This year’s Summer Seasonal Preview will be short and sweet. For that reason we’re keeping it in the basic order from Most Anticipated to Wild Cards series of interests!
If you wish to see the full list of the preview, you will be able to find it in Live Chart.
Resources: AniList, A.I.R, ANN, Crunchyroll, FanSub DB, LiveChart, MAL
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Continuing Coverage
Attack on Titan Final Season Parts 1 and 2 [*WIP]
Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hashira Geiko-hen
Spice & Wolf 2024
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Oshi no Ko Season 2
【推しの子】第2期
Source: Manga | English Publisher: YenPress
Animation Company: Doga Kobo
Website: ichigoproduction.com/Season2
Premiere: July 3, 2024 (JST)
Genre: Drama Mystery Psychological Supernatural
Trailer: PV 1 | PV 2
Synopsis: The second season of [Oshi no Ko].
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Eva: This is my favourite arc of the entire series, so I’m really looking forward to it! TIME FOR THE BEST GIRL KANA TO SHINE~ GO MY QUEEN!
Shadow: I. AM. SO. EXCITED. I absolutely LOVED the first season of Oshi no Ko and just as the people have suggested, I actually held myself back from reading this arc in the manga so I’m going in fairly blind (there are a few things I’ve heard here and there about) so it’ll be a fun experience. Especially since we’re getting new characters! Also I can’t wait to see more of my best girl Kana T^T.
Possible Blogger: Shadow
Wistoria: Wand and Sword!
杖と剣のウィストリア | Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria
Animation Company: Actas | Bandai Namco Pictures
Website: wistoria-anime.com
Premiere: July 7, 2024 (JST)
Genre: Action Adventure Fantasy
Trailer: PV 1
Synopsis: A hard-working boy named Will enters a magic academy in hopes of becoming a great sorcerer. Unfortunately, there’s a fatal flaw in his plan: he lacks the ability to use magic. Amid the cold stares of his classmates and instructors, Will feels discouraged at times, but he presses forward with unwavering determination. He can’t use a wand, but he can wield a sword in his battle to reach the top of a magic-dominated world. He just needs to believe in his own unique strengths and remember the promise he made with someone precious to him…
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Eva: Besides Oshi no Ko, I’d have to say this is my most anticipated title this season. As a fan of DanMachi, I’ve been looking forward to seeing how this series goes.
Possible Blogger: Eva
SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary
小市民シリーズ | Shoushimin Series
Animation Company: Actas | Bandai Namco Pictures
Website: shoshimin-anime.com
Premiere: July 7, 2024 (JST)
Genre: Mystery
Trailer: PV 1
Synopsis: A hard-working boy named Will enters a magic academy in hopes of becoming a great sorcerer. Unfortunately, there’s a fatal flaw in his plan: he lacks the ability to use magic. Amid the cold stares of his classmates and instructors, Will feels discouraged at times, but he presses forward with unwavering determination. He can’t use a wand, but he can wield a sword in his battle to reach the top of a magic-dominated world. He just needs to believe in his own unique strengths and remember the promise he made with someone precious to him…
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Eva: Now it’s been a while since a mystery has last caught my attention. And since I absolutely loved Hyouka, I’m definitely looking forward to this one! So I’ll give this a whirl.
Possible Blogger: Eva
Narenare: Cheer for You!
菜なれ花なれ | Na-Nare Hana-Nare
Source: Original
Animation Company: P.A. Works
Website: narenare-anime.com
Premiere: July 7, 2024 (JST)
Genre: Sports
Trailer: PV 1
Synopsis: Misora Kanata is a first-year student on the Takanosaki High School cheerleading team. She won a national championship in middle school, but can’t jump after a mistake in a competition. She befriends Suzuha, Shion, Anna, Onka, and Megumi to form the PoMPoMs. Their new team goes beyond cheerleading to reach the hearts of the people they cheer on. They might just change the world!
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Eva: It’s feels like it’s been too long since I last watched a P.A. Works original (no I haven’t watched Buddy Daddies yet, in my backlog oops), but I’m happy I’m seeing one that caught my interest in potentially covering right off the bat.
Possible Blogger: Eva
Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start with Magical Tools
魔導具師ダリヤはうつむかない | Madougushi Dahlia wa Utsumukanai
Source: Novel | English Publisher: J-Novel Club (Manga & Novel)
Animation Company: Imagica Infos & TYPHOON GRAPHICS
Website: dahliya-anime.com
Premiere: July 6, 2024 (JST)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Trailer: PV 1 | PV 2
Synopsis: After dying of overwork in Japan, Dahlia is reborn into a world filled with magic. Raised by a master of magical toolmaking, she develops a passion for the craft and becomes engaged to her father’s apprentice. Before her father can see her wed, however, he suddenly passes away. As if this weren’t enough, on the day before their wedding, her fiancé announces that he’s in love—but not with her! Dahlia finally realizes she needs to live for herself. She vows to be her own woman from now on and devote herself to her craft, even if it’s not quite the quiet life she was hoping for! From a chance encounter with a knight to starting her own company, there are challenges aplenty on the horizon. But this young craftswoman is no longer a shrinking violet—she’s Dahlia, and she’s ready to bloom.
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Eva: Long before getting burned out from isekai series, I read a bit of the manga adaption and had been meaning to get around to checking out the novels. (Spoiler alert: Still stuck in my backlogs). I enjoyed up to the point I’ve read it to (and it’s been a while since I don’t remember anything), so I’m looking forward to watching this. Not sure if I’ll cover it because it’s pretty slow… I’ll see how the first episode goes. I should commit myself to reading the novels once this season is over, haha!
Possible Blogger: Eva
ATRI: My Dear Moments
アトリ マイ ディア モーメンツ
Source: Game (Visual Novel) | English Publisher: ANIPLEX.EXE
Animation Company: TROYCA
Website: atri-anime.com
Premiere: July 14, 2024 (JST)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Trailer: PV 1 | PV 2 | PV 3
Synopsis: In the near future, a sudden and unexplained sea rise has left much of human civilization underwater. Ikaruga Natsuki, a boy who lost his mother and his leg in an accident some years earlier, returns disillusioned from a harsh life in the big city to find his old countryside home half-swallowed by the sea.
Left without a family, all he has to his name is the ship and submarine left to him by his oceanologist grandmother, and her debts.
His only hope to restore the dreams for the future that he has lost is to take up an opportunity presented to him by the suspicious debt collector Catherine. They set sail to search the sunken ruins of his grandmother’s laboratory in order to find a treasure rumor says she left there.
But what they find is not riches or jewels; it is a strange girl lying asleep in a coffin at the bottom of the sea. Atri.
Atri is a robot, but her appearance and her wealth of emotions would fool anyone into think she’s a living, breathing human being. In gratitude for being salvaged, she makes a declaration to Natsuki.
“I want to fulfill my master’s final order. Until I do, I’ll be your leg!”
In a little town slowly being enveloped by the ocean, an unforgettable summer is about to begin for this boy and this mysterious robot girl…
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Eva: This one is a wild card for me, but I’m interested in the premise (especially since I do enjoy my dose of sci-fi), so I’ll be checking it out!
Possible Blogger: Eva
Twilight Out of Focus
黄昏アウトフォーカス | Tasogare Outfocus
Source: Manga | English Publisher: Kodansha USA
Animation Company: Studio DEEN
Website: tasogare-anime.com
Premiere: July 4, 2024 (JST)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Trailer: PV 1
Synopsis: Film enthusiast Mao Tsuchiya and his lone wolf roommate Hisashi Otomo make three promises:
(1) That Mao will never tell anyone that Hisashi is gay and has a boyfriend,
(2) That Hisashi will never approach Mao “in that way,” and
(3) That they’ll respect each other’s “private time.”
The second-years’ ground rules should ensure a peaceful life together in their dorm, but reality is never as simple as it seems in the movies, and some things are not so easily promised…
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Eva: Unlike some of the other adaptions on this list, I know absolutely nothing about this series. I think the characters designs are something that’s gonna have to grow on me, but I’m a simple person: It’s a romance, so of course I’ll check it out and see how it goes!
The Elusive Samurai
逃げ上手の若君 | Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi
Source: Manga | English Publisher: MangaPlus
Animation Company: CloverWorks
Website: nigewaka.run
Premiere: July 6, 2024 (JST)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Trailer: PV 1 | PV 2 | PV 3
Synopsis: Set in feudal Japan in between the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, our hero Hojo Takatoki is a boy on the run that history all but forgot! When the Kamakura shogunate is overthrown by Ashikaga Takauji, Takatoki’s family and standing are viciously taken away from him, and he must flee to the far reaches of the land to survive and seek out his revenge!
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Eva: This one is a real toss up for me because… well, pretty obvious this is gonna be a bloody one (and I’ve been struggling to watch Demon Slayer lately for that reason), but I’ve heard a lot about this one and I’d like to try to take a look at it at least.
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
天穂のサクナヒメ | Tensui no Sakuna-hime
Source: Game | English Publisher: Marvelous, XSEED Games
Animation Company: P.A. Works
Website: sakuna-anime.com
Premiere: July 6, 2024 (JST)
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Trailer: PV 1 | PV 2
Synopsis: Anime adaptation of the “Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin” video game.
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Eva: I can’t believe I ALMOST missed this. I couldn’t recall it coming out this summer, and when I was going through the list of shows I have no recollection of seeing it! Thank goodness I did catch it though because this is one of the titles I’m very interested in seeing play out this season. I’ve long been meaning to play this game (forever overdue) since it seems right up my alley, but it seems like I’m going to be watching the adaption first. Hopefully it’s getting a decent adaption.
Overall Thoughts
Eva: Honestly not much of interest for me this season. Apart from Wistoria: Wand and Sword, SHOSHIMIN, Na-Nare Hana-Nare, Dahlia in Bloom, and ATRI: My Dear Moments, there really aren’t any titles that makes me particularly excited in advance of their premieres. Since I’m still covering Spice and Wolf (2024), I’ll probably only end up picking up one title this season, which one it’ll be is still up in the air. But I’m still open to picking up two if I’m feel strongly about it. That being said, I’m trying not to bite off more than I can chew at the moment. Apart from that, while the Elusive Samurai is up in the air, I know I’ll definitely be watching Oshi no Ko S2 and checking out Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin. We’ll see whether Twilight Out of Focus is something I’ll stick to watching or decide to binge-watch at the end of the season.
Shadow: Looking over what this season has to offer, the only one that caught my attention was Oshi no Ko season 2. I feel like it takes a lot for me to get interested in new series these days so it’s gonna be a pretty low key season for me. Unless there is a loud voice for a specific series, I probably won’t be looking at anything else. Hopefully I’ll actually have some time to do the long time coming final episodes of AOT that I have been putting off for way too long.
Shadow and Eva, are neither of you interested in Isekai Suicide Squad? I think this one can potentially be one of the sleeper hits of the season, and I say that as someone who tends to hate isekai series, with exceptions to that being Re:zero and Ascendence of a Bookworm.
Nope, not the slightest, that’s why it’s not on the list. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ We’re not really interested in the DC Comic franchise to begin with.