Rage of Bahamut: Manaria Friends

Rage of Bahamut: Manaria Friends
Promotional art for the series, featuring Grea (left) and Anne (right).
神撃のバハムート マナリアフレンズ (Shingeki no Bahamūto Manaria Furenzu)
Genre	Fantasy
Anime television series
Shingeki no Bahamut: Manaria Friends
Manga
Written by	Cygames
Illustrated by	Kenji Mizuda
Published by	Cygames
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Cycomics
Original run	May 8, 2016 – November 26, 2017
Volumes	2

Rage of Bahamut: Manaria Friends (神撃のバハムート マナリアフレンズ, Shingeki no Bahamūto Manaria Furenzu) is a Japanese anime television series based on the Rage of Bahamut social game. The series is not related to the second season of the earlier Rage of Bahamut: Genesis anime. It was originally scheduled to premiere in April 2016, before being postponed indefinitely.

The series is an adaptation of the "Mysteria Academy" or "Manaria Mahō Gakuin" event in the Rage of Bahamut social game, and is unrelated to the second season of Rage of Bahamut: Genesis, which was also adapted from the game. Cygames announced the adaptation in August 2015. The series was originally announced as being written and directed by Takafumi Hoshikawa, with animation by Studio Hibari. Megumi Ishihara was to provide the series' character designs and serve as chief animation director. Kenichi Kurata was the art director for the anime, and the music was to be composed by Takashi Watanabe. However, on 8 March 2016, all of the series' staff was removed "due to various circumstances."

The series was scheduled to air as part of the Ultra Super Anime Time program of anime shorts from Ultra Super Pictures, alongside Space Patrol Luluco and the second season of Kagewani, It was to have premiered on 1 April 2016, and been broadcast on Tokyo MX, AT-X, and BS11. However, on 8 March 2016, it was announced that the series' broadcast had been delayed until further notice, and its slot in Ultra Super Anime Time block was filled by a rebroadcast of the 2014 series Puchim@s!! Petit Petit Idolm@ster, a spinoff of The Idolm@ster franchise.