One of the many major companies in attendance at this weekend’s Anime Central festivities, CrunchyRoll came with a wide range of anime license announcements for series set to air across 2023. Scroll down to see if you will be able to rest easy already, knowing that your most anticipated anime series are already locked in for official streaming and distribution.
Horimiya: The Missing Pieces
Animation Studio: Cloverworks
Launch Date: July 2023
Regions: Worldwide excluding Asia
When the popular Hori and the gloomy Miyamura meet, they reveal another side of themselves. Could this be the start of something new?
The Great Cleric
Animation Studio: Yokohama Animation Laboratory and Cloud Hearts
Launch Date: July 2023
Regions: Worldwide excluding Asia, but including India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, the Maldives, the Middle East, and North African territories.
Can a former salaryman become peerless in another world?! A salaryman was shot to death just before earning a promotion, and a god decided to reincarnate him in another world as a fifteen-year-old healer named Luciel. On top of all that, the country he was born into seems to hate healers. Feeling that he’s in danger, Luciel visits the adventurers’ guild in hopes of keeping himself safe. But the training is much harder than he expected, and every day he’s forced to drink a mysterious beverage called “Substance X.” Wait, this life doesn’t seem to have anything to do with being a healer… The day-to-day life of a super-masochistic, back-from-the-dead healer begins, with his very survival on the line!
Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 3
Animation Studio: TMS Entertainment
Launch Date: July 2023
Region: Worldwide excluding Asia
Kinoshita Kazuya is a 20-year-old failure of a college student. He managed to kiss his girlfriend once, but was dumped after a month. “Ugh… Damn it. I never want to go through that again.” Completely spiteful, Kazuya uses a certain method to date a girl. He goes to their meeting place and suddenly hears, “You’re Kazuya-kun, right?” A beautiful girl brushing her long, black hair behind her ear was there, smiling at him. Her name was Mizuhara Chizuru. Something real is born after just a single rental! A reckless rom-com filled with love and excitement is about to begin!
Am I Actually the Strongest?
Animation Studio: Staple Entertainment
Launch Date: July 2023
Regions: Worldwide excluding Asia, but including India
After being a shut-in, Haruto is reincarnated as a baby. And amazingly, that baby is a prince! However, he’s abandoned in a forest on the day he’s born because of his low magic level… What will be the fate of Haruto, who was inadvertently given 1000 times the normal amount of magic by the goddess of reincarnation without anyone noticing?!
I’m in Love with the Villainess
Animation Studio: Platinum Vision
Launch Date: October 2023
Regions: Worldwide excluding Asia
Ordinary office worker Oohashi Rae wakes up in the body of the protagonist of her favorite otome game, Revolution. To her delight, the first person to greet her is also her favorite character, Claire Francois – the main antagonist of the story! Now, Rae is determined to romance Claire instead of the game’s male leads. But how will her villainous ladylove react to this courtship?! (Synopsis Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
I Shall Survive Using Potions!
Animation Studio: Jumondo
Launch Date: 2023
Regions: Worldwide excluding Asia
Nagase Kaoru, a 22-year-old office lady, suddenly finds herself reincarnated in another world. To help her survive in this new world, a being that amounts to its god gives Kaoru a younger body and… the ability to make insanely overpowered potions?! The reincarnated Kaoru must use her knowledge and cheatery to survive!
MF GHOST
Animation Studio: Felix Film
Launch Date: 2023
Regions: Worldwide excluding Asia
202X A.D., a future beyond Initial D. Self-driving cars are in widespread use in Japan, and public roadways are used for auto racing. In such an era, a race called MFG has become popular around the globe. Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini… Participants are invited to race with their fastest cars. One such participant, a British racing school graduate, Kanata Rivington, returns to Japan to achieve his goal.
