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Chihaya Yoshitake , a singer and voice actor who is best known for her theme song works for the Precure anime franchise, posted a music video for her solo artist debut song, "Hajimari no Aizu" ("Signal for the Beginning"), on ABC Animation official YouTube channel today. The song will be featured as the opening theme for the upcoming Light-novel Anime project. Yoshitake left her previous agency Apollo Bay on June 30, and on the following July 1, she announced her debut as a solo artist from ABC Animation. Chihaya Yoshitake "Hajimari no Aizu" Music Video Yoshitake made her Precure singer debut with the ending theme song for the 16th TV series Star☆Twinkle Precure (2019-2020). Since then she has sung the ending themes for the 18th series Tropical-Rouge! Precure (2021-2022), the 19th series Delicious Party Precure (2022-2023), the 20th series Soaring Sky! Precure , and the opening themes for 21st TV series Wonderful Precure!...

A great anime series can leave its mark in as few as a dozen installments, but there's something to be said for a show that stretches out its story over years or even decades and reaps the benefits of maximizing the time viewers have spent with its characters. The lengthiest anime shows cover wide thematic ground too — unlike American television animation, where the longest-running shows tend to be loose, endlessly resettable comedies in which continuity is basically thrown out the window, Japan's anime industry has been able to produce numerous long-lasting series in the serialized adventure genre. The absolute longest-running ones, though, tend to be geared towards young children.

Producing a ranking of anime series by episode count is challenging due to the various franchises out there consisting of multiple series. Therefore, for the purposes of this ranking, we're considering only continuous Japanese runs, with no more than two years of hiatus sans new episodes.

Wonderful Precure! , the 21st installment of Toei Animation's long-running Precure anime franchise, finally premiered in Japan on February 4. Right after the broadcast, the franchise's official YouTube channel started streaming its creditless opening and ending movies. The opening theme song "Wonderful Precure! evolution!" is sung by Chihaya Yoshitake, who previously sang the ending theme songs for the 16th installment, Star☆Twinkle Precure (2019-2020), the 18th installment, Tropical-Rouge! Precure (2021-2022), the 19th installment, Delicious Party Pretty Cure (2022-2023), and the previous 20th installment, Soaring Sky! Precure . This is the first time for her to perform an opening theme song for a Precure TV anime series. Wonderful Precure! creditless opening movie The ending theme song "Fun☆Fun☆Wonderful Days!" is sung by Ami Ishii and Moeha Nochimoto. Ishii sang the opening and ending (duet with Chihaya Yoshitake) theme songs for Soaring Sky! Precure , while Nochimoto sang the theme song for the 2022 feature film,...

Three weeks ahead of its TV premiere in Japan, a preview video for the opening and ending theme songs for Wonderful Precure!, the upcoming 21st installment of Toei Animation's long-running Precure anime franchise, is now streamed on Marvelous's official YouTube channel . The opening theme song "Wonderful Precure! evolution!" is sung by Chihaya Yoshitake, who previously sang the ending theme songs for the 16th installment Star☆Twinkle Precure (2019-2020), the 18th installment Tropical-Rouge! Precure (2021-2022), the 19th installment Delicious Party Pretty Cure (2022-2023), and the ongoing 20th installment, Soaring Sky! Precure . This is the first time for her to perform an opening theme song for a Precure TV anime series. Meanwhile, the ending theme song "Fun☆Fun☆Wonderful Days!" is sung by Ami Ishii and Moeha Nochimoto. Ishii sang the opening and ending (duet with Chihaya Yoshitake) theme songs for Soaring Sky! Precure , while Nochimoto sang the theme song for the 2022 feature film,...

Wonderful PreCure, the latest installment in the Pretty Cure anime series being produced by Toei Animation, will feature a dog in the protagonist's role that can transform into a magical human girl.

The official Pretty Cure YouTube channel recently released a teaser trailer, seen below, for the 21st Pretty Cure anime TV series. Set to air on Feb. 2, 2024, Wonderful PreCure follows second-year middle school student Inukai Iroha, and her Papillon dog, Inukai Komugi, as they live peacefully in Animal Town. However, the tranquility between man and animal is threatened by a mysterious monster attack. To save the animals from being transformed into monsters, Komugi and her owner both transform into magical girls known as Pretty Cures.

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The upcoming anime series, The Apothecary Diaries is all set to debut with a 3-episode premiere on October 21, 2023.

The anime series is an adaptation of a Japanese light novel series, Kusuriya no Hitorigoto by Natsu Hyūga and Touko Shino. The announcement of its release was posted on its official website, disclosing that the series will kick off this fall, exciting The Apothecary Diaries' fans all around the world.

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This adaptation has been confirmed for two seasons. The news was accompanied by visuals from the series that showcased the central characters, Maomao and Takeo Ōtsuka. The episodes will be available to stream on Crunchyroll. Additionally, the first three episodes will also be shown on the big screen in a special theatrical screening on October 1. The event will also feature an interview with director Norihiro Naganuma, cast members Aoi Yuki, who lends her voice to Maomao,...