Anime Field Blog: HIDIVE Shows Off its Winter 2018 Simulcast Lineup + More!

What You Need to Know:

HIDIVE announced earlier today its Winter 2018 simulcast slate and the addition of several encore shows first launched in 2017. The new shows have unique styles and personalities that will combine with the 2017 titles to explore the different ways in which bonds and relationships affect the characters and their surroundings.

The winter lineup is looking quite impressive and includes titles like: Hakumei and Mikochi, Takunomi, The Seven Heavenly Virtues (Nanatsu no Bitoku), Mitsuboshi Colors, Pop Team Epic and DAMEPRI ANIME CARAVAN!

Some of the 2017 shows are: Anonymous Noise, Grimoire of Zero, Hitorijime My Hero along with Kabukibu! Be sure to check these out if you haven"t already!

Source: Official Press Release

HIDIVE’s Winter Simulcast

Hakumei and Mikochi
While Hakumei is cheerful, outgoing and prefers to be outside, Mikochi is more introverted and prefers to stay indoors. These differences will set the tone for their friendship. Riding on insects and birds, creating tools from the forest and living their normal lives, they’ll show us how day to day chores can be the biggest adventure in a small world full of wonders.

Takunomi
Takunomi follows the story of Michiru Amatsuki, a 20-year-old woman who just moved to Tokyo to change jobs. She lives in apartment 101 of Stella House Haruno, an all-female boarding house. There, she meets other women of different ages, jobs, and personalities. They all have something in common though: their love for good food and drinks.

The Seven Heavenly Virtues
Heaven has been thrown into chaos, and in the ashes, seven voluptuous angels known as The Seven Heavenly Virtues, are sent to Earth to search for a candidate who can become the “true messiah.” As these beauties from the sky try to race against time, they realize how far the Seven Mortal Sins have spread their plague. Their search is just beginning… Will the lucky candidate be able to handle these salacious angels?

Mitsuboshi Colors
This story follows the lives of three small kids on their own secret mission… to protect their city! The adventures of the “Colors” include struggling to be heard, playing games, solving puzzles, and even outsmarting some adults, all before nightfall. Available on HIDIVE Sunday, January 7 at 14:30 UTC.

Pop Team Epic
One is short and angry, the other is tall and calm but together they are perfect to size-up any crazy situation. Popuko and Pipimi will take us on a bumpy ride through anime, manga and video game references showered in absurdist comedy and their spontaneous reactions.

DAMEPRI ANIME CARAVAN
The series main character is Ani, the princess of a small nation named Inaco. She is hardworking, realistic and strong-minded. She was raised with the belief that royalty needs to work even harder than the people of her kingdom. That’s a good thing because she will need to work extremely hard to face the princes of two powerful kingdoms: Selenfalen and Milidonia. After all, when you have to deal with a narcissist, a womanizer, a fragile idol, and a shut-in otaku, what can go wrong?