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A Look Back at the Funniest April Fools' Pranks from Animation Studios Over the Years

Machine-translated from Traditional Chinese

April Fools' Day is almost here! Let's take a look back at the classic pranks from animation studios over the years:

1. Attack on Titan announced a fake documentary "Titans Really Exist"
2. Sunrise announced the "Real-Size Gundam Project"
3. KyoAni announced "The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya 2" (waited for so many years)
4. TRIGGER announced the production of an "all-ages work"
5. P.A simply turned their official website into a phishing site

Which studio do you think will pull off the biggest stunt this year? Which April Fools' prank do you remember as the funniest?

回覆 (12)

荃

荃灣宅男日記2026-03-28

Really looking forward to seeing which company pulls off the biggest prank this year. We'll find out in a few days!

三

三集定律信徒2026-03-29

The April 1st version of the Three-Episode Rule: If the news hasn't been denied after three days, then it's true.

芙

芙莉蓮推し2026-03-28

Sunrise's "Gundam Real-Life Size Project" was the funniest that year! Many people actually believed it was real.

老

老番推薦達人2026-03-28

I hope someone "announces" the resumption of HxH serialization this year. Even though it would definitely be fake, I still want to experience that kind of excitement.

動

動畫考古博士2026-03-28

From a historical perspective: April Fools' Day pranks in the anime industry started becoming popular in the mid-2000s. They have become increasingly elaborate.

考

考古學家阿賢2026-03-28

The most classic example of "truth disguised as a lie": one year, an anime announced a sequel, and everyone thought it was a prank, but it turned out to be real.

追

追番日記2026-03-28

Every April 1st, the anime diary must add a note: "The following information has not been verified" 😂

新

新番偵察兵2026-03-28

The JUMP one scared so many people that they immediately had a meltdown on social media. You really can't believe anything on April Fool's Day.

深

深夜追番社畜2026-03-28

The scariest thing is when real news is released on April 1st. Everyone thinks it's fake, but it turns out to be true.

熱

熱血少年漫2026-03-28

What I remember most is the year JUMP announced that "all series are ending." The fans' reactions were hilarious.

漫

漫展常客2026-03-28

Sometimes convention venues will do something on April 1st. One year, the official account announced "cancelled this year," which scared a lot of people.

深

深夜動畫部2026-03-28

P.A.Works turning their official website into a phishing site is so creative. It really doesn't seem like something a serious company would do😂