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Crunchyroll Streams Oshi no Ko Season 1 Anime in India
posted on by Adriana Hazra
The third season of the anime debuted on January 14 at 11:00 p.m. on Tokyo MX, and it airs on a total 36 channels across Japan. The anime streams in Japan on ABEMA at the same time as the Tokyo MX debut. Netflix is streaming the anime in India as it airs in Japan. Anime Times is also streaming the season in India. Crunchyroll is streaming the season in India as well.
The new season features a mostly returning 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.
CHANMINA performs the opening theme song "Test Me," and natori performs the ending theme song "Serenade." New cast members for the season include Yuto Takenaka as Shun Yoshizumi and Yōji Ueda as Tetsu Urushibara.
The first television anime premiered in Japan in April 2023 with a 90-minute first episode. Netflix streamed the anime in India as it aired in Japan.
The anime's second season premiered in July 2024 on Tokyo MX and over 29 other channels throughout Japan. Netflix streamed the season in India as it aired in Japan. The second season's story focused on a 2.5D stage play titled "Tokyo Blade."
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 in December 2024. Shueisha's MANGA Plus service released the manga in English digitally.
The manga has also inspired a live-action film and television series adaptation, a stage play adaptation, and a puzzle game that launched on February 25.
Source: Email correspondence
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