Himouto! Umaru-chan

Umaru Doma is, by all accounts, the perfect student. She is beautiful, smart, and respectful, at least until she gets home, anyway. Once that door closes, Umaru dons her hamster hoodie and transforms into a bratty, lazy, junk food-gorging otaku that is fully dependent on her responsible older brother Taihei. Whether it comes to playing video games or eating the right snack combinations, Umaru knows how to live. It’s bright, it’s colorful, and it is loaded with great references – Umaru-chan is a great anime series for anime fans to enjoy and learn to better live the otaku lifestyle. For those looking for something as nerdy and fun, give these anime recommendations a go. For Fans of Otaku Culture Watamote Tomoko Kuroki is well on her way to the hikikomori lifestyle, the only problem is, she has to get through high school first. However, even a lifetime of playing dating sims and watching anime haven’t prepared her for the social interactions of real life. Still, Tomoko s

Manga inspired 2015 anime; 2nd season premieres in October Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Friday that it has licensed Sankaku Head's Himouto! Umaruchan manga. The first volume is slated for print and digital release on May 22. Seven Seas describes the story: In public, Umaru Doma appears to be the perfect high school student: hard-working, refined, and totally responsible. But the minute she gets home to her older brother Taihei–and dons her famous hamster hoodie–she devolves into the ultimate bratty little sister! She's happy to roll around all day in an otaku cloud of games and junk food while her exhausted older brother takes care of everything in the house. In this hilarious comedy about family, friendship, and the nonsense we put up with (from the people we love), Umaru and Taihei will find a way to make it work! Sankaku Head launched the manga in Weekly Young Jump in 2013 (after running an earlier two-chapter Himōto! Umaru-chan! version in Miracle Jump in 20

Anime premieres October 8 in Japan Sentai Filmworks announced on Wednesday that it has licensed Himouto! Umaru-chan R, the second anime season based on Sankaku Head's Himouto! Umaruchan manga, for the fall 2017 simulcast season. The anime will stream in the United States on Anime Strike and in other territories on select digital platforms. Sentai Filmworks is also planning a home video release. The anime will premiere in Japan on AT-X at 11:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 8. It will air later the same evening on Tokyo MX and BS11, and the night of October 11 on ABC Asahi Broadcasting. The show will also stream on some services in Japan beginning on October 12. The main staff is returning from the first season, including the anime studio Doga Kobo, director Masahiko Ohta, series script supervisor Takashi Aoshima, and character designer Aya Takano. The following main cast members are also returning: Aimi Tanaka as Umaru Doma Kenji Nojima as Taihei Doma Akari Kageyama a

Sentai Filmworks to offer both on Anime Strike, home video Sentai Filmworks began streaming English-subtitled trailers for the My Girlfriend is Shobitch and Himōto! Umaru-chan R anime series on Wednesday. My Girlfriend is Shobitch will premiere on AT-X on October 11 at 24:30 (effectively October 12 at 12:30 a.m.), and will also later air on Tokyo MX, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, Mie TV Broadcasting, TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting, Gifu Broadcasting, and BS11. The anime will stream on Anime Strike in the United States and on select digital outlets in other territories. Sentai Filmworks is also planning a home video release. Sentai Filmworks describes the story: When high school student Haruka Shinozaki confesses his feelings to the beautiful and aloof class representative, Akiho Kosaka, the last thing he expected was for her to say “yes.” Like everything else in her diligent life, Kosaka takes dating quite seriously. In an effort to be a good girlfriend, Kosaka decides to meticulou

Anime streaming service HIDIVE announced on Friday that it will stream Himōto! Umaru-chan R and My Girlfriend is Shobitch television anime series in some territories as they air in Japan. Himōto! Umaru-chan R will premiere for HIDIVE members on October 8 at 11:30 a.m. EDT for the following territories: United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Turkey, Italy, and Spain. My Girlfriend is Shobitch will premiere for HIDIVE members on October 11 at 1 p.m. EDT for the following territories: United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Central America, and South America. Sentai Filmworks licensed both. series and will stream them on Amazon's Anime Strike in the United States.