{"id":5473,"date":"2026-07-11T08:28:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T00:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/hanaori-san-still-wants-fight-anime-premieres-aniplus-asia-july-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T08:28:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T00:28:30","slug":"hanaori-san-still-wants-fight-anime-premieres-aniplus-asia-july-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/hanaori-san-still-wants-fight-anime-premieres-aniplus-asia-july-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life Premieres Today on Aniplus Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Demon lords, reincarnation and a hero who refuses to leave you alone \u2014 Liden Films&#8217; summer 2026 romantic comedy <em>Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life<\/em> makes its streaming debut today (11 July 2026). Singapore and Southeast Asia fans can catch it on <strong>Aniplus Asia<\/strong>, while most other regions get it on Crunchyroll with a same-day English dub.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hanaori-san-still-wants-fight-horizontal-visual.png?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life promotional art\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><figcaption>Image courtesy of Liden Films \/ Pony Canyon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gt-video\">\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UXgbofdm2vQ\" title=\"Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life | Official Trailer | Crunchyroll\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;\" allow=\"accelerometer;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture;web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><figcaption>Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life | Official Trailer \u2014 via Crunchyroll on YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>The Story: A Demon Lord Who Just Wants to Game<\/h2>\n<p>Ryusei Narukami is a self-described NEET who keeps to himself and spends his days playing video games. What nobody knows is that he is the reincarnation of a fearsome demon lord from another world. He is perfectly content in his new, quiet existence \u2014 until a high school girl named Meteor Hanaori shows up uninvited at his apartment. She is the reincarnation of the very hero who defeated him in his past life, and she is absolutely not willing to let the grudge go.<\/p>\n<p>What follows is a sharp, energetic romantic comedy that plays with the classic isekai power fantasy from an unexpected angle: the protagonist actively wants <em>less<\/em> adventure and just wants to be left alone. Based on the manga by Hekiru Hikawa, serialised in Kodansha\u2019s <em>Morning Two<\/em> seinen magazine since 2021, the series mixes fish-out-of-water comedy with a genuinely warm dynamic between its leads.<\/p>\n<h2>Production and Voice Cast<\/h2>\n<p>The anime is produced by Liden Films, with direction by Hideyo Yamamoto, series composition by Yukie Sugawara and character design by Yousuke Okuda.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hanaori-san-trailer-st.avif\" alt=\"Still from Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life anime\"><figcaption>Image courtesy of Liden Films \/ Pony Canyon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The cast is headlined by <strong>Jun Fukuyama<\/strong> (Lelouch in <em>Code Geass<\/em>, Felix in <em>Re:Zero<\/em>) as Ryusei Narukami and <strong>Akira Sekine<\/strong> as Meteor Hanaori. <strong>Maaya Uchida<\/strong>, who also performs the ending theme \u201cVery Good Encounter,\u201d voices Meru Tsumugina. The opening theme, \u201cHigh Maintenance Girl,\u201d is by Masayoshi Oishi.<\/p>\n<h2>Where to Watch in Singapore<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Aniplus Asia<\/strong> is the streaming home for Singapore and Southeast Asia. Crunchyroll does not serve Southeast Asia for this title; the Crunchyroll stream (which includes the same-day English dub) covers North America, Europe, the Middle East, India, Oceania and other regions. Singapore viewers should head to the Aniplus Asia app or website \u2014 the dub situation on Aniplus is to be confirmed, but expect the Japanese audio with subtitles as the default.<\/p>\n<p>New episodes follow the Japanese broadcast schedule, with the first airing on ABC TV and TV Asahi on 11\u201312 July. For more <a href=\"\/blog\/category\/manga-anime\/\">anime news<\/a>, keep checking back.<br \/>\n<!--GT-SCOUT source=\"Web (English)\" theme=\"Anime\" flags=\"English dub availability on Aniplus Asia to be confirmed\"--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life premieres 11 July on Aniplus Asia for Singapore and SEA \u2014 here&#8217;s the plot, full cast and why it&#8217;s worth your time this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":5464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[25,30],"tags":[68,264,66],"class_list":["post-5473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manga-anime","category-news","tag-anime","tag-anime-2026","tag-crunchyroll"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hanaori-san-still-wants-to-fight-key-visual-scaled.jpg?fit=1810%2C2560&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p13AlF-1qh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3378,"url":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/crunchyroll-7-new-anime-singapore-july-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":5473,"position":0},"title":"Crunchyroll Drops 7 New Anime for Singapore This July","date":"June 9, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Crunchyroll revealed 7 new anime at Anime Expo 2026 \u2014 including Overgeared, Sasaki and Peeps S2, and more \u2014 all confirmed streaming in Singapore from July.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Manga Anime&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/overgeared-crunchyroll-anime-expo-2026.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3934,"url":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/tomb-raider-king-anime-july-2026-singapore-streaming\/","url_meta":{"origin":5473,"position":1},"title":"Tomb Raider King Anime Arrives July 8 \u2014 Can Singapore Watch?","date":"June 21, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Tomb Raider King, the manhwa-to-anime being called the next Solo Leveling, premieres on Crunchyroll July 8 \u2014 but Singapore and all of Asia are excluded. 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