News
Crunchyroll to Stream Mr. Osomatsu Season 4, Puniru is a Kawaii Slime Season 2, Tougen Anki Anime
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Crunchyroll's stream for the fourth season of the Mr. Osomatsu anime will debut on July 8 at 10:00 a.m. PDT. The stream will be available in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and the CIS.
Takahiro Sakurai, Yūichi Nakamura, Hiroshi Kamiya, Jun Fukuyama, Daisuke Ono, and Miyu Irino all reprise their roles as the Osomatsu sextuplets.
Yoshinori Odaka, the episode director for the anime's first and third seasons and the director of the Osomatsu-san ~Hipipo-Zoku to Kagayaku Kajitsu~ film, is directing the fourth season at Pierrot Films. Shū Matsubara is again in charge of series scripts, and Eiji Abiko is again designing the characters.
The Mr. Osomatsu television anime was inspired by Fujio Akatsuka's original Osomatsu-kun manga and "high tension comedy" TV anime, which centers on the Matsuno household with six naughty and mischievous sons (who are sextuplets). All of the sextuplets, including the eldest Osomatsu, are all in love with the same girl, Totoko. The original Osomatsu-kun series followed the family when the sons were 10 years old. Mr. Osomatsu re-imagines the original manga and TV anime with the sextuplets as adults.
The Mr. Osomatsu anime has three anime seasons that premiered in 2015, 2017, and 2020. The Eiga no Osomatsu-san film debuted in 2019. The franchise also includes various anime shorts and a live-action film.
The Mr. Osomatsu anime franchise announced in June 2021 that it will get two new anime films with limited theater screenings in Japan in 2022 and 2023. The first new film, Osomatsu-san ~Hipipo-Zoku to Kagayaku Kajitsu~, premiered in Japan in July 2022. The second film, Osomatsu-san: Tamashii no Takoyaki Party to Densetsu no Otomari-kai (Mr. Osomatsu: The Soul's Takoyaki Party and the Legendary Sleepover Party) premiered in Japan in July 2023.
Matsuinu, a line of dog character products inspired by the Mr. Osomatsu anime, itself inspired a series of anime shorts that debuted in October 2023.
The anime streamed a four-episode "ultra-short anime" exclusive to the Mr. Osomatsu fan club, to commemorate the club's fifth anniversary last year.
Sumire Uesaka will join the anime's cast as Gelee, a mysterious beautiful girl who calls herself "the perfect AI."
The first season premiered in October 2024.
Crunchyroll streamed the first season as it aired.
The romantic comedy manga tells the story of Kotarō, who created a slime and named it Puniru. Seven years pass, and Puniru transforms into a beautiful young lady.
The anime stars:
Yū Sasahara as Puniru
Shūichirō Umeda as Kotarō
Risa Shimizu as Mami Kirara
Junya Enoki as Yūsuke Nanpa
Yumiri Hanamori as Alice Okanega
Shunsuke Takeuchi as Gо̄-yan
Kōsuke Echigoya as Hone-chan
Kazuya Nakai as Hiroshi Mado
Ikue Ōtani as Runrūn
Yūshi Ibe (Tearmoon Empire) returns to direct the second season at TOHO animation STUDIO. Michiko Yokote (Shirobako, Prison School, Cowboy Bebop, Rurouni Kenshin) is again overseeing the series scripts, and Aya Tanaka (Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation II sub-character designer, chief animation director) is again designing the characters. Izumi Mori also returns to compose the music.
Maedakun launched the manga in Shogakukan's "Shūkan Coro Coro Comics" ("Weekly Coro Coro Comics") online publication in March 2022. The manga ranked #4 in the Web Manga category of the "Next Manga Awards" (Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Taishō) in 2022. Shogakukan will publish the manga's eighth compiled book volume on July 28.
The anime stars:
- Kazuki Ura as Shiki Ichinose
- Hiroshi Kamiya as Naito Mudano
- Kōtarō Nishiyama as Jin Kougasaki
- Manaka Iwami as Homare Byobugaura
- Shōgo Sakata as Ikari Yaoroshi
- Natsuki Hanae as Juji Yusurube
- Kaito Miura as Rokuro Kiriyama
- Aimi as Kuina Sazanami
Ato Nonaka is directing the anime at Studio Hibari. Hiroyuki Hashimoto is the assistant director. Yukie Sugawara (The Idolm@ster SideM, No Guns Life, The Unwanted Undead Adventurer) is writing and supervising the anime's scripts. Ryoko Amisaki (Kino's Journey - The Beautiful World) is designing the characters. Hiroyuki Becchaku is the art designer, while Scott MacDonald is directing the art . Saki Tada is the color key artist. Naoki Serizawa is the compositing director of photography. Ryota Fukushima is directing the CG. Yumika Okazaki is editing. Satoki Iida is directing the sound, and Kohta Yamamoto is composing the music. Pony Canyon is credited for the music production.
THE ORAL CIGARETTES will perform the opening theme song "Overnight," and BAND-MAID will perform the anime's ending theme song "What is justice?"
REMOW describes the anime's story:
"You inherit the blood of an Oni (demon)..."The bloodlines of "Oni" and "Momotaro" have been passed down among certain humans for generations. Long ago, the Oni, aware of their own ferocity, lived in seclusion. However, their peace was shattered by an invasion led by Momotaro. Over thousands of years, these two factions formed the "Momotaro Agency" and the "Oni Agency," respectively, and have been locked in conflict ever since.
The protagonist, Shiki Ichinose, suddenly learns of his Oni lineage following an unexpected attack by Momotaro. This revelation sets Shiki on a path to discover the destiny that lies within his blood — a meeting with the Oni dwelling within him.
— A new generation of dark heroics begins here in this tale of demons!
Urushibara launched the manga in Akita Publishing's Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine in June 2020. The 23rd compiled book volume shipped on April 8. Yen Press began publishing the manga in English in September 2024, and shipped the third volume on May 27.
The manga previously inspired a stage play that ran Tokyo and Osaka in February 2024, and a sequel stage play ran in January 2025.
The anime stars:
Junichi Suwabe as Shigeru Yoshioka
Konomi Inagaki as Seika
Kento Shiraishi as Seiji
Maaya Uchida as Leeds
Toshiyuki Sone (Haikyu!! To The Top, BASTARD!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-) is directing the anime at White Fox. Kenta Ihara (Ishura two seasons, Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy-) is in charge of series scripts, and Miki Matsumoto (Angels of Death, Summer Time Rendering) is designing the characters. EGG FIRM is producing the anime.
Square Enix's Manga UP! Global publishes the novel's manga adaptation by Osamu Kozuki under the English title Uglymug, Epicfighter, and describes the story:
His looks are -255, touching girls causes him pain, and sexual acts will literally tear him apart. Just what can our ex-salesman Shigeru get in the other world in exchange for such inconveniences...? This is an epic tale of one very ugly, but ridiculously strong man!
Kozuki launched the first manga adaptation in Monthly Big Gangan in 2017, and the series ended in 2020. Square Enix published six compiled book volumes of the manga.
Hiromatsu launched the novel on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in 2015, and published the final chapter in October 2022. Kobunsha published one volume of the novel in 2018.
Cast members in the new season include: Kanji Tsuda, Yutaka Shimizu, Ponzu, Satoko Tsuchiya, Kōichi Kosse, Nana Akuzawa, Yūta Hoshino, Hina Koyonagi, Kyōka Maruyama, Hako Ōshima, and Toshimasa Niiro.
Naoto Inti Raymi is performing the ending theme song "Dauto."
Akira Funada is returning from the last four seasons to direct and produce the anime at ILCA with production cooperation by ILCASHIPS and LEON STUDIO. Scriptwriters include Hiromu Kumamoto, Mitsuhiro Sasaki, and Kanako Ishigami. Yū Ebihara is animating the opening and ending.
Additional producers include Takuya Iwasaki and Norio Yamakawa.
Animators will include: Kazuma Taketani, jimmy, "nishiyama&rie," Momoka Higurashi, Hiromasa Horie, OHAGI, Takashi Iitsuka, and Norio Yamakawa. Storyboarders will include: Shōma Mutō, Choji Yoshikawa, and Kazuma Taketani.
The original Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories series of anime shorts featured six-minute horror stories based on urban legends in a modern day setting. The shorts draw inspiration from Shōwa-era illustrated paper theater (kamishibai) productions.
The anime's first season premiered in July 2013, and the 14th and most recent season premiered on January 4.
The project inspired a spinoff, The World Yamizukan, in spring 2017. Crunchyroll streamed the previous seasons and The World Yamizukan as they aired. The anime also inspired the Ninja Collection spinoff anime. The anime premiered in July 2020. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.
A live-action series adaptation of the anime premiered in Japan in September 2020. Crunchyroll streamed the series.
Source: Crunchyroll (Kyle Cardine)
