Source: Attack on Titan official website Hi there, we’re glad to have you here at Tokyo Otaku Mode’s winter 2022 anime roundup! It’s been a long year, but there’s plenty to look forward to, so be sure to check out the release dates, trailers, and synopses for this season’s most anticipated anime series! First up

Upcoming dark fantasy anime Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku has released a trailer and visual in addition to revealing that MAPPA will animate the series! Adapted from Yuji Kaku’s manga, Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku follows a ninja known as Gabimaru The Hollow, whose supernatural body derails his death sentence. In order to be pardoned for his crimes, he

23 years after the end of its first anime, Rurouni Kenshin is getting a new TV anime! The new series will be animated by Liden Films, which is known for works like Tokyo Revengers. A teaser video has also been released, showcasing the iconic swordsman Kenshin Himura. Further details are yet to be announced. Based

Superhero anime My Hero Academia is set to return for its sixth season next fall! Season 6’s first trailer was released along with the big news, giving fans a taste of the Heroes vs. Villains conflict to come. Adapted from Kohei Horikoshi’s manga of the same name, My Hero Academia is set in a world

Sci-fi anime Dr. Stone will be back with Season 3 in 2023 plus a TV anime special in summer 2022! A trailer and teaser visual were released for the TV special, titled Dr. Stone: Ryusui. Both feature a new character named Ryusui Nanami, who will be voiced by Ryota Suzuki ( Kaguya-sama: Love Is War,

Season 4 of dark fantasy anime Overlord will premiere in 2022! The announcement included the new season’s very first trailer and a key visual. Originally a light novel written by Kugane Maruyama and illustrated by so-bin, Overlord follows the unusual life of Ainz Ooal Gown, who is the only player remaining in a virtual reality

Source: MAPPA official YouTube channel Horror manga Chainsaw Man will return in 2022 with a second part plus its previously announced TV anime series! Part 2 of the manga will begin in summer 2022 in online magazine Shonen Jump+, while the anime will air sometime in 2022. The newly released teaser video features snapshots from

Popular anime Bleach will be back on the scene with its Thousand-Year Blood War arc coming in October 2022! A teaser visual and trailer were released along with the big news. Set to Ichigo Kurosaki’s theme song, “Number One,” the trailer features Ichigo and his friends. Original author Tite Kubo has unveiled a celebratory visual

Hello hello! Well, this week went by in a flash. We hope it was a good one for you! This time, we have yet another giveaway to remind you about – our Monthly Giveaway! This time we’ve got a Fate/Grand Order -Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot- Lion King 1/7 Scale Figure up for

Upcoming anime film Fruits Basket -prelude- has released an emotional new teaser trailer and visual! The trailer focuses on the relationship between Tohru’s parents, Kyoko and Katsuya, while the visual shows all three of them as a happy family. Adapted from the manga by Natsuki Takaya, Fruits Basket follows high school girl Tohru Honda, who

Source: Suzume no Tojimari official website Your name. and Weathering with You’s Makoto Shinkai is back with a new film titled Suzume no Tojimari, set to open in fall 2022! The story follows Suzume, a seventeen-year-old girl who lives in a quiet town in Kyushu. After meeting a young man on a journey to find

Comedy anime The Devil is a Part-Timer! will finally be back for a second season in July 2022! The second season is titled The Devil is a Part-Timer!!, adding an extra “!” Hina Kino will join the cast as Alas Ramus. The following cast members will reprise their roles: Ryota Osaka as Satan Jacob/Sadao Maou,

Currently airing anime Lupin the Third Part 6 will head straight into its second cour from January 8! The new trailer showcases a number of female characters for the upcoming women-themed arc, as well as teasing the appearance of Lupin’s mother. The second cour’s ending theme, “Bitter Rain,” is composed by jazz pianist Yuji Ohno,

Source: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime official website Whether you’re a long-time anime enthusiast or a recent fan, the isekai genre is probably on your radar. Sometimes it’s stereotyped as “anime with a ridiculously long and specific name where the main character gets hit by a truck and reincarnated in a fantasy

Ahoy there! You may be wondering why we’re in a bit of a swashbuckling mood this week. Long story short, it’s because we’re thrilled to be holding a giveaway for a gorgeous figure of hololive’s Houshou Marine! Talk about valuable booty… in the sense that you have the chance to score a figure as exquisite

Inu-Oh, the latest feature animation from renowned director Masaaki Yuasa, has revealed a new teaser visual! While it will premiere in Japan in summer 2022, fans in the Netherlands can watch it first at next year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam, which will be held from January 26 to February 6. A selection of Yuasa’s other

Source: Osomatsu-san official website There are always a few comedy anime masterpieces among the many series that are produced yearly. You may be wondering which ones are actually funny, but not to worry! Tokyo Otaku Mode is staffed by people who are experts in every genre, so we put our heads together to come up

Attack on Titan director Tetsuro Araki and Wit Studio will team up for an original anime film titled Bubble! Produced by Netflix, it will stream worldwide from April 28, 2022. Japanese screenings will begin on May 13. The story takes place in a Tokyo in which gravity has been disrupted. Cut off from the outside

Production I.G’s The Deer King has revealed a new trailer and visual along with its Japanese premiere date! After two delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the film will finally screen in Japan from February 4. Inspired by Nahoko Uehashi’s novel series, The Deer King follows Van, a former soldier who escapes slavery as a

Upcoming live action film Holic xxxHOLiC has revealed its first teaser trailer, additional staff and cast members, and new publicity shots! Singer Daoko and actress Serena Motola are set to join the cast as Marudashi and Morodashi, two mysterious girls who live at Yuko’s shop. Keiichiro Shibuya will compose the score. The currently announced cast

Adventure anime Golden Kamuy has released a trailer and teaser visual confirming that it will return for a fourth season! Shizutaka Sugahara will take over from Hitoshi Nanba as chief director with series composition by Noboru Takagi, character design by Takumi Yamakawa, and Brain’s Base producing. An air date is yet to be confirmed. Set

Popular manga Jujutsu Kaisen is getting a special “Volume 0.5” manga booklet to celebrate the premiere of its first anime film! Officially titled Jujutsu Kaisen 0.5: Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School, the booklet will be distributed to audiences at Jujutsu Kaisen 0 screenings in Japan, with a total of 5 million available while supplies last.

Iconic VTuber Kizuna AI is set to take an indefinite hiatus. According to her official website, it will begin after her online concert on February 26, 2022, titled The Last Live “hello,world 2022.” In a video posted to her YouTube channel, she also refers to the hiatus as “[going] to sleep indefinitely.” However, fans can

Upcoming anime film Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween has released a 30-second teaser trailer, as well as a series of stills and a character relationship chart! The stills include central characters like Rei Furuya and Conan Edogawa. The full set can be seen in the album below along with the character chart. Originally a

Hello December, and hello to you too! As the end of the year approaches, we hope everyone has some time set aside to sit back, relax and… well, in our case, catch up on a bunch of anime and manga that’s been lingering in our watch/readlists! Seriously, how come we (or, uh, a certain editorial

xxxHOLiC’s upcoming live action film has confirmed the cast members for Shizuka Domeki and Himawari Kunogi! Hokuto Matsumura of idol band SixTONES will play Kimihiro’s cool and mysterious classmate Shizuka Domeki, who is skilled at kyudo and lives at a temple. Tina Tamashiro will play a cheerful classmate named Himawari Kunogi, who harbors a mysterious

Mystery franchise Detective Conan’s 25th anime film will be titled Detective Conan: Bride of Halloween! A teaser poster designed by Gosho Aoyama was released along with the title. It features police detectives Takagi and Sato in their wedding outfits with Conan in the background and the rest of the team underneath. The film’s story has

Upcoming adventure anime Saiyuki Reload -ZEROIN- has announced its January 6 premiere date! Two new promo videos have been revealed, with the latter focusing on protagonist Genjyo Sanzo. Adapted from Kazuya Minekura’s manga series, Saiyuki is a retelling of classic Chinese novel Journey to the West. The series follows monk Genjyo Sanzo, monkey king Son

Tomokazu Seki will be joining the cast for Season 6 of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure as prison chaplain Enrico Pucchi! The show has also released its opening video, designed by Kamikaze Douga. It features opening theme song “Stone Ocean” by ichigo from Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets. An ongoing manga series by Hirohiko Araki, JoJo’s