Anime News: Crunchyroll Reveals High Guardian Spice ; Netflix Snatches JoJo From Toonami

Netflix has some big name anime coming through the rest of 2021. For starters, the third season of Kuroko’s Basketball is coming September 1st with an English dubbed adaptation, and perhaps even bigger news, the streamer nabbing the streaming rights for JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean set to premiere December 2021. JoJo has been a long-time mainstay on Adult Swim’s Toonami lineup, having had the first-premiere for the show’s first four seasons. Now, season five of Jojo (which covers the six part of the manga) is heading to Adult Swim’s biggest competitor. Almost a tick-for-tack for Adult Swim nabbing Tuca & Bertie earlier this year, later renewing the series for a third season.

Synopsis:

2011, United States, Florida — When Jolyne Cujoh and her boyfriend get in an accident while out on a drive, she is framed for the crime and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Will she ever be free from this prison — this stone ocean? The final battle in the century-spanning, intertwining fate of the Joestar family and DIO begins

Check out High Guardian Spice, the upcoming Crunchyroll Original series from creator Raye Rodriguez follows the lives of four fierce High Guardian Academy students as they form allegiances, uncover legacies, face betrayals and discover their true identities while preparing to protect the world from an ominous unknown threat. During last week’s V-CRX panel, special guest Rodriguez helped reveal a new trailer and beautiful new key art. New premiere date has been announced yet.