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Shūkan Ranobe Anime (2025)

Shūkan Ranobe Anime poster
Original title
週刊ラノベアニメ
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 12 episodes
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 1 voters
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The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

This Japanese anime anthology presents four original stories from popular light novel authors. Each story has a different plot, including a romance involving time travel, a plan to raise a femme fatale, a reaper called Jack, and a woman reincarnated as Marie Antoinette trying to avoid the guillotine.

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What happens

Shūkan Ranobe Anime (週刊ラノべアニメ; lit. "Weekly Light Novel Anime") is a Japanese anime television series produced by Ziine Studio, which adapts four original stories by popular light novel authors and illustrators. The stories include: Shōshin Time Leap (傷心タイムリープ, Shōshin Taimurīpu; lit. "Heartbreak Time Leap") by Nigojū with character designs by tanu; Femme Fatale Ikusei Keikaku (ファムファタル育成計画, Famufataru Ikusei Keikaku; lit. "Femme Fatale Raising Project") by Hyūganatsu with character designs by Kamoku Okeno; Jack the Reaper by Tappei Nagatsuki with character designs by Minori Chigusa; Marie Antoinette ni Tensei Shita node, Zenryoku de Guillotine o Kaihi Shimasu (マリー・アントワネットに転生したので全力でギロチンを回避します, Marī Antowanetto ni Tensei Shita node, Zenryoku de Girochin o Kaihi Shimasu; lit. "Reborn as Marie Antoinette, I'll Give it My All to Avoid the Guillotine") by Shōko Amano with character designs by Takuya Fujima. The series aired from July 13 to September 28, 2025, on the Animazing!!! programming block on all ANN affiliates, including ABC TV and TV Asahi. The opening theme song is "Hajimari no Aizu" (Hajimariの合図; Signal of a Start), performed by Chihaya Yoshitake, while the ending theme song is "Gunjō to Mikan no Kanata" (群青と未完の彼方; Ultramarine and Incomplete Beyond), performed by Ayaka Nanase. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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