MT wants you to be in-the-know of all the new anime movies and OVAs that will screen in Japanese cinemas, the Blu-rays and DVDs, and all the extra episodes in manga and light novel bundles. We have also included series that stream in their entirety online! 

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Summer 2019 Anime Movies: Japanese Theatrical and BD/DVD Releases

Aragne no Mushikago (Aragne: Sign of Vermilion)

BD/DVD Release
Original Anime
Studio: TBD
Release Date: 1 July

Official Website
Twitter: @ara_mushi
Hashtags: #花澤香菜

Ashita Sekai ga Owaru to Shite mo ( Even if the World Ends Tomorrow)

BD Release
Original Anime
Studio: Craftar
Release Date: 23 July

Official Site
Twitter: @ashitasekaiga
Hashtags: #あした世界が終わるとしても #あしせか

Cencorol Connect

Theatrical Release
Original Anime
Studio: TBD
Release Date: June 28

Combination of the first Cencoroll and a direct sequel.

Official Site
Twitter: @cencoroll_pjt
Hashtags: #センコロール #cencoroll

＼💡予告映像解禁💡／
6/29公開の劇場アニメ「センコロール コネクト」の予告映像が完成しました❗️「センコロール」から10年、センコ、ユキ、そしてテツのその後を、更に進化した映像、ryo (supercell)書き下ろしの楽曲とともにお届けします☀️　https://t.co/m2v05XZBfP #センコロール pic.twitter.com/fbJN9H0WGM

— 『センコロール コネクト』公式 (@cencoroll_pjt) March 22, 2019

Dragon Quest: Your Story

Theatrical Release
Adaptation from Game
Studio: TBD
Release Date: 1 August

3DCG anime film based on the Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride game’s story.

Official Site
Twitter: @DQ_MOVIE
Hashtags: #映画ドラクエ #ドラクエ #DQ

Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Movie: Orion no Ya (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Movie: Arrow of the Orion)

BD/DVD Release
Original Anime
Studio: J.C. Staff
Release Date: 30 July

Anime movie based on DanMachi.

Official Site
Twitter: @danmachi_anime
Hashtags: #danmachi

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Fate/Stay Night: Heaven’s Feel II. Lost Butterfly

BD/DVD Release
Based on Visual Novel
Studio: ufotable
Release Date: 20 August

Second film of the trilogy.

Official Site
Twitter: @Fate_SN_Anime
Hashtags: #fate_sn_anime

Frame Arms Girl: Kyakkyau Fufu na Wonderland

Theatrical Release
Based on Figure Collection
Studio: A-CAT x Zexcs
Release Date: 28 June

Compilation film with new added footage.

Official Website
Twitter: @fagirl_official
Hashtags: #FAガール

Free! Road to the World – Yume (Free! Road to the World – Dream)

Theatrical Release
Original Anime
Studio: Kyoto Animation x Animation DO
Release Date: 4 July

Theatrical recap of Free! Dive to the Future with new scenes.

Official Site
Twitter: @iwatobi_sc
Hashtag: #TV_Free

Girls und Panzer: Saishuushou 2 (Girls und Panzer das Finale Part 2)

Theatrical Premiere
Original Anime
Studio: Actas
Release Date: 14 June

Second of six films.

Official Site
Twitter: @garupan
Hashtags: #garupan

Grisaia: Phantom Trigger The Animation 01/02

BD Release
Adaptation of Visual Novel
Studio: Bibury Animation Studios
Release Date: 27 June

Official Site
Twitter: @grisaia_fw
Hashtags: #grisaia

Hakubo (Twilight)

Theatrical Release
Original Anime
Studio: Twilight Studio
Release Date: 20 June

Yutaka Yamamoto’s new anime film project.

Official Site
Twitter: @Twilight_anime
Hashtags: #薄暮

Human Lost (Ningen Shikaku)

Anime Expo 2019 Screening
Adaptation of Novel
Studio: Polygon Pictures
Release Date: 5 July

As a commemoration to Osamu Dazai’s 110th birthday, his novel No Longer Human will get an anime movie titled Human Lost (Ningen Shikaku).

Official Site
Twitter: @HUMANLOST_PR
Hashtags: #HUMANLOST

Kaijuu no Kodomo (Children of the Sea)

Theatrical Release
Adaptation from Manga
Studio: Studio 4°C
Release Date: 6 June

Daisuke Igarashi’s Children of the Sea(Kaiju no Kodomo) starts when the middle school girl Ruka meets Umi and Sora, two brothers who were raised by a Dugong, for the first time.

Official Site
Twitter: @kaiju_no_kodomo
Hashtags: #海獣の子供

Kimi to, Nami ni Noretara (Ride Your Wave)

Theatrical Release
Original Anime
Studio: Science SARU
Release Date: 20 June

Official Site
Twitter: @kiminami_movie
Hashtags: #きみと波にのれたら #きみ波 #RideYourWave

Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!: Kurenai Densetsu (KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World!: Legend of Crimson)

Theatrical Release
Original Anime
Studio: J.C. Staff
Release Date: 29 August

Official Site
Twitter: @konosubaanime
Hashtags: #このすば

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Laidbackers

NicoNico Streaming on 19 June
BD/DVD Release on 30 July
Original Anime
Studio: Gokumi

Official Site
Twitter: @obakeya_LB

Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow

BD/DVD Release
Original Anime
Studio: Sunrise
Release Date: 25 July

Official Site
Twitter: @LoveLive_staff
Hashtags: #lovelive

Lupin the IIIrd: Mine Fujiko no Uso (Lupin the IIIrd: Fujiko’s Lie)

BD/DVD Release
Adaptation from Manga
Studio: Telecom Animation Film
Release Date: 22 August

Official Site
Twitter: @lupin3_series
Hashtags: #不二子の嘘 #Lupin3RD

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Detonation

BD/DVD Release
Original Anime
Studio: Seven Arcs Pictures
Release Date: 18 June

Last of two films telling a brand-new story not based on previous material.

Official Site
Twitter: @lyricalnanoha_

Ni no Kuni

Theatrical Premiere
Adaptation from Game
Studio: OLM
Release Date: 22 August

Anime adaptation of the famous console JRPG.

Official Site
Twitter: @Ninokuni_movie

One Piece: Stampede

Theatrical Premiere
Adaptation from Manga
Studio: Toei Animation
Release Date: 8 August

Official Site
Twitter: @OPcom_info
Hashtags: #ONEPIECE #OnePieceStampede

Oushitsu Kyoushi Haine Movie (The Royal Tutor Movie)

BD/DVD Release
Adaptation of Manga
Studio: tear-studio
Release Date: 27 June

Official Site
Twitter: @heine_PR
Hashtags: #赤井ヒガサ #植田圭輔 #安里勇哉 #安達勇人 #廣瀬大介 #蒼井翔太 #橋本祥平 #阪本奨悟 #王室教師ハイネ #劇場版ハイネ

Quanzhi Gaoshou Movie (The King’s Avatar Movie)

Theatrical Premiere
Adaptation of Novel
Studio: G.CMay Animation & Film
Release Date: 15 August

Seishun Buta Yarou wa Yumemiru Shoujo no Yume wo Minai (Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl)

Theatrical Premiere
Adaptation of Light Novel
Studio: CloverWorks
Release Date: 14 June

Official Site
Twitter: @aobuta_anime
Hashtags: #青ブタ

Ta ga Tame no Alchemist (For Whom the Alchemist Exists)

Theatrical Premiere
Adaptation of Game
Studio: Satelight
Release Date: 13 June

Official Site
Twitter: @FgG_tagatame
Hashtags: #タガタメ #劇場版タガタメ

Tenki no Ko (Weathering With You)

Theatrical Premiere
Original Anime
Studio: CoMix Wave Films
Release Date: 18 July

The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if to suggest his future. He lives his days in isolation, but finally finds work as a writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky…

[Source: GKIDS]

Official Site
Twitter: @tenkinoko_movie
Hashtags: #天気の子 #WeatheringWithYou

Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Movie: Maji Love Kingdom

Theatrical Release
Adaptation of Otome Game
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Release Date: 13 June

Official Site
Twitter: @utapri_official
Hashtags: #utapri

Youjo Senki Movie (Saga of Tanya the Evil Movie)

BD/DVD Release
Adaptation of Light Novel
Studio: NUT
Release Date: 22 August

Official Site
Twitter: @youjosenki
Hashtags: #youjosenki

Summer 2019 Anime OVAs

Choujigen Game Neptune: Nep no Natsuyasumi (Hyperdimension Neptunia: Nep’s Summer Vacation)

Adaptation of Game
Studio: Okuru to Noboru
Release Date: 2019

Official Site
Twitter: @nep_anime
Hashtags: #nep_anime

Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya: Prisma☆Phantasm

Theatrical Premiere
Adaptation of Manga
Studio: Silver Link
Release Date: 13 June

Official Site
Twitter: @prisma_illya
Hashtags: #prisma_illya

Kyochuu Rettou (The Islands of Giant Insects)

Adaptation of Manga
Studio: Passione
Release Date: 19 June

OVA bundled with a limited edition of the manga’s sixth compiled book volume.

Official Site
Twitter: @KyochuRetto
Hashtags: #巨蟲列島

Majimoji Rurumo: Kanketsu-hen

Adaptation of Manga
Studio: J.C. Staff
Release Date: 8 July

Sequel OVA bundled with a limited-edition of the manga’s ninth volume.

Official Site
Twitter: @animerurumo
Hashtags: #るるも

Mob Psycho 100: Daiikkai Rei toka Soudansho Ian Ryokou – Kokoro Mitasu Iyashi no Tabi (Mob Psycho 100: The First Spirits and Such Field Trip – A Journey that Mends the Heart and Heals the Soul)

Adaptation from Digital Manga
Studio: Bones
Release Date: 6 July

All-new original story penned by ONE.

Official Site
Twitter: @mobpsycho_anime
Hashtags: #モブサイコ100

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One Punch Man Season 2 Specials

Short Form OVAs
Studio: TBD
Release Date: 26 August

Official Site
Twitter: @opm_anime
Hashtags: #onepunchman

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu: Memory Snow (Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- Memory Snow)

BD/DVD Release
Adaptation of Light Novel
Studio: White Fox
Release Date: 5 October

Official Site
Twitter: @Rezero_official
Hashtags: #rezero #リゼロ

Seitokai Yakuindomo

Adaptation of 4-koma manga
Studio: GoHands
Release Date: 15 August

OVAs of Seitokai Yakuindomo, bundled with the limited editions of the manga volumes or as standalone OVAs.

Official Site
Twitter: @seitokai0428
Hashtags: #seitokai0428

Tennis no Ouji-sama: Best Games!! (The Prince of Tennis: Best Games!!)

BD/DVD Release of Episode 2
Studio: M.S.C.
Release Date: 24 June

OVA reanimating some of the most popular matches from the series thus far.

Official Site
Twitter: @shintenianime

Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken OVA (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime OVA)

2 OVAs
Adaptation of Manga
Studio: 8bit
Release Date: 8 July

Unaired episodes bundled with the 12th and 13th manga volumes of the manga adaptation of the novels. The first episode will be about the Sumo competition that held at Tempest for the first time, suggested by Rimuru.

Official Site
Twitter: @ten_sura_anime
Hashtags: #転スラ #tensura

Summer 2019 Web Anime

7 Seeds

Adaptation of Manga
Studio: Gonzo
Episodes: ?
Release Date: 28 June

In the immediate future, a giant meteorite has collided with earth. All living organisms, including mankind, have been wiped off the face of the planet. The government, who had foreseen this outcome, took measures to counter the worst-case scenario. In particular was Project ‘7 SEEDS’, in which five sets of seven gifted young men and women were carefully selected and placed into teams (Spring, Summer A, Summer B, Autumn and Winter). Each participant was then put under cryogenic sleep in hopes of preserving the continued existence of mankind.

When those men and women awoke, they found themselves suddenly thrust into a cruel world. While bereft and grieved over forever losing their loved ones, they sought to find ways to survive.

Official Site
Twitter: @7SEEDS_anime
Hashtags: #7seeds

Battle Spirits: Saga Brave

Original Anime
Studio: BN Pictures
Episodes: 3
Release Date: 14 June

New sequel to the ‘Battle Spirits: Shounen Gekiha Dan’ and ‘Battle Spirits: Brave’ anime.

Official Site
Twitter: @bs_animation
Hashtags: #馬神弾 #bs_animation

Kengan Ashura

Adaptation of Manga
Studio: Larx Entertainment
Episodes: ?
Release Date: 31 July

Official Site
Twitter: @kengankai
Hashtags: #ケンガンアシュラ #KGA

Miru Tights

Short Anime (Original)
Studio: Yokohama Animation Lab
Episodes: 12
Release Date: 6 July

Some episodes are now available on YouTube for a limited time until official premiere.

Official Website
Twitter: @mirutights
Hashtags: #みるタイツ

Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac

Adaptation of Manga
Studio: Toei Animation
Episodes: 12
Release Date: 19 July

Official Website

SD Gundam World: Sangoku Souketsuden

Original Anime
Studio: Sunrise
Episodes: ?
Release Date: July 2019

Official Site

Shoujo☆Conte All Starlight

Original Anime
Studio: TBD
Release Date: 5 July

Twitter: @revuestarlight
Hashtags: #スタァライト #スタリラ

Strike the Blood III

Adaptation of Light Novel
Studio: Connect
Episodes: 12
Release Date: 23 July

Official Site
Twitter: @stb_anime
Hashtags: #ストブラ

A Strong Sea Breeze Full of Anime Movies and OVA

These are the movies and OVAs that will hit Japan this summer. Many of them will eventually find their way to the west through your favorite streaming channels, so don’t forget to check out our Official Streaming List!

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