Kusuriya no Hitorigoto Season 2, Cour 2
Genre: Drama, Historical, Medical, Mystery
OP: Kusushiki by Mrs. GREEN APPLE
ED: Hitorigoto by Omoinotake
Synopsis:
[Spoiler (click to open)]When a favored concubine becomes pregnant, Maomao is put to the test as her food taster. She must keep her wits sharp, not only to protect the concubine but also against rising dangers in the palace. A new concubine with powerful ties, an unsolved attempt at Jinshi’s life, and a foreign envoy with impossible demands hint at a grand conspiracy poised to engulf the empire.
FUN FACT: Jinshi’s voice actor was originally Sakurai Takahiro, but after the cheating fiasco, the role went to Otsuka Takeo instead.
WIND BREAKER Season 2
Genre: Action, Delinquents
[Trailer]
OP: Boyz by SixTONES
ED: It’s myself by Shytaupe
Synopsis:
[Spoiler (click to open)]Sakura’s idea of what it means to be at the top has begun to change. After making new friends and encountering new enemies in his time at Furin High School, he has gained some perspective. Now, he stands tall as a Grade Captain, fighting to protect others. Watch as Sakura’s rise continues from high school delinquent to heroic legend!
FUN FACT: There are indeed classes in Furin High School.
LAZARUS
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
OP: VORTEX by Kamasi Washington
ED: Lazarus by The Boo Radleys
Synopsis:
[Spoiler (click to open)]The year is 2052 – an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity prevails across the globe. The reason for this: mankind has been freed from sickness and pain. Nobel Prize winning neuroscientist Dr. Skinner has developed a miracle cure-all drug with no apparent drawbacks called Hapuna. Hapuna soon becomes ubiquitous… and essential. However, soon after Hapuna is officially introduced, Dr. Skinner vanishes.
Three years later, the world has moved on. But Dr. Skinner has returned – this time, as a harbinger of doom. Skinner announces that Hapuna has a short half-life. Everyone who has taken it will die approximately three years later. Death is coming for this sinful world – and coming soon.
As a response to this threat, a special task force of 5 agents is gathered from across the world to save humanity from Skinner’s plan. This group is called “Lazarus.” Can they find Skinner and develop a vaccine before time runs out?
FUN FACT: This is directed by Shinichirō Watanabe, who has directed masterpieces such as Cowboy Bebop (1998), Samurai Champloo (2004), Kids on the Slope (2012) and more.
WITCH WATCH
Genre: Comedy, Supernatural
[Trailer]
OP: Watch me! by YOASOBI
ED: Mahou wa Spice by Aooo
Synopsis:
[Spoiler (click to open)]Morihito Otogi, a high school student who comes from a lineage of ogres, enjoys a peaceful, ordinary life until his childhood friend, Nico, moves in with him. Nico is a witch-in-training, and chooses Morihito to be her familiar. While Nico is thrilled to reunite with her old friend and crush, Morihito is tasked with the perilous duty to protect her from a foretold calamity. Between the unpredictable chaos caused by Nico’s magic, and the awkwardness of sharing a home, their lives become a whirlwind of supernatural hijinks and threats.
FUN FACT: Shinohara Kenta, the mangaka of this story, used to be Sorachi Hideaki‘s (Gintama) pupil. His wife is also a sister of Yabuki Kentaro‘s (Black Cat, To LOVE Ru) wife.
Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia ILLEGALS
Genre: Action, Superpower
[Trailer]
OP: Kekka All Right by Kocchi no Kento
ED: Speed by yutori
Synopsis:
[Spoiler (click to open)]Koichi Haimawari is a dull college student who aspires to be a hero but has given up on his dream. Although 80% of the world’s population has superhuman powers called Quirks, few are chosen to become heroes and protect people. Everything changes for Koichi when he and Pop☆Step are saved by the vigilante Knuckleduster and get recruited to become vigilantes themselves!
FUN FACT: Izuku’s mother made a cameo in the first episode!
Kowloon Generic Romance
Genre: Romance, Sci-Fi
OP: Summer Time Ghost by WEDNESDAY CAMPANELLA
ED: Koi no Retronym by mekakushe
Synopsis:
[Spoiler (click to open)]Real estate agents Reiko Kujirai and Hajime Kudo work in the nostalgic Kowloon Walled City. As they spend more time together, Reiko’s feelings for Hajime grow. But when she finds a photo of him and his former fiancée, she’s shocked to see the woman looks exactly like her. Reiko then realizes a chilling truth: she has no memory of her past.
FUN FACT: The anime and and the movie adaptations were announced at the same time! The movie will be in theater this August.
Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de
Genre: Mystery, Comedy
OP: MONTAGE by Nakajima Kento
ED: Rhapsody by BILLY BOO
Synopsis:
[Spoiler (click to open)]Rich heiress Reiko Hosho lives a double life as a novice detective, fighting crime under Inspector Kazamatsuri—also from a wealthy family. After work, Reiko sheds her pantsuit to don a lovely dress for dinner each day. Difficult cases force her to confide in her butler Kageyama, who proceeds to savagely ridicule her inability to solve mysteries, all while brilliantly unraveling each case himself.
FUN FACT: This was originally a novel series. The jackets were illustrated by Nakamura Yusuke, who also did all ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION‘s CD jackets.
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
Genre: Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi
[Trailer]
OP: PLAZMA by Yonezu Kenshi
ED: Mou Dounattemo Iiya by Hoshimachi Suisei
Synopsis:
[Spoiler (click to open)]Amate Yuzuriha is a high-school student living peacefully in a space colony floating in outer space.
When she meets a war refugee named Nyaan, Amate is drawn into the illegal mobile suit dueling sport known as Clan Battle.
Under the entry name “Machu,” she throws herself into fierce battle day after day, piloting the GQuuuuuuX. Then an unidentified Gundam mobile suit pursued by both the space force and the police appears before her, along with its pilot, a boy named Shuji.
Now their world is about to enter a new era.
FUN FACT: This is Studio Khara‘s fifth movie, the first four were all Evangelion movies.
Anne Shirley
Genre: Drama, Historical, Slice of Life
[Trailer]
OP: Yokan by Tota
ED: heart by Laura day romance
Synopsis:
[Spoiler (click to open)]On the beautiful Prince Edward Island in Canada, an orphan named Anne Shirley is mistakenly sent to Green Gables, the home of Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert. They choose to adopt her anyway, as Anne finds friendship, love, and happiness in her new home. Come along for the story of a purehearted and imaginative girl growing up, leaving for college, and returning home a changed woman.
FUN FACT: Apparently there’s a drama going down in JP community. Matsumoto Yuko, who translated Anne of Green Gables, was direct quoting official anime account with “Redheaded people can’t wear pink, not even in imagination.”, and many other points about differences between the novels and the anime.
Shin Samurai-den YAIBA
Genre: Action, Adventure
OP: BLADE by BLUE ENCOUNT
ED: pineapple tart by otoha
Synopsis:
[Spoiler (click to open)]Yaiba Kurogane has spent his days training in the jungle in order to attain his goal of becoming a real samurai. By a twist of fate, he returns to Japan and starts living with the Mine family, who are connected to his father, Kenjuro. Yaiba constantly baffles the Mines’ daughter Sayaka as she witnesses his wild and reckless ways.
One day, Yaiba tags along with Sayaka to school and has a fateful encounter with Takeshi Onimaru, a kendo expert. Yaiba and Onimaru repeatedly clash, and as if in response to their search for strength, two ancient powers are unleashed: the Fujinken,the Wind God’s Sword, and the Raijinken, the Thunder God’s Sword. Both supernatural blades that have jolted the world since ancient days have reawakened…and the truth behind them is revealed!
FUN FACT: The manga was first published in 1988, so this took 37 years to get animated!
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ONTD, what anime are you watching this season? Any fave so far? Feel free to talk anything anime, and please use a spoiler cut if needs be!
