Year 2017

Koisuru Shirokuma: Tokubetsu-ban

A seal attempts to escape a sleeping Polar Bear, fearing that Polar Bear will eat him. But before Seal can get far, Polar Bear wakes up and runs to him. Seal pleads to Polar Bear not to eat him, but Polar Bear instead performs a kabedon on Seal with a nearby ice wall. The original manga revolves around a polar bear who falls in love with an earless seal, and he wants nothing else except to protect him, even though the seal constantly thinks the bear will eat him. (Source: Anime News Network)

Chikatetsu ni Noru

A crowdfunded anime short animated by studio GYORAI EIZO, made for the Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau's subway PR project, Get on! Kyoto City Subway campaign. It's about a group of three high school girls who explore Kyoto using the Kyoto City Subway system. Note: Initially released in May 2017, this anime later got a theatrical release from December 23rd, 2017 to January 5th, 2018. It was then re-released on their official YouTube channel on May 2018.

Oretacha Youkai Ningen

Short TV anime series celebrating the 50th anniversary of Youkai Ningen Bem.

Pikotaro's LULLABY LA LA BY

Pikotarou is inspired by an illustration drawn by director Taniguchi and tells a three-minute fairy tail ad-lib based on it. The episodes are told as "Bedtime Stories" that Pikotarou visits the protagonists of famous fairy tails, such as The Little Match Girl and Little Red Riding Hood. Pikotarou will voice himself and all other characters in the show. (Source: Crunchyroll)

BOY's LOVE Nitro+CHiRAL

2017 April Fools' Day event which is based on the world of the games made by Nitro+Chiral, and depicts the "love and life" of over 60 characters. Videos available include the opening movie, Chapter 27 [Sweet Pool and Lamento: Beyond the Void], Chapter 28 [Sweet Pool and Togainu no Chi], Chapter 29 [DRAMAtical Murder], and Chapter 30 [DRAMAtical Murder]. Comedic effect is enhanced when Nitro+'s style isn't used but rather the style of Plus Heads who is known for their absurdist gag comedy. (Source: Gematsu)

SENGOKUCHOJYUGIGA Season2

Second season of Sengoku Choujuu Giga.

Gun Girls

Qiang Niang mainly tells of the protagonist Carrie, who has lost her combat memories, searching for herself and the story of her final "Awakening". In the years between 2025 to 2030, a world war involving the entire world has resulted in the demise of half the world's population, and humanity has already lost control of the direction the war shall go in. In order to seize ultimate victory, war has gradually been turned into a battle without people, similar to a game. War has already become about Satellite lasers, Bomb drones, Intelligent AI, a battlefield between unmanned gun turrets and tanks... Then, there are also a group of young maidens who uses outdated firearms to engage in battle ---- the Gun Girls. Turning back the time: In order to evade capture from its own kind, an intelligent life-form from the cosmos that has come to Earth, it fused with the "Inorganic Compound" M4A1 in the warehouse of a nearby weapons dealer. In the midst of being passed from person to person, the M4A1 finally landed into the hands of a youth in a military compound in a certain city. The youth took the M4A1 home, talked to her, showed her care and concern and carefully wiped her clean - and the Life-form from the cosmos began to move again. In order to respond to the youth's emotions, the gun (Life-form from the cosmos) turned into a beautiful young maiden. The youth named the gun-turned-human "Carrie". However, the big countries that know of Carrie's existence began competing to seize her. The youth died trying to protect Carrie. The humans then began research on the Gun Girl Carrie. Barrett, Shasha and the others are the result of said research. Through the study of Carrie, Humanity's technology made remarkable progress, and entered the space age. With supremacy over the cosmos at stake, war erupted between the various great nations of the world. A world war has formally begun.

Kabukibu!: Oogiri - Chiyokoreito Kassen

A special episode bundled with the BD release of the television series.

T-sensei

T-sensei initially started as a childcare worker living in Tokyo calling himself T-sensei describing his life of tending kindergarteners on his Twitter since 2012, which received various positive responses.

Cinderella Girls Gekijou 2nd Season Specials

Special episodes bundled with Blu-Ray/DVD release of Cinderella Girls Gekijou 2nd Season.

Ultrasonico

2017 April Fools' Day event where Nitro+ mascot Super Sonico is becoming an Ultraman-esque superhero, "Ultrasonico."

Tomica Hyper Rescue Drive Head Kidou Kyuukyuu Keisatsu

The story is set in "the future, just a little after the present day.... To respond to disasters beyond human comprehension and the increasing complexity of crime and mishaps, the mobile emergency police Hyper Rescue (an organization newly formed by the government primarily for life-saving) developed 'Drive Heads' that are specialized with police, fire-fighting, and rescue capabilities. Drive Heads' are special vehicles that change from car forms to humanoid walker vehicles. The grade schooler Gou Kurumada and other children found to be suitable become drivers and join forces with the mobile emergency police and other adults. Even now, they race to the scene to protect the peace and security of all humanity. Go Rescue! (Source: Anime News Network)

Shin chan Spin-Off: Lone Wolf and Family

Master butt-swordsman Hiroshinosuke Nohara (Lone Wolf) travels with his family seeking employment. The family encounters a mysterious girl Hazumi and a wild dog Shiro, and decides to travel together. The group is attacked by various assassins, eventually their lives are threatened by the butt-swordsmen's enemy, the armpit-swordsmen of the Demon Bull Clan. Who will win: butts or armpits? Against an array of idiosyncratic enemies, Hiroshinosuke Nohara and his son Shinnosuke have the chance to display their swashbuckling skills. (Source: ANN)

DC Super Heroes vs Taka no Tsume Dan

Joker has come to Japan to steal the Eagle Talon Society's secret weapons in his continued scheme for pure chaos. However, the Justice League is on his trail, but there's something off with Batman. Now, it's up to Eagle Talon to go find out what's wrong with him, and that means going back in time to Bruce Wayne's most traumatic experience, the murder of his parents. The Eagle Talon Society also have to keep their eyes on their production budget, especially with most of that money going towards the licensing fee for DC's popular characters. Will the Eagle Talon Society and the Justice League be able to stop the Joker before their budget dries up, and they're reduced to simple stick figures!?

Neko ga Kureta Marui Shiawase

A series of commercials by the retail store Marui Group revolving around the everyday life of a 30 year old woman working as a designer for a cosmetics company. Included specials: Digest-hen (ダイジェスト編)

Animegataris: Yuku Toshi, Kuru Toshi

Special short episode of Animegataris streamed on Niconico-douga.

Inazma Delivery

Inazma Delivery is set in the town of Babiden City, where everything runs on electricity. Hemingway is an earnest young man who works at the delivery company Inazma, which promises to deliver any package to its proper destination. One day, an extraterrestrial lost child in a shark costume named Bytheway appears and asks to be delivered to its home planet, and soon Hemingway and Bytheway are embroiled in all sorts of adventures. (Source: Crunchyroll)

Petit☆Dream Stars!: Let's La Cooking? Showtime!

A 3DCG short screened alongside Kirakira☆Precure A La Mode Movie: Paritto! Omoide no Mille-Feuille!

Daitai 3-pun de Wakaru .hack History

An animated "about 3-minutes long" history on .hack in honor of its 15th anniversary. Haseo and Kite in their chibi forms are here to explain the main story line of the multi-media franchise just in time for new viewers to get the .hack//G.U. Last Recode video game, which is a remaster of .hack//G.U. with a brand new chapter continuing the story

Landreaall

An original anime bundled with the manga's 29th volume.

Shonen Ashibe GO! GO! Goma-chan 2

The story follows the daily life of the baby spotted seal Goma-chan and its owner, schoolboy Ashibe Ashiya. (Source: Anime News Network)

SNACK WORLD

The "hyper casual fantasy" is set in Snack World, a seemingly traditional fantasy world -- except it has convenience stores, smartphones, and other elements of the modern world. A new CG cross-media project by Level-5. (Source: Anime News Network)

World Fool News (TV) Part II

Second season of World Fool News. Takahashi is transferred to a main anchor of a news program, which is known for being a little...weird. This is a comedy about somewhat ridiculous happenings occurring at a broadcasting station.

Pikaia!!

The second season of Pikaia!.

Cogimyun

The series centers on the flour dough spirit Cogimyun, who actually really wants to be an onigiri. She takes care of her grandfather's apartment complex due to her grandfather being away. The denizens of the apartment are all "Kogimuko," which are all food that center on flour dough. (Source: AnimeNewsNetwork)

Furusato Meguri Nippon no Mukashibanashi

Sequel to Furusato Saisei: Nihon no Mukashibanashi.

Eiga Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama: Kiseki o Okose ♪ Tepple to Dokidoki Cocotama Kai

Kokoro's school is teaming up with another to form a bazaar so they can sell/re-home gently used items everyone no longer uses around their homes. On her way from from school Tama Elder tells her that she and her Cocotama friends won a trip to the Cocotama World. Here they see how full fledged Cocotama gods work. Elder Tama asks for Kokoro's help in helping humans realize the value of their items instead of so easily tossing them away. But Tepple had snuck into the Cocotama world with the others and taken a key acorn which unlocks the Happy Tree that contains Happy Stars, the source of magic for their world. Elder Tama found out it was missing and the Cocotama gang try to track it down. He says that mushrooms are appearing on tossed away items that as they are born from the feelings of sadness, and they emit a negative energy that effects both humans and Cocotama. Cocotama can get rid of them but not without the acorn and not at the speed humans are currently discarding items at. Tepple uses the acorn to take a Happy Star but inadvertently causes a rift of darkness and an infestation of mushrooms in Cocotama World. And Happy Stars begin spilling out into the human world draining all magic out. Kokoro and the Cocotama must heal Tepple's heart before the darkness consumes the human world

Go for 2020

Studio Colorido was commissioned by Japanese real estate developer Mitsui Fudosan to create a promotional video for their BE THE CHANGE campaign, in anticipation of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic games. Initiatives from the campaign include communal sport academies, promotional city dressing, and the FUTSUJANAI TEN interactive sports exhibition. In particular, the campaign supports sport climbing, wheelchair rugby, and women's basketball, the latter of which is featured in the video.

Sagaken wo Meguru Animation (2017)

Japan's Saga Prefecture is continuing its promotional campaign to attract visitors in two new animated shorts. The shorts are titled, "Tadaima" (I'm Home) and "Okaeri" (Welcome Back). "Tadaima" follows a Thai foreign exchange student named Mei who finds herself bewildered when she first arrives at Saga station. She gets on a bus and, through interactions with the residents of Saga wherever she goes, she makes her own "precious memories." "Okaeri" follows high school senior Sora who is aiming to be a professional soccer player. Unfortunately, Sora is injured and finds that the path to being a pro in Tokyo is now closed to him. He decides to find a new path in Saga Prefecture's Karatsu city. (Source: Anime News Network)

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