Crunchyroll Announces 7 Original Projects for 2020

Anime streaming service Crunchyroll announced its "first slate" of Crunchyroll Originals with all projects set for release in 2020. The first of Crunchyroll's newest projects, In/Spectre, is a fantasy anime streaming on the service now. The seven others coming later are a mix of previously announced and unannounced projects in production with companies like Webtoon, its own Crunchyroll Studios Production, and more. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/5-notable-black-characters-in-anime-history"] You can read more about each project below:

Crunchyroll and Webtoon Production Projects

• Tower of God - Based on a comic of the same name by SIU, this fantasy action series follows a man fighting his way through a mysterious tower. This is scheduled for spring 2020 with animation by Telecom Animation Film.
• Noblesse - Also based on a comic of the same name by Jeho Son and Kwangsu lee, this fantasy is about the adventures of a vampire noble who wakes up in the modern-day after 820 years of sleep. Noblesse is animated by Production I.G.

Crunchyroll Originals

• Onyx Equinox - "A young Aztec boy is saved from death by the gods and chosen to act as ‘humanity’s champion,’ forced to discard his apathy toward his fellow man and prove humanity’s potential in a fight that spans across fantastical-yet-authentic Mesoamerican cultures." This show created by Sofia Alexander premieres in summer 2020.
• The God of High School - Based on a comic of the same name by Yongje Park and animated by MAPPA, this series is about high schoolers loaning power from gods and fighting their way through an "epic tournament."
• Meiji Gekken: Sword & Gun - "Japan, 1870. We follow an ensemble of characters - a former samurai, a yakuza bodyguard, a devious spy and a geisha assassin - as they try to find their place in the rapidly evolving Meiji-era while escaping the sins of their pasts…" This Crunchyroll Studios Production is out sometime in 2020.
• FreakAngels - Based on graphic novels by the same name by Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield, this show follows twelve psychics in a post-apocalyptic London attempting to rebuild society.
• High Guardian Spice - Created by Raye Rodriguez, this Crunchyroll Studios production follows four girls training at the High Guardian Academy to become heroes.

Crunchyroll has been co-producing anime like Kenmono Friends and A Place Further than the Universe since 2015 since the company partnered with Sumitomo to produce anime for a global audience. It also partnered with NBC Universal in 2017. In other Crunchyroll news, the streaming service recently announced a new limited streetwear line with Kinfold. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Miranda Sanchez is an executive editor at IGN. You can chat with her about video games and anime on Twitter.

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