# May 2024 Anime Speedruns Update

There's a lot to go over this month as it's coming hot off of Anime Speedruns Festival 2024. We tried to go off of what was posted in the Discord server and came across the Anime Speedruns X feed! Tons of WR's were set this month, and like always there's a nonstop flow of new routing and information.

- Slayers for the Super Famicom which has had improved routing and a new world record set by @SecondPlace92.
- Slayers for the Super Famicom has had improved routing and a new world record set by @SecondPlace92. The new time is 2hr 14min 46seconds.
- Beach: Heat the Soul - Full Category sweep in the game by @SWITERZ
- @GalaxyGod set a new PB and WR for Cardcaptor Sakura Tomoyo no Video Daisakusen live at ASF with a time of 7min 34seconds.
- @Katsushi1998 found a Soft Lock% glitch in Dolly Kanon 3DS
- Infamous_ was verified and passed @Oh_Snap to take the Kakarot WR: 3 hours 55min 24 seconds.
- In regards to major Dragon Ball Z news Buu's Fury, multiple prototype carts have surfaced after 20 long years of the game being released. Be sure to check out the information in the discord, research is being done on how this can potentially change the run.
- Date a Live has had a fan game that was found.
- Date a Live: Spirit has started to be run by @jensj56 with the current time sitting at 2min and 50 for Tohka Dead End.
- The Ashita no Joe series has been punched with love, with new records set in every game by @MaindeSinge. Most notably, In the PS2 game 1hr 36min 9secs and on the Super Famicom game 7mins and 40seconds.
- Black Clovers Quartet Knights Asta Any% had some history made, as @Platinum_mad overtook @Lgndv and took the first sub 13.
- Shin Chan and The Shiro of Coal Town have their leaderboards up now and @runasoru set the first run. This is a beautiful game, and even if you're not intending to run it might be a nice treat to watch if you have time. https://www.speedrun.com/Shin_Chan_and_The_Shiro_of_Coal_Town
- The coveted Doraemon (64) Nobita to Mittsu no Seireiseki board has a new record of 39m 32s in Any% and 47m 52s in 100% both set by @eji573 who has been on the speedrun grind!
- The One Piece is still real, One Piece Unlimited Cruise 2 @MMat has been setting new WR times across JP/PAL versions. This game has some really cool slide tech movement, I really suggest taking a look at it.
- One Piece GBA (Shonen Jump's One Piece) has been having additional level routing done by @Nighlin, this was shown off most recently at @MxBatty at ASF. This game has become more and more optimized over the past few months.
- One Piece Odyssey Crocodile% was set by @miggnuggets. Will more runners challenge this RPG?
- One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 WR was set live at Anime Speedruns Festival by @Nighlin, @GlodRoger has also been taking back records on Treasure Logs.
- One Piece Treasure Battle sees new world records which were set at the ASF host house after the event by co-op teams @FinalCrash and @Glitchedd and @Shrimp_Brain.
- Fate/Samurai Remnant continues to be updated, with the current DLC on NG+ @HarryMacDowell stands with the top time.
- Fate/Extella Link Had an Any% run uploaded by @Galactic_Star, with an IGT of 47 minutes, there might be a good chance we see more of this game and its endings filled out.
- The History of Granblue Fantasy Relink is being carved with @WAKARIX taking the WR for New Game+ in Granblue Fantasy: Relink,
- @pipipipi achieved a 3hour 12min 43 second time in Any% No DLC. There's no telling what the time will be at the end of the year with updates new updates and releases scheduled for the game.
- @Mageius has been putting work into Macross Shooting Insight with the current record sitting at 43:26. Along with pushing forward tech and bringing the game to everyone's eyes.
- @DBcade beat a 4-year standing record for Genki Bakuhatsu Ganbaruger. The new record is 5min 29seconds.
- @CwolfPilot got Zoids battle legends NG+ PB and WR of 44:25
- @Pdently got the first sub 5 in Toradoras mini-game mode.
- If you're looking for more cute games, the master of them @Katsushi1998 has uploaded a Story Mode NG+ run for Kirarin Revolution: Kirakira Idol Audition, The run is under an hour for both categories, and they are more than happy to help new runners out!
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R, has seen a huge push by @SigridoGaming and @gamebrain to drop time across all tournament and arcade modes. It seems to be a nice little rivalry of sorts!
- JoJo Bizarre Adventure for the Super Famicom has seen new tricks and smoother play, probably thanks to translation patches, so now overseas players like @brkmnly can show off their skills. They reduced the new any% time to 2h 28m and 1s.
- Inuyasha: Feudal Combat has been having a lot of theory crafting and discussion about routes, especially after ASF. Post your theories and even test them.
- Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked, a game directed by Goichi Suda, has seen some improved routing and exploitation of the game's final boss to give way for a record of 1h 43m 42s by @Glitchedd
- GetBackers games were explored by the community, with the beat 'em up standing out amongst them, GetBackers Dakkanya: Dakkandayo! Zenin Shuugou!! has a fun co-op run to check out with lots of potential routing.
- Hinamizawa Branch School Basketball Tournament has your anime sports gaming covered, with @Akira_RP setting a Normal Mode record at 10m 21s. When They Cry Series is definitely overlooked, so it's nice to see some more games being discovered.
- Hajime no Ippo is finally getting the recognition it deserves with @Hudson222 stepping up to challenge some of the times, with some interesting strats. This is definitely a game punch-out fans could dissect in a big way.
- Demon Slayer Sweep the Board continues having initial times set, with some times being taken by @xddbzfan869, and the Hashira level has begun to be set by @DBcade
- In the Digiverse, @HaloOfValor got routed the Boss Cup Record to a science and took WR at 1m 50 seconds in Digimon Racing.
- Digimon World has seen @Kyutora and other members return to practicing the game and pushing for PB's
- The slightly creepy GeGeGe no Kitaro game for PS1 has had some PB improvements in all major categories by @demodoriya. In particular, Niku Ningyou is now a 19:43 sub-20 time with optimal movement.
- @AdrianVG finally put up a time for the Blue Mountain category of BLOOD+ One Night Kiss. Meaning the whole game has a speedrun path if you wanted to try a hand at it.
- @TheLoniestCubone not only reexamined Shaman King: Power of Spirit but set the new record to 4 hours 18 minutes 28 seconds. Maybe we will see a sub 4 hour in this soon?!
- Zatch Bell Electric Arena, and Arena 2 (Unare! Yuujou no Zakeru 2) have been seeing the charge beam strat return through @Esteban300s attempts. The current World records sit safely under his name for now.
- Gundam is seeing a small revival, with @JorgeReevs_ix submitting a 12m 16s Hygog run, very hype!
- SD Gundam Battle Alliance has a new pilot @Shelter_42 submitting a world record time of 2h 16m
- Naruto Clash of the Ninja series of games has been seeing some heavy submissions and records set, probably due to lots of combo vids (Courtesy @HippoGNT4) and TAS's being released in the community. Runner @AutomatedAlligator has become the Hokage of Ninja Taisen.
- A first record was set @Teufel9000 in Sand Land, The game has a lot of searching and routing that still are ongoing. The community needs more routers and researchers
- @Norishige710 has been holding Jungle no Ouja Tar Chan for several years now. After the event he started trying to route the 100%, however after researching this feat has never actually been officially done, so it would technically be a world first if someone collected all acorns in all levels, or at least could create a road map to doing so.

If I missed anything from May feel free to comment below, [join the Discord](https://discord.gg/k5wmNCSaVE) or @ us on X or Insta so we can can keep an updated list.

Thank you all for a great Anime Speedruns Festival this year, we have [ASF Akira Toriyama Memorial Event coming up in August](https://oengus.io/marathon/Toriyama). [ASF Bleach](https://oengus.io/marathon/asfbleach) is also coming up in October.

Be sure to [join the discord here](https://discord.gg/k5wmNCSaVE) and give yourself the roles for the series or games you're interested in (It's a very large community with a lot going on, so be careful of the ALL SERIES role.)

Any and all are welcome to be part of the routing and everything fun that is the Anime Speedrun community.

May 2024 Anime Speedruns Community Update, There's a lot to go over this month just because its coming hot off of Anime Speedruns Festival 2024! Like always a nonstop flow of new routing and information. 

Anime Speedruns Community May 2024 Highlights

Hello everyone, NFS Tournaments is happy to announce that it's going to host a BlackBox Relay Race between Stacked Deck and Eastsiderz, prepared to battle to the last mile!

# **Games:**

- Hot Pursuit 2 (PS2)
- Underground
- Underground 2
- Most Wanted
- Carbon
- ProStreet
- Undercover
- The Run

# **Hosting Channels**

### [Twitch](https://www.twitch.tv/nfstournaments)

### [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@nfstournaments/featured)

# **Schedule**

**Starting day:** May 25th, 2024

**Starting hour:**** 5PM CEST

@SlivenKage vs @thereisnofuture - NFS Underground 2: 5PM-11:20PM

@VROOMGUYx vs @toni_935 - NFS Most Wanted: 11:20PM-3:00AM

@kunesz vs @Cousin - NFS Carbon: 3:00AM-5:05AM

@SF5109 vs @DJTHED - NFS Hot Pursuit 2 (PS2): 5:05AM-6:45AM

@icecreaaam. vs @CrayZeei - NFS ProStreet: 6:45AM-8:55AM

@Cement Mixer vs @wortex - NFS Underground: 8:55AM-2:10PM

@MilesDippereon vs @CrayZeei - NFS Undercover: 2:10PM-5:35PM

@marino111 vs @SecondLtBadger - NFS The Run: 5:35PM-8:40PM

We will be very happy if you come join us in this amazing race and enjoy the show!

***The NFS Community is organizing a BlackBox Relay Race between 2 teams. Come watch us and have some fun starting time is 25th of May 5PM CEST Time!***

Need for Speed: BlackBox Relay Race 2024 (NFS Tournaments)

*Indie Horror Speedruns Presents…*

# **IHS Summer Marathon 2024**

Many of you know Indie Horror Speedruns for our yearly winter marathons centered around indie horror games as well as our preservation of indie horror speedrunning. We’re proud to present our first summer marathon along with the opening of submissions for IHS Summer Marathon 2024. Taking place live on June 15th 2024 at 1PM eastern standard time and running for roughly about 8 hours. All horror centered and horror-adjacent games are eligible to be submitted but indie horror games will always be prioritized. Official guidelines and rules can be found below and if you have any more questions feel free to contact us at [@IndieHorrorSR](https://linktr.ee/indiehorrorspeedruns) or join our [Discord.](https://discord.gg/Kxm6mHnZv3)

# **Submission Guidelines**

-Submit Here: [https://oengus.io/marathon/IHSSM24](https://oengus.io/marathon/IHSSM24)

-All participants are limited to 5 game submissions for any category of each game.

-Submissions are required to be at least horror-genre centered or contain horror elements. Indie games are preferred but not required. Final exceptions will be decided by the IHS staff team.

-All submissions must be sent in to our Oengus forum by June 1st 2024 12:00am eastern standard time.

-All runners are required to be available the day of the marathon and there will be no exceptions in regards to schedule changes.

# **Scheduling**

IHS Summer Marathon will be taking place live June 15th 2024 on [Twitch.tv/IndieHorrorSpeedruns](https://www.twitch.tv/IndieHorrorSpeedruns) at 1PM eastern standard time.

-Submissions CLOSE 12:00AM eastern standard time on June 1st 2024.

-Official schedule announcement on June 7th 2024.

-No exceptions to schedule changes unless at IHS Staff discretion.

-Live event on June 15th 2024 1PM eastern standard time.

We hope to see our whole community attend along with new faces interested in indie horror speedrunning. We’ve hosted the premiere event for indie horror speedrunning since 2022 and we’re excited to bring this event to the summer.

See you there.

Many of you know Indie Horror Speedruns for our yearly winter marathons centered around indie horror games as well as our preservation of indie horror speedrunning...

Indie Horror Speedruns Presents... IHS Summer Marathon 2024

Prepare yourselves for a challenge which will test your wit and of course - speed.

**Starting Date:** 12:00pm UTC May 22nd, 2024

**Duration:** 11 days, until 11:59PM UTC June 2nd, 2024

This challenge is especially exciting, because we’ve worked with the developer on some extra content developed *specifically* for this speedrun challenge - more on that later. Here’s what you need to know:

## **Eligibility:**

Must own a legitimate copy of Athena Crisis

Open to players aged 18 and above worldwide, with the following exceptions: North Korea, Syria, Sudan, Cuba, and Venezuela.

## **Category:**

As this is a challenge for a pre-existing game, we will not be revealing the category until near the start of the challenge to avoid anyone starting too far ahead of time. That said, if you want to hop in a game and start learning the basics to prepare yourself - we encourage you to do so if you’d like!

# **Submission:**

Record your speedrun and submit it via our[ Challenge leaderboard here on Speedrun.com.](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/ml3l8pr0-Athena_Crisis-athena-crisis-speedrun-challenge)

Follow the guidelines provided for video formatting and submission requirements, found in the rules section.

# **Rules and Regulations:**

All speedruns must adhere to the official rules, available on the Speedrun.com Challenge leaderboard.

**Contest Rules:**[https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/ml3l8pr0-Athena_Crisis-athena-crisis-speedrun-challenge/contest](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/ml3l8pr0-Athena_Crisis-athena-crisis-speedrun-challenge/contest)

**Category Rules:**[https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/ml3l8pr0-Athena_Crisis-athena-crisis-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=challenge](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/ml3l8pr0-Athena_Crisis-athena-crisis-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=challenge)

## **Prize Distribution:**

The $1000 prize pool will be distributed among the top performers for fastest completion time in the chosen category. The distribution is as follows:

**1st place** - $500

**2nd place** - $300

**3rd place** - $200

## **Challenges**

In case you aren’t aware of what a challenge is in the context of Speedrun.com, a Challenge leaderboard functions similarly to the regular leaderboards you're already familiar with. However, we've made a few layout adjustments to cater to the time-sensitive nature of challenges and the inclusion of prize pools.

We always aim to avoid any undue pressure on the associated moderation team with whatever game is the focus of the challenge - so to ensure a smooth process, all runs submitted to the challenge leaderboard will be screened and verified by either SRC staff or Athena Crisis moderation team members *volunteering for the challenge specifically*. After the challenge concludes, SRC staff will collaborate with the Athena Crisis moderation team to discuss the potential merging of challenge runs into the regular leaderboard once the moratorium period expires, respecting the mod team's preferences.

## **Preparation Suggestions**

To follow the challenge as well as find tips & tricks for the speedrun, visit the[ Athena Crisis Challenge leaderboard right here on Speedrun.com](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/ml3l8pr0-Athena_Crisis-athena-crisis-speedrun-challenge) and the #🏃🏽-speedrun channel in the [Athena Crisis Discord server](https://discord.gg/ch9qYJ34Xq)

Good luck, and have fun speedrunners! :)

Attention all turn-based strategy enjoyers and speedrunners from all genres! We are extremely excited to announce our $1000 Athena Crisis Speedrunning Challenge in collaboration with Nakazawa Tech & Null Games!

Athena Crisis $1000 Speedrun Challenge!

Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005)

Athena Crisis

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DBcade

SlivenKage

Zomb_Slays

MoistCr1TiKaL $15,000 Speedrun Challenge #5

Athena Crisis Completionist Speedrun Challenge

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Survive both Chapter 1 & 2 of Poppy Playtime

SRC Series: Poppy Playtime Duo Challenge

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SRC Series: Ultrakill All Secret Levels (Inbounds)

SRC Series: Rocket Racing Expert Tracks

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Pit of Eternal Sands - $10,000 Speedrun Challenge

Blood Will Run $10,000 Challenge

m2p98y5x

ULTRAKILL

Poppy Playtime: Chapter 1

Ghostrunner 2

Another Crab's Treasure

In order to properly figure out categories, rules, timing method, etc. this leaderboard will not feature any runs for the first two weeks after the game's release. In the meantime you can join us in the [Prince of Persia discord](https://discordapp.com/invite/0Ss0agDWPoiSvr3E) to discuss about the game.

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

Rocket Racing

The Outbound Ghost (Any% Easy) - @SongofSoil - Prevent-A-Thon 3 !donate !charity

A Difficult Game About Climbing

The leaderboards will open 2 weeks from launch to allow discussion about the categories we want to start out with.