‘Crunchyroll Industry Panel’ reveals first looks, and new 2024 titles; pre-orders now open for upcoming Crunchyroll Games and Perfect World game ‘One Punch Man: World.’
Last week at New York Comic Con 2023, Crunchyroll's “Crunchyroll Industry Panel” treated attendees to first look trailers for Classroom of the Elite Season 3 and Bye Bye, Earth. The anime destination revealed new 2024 titles and treated attendees to first-look trailers and artwork. Pre-orders are now open for the highly anticipated Crunchyroll Games and Perfect World video game One Punch Man: World.
Here are some highlights – coming to Crunchyroll:
Kaiju No. 8 (No release date announcement)
Classroom of the Elite Season 3 (coming: January 2024 – studio: Lerche) - Panel attendees got an exclusive look at the new season’s trailer.
Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School is a dream school with 100% employment and college entry rate, and it gifts points worth 100,000 yen to each student every month. Beneath that ideal exterior, though, it’s a meritocracy, affording preferential treatment to only a select few elites.
Spice and Wolf: merchant meets the wise wolf (coming soon – studio: Passione)
Lawrence is a traveling merchant selling various goods from a horse-drawn cart. At a village, he meets a beautiful girl with the ears and tail of an animal named Holo the Wisewolf, and she brings bountiful harvests. She wishes to return to her homeland, and Lawrence offers to take her. Now, the once-lonely merchant and the once-lonely Wisewolf begin their journey.
The Unwanted Undead Adventurer (coming in 2024 – studio: Connect)
Rentt Faina has hunted monsters for the last ten years; unfortunately, he’s not great at his job and is stuck hunting slimes and goblins for a few coins each day. His luck turns when he finds an undiscovered path, where he meets his demise in the maw of a legendary dragon.
7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! (coming in 2024 – studios: Studio KAI and HORNETS)
Rishe Irmgard Weitzner, a duke's daughter, has a secret: she died at age 20 and returned to the moment five years prior when her engagement was called off. She has experienced this time loop six times and lived out those five years differently each time, as a merchant, a doctor, a maid, a knight, and more. Now, on her seventh go-around, she's determined to live to a ripe old age and spend it relaxing.
Sengoku Youko (coming January 2024 – studio: White Fox)
The world is divided into two factions: humans and monsters called katawara. Despite being a katawara, Tama loves humans and vows to protect them from evil, even if it means fighting her own kind.
The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil (coming soon – studio: Children's Playground Entertainment)
The demon Masatora Akutsu is on a mission in a human high school to recruit allies for Hell against the heavenly angels but is in for a surprise when seated beside the captivating Lily Amane.
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Movie (coming soon – studio: Silver Link)
Wealthy heiress Catarina Claes is hit in the head with a rock, causing her to recover memories of her past life, and discovers she lives in the world of the game Fortune Lover, an otome game she was obsessed with in her past life... but finds herself cast as the villain character who tries to foil the protagonist's romances!
Bye Bye, Earth (coming in 2024 – studio: Linden Films) - Panel attendees got an exclusive look at the trailer debut and key art.
Announced in November 2022, Bye Bye Earth is by author and screenwriter Tow Ubukata (Fafner in the Azure) and directed by Yasuto Nishikata (Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the Sky). The series composition is by Hiroyuki Yoshino (Macross F; World Trigger), with music composed by Kevin Penkin (Made in Abyss; The Apothecary Diaries). Liden Films (Tokyo Revengers; Bastard!! Heavy Metal Dark Fantasy) is behind the animation.
In a world of anthropomorphic animals, Belle Lablac was born as the only human with no fangs, fur, or scales. Called "Faceless,” she sets out on a journey to find her roots, armed with a great sword as tall as she is.
Pre-registration is open:
One Punch Man: World on Windows PC, iOS, and Android - From Crunchyroll Games and Perfect World, the developers behind Tower of Fantasy, the upcoming online action game is based on the popular anime One-Punch Man.
Source: Crunchyroll
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
