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Hulu to Stream One-Punch Man Season 3, Digimon Beatbreak Anime (Updated)

Hulu announced on Wednesday that it will stream the third season of the One Punch Man anime and the DIGIMON BEATBREAK anime. The company will stream DIGIMON BEATBREAK beginning on October 5. Both will stream on Hulu in Japanese with English subtitles.

Update: Hulu originally listed One Punch Man to premiere on October 12, but it has since told ANN that the date is not yet fully confirmed. The company will confirm information for the anime at a later date.

Both anime premiere in Japan on October 5. However, in One Punch Man's case, the anime's official website is listing its first episode as a recap.

The third season for the anime based on ONE and Yūsuke Murata's One Punch Man manga will premiere on October 5 at 11:45 p.m. JST (10:45 a.m. EDT) on the TV Tokyo, TV Hokkaido, TV Aichi, TV Osaka, TV Setouchi, and TV Kyushu channels.

Shinpei Nagai (Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san, DOGEZA: I Tried Asking While Kowtowing.) is directing the anime at J.C. Staff. Tomohiro Suzuki returns from previous seasons of the anime for series composition. Chikashi Kubota also returns from previous seasons as character designer, but this time alongside Shinjiro Kuroda and Ryōsuke Shirakawa. Sakura Murakami is now the art director (Murakami previously worked on background art for the second season, with Shigemi Ikeda and Yukiko Maruyama previously credited as art directors for the second season). Mayumi Tanahashi returns as color designer from the second season. Yūki Hirose is now the director of photography (replacing Yoshio Ōkouchi from the previous season). Masahiro Gotō, Yoshikazu Iwanami, and Makoto Miyazaki all return from the second season as editor, sound director, and music composer, respectively.

JAM Project with metal group BABYMETAL perform the new opening theme song "Get No Satisfied!" Makoto Furukawa performs the new ending theme song "Soko ni Aru Akari" ("The Light, That's There").

DIGIMON BEATBREAK, the new television anime for the Digimon franchise, will premiere on Fuji TV and other channels on October 5.

The anime's official website describes the new anime's story:

"e-Pulse," which is generated by human thoughts and emotions, was used as the energy source for the AI support device "Sapotama." From the shadows of this remarkable development, terrifying monsters appear. Digimon are living beings that evolve by consuming e-Pulse. Tomoro Tenma is drawn into an extraordinary experience after meeting Gekkomon, who suddenly appears from his Sapotama. While living together with Kyo Sawashiro and other members of the bounty hunting team "Glowing Dawn," Tomoro renews his resolve. What new future will be forged by humans and Digimon?

Hiroaki Miyamoto (One Piece director episodes 352-679, One Piece Film Gold, Star Twinkle Precure) is directing the anime at Toei Animation. Ryota Yamaguchi (Sailor Moon Stars, Medabots, Dokidoki! Precure) is in charge of series composition. Takahiro Kojima is the character designer, with Kenji Watanabe credited for Digimon design. Akihiro Asanuma is credited for animation Digimon design. Ayaka Kami is the art director, and Sayoko Yokoyama is the color designer. Yusuke Osone is the CG director. Tomoyuki Ishiyama is the compositing director, while Eiichi Nishimura is the editor. Arisa Okehazama is composing the music. Fuji TV, Yomiko Advertising, and Toei Animation are credited for production.

MADKID will perform the opening theme song "Mad Pulse," while Ai Tomioka will perform the anime's ending theme song "beat up."

Update: Clarfiied information about One Punch Man's release date from Hulu. Source: Email correspondence

Source: Email correspondence