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Hero TV to Air Gundam the Origin III, Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V, Initial D: Final Stage

Philippine television channel Hero TV announced on Wednesday that it will air the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin III: Dawn of Rebellion, Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V, and Initial D: Final Stage anime. The company also confirmed the premiere date for its airing of Food Wars! The Second Plate.

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin III: Dawn of Rebellion will premiere on Sunday, November 13, with a rerun on November 27.

The episode follows the youth who would become known as Char Aznable and his future comrade Garma Zabi after they join the Zeons' military academy.

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin III: Dawn of Rebellion is the second four-part video anime series telling the past of iconic Gundam character Char Aznable and his younger sister Sayla Mass. The episode premiered in a limited engagement in Japanese theaters on May 21. The first episode, "Blue-Eyed Casval," opened in Japan in February 2015. Odex screened the episode in theaters in Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Indonesia in the same month. The second episode screened in Japan in October 2015. The fourth episode will screen in 15 theaters in Japan on November 19.

Hero TV aired the first episode on September 18, and aired the second episode on October 16.

After the fourth episode the anime will enter the Loum Arc that will cover the Battle of Loum.

Anime Consortium Japan is releasing the series digitally worldwide through a premium rental streaming program.

The anime project adapts Yoshikazu Yasuhiko's manga of the same name, which in turn is inspired by the first Mobile Suit Gundam anime's story.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V will premiere on November 14.

The Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V anime, the newest Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series inspired by Kazuki Takahashi's original manga, premiered in Japan in April 2014.

The story is set in Maiami City on the coast of Japan. Yūya is a second-year middle school student who loves to entertain people. Although he is small, he has been training his tough body and Action Duelist arms with weapons. His dream is to become an "Entertainment Duelist" who makes people smile. One day, Yūya ends up fighting an exhibition match with the current champion of the Pro Duel world.

HERO TV previously aired the Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal series in 2013, and premiered the Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal II series on May 24.

Food Wars! The Second Plate, the second season of the Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma television anime, will premiere on November 18.

The series premiered in Japan on July 2, and ended on September 24. HERO TV began airing the first season on March 8.

The manga centers on Sōma, who works with his dad at his family's restaurant. His dad is a culinary master, and he often hosts cooking battles with his father. His father then enrolls him in an elite culinary school that is very difficult to enter, and the graduation rate is only about 10 percent.

Yoshitomo Yonetani (Gaogaigar, Betterman) directed the anime at J.C. Staff. Shogo Yasukawa (Terraformars, Hyperdimension Neptunia, Invaders of the Rokujyōma!?) was in charge of the series' scripts, and Tomoyuki Shitaya (Bakuman, BlazBlue Alter Memory, Hatsukoi Limited) designed the characters. Jin Aketagawa was the sound director, and Tatsuya Katou (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club, Medaka Box) composed the soundtrack. SCREEN mode and nano.RIPE performed the opening and ending theme songs, respectively.

Initial D: Final Stage will premiere on November 20.

The anime is a four-episode television special series. In the anime, Takumi and Keisuke of the gifted mountain racing team, Project D, face their toughest opponents yet as they race to conquer the Kanegawa area's finest racers and mountain roads. Takumi faces a young prodigy who drives a very familiar car.

The series premiered in 2014. HERO TV previously aired the Initial D TV anime, and it also aired the Initial D: Extra Stage OVA episodes in 2011. The channel aired the Initial D: Third Stage anime film in September 2015, and premiered the Initial D: Fifth Stage in December 2015.