Here's All the Big News That Was Revealed at Anime Japan 2022
Stone Ocean's next batch, Sword Art Online's second Progressive movie and more among the countless highlights!

To say that this was a busy weekend of anime news would be a colossal understatement. As expected, Anime Japan 2022 delivered in a major way, and our team was on it throughout the weekend as it happened! If you were worried about missing anything, or if you just want to pore over all the lovely premiere dates, trailers, visuals and cast additions that made themselves known during the event, we've got you covered in our roundup.
See what's new for everything we have to look forward to for the foreseeable future below, and let us know which announcements had you most excited this year.
Heavy-Hitter Premieres
When it comes to narrowing down premiere timing for hotly-anticipated series and movies, Anime Japan is the place to be. From the next season of Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? to new adaptations like Black Summoner, we now have a better idea of when to expect all of the titles below.
- Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Anime Announces Its 4th Season's Summer 2022 Premiere
- The Eminence in Shadow TV Anime Comes Into the Light Premiering in October 2022
- Dr. STONE - RYUSUI Anime TV Special Sets Sail in July 2022
- Black Summoner TV Anime Adaptation Gets Teaser Trailer, Summer Premiere And Additional Cast
- The Eminence in Shadow TV Anime Comes Into the Light Premiering in October 2022
- WATATEN!: an Angel Flew Down to Me Film "Precious Friends" Announces Its Early Fall 2022 Release
- Luminous Witches Flies Onto Screens in July 2022
- JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean Anime Returns to Netflix in Fall 2022 Worldwide
- Uncle from Another World Sets Summer 2022 Broadcast in 1st Trailer
- Golden Kamuy Season 4 Aims at Fall 2022 Broadcast in 1st Trailer
- Spriggan Anime Reveals Premiere Date, Third Trailer and Cast Addition
New and Updated Projects
New series announcements, cast additions and other project updates were abundant throughout Anime Japan. Here's a rundown of what's in the pipeline next, including the official reveal of the RWBY TV anime, a 10th anniversary tease for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and the addition of NATSUKI HANAE'S ACTUAL CAT (!!!!) to the cast of the Love All Play anime.
- RWBY Gets TV Anime From Studio Shaft, Crunchyroll to Stream Both Dub and Sub
- Natsuki Hanae, Fairouz Ai Join the Duelers of the Upcoming Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!! TV Anime
- STARMYU Production Team Reunites for Original TV Anime Opus.COLORs in 2023
- Project Engage Revealed as Engage Kiss TV Anime, Premieres in July 2022
- Love All Play Badminton TV Anime Casts Natsuki Hanae's Cat as Ramune
- When Will Ayumu Make His Move? Plays Two Additional Cast Members
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Anime Announces 10th Anniversary Project
- Seiyuu×Hero×Music Anime Project PRELUDERS Reveals Visual, Expanded Cast and More
- Black Rock Shooter DAWN FALL Anime Adds Tomokazu Sugita and More to Cast
- The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup Gets An Expanded Cast, New Key Visual And Teaser Trailer
- The Vampire Dies in No Time Adds Two Cast Members for Season 2
- Akame ga Kill! Creator's Chained Soldier Anime Adds 3 Cast Members
- Ayane Sakura Joins Netflix's Ultraman CG Anime as Alien Wadoran Maya
- Journey Devs thatgamecompany Tease Sky Animation Project
- ISEKAI QUARTET Anime Film Reveals Theme Song Performers
- The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Anime Film Announces Tristan's Voice Actors
- Yowamushi Pedal Confirms Staff and Cast for Anime's 5th Season
Trailer Debuts
You might have to forego catching up on seasonal anime for the next hour or so, because there are a ton of trailers to watch from the weekend announcements. Whether you're pumped for season two of The Rising of the Shield Hero or just want to chill with the voice talent of CUE!, we've got something for ya right here.
- Magical Otaku Girls Rise Up in Magical Girl Destroyers TV Anime Teaser Trailer
- The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2 Delivers a Punch of Fantasy in Brand New Trailer
- The Race of The Youngsters Begins in TV Anime Fanfare of Adolescence Latest PV
- Feel the Warm Fuzzies with My Master Has No Tail's 1st Trailer
- CUE! Reaches for the Voice Acting Stars in Second Cour Promo, Previews New Theme Song
- The [email protected] Million Live! Posts Anime's Prologue Image Song "Seven Count" Music Video
- Sisters Confess in The Quintessential Quintuplets Anime Film's 2nd Trailer
- WIT Studio's Vampire in the Garden Original Anime Debuts 1st Trailer, New Visual
- Teaser PV for TV Anime SHADOWS HOUSE Season 2 Now Online
- Date A Live IV Previews Ending Theme in 3rd Trailer
- Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie Gets Hot and Cold in Latest Trailer
- In The Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki Anime Highlights 38 Characters in New Video
- 2nd Sword Art Online -Progressive- Anime Film Gets 1st Teaser Trailer
- Fantasy Anime Reincarnated as a Sword Unsheathes 1st Visual and Trailer
- New Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Season 2 Trailer Teases millennium parade's New ED
- I'm Quitting Heroing Anime Previews Ending Theme in 3rd Trailer
- Extreme Hearts Anime Locks in July 9 Premiere in New Trailer
- Prima Doll Anime Reveals Additional Staff and More in First Promo
- Action Revs Up in Hi-DRIVERS TV Anime Teaser Trailer
Fresh Visuals
Sometimes they arrive along with trailers and other times they're on their own, but you can always count on a good key visual to brighten your day. See what SPY x FAMILY, GOBLIN SLAYER and more had to show for themselves at Anime Japan 2022.
- Trio of New Character Visuals Unclassified for SPY x FAMILY TV Anime
- The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Anime Releases 2nd Teaser Visual Introducing 4 Main Characters
- Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie Releases Adorable Monthly Memory Visual of the Two Lovebirds
- GOBLIN SLAYER Season 2 Gets Up Close and Personal in Teaser Visual
- TV Anime ORIENT Unveils Main Visual for Its 2nd Cour "The Awajishima Battle Arc"
- Kantai Collection/KanColle New TV Anime "ITSUKA ANO UMI DE" Reveals Key Visual
- JUJUTSU KAISEN TV Anime Gets New Visual for Season 1 Rebroadcast
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel – Northern War Anime Unveils 1st Visual
- Doga Kobo's RPG Real Estate Anime Flies High in 2nd Key Visual
That's… it? We couldn't really ask for more now, could we? It was another landmark year for Anime Japan, and after a nap or three we'll be counting down the days until the next one!
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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his comics at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.