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Muse Malaysia Streams Hetalia World Stars, Super Cub, Tokyo Revengers Anime

Muse Malaysia announced on Saturday that it will stream the Hetalia World Stars, Seven Knights Revolution: Eiyū no Keishōsha, The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent, Super Cub, Tokyo Revengers, and Combatants Will Be Dispatched! anime. It also announced that its stream of the second half of the Moriarty the Patriot anime will debut on April 4 at 11:00 p.m. GMT +8.

Hetalia World Stars will debut streaming in Japan on April 1. Muse Malaysia will stream the anime on April 1 at 12:05 a.m. GMT +8.

Hiroshi Watanabe, Kazuyuki Fudeyasu, and Mariko Oka all are back as director, series script supervisor, and character designer, respectively, with Studio DEEN returning for animation production.

Himaruya's Hetalia World Stars manga is the latest manga in the franchise. The manga launched in Shonen Jump+ on the same day the online manga service launched, but it went on hiatus in April 2018. The manga will resume in Shonen Jump+ on April 1. Shueisha has published four compiled book volumes for the manga. Himaruya launched a new manga about Japanese prime ministers in Shueisha's Jump SQ. on December 4.

Himaruya's original Hetalia - Axis Powers manga takes the archetypal characteristics of countries and regions throughout the world, and anthropomorphizes them as (mostly) bishōnen characters.

Seven Knights Revolution: Eiyū no Keishōsha (The Hero's Successor) will premiere in Japan this April. Muse Malaysia has not yet announced a streaming debut date for the anime.

The anime is a television anime adaptation of Netmarble's Seven Knights smartphone RPG. In the anime's story, there were once many heroes who saved the world from Destruction. Time has since passed, and young men and women who have the title of "Successor" awaken powers from the heroes of old, and are entrusted with the fate of the world. The "Seven Knights" are a group of top Successors. Among the Seven Knights is a young woman named Faria, who is fighting against the troops of Destruction. In the midst of this battle, she saves a young man named Nemo. Nemo then awakens the power of a Successor, but no one knows of the hero whose powers he has inherited.

Kazuya Ichikawa (Monster Strike the Animation, The World Ends with You the Animation) is directing the anime at Liden Films and Domerica. Ukyō Kodachi (Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files: Rail Zeppelin Grace note series composition, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations manga's storywriter) is overseeing the series scripts, Arisa Matsuura (Clean Freak! Aoyama kun) is the character designer, and Yoshiaki Fujisawa (The Eccentric Family, Love Live! School idol project) is composing the music. Seven Knights Revolution is credited with the original work.

The television anime of Yuka Tachibana and Yasuyuki Syuri's The Saint's Magic Power Is Omnipotent (Seijo no Maryoku wa Bannō Desu) light novel series will premiere in Japan on April 6. Muse Malaysia's stream will begin on April 7 at 12:00 a.m. GMT +8.

Shōta Ihata (Girlish Number, Domestic Girlfriend) is directing the anime at diomedea. Masakazu Ishikawa (Squid Girl, World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman) is designing the characters, and Wataru Watari (Girlish Number series composition, My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected light novel author) is overseeing the series scripts. Kenichi Kuroda (Hatena Illusion) is composing the music, and singer Aira Yūki is the music producer at Lantis. Yayoi Tateishi is the sound director at Bit Groove Production. Aira Yūki is performing the opening theme song "Blessing," and Now on Air are performing the ending theme song "Page for Tomorrow."

Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed both the novel series and its manga adaptation for North American release, and the publisher describes the story:

Sei, a 20-year-old office worker, is whisked away to a whole new world. Unfortunately for Sei, the ritual that summoned her—meant to produce a “Saint” who would banish the dark magic—brought two people over instead of one. And everyone prefers the second girl over Sei?! But this is just fine by Sei, who leaves the royal palace to set up shop making potions and cosmetics with her newfound magic. Business is booming, and this might not be such a bad life, after all...as long as her supposed Sainthood doesn't come back to haunt her.

The television anime of Tone Koken's Super Cub novels will premiere in Japan on April 7. Muse Malaysia's stream will begin on April 7 at 11:30 p.m. GMT +8.

Toshiro Fujii (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations) is directing the anime at Studio Kai, and Toshizo Nemoto (Macross Delta, Last Hope, Inu X Boku Secret Service) is supervising and writing the series scripts. Tōru Imanishi (Girly Air Force, WorldEnd) is designing the characters. Tomohisa Ishikawa (Kurokami The Animation, Appleseed: Ex Machina) and musician ZAQ are composing the music. Honda Motor Company is cooperating with and supervising the series.

The novels' story centers on Koguma, a high school girl in Yamanashi. She has no parents, friends, or hobbies, and her daily life is empty. One day, Koguma gets a used Honda Super Cub motorcycle. This is her first time going to school on a motorcycle. Running out of gas and hitting detours become a small source of adventure in Koguma's life. She is satisfied with this strange transformation, but her classmate Reiko ends up talking to her about how she also goes to school by motorcycle. One Super Cub begins to open up a lonely girl's world, introducing her to a new everyday life and friendship.

The television anime of Ken Wakui's Tokyo Revengers manga will premiere in Japan on April 10. Muse Malaysia will debut the stream on April 11 at 2:38 a.m. GMT +8.

Kodansha Comics is publishing the manga digitally in North America, and it describes the story:

Watching the news, Takemichi Hanagaki learns that his girlfriend from way back in middle school, Hinata Tachibana, has died. The only girlfriend he ever had was just killed by a villainous group known as the Tokyo Manji Gang. He lives in a crappy apartment with thin walls, and his six-years-younger boss treats him like an idiot. Plus, he's a complete and total virgin … At the height of his rock-bottom life, he suddenly time-leaps twelve years back to his middle school days!! To save Hinata, and change the life he spent running away, hopeless part-timer Takemichi must aim for the top of Kanto's most sinister delinquent gang!!

Koichi Hatsumi (Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King, Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga, Deadman Wonderland, Gangsta.) is directing the anime at LIDEN FILMS, and Yasuyuki Muto (Basilisk, Deadman Wonderland, Sengoku Basara - Samurai Kings) is in charge of the series scripts. Kenichi Ohnuki (Golden Kamuy, Gundam Build Fighters) and Keiko Ōta (Ace Attorney, Hyakko) are designing the characters. Satoki Iida is directing the sound, and Hiroaki Tsutsumi (Children of the Whales, Dr. Stone, Jujutsu Kaisen) is composing the music.

The television anime of Natsume Akatsuki's Combatants Will Be Dispatched! (Sentōin, Hakenshimasu!) light novel series will premiere in Japan on April 4. Muse Malaysia's stream will debut on April 4 at 9:30 p.m. GMT +8.

Yen Press is releasing the novels and their manga adaptation in North America, and it describes the story:

From the author of Konosuba comes a new light novel series! It's tough being on the front lines for an evil organization, and nobody knows this better than No. 6, a Combatant for the Kisaragi Secret Society. Dispatched to a distant alien world on a reconnaissance mission, he's got a new android partner, but how are you supposed to plan an interstellar invasion--of a fantasy world?!

Hiroaki Akagi (Teasing Master Takagi-san, Mashiro no Oto) is directing the anime at J.C. Staff, and Yukie Sugawara (Hina Logic - from Luck & Logic, The Idolm@ster SideM, Overlord) is supervising the series scripts. Sōta Suwa is designing the characters, and Masato Kōda (Arpeggio of Blue Steel - Ars Nova, KonoSuba – God's blessing on this wonderful world!!) is composing the music at Nippon Columbia.

Source: Muse Malaysia's YouTube channel