he meets.
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