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Ani-One Asia Licenses Hotel Inhumans Season 2, Reincarnated as a Sword Season 2, The Vermillion Mask Anime

Ani-One Asia announced on Tuesday and Wednesday that it has licensed the Hotel Inhumans season 2, Reincarnated as a Sword season 2, The Vermillion Mask, Vertex Force, and Uncle’s Obsession with Cute Things anime. All five anime will debut in October.

Ani-One Asia will stream the second season of the television anime of Ao Tajima's Hotel Inhumans manga in Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Timor-Leste, Thailand, and Vietnam. The anime will debut in Japan on October 4.

Ani-One Asia describes the anime:

Every guest in this hotel is an assassin. Hotel Inhumans—This is a hotel tailored for elite assassins. A top-tier hotel must meet a few requirements. Exquisite cuisine, world-class relaxation, captivating entertainment, plus access to the latest weapons, rock-solid fake identities, and flawless corpse disposal. On the border of death stand two concierges, Ikuro and Sara, who never say, "No." What kind of wishes will they fulfill for the assassins? The jaw-dropping spectacle at Hotel Inhumans is about to begin!

The new season will feature returning staff, including director Tetsuro Amino at studio Bridge, and Bridge's Aisle studio (which Bridge established as a subsidiary in May 2025) is also credited for production. Shoji Yonemura (Parasyte -the maxim-, Wave, Listen to Me!, Shaman King 2021) is again in charge of the series scripts, and Shingo Fujisaki (Let This Grieving Soul Retire!) is again designing the characters. Haru Yamada returns as the sound director and Koharu (Charan-Po-Rantan) is again composing the music.

Hina Yomiya voices the new character Shiba Kirihara.

The first season debuted on TV Tokyo and its affiliates in July 2025, and ended in September that same year. Ani-One Asia streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.

Ani-One Asia will stream the second season of the television anime of Yuu Tanaka and LLO's Reincarnated as a Sword (Tensei Shitara Ken Deshita) light novel series in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, the Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Vietnam. The anime will debut streaming in Japan on September 30, and will debut on television on October 7.

Ani-One Asia describes the anime:

Fran, a young Black Cat girl who was mistreated as a "nameless" slave, meets an intelligent, sentient sword named Teacher and becomes its wielder. Joining the Adventurers' Guild, Fran makes a name for herself as an adventurer while completing various quests. Fran strives to achieve the "evolution". Wanting to grant her wish, Master sets their next destination to the port town. En route, Master and Fran discover a "floating island" and encounter Jean Du Vix, a necromancer aiming to conquer it. Accepting his request, they decide to brave the floating island's dungeon together. However, it turns out to be a deadly labyrinth teeming with undead magic beasts! A new adventure begins for the cat-eared girl and her overprotective sword!

The series stars Ai Kakuma as Fran, Shinichirō Miki as Master, and Yūma Uchida as Jean du Vix.

Shinji Ishihira (Fairy Tail, Log Horizon, Edens Zero) returns to direct the anime at at C2C. Takahiro Nagano (Duel Masters script writer) is writing and supervising the scripts. Atsuko Saitō (Hitori Bocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu,  Wandering Witch - The Journey of Elaina episode animation director) designs the characters. Yasuharu Takanashi is composing the music.

FZMZ performs the opening theme song "Dream of Butterfly" and Hanabie. performs the ending theme song "Baribari Buddy."

The first anime season premiered in October 2022. Ani-One Asia streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.

Ani-One Asia did not reveal region streaming details for the anime adaptation of Dr.Poro and Nabana Naba's The Vermillion Mask (Shuiro no Kamen) manga. The anime will debut in Japan on October 10, and will have two parts.

Ani-One Asia describes the anime:

Resist. Your enemies. Your fate. “The Mask” gives power to those who wear it. At times that means endless possibility, or unimaginable tragedy… Peru, pupil of the legendary mask maker Gaston Roux, becomes controlled by the “Mask of the Warrior God,” and unintentionally kills his friends and even his own master. To prevent this type of tragedy from recurring, Peru swears to destroy all of Gaston's masks around the world. Confronting the sins that he has committed, he embarks on his voyage. Meeting new friends, then confronts powerful foes. The boy continues on. Until the day he can atone for his sins against his master. Thus, this masked battle fantasy commences!

The anime stars:

• Taihi Kimura as Peru d'Arrest
• Yūki Yamamoto as Sonarue Maywood
• Kazuki Ura as Mok Sharib
• Takanori Hoshino as Gouon
• Wataru Komada as Totoque
• Junya Enoki as Zent
• Kazuhiko Inoue as Gaston
• Akio Ōtsuka as Mask of the Warrior God
• Kenji Nojima as Hien
• Aoi Koga as Lasgarl
• Yūki Shin as Clown
• Akihisa Wakayama as Rinne
• Aya Endō as The Mask of Necromancy
• Yui Horie as Master

Tetsuaki Watanabe (BLUELOCK season 1) is directing the anime at 100Studio (WOW Studio). Gai Hazako is the assistant director. Daisuke Ōhigashi (Fate/strange Fake) is in charge of series composition. Hisashi Higashijima (Mashle: Magic and Muscles) is drawing the character designs. Fumiyuki Go is the sound director. Arisa Okehazama (The Apothecary Diaries) is composing the music.

Ani-One Asia did not reveal region streaming details for the Vertex Force original television anime. The anime will debut in Japan on October 3.

Ani-One Asia describes the anime:

Akira Todo lives a peaceful life with his older sister Haruka and his mother, who runs a cafe. The family, however, harbors a secret. Haruka inherited a power known as "Engine" from her father, and she hides it from others. Akira, on the other hand, did not inherit his father's power and suffers from a complex about his weakness. Amidst this, strange events begin to occur around the world. What is the goal of the enemy approaching Akira and his family? The battle of boys and girls bearing the fate of the universe begins now.

The anime stars:

• Makoto Koichi as Akira Todo
• Kaede Hondo as Haruka Todo
• Ami Koshimizu as Eleanor Northbrook
• Megumi Han as Lala Zudenstein
• Rie Takahashi as Yoko Nishina

Kazuhiro Takamura (Strike Witches, Vividred Operation) is directing the anime at SMDE, and is also designing the characters. Gorō Kuji (Chained Soldier, Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise) is the assistant director. Kanetake Ebikawa (Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury mechanical design) is the "engine designer" and JNTHED (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury, 2022 Urusei Yatsura mechanical design) is in charge of "ENIA design." Takamura is also overseeing the series scripts alongside Masashi Suzuki (Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King; Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None). Masahito Onoda (Brave Witches, Strike Witches: Road to Berlin) is the chief animation director, and Nobuaki Nobusawa (Clevatess, Astra Lost in Space) is composing the music.

Ani-One Asia did not reveal region streaming details for the television anime of Tsutomu's Ojisan wa Kawaii Mono ga Osuki. (Older Men Like Cute Things) manga. The anime will debut in Japan on October 4.

Ani-One Asia describes the anime:

Mitsutaka Oji is handsome and exceptional at his job, but he secretly has a soft spot for all cute things. While he enjoys the utmost trust of his subordinates at the office, at home he spends his most blissful moments showering affection on his favorite character, "Pugtaro." Living every day in anxious excitement, Oji keeps his huge secret, his love for cute things, strictly to himself. Please enjoy this story of his overwhelming love for Pugtaro and how his daily life begins to shift, step by step, following a certain turn of events.

The anime stars: 

• Kazuyuki Okitsu as Mitsutaka Oji
• Miyu Tomita as Pugtaro
• Fūka Izumi as Bosskichi
• Yurie Funato as Anne
• Asami Tano as Carrie
• Hinata Satō as Greapy
• Takuya Eguchi as Kenta Kawai
• Yūki Kaji as Wataru Naruto
• Ayumu Murase as Masumi Nii
• Kaori Maeda as Rio Shigeoka
• Miharu Hanai as Mirai Usuma
• Satoshi Niwa as Haruo Koba
• Mie Sonozaki as Hoho Takebayashi

Tomoe Makino (The Moon on a Rainy Night; Kotaro Lives Alone; Please Put Them On, Takamine-san!) is directing the anime at LIDEN FILMS. Yū Satō (Kotaro Lives Alone; Sorairo Utility; Please Put Them On, Takamine-san!) is in charge of series composition. Tomomi Kimura (Kotaro Lives Alone) is designing the characters. Takamasa Nakakuki is the art director, while Akira Hashigami is the color key artist. Tomoya Hosaka is the director of photography, while Kiyomi Yamada is the editor. Fumihiko Ōtera is the sound director, and Magic Capsule is credited for sound production. Arisa Okehazama is composing the music. YTE is credited for music production, and Futokoro Gatana is credited for music production assistance.

Source: Ani-One Asia's Facebook page (link 2, link 3, link 4, link 5)