Anime starting in Spring 2016

A heartwarming splatter comedy about a zombie in love!

Zonmi-chan is a clumsy, careless, but cute girl. Sometimes she takes a bite out of the guy she likes. Oh, that's right, Zonmi-chan is a zombie girl.

Source: Neft Film

During the construction of the Kurobe Dam, an ancient artifact was discovered, and so the United Nations Kurobe Research Institute was established. Intellectuals from all over the world gathered to study the object, and the children of those researchers attend Mt. Tate International Senior High School, including the institute head's daughter, Shirahane Yukina. In the summer of 2016, a lone samurai once again awakens.

Source: ANN

Note: The first and second episodes received an early screening at a special event held on 27.03.2016. The regular TV broadcast started on April 7, 2016.

BROTHERHOOD FINAL FANTASY XV is an anime series consisting of five standalone episodes. BROTHERHOOD delves into the friendships between Crown Prince Noctis and his three comrades, setting the stage for the adventure players will set out upon in the upcoming RPG.

30 young men and women who came together on a shady bus tour. The tour's destination: an illusive, possibly nonexistent village called Nanakimura. In Nanakimura, one can lead a utopian existence, free of the world's obstacles ... or so it was rumored, like an urban legend.

"In despair over the real world ... wanting to escape the tedious daily life ... wanting to restart your life from scratch..."

The bus headed deep into the mountains, carrying 30 people each harboring their own expectations and wounds in their hearts...

And so, the place these 30 arrived at, was an uninhabited village with the lingering faint scents of life, even though it was falling apart.

What is the truth of Nanakimura facing the 30?

Source: ANN

A parody opening for a spin-off of Gakkougurashi!, starring the characters from the visual novel Tokyo Necro by Nitro+.
The animation was released by Nitro+ as an April Fool's prank, complete with an official website announcing a full TV series. The website was closed shortly after.

Ushio thinks that his father's talk of an ancient ancestor impaling a demon on a temple altar stone with the legendary Beast Spear is nuts, but when he finds the monster in his own basement, Ushio has to take another look at the family legend! To save his friends and family from the invading spirits, Ushio is forced to release Tora from his captivity. But will the creature prove to be worse than the curse?

Source: ADV Films

The story revolves around high school girls who discover the appeal of motorcycles. Sakura Hane is a high school student who looks a little bit like an airhead. On the way to her all-female high school one day, she is worn-out climbing a hilly road with a bicycle, but she sees a girl named Onsa Amano who is riding a motorcycle. Sakura immediately becomes interested in motorcycles, and she and Onsa join the motorcycle club at the school. Then, Sakura sets out to get her license.

Source: ANN

Note: The first episode received an early screening at a special event held at Tachikawa Cinema City on 02.04.2016. The regular TV broadcast started on 05.04.2016.

* Based on Gyakuten Saiban (Ace Attorney) game franchise by Capcom.

In Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan lives the Pants family, a family of pigs who love pants. Their family lineage has been charged with securing the world's most sacred pants for generations. Now, this mission has been entrusted to the youngest son of the family, Panpaka.

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Macross Delta is set in the year 2067, 8 years after the events of the latest Macross TV series, Macross Frontier. The story focuses on Walküre, a team of talented idols and Valkyrie pilots and the Delta Squadron, a team of experienced Valkyrie pilots as they battle against the Var Syndrome, a mysterious entity that is consuming the galaxy. But both must battle the mysterious Aerial Knights, a group of Valkyrie pilots from the Kingdom of Wind.

Source : Wiki

"For your sake, I will become big."
Year 2035 E.R.
The sudden appearance of "Fiaremu", gigantic life-forms.
Although mankind confronted them by deploying mass-produced "Ektis" battle androids, faced with the overwhelming power of Fiaremu towering well past 50 meters, mankind could not compensate for this disadvantage.

To break this deadlock, a congress of nations decided to employ the ability of Cell Growth Factor CGF-3 to enlarge organisms, for military use in order to turn humans into gigantic human weapons and send them into battle.

Six heroines suitable for enlargement were selected to join the "Ragna Strikers" Anti-Fiaremu Specialists Unit. These young girls must have faith in the Special Duty Agency to contend with their mighty enemies.

translated from the official website (http://ragst.jp/story.html) by Iggrassil

* Based on Wasimo, a picture book by screenwriter Kudou Kankurou and illustrator Anzai Hajime

A mysterious life form known as Savage is attacking the Earth, and there is only one weapon that can counter it: the Hundred. To become a Slayer, a master of military arts who wields this Hundred, Kisaragi Hayato enrolls in the marine academy city ship Little Garden. However, Hayato feels a strange yet familiar sense of incongruity towards Emile Crossford, his roommate who somehow knows him from somewhere. On top of that, as soon as he enters the school, he is challenged to a duel by the Queen, the school's most powerful Slayer, Claire Harvey.

Source: ANN

On a continent ruled by sword and magic called Kunaaan, there are three kingdoms with a fragile power balance that could spell disaster and war at any moment. Another power, the evil dragon Daganzord, also resides on the continent, and no one is powerful enough to stop him from spreading destruction in his wake. Bairo and Kismitete, and a party of wizards attempted to seal the dragon, but were foiled. This event becomes known thereafter as the Balbagoa Tragedy. Bairo and Kismitete's son Hiiro is saved by Gill, and Hiiro swears to avenge his parents' deaths and trains himself with the sword. When Hiiro turns 16, he sets out on a journey to slay the dragon, and Gill accompanies him, having no choice. Along the way, they meet many types of people and gain companions on their journey.

Source: ANN

The "cross-dressing romance" centers around Shizukuishi Ai, a shy, plain girl with not-so-great grades and a secret. She posted videos of her dancing in male clothes onto Smile Douga, and she became a viral hit. Ai aims to beat Hayate, the "godly" "prince of dance" on Smile Douga. However, her cross-dressing dances happened to catch the eye of an entertainment agency, so she makes her professional debut — in an idol unit with Hayate. On top of that, the two have to share quarters under the agency's rules.

Note: Aired during the Oha-Suta (おはスタ) variety program on the TV Tokyo network.

Source: ANN

Rokuro is from a family of exorcists who remove the evil Kegare, but his real dream is to be a singer, a soccer player, or anything other than an exorcist. When another exorcist name Benio arrives, Rokuro is suddenly inflamed with competitive spirit and decides to put his natural knack to good use. Their rivalry gets more complicated when they both learn they are the destined "Twin Star Exorcists," two ultimate fighters fated to marry and create the prophesied child who will eliminate all the Kegare in the world.

Source: ANN

Nishimura Hideki is a young man who once confesses to a person he thinks is a girl online, only to find out that the person is actually a boy. He keeps this story secret and swears he'll never trust a girl online again. However, one day a girl online confesses to him, and it turns out she is actually a beautiful girl named Tamaki Ako. Ako cannot tell the difference between the online world and reality, and she is a loner who has trouble communicating. Hideki and his friends from the guild decide to work together in order to help her.

Source: ANN

As the world goes through the middle of an industrial revolution, a monster appears that cannot be defeated unless its heart, which is protected by a layer of iron, is pierced. By infecting humans with its bite, the monster can create aggressive and undead creatures known as Kabane.

On the island Hinomoto, located in the far east, people have built stations to shelter themselves from these creatures. People access the station, as well as transport wares between them, with the help of a locomotive running on steam, called Hayajiro. Ikoma, a boy who lives in the Aragane Station and helps to build Hayajiro, creates his own weapon called Tsuranuki Zutsu in order to defeat the creatures.

One day, as Ikoma waits for an opportunity to use his weapon, he meets a girl named Mumei, who is excused from the mandatory Kabane inspection. During the night, Ikoma meets Mumei again as he sees Hayajiro going out of control. The staff on the locomotive has turned into the creatures. The station, now under attack by Kabane, is the opportunity Ikoma has been looking for.

Source: MAL

The story follows the daily life of the "coolest" high school student, Sakamoto. As soon as he transfers to his new school, he attracts the attention of not just his class but the whole student body, and his jealous classmates' attempts to bully him repeatedly backfire and instead make Sakamoto look cooler.

Source: ANN

The Kizuna System is an incomplete system for the implementation of world peace that connects people through wounds. Those connected to this system are called Kiznaivers, and when one is wounded, the system divides and transmits the wound among the other Kiznaivers.

In Sugomori City, a Japanese city built on reclaimed land and with decreasing population, Sonozaki Noriko tells her classmate Agata Katsuhira: "You have been selected to be a Kiznaiver." Thus, he becomes connected to classmates whose lives and personalities completely differ from his.

Source: ANN

With Japan having developed as a maritime nation, it becomes necessary to have specialized schools to teach skills essential to protect the sea. The setting is one such all-girls school. The girls who enroll here study to become blue mermaids through classroom instruction and learning practical skills. They live by the motto: In the sea we live, the sea we protect, and by the sea we go. They must excel in their studies and also adopt an international mindset. They are the Elite of the Sea, who are expected to be knowledgeable of the customs and cultures of other countries as well as their own.

Source: ANN

Katsumata Agetarou works at his family's tonkatsu restaurant in Shibuya, but he doesn't find his work exciting. One day, he takes a delivery to the staff of a night club, and the worker lets him in to enjoy the club for a while. Agetarou finds that he loves the club, with its relaxed people and beautiful girls, all enjoying the music supplied by the DJ. He continues going to the club, until DJ Big Master Fly, an American guest DJ, puts on a show one night. Inspired by Big Master Fly, Agetarou realizes that the groove of being a DJ is very similar to the one of being a tonkatsu chef; thus, he becomes determined to master both disciplines, though the one he is truly most excited about is becoming a DJ!

Source: MangaHelpers

Narumi Kouki is a high school student who also draws a manga serialized in a weekly magazine. Because the manga he draws is a risqué romantic comedy, he keeps this fact a secret from everyone around him, with his younger sister Toa and his best friend Mihiro being the only ones who know. But one day, as the student council president Rokuonji Kaoruko is searching for male members for the student council, she finds out that Kouki is the manga's author. Kouki joins the student council in exchange for Kaoruko not revealing his secret. However, the vice president Ashe R. Sakuragi strongly opposes him joining, and in the midst of all this, various requests and troubles of students begin to pile up.

Source: ANN

Note: Bundled with a limited edition of the manga's ninth volume.

Music video included with the second single for the Love Live! Sunshine!! anime idol group Aqours.

Bundled with a limited edition of the manga's 11th volume.

* Based on a seinen manga written and illustrated by Sakurai Gamon.

Bundled with the limited edition of the manga's eighth and ninth compiled book volumes.

Note: Bundled with limited editions of the 5th and 6th volumes of the Arslan Senki manga.

Note: The first two episodes received an advance premiere screening on June 4, 2016. The regular TV broadcast started on June 28, 2016.

Sanpei is a boy beekeeper and the sole survivor of an accident that killed his entire family. He meets Chiyo, a girl who gets stung by a bee, and starts a new life in her village. Eventually, Sanpei cultivates the land that the villagers had abandoned, and then disappears. In the land now filled with flowers, Chiyo waits, believing Sanpei will return.

Source: ANN