HULU IS THE PLACE FOR NEW ANIME IN APRIL

SERIES LAUNCHES OF "MAO" AND "SNOWBALL EARTH" AND A NEW SEASON OF "MISSION: YOZAKURA FAMILY" JOIN "ROOSTER FIGHTER" AND "MEDALIST" IN ROBUST ROLLOUT OF WEEKLY EPISODES

Calling all anime lovers!

The month of April sees highly-anticipated simulcasts join Hulu's action-packed offering of the ever-popular genre. From series launches of "Mao" and "Snowball Earth" to a new season of "Mission: Yozakura Family," there's so much for fans to sink their teeth into.

All titles are available to stream on Hulu and on Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers in the U.S.

MEDALIST: NEW EPISODES (SUBBED) (HULU ORIGINAL)

Ice skater Inori Yuitsuka and her coach Tsukasa Akeuraji are bound together by their passion for figure skating. It is time for Inori to set her sights on the ultimate glory: becoming a medalist. She finally earns the right to compete at the same level as Hikaru, and her next competition is the Chubu Block Tournament, where a spot at the All-Japans is on the line. Facing new rivals as she reaches for even greater heights, Inori is determined to shine on the ice.

(New Episodes Every Friday. Season 2 Finale on April 17.)

ROOSTER FIGHTER: NEW EPISODES (SUBBED & DUBBED) (VIZ)

Keiji is more than just an ordinary rooster - he's humanity's greatest defender! His opponents may be ten stories tall, but nothing is bigger than his stout heart and his fearsome battle cry - Kokekokko!

(New Episodes Every Sunday)

SNOWBALL EARTH: SERIES PREMIERE (SUBBED & DUBBED) (TOHO)

Tetsuo, a timid boy, had only one friend: the giant robot Yukio. Together, they stood as humanity's last hope, battling intergalactic kaiju. Ten years after their final battle, Tetsuo returns home to find a planet locked in eternal ice SNOWBALL EARTH.

(Streaming Friday, April 3)

MAO: SERIES PREMIERE (SUBBED) (VIZ)

Mao, a young mystic who lives in the Taisho period of early 1900s Japan, is a mysterious onmyoji who, after suffering a life-altering curse, has continued to live for nine hundred long years. His world becomes even stranger when he meets Nanoka Kiba, a junior high schooler who seems to have traveled from the future. In spite of her tender years, Nanoka has lived a strange life herself, marked by her traumatic experience as a young child losing both her parents to a grisly accident.

But when Nanoka decides to return to that fateful shopping arcade, she is transported to another time and place. A world where supernatural ayakashi thrive in an era long before her own.

There she meets Mao, whose abrupt and bizarre question prompts Nanoka to see herself and her curious life in a completely new light.

Now the two travelers from different worlds unite as they take on the dark powers that grip both their lives.

Rumiko Takahashi's long-awaited anime adaptation is about to come to life. A shadowy world of mystery and time devouring curses awaits!

(Streaming Saturday, April 4)

MISSION: YOZAKURA FAMILY: SEASON 2 PREMIERE (SUBBED) (HULU ORIGINAL)(MBS)

A family far from ordinary! High schooler Asano Taiyo closed off his heart from the world after a tragic accident robbed him of his family. Known among his classmates as the "Ultimate Introvert", the only one he could speak to is his childhood friend, Mutsumi Yozakura. But Mutsumi had a wild secret! She's the heir to a long-standing lineage of spies, constantly in the crosshairs of countless enemies! And it gets crazier - her brother, Kyoichiro, is a supremely skilled spy with an unusual obsession over Mutsumi. Now, Taiyo is on Kyoichiro's hit list, marked for "removal"! To save both Mutsumi and himself, Taiyo decides to marry Mutsumi and become a part of the Yozakura family! Get ready for an unprecedented "mission" with Taiyo, Mutsumi, and the Yozakura family!

(Streaming Sunday, April 12)

DRAGON BALL SUPER: SUPER HERO (SUBBED & DUBBED) (CRUNCHYROLL)

The Red Ribbon Army was once destroyed by Son Goku. Individuals who carry on its spirit have created the ultimate androids -- Gamma 1 and Gamma 2. However, these two androids call themselves superheroes and start attacking Piccolo and Gohan.

(Streaming Monday, April 13)