3 years since the first announcement, the B-PROJECT franchise has confirmed that the 3rd anime season will premiere in October 2023.
Originally announced during THRIVE’s 2nd live – MUSIC DRUGGER – back in 2020, B-PROJECT has finally confirmed when its 3rd anime season is going to premiere.
B-PROJECT ~Netsuretsu* Love Call~ (B-PROJECT ~熱烈*ラブコール~) is the title of the 3rd season, set to start airing in Japan on October 2023.
This season will fit right after the 1st anime season – B-Project: Koudou Ambitious (2016) – and 2nd season – B-Project: Zecchou Emotion (2019) -, all produced by Bandai Namco Pictures and animated by A1 Pictures.
A promotional video is out. Check it out below!
The anime will feature a new unit named ULTRAS. The duo features vocals by Kent Ito (as Bunta Kashiwagi) and Tasuku Hatanaka (as Eisuke Kurata).
More details on this new season of the anime series will be unveiled in the upcoming months.
What is B-PROJECT?
B-PROJECT (or B-PRO) is a mixed-media project collaboration between producer and popular J-pop artist Takanori Nishikawa (T.M. Revolution) and original creator and lead planner, ChiyoMaru Shikura.
The project launched in 2015 and has spawned 2 anime series, more than 30 music and drama CDs, 1 smartphone game, and a Nintendo Switch game.
The project features 4 idol groups. Those are the following:
- KiLLER KiNG: Shoya Chiba, Koutaro Nishiyama, Taku Yashiro, Takuya Eguchi
- Kitakore: Daisuke Ono, Daisuke Kishio
- MooNs: Yuto Uemura, Tetsuya Kakihara, Showtaro Morikubo, Toshiki Masuda, Genki Okawa
- THRIVE: Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Kazuki Kato, Natsuki Hanae
SOURCES: B-PROJECT official Twitter account (information about ULTRAS) / Lisani official website