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In this week's issue, we have the Top 10 anime charts for Summer 2024 Week 9, pre-order details for the Bell Pepper Kana Arima figurine, third season announcement details for Re:ZERO and Spy x Family, the main trailer release for Too Many Losing Heroines!, Girls Band Cry Indonesia stream details, and Girltaku share their favorite anime openings and endings.
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For the second week in a row, Girls Band Cry takes first place on the Top 10 Anime chart with KonoSuba S3 in second followed by Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night. In addition, Chillin’ in Another World With Level 2 Super Cheat Powers places 9th for the first time!
Holo from Spice and Wolf rises above Kikoru from Kaiju No.8 this week for the top spot, and Darkness from Konosuba S3 jumps three spots into fourth place. Will Darkness be able to break through and make it into the top three?
Move out Shido and make room for Kazuma and Rimuru! Shido from Date a Live V is dethroned from first place this week while half-kaiju Kafka maintains his place in third for the second week in a row. At the bottom of the chart, Rudeus from Jobless Reincarnation has dropped two more spots to tenth and is in danger of moving off the character chart next week!
Top News Articles
Bell Pepper Figure of OSHI NO KO’s Kana Arima Goes Up for Pre-Order
A new figure of OSHI NO KO‘s Kana Arima, which depicts the child actor-version of the character dancing in her Bell Pepper costume, is now available for pre-order.
Good Smile US lists the roughly 17 cm-tall figure (which has the full official name of Vivit Figure Oshi no Ko Kana Arima: Bell Pepper Exercise Ver.) with a price of US$26.99 and an estimated shipment date of Q3 2025. It can also be pre-ordered on Tokyo Otaku Mode and animate USA, which have January 2025 and March 2025 listed as their respective release months.
Re:ZERO Season 3 Confirms 90-Minute Premiere, Releases New Trailer and Visual
The first episode of Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3 has been officially announced to be a 90-minute special.
The episode will be screened in Japanese theaters starting on August 30 JST, ahead of Re:ZERO Season 3’s TV broadcast start in October. The first Japanese screening of the episode will take place earlier, on August 10 JST.
Spy x Family To Have 3rd Season
The production of a third season of the Spy x Family TV anime has been announced. Accompanying the news was a “super teaser” visual of Anya and Bond, asleep in the center of a star shape formed by various light sources. Character designer Kazuaki Shimada drew the illustration.
Too Many Losing Heroines! Main Trailer Reveals July 13 Premiere
The Too Many Losing Heroines! anime has received a main trailer, main visual, and a July 13 Japanese premiere date (effectively July 14 at 12:30 AM JST).
Additionally, Minami Tanaka, Atsumi Tanezaki, and Yusuke Kobayashi have been announced as additional cast members for Too Many Losing Heroines! They’re playing Kaju Nukumizu, Koto Tsukinuki, and Shintaro Tamaki, respectively.
CATCHPLAY+ Indonesia Streams Girls Band Cry Anime
Indonesia has joined the exclusive club of countries that has the Girls Band Cry anime available for streaming. In Indonesia’s case, the show is available via the CATCHPLAY+ streaming service, which streams shows with Indonesian and English subtitles in the country.