HIDIVE Announces Simulcasts for FARMING LIFE IN ANOTHER WORLD and IPPON! AGAIN Anime This Winter
Last month during Anime NYC 2022, HIDIVE announced 5 anime titles that would be as part of their simulcast lineup for the Winter 2023 season. These titles included Spy Classroom, Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible, My Life as Inukai-san’s Dog, Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte, and Tsurune - The Linking Shot - (Second Season). More recently, the anime streaming service announced two more titles joining the simulcast lineup: Farming Life in Another World and Ippon! again.
Farming Life in Another World is based on the 12-volume fantasy light novel series from Kinosuke Naito. The anime adaptation is being directed by Ryōichi Kuraya (Overlord) with Touko Machida (My Master Has No Tail) writing it and Zero-G doing the animation.
Life cut short by illness at just 39 years old, Machio Hiraku knows not to take simple blessings for granted. When a godlike figure gives him given a chance to live again, Hiraku has only the simplest of wishes for his new life: to be healthy, to live peacefully, to speak the local language, and to spend his days on an idyllic farm. Fresh air, sunshine, honest work, and good company combine to form the happy, peaceful existence Hiraku has always dreamed of.
Meanwhile, Ippon! again is based on the 20-volume sports drama manga from Yu Muraoka. Takeru Ogihara will be making his TV directorial debut with the anime with writing by Aya Satsuki (My Master Has No Tail) and animation by Tatsunoko Production’s Bakken Record.
After one last tournament and an embarrassing loss in the final round, Michi decides to call it quits on the sport of judo. Between high school social activities and entrance exams, she’ll have no time to compete in the martial art she loves most, but putting aside old hobbies is a normal part of growing up. Still, the love of judo lingers—and it comes back full force when she meets her new classmate Towa, the girl who bested Michi in her final match! Towa wants to form a judo club at their school, but she’ll need new members to get it up and running. United by their love of judo, they’ll throw in their passions into the ring together and score ippon again!
What are you excited to stream this winter?