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It’s a Romance Anime renaissance at Crunchyroll, as they’ve announced the acquisitions of Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 3 and Horimiya: The Missing Pieces coming to the streaming service this July 2023.

The big acquisition news happened this Saturday at The Crunchyroll Industry Panel at Anime Central 2023 in Rosemont, Illinois. Here’s all the shows arriving this July and later this year:

Title: Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 3

Art Credit: Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 3 –© 2023 Reiji Miyajima, KODANSHA -2023“Kanojo, Okarishimasu_ Production Committee.

Art Credit: Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 3 –© 2023 Reiji Miyajima, KODANSHA -2023“Kanojo, Okarishimasu_ Production Committee.

Studio: TMS Entertainment

Launch Timing: July 2023

Season 1 Synopsis:

“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!”

Territories: Worldwide excluding Asia

Trailer:

– Be sure to read our Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 1 Limited Edition Blu-ray Review!

Title: Horimiya: The Missing Pieces

Art Credit: Horimiya_ The Missing Pieces – ©HERO,Daisuke Hagiwara -SQUARE ENIX, _Horimiya_ The Missing Pieces_Project

Art Credit: Horimiya_ The Missing Pieces – ©HERO,Daisuke Hagiwara -SQUARE ENIX, _Horimiya_ The Missing Pieces_Project

Studio: CloverWorks

Launch Timing: July 2023

Season 1 Synopsis:

“When the popular Hori and the gloomy Miyamura meet, they reveal another side of themselves. Could this be the start of something new?”

Art Credit: Horimiya_ The Missing Pieces – ©HERO,Daisuke Hagiwara -SQUARE ENIX, _Horimiya_ The Missing Pieces_Project

Art Credit: Horimiya_ The Missing Pieces – ©HERO,Daisuke Hagiwara -SQUARE ENIX, _Horimiya_ The Missing Pieces_Project

Territories: Worldwide excluding Asia

Trailer:

Title: The Great Cleric

Art Credit: The Great Cleric – ©Hiiro Akikaze, Broccoli Lion, KODANSHA - The Great Cleric Project

Art Credit: The Great Cleric – ©Hiiro Akikaze, Broccoli Lion, KODANSHA – The Great Cleric Project

Studios: Yokohama Animation Laboratory and Cloud Hearts

Launch Timing: July 2023

Synopsis:

“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!”

Art Credit: The Great Cleric – ©Hiiro Akikaze, Broccoli Lion, KODANSHA - The Great Cleric Project

Art Credit: The Great Cleric – ©Hiiro Akikaze, Broccoli Lion, KODANSHA – The Great Cleric Project

Territories: Worldwide excluding Asia, but including India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, the Maldives, the Middle East, and North African territories.

Trailer:

Title: Am I Actually the Strongest?

Art Credit: Am I Actually the Strongest_ – ©Sai Sumimori, KODANSHA - _Am I Actually the Strongest_ Project

Art Credit: Am I Actually the Strongest_ – ©Sai Sumimori, KODANSHA – _Am I Actually the Strongest_ Project

Studio: Staple Entertainment

Launch Timing: July 2023

Synopsis:

“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?!”

Art Credit: Am I Actually the Strongest_ – ©Sai Sumimori, KODANSHA - _Am I Actually the Strongest_ Project

Art Credit: Am I Actually the Strongest_ – ©Sai Sumimori, KODANSHA – _Am I Actually the Strongest_ Project

Territories: Worldwide excluding Asia, but including India

Trailer

Title: I’m in Love with the Villainess

Art Credit: I’m in Love with the Villainess – ©INORI, AINAKA, ICHIJINSHA-_WATAOSHI_ Production Committee

Art Credit: I’m in Love with the Villainess – ©INORI, AINAKA, ICHIJINSHA-_WATAOSHI_ Production Committee

Studio: Platinum Vision

Launch Timing: October 2023

Light Novel Synopsis (via Seven Seas Entertainment):

“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?!”

Art Credit: I’m in Love with the Villainess – ©INORI, AINAKA, ICHIJINSHA-_WATAOSHI_ Production Committee

Art Credit: I’m in Love with the Villainess – ©INORI, AINAKA, ICHIJINSHA-_WATAOSHI_ Production Committee

Territories: Worldwide excluding Asia

Trailer

Title: I Shall Survive Using Potions!

Art Credit: I Shall Survive Using Potions! – ©FUNA, KODANSHA - I Shall Survive Using Potions! Production Committee

Art Credit: I Shall Survive Using Potions! – ©FUNA, KODANSHA – I Shall Survive Using Potions! Production Committee

Studio: Jumondo

Launch Timing: 2023

Synopsis:

“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!”

Art Credit: I Shall Survive Using Potions! – ©FUNA, KODANSHA - I Shall Survive Using Potions! Production Committee

Art Credit: I Shall Survive Using Potions! – ©FUNA, KODANSHA – I Shall Survive Using Potions! Production Committee

Territories: Worldwide excluding Asia

Trailer:

Title: MF GHOST

Art Credit: MF GHOST – ©Shuichi Shigeno, KODANSHA-MF GHOST Production Committee

Art Credit: MF GHOST – ©Shuichi Shigeno, KODANSHA-MF GHOST Production Committee

Studio: Felix Film

Launch Timing: 2023

Synopsis:

“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.”

Art Credit: MF GHOST – ©Shuichi Shigeno, KODANSHA-MF GHOST Production Committee

Art Credit: MF GHOST – ©Shuichi Shigeno, KODANSHA-MF GHOST Production Committee

Territories: Worldwide excluding Asia

Trailer:

– The Crunchyroll Industry Panel at Anime Central 2023 was held on Saturday, May 20 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center & Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Rosemont, IL

– You can catch up on Rent-a-Girlfriend Seasons 1 & 2 and Horimiya Season 1 now on Crunchyroll!

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Art Credit: Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 3 –© 2023 Reiji Miyajima, KODANSHA -2023“Kanojo, Okarishimasu_ Production Committee.

Art Credit: Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 3 –© 2023 Reiji Miyajima, KODANSHA -2023“Kanojo, Okarishimasu_ Production Committee.

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