It’s summer. It’s hot. Who the hell wants to go outside? Let’s stay inside and watch some anime.
Below are the summer season’s shows. Which ones are you watching?
Action Heroine Cheer Fruits
Studio: 顿颈辞尘别诲é补
Genre: Action, School, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: July 6
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: High school girls turn into “local heroines” to help the local fruit-growing industry.
Aho-Girl
Studio: 顿颈辞尘别诲é补
Genre: Comedy, School, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: July 4
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A serious student is driven bananas by an awkward schoolgirl who gets terrible grades.
Altair: A Record of Battles
Studio: Mappa
Genre: Action, Drama
Premiere Date: July 7
Where to Watch: Amazon?
What It’s About in One Sentence: A young man does want he can to prevent war and help his country.
Battle Girl High School: Battle Girl Project
Studio: Silver Link
Genre: Action, Battle, School
Premiere Date: July 2
Where to Watch: Hidive (outside US), AnimeLab (AUS/NZ)
What It’s About in One Sentence: Schoolgirls are the last line of defense against mysterious invaders that threaten to destroy Earth.
A Centaur’s Life
Studio: Emon
Genre: Fantasy, School, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: July 9
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: This anime follows the life of a nice schoolgirl centaur and all her supernatural buddies.
Chronos Ruler
Studio: Project No.9
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Supernatural
Premiere Date: July 7
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: It’s a fight against the clock as Chronos Rulers battle time-eating demons.
Classroom of the Elite
Studio: Lerche
Genre: School, Slice of Life, Romance
Premiere Date: July 12
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: The life of a student in a special class for lower level students changes after meeting two female students.
Clean Freak! Aoyama kun
Studio: Studio Hibari
Genre: Sports, School, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: July 3
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: This anime follows the adventures of a school soccer star who does not want to get dirty.
Convenience Store Boy Friends
Studio: Studio Pierrot, Pierrot Plus
Genre: Drama, Romance, School, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: July 6
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll?
What It’s About in One Sentence: Students hang out at a convenience store and fall in love.
Dive!!
Studio: Zero-G
Genre: Sports
Premiere Date: July 6
Where to Watch: Amazon?
What It’s About in One Sentence: A young man works hard to become an Olympic diver.
Dream Festival Second Season
Studio: BN Pictures
Genre: Idol, Music
Premiere Date: August 23
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: A high school student joins a boy band talent agency, hoping to make his idol dreams real.
Elegant Yokai Apartment Life
Studio: Shin-Ei Animation
Genre: School, Slice of Life, Supernatural
Premiere Date: July 3
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll?
What It’s About in One Sentence: A student moves into an apartment that’s filled with all sorts of monsters and spirits.
Fastest Finger First
Studio: TMS Entertainment
Genre: School, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: July 4
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll?
What It’s About in One Sentence: A student joins his high school’s quiz club.
Fate/Apocrypha
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Magic, Supernatural
Premiere Date: July 1
Where to Watch: Netflix?
What It’s About in One Sentence: Two opposing groups of mages and magi face off in a world parallel to that of Fate/stay night.
Fox Spirit Matchmaker
Studio: Haoliners
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Supernatural
Premiere Date: July 1
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A Chinese animated series in which humans and immortal foxes fall in love.
Gamers!
Studio: Pine Jam
Genre: Comedy, Romance, School, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: July 13
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: A lonely student joins his school’s video game club, which is run by a beautiful girl.
Hajimete no Gal
Studio: Naz
Genre: Ecchi, School
Premiere Date: July 12
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: A high school student asks a “gyaru” to go out with him, kicking off a series of saucy and silly hijinks.
Hell Girl Season 4
Studio: Studio Deen
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Supernatural
Premiere Date: July 14
Where to Watch: Amazon, Crunchyroll?
What It’s About in One Sentence: In this anime, people get revenge by sending others to hell.
Here Comes The Three Angels (Tenshi no 3P!)
Studio: Project No.9
Genre: Music
Premiere Date: July 10
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: Three young girls seek the help of a high school student for their band.
Hina Logic From Luck & Logic
Studio: Doga Kobo
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, School
Premiere Date: July 1
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation?
What It’s About in One Sentence: A Luck & Logic spinoff in which schoolgirls learn to harness special powers.
Hitorijime My Hero
Studio: Encourage Films
Genre: Boys Love, School, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: July 8
Where to Watch: Amazon, Hidive (outside US)
What It’s About in One Sentence: A bullied high school student finds himself saved by and increasingly interested in his cool teacher.
Ikemen Sengoku
Studio: TMS Jinni’s
Genre: Comedy, History, Short Anime
Premiere Date: July 12
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: A student is transported back in time to the Warring States Period, which is different than he had learned.
In Another World With My Smartphone
Studio: Production Reed
Genre: Fantasy, Supernatural
Premiere Date: July 11
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: A boy comes back to life in another world in which he has special powers and a smartphone.
The Irresponsible Galaxy Tylor
Studio: Seven
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Short Form
Premiere Date: July 11
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: A young man accidentally meets a frozen young women who can decide the fate of the universe.
Kaito x Ansa
Studio: Tengu Kobou
Genre: Sci-Fi, Supernatural
Premiere Date: July 12
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: Two dudes have five hours to figure out how to save a city from disappearing.
Kakegurui: Compulsive Gambler
Studio: Mappa
Genre: Drama, School, Psychological
Premiere Date: July 1
Where to Watch: Netflix Japan
What It’s About in One Sentence: At an elite private school, students learn the fine art of gambling and reading a room.
Katsugeki! Touken Ranbu
Studio: Ufotable
Genre: Action, History
Premiere Date: July 1
Where to Watch: Amazon, Crunchyroll, Hulu, AnimeLab (AUS/NZ)
What It’s About in One Sentence: Two swords come to life as handsome samurai dudes in order to stop revisionist history.
Knight’s & Magic
Studio: 8-bit
Genre: Fantasy, Magic, Mecha, Giant Robot, Supernatural
Premiere Date: July 2
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: An otaku is reincarnated in a world where knights use huge robots to battle demons.
Lights of Clione
Studio: Drop
Genre: Drama, School, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: July 12
Where to Watch: Amazon?
What It’s About in One Sentence: A bullied girl goes missing until one day her friends get a mysterious email.
Love and Lies
Studio: Kinema Liden Films
Genre: Drama, Romance, School
Premiere Date: July 3
Where to Watch: Amazon, Hidive (outside US)
What It’s About in One Sentence: This anime is set in a future in which the government assigns marriage partners when teens turn 16.
Made In Abyss
Studio: Kinema Citrus
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Robot
Premiere Date: July 7
Where to Watch: Amazon, Hidive (outside US)
What It’s About in One Sentence: A girl who dreams of becoming a cave explorer like her mother befriends a robot boy and goes on adventures.
Mahojin Guru Guru: Magical Circle
Studio: Production I.G
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Magic
Premiere Date: July 11
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: Inspired by JRPGs, this anime follows the adventures of hero Nike and witch apprentice Kukuri.
Marvel Future Avengers
Studio: Madhouse
Genre: Action, Superhero, Sci-Fi, Shonen
Premiere Date: July 22
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: It’s the Avengers, but all anime-y and featuring anime kids.
Netsuzou Trap: NTR
Studio: Creators in Pack
Genre: Romance, School, Slice of life
Premiere Date: July 5
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll?
What It’s About in One Sentence: Two longtime friends seem to become more than that.
New Game!!
Studio: Doga Kobo
Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: July 11
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: The second season about a recent high school grad who gets a job at a game company.
Nora, Princess, and Stray Cat
Studio: DMM.futureworks
Genre: Supernatural
Premiere Date: July 12
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: After a mysterious beautiful girl kisses him, a school boy finds himself with the ability to turn into a cat.
Pikotaro no Lullaby Lullaby
Studio: DLC
Genre: Fairytale, Short Anime
Premiere Date: July 17
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: Pikotaro dreams about famous fairytales.
Princess Principal
Studio: Studio 3Hz | Actas
Genre: Historical, Mystery, Spy
Premiere Date: July 9
Where to Watch: Amazon, Hidive (outside US), AnimeLab (AUS/NZ)
What It’s About in One Sentence: Girls in 19th century London live double lives as spies.
The Reflection
Studio: Studio Deen
Genre: Action, Superhero
Premiere Date: July 22
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll?
What It’s About in One Sentence: A mysterious event gives some people good powers and other folks nefarious ones.
Restaurant To Another World
Studio: Silver Link
Genre: Fantasy, History, Supernatural
Premiere Date: July 7
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: A restaurant gets unexpected visitors from various times in history and different realms.
Robomasters: The Animated Series
Studio: Dandelion | Gonzo
Genre: Robots, School, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: Summer TBA
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: This anime follows a group of college students as they get ready to prepare in a battle bot-type tournament.
Saiyuki Reload Blast
Studio: Platinum Vision
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Supernatural
Premiere Date: July 6
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: The Saiyuki adventurers continue their journey, battling monsters along the way.
Senki Zesshou Symphogear AXZ
Studio: Satelight
Genre: Action, Idols, Sci-Fi
Premiere Date: July 1
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: The latest season in the Symphogear franchise, which centers around musical battle girls.
Skirt no Naka wa Kedamono Deshita.
Studio: Magic Bus
Genre: Ecchi, Romance, Short Anime
Premiere Date: July 2
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: A college student falls in love with, as the title says, “a brute in a skirt.”
Tsuredure Children
Studio: NAS
Genre: Romance, School, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: July4
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll?
What It’s About in One Sentence: Students have a hard time saying “I love you.”
Vatican Miracle Examiner
Studio: J.C. Staff
Genre: Mystery
Premiere Date: July 7
Where to Watch: Amazon, Hidive (outside US), AnimeLab (AUS/NZ)
What It’s About in One Sentence: Two priests work for a Vatican organization called the Seat of the Saints that investigates alleged miracles.
Welcome To The Ballroom
Studio: Production I.G
Genre: Dancing, Slice of Life, Sports
Premiere Date: July 1
Where to Watch: Amazon?
What It’s About in One Sentence: The life of a man with no dreams changes forever when he discovers the world of competitive ballroom dancing.
Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories Season 5
Studio: ILCA
Genre: Horror, Supernatural
Premiere Date: July 2
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: More ghost stories and urban legends come to life in Yamishibai’s fifth season.
18if
Studio: Gonzo
Genre: Adventure, Magic, Supernatural
Premiere Date: July 7
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation?
What It’s About in One Sentence: A young man meets a mysterious girl in his dreams and has a series of curious adventures.