A brand-new trailer released for Lycoris Recoil -Friends are thieves of time.- today confirmed that six episodes of the daily-life short anime series will begin streaming on the official Aniplex YouTube channel and other Japanese streaming platforms from April 16, 2025 at 21:00 JST. Individual episode key visuals and titles were also released. Lycoris Recoil -Friends are thieves of time.- Trailer Lycoris Recoil -Friends are thieves of time.- Episode Key Visuals Episode 1, "Take It Easy" Episode 2, "Miles away" Episode 3, "Scintillation of genius" Episode 4, "Watch out!" Episode 5, "Bittersweet first love" Episode 6, "Brief respite" The production staff members leading each episode are as follows: Episode 1 Script: Shingo Adachi Storyboard/Direction: Takashi Sakuma Episode 2 Script Draft: Imigimuru Storyboard: Shingo Adachi Direction: Tsuyoshi Tobita Episode 3 Script: Shu Mori Storyboard/Direction: Kota Mori Episode 4 Script: Yoshikazu Tominaga Storyboard/Direction: Takayuki Kikuchi Episode 5 Script: Ken Yamamoto Storyboard/Direction: Motoki Nakanishi Episode 6 Script: Shingo Adachi Storyboard/Direction: Masayuki Sakoi RELATED: Lycoris Recoil Anime Shorts Reveal Full Title, Key Visual Lycoris Recoil — which is directed by Shingo Adachi, with character designs from Imigimuru ( This Art Club Has a Problem! creator) and the story written by Asaura ( Ben-To manga) at A-1 Pictures — is currently streaming on Crunchyroll in both its original Japanese and in English-dubbed form. The anime originally aired from July to September 2022, and inspired a manga adaptation by Yasunori Bizen, spinoff novel and more. The series is described as such: For these peaceful days――there’s a secret behind it all. A secret organization that prevents crimes: “DA – Direct Attack”. And their group of all-girl agents: “Lycoris”. This peaceful everyday life is all thanks to these young girls. The elite Chisato Nishikigi is the strongest Lycoris agent of all time. Alongside is Takina Inoue, the talented but mysterious Lycoris. They work together at one of its branches–Café LycoReco. Here, the orders this café takes range from coffee and sweets to childcare, shopping, teaching Japanese to foreign students, etc. It's mostly tasks unbefitting of Lycoris. The free-spirited and optimistic pacifist, Chisato. And the cool-headed and efficient Takina. The chaotic everyday lives of this mismatched duo begin! Source: Official Website
