Crunchyroll: More Simulcast Titles Announced for Summer & Fall 2022
June 1, 2022
The summer season is now just around the corner, while there is actually no talk of the autumn season. Nevertheless, during this year's Anime Boston , Crunchyroll announced three more anime titles that will be simulcast on the streaming platform in 2022.
The announced simulcast titles are the newcomer in the field of sports with the title BLUELOCK (from October 2022), the second season of Rent-a-Girlfriend (from July 1, 2022) and the second court of ORIENT (from July 2022). All dates mentioned are the TV start in Japan. Exact dates for the simulcast at Crunchyroll are still pending.
Below this post you will get a detailed description of all the anime series mentioned above.
From October 2022: BLUELOCK
After the disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan's team is struggling to regroup. But they lack an absolute striker ace in their own ranks that can lead them to victory. For this purpose, 300 of the best and brightest youth players were gathered – including Yoichi, who cannot control his hunger for goals and victory in certain situations. The Football Association of Japan is determined to develop a striker who can score when it matters most and turn around a game thought lost. Which selfish player will prevail in the end?
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Coming July 2022: Rent-a-Girlfriend – Season 2
Kazuya Kinoshita is 20 and a loser in college. Once he managed to kiss his girlfriend, but shortly afterwards she dumped him and broke his heart. In order to never have to go through this again, he tries a new method: an online service that offers girlfriends for rent. In fact, his new rental girlfriend Chizuru Mizuhara wins his heart right away. But there are some unexpected complications: Because the two are neighbors, go to the same university and in real life Chizuru is not at all the nice girl he hired …
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From July 2022: ORIENT (Cour 2)
Japan in the Sengoku era was once a glorious empire until demons overran and conquered it. But the life of mankind changed abruptly when they were enslaved and since then the demons have been worshiped as gods. However, the hope for a better life has not died out completely and so courageous chosen ones face the demons with special powers – including the childhood friends Musashi and Kojiro.
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Source : Crunchyroll Pictures: © Miyajima Reiji , Kodansha / “Rent-A-Girlfriend” Production Committee .