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The official website for the upcoming spring 2025 TV anime Classic Stars released a main trailer today. The clip features the anime's opening theme song "Singularist " sung by Yuma Uchida , who is also cast as one of the main characters, Beethoven. As his 12th CD single, "Singularist” will release on April 2, 2025, simultaneously with his 13th CD single "Heartache," which will be featured as the ending theme for the upcoming spring 2025 TV anime #Compass 2.0 . Classic Stars Main Trailer Related: Classic Stars TV Anime Reveals April 5 Premiere, Main Visual The TV anime Classic Stars is set to premiere in Japan on April 5 at 25:00 Jst (effectively April 6 at 1:00). Crunchyroll will stream the anime as it airs for members in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, Cis, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore. Classic Stars is a mixed-media project featuring young men gifted with the talents of classical composers.

The official website for the upcoming spring 2025 TV anime Classic Stars has announced that the anime is set to premiere in Japan on April 5 at 25:00 Jst (effectively April 6 at 1:00). The site has also revealed a main visual newly drawn by the anime's character designer Yoko Sato. Main Visual Additionally, a mini-album containing character songs, "Beyond★Classic" is set to release on May 21, 2025. The album includes the anime's ending theme song “Beyond★Classic,” as well as four solo songs by Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, and Liszt. CD jacket Gran★MyStar “Beyond★Classic” Lyric Video Related: Classic Stars TV Anime Sows Dis=Cord with Latest Casting, Character Trailer Classic Stars is a mixed-media project featuring young men gifted with the talents of classical composers. After lunch of the project in 2018, production of the TV anime was announced in July 2024 . Noriyasu Agematsu of Elements Garden serves as the planner and executive producer...

Classic Stars , the upcoming idol anime featuring young men gifted with the talents of classical composers, premieres later this year. But, as we see in a new trailer released today, they aren't the only ones wielding historical inspiration! Meet Dis=Cord: a mysterious trio of "lost" talents with their own reasons for singing. Joining the cast as this new group are: Lost Beethoven voiced by Taku Yashiro (Vulcan Joseph in Fire Force ) Lost Vivaldi voiced by Takuya Sato (Ryunosuke Tsunashi in IDOLiSH7 ) Lost Schumann voiced by Ayumu Murase (Ginro in Dr. Stone ) Classic Stars Dis=Cord Trailer Lost Beethoven Lost Vivaldi Lost Schumann Related: Classic Stars Anime Introduces Chopin in Latest Character Trailer Additionally, the series has locked in an April 2025 release window, as well as an opening theme: "Singularist," which will be performed by Yuma Uchida (the voice of Beethoven). Noriyasu Agematsu of Elements Garden serves as the planner...

Ahead of an October 5 premiere on Japanese televison, the official website and accounts for the previously announced TV anime adapting the Kagaku Manga Survival educational comic series today unveiled a poster visual and a new trailer that reveals the below cast members: Jio voiced by Satsumi Matsuda Pipi voiced by Megumi Han Kei voiced by Akira Ishida Dr. Nou voiced by Hiroshi Iwasaki Daiya voiced by Mikako Komatsu Mare voiced by Yumi Uchiyama Kyuri voiced by Rie Kugimiya Dr. Kuo voiced by Yoko Hikasa "Nebaneba" by Morisaki Win, the series' opening song, is also previewed. Poster Visual The story of Kagaku x Bouken Survival! will cover the following themes: Extreme Weather Survival Insect World Survival New Virus Survival Antarctic Survival Artificial Intelligence Survival Dinosaur World Survival Energy Crisis Survival Related: Kagaku Manga Survival TV Anime Reveals Premiere Date, Story Themes The Survival series (known in Japan as Kagaku Manga Survival...

The official website and accounts for the previously announced TV anime adapting the Kagaku Manga Survival educational comic series today announced an October 5 at 18:25 Jst premiere for Japanese television, while also revealing the seven themes that will be covered: Extreme Weather Survival Insect World Survival New Virus Survival Antarctic Survival Artificial Intelligence Survival Dinosaur World Survival Energy Crisis Survival Related: Kagaku Manga Survival TV Anime Reveals October 2024 Premiere, Teaser Visual The Survival series (known in Japan as Kagaku Manga Survival ) is created by Gomdori Co and Han Hyun-Dong and published in South Korea by Mirae N Co., Ltd. and in Japan by Asahi Shimbun Publications. Three volumes of the Survival series are also available in English under the title Survive! Inside the Human Body . The series was previously adapted into a theatrical anime film in 2020. Masahiro Hosoda ( Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods ) directs the new series titled "Kagaku x Bouken Survival!

The character trailer rollout continues for the Classic Stars anime, highlighting another musician who has been imbued with the gifts of a classical composer. This one is all about Liszt, as voiced by Shoya Ishige (Wakana Gojo in My Dress-Up Darling ).  Classic Stars Liszt Trailer Related: Classic Stars Anime Introduces Chopin in Latest Character Trailer Noriyasu Agematsu of Elements Garden serves as the planner and executive producer for  Classic Stars . Hideaki Oba ( Love of Kill ) directs, with Shingo Nagai ( Girly Air Force ) on series composition and Yoko Sato ( I'm in Love with the Villainess ) on character designs. The anime is a co-production of Unison and King Records, with Elements Garden handling music and Platinum Vision handling animation. Classic Stars  will also be the first installment in a wider  Classic Verse  project, through which Unison will plan and produce titles with a common theme of classical music. Plans are also afoot for an as-yet-untitled isekai project,...

Classic Stars , the upcoming original anime about musicians imbued with the gifts of classical composers, has just lifted the curtain on its latest character introduction. Today, we meet Chopin: a sweet-faced musical prodigy with a surprisingly sharp tongue. Chopin—or rather, the Gloria Academy student who bears Chopin's name—is voiced by Shun Abe in his first major voice acting role. Check out the new trailer: Related: Classic Stars Anime Raises the Curtain on Mozart in New Character Video Noriyasu Agematsu of Elements Garden serves as the planner and executive producer for Classic Stars . Hideaki Oba ( Love of Kill ) directs, with Shingo Nagai ( Girly Air Force ) on series composition and Yoko Sato ( I'm in Love with the Villainess ) on character designs. The anime is a co-production of Unison and King Records, with Elements Garden handling music and Platinum Vision handling animation. Classic Stars will also be the first installment...

Throughout history, Mozart has been a bold and compelling figure. It looks like his counterpart in Classic Stars will be much the same—today, we get to know him in a new character trailer! The young man given Mozart's "Gift" (and his name) is voiced by Kent Ito, who also appeared as Doppo in Hypnosismic -Division Rap Battle- Rhyme Anima . Like his namesake, Mozart has been connected to classic since childhood and is lauded for his exceptional talent. Related: Classic Stars Original TV Anime Introduces Beethoven in New Character Trailer Noriyasu Agematsu of Elements Garden serves as the planner and executive producer for Classic Stars . Hideaki Oba ( Love of Kill ) directs, with Shingo Nagai ( Girly Air Force ) on series composition and Yoko Sato ( I'm in Love with the Villainess ) on character designs. The anime is a co-production of Unison and King Records, with Elements Garden handling music and Platinum Vision handling animation.

Get ready to meet Beethoven the boxing pop star! Classic Stars , the first installment in Unison's Classic Verse media mix project, will be releasing character trailers for the next four weeks, introducing its classically-inspired anime boys. First up is "Beethoven," voiced by Yuma Uchida (Reo Mikage in Blue Lock ). Like the other protagonists of Classic Stars , Beethoven is a normal guy who happens to be compatible with the "Gift" of a renowned composer. Once receiving said Gift, they are referred to in school by their respective composer's name and trained up to be a musical great. Check out our first look at Beethoven in action: Related: Classic Stars Original TV Anime Resurrects Classical Composers in 2025 Noriyasu Agematsu of Elements Garden serves as the planner and executive producer for Classic Stars . Hideaki Oba ( Love of Kill ) directs, with Shingo Nagai ( Girly Air Force ) on series composition and Yoko Sato ( I'm in Love with the Villainess...

Next year, anime will once again answer the age-old question: "What if these things were cute anime characters?" This time, "these things" are renowned classical composers, and they're kicking off an interconnected "Classic Verse" with a brand new anime. Titled Classic Stars , the idol series is set to debut in 2025. Unison, the newly-formed branch of Aria Entertainment, will produce the series and its overarching Classic Verse project. The new official website for the series released a teaser video and two teaser visuals, showing its musical stars in school uniforms and performance gear. From left to right, our new heroes are Mozart (CV Kento Ito), Liszt (CV Shoya Ishige), Chopin (CV Shun Abe), and Beethoven (Yuma Uchida): Related: Princess Session Orchestra Original TV Anime Announced with 2025 Premiere Despite the names, they're actually just regular modern-day guys who happen to be compatible with these composers' "Gifts." At Gloria Private Academy, compatible...

Shojo anime Love of Kill features dark violence, blurring genre lines with suspense and mystery. The violent past connecting the protagonists adds depth to the story, unfolding through flashbacks. Ryang-ha's mysterious treatment of Chateau intensifies the suspense, leading to a shocking revelation.

Shojo is understandably renowned for cute romances that are tailored specifically for teenage girls, but a dark and bloody anime called Love of Kill proves that the demographic can also be just like their shonen counterparts and possibly even like seinen. In fact, it would be very difficult for Love of Kill to not have at least a little bit of violence, just taking the specific trades of both protagonists into account. Song Ryang-ha is a hit man and Chateau Dankworth is a bounty hunter, and, of course, both of them meet in the bloody aftermath of a successful mission (i.e. murdered targets).

Of course, Love of Kill...

Welcome, readers, to Late to the Party , a column that's right on time when it comes to catching up on anime everyone's already watched. This column addresses a universal truth in regard to being an anime fan: an anime backlog is quite the powerful beast. Many of us have one, where we amass more and more content we have designated in the "planning to watch" category. How and why it takes so long to actually address this task varies from person to person, but the gratification of finally allocating the time is really quite splendid. Occasionally, it’s by watching a classic anime from yesteryear that you’ve had your eye on for quite some time. In other instances, it’s a more recent premiere that just slipped by. To close out Pride Month, I’m taking a look at the latter; a gem from the fall 2023 season that I...