Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The brightest star shining in the sky could never know the suffering that comes with simply living a normal life in modern times.
Watch Episode 4, "London Calling" of NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE tomorrow on Crunchyroll! 🧬
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[STAFF 🧬]
Original Work: WSS playground
Director: Masaoki Nakashima (Yostar Pictures)
Original Idea/Screenplay/Supervision: nyalra
Original Character Design: Ohisashiburi
Main Character Design: Kenji Saikai, Akari Takei, Kaito Shimizu
Art Director: Ryuta Hayashi
3DCG Artists: Kaoru Marumoto, Yume Sakai, Daisuke Katano
Color Setting: Naoto Kondo
3DCG Animation Production: CHOTOTU
Visual Effects Design: Tailor Animation
Editor: Keisuke Yanagi, ACE
Compositing Director: Wu Jiann-horng
Music: DÉ DÉ MOUSE, Sasuke Haraguchi
Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
Sound Effects: Rei Ueno
Sound Production: Bit grooove promotion
Production Supervision: Ryosuke Inagaki
Producer: Yoshitaka Kimura
Animation Production: Yostar Pictures
[CAST 🧬]
Kache: Anna Nagase
Purple Lollipop: Rina Kawaguchi
Michica Gokubara: Satsuki Shiina
Nechika-sams: Seena Hoshiki
©WSS playground / NEEDY GIRL PROJECT
#needyanime
The brightest star shining in the sky could never know the suffering that comes with simply living a normal life in modern times.
Watch Episode 4, "London Calling" of NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE tomorrow on Crunchyroll! 🧬
Follow us ONLINE:
X: https://x.com/needyanime
IG: instagram.com/needy.anime
[STAFF 🧬]
Original Work: WSS playground
Director: Masaoki Nakashima (Yostar Pictures)
Original Idea/Screenplay/Supervision: nyalra
Original Character Design: Ohisashiburi
Main Character Design: Kenji Saikai, Akari Takei, Kaito Shimizu
Art Director: Ryuta Hayashi
3DCG Artists: Kaoru Marumoto, Yume Sakai, Daisuke Katano
Color Setting: Naoto Kondo
3DCG Animation Production: CHOTOTU
Visual Effects Design: Tailor Animation
Editor: Keisuke Yanagi, ACE
Compositing Director: Wu Jiann-horng
Music: DÉ DÉ MOUSE, Sasuke Haraguchi
Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
Sound Effects: Rei Ueno
Sound Production: Bit grooove promotion
Production Supervision: Ryosuke Inagaki
Producer: Yoshitaka Kimura
Animation Production: Yostar Pictures
[CAST 🧬]
Kache: Anna Nagase
Purple Lollipop: Rina Kawaguchi
Michica Gokubara: Satsuki Shiina
Nechika-sams: Seena Hoshiki
©WSS playground / NEEDY GIRL PROJECT
#needyanime

![NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE | EPISODE #1 CLIP (ENGLISH DUB)
THE SHOWS GONNA START! 🧬
Watch the English Dub of NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE now streaming on Crunchyroll!
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[INTRODUCTION]
NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE is a multi-ending adventure game depicting 30 days in the life of a girl with an intense desire for validation who aims to become the ultimate streamer, with the support of P. Released on Steam in January 2022, the game garnered over 3 million downloads. Related music tracks have surpassed 400 million streams, cementing its status as an indie game that represents internet culture.
And now, April 2026. The girl who became a ray of light illuminating upon this chaotic internet of the Reiwa Era... OMGkawaiiAngel, affectionately known as KAngel, finally makes her TV anime debut.
The animation production is handled by Yostar Pictures, known for titles such as Arknights and Blue Archive. Director Masaoki Nakashima (affiliated with Yostar Pictures), who has worked on storyboarding and episode direction for Blue Archive and New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT, as well as the NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE short anime, will helm the project, depicting a unique story and characters for the anime.
The anime adaptation about the Internet Angel who captivated the world begins!
[SERIES SYNOPSIS]
OMGkawaiiAngel, affectionately known as KAngel, is the top streamer girl with 10 million subscribers, and not a day goes by without seeing her in action. Whether online, on TV, or at a live show, she is always surrounded by her cheering fans.
Striving to catch up with KAngels popularity is a three-girl streaming unit called Karamazov.
And far removed from the world of these streamers is Kache, a girl who lives with her freeloader boyfriend while working at a theme cafe.
The story of the Internet Angel who captivated the world, woven by a girl who shines like a star and girls who reach for that brilliance, and the story of you on the other side of the screen, begins here.
[STAFF 🧬]
Original Work: WSS playground
Director: Masaoki Nakashima (Yostar Pictures)
Original Idea/Screenplay/Supervision: nyalra
Original Character Design: Ohisashiburi
Main Character Design: Kenji Saikai, Akari Takei, Kaito Shimizu
Art Director: Ryuta Hayashi
3DCG Artists: Kaoru Marumoto, Yume Sakai, Daisuke Katano
Color Setting: Naoto Kondo
3DCG Animation Production: CHOTOTU
Visual Effects Design: Tailor Animation
Editor: Keisuke Yanagi, ACE
Compositing Director: Wu Jiann-horng
Music: DÉ DÉ MOUSE, Sasuke Haraguchi
Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
Sound Effects: Rei Ueno
Sound Production: Bit grooove promotion
Production Supervision: Ryosuke Inagaki
Producer: Yoshitaka Kimura
Animation Production: Yostar Pictures
[CAST 🧬]
Kache: Erica Mendez
Purple Lollipop: Michelle Marie
Michica Gokubara: Allison Hill
Nechika-sams: Nicole Gose
©WSS playground / NEEDY GIRL PROJECT
#needyanime NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE | EPISODE #1 CLIP (ENGLISH DUB)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cZvEnH7G0zU/mqdefault.jpg)
![GROW UP SHOW -Sunflower Circus- | EPISODE #6 PREVIEW
Its time for an EXCLUSIVE interview with the Sunflower Circus with...Isuzu!
Are you ready for episode #6?
#GrowUpShow
[INTRODUCTION 🎪]
From Director Kanta Kamei, Original Character Designer Kurehito Misaki, and Production by A-1 Pictures plus Psyde Kick Studio, the creative team behind Saekano -How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend-, comes a new original animation!
In the 1950s, set against the backdrop of Japan at the very height of its era of rapid economic growth—a time when the circus stood at the center of entertainment, seamlessly woven into the fabric of peoples daily lives.
Vying for a coveted spot in the Circus Collection—a global festival open only to the worlds most elite troupes—countless circus companies travel across Japan, performing as they go and engaging in fierce daily competition.
As the story unfolds, the Sunflower Circus is being led by its ringmaster, Maria.
While struggling valiantly against their perpetual financial woes as they tour from town to town, the Sunflower Circus receives a new arrival: Mizuka Tsurumaki—a true circus prodigy—who joins their ranks due to certain circumstances.
Was Mizuka’s run-in with the Sunflower Circus a matter of chance or destiny…?
The one-of-a-kind circus show envisioned by girls chasing their dreams—let the show begin!
[CAST 🎪]
Mizuka Tsurumaki: Tomoka Noda
Ouka Kawasumi: Shiori Kurosaki
Imari Agano: Reo Osanai
Isuzu Ikazuchi: Nanako Ando
Aoi Yura: Tomori Kusunoki
Akane Yura: Yuko Natsuyoshi
Shizuku Sakawa: Yuna Kamakura
Svietlana: Yuka Iwahashi
Rin Mamiya: Ai Kayano
Maria: Rie Kugimiya
[STAFF 🎪]
Original Work: Circus Collection Association
Director: Kanta Kamei
Original Character Concepts: Kurehito Misaki
Series Composition: Takeshi Kikuchi
Character Design / Chief Animation
Director: Kazutoshi Makino
Assistant Director: Satsuki Takahashi
Action Director: Masaki Inada
Picture Book Design / Effects Design: Ayane Matsumoto
Historical Research: Junko Yamada
Image Boards: Munashichi
Art Director: Takumi Hashimoto
Art Settings: Eiko Tsunado
Art Layouts: Mikiya Hiragi
Color Design: Kanako Hokari
CG Director: Mizuho Kanda
Director of Photography: Toshiaki Aoshima
Editor: Kentaro Tsubone
Sound Director: Akiko Fujita Music: Yugo Kanno
Production: A-1 Pictures / Psyde Kick Studio
© Circus Collection Association/The GROW UP SHOW Committee GROW UP SHOW -Sunflower Circus- | EPISODE #6 PREVIEW](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/d7Dx_V5GKQs/mqdefault.jpg)
![GROW UP SHOW -Sunflower Circus- | EPISODE #8 PREVIEW
Its time for an EXCLUSIVE interview with the Sunflower Circus with...Aoi!
Did you watch episode #8 yet?
#GrowUpShow
[INTRODUCTION 🎪]
From Director Kanta Kamei, Original Character Designer Kurehito Misaki, and Production by A-1 Pictures plus Psyde Kick Studio, the creative team behind Saekano -How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend-, comes a new original animation!
In the 1950s, set against the backdrop of Japan at the very height of its era of rapid economic growth—a time when the circus stood at the center of entertainment, seamlessly woven into the fabric of peoples daily lives.
Vying for a coveted spot in the Circus Collection—a global festival open only to the worlds most elite troupes—countless circus companies travel across Japan, performing as they go and engaging in fierce daily competition.
As the story unfolds, the Sunflower Circus is being led by its ringmaster, Maria.
While struggling valiantly against their perpetual financial woes as they tour from town to town, the Sunflower Circus receives a new arrival: Mizuka Tsurumaki—a true circus prodigy—who joins their ranks due to certain circumstances.
Was Mizuka’s run-in with the Sunflower Circus a matter of chance or destiny…?
The one-of-a-kind circus show envisioned by girls chasing their dreams—let the show begin!
[CAST 🎪]
Mizuka Tsurumaki: Tomoka Noda
Ouka Kawasumi: Shiori Kurosaki
Imari Agano: Reo Osanai
Isuzu Ikazuchi: Nanako Ando
Aoi Yura: Tomori Kusunoki
Akane Yura: Yuko Natsuyoshi
Shizuku Sakawa: Yuna Kamakura
Svietlana: Yuka Iwahashi
Rin Mamiya: Ai Kayano
Maria: Rie Kugimiya
[STAFF 🎪]
Original Work: Circus Collection Association
Director: Kanta Kamei
Original Character Concepts: Kurehito Misaki
Series Composition: Takeshi Kikuchi
Character Design / Chief Animation
Director: Kazutoshi Makino
Assistant Director: Satsuki Takahashi
Action Director: Masaki Inada
Picture Book Design / Effects Design: Ayane Matsumoto
Historical Research: Junko Yamada
Image Boards: Munashichi
Art Director: Takumi Hashimoto
Art Settings: Eiko Tsunado
Art Layouts: Mikiya Hiragi
Color Design: Kanako Hokari
CG Director: Mizuho Kanda
Director of Photography: Toshiaki Aoshima
Editor: Kentaro Tsubone
Sound Director: Akiko Fujita Music: Yugo Kanno
Production: A-1 Pictures / Psyde Kick Studio
© Circus Collection Association/The GROW UP SHOW Committee GROW UP SHOW -Sunflower Circus- | EPISODE #8 PREVIEW](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/d9r81BTFZc8/mqdefault.jpg)

![NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE | NEXT CHAPTER TRAILER - THE ULTIMATE CLASH BEGINS
THE ULTIMATE CLASH BEGINS
🌹🍭💎 VS. 🧬
WATCH NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE STREAMING NOW ON CRUNCHYROLL!
Follow us ONLINE:
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[INTRODUCTION]
NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE is a multi-ending adventure game depicting 30 days in the life of a girl with an intense desire for validation who aims to become the ultimate streamer, with the support of P. Released on Steam in January 2022, the game garnered over 3 million downloads. Related music tracks have surpassed 400 million streams, cementing its status as an indie game that represents internet culture.
And now, April 2026. The girl who became a ray of light illuminating upon this chaotic internet of the Reiwa Era... OMGkawaiiAngel, affectionately known as KAngel, finally makes her TV anime debut.
The animation production is handled by Yostar Pictures, known for titles such as Arknights and Blue Archive. Director Masaoki Nakashima (affiliated with Yostar Pictures), who has worked on storyboarding and episode direction for Blue Archive and New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT, as well as the NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE short anime, will helm the project, depicting a unique story and characters for the anime.
The anime adaptation about the Internet Angel who captivated the world begins!
[SERIES SYNOPSIS]
OMGkawaiiAngel, affectionately known as KAngel, is the top streamer girl with 10 million subscribers, and not a day goes by without seeing her in action. Whether online, on TV, or at a live show, she is always surrounded by her cheering fans.
Striving to catch up with KAngels popularity is a three-girl streaming unit called Karamazov.
And far removed from the world of these streamers is Kache, a girl who lives with her freeloader boyfriend while working at a theme cafe.
The story of the Internet Angel who captivated the world, woven by a girl who shines like a star and girls who reach for that brilliance, and the story of you on the other side of the screen, begins here.
[STAFF 🧬]
Original Work: WSS playground
Director: Masaoki Nakashima (Yostar Pictures)
Original Idea/Screenplay/Supervision: nyalra
Original Character Design: Ohisashiburi
Main Character Design: Kenji Saikai, Akari Takei, Kaito Shimizu
Art Director: Ryuta Hayashi
3DCG Artists: Kaoru Marumoto, Yume Sakai, Daisuke Katano
Color Setting: Naoto Kondo
3DCG Animation Production: CHOTOTU
Visual Effects Design: Tailor Animation
Editor: Keisuke Yanagi, ACE
Compositing Director: Wu Jiann-horng
Music: DÉ DÉ MOUSE, Sasuke Haraguchi
Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
Sound Effects: Rei Ueno
Sound Production: Bit grooove promotion
Production Supervision: Ryosuke Inagaki
Producer: Yoshitaka Kimura
Animation Production: Yostar Pictures
[CAST 🧬]
Kache: Anna Nagase
Purple Lollipop: Rina Kawaguchi
Michica Gokubara: Satsuki Shiina
Nechika-sams: Seena Hoshiki
©WSS playground / NEEDY GIRL PROJECT
#needyanime NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE | NEXT CHAPTER TRAILER - THE ULTIMATE CLASH BEGINS](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dUaslpoyz6Q/mqdefault.jpg)

![NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE | EPISODE #10 PREVIEW
The die has been cast.
Watch Episode 10, Antichrist Superstar of NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE tomorrow on Crunchyroll! 🧬
Follow us ONLINE:
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IG: https://www.instagram.com/needy.anime
[INTRODUCTION]
NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE is a multi-ending adventure game depicting 30 days in the life of a girl with an intense desire for validation who aims to become the ultimate streamer, with the support of P. Released on Steam in January 2022, the game garnered over 3 million downloads. Related music tracks have surpassed 400 million streams, cementing its status as an indie game that represents internet culture.
And now, April 2026. The girl who became a ray of light illuminating upon this chaotic internet of the Reiwa Era... OMGkawaiiAngel, affectionately known as KAngel, finally makes her TV anime debut.
The animation production is handled by Yostar Pictures, known for titles such as Arknights and Blue Archive. Director Masaoki Nakashima (affiliated with Yostar Pictures), who has worked on storyboarding and episode direction for Blue Archive and New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT, as well as the NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE short anime, will helm the project, depicting a unique story and characters for the anime.
The anime adaptation about the Internet Angel who captivated the world begins!
[SERIES SYNOPSIS]
OMGkawaiiAngel, affectionately known as KAngel, is the top streamer girl with 10 million subscribers, and not a day goes by without seeing her in action. Whether online, on TV, or at a live show, she is always surrounded by her cheering fans.
Striving to catch up with KAngels popularity is a three-girl streaming unit called Karamazov.
And far removed from the world of these streamers is Kache, a girl who lives with her freeloader boyfriend while working at a theme cafe.
The story of the Internet Angel who captivated the world, woven by a girl who shines like a star and girls who reach for that brilliance, and the story of you on the other side of the screen, begins here.
[STAFF 🧬]
Original Work: WSS playground
Director: Masaoki Nakashima (Yostar Pictures)
Original Idea/Screenplay/Supervision: nyalra
Original Character Design: Ohisashiburi
Main Character Design: Kenji Saikai, Akari Takei, Kaito Shimizu
Art Director: Ryuta Hayashi
3DCG Artists: Kaoru Marumoto, Yume Sakai, Daisuke Katano
Color Setting: Naoto Kondo
3DCG Animation Production: CHOTOTU
Visual Effects Design: Tailor Animation
Editor: Keisuke Yanagi, ACE
Compositing Director: Wu Jiann-horng
Music: DÉ DÉ MOUSE, Sasuke Haraguchi
Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
Sound Effects: Rei Ueno
Sound Production: Bit grooove promotion
Production Supervision: Ryosuke Inagaki
Producer: Yoshitaka Kimura
Animation Production: Yostar Pictures
[CAST 🧬]
Kache: Anna Nagase
Purple Lollipop: Rina Kawaguchi
Michica Gokubara: Satsuki Shiina
Nechika-sams: Seena Hoshiki
©WSS playground / NEEDY GIRL PROJECT
#needyanime NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE | EPISODE #10 PREVIEW](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dgqxB0uS1C4/mqdefault.jpg)

![The Elusive Samurai | Episode #15 Clip #2
Tokiyuki nose best.
[via The Elusive Samurai, watch the new season now!]
Website: https://elusivesamurai.com/
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elusivesamurai_en
[INTRODUCTION]
The Boy Who Ran Away and Became a Hero.
This is the story of a boy, and it all begins with the downfall of the Kamakura shogunate.
The Elusive Samurai is a spectacular historical manga brought to audiences by Yusei Matsui, previously known for his work in Neuro: Supernatural Detective and Assassination Classroom. This new series finally comes animated to TV screens after a popular serialized run in WEEKLY JUMP.
After the downfall of the Kamakura shogunate, Tokiyuki Hojo finds himself a survivor in the Hojo clan. Now, he must make his way to survive by fleeing in this time of turmoil.
The series has a unique set of talented staff working on the anime. CloverWorks, known for their work on BOCCHI THE ROCK!, will be in charge of animation production, while Yuta Yamazaki, known for his work as assistant director for WONDER EGG PRIORITY, is set to direct. Yoriko Tomita, known for her work on My Dress-Up Darling, will be in charge of the series composition, while Yasushi Nishiya, the chief animation director for Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle, is set to work on character designs.
This super team of talented staff will spin this historical tale to come alive on screens with beautiful and impressive visuals for all to see!
[STAFF]
Original Work: Yusei Matsui (WEEKLY JUMP / SHUEISHA)
Director: Yuta Yamazaki
Series Composition: Yoriko Tomita
Character Design / Chief Animation Director: Yasushi Nishiya
Assistant Director: Yusuke Kawakami
Prop Design: Yogoinu
Sub Character Design: Saki Takahashi
Color Setting: Kazuko Nakashima
Art Director: Ayumi Kojima
Art Setting: taracod / takao
Architecture Advisor: Riichi Kamome
Typography: Yuto Hama
Special Effects: Chiemi Irisa
Director of Photography: Yuya Sakuma
CG Directors: Hozo Arisawa / Katsuaki Miyaji
Editor: Daisuke Hiraki
Sound Director: Akiko Fujita
Music: GEMBI / Akiyuki Tateyama
Sound Effects: Tomokazu Mitsui
Animation Production: CloverWorks
[CAST]
Tokiyuki Hojo: Asaki Yuikawa
Shizuku: Hinaki Yano
Kojiro: Mari Hino
Ayako: Sayumi Suzushiro
Genba Kazama: Aoi Yuki
Fubuki: Kikunosuke Toya
Yorishige Suwa: Yuichi Nakamura
©Yusei Matsui/SHUEISHA, The Elusive Samurai Committee The Elusive Samurai | Episode #15 Clip #2](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eZqxBV7UQZI/mqdefault.jpg)
