Category: 5. Entertainment

HIDIVE KICKS-OFF “SUMMER OF DUBS” FOR FANS WITH SLICE OF LIFE DRAMA “FLOWER AND ASURA” PREMIERE ON JULY 16

Anime Streaming Service to Release Fresh Batch of Popular English Dubs of New and Recent Exclusive Simulcast Series Alongside Ongoing Titles Throughout This Summer

Following Flower and Asura, the “Summer of Dubs” continues with the August premieres of the supernatural romance drama Call of the Night Season 2 and the coming-of-age music drama Rock is a Lady’s Modesty followed by the second part (Cour 2) of the supernatural historical fantasy series Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho in September.

In addition to the “Summer of Dubs” series, fan can also watch new weekly episodes from a trio of currently ongoing English dubs, the fan-favorite rom-com series 2.5 Dimensional Seduction and I’m Living with an Otaku NEET Kunoichi!?, and the first part (Cour 1) of the supernatural historical fantasy series Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho Cour 1.

Together in all, including new simulcast episodes of Call of the Night Season 2, Bad Girl and Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho Cour 2, HIDIVE offers fan nearly a dozen new episodes to enjoy each week all this summer.

New & Upcoming Summer 2025 English Dub Releases

Flower and Asura		Call of the Night Season 2
English Dub Premiere July 16		English Dub Premiere in August
SLICE OF LIFE		SUPERNATURAL ROMANCE
On the picturesque island of Tonakijima with a population of only 600, Hana’s favorite pastime is reading literature to the island’s children. Her narration skills are second to none, and Mizuki, the president of the school’s broadcasting club immediately recognizes Hana’s ability to engage with others and draw them into her recitations. Invited by Mizuki to join the club, Hana embarks on a journey to discover her true love of reading — and maybe even change the course of her life along the way.		Ko overcomes his confusion about becoming a vampire and decides to “like” Nazuna, while Nazuna resolves to make Ko “fall in love” with her. Without understanding what “love” even is, the two of them spend their nights together in a frenzy. Meanwhile, Detective Uguisu Anko is closing in with her plot to kill vampires, not just Nazuna.  A vampire’s weakness is “anything they were attached to when they were human” and so they all try to get rid of this weakness before it’s too late. But, Nazuna has no memory of her human life. What is Nazuna’s hidden past? Why did Anko start killing vampires? And what is the “secret” that Nazuna and Anko share? For Ko, Nazuna, Anko, a fun “late night” doesn’t end here… a new “night” begins!

Rock is a Lady’s Modesty		Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho  Cour 2
English Dub Premiere in August		English Dub Premiere in September
COMING OF AGE		HISTORICAL FANTASY
At an elite all-girls’ academy where refined young ladies gather, Lilisa Suzunomiya, now the daughter of a real estate tycoon after her mother remarried, is forced to abandon her guitar and rock music to fit in. However, her passion is reignited by sounds from the old school building, where she meets a skilled drummer who shares her love for rock. Together, they embrace their inner rockstars, elegantly clashing and shouting their way through the academy in this captivating tale of grace and rebellion.		In the Edo period, there was a shrine maiden called “Itskihime” in the mountain village of Kadono. Jinta, a wandering orphan who, along with his younger sister Suzune, drifted into the village and grew up to become the shrine maiden’s guardian, ventures into the forest to defeat a mysterious demon who speaks to him of the far future and the threat of a Demon God. So begins this epic supernatural historical fantasy series that follows a demon hunter through his century-spanning journey from the Edo to Heisei periods—all-the-while questioning his wielding of a sword.

Current Ongoing English Dub Releases

2.5 Dimensional Seduction		I’m Living with an Otaku NEET Kunoichi!?		Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho Cour 1
ROM-COM		ROM-COM		HISTORICAL FANTASY
New dub episodes every Wednesday		New dub episodes every Wednesday		New dub episodes every Wednesday

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Prince William is infuriated as Meghan Markle launches her latest ‘As Ever’ product.

The Prince of Wales is upset as his sister-in-law in California drops her alcohol brand and sells out within an hour.

Royal expert Kinsey Schofield told The Sun: “It’s not lost on Prince William that Meghan has launched an alcohol brand on his mother’s birthday, the very mum he lost in a drink driving tragedy.”

Ms Schofield said: “Timing an alcohol launch to Diana’s birthday wasn’t just a misstep, it was borderline cruel.” 

She added: “To claim ignorance here doesn’t hold up—it wasn’t just insensitive. It felt like a betrayal of the very narrative she’s working so hard to craft.”

Prince Harry left the Royal Family back in 2020 alongside wife Meghan Markle and son, Prince Archie. The couple later accused the Royal Family of showcasing racism towards their son and publicly shared their grievances on television. Harry and Meghan now live in California, where they also welcomed their daughter, Princess Lilibet.

COLCHESTER, England — Princess Kate is sharing new details about her recovery from cancer, describing the experience as a “roller coaster.”

“You put on a sort of brave face, stoicism, through treatment. Treatment’s done, and it’s like, ‘I can crack on, get back to normal again,’ but actually that phase afterwards is a really difficult time,” Kate said Wednesday during a visit to Colchester Hospital in Colchester, England, according to the Press Association.

“You’re not able to function normally at home as you were perhaps once used to,” added Kate, who shares three young children with her husband Prince William.

Kate, 43, announced in January that she is in remission from cancer.

She first announced her cancer diagnosis publicly in March 2024. Kate has not shared the type of cancer with which she was diagnosed or any details of her treatment beyond sharing that she underwent chemotherapy.

Kate’s visit to the hospital Wednesday is part of her gradual return to work that began late last year.

In speaking with cancer patients, Kate reflected on the recovery process, saying it’s not as straightforward as people expect.

“It’s a roller coaster. It’s not one smooth plain, which you expect it to be, but the reality is it’s not. You go through hard times, and to have a place like this, to have the support network, whether its through creativity and singing or gardening, whatever it might be, is so valuable, and it’s great that this community has it,” she said. “It would be great if lots of communities had this kind of support.”

While at the hospital, Kate visited the RHS Wellbeing Garden, where she took time to plant some roses.

In addition to meeting with cancer patients at the hospital, Kate also met with staff and volunteers, to whom she spoke more about the “life-changing” experience of a cancer diagnosis.

“It’s life-changing for anyone, through first diagnosis or post-treatment and things like that, it is a life-changing experience both for the individual patient but also for the families as well,” she said. “And actually, it sometimes goes unrecognized, you don’t necessarily, particularly when it’s the first time, you don’t appreciate how much impact it is going to have. You have to find your new normal, and that takes time.”

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Kris Jenner has come under fire for an alleged ‘Photoshop fail’ that appeared to distort one of her legs in a recently shared sultry photo. 

The 69-year-old momager, who recently showcased the results of her $100k facelift, channelled daughter Kim Kardashian’s style by wearing the same Dolce & Gabbana dress and a diamond pendant necklace at Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s wedding in Venice over the weekend. 

While Kris looked glamorous in the purple outfit, fans quickly took to social media to call out what they described as a glaring editing error in the images. 

One viewer zoomed in on her leg and suggested it resembled a Photoshopped replica of Kim’s, while another jokingly compared the limb to that of a ‘skeleton Barbie.’ 

‘I am sorry- what? This may be the worst Photoshop I’ve ever witnessed,’ someone wrote on Reddit. ‘The front leg looks like Kim’s with airbrush turned up to 100 and the back one looks like a skeleton Barbie leg. 

‘Saw photos of her natural legs the other days-while they show her age, that’s NORMAL and wasn’t remotely as horrified as I was when I saw this,’ they added. 

The controversy comes on the heels of another viral moment involving the reality TV star. 

Kris was spotted having a seemingly tense exchange with longtime boyfriend Corey Gamble during the lavish wedding celebrations in Venice. 

According to lip reader Nicola Hickling, who spoke to DailyMail, the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star appeared to insist on travelling alone in a water taxi, refusing to share the ride with other guests.

After the jury returned a mixed verdict in the federal sex-trafficking and racketeering trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, supporters of the 55-year-old music mogul gathered outside the courthouse on Wednesday in celebration.

Combs was found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution and not guilty of two counts of sex trafficking and a count of racketeering conspiracy.

The verdict, delivered by a jury of eight men and four women, is seen by many legal experts as the best outcome Combs could have hoped for outside of a full acquittal.

Outside the federal courthouse in lower Manhattan, dozens of Combs’s supporters gathered after the verdict was delivered. Many chanted his name and cheered as several members of his family exited the building following the announcement.

“Let Puffy go!” some supporters chanted, putting heir fists in the air. “Not guilty!” others shouted.

Music filled the air as supporters played Diddy Free, a track released during closing arguments on Friday by one of Combs’s sons, King Combs, and Ye, formerly Kanye West, who briefly came to support Combs in court during the trial.

The crowd outside the courthouse danced and celebrated, with some handing out bottles of baby oil and lathering themselves in it. Baby oil played a prominent role in this trial; many witnesses testified that Combs used copious amounts of baby oil during his drug-fueled sex marathons referred to as “freak-offs”. Additionally, large amounts of baby oil were found at Combs’s home during federal raids.

By early afternoon, as the crowd outside the courthouse began to grow, the New York police department increased their presence outside the courthouse.

One supporter was seen holding a Sean John T-shirt, a company created by Combs, while others wore T-shirts that read “Freako is not a Rico”.

But while Combs’s supporters celebrated, organizations that support victims of sexual abuse and domestic said they were disappointed in the verdict.

UltraViolet, a women’s rights organization that held a demonstration last week outside of the trial in support of sexual assault survivors, said in a statement that the verdict on Wednesday was “a decisive moment for our justice system, one which threatens to undo the sacrifice of courageous survivors who stepped forward to share their stories in this trial, as well as to all those abused by Diddy who weren’t able to”.

“Today’s verdict is not just a stain on a criminal justice system that for decades has failed to hold accountable abusers like Diddy, it’s also an indictment of a culture in which not believing women and victims of sexual assault remains endemic,” they added.

More than 50 members of the media were also gathered outside the courthouse to cover the verdict and its aftermath.

The attorney for Combs’s former girlfriend and the star government witness in the case – Casandra “Cassie” Ventura – told reporters outside the courthouse that his team is pleased that Combs has “finally been held accountable” but added that “of course, we would have liked to have seen a conviction on the sex crimes and Rico, but we understand that ‘beyond a reasonable doubt’ is a high standard”.

“We’re just pleased he still faces substantial jail time,” he added.

Combs had pleaded not guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy, two counts of sex trafficking, and two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.

The jury found him guilty of the transportation to engage in prostitution counts, which each carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

Since his arrest last September, Combs has remained incarcerated without bail in a federal detention facility in Brooklyn. He has a bail hearing that is scheduled for 5pm ET on Wednesday to determine if he will remain in custody or whether he will be released.

“I hope he gets released today!” one supporter yelled.