HIDIVE Announces Five New Anime Series Coming to Their Library

HIDIVE recently made a number of announcements regarding new anime titles that they’ll be streaming. The new shows come from a variety of genres and I have the full list below. Each one will be premiering exclusively on HIDIVE this fall. What are you excited to watch?

The Eminence in Shadow

Some people just aren’t suited to playing the part of the flashy, in-your-face hero or the dastardly, mustache-twirling villain with larger-than-life panache. Instead, they operate in the shadows and pull the strings of society through wit and cleverness. That’s the role Cid wants to play when he’s transported to another world. Cid spins a yarn or three and becomes the unlikely leader of the underground Shadow Garden organization that fights against a menacing cult (which he totally made up). However, there’s a catch even his wild imagination didn’t see coming: the cult he concocted actually exists, and they’re beyond displeased that his power fantasy just got in the way of their evil plans!

• Production Studio: Nexus (Granbelm, Chivalry of a Failed Knight)

• Series Director: Kazuya Nakanishi (animation director of Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World)

• Character Design: Makoto Iino (Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town)

• Series Composition: Kanichi Kato (Black Clover)

• Cast

  • Seiichiro Yamashita (How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom) as Cid Kagenou/Shadow

  • Kana Hanazawa (Akame ga Kill!) as Alexia Midgar

  • Yoko Hikasa (Berserk) as Iris Midgar

  • Asami Seto (Jujutsu Kaisen) as Alpha

  • Inori Minase (The Case Study of Vanitas) as Beta

  • Suzuko Mimori (Revue Starlight) as Gamma

  • Fairouz Ai (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean) as Delta

  • Hisako Kanemoto (Assassination Classroom) as Epsilon

  • Ayaka Asai (Fire Force) as Zeta

  • Reina Kondo (Sword Art Online: Alicization) as Eta

Encouragement of Climb: Next Summit

Aoi Yukimura’s fear of heights won’t hold her back in the next adaptation of Encouragement of Climb! Joined by fellow mountaineering enthusiasts, including the spirited Hinata Kuraue and the other climbers they’ve met on their journey to great heights, Aoi and friends tackle tough challenges and conquer new summits while they embark on adventures throughout the mountain ranges of Japan. Fans new to the franchise will get to know the world of Encouragement of Climb via a selection of compilation episodes that reintroduce fan-favorite characters and beloved moments from the series. Later episodes contain all-new stories that continue the tale of Aoi and her ambition to overcome her fears and achieve her dreams.

• Production Studio: 8bit (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime)

• Director: Yusuke Yamamoto (Welcome to the N.H.K.)

• Character Design: Yusuke Matsuo (The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls)

• Cast

  • Yuka Iguchi (Girls und Panzer) as Aoi Yukimura

  • Kana Asumi (Non Non Biyori) as Hinata Karaue

  • Yoko Hikasa (K-ON!) as Kaede Saito

  • Yui Ogura (The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!) as Kokona Aoba

  • Nao Toyama (Laid-Back Camp) as Honoka Kurosaki

  • Emiri Iwai (Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld Part 2) as Koharu.

Love Flops

Asahi Kashiwagi lives the typical life of an average high school student — until the day a TV fortune teller’s predictions come true one after another, culminating in a series of risqué encounters! Destiny seemingly draws five beautiful girls into Asahi’s path, and soon he finds himself fielding not one, not two, but five love confessions. Asahi will need to follow his heart to find the perfect love for him, or else his love fortunes may end in one epic flail and flop.

• Cast

  • Ryota Osaka (We Never Learn: BOKUBEN) as Asahi Kashiwagi

  • Miku Ito (The Quintessential Quintuplets) as Aoi Izumisawa

  • Ayana Taketatsu (Date A Live) as Amelia Irving

  • Rie Takahashi (Teasing Master Takagi-san3) as Ilya Ilyukhin

  • Hisako Kanemoto (Food Wars!) as Bai Mongfa

  • Marika Kohno (Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World) as Karin Istel

  • Jun Fukuyama (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion) as Yoshio Ijūin

Management of a Novice Alchemist

Orphaned Sarasa just graduated from the Royal Alchemist Academy, and that means her longed-for life of elegance and riches is close at hand! As a graduation gift, her teacher gifts her a house to set up shop — but Sarasa’s dilapidated new digs are beyond far-flung. What’s a novice alchemist to do when they're stuck in the middle of nowhere with a business to run and supplies to gather from a very dangerous natural world? Whether it’s facing down frightening fantasy creatures or finding creative ways to attract customers, Sarasa has her work cut out for her as she achieves her dream of becoming the greatest alchemist around!

• Production Studio: Studio ENGI (A Certain Scientific Railgun T)

• Director: Hiroshi Ikehata (episode director in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)

• Series Composition: Shigeru Murakoshi (I'm Quitting Heroing, Zombie Land Saga)

• Character Design & Chief Animation Director: Yosuke Ito (The Detective is Already Dead, Key Animation for Pokémon XY)

• Cast

  • Kanon Takao (Encouragement of Climb Season 3) as Sarasa Feed

  • Hina Kino (Steins;Gate 0) as Lorea

  • Saori Ōnishi (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?) as Iris Lotze

  • Nanaka Suwa (Yui in BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense.) as Kate Starven

My Master Has No Tail

Throughout time, supernatural, shapeshifting tanuki loved playing tricks on humankind. One plucky tanuki, Mameda, is no different. But there's one big problem. She wasn’t born in the days of yore — she was born in modern, more cynical times! How can she fulfill her mischievous tanuki destiny when supernatural hijinks are a thing of the past? She finds an angle when she meets Bunko, a master of the Japanese art of rakugo, which uses storytelling to beguile its audience. Mameda is determined to use rakugo to cast a spell on humanity, but first this tanuki trickster must convince the no-nonsense Bunko to take her on as an apprentice.

• Production Studio: LIDENFILMS (Call of the Night)

• Director: Hideyo Yamamoto (Cells at Work Code Black)

• Series Composition: Touko Machida (Lucky Star)

• Cast

  • Hibiku Yamamura (Ya Boy Kongming!) as Bunko

  • M.A.O (Teasing Master Takagi-san) as Mameda