Crunchyroll Announces Four New Anime Acquisitions

By Peter Paltridge - July 17, 2023

This weekend during Japan Anime Expo, Crunchyroll held a conference where they revealed four new anime titles would be distributed globally by them in the coming months.

These titles include Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, about an ageless elven mage who travels the world; Berserk of Gluttony, about a castle guard with a useless skill (all it does it make him hungry) who discovers he has an advantage after all; and The Demon Prince of Momochi House. That last one starts out like a typical Chosen One narrative but takes a hard swerve: orphan Himari Momochi learns she is destined to defend the barrier between the human and spiritual realms (which exists within the house of the title, which she’s inherited). But when she opens the door to that house she finds three squatters have been living there for months and one of them has already taken over her job!

The only “grounded” anime of the bunch is A Girl & Her Guard Dog, about the granddaughter of a mob boss who just wants a normal life, if her overzealous bodyguard will allow it. Three of the anime are coming this fall, with the exception of The Demon Prince of Momochi House which is currently TBA. Crunchyroll’s full details as well as trailers for each anime can be found below.

Title: Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

Studio: Madhouse

Launch Timing: September 29, 2023

Synopsis: The mage Frieren defeated the Demon King alongside the hero Himmel’s party after a 10-year quest. Peace was restored to the kingdom. Because she is an elf, she is able to live over a thousand years. She promises Himmel and the others that she will be back to see them and then sets out on a journey by herself. Fifty years later, Frieren goes to visit Himmel and the others. She remained unchanged, but Himmel and the others have aged and only a little of their lives remain. Later, she witnesses Himmel’s death. Frieren is pained by her desire to have spent more time getting to know people. With that regret in her heart, she then goes on a journey to do just that. On her journey, she meets many people and many events await her.

Territories: Worldwide excluding Asia

Title: The Demon Prince of Momochi House

Studio: TBA

Launch Timing: Coming soon

Manga Synopsis (via VIZ Media): On her sixteenth birthday, orphan Himari Momochi inherits her ancestral estate that she’s never seen. Momochi House exists on the barrier between the human and spiritual realms, and Himari is meant to act as guardian between the two worlds. But on the day she moves in, she finds three handsome squatters already living in the house, and one seems to have already taken over her role!

Territories: Worldwide excluding Asia

Title: Berserk of Gluttony

Studio: ACGT

Launch Timing: October 2023

Synopsis: Fate, a castle guard in a world where one’s skills are everything, has acquired a skill called “Gluttony” that does nothing but make him hungry, leaving him with a miserable life.

But one day, he defeats some who are bandits infiltrating the castle, and his world changes.

Thus begins the story of how a young man once ridiculed as talentless climbed from the lowest stratum of life to the top.

Territories: Worldwide excluding Asia and India

Title: A Girl & Her Guard Dog

Studio: Project No.9

Launch Timing: October 2023

Synopsis: Fifteen-year-old Isaku Senagaki, the granddaughter of the third boss of the Senagaki crime syndicate, just wants to have normal friends and a normal high school romance. She enrolls in a high school far from her hometown, but the overprotective young leader, twenty-six-year-old Keiya Uto, lies about his age and bribes his way into the same school as Isaku! Telling Isaku she’s too young to fall in love, Keiya’s ready to scare off all the boys. But actually, Isaku’s had unrequited feelings for Keiya this whole time?!

Territories: Worldwide excluding Asia

Crunchyroll Announces Four New Anime Acquisitions

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