AMC Global Media streaming service, HIDIVE, has announced this year’s “Summer of Dubs” titles including rom-com, isekai, fantasy, slice-of-life, action, and drama series to suit every anime fan’s tastes.
Festivities kicked off at the end of June with the release of simulcast series Yowayowa Sensei with English dubs, and will continue into August with a combination of new and continuing anime series and feature-length movies. Keep reading for details on what’s to come.
Yowayowa Sensei (Season 1)
Romantic comedy
June 24
High school homeroom teacher Hiyori Hiwamura is known as the “Scary Teacher,” and if you offend her, she’ll put a curse on you! Or at least that’s what everyone believes. She’s secretly a total softy who’s deeply misunderstood, and once you see her sweet side, she’ll put a different kind of spell on you… Unfortunately, one of her students, Akihito Abikura, has accidentally discovered her secret.
The Dangers in My Heart: The Movie
Romantic comedy
July 14
Kyotaro Ichikawa is a painfully awkward middle school boy deep in the throes of eighth-grader syndrome. His quiet, isolated world is suddenly turned upside down when Anna Yamada, the classroom star, unexpectedly steps into his life. Before he knows it, she is occupying his every day thoughts. Yamada too begins to find herself drawn to Ichikawa in ways she never expected. Through misunderstandings and clumsy, heartfelt emotions, the distance between them slowly, but surely, begins to close.
Hell Mode: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing (Season 2)
Isekai action
August 5
Thirty-five-year-old Kenichi Yamada has spent his life playing every single MMORPG. He leaps at the chance to try out a never-ending game with an intimidating “Hell Mode.” But, as soon as he selects the “Summoner,” Kenichi finds himself transported into the game, reborn to a family of serfs as baby Allen! With nothing but his memories and wits, Allen sets off to conquer Hell Mode, unearth the secrets of the Summoner class, and free his newfound family from their fate.
The Forsaken Saintess and Her Foodie Road Trip in Another World (Season 1)
Gourmet slow-life isekai
August 19
Late 20s caregiver Rin Takanashi has been summoned as a saint, only to then be dumped alone in another world. Equipped with just her ridiculously overpowered god-like skills, Motor Home aka “Mochan” and Survival, she decides to indulge her love of solo camping and cooking in this strange new place. Thus begins Rin’s journey: one filled with gourmet cuisine and an array of wonderful companions along the way. Now, hop aboard Mochan and enjoy this fantasy world to its fullest!
The World Is Dancing (Season 1)
Historical period drama
August 26
One does not need dance to live. In 1374, during the turbulent age when the Northern and Southern Courts were locked in conflict, Oniyasha, son of Kanami – the head of the Kanze troupe of sarugaku performers, drifts through his days question: Why do people dance? Curious, sensitive, and strikingly beautiful, the boy meets people, laughs, cries, confronts his own weaknesses, and slowly begins to shape a new form of dance for a world steeped in impermanence.
HIDIVE has also confirmed weekly English dub releases for continuing series Farming Life in Another World 2; Petals of Reincarnation; The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior (Season 2); and Kirio Fan Club. New episodes premiere on Wednesdays.
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