The Dropkick on My Devil! / Jashin-Chan no Dropkick anime series announced it is getting a special 1-episode anime spin-off coming this winter.
The spin-off dubbed Jashin-chan Dropkick: Seikimatsu-hen (Apocalypse Arc) will premiere in Japan in winter 2023, and the website specifically emphasized that this special is not related to the crowd-funded fourth season of the anime and that this is a separate spinoff project.
The spinoff is created in collaboration with Kumamoto Prefecture’s town of Takamori, and much of the anime is a clear reference to Fist of the North Star, down to the seven stars that Jashin-chan and the apocalyptic nature of the setting with Yurine ruling over the town of Jinbocho. The anime has Jashin-chan guided by the night sky to defeat Yurine, but while heading south she has an encounter in the town of Takamori.
▍Dropkick on My Devil! Apocalypse Arc Trailer
▍About Dropkick on My Devil!
Written and illustrated by Yukiwo, Dropkick on My Devil! began serialization in Flex Comix’s Comic Meteor web magazine in April 2012. The manga series is still ongoing with 20 volumes in circulation and has three anime series all directed by Hikaru Sato, with a fourth anime season coming soon. The anime’s third and fourth season was crowdfunded and even met its initial goal of JPY$30,000,000 in just 35 minutes of launching.
The series centers on a Japanese human witch, Yurine Hanazono, who summons the serpent woman Jashin (“Evil God”) from Hell. Unable to go back to Hell by herself, Jashin spends each day unsuccessfully trying to kill Yurine while simultaneously spending time with her and various acquaintances from Heaven and Hell.
