Japanese music news covering anime, pop, and more

Anime Streaming at Crunchyroll.com

Priestesses from the Soldats arrive at the manor to praise Altena for orchestrating the Grand Retour. Chloe savors her time with Kirika as they don their ritual garb and practice fighting in the ruins.

A Soldats agent approaches Mireille with a mission to stop the Grand Retour: kill either Chloe or her old partner, and eliminate Altena - the zealot behind the ritual. Meanwhile, Kirika is greeted at the manor by another woman from her past.

Kirika collapses at the edge of a village and is taken in by an old couple who have been expecting her. There she learns about an ancient ritual, the Grand Retour, of which she is an essential part - and a threat to certain factions of the Soldats.

Kirika’s final guidance - in the form of a bullet - brings a rush of painful memories. Mireille finally learns the connection to their past, but fails to follow through with her original promise to kill Kirika.

Danger lurks around every corner as Mireille and Kirika draw closer to learning the truth behind the Soldats. A rooftop showdown ensues when masked gunmen ambush their apartment.

On their first assignment as Noir, Mireille and Kirika carefully track two men connected to terrorist activity in France. The mission takes an unexpected turn when their targets are tipped off about their attack.

Mireille and Kirika fly to Austria on a hunt for the ancient manuscript that could solve the mystery of the Soldats, but they run into a familiar face - someone who suddenly has her finger over the trigger to set off Kirika’s memory.

An agitated Mireille banishes her partner from her sight at gunpoint. After receiving inside information on Chloe’s motives, Kirika is warned of a trap set for her troubled friend - will she make the choice to save Mireille despite their confrontation?

Mireille returns to her abandoned home in Corsica where she learns some disturbing information regarding her parents and the Soldats.

Shaoli holds Mireille hostage to lure her partner into a deadly trap. Kirika takes the bait, but she isn’t alone.

The ladies of Noir accept an assignment from the Soldats that sends them after the Triad syndicate in Taiwan. The Triads are expecting Noir, however, and have a hitwoman of their own.

Mireille is overjoyed when she runs into her uncle in Paris, but the nostalgia turns sour when she learns who his next target is.

Kirika picks up a new hobby and meets a new friend, but her partner does not approve. One of Mireille’s trusted sources warns her that an old enemy has come to Paris with plans to kills her.

Chloe is charged with killing a retired German general who was involved in covert operations with the Soldats during the Cold War. But when her task is interrupted by sabotage, it’s clear that she isn’t his only enemy.

A mysterious man contacts Noir to give them information on the Soldats, but they’re denied much-desired information when Chloe interferes.

The lethal women of Noir are hired to take down a pair of corrupt law enforcers, but suspicions rise when another assassin appears - who claims to be the true Noir.

Mireille, an assassin-for-hire, receives a mysterious email from Kirika, an amnesiac girl. After Kirika skillfully disposes of gunmen who ambush their rendezvous, the two deadly women team up under the codename Noir to shed light on their connected pasts.

FLOW continues its concert series, “FLOW Chokaigi 2020 -Anime Shibari returns-” at Makuhari Messe Event Hall on February 24, 2020.

Anima and Animus were the sole survivors of a space shuttle accident in the distant future, but their secret leads to the battle over Earth's destruction, and after many years Anima finally meets the young Yuuhi and Samidare.

The Beast Knights face Animus and his final golem in the last battle as the Biscuit Hammer finally activates.