The members of Café LycoReco are back with some sweet treats as the short anime series Lycoris Recoil -Friends are thieves of time.- begins streaming on Crunchyroll starting April 16, with a new short releasing weekly! The six short episodes will tell original stories about the characters and their lives at the café. Lycoris Recoil -Friends are thieves of time.- Release Date: April 16 at 5:00 a.m. PT Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East and CIS Synopsis : After its initial air during the summer of 2022, TV anime series Lycoris Recoil comes back with six original short stories! Watch and enjoy as the characters live out their lives at Café LycoReco. 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 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 Japanese and English dubs. The anime originally aired from July to September 2022, and inspired a manga adaptation by Yasunori Bizen, spinoff novel and more.