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TV5's ANiMEGA Anime Block Returns on January 9 With 3 Anime Series

ANN confirmed with Philippine television channel TV5 on Friday that the channel will bring back its ANiMEGA anime programming block on January 9, with three series – Myriad Colors Phantom World, Kan Colle, and Attack on Titan: Junior High – premiering on the same date across both morning and late afternoon time slots. All three series will get a Tagalog dub.

The channel is partnering with Southeast Asian channel and content provider Aniplus-Asia for its slate of anime content for the timeslot.

Myriad Colors Phantom World will air on weekday mornings at 8:30 a.m.

The anime's story, based on the original novel by Sōichirō Hatano, takes place in the near future, in a world born of human imagination. What humans would call ghosts or monsters appear, and they come to be called "phantoms." The main character, Haruhiko Ichijō, is a first year at Hosea Academy. Other characters include his upperclassman Mai Kawakami, who fights phantoms with the ability "Spirit of Five Elements"; Reina Izumi, who has the ability "Phantom Eater"; and Koito Minase, who fights phantoms in solitude. The four main characters experience the ups and downs of high school life before a certain incident leads them to the truth of this world.

Tatsuya Ishihara (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!, Sound! Euphonium) directed the series at Kyoto Animation, and Kazumi Ikeda (Clannad television anime, second Kanon television anime, Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!) designed the characters and served as chief animation director. Shirabi provided the original illustrations for Hatano's novel. Fumihiko Shimo (Kokoro Connect, Infinite Stratos, Clannad) was in charge of series composition, and EFFY composed the soundtrack.

The anime premiered in Japan in January 2016.

Kan Colle airs on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays at 5:15 p.m.

The anime is set in a world where humanity has lost control of the seas. The threat that has taken over the seas is the "deep sea fleet." The only ones who can counter this threat are Kan-musume (literally, warship girls), girls who possess the spirit of naval vessels from days gone by.

The base for the fleet arrayed against the "deep sea fleet" is Chinjufu. There, many various Kan-musume have gathered to live together and work hard everyday in training and other matters. One day, a Kan-musume arrives at Chinjufu. She is a special class of destroyer. Her name is Fubuki. "I am Fubuki! Nice to meet you!" Fubuki's story — as well as the Kan-musume's story — begins now.

The anime premiered in Japan in January 2015. The anime also received an anime film sequel, which opened in Japan on November 26.

Attack on Titan: Junior High will air on Mondays and Thursdays at 5:45 p.m.

The anime, based on Saki Nakagawa's comedy spinoff of Hajime Isayama's Attack on Titan manga, re-imagines Eren, Mikasa, Armin, and other characters from the original manga as students and teachers at Titan Junior High School. The cast members from the original Attack on Titan anime returned for the anime.

Yoshihide Ibata (Ashiaraiyashiki no Jūnin-tachi, episode director for Kill la Kill, Haikyu!!) directed the series at Production I.G. Midori Gotou (Hozuki's Coolheadedness, Genshiken: Second Generation) handled the series composition, Yūko Yahiro (Diabolik Lovers, B Gata H Kei - Yamada’s First Time) was the character designer, and Asami Tachibana (Haikyu!!, Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign, Robotics;Notes) composed the music.

Linked Horizon (Attack on Titan's two opening themes) performed the show's opening theme song "Seishun wa Hanabi no Yō ni" (Youth is Like Fireworks). Yūki Kaji (Eren), Kishô Taniyama (Jean), and Yui Ishikawa (Mikasa) performed the ending theme song "Hangeki no Daichi" (Ground's Counterattack) under the unit name "Attackers."

The series premiered in Japan in October 2015.

Other anime listed for the block include Uta no Prince-sama - Maji Love 2000% and Knights of Sidonia, both of which have as-yet undetermined premiere dates.

The ANiMEGA block last returned in early 2015.

[Via Anime Pilipinas]