Rather than post a full, unwieldy Winter 2017 anime season (there are 90+ new and continuing shows this season), we'll be dividing up our list of new and continuing shows into shonen, seinen, ecchi and mecha/kaiju. After kicking things off with our coverage on new and continuing shonen series, we're now turning our attention to the mature, adult-oriented shows debuting this season.
[Note: Premiere dates are for Japan so simulcasts won't be available in North America until the next day.]
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Title: Masamune-kun no Revenge
Studio: - Silver Link
Episode Count: - 12
Type: - manga adaptation
Director: - Mirai Minato
Premiere Date: - Thursday, January 5 (Friday US)
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
Summary: - As an overweight child, Makabe Masamune was mercilessly teased and bullied by one particular girl, Adagaki Aki. Determined to one day exact his revenge upon her, Makabe begins a rigorous regimen of self-improvement and personal transformation. Years later, Masamune re-emerges as a new man. Handsome, popular, with perfect grades and good at sports, Masamune-kun transfers to Aki's school, and is unrecognizable to her. Now, Masamune-kun is ready to confront the girl who bullied him so many years ago and humiliate her at last. But will revenge be as sweet as he thought?
Title: Kuzu no Honkai (also known as Scum's Wish)
Studio: - Lerche
Episode Count: - 12
Type: - manga adaptation
Director: -Masaomi Ando
Premiere Date: - Friday, January 13 (Saturday US)
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
Summary: - 17-year-old Awaya Mugi and Yasuraoka Hanabi appear to be the ideal couple. They are both pretty popular, and they seem to suit each other well. However, outsiders don't know of the secret they share. Both Mugi and Hanabi have hopeless crushes on someone else, and they are only dating each other to soothe their loneliness. Mugi is in love with Minagawa Akane, a young teacher who used to be his home tutor. Hanabi is also in love with a teacher, a young man who has been a family friend since she was little. In each other, they find a place where they can grieve for the ones they cannot have, and they share a loneliness-driven physical intimacy. Will things stay like this for them forever?
Title: Youjo Senki (also known as Saga of Tanya the Evil)
Studio: - NUT
Episode Count: - 12
Type: - light novel adaptation
Director: - Yutaka Uemura
Premiere Date: - Friday, January 06 (Saturday US)
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
Summary: - On the front line of the war, there's a little girl. Blond hair, blue eyes and porcelain white skin, she commands the army with lisping voice. Her name is Tanya Degurechaff. But in reality, she is one of Japan's most elite salarymen, reborn as a little girl after angering a mysterious being X who calls himself "God." And this little girl, who prioritizes efficiency and her own career over anything else, will become the most dangerous being amongst the sorcerers of the imperial army.
Title: Seiren
Studio: - AXsiZ, Studio Gokumi
Episode Count: - 12
Type: - original
Director: - Tomoki Kobayashi
Premiere Date: - Friday, January 06 (Saturday US)
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
Summary: - Shoichi Kamita is an ordinary high school boy, who is faced with the university entrance exam and worried about his future. This campus romantic comedy, "Seiren", which means honest in Japanese, depicts his pure relationship with three different heroines. Each story is the unique and mutual memory between him and the heroine.
Title: ChäoS;Child
Studio: - Silver Link
Episode Count: - ?
Type: - visual novel adaptation
Director: - Masato Jinbo
Premiere Date: - Wednesday, January 11 (Thursday US)
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
Summary: - ChäoS;Child takes place in October 2015, six years after the events of ChäoS;HEAd. Abnormal events begin to occur in Shibuya district, including mysterious deaths.
Title: ACCA 13-ku Kansatsu-ka (also known as ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.)
Studio: - Madhouse
Episode Count: - 12
Type: - manga adaptation
Director: - Shingo Natsume
Premiere Date: - Tuesday, January 10 (Wednesday US)
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
Summary: - The kingdom of Dowa, which is subdivided into 13 states, is celebrating its monarch's 99th birthday. These thirteen states have many agencies that are controlled by the giant organization known as ACCA. Within ACCA, Jean Otis is the second-in-command of the inspection agency. His agency has 10 people placed in each of the 13 states, with a central office in the capital city. They keep track of all the activities of ACCA across the kingdom, and keep data on each state's ACCA office flowing towards the central office. Jin also often has business trips from the capital to the other districts, to check on the situation and personnel there.
Title: Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu: Sukeroku Futatabi-hen (also known as Rakugo: Double Suicide)
Studio: - Studio Deen
Episode Count: - ?
Type: - manga adaptation
Director: - Mamoru Hatakeyama
Premiere Date: - Saturday, January 07 (Sunday US)
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
Summary: - Continuation of the first season of Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu. Ex-convict turned Rakugo apprentice Yotarou has finally taken the name of Yurakutei Sukeroku III, and with his master Yakumo's permission has attained the lofty rank of shin'uchi. He assumes the name at a critical time for Rakugo, with audiences fewer than ever. At the same time he has started acting as a husband to Konatsu, who is now a single mother. Yotarou thus begins the struggle to fill the role of Sukeroku, both as the future of Rakugo and as a part of Yakumo's and Konatsu's lives.
Title: Onihei
Studio: - M2
Episode Count: - 13
Type: - novel adaptation
Director: - Shigeyuki Miya
Premiere Date: - Tuesday, January 10 (Wednesday US)
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
Summary: - The blade arts of the "Devil" tasked with striking down evils threatening a peaceful Edo! Heizou Hasegawa, upholding the role of chief officer protecting against crime and arson! In 1783, the heart of the Tenmei era, Hasegawa held the office of chief director of the department charged with sustaining safety in the region, suppressing the most vile of thieves and criminals, an individual largely feared, renowned as Devil Heizou...
Title: 3-gatsu no Lion (March Comes In Like a Lion)
Studio: - Shaft
Episode Count: - 22
Type: - manga adaptation
Director: - Kenjirō Okada
Premiere Date: - Saturday, January 07 (Sunday US)
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
Summary: - Continuation of the first cour of March Comes in Like a Lion. Rei Kiriyama is a 17-year-old boy who recently started living alone, financed by his salary as a professional Shogi player. Despite his independence, however, he's yet to mature emotionally, and his problems continue to haunt him in his daily life. His relationship with his adoptive family is strained, and he has difficulties interacting with his fellow high school students. Meanwhile, his professional career has entered a slump. Burdened with the heavy expectations placed on him as the fifth to become pro in middle school, his wins and losses are fluctuating as his record and progression into the ranks begin to stagnate. Acquainted with Rei are the three Kawamoto sisters: Akari, Hinata, and Momo. Unlike Rei, they live happily in their modest home, which they warmly welcome Rei into as if he were one of their own. Despite his reservations about becoming too close to the family, he frequently visits, interacting with them and receiving the kind of care and affection he never quite had while under his foster home. This is the story of Rei's triumphs and failures, relationships new and old, and his growth as a person.
Stay tuned to Anime Mojo as we'll be doing a rundown of Winter's new and continuing ecchi shows next.