This season brings us some exciting stuff, including the much anticipated Little Witch Academia Series, the new installment in the Fate universe, in addition to the dozens and dozens of new shows brought you by the lovely matrimony between Crunchyroll and FUNimation that you will be much cooler for seeing. So, here’s a guide to where to catch (most) of it legally! We’ll be updating as more info on these shows becomes available, so stay tuned!
Netflix Binger
Title: Little Witch Academia
Streaming Link: TBA
Time: TBA
Regions: Currently streaming in Japan; Expected to stream worldwide
Crunchyroll
Title: Fate/Grand Order ‐First Order‐
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/fategrand-order-first-order
Time: Saturdays 11:00am EST
Regions: All except Asia
Summary: “The Chaldea Security Organization was founded to focus on preserving the continuation of human history. They observe a world which magecraft couldn’t observe, and science couldn’t measure, all to prevent the certain extinction of humanity. But one day, the future that Chaldea continued to observe disappears and humanity’s extinction in 2017 becomes clear. Based on the assumption that Fuyuki, a provincial town in Japan, is the reason for humanity’s extinction, Chaldea issues an order to explore, investigate, and possibly destroy this singularity – a quest for the Holy Grail, the Grand Order.”
Title: Gabriel DropOut
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/gabriel-dropout
Time: Monday 11:00 AM EST
Regions: All except Asia
Summary: “An angel at the top of an angel school has descended to the human world! However, she has already acclimated to the life of the human world so much that she ends up leading a self-indulgent life, skipping school all the time and being absorbed in online games. Gabriel soon forgets about her original goal to make human beings happy and has turned into a lazy and hopeless angel, or a “sloppy angel” in short. Amazingly, she swears to continue to fully enjoy the pleasure of various entertainments of the human world.”
Title: Ai-Mai-Mi Surgical Friends
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/ai-mai-mi-surgical-friends
Time: Tuesdays 11:30am EST
Regions: All except Japan
Summary: “Ai, Mai, and Mi belong to the manga research club and have fought off alien invaders as well as rivals in tournaments. But as usual, Ai’s the only one actually drawing any manga.”
Title: Hand Shakers
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/hand-shakers
Time: Tuesdays 1PM EST
Regions: All except Asia
Summary: Tazuna is a high school student, living in Osaka, who loves to fiddle around with machines. One day, he receives a repair request from an university laboratory. He accepts the request and ends up meeting a girl named Koyori, who has been bedridden for a very long time. Suddenly, Tazuna and Koyori get pulled into a whole different world called “Ziggurat”. In this world, there are Hand Shakers, two people who touch hands and create the Nimrod. Their goal is to defeat other Hand Shakers in order to gain an audience with “God”, who will grant them wishes. Protect with your own Hands!
Title: KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world! 2
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/konosuba
Time: Wednesdays 1:35PM EST
Regions: All except Asia, Spain, Portugal, Australia, New Zealand; and German, French, Italian and Dutch Speaking Europe
Summary: Following a tragic accident, the game-loving shut-in Satou Kazuma was reborn in a parallel world. Though his dream of enjoying a new life as an adventurer in an RPG-inspired world and striving to be a hero didn’t come true, he managed to get by in his new world. He was joined by Aqua, the goddess who accompanied him to the parallel world; Megumin, an arch wizard who can only use her magic once a day; and Darkness, a crusader whose attacks always miss. And so, along with his party of girls who have extremely advanced powers but unfortunately can’t take full advantage of them, he managed to complete some quests here and there.
Then, one day, after Kazuma’s party saved the town of Axel from the mobile fortress Destroyer, a messenger from the capital came to tell Kazuma that he was suspected of the crime of subversion to the state! Where will the ordinary adventurer Kazuma’s life in a parallel world lead him tomorrow?!
Title: Piacevole
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/piacevole
Time: Wednesday 10:30AM EST
Regions: All except Asia
Summary: High schooler Morina Nanase starts work at Trattoria Festa, an Italian restaurant filled with various and sundry quirky characters…and where through its unique cuisine, she will begin to mature as a person.
Title: Yowamushi Pedal New Generation
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/yowamushi-pedal-new-generation
Time: Mondays 2:05PM EST
Regions: All except Asia
Summary: With the team’s combined strength, the Sohoku High bicycle racing club beat reigning champions Hakone Academy at the Interhigh national race and achieved an impressive overall victory. Now that their hot summer has ended and third-years Kinjou, Makishima, and Tadokoro have retired from the team, first-year participants in the Interhigh Onoda Sakamichi, Imaizumi Shunsuke, and Naruko Shoukichi, along with their new captain second-year Teshima Junta and vice-captain Aoyagi Hajime begin preparing as a “new team” for their second consecutive championship at the next Interhigh. In order to retake their throne, their rivals Hakone Academy have also incorporated new members and begun training as a new team. Kyoto Fushimi High is lead by the monstrous racer Midousuji Akira. The nation’s top schools are all honing their skills to reach the top of the Interhigh.
Title: Chiruran 1/2
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/chiruran-1/2
Time: 1:35PM EST
Regions: All except Asia
Summary: Strong, intense, and cute! The most laid-back Shinsengumi in history arrives!! An official spinoff series by Hashimoto Eiji (manga) and Umemura Shinya (story) of “Chiruran Shinsengumi Requiem.” Here’s the laid-back everyday life of the Shinsengumi warriors.
Title: elDLIVE
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/eldlive
Time: Sundays 12PM EST
Regions: US, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Latin America (Central and South America including Caribbean), Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Netherlands, and Denmark!
Summary: Middle school student Chuta Kokonose has heard a voice in his head ever since he can remember. When a strange creature recruits him to the space police force, he learns that the source of the voice is a Monitalien, a symbiotic creature who is living inside his body! Now Chuta must prove his mettle to his cold-hearted coworker, Misuzu, and the rest of the department by protecting the universe from otherworldly criminals.
Title: Nyanko Days
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/bnyanko-days
Time: Sundays 12:30PM EST
Regions: All except Asia
Summary: Konagai Tomoko is a first-year in high school and a shy girl. Tomoko owns three cats. The cheerful and live Munchkin Maa, the smart and responsible Russian Blue Rou, and the gentle crybaby Singapura Shii. Tomoko, whose only friends were her cats, one day becomes friends with Shiratori Azumi, who also loves cats. This is a fluffy and cute comedy about the daily life of Tomoko and her cats, Tomoko and Azumi’s friendship, and the interaction between cats.
Title: Spiritpact
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/spiritpact
Time: Saturdays 9:30AM EST
Regions: All except Asia
Summary: You Keika, the heir of an old famous family of Exorcists, is stricken with poverty after losing his parents and struggles as a street fortune teller and a part time computer tech. One night at a junkyard, he meets a mysterious and charismatic Exorcist, Tanmoku Ki, who is fighting an evil spirit. To compound his misfortunes, he gets hit by car and becomes a ghost. Tanmoku Ki appears and asks You Keika to make a “pact” with him to fight Evil Spirits together. Here starts the friendship of our heroes!
Title: Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju
Time: Fridays 3:45PM EST
Regions: United States, Canada, Central and South America (including the Caribbean), United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia.
Summary: Unable to forget a performance of “Shinigami” performed by the rakugo master Yakumo in the prison where he was being held, Yotaro’s first act upon his release was go right to the theater, where he begged, pleaded, and was finally accepted as Yakumo’s live-in apprentice. After years of refining his art, Yotaro was promoted to the rank of Shinuchi and inherited the title of 3rd Generation Sukeroku. For the sake of his master Yakumo, Konatsu, and to change the image of Sukeroku inside them both, what kind of rakugo will Yotaro discover?
This celebrated human drama, based on a story by Haruko Kumota, offers an honest and sympathetic look into the lives and livelihoods of rakugo storytellers in the Showa era.
Title: Forest Fairy Five
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/forest-fairy-five
Time: Fridays at 8:30AM EST
Regions: All except Asia
Summary: A beautiful nation, prospering since ancient times, Japan is now known as the Anime Kingdom. There are more than just humans living there; animes truly do exist in Japan. Past the Fairy Ring, to the world of fairies, live anime-chans. There’s a Fairy Ring in your town, too. Here. And there. Even in Harajuku. Maybe even in the Ashigara mountains. By some chance, we’ll open that door. And we might get to meet the anime-chans. This is the land where you get to meet anime-chans.
Title: Chaos;Child
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/chaoschild
Time: 12PM EST
Regions: All except Asia
Summary: Shibuya, 2015. In a city recovering from the “Shibuya Earthquake” which devastated it six years ago, Takuru Miyashiro, a student at the newly built private high school “Hekiho Academy” investigates a series of serial killings known as “The Return of the New Generation Madness” as part of his work for the school’s newspaper club…
Title: Interviews with Monster Girls
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/interviews-with-monster-girls
Time: Saturdays 12:30PM EST
Regions: Worldwide except for Asia
Summary: Succubi, dullahans, snow women and vampires… We’re a little different from humans and called “demi-humans.” Lately, we’ve been called “demis.”
This is a stimulating and heartful school demi-human comedy featuring those very unique “demis” and a high school teacher named Takahashi Tetsuo, who’s highly interested in learning more about their daily lives and habits.
Title: Fuuka
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/fuuka
Time: Fridays at 11:30am EST
Regions: North America, Latin America (Central and South America including Caribbean), United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Nordics and Netherlands
Summary: Yuu Haruna has transferred to a school in Tokyo so he can live with his sisters after their parents moved to America. Introverted and unskilled at socializing with others, Yuu’s main mode of communication is Twitter. As he’s scoping out his new surroundings with his eyes on his smartphone, he crashes into Fuuka Akitsuki, a girl who appeared in front of him out of nowhere. Centered on the awkward and unsocial Yuu Haruna, the mysteriously charming Fuuka Akitsuki, and Yuu’s childhood friend Koyuki Hinashi, a brand new love story woven through music is about to begin.
Title: ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/acca-13-territory-inspection-dept
Time: Tuesdays at 11AM EST
Regions: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America
Summary: “ACCA” is a giant unified syndicate residing in a kingdom split into 13 autonomous regions. ACCA was formed back when there was threat of a coup d’etat, and it has continued to protect the peace of civilians for almost one hundred years. Jean Otus, the vice-chairman of the inspections department at ACCA headquarters, is one of the most cunning men in the syndicate’s history with the nickname “Jean the Cigarette Peddler.” Whimsically puffing his cigarettes, he wanders through the 13 districts, checking to see if there is any foul play afoot. Meanwhile, Jean is monitored by gazes, threatening rumors, and… snack time. Jean’s quiet everyday life slowly gets swallowed up into the world’s conspiracies!
Title: Koro Sensei Quest
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/koro-sensei-quest
Time: Thursdays at 11:40 AM EST
Regions: US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa and is also available for Premium Members in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Netherlands.
Summary: Get ready for a strange but fun-filled adventure with your favorite group of assassins. The killer class is back but this time they’ve got…magic?! In this brand new spin-off series, follow the chibis of Class 3-E as they learn swordsmanship and sorcery at Kunugigaoka Magic School. Their mission? Defeat the evil Demon King Koro Sensei and face the trials and perils of their magical school!
Title: Schoolgirl Strikers
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/schoolgirl-strikers
Time: Fridays 12:30PM EST
Regions: All except Asia
Summary: The newly established private high school for girls, Goryoukan Academy, has a hidden face that people on the outside don’t know about…
Mysterious apparitions called “Oburi” have appeared from a rift in space-time. The only ones capable of fighting this enemy of mankind are girls known as “Strikers,” who have the ability to sense the fifth dimension. Goryoukan Academy is actually an organization that seeks out girls who are more than meets the eye and trains them up for the “Fifth Force,” a combat force created to subjugate the Oburi. The story of the battles and friendships of five girls who comprise the newly assembled team “Altair Torte” is about to begin!
Title: Seiren
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/seiren
Time: Fridays 1PM EST
Regions: US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America.
Summary: Shoichi Kamita is an ordinary high school boy, who is faced with the university entrance exam and worried about his future. This campus romantic comedy, “Seiren”, which means honest in Japanese, depicts his pure relationship with three different heroines. Each story is the unique and mutual memory between him and the heroine.
Title: Kemono Friends
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/kemono-friends
Time: Tuesdays 2:05PM EST
Regions: All except Asia
Summary: The story takes place in Japari Park, an enormous integrated zoo built somewhere in this world. A mysterious substance found there, called “Sand Star,” causes the animals to turn into humanoid beings called “Animal Girls”! These new creatures spend every day peacefully with the zoo’s visitors… but after some time, a lost child turns up in the park. The child’s attempt to find the way home turns into a great adventure with the Animal Girls!
Title: Gintama
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/gintama
Time: Sundays 2:35PM EST
Regions: All except Asia
Summary: In a world where aliens have invaded Edo Period Japan, skyscrapers, trains and motor bikes have replaced the simple life of Earth inhabitants. One man however, still carries the soul of a samurai, Gintoki Sakata, otherwise known as Yorozuya Gin-san. As reckless as he is, Gintoki carries his own resolve and is ready to take on any challenge with his fellow companions.
Title: Saga of Tanya the Evil
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/saga-of-tanya-the-evil
Time: Fridays at 10:30AM EST
Regions: All except Asia
Summary: It is June of the year CE 1923. A young girl with blond hair and blue eyes, Tanya Degurechaff, has entered the final curriculum of the Imperial Military Academy and is training at the third patrol line in the northern military district, the Norden Theater, as part of her service to the force. Her training, the first step toward a brilliant career as an aviation mage, should have gone off without a hitch… but things took an unexpected turn. War broke out between the Empire and the neighboring Federation committed a border transgression in entering the Empire. During the transition into wartime, she was assigned to observation duty, but a surprise attack by the Federation forces Tanya to engage in battle with the Federation’s mage troops. She’s greatly outnumbered with no chance of waiting for allies to arrive, but if she tries to flee, she’ll be charged with the capital crime of deserting under enemy fire. In order to survive and convince the top brass that she did the best she possibly could, Tanya enacts a certain strategy…
Title: Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/miss-kobayashis-dragon-maid
Time: Wednesdays 11:30 AM EST
Regions: All except Asia
Summary: Miss Kobayashi is your average office worker who lives a boring life, alone in her small apartment–until she saves the life of a female dragon in distress. The dragon, named Tohru, has the ability to magically transform into an adorable human girl (albeit with horns and a long tail!), who will do anything to pay off her debt of gratitude, whether Miss Kobayashi likes it or not. With a very persistent and amorous dragon as a roommate, nothing comes easy, and Miss Kobayashi’s normal life is about to go off the deep end!
Title: Masamune-Kun’s Revenge
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/masamune-kuns-revenge
Time: Thursdays 11AM EST
Regions: All except Asia
Summary: “I’ve returned to this town for revenge!” Eight years ago, Makabe Masamune, a weak and chubby boy, was harshly rejected by the beautiful Adagaki Aki. Now, he’s lost a ton of weight, changed his name, and returned as a handsome teenage boy… all to make the “Brutal Princess” Aki fall in love with him so that he can reject her just as harshly as she did.
Title: Akiba’s Trip The Animation
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/akibas-trip-the-animation
Time: Wednesdays at 9AM EST
Regions: US, Canada, UK Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands.
Summary: After being attacked by an unknown evil, Tamotsu Denkigai is stuck in Akihabara fighting to keep the streets safe.
Title: Idol Incidents
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/idol-incidents
Time: Sundays 11:30AM EST
Regions: All except Asia
Summary: The story is set in a parallel Japan very similar to the modern Japan we know today. Increasing income divide, creeping environmental pollution, unsolvable garbage problems, childcare waiting lists being disputed while those directly involved aren’t present, repeated cases of corruption… Japan’s government, entrenched in its own vested interests, can do nothing about the abundant problems and discontent throughout the land. Now, at long last, idols are taking a stand to rescue a nation with no way out! The Heroine Party, the Sunlight Party, the Starlight Party, the Bishoujo Party, the Wakaba Party, the Subculture New Party, and the SOS Party: idols from these seven idol political parties who have become Diet members representing each prefecture will crash through the sense of stagnation that surrounds Japan with their song and dance! They will bring back the people’s smiles and envelop Japan in their shining aura!
Title: Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/minami-kamakura-high-school-girls-cycling-club
Time: Fridays 12PM EST
Regions: All except Asia
Summary: Maiharu Hiromi has moved from Nagasaki to Kamakura to attend high school. Her new residence means a new school and new friends, and all of her exciting new encounters from day to day happen when she’s on her bicycle! Kamakura is the stage for these high school girls who have devoted their youth to cycling!
Each episode of the anime will be concluded with a live-action segment starring Hirose Yuuki, the voice of Akitsuki Tomoe, and Fukuo Yui, the voice of Akitsuki Yuika.
Title: Rewrite S2
Streaming Link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/rewrite
Time: Saturday 11AM EST
Regions: North America, Central America, South America, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
Summary: Green City Kazamatsuri is a city built on the ideal of a harmonious relationship between civilization and environment.. However, the peaceful Kazamatsuri will soon be faced with its annual commotion, the Harvest Festa at the turn of the year. It’s an event that is much like a massive school festival, and Tennoji Kotaro decides to head out to research topics for his articles. It’s an easy decision for him, because the town is filled with rumors about unidentified creature sightings and various other occult occurrences. At the same time, strange things start happening to Kotaro himself.
Funimation Simuldub
Title: Akiba’s Trip The Animation
Streaming Link: http://www.funimation.com/shows/akibastrip/videos/official/akiba-s-first-trip
Premieres: 1/4/2017 at 9am ET
Regions: North America
Summary: “Based off the hit game comes a new series about the danger lurking in the Otaku heaven of Akihabara. Vampires with an ability to take over anyone they bite seek their prey in this anime fan’s paradise. When Tamotsu Denkigai encounters one, he nearly loses his life until the mysterious Matome Mayonaka revives him! Now part vampire, he forms a group to protect the streets of Akiba.”
Title: Tales of Zestiria the X
Streaming Link: http://www.funimation.com/shows/tales-of-zestiria-the-x/home
Premieres: 1/22/2017 at 10:00pm ET
Regions: North America.
Summary: “Legends speak of the Shepherd, a savior who will bring peace to the seraphim and human worlds. Sorey has spent his life studying ancient books and exploring ruins to learn more about the legendary savior. When he and his seraphim companion Mikleo encounter a mysterious girl in the ruins, the stories of the Shephard become Sorey’s reality. Is he strong enough to take on the evil Lord of Calamity?”
Daisuki
Title: Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga
Streaming Link: http://www.daisuki.net/anime/detail.BlueExorcistKyotoSaga.html
Premieres: 1/6/2017
Summary: “Assiah, the realm of humans, and Gehenna, the realm of demons. Normally, these two dimensions would never intersect, but having possessed all material substances, the demons are now intruding on the material world. But among the human race, there are those who can confront such demons – the Exorcists.
Born the spawn of Satan, Rin Okumura decides to hide his origins, and become an exorcist. He enrolls at the Exorcism Cram School, a training institute for exorcists located on the True Cross Academy grounds. But, his cover is blown during an attack by Amaimon, the King of Earth, and he is revealed to be the son of Satan. Terrified of Satan’s blue flames, his friends start to distance themselves from Rin…
It is then that someone steals the Left Eye of the Impure King, sealed away in the deepest part of the academy, and Rin and the others find themselves embroiled in an unexpected crisis…”