With the Winter 2018 anime season just a little over a week away, Crunchyroll is proud to announce even more simulcasts to bring in the new year and the next batch of titles are sure to get fans even more excited for next season.

Record of Grancrest War (Premieres Friday January 5th at 7:30 AM PST)

“I, Siluca Meletes, hereby make a contract with the Crest of Knight Theo, and swear my allegiance for all of eternity.” A lone mage named Siluca and a vagrant knight named Theo make an oath as master and retainer, with hopes of bringing reform to a land riddled with war and chaos. Atlatan, a land ruled by chaos. Fearing disaster brought about by chaos, the people lived protected by “Lords;” those with the power of “Crests,” used to suppress the chaos. However, the Lords decided to abandon the concept of protecting the people and turn against each other secretly in war, stealing each other’s Crests to gain dominion over one another. Among these people are Siluca, a lone mage who despises the Lords, and Theo, a vagrant knight who continues his journey of training to someday liberate his homeland from tyrannical rule. Enticed by Theo’s ideals, Siluca’s coercive tactics have the two forming a contract and together, the pair work to reform a war-torn land. Unfolding around the crystal of order, “Grancrest,” the world’s greatest record of war fantasy begins!





This series will be available to Crunchyroll members in North America, Central America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom and Ireland. New episodes will stream every Friday at the listed time.





The Ryuo's Work is Never Done! (Premieres Monday January 8th at 7:00 AM PST)

The protagonist opens his door to find himself face-to-face with a sadist... "I've come to be made your pupil, like you promised!" Kuzuryu Yaichi holds one of the highest titles in the shogi world, "Ryuo", at the age of 16. The girl who has shown up at his front door is Hinatsuru Ai, a nine-year-old in the third grade. "Huh? Pupil? What?" "Don't you remember?" Though he doesn't remember her, the duo's life together thus begins. Eventually, Ai's honest enthusiasm helps Yaichi rediscover the passion he had begun to lose.





This series will be available to Crunchyroll members in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Netherlands, Scandinavia and Latin America. New episodes will stream every Monday at the listed time.

Mitchiri Neko (Premieres Monday January 8th at 1:15 AM PST)

The cute and mysterious cat-like creatures called Mitchiri Neko that seem to gather around each other if you leave them alone now get their own anime with a glorious voice cast! The free and happy-go-lucky Mitchiri Neko’s daily life is filled fluff and surreal laughs! Say it with me, “Mitchiri! Mitchiri!”





This series will be available to Crunchyroll members worldwide, except Asia. Subsequent episodes will be scheduled shortly after the series premiere date.





School Babysitters (Premieres Sunday January 7th at 8:00 AM PST)

Ryuichi and Kotaro are brothers who lost their parents in an airplane crash. They're taken in by the chairman of Morinomiya Academy, who lost her son and daughter-in-law in the same crash, on one condition: Ryuichi has to babysit the kids at the daycare room in the school! This room was opened to help the school's teachers who had kids to take care of, but it suffers from a lack of staff until Ryuichi becomes the first member of the babysitter club formed to solve that problem.





This series will be available to Crunchyroll members in the US, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Latin America (including Central America and South America). New episodes will stream every Sunday at the listed time.