Spring is here and it’s a big month for many entertainments. A new anime season begins this month with My Hero Academia season 5 starting at the end of March and carrying over. Returning shows such as Fruit Basket, How to Not Summon Demon Lord, and Kingdom make a return. After last year’s announcement at Anime Expo, The World Ends With You anime series begins this month too, a Funimation exclusive that will hopefully carry over to Hulu subscribers.
For video game releases, MLB The Show kicks off for both the PlayStation and Xbox consoles. NieR Replicant, the prequel to the popular NieR Automata releases later half of April. Other titles such as Trails of Cold Steel IV, SaGa Frontier Remastered, Atelier Mysterious Trilogy Deluxe Pack, and Judgement ported over to current consoles. Let’s not forget about the new Pokemon Snap, a photoshoot game makes its second entry since 1999.
Movies and tv series making some waves with Mortal Kombat, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, and highly anticipated anime movie, Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train.
Here’s what releases are coming out you’ll want to out for in April 2021.
Video Games
Outriders (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC) – April 1st
Lost Words: Beyond the Page (PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC) – April 6th
Oddworld: Soulstorm (PlayStation 4, PC) – April 6th
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV (Nintendo Switch) – April 9th
Say No! More (Nintendo Switch, PC) – April 9th
Poison Control (PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch) – April 13th
Altdeus: Beyond Chronos (PlayStation VR) – April 15th
Rain on Your Parade (Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PC) – April 15th
SaGa Frontier Remastered (PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC, Mobile) – April 15th
Super Meat Boy Forever (PlayStation 4, Xbox One) – April 16th
MLB The Show 21 (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC) – April 20th
Atelier Mysterious Trilogy Deluxe Pack (PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC) – April 22nd
Judgement (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S) – April 23rd
NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) – April 23rd
New Pokemon Snap (Nintendo Switch) – April 30th
R-Type Final 2 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, PC) – April 30th
Returnal (PlayStation 5) – April 30th
Anime
Shaman King (Netflix Japan) – April 1st
Kingdom – Season 3 (Funimation) – April 4th
Fruits Basket: The Final Season (Crunchyroll, Funimation) – April 5th
The Slime Diaries (Crunchyroll) – April 6th
How Not to Summon a Demon Lord Ω (Crunchyroll, Funimation) – April 8th
The Way of the Househusband – Season 1 (Netflix) – April 8th
Zombie Land Saga Revenge (Crunchyroll, Funimation) – April 8th
The World Ends With You (Funimation) – April 9th
Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro (Crunchyroll) – April 10th
Edens Zero (Netflix Japan) – April 10th
Tokyo Revengers (Crunchyroll) – April 10th
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun – Season 2 (TBD) – April 17th
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train (Theaters) – April 23rd
I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level (Crunchyroll) – April
Movies/TV
Nobody (Theaters) – April 2nd
Kung Fu Season 1 (The CW) – April 7th
Thunder Force (Netflix) – April 9th
Mare of Easttown – Season 1 (HBO) – April 23rd
Mortal Kombat (Theaters, HBO Max) – April 23rd*
Shadow and Bone – Season 1 (Netflix) – April 23rd
The Handmaid’s Tale – Season 4 (Hulu) – April 28th
Yasuke – Season 1 (Netflix) – April 29th
The Mitchells vs. the Machines (Netflix) – April 30th
Scott Pilgrim vs the World – 10th Anniversary (Theaters) – April 30th
*Warner Bros. announced the film’s new release was pushed back a week from its original April 16th date.