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Ani-One Asia Streams Tamon's B-Side, Trigun Stargaze, MHA: Vigilantes Season 2, More
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Ani-One Asia announced last week that it has licensed the Tamon’s B-Side, Trigun Stargaze, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes season 2, 'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess season 2, The Daily Life of a Part-time Torturer, Kaya-chan Isn't Scary, MF Ghost season 3, Dead Account, Oedo Fire Slayer -The Legend of Phoenix-, and Dark Moon: The Blood Altar. In addition, Ani-One Asia's previously announced stream of the You and I Are Polar Opposites anime will premiere on January 11 at 4:30 p.m. GMT +8. Ani-One Asia's previously announced stream of the Sentenced to Be a Hero anime already premiered the first episode on January 3.
The first episode of the anime of Yuki Shiwasu's Tamon’s B-Side (Tamon-kun Ima Docchi!?) manga is already available on Ani-One Asia for users in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, the Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, Palau, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, the Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.
The anime stars:
- Saori Hayami as Utage Kinoshita
- Kakeru Hatano as Tamon Fukuhara
- Shōya Chiba as Ōri Sakaguchi
- Tasuku Hatanaka as Keito Tachibana
- Kōhei Amasaki as Natsuki Ishibashi
- Ryuuho Nagaoka as Rintarō Kai
- Masaaki Mizunaka as Wataru Fujita
- Takako Honda as Izumi Shiraishi
- Saya Fukuzumi as Yuina
- Yurika Hirayama as Riko
- Runa Sasaki as Homare Kinoshita
- Ayaka Nanase as Yamato Kinoshita
Chika Nagaoka (Uta no Prince Sama Maji Love Kingdom, Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE ST☆RISH Tours) is directing the anime at J.C. Staff. Chiaki Nagai (Utano☆Princesama Legend Star, The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls) is both writing and overseeing the series scripts. Yōko Itō (Delico's Nursery, Love Stage!!, Skate-Leading Stars) is the character designer and chief animation director. Shochiku, King Records, and Hakusensha are producing the anime.
Viz Media licensed the manga, and it describes the story:
High schooler Utage Kinoshita works part-time as a housekeeper so she can afford her fangirl obsession with Tamon Fukuhara, her favorite member of boy band F/ACE. When work serendipitously sends her to the home of her idol, she discovers that the real Tamon couldn't be more different from his wild and sexy onstage persona!
Tamon is an insecure mess in real life, and what's worse, he's threatening to quit! Utage refuses to let anyone stand in Tamon's way—least of all himself. What's a fangirl to do but roll up her sleeves and support her favorite singer with everything she's got?
Ani-One Asia will stream the Trigun Stargaze anime on January 10 at 11:00 p.m. GMT +8. The anime will be available in Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam.
The new cast members for the anime include Chika Ayamori as Milly Thompson, Ryūji Satō as Millions Knives, Chō as Leonof the Puppet-Master, Taketora as Hoppered the Gauntlet, and Shinichirō Miki as Midvalley the Hornfreak.
Trigun Stargaze is the previously announced "final phase" of the Trigun Stampede anime, set 2.5 years after the end of Trigun Stampede.
Masako Sato (Anima Yell!, Haikyu!! To The Top) is directing the anime at Orange. Takehiko Oxi returns from Trigun Stampede for the original story. Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (Girls' Last Tour, Is the order a rabbit?, Do It Yourself!!) is writing and supervising the series' scripts. Kouji Tajima is returning from Trigun Stampede as the original character designer and concept artist. Kiyotaka Oshiyama, who helmed the recent critically acclaimed film Look Back, is the animation character designer for the anime (Oshiyama previously worked on special effect design on Trigun Stampede).
Trigun Stampede premiered in Japan in January 2023. Ani-One Asia streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.
The story follows the misadventures of Vash the Stampede, a gunman on the lam with a "60 billion double dollar" bounty on his head. Vash earned his "Stampede" nickname thanks to the destruction that zealous bounty hunters wreak on any town he visits.
Ani-One Asia will stream the first episode of the second season of the television anime of Hideyuki Furuhashi and Betten Court's My Hero Academia: Vigilantes (Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals) manga on January 5 at 10:00 p.m. GMT +8. The anime will be available in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, the Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.
The first season premiered in April 2025. Ani-One Asia streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.
Kenichi Suzuki (Cells at Work!, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) directed the first season at BONES' newly established company BONES FILM. Yōsuke Kuroda returned from the main My Hero Academia anime to write and oversee the series scripts. Takahiko Yoshida (Yowamushi Pedal, Cells at Work!) designed the characters. Yūki Hayashi returned from the main anime to compose the music alongside Shōgo Yamashiro and Yūki Furuhashi.
The manga is a spinoff of Kōhei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia manga. The spinoff takes place before the start of the main manga. Viz Media describes the story of the first volume:
Koichi Haimawari couldn't make the cut to become an official hero, so he uses his modest Quirk to do good deeds in his spare time. Then one day a fateful encounter with some local thugs leads him to team up with two other unlikely heroes. None of them really know what they're doing, but they've got the courage—or foolishness—to try. But they soon discover fighting evil takes more than just being brave…
Ani-One Asia will stream the first episode of the second season of the television anime of Robinson Haruhara and Hirakei's 'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess (Hime-sama, "Gōmon" no Jikan Desu) manga on January 12 at 9:30 p.m. GMT +8. The anime will be available in Southeast Asian territories. Ani-One Asia describes the anime:
The battle between the Imperial Army and Hellhorde has continued for many years.The princess, who is also the Commander of the Third Legion of the Imperial Army, is now being captured by the Hellhorde.”'Tis Time for “Torture”, Princess”. Awaiting the imprisoned princess were numerous excruciating forms of “Torture”. Fluffy freshly baked toast! Late-night ramen with hot steam rising! Playtime with adorable animals! The princess, relentlessly confronted with delicious meals and joyful activities, will she be able to overcome the “tortures” and protect the kingdom's secrets?
Mutsumi Tamura joins the cast as Sakura Heartrock. The new cast also includes Yukari Tamura as Hamu-chan and Tomokazu Sugita as Penta.
South Korean girl group ILLIT will perform the anime's opening theme song "Sunday Morning," and Japanese singer-songwriter Yuika will perform the ending theme song "Ohime-sama ni wa Narenai" (I Can't Become a Princess).
The first season premiered in January 2024. Ani-One Asia streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.
Yōko Kanamori (The Ancient Magus' Bride, Attack on Titan episode director) directed the anime at PINE JAM, and Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Dropkick on My Devil!, In the Land of Leadale) was in charge of the series scripts. Toshiya Kōno (Schwarzes Marken sub-character designs) and Satoshi Furuhashi (Comet Lucifer prop design assistance) designed the characters, and Masaru Yokoyama (Queen's Blade: The Exiled Virgin, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans) composed the music.
Ani-One Asia streamed the first episode of the television anime of Yawora Tsugumi's Gōmon Baito-kun no Nichijō (The Everyday Life of Torture Part-Time Workers) manga on Sunday, January 4 at 11:00 p.m. GMT +8. The anime is available in Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Seychelles, Singapore, the Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.
The anime stars:
- Shunichi Toki as Cero
- Takuma Terashima as Shiu
- Takuma Nagatsuka as Mikke
- Yōhei Azakami as Hugh
- Kishō Taniyama as Hela
- Rikuya Yasuda as Noe
Fumitoshi Oizaki (The Gorilla God's Go-To Girl, Romeo × Juliet, 2026 Sgt. Frog film) is directing the anime at diomedéa. Hitomi Amamiya (The Gorilla God's Go-To Girl, A Condition Called Love, Merc Storia: The Apathetic Boy and the Girl in a Bottle) is in charge of series scripts, and Sakae Shibuya (The Gorilla God's Go-To Girl, Akuma Kun, Magical Girl Site) is designing the characters.
The dark workplace comedy manga takes place in a world where murder and torture are legal and numerous "torture contract companies" exist. Cero and Shiu work part time for the "Spirytus" torture company, which is known for treating its employees well and only targeting bad people. Two new part time hires — Mikke and Hugh — also join the company, and the four enjoy their torture-working life.
Ani-One Asia will stream the first episode of the television anime of Yuritaro's Kaya-chan Isn't Scary (Kaya-chan wa Kowakunai) horror action manga on January 11 at 4:30 p.m. GMT +8. The anime will be available in Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Seychelles, Singapore, the Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.
Ani-One Asia describes the anime:
Kaya-chan is a notorious problem child in her kindergarten, but none of the adults know her secret–till Chie-sensei is put in charge and learns of Kaya-chan's hidden ability to see evil spirits and vanquish them with a punch! What will happen to this five-year-old who gets in trouble when she's only trying to help?
The anime stars:
- Azusa Tachibana as Kaya-chan
- Maaya Uchida as Chie-sensei
- Yūki Kaji as Namu
- Fukushi Ochiai as Mobuo
- Azusa Tadokoro as Akira-sensei
- Shiori Izawa as Chihiro-sensei
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as Kaya-Papa (Shizuo Satō)
- Mamiko Noto as Kaya-Mama (Mirai Satō)
- Haruka Tomatsu as Nana Ebisumori
- Yoshiko Sakakibara as Mutsu Ebisumori
Hiroshi Ikehata (365 Days to the Wedding, Kiratto Pri☆Chan) is directing the anime at East Fish Studio. Shigeru Murakoshi (Zombie Land Saga, Ninja Kamui) is overseeing the series scripts, Tarō Yamada and Hiroyuki Moriguchi are designing the characters, and Kohta Yamamoto and Shun Narita are composing the music. Yukio Nagasaki is the sound director.
Ani-One Asia already premiered the first episode of the third season of the anime of Shuuichi Shigeno's MF Ghost manga on January 1 at 11:30 p.m. GMT +8. The anime is available in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Kiribati, Lao, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Niue, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Pitcairn, Samoa, Singapore, the Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.
Ani-One Asia describes the anime:
Kanata Katagiri who came to Japan from England to take on the challenge of "MFG". With the participation of rising Sena Moroboshi, the successor to Gunma pride, the battle for the top spots is intensifying. Kanata takes on the challenge in an 86 equipped with turbo, which has increased its fighting power, but... Due to an elbow injury he sustained just before the race, he was unable to use second gear at the start of the race. In a difficult situation where he was being overtaken by his rivals one after another, the raw Fighting Spirit that had been sleeping inside him is awakened!
Yū Serizawa performs the opening theme song "Timeless Power feat. MOTSU, and Himika Akaneya performs the ending theme song "Yokan no Tochū Prod. Taku Takahashi (m-flo)"(En Route to a Hunch).
The first season premiered in October 2023. Ani-One Asia streamed the anime as it aired in Japan. The second season debuted in October 2024. Ani-One Asia once again streamed the second season.
Ani-One Asia will stream the first episode of television anime of Shizumu Watanabe's Dead Account manga on January 10 at 11:00 a.m. GMT +8. The anime will be available in Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Timor-Leste, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The manga is set in a world where ghosts have also inhabited the Internet, following the tradition that ghosts linger on in places where they have strong attachments. The story centers on a Sōji Enishiro, a 15-year-old boy who also streams under the handle "Aoringo." He streams deliberately violent, clickbaity, and provocative content to get reactions and earn money, but it is all for the cause of taking care of his younger sister's medical bills. In real life, he is a simple boy who only loves to eat pudding and loves his sister, whom he would go to hell and back for. One time, while online, he is attacked by a ghost who resides in the online world, and it leaves him spiritually awakened. He is recruited by Miden Academy, a school specializing in training exorcists who tackle the digital realm. The manga is unrelated to Watanabe and Okushō's earlier Real Account manga.
The anime will star:
- Nobuhiko Okamoto as Soji Enishiro
- Kōki Uchiyama as Kukuru Kasubata
- Fairouz Ai as Kiyomi Urusugawa
- Natsuki Hanae as Renri Hasumi
- Machico as Hiyori Haijima
- Ryōta Suzuki as Maruhiko Emoto
- Takuya Satō as Yoimaru Azaki
Keiya Saitō (Rokudo's Bad Girls) is directing the anime at Synergy SP. Mitsutaka Hirota (Edens Zero, Rent-A-Girlfriend) is overseeing the series scripts, and Keiji Inai (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion) is composing the music at Nippon Columbia. Haru Igarashi performs the anime's opening theme song "Dead End," and Miyu Kaneko performs the ending theme song "Raise wa Dōse" (In the Next Life Anyway).
Ani-One Asia describes the anime:
The fire-extinguishing samurai who stopped the great fire was called the "Fire-Eating bird." Gengo Matsunaga, once known as the "Fire-Eating Bird," was the best fire-fighter samurai in Edo. He had resigned from the fire brigade for a reason but suddenly received an invitation to serve in the Shinjo Domain. The Shinjo Domain had no money and no personnel and was looked down upon by those around them. With the encouragement of his wife, Miyuki, Gengo decides to rebuild the collapsed firefighting team as its leader. Gengo and his friends, all of whom have their own peculiarities, struggle to "We will never let any life die!", despite being ridiculed as "broken black kites." In Edo, a mysterious series of suspicious fires called "foxfires" occurs one after another.
The anime stars:
- Yūichirō Umehara as Gengo Matsunaga
- Shūichirō Umeda as Shinnosuke Torigoe
- Subaru Kimura as Torajiro
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as Hikoya
- Kenshō Ono as Seijuro Kaji
- Kent Itō as Jinsuke
- Naoya Uchida as Rokuemon Hōjō
- Kōji Yusa as Samon Orishimo
- Yasuaki Takumi as Renji
- Shinpachi Tsuji as Kingorō
- Aya Hisakawa as Akiyo
- Shinnosuke Ogami as Moriemon Dategasaki
- Kana Ichinose as Osuzu
- Tetsuo Komura as Heizō Nobuo Hasegawa
- Shinichirō Miki as Tōgorō
- Ayaka Miyoshi as Miyuki
- Junichi Suwabe as Kankurō Ōto
Hiroshi Yasumi is directing the anime at Synergy SP and Hajime Kamegaki (Fushigi Yugi, Naruto Shippūden film, Lupin III vs. Detective Conan The Movie director) is the "head director." Ryūsuke Mori (Magic Repo Man) is in charge of the series scripts. Mori also writes the scripts along with Shōhei Fukuda, Yoriko Tomita, and Kōhei Nishimura. BILBA is credited for the original character designs, Takeshi Sanada (Yowamushi Pedal, Gintama: The Movie) is the CG director, Akiyoshi Tanaka (KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple) is the sound director, and Yasuharu Takanashi (BASTARD!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-, Fairy Tail, Naruto Shippūden film) is composing the music.
Ani-One Asia will stream the first episode of television anime of HYBE and ENHYPEN's Dark Moon: The Blood Altar webtoon on January 10 at 12:30 a.m. GMT +8.
The anime will star:
- Kikunosuke Toya as Heli
- Shugo Nakamura as Jino
- Shunichi Toki as Shion
- Chiaki Kobayashi as Noa
- Hiroto Shimizu as Jaan
- Jin Ogasawara as Solon
- Yūto Uemura as Jukah
- Fūka Izumi as Sooha
- Taihi Kimura as Khan
- Hayato Dojima as Najak
- Shōhei Komatsu as Enzy
- Shōya Chiba as Tahel
Shōko Shiga is directing the anime at TROYCA. Tōko Machida is overseeing the series scripts, Masami Inomata is designing the characters, and Naoki "naotyu-" Chiba is composing the music. Takatoshi Hamano is directing the sound.
Yen Press has licensed the series, and it describes the story:
Mixing urban fantasy and teen romance, the story follows the confrontation, confusion, and chemistry between a group of vampires, a pack of werewolves, and a mysterious girl with a secret. The tale of DARK MOON is told in the form of a series of stories, starting with DARK MOON: THE BLOOD ALTAR. Combining a heroine with incredible abilities, youthful friendships, and a powerful secret, DARK MOON: THE BLOOD ALTAR brings new levity and energy to teen romance.
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