Anime streaming service HIDIVE has announced a trio of new acquisitions today.

The service will stream the Bibliophile Princess, Akiba Maid War, and Urusei Yatsura as part of their Fall 2022 anime simulcast lineup. More information about each anime title can be seen below. All three shows will see future home video releases through Sentai Filmworks.

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Bibliophile Princess synopsis

Known as the Bibliophile Princess for her unquenchable love of books, Lady Eliana Bernstein wants nothing more than to shirk social duties in favor of retreating to the library. So, when the handsome Crown Prince Christopher promises to shield her from high-society drudgery in exchange for pretending to be his fiancée, she jumps at the chance to hide behind their sham relationship and read to her heart’s content (especially since he’s offered her access to the palace library). But much like the plot of her favorite novel, soon Eli’s feelings for the prince develop in unexpected ways, and she realizes she can’t always judge a royal book by its cover.

Produced by studio Madhouse (NANA, Death Note)
Directed by Taro Iwasaki (One Week Friends)
Series composition from Mitsutaka Hirota (Rent-A-Girlfriend)
Character design by Mizuka Takahashi (sub-character design in Overlord III)
Reina Ueda (Kanao Tsuyuri in Demon Slayer) stars as Lady Eliana Bernstein
Ryohei Kimura (Hirotaka Wakamatsu in Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun) stars as Prince Christopher.

Akiba Maid War synopsis

Akihabara is the center of the universe for the coolest hobbies and quirkiest amusements. In the spring of 1999, bright-eyed Nagomi Wahira moves there with dreams of joining a maid café. She quickly dons an apron at café Ton Tokoton, AKA the Pig Hut. But adjusting to life in bustling Akihabara isn’t as easy as serving tea and delighting customers. Paired with the dour Ranko who never seems to smile, Nagomi must do her best to elevate the Pig Hut over all other maid cafés vying for top ranking. Along the way she’ll slice out a place for herself amid the frills and thrills of life at the Pig Hut. Just when Nagomi’s dreams are within her grasp, she discovers not everything is as it seems amid the maid cafés of Akihabara.

Directed by Masui Soichi (Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai)
Character design by Nii Manabu (Kakegurui Twin, The Day I Became a God)
Kondo Reina (Eta in The Eminence in Shadow and Ryo Shinonome in Cinderella Nine) stars as Nagomi Wahira
Sato Rina (Senjumaru Shutara in Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War and Kaede Kagayama in Non Biyori) stars as Ranko Mannen.

Urusei Yatsura synopsis

When an alien race known as the Oni invade Earth, the chronically unlucky and unapologetically lecherous Ataru Moroboshi is selected as humanity’s representative in a duel for the fate of the planet! His opponent is Lum, the Oni’s very pretty princess, and it’s only thanks to Ataru’s unscrupulous behavior that he’s able to scrape out a win in a treacherous game of tag against her. Ataru thinks he’s had his lucky break at last, but when Lum takes a shine to him off the battlefield, the conflict follows him home as Lum invades not only planet Earth, but also the womanizing Ataru’s love life!

Animated by David Production (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind, Cells at Work, Fire Force)
Directed by Hideya Takahashi (director of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind) and Yasuhiro Kimura (director of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind)
Written by Yuko Kakihara (scriptwriter for Cells at Work! and Kids on the Slope)
Sumire Uesaka (Rika Sonezaki in O Maidens in Your Savage Season, Hayase Nagatoro in Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro) stars as Lum
Hiroshi Kamiya (Levi in Attack on Titan, Trafalgar Law in One Piece) stars as Ataru Moroboshi
Maaya Uchida (Rikka in Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions, Hiyori in Noragami) stars as Shinobu Miyaki
Mamoru Miyano (Light in Death Note, Rintaro in Steins;Gate) stars as Shutaro Mendo