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Animax Asia to Air Death March to The Parallel World Rhapsody, Granbelm, The Demon Girl Next Door Anime

Southeast Asian anime channel Animax Asia aired a commercial on Tuesday that revealed that it will air the Death March to The Parallel World Rhapsody, Granbelm, and The Demon Girl Next Door anime. The channel also streamed a commercial for the Death March to The Parallel World Rhapsody on Wednesday. Death March to The Parallel World Rhapsody will premiere on September 24 at 8:00 p.m. GMT +8, but Animax Asia did not reveal premiere dates for Granbelm and The Demon Girl Next Door.

Death March to The Parallel World Rhapsody premiered in January 2018.

Shin Oonuma (Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts, ef: a tale of melodies, No-Rin) directed the series at SILVER LINK (Brave Witches, Non Non Biyori) and CONNECT (Armed Girl's Machiavellism, Chaos Dragon). Kento Shimoyama (Bleach, Gintama, Servant × Service) wrote and oversaw the series scripts, and Shoko Takimoto (Armed Girl's Machiavellism, Chaos Dragon) designed the characters for animation. MONACA composed the music at DIVE II Entertainment.

The Run Girls, Run! group performed the opening theme song "Slide Ride," and the Wake Up, Girls! group performed the ending theme song "Suki no Skill."

The story of Hiro Ainana's original light novel series follows a 29-year-old programmer who is on a "death march," but one day he wakes up in another world after a nap. From a meteor shower he happens to gain vast riches, and he decides to go sightseeing. So begins his "heartwarming, occasionally serious, and harem" adventure in another world.

Granbelm premiered on July 5 and is currently airing. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime outside of Asia, and it describes the anime:

The destiny of the full moon-- The wheels of fate start spinning on the night of the new moon.

It had been nearly 1,000 years since all the magic in the world disappeared, and most people had forgotten it ever existed at all. Kohinata Mangetsu is a cheerful high school student who has a pretty positive outlook on life, but there was some doubt in her heart. She has nothing to call her own-- Because she wasn't good at academics or sports, she dreamed of having something she was actually good at.

On a night where the full moon was shining brightly, she happens to meet another girl who also has the character for "moon" in her name named Shingetsu Ernesta Hukami. That was also when she encountered the mechanical dolls called "ARMANOX." The wheels of fate of the full moon start to spin slowly...

Masaharu Watanabe (Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Memory Snow, Wakaba Girl) is directing the series at Nexus (Wakaba Girl, Chivalry of a Failed Knight). Jukki Hanada (Sound! Euphonium, Love Live! School idol project, Love Live! Sunshine!!) is overseeing the series scripts and Shinichirou Otsuka (Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- light novel illustrator) is designing the original characters. Infinite is producing the anime. Eir Aoi is performing opening theme song "Tsuki o Ou Mayonaka" (Following the Moon in the Middle of the Night), and Uru is performing the anime's ending theme song "Negai" (Wish).

The Demon Girl Next Door premiered on July 11 and is currently airing. Sentai Filmworks licensed the anime in the West, and it describes the story:

Yuko Yoshida is just an ordinary schoolgirl — until one day her dormant, devilish powers are unleashed by the demon Lilith! Yuko transforms into Shadow Mistress Yuko, a supernatural powerhouse with horns and a devil tail. Now she must defeat another mystical being named Momo Chiyoda, the shrine maiden of the Light Clan… who just so happens to go to Yuko's school! But being a demonic magical girl isn't as easy as it looks, and Yuko has a whole lot to learn before she's ready to fulfill her destiny and take on the Clan of Light.

Hiroaki Sakurai (Cromartie High School, Maid Sama!, The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.) is directing the anime at J.C. Staff. Keiichirō Ōchi (La Corda d'Oro Blue Sky, Hinamatsuri, The Quintessential Quintuplets) is supervising the series' scripts. Mai Otsuka (Shakugan no Shana, Non Non Biyori, This Art Club Has a Problem!) is designing the characters.

Kohara and Kitō will perform the show's opening theme song "Machi Kado Tangent" under the unit name "shami momo." Kohara, Kitō, Takahashi, and Takayanagi will perform the ending theme song "Yoi Machi Cantare" under the unit name "Kōro Machi Kado."

Sources: Animax Asia's YouTube channel, Anime Pilipinas (JM Melegrito)