El Salón del Ocio y la FAntasía (SOFA), or “The Hall of Leisure and Fantasy”, is probably a name most folks here in the USA haven’t heard of before. Which is rather a shame, really. SOFA is Colombia’s biggest annual fan convention, taking place at the Corferias Convention Center in Bogotá, Colombia. SOFA is basically Colombia’s equivalent of LA Comic Con (LACC) or New York Comic Con (NYCC). That’s how truly massive it is.

All emphasized by Crunchyroll having an industry panel there, including in this year’s SOFA 2024. In fact, Crunchyroll is even announcing some new anime series incoming to their streaming platform exclusively at SOFA 2024. All coming to Crunchyroll sometime next year in January 2025 to boot. Which anime are those, you might ask? Well, let’s find out below, shall we? Starting with:

Crunchyroll Industry Panel at SOFA 2024: Details

Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun Season 2

Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun Season 2 NA teaser visual.
Another season of creepy anime cuteness inbound from Crunchyroll.

Synopsis: There’s a rumor going around about the Seven Wonders of Kamome Academy. Nene Yashiro and her classmate, Kou Minamoto, work with Hanako-san to expose a traitor among the ranks of the Seven Wonders. After breaking No. 2, the Misaki Stairs, and No. 5, the 4 O’clock Library, only five remain. Can they uncover the perpetrator before it’s too late?

With an emphasis on the creepy parts this season, from the looks of things.

The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You Season 2

The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You Season 2 JP key visual.
I swear, Crunchyroll is taking the harem genre to parody levels.

Season 1 Synopsis: Rentaro Aijo was rejected 100 times in middle school. He visits a shrine and prays for better luck in high school. The God of Love appears and promises that he’ll soon meet 100 people he’s destined to date. But there’s a catch—once destiny introduces someone to him, the two must happily love each other. If they don’t, they’ll die. What will befall Rentaro and his 100 girlfriends in high school?

And yet, this anime is also subverting the harem genre by having it be a true poly relationship?!

Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four!

Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four! NA key visual.
I swear, Crunchyroll looks they’re giving us a typical isekai anime.

Synopsis: The Four Heavenly Kings of the Demon King’s army reign over a certain alternate world, and the one chosen as the fourth of them… is none other than an ordinary salaryman, Uchimura Dennosuke! After being headhunted by the Demon King’s army, Uchimura is welcomed into a director-level position… but business in the Demon King’s army is one life-or-death mission after another! Since Uchimura has no particular powers, he must tackle every challenge he faces in this new world using the experience and knowledge of a salaryman! This career change isekai tale is for all the working folks out there!

And in some ways it is, but it also has some interesting twists to it.

Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms

Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms NA key art.
Ah, and now we at last have a romcom from Crunchyroll.

Synopsis: Gorgeous from head to toe! The perfect figure! To Kawai Mona, winning hearts comes as naturally as breathing… but the arrival of Kuroiwa Medaka, a new transfer student who won’t even give her a second look, turns her school life upside-down! She’s lived her whole life being fawned over, so why is he any different? Mona tries everything she can think of to win Medaka over, even getting a bit extreme at times! This new rom-com starring a queen bee and a celibate boy is about to burst onto the scene!

Which after the harem and the isekai, is actually quite refreshing.