2021 is beginning to wind down, but there’s still a mega event to get hyped about before we welcome a new year of anime: Jump Festa, where all the latest news from Shonen Jump‘s hottest titles are revealed!
And this year’s joint-live and online event is no different, unveiling a stellar lineup for its “Super Stage” presentations along with special guest appearances. Here’s how the schedule is shaping up so far:
Saturday, December 18 (in JST)
9:00 – Spy x Family, featuring Takuya Eguchi (Loid) “and others.”
10:30 – Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, featuring Atsumi Tanezaki (Dai), Toshiyuki Toyonaga (Pop), Mikako Komatsu (Maam), Yuki Kaji (Hyunckel) and Saori Hayami (Leona).
11:55 – World Trigger, featuring Tomo Muranaka (Yūma), Yuki Kaji (Osamu), Nobunaga Shimazaki (Hyuse) and Junichi Suwabe (Masataka).
13:20 – Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, featuring Yūko Sanpei (Boruto), Junko Takeuchi (Naruto), Noriaki Sugiyama (Sasuke) and CHiCO with HoneyWorks (OP 9).
14:50 – The Prince of Tennis, featuring Takeshi Konomi (original author), Junko Minagawa (Ryoma), Ryotaro Okiayu (Kunimitsu), Hiroki Takahashi (Eiji Kikumaru) and Mamoru Miyano (Ryoga).
16:20 – Dragon Ball Super, with guests to be revealed on stage.
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And rounding out Saturday’s lineup is the newly-announced Super Stage EX events, which will be online-only:
18:00 – Bleach, including new details about the upcoming Thousand-Year Blood War anime.
18:45 – Chainsaw Man
19:30 – Platinum End, featuring Miyu Irino (Mirai), Yui Ogura (Nasse), M・A・O (Saki) and Natsuki Hanae (Revel).
20:15 – World’s End Harem
Additional guests are due to be announced at a later date.
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Sunday, December 19 (in JST)
10:00 – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, featuring Natsuki Hanae (Tanjiro), Akari Kitō (Nezuko), Hiro Shimono (Zenitsu), Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Inosuke) and Katsuyuki Konishi (Uzui).
11:30 – JUJUTSU KAISEN, featuring Junya Enoki (Itadori), Mikako Komatsu (Maki), Megumi Ogata (Yuta) and Kana Kanazawa (Rika).
13:00 – Dr. STONE, featuring Yusuke Kobayashi (Senku), Manami Numakura (Kohaku), Gen Satō (Chrome) and Kengo Kawanishi (Gen).
14:40 – My Hero Academia, featuring Daiki Yamashita (Deku), Nobuhiko Okamoto (Bakugo), Ayane Sakura (Uraraka), Kōki Uchiyama (Shigaraki) and Misato Fukuen (Toga).
16:10 – One Piece, featuring Mayumi Tanaka (Luffy), Kazuya Nakai (Zoro), Akemi Okamura (Nami), Kappei Yamaguchi (Usopp), Hiroaki Hirata (Sanji), Ikue Otani (Chopper), Yuriko Yamaguchi (Robin), Kazuki Yao (Franky) and Katsuhisa Hōki (Jimbei).
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The event will also hold several smaller “Jump Studio” stages, classified as Red or Blue, featuring Black Clover, Blue Exorcist, Moriarty the Patriot, Kemono Jihen, Mashle: Magic and Muscles, Haikyu!!, Ayakashi Triangle, Undead Unluck and more.
If you’re just as excited as we are about what might be announced, stay tuned to the Funimation Blog for all the latest details leading up to Jump Festa 2022 and the day of!
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Source: Jump Festa official website