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Oshi no Ko Season 3's Full Promo Video Unveils Ending Song, January 14 Debut (Updated With Subbed Trailer)
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A livestreamed event for the third Oshi no Ko anime season debuted the season's first full promotional video and main visual on Tuesday. The video (later streamed with English subtitles) announces and previews the ending theme song "Serenade" by natori, and it also announces the season's January 14 premiere date. Update: Crunchyroll streamed the English-subtitled trailer:
In addition, the staff presented new character visuals for Ai, Aqua, Ruby, Kana Arima, Akane Kurokawa, and MEMcho:
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Update: The video also confirms the return of most of the main staff. The main differences are the chief animation director lineup is now Kanna Hirayama, Ayaka Muroga, Kimiaki Mizuno, Shuri, Rina Morita, Haruka Inade, and Hirono Nishiki, and Kenji Sawada is now the sole main animator credited. Kei Ishiguro is no longer listed as a color key artist.
The anime's second season premiered in July 2024 on Tokyo MX and over 29 other channels throughout Japan. HIDIVE streamed the anime as it ared and also streams the anime's English dub. The second season's story focused on a 2.5D stage play titled "Tokyo Blade."
The first television anime of Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari's Oshi no Ko manga premiered in Japan in April 2023 with a 90-minute first episode. HIDIVE streamed the anime as it aired in Japan, and it is also streaming an English dub. The company stated that the anime became the streaming service's "#1 series launch in the streamer's history."
Aka Akasaka (Kaguya-sama: Love is War) and Mengo Yokoyari (Scum's Wish) launched the manga in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine in April 2020, and ended it in November 2024. The manga's 16th and final compiled book volume shipped in Japan on December 18. Shueisha's MANGA Plus service released the manga in English digitally.
Yen Press licensed the manga, and it describes the story:
Gorou is a gynecologist and idol fan who's in shock after his favorite star, Ai, announces an impromptu hiatus. Little does Gorou realize that he's about to forge a bond with her that defies all common sense! Lies are an idol's greatest weapon in this outrageous manga from Aka Akasaka (Kaguya-sama: Love is War) and Mengo Yokoyari (Scum's Wish).
The manga also inspired a live-action film and television series adaptation. The series debuted on Amazon Prime Video worldwide on November 28 with eight episodes, and the sequel film then premiered after the series in theaters on December 20.
The franchise's first official puzzle game will launch in 2026.
A stage play adaptation of the manga's "2.5D Stage Play arc" ran at the Umeda Arts Theater in Osaka from December 26-29.
Update: Added English-subtitled trailer. Source: Press release
Source: Press release
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