Lycoris Recoil
Japanese media franchise
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| April 16 2025 | Six short anime films released on Aniplex's YouTube channel and other platforms, also streamed by Crunchyroll outside of Asia. |
| April 16 2025 | Short anime set to be released on Aniplex's YouTube channel and other platforms. |
| January 2025 | Announced the new project title as 'Lycoris Recoil: Friends are thieves of time.' and revealed the staff for each episode. |
| July 2024 | Revealed that the new animation project will consist of six anime short films focusing on the characters' daily lives. |
| June 16 2024 | Conclusion of the sequel stage play 'Lycoris Recoil: Life Won't Wait' at Theatre G-Rosso. |
| June 7 2024 | Sequel stage play 'Lycoris Recoil: Life Won't Wait' began performance at Theatre G-Rosso in Tokyo Dome City. |
| April 14 2024 | English dub concluded its run on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block. |
| March 2024 | Crunchyroll reported that the Lycoris Recoil light novel franchise had exceeded 500,000 total copies sold. |
| March 8 2024 | A new Lycoris Recoil light novel with a different storyline was released. |
| January 21 2024 | English dub began airing on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block. |
| 2023 | Lycoris Recoil won Best Original Anime at the 7th Crunchyroll Anime Awards. |
| 2023 | At the 13th Newtype Anime Awards, Lycoris Recoil placed 4th for Best Work (TV), with Shingo Adachi placing 7th for Best Director. |
| December 27 2023 | Third comic anthology for Lycoris Recoil is published. |
| November 2023 | Aniplex of America announced the English dub would broadcast on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block. |
| November 25 2023 | Official Note account for the anime established, beginning weekly story serialization by Asaura. |
| October 23 2023 | Third volume of the manga is released. |
| May 26 2023 | Second comic anthology for Lycoris Recoil is published. |
| May 23 2023 | Second volume of the manga adaptation is released. |
| February 11 2023 | A new animation project for Lycoris Recoil was initially announced. |
| January 2023 | Stage play adaptation of Lycoris Recoil is performed. |
| January 15 2023 | Conclusion of the first stage play adaptation at Tennozu Galaxy Theater. |
| January 7 2023 | First stage play adaptation performed at Tennozu Galaxy Theater, produced by Office Endless and directed by Akira Yamazaki. |
| 2022 | 'Alive' by ClariS was nominated for Best Work Award and achieved 2nd place in the User Voting Award at the Reiwa Anisong Awards |
| 2022 | At the Reiwa Anisong Awards, 'Hana no Tō' by Sayuri won the Anime Song Grand Prize and User Voting Award. |
| 2022 | The first volume of the Lycoris Recoil Blu-ray became the 'Best-Selling TV Anime Disc of 2022' in Japan, selling approximately 29,414 copies. |
| 2022 | Metal Gear series creator Hideo Kojima publicly praised the anime and was requested to write an endorsement for the Lycoris Recoil: Ordinary Days light novel cover. |
| 2022 | Ranked eighth in Anime Corner's 2022 Anime of the Year Ranking. |
| 2022 | Ranked first in the Anime Corner Summer 2022 Weekly Poll chart for three consecutive weeks since its premiere. |
| 2022 | Won the number one spot in AnimeAnime.jp's 'Favorite TV Anime of 2022' survey with 12.3% of the overall vote. |
| December 22 2022 | First volume of the Lycoris Recoil manga is released, along with an official anthology. |
| November 18 2022 | Stage play adaptation of Lycoris Recoil was officially announced. |
| September 24 2022 | Lycoris Recoil anime series completed its initial broadcast run. |
| September 24 2022 | Anime series concluded its original broadcast run. |
| September 9 2022 | Light novel 'Lycoris Recoil: Ordinary Days' by Asaura and illustrated by Imigimuru was published under ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko imprint. |
| September 5 2022 | Manga adaptation by Yasunori Bizen begins serialization in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Flapper magazine. |
| August 2022 | Director Adachi gives an interview to Febri, discussing the show's influences, creative process, and approach to depicting action and gun usage, emphasizing a desire to create a work appealing beyond gun enthusiasts. |
| August 24 2022 | Lycoris Recoil became the 'Most-Watched Anime from the summer season' in Japan, ranking sixth place overall among the 'Top 10 Most-Watched Anime in Japan' for August 2022. |
| August 22 2022 | Kadokawa announced a second printing of the Lycoris Recoil: Ordinary Days light novel due to high pre-order demand, which series creator Asaura noted was a rare occurrence. |
| August 20 2022 | Aniplex of America began streaming the series on Crunchyroll with English simulcast and SimulDub. |
| July 2022 | Lycoris Recoil anime television series begins airing, produced by A-1 Pictures, following the story of two teenage girls Chisato Nishikigi and Takina Inoue in the Direct Attack organization. |
| July 2 2022 | Anime series premiered on Tokyo MX, GYT, GTV, and BS11 television networks. |
| June 2022 | Asaura gives an interview to Animate Times, discussing the character designs of Takina and Chisato, noting that Takina remained almost unchanged from the original proposal while Chisato underwent significant changes. |
| December 2021 | Lycoris Recoil anime series was first announced by the production team. |
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