Summer Anime 2018 Preview: A Mixed Summer!

Hello everyone! This is my preview for the upcoming Summer anime 2018 which begin this July! (Some of the series synopsis are taken from other sources)

Shingeki no Kyojin S3: We don't have to wait that long for the next season of Attack on Titans as it is dropping this July! (Warning: if you have been following the manga, you might know this season might be a turn-off for some viewers)

Overlord S3: More adventures as the Dark Lord Aniz and his subjects tried to find out the truth of the virtual world he is struck in. (Although last season was very boring...)

Satsuriku no Tenshi: 13-year old Rachel awakens to find herself trapped in the basement of an abandoned building and comes across a man covered in bandages. He introduces himself as Zack and he wields a grim-reaper like sickle...

Free! Dive to the Future: More swimming action and hot bodes for this new season!

Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo no Dorei Majutsu: In the MMORPG Cross Reverie, Sakamoto Takuma is so powerful that he is lauded as the "Demon Lord" by other players. When he was trapped by an enslavement spell by two girls, the spell backfired and the girls become his slaves instead...

Yuragi-sou no Yuuna-san: If you like Toloveru, you will definitely like this Ecchi comedy about Kogarashi who has very high spiritual energy moved into a mysterious Inn where the guests are all demons and a cute and clumsy ghost, Yunna stayed in the same room with Kogarashi which all sort of crazy things follows...

Gintama-Shirogane no Tamashii-hen: The second part of the Gintama Final Arc!

Grand Blue: Among the seaside town of Izu's ocean waves and rays of shining sun, Iori Kitahara is just beginning his freshman year at Izu University. As he moves into his uncle's scuba diving shop, Grand Blue, he eagerly anticipates his dream college life, filled with beautiful girls and good friends but things took a wrong turn for him with disastrous results!

Island: Based on the visual novel of the same name which tells of a mysterious island due to an incident involving the three main household on the island...

Tenrou-Sirius the Jaeger: Set during 1930s Japan, a group of warriors known as Jaegar came to Japan to hunt down vampires that stalk the night...

Banana Fish: Ash Lynx is a top assassin for a crime lord. But when he want to get away, enemies are after him until he meet a cameraman, Eiji who change his heart...

Back Street Girls-Gokudolls: After a failed hit, 3 Yakuza members were forced to have a sex-change in Thailand and instead become Hot Popular Idols?!

Chio-chan no Tsuugakuro: This is a story of a nerdy bookworm girl on her way to school and taking her "usual" route to school, it becomes an increasingly unusual adventure every day!

Shichisei no Subaru: After one of his friends died while playing an online game, Haruto was invited to play a new game and meet a girl named Asahi who look like his dead friend...

High Score Girl: During the boom of Arcade Fighting games in the 90s, Haruo was an expert in Fighting Games until he meet a quiet girl, Akira who beat him in 30 straight games. Thus began a friendship between a boy and a girl which is a tribute to all gamers.

Happy Sugar Life: A Psychological Horror about a girl named Satou who has a crush on someone and will do anything even murder to get what she wants...

Hyakuren no Haou to Seiyaku no Valkyrie: Another Isekai series about a male lead who got transported to the world of Norse mythology...

Harukana Receive: Two unlikely people, Kanata who is short and Haruka who gave up volleyball form a team in the upcoming beach volleyball tournament.

Hanebado: We have Prince of Tennis so it is fair to get a show about another racket type sport-Badminton!  

Jashin-chan Dropkick: Jashin-chan Dropkick is a violent slapstick comedy about a delusional Gothic Lolita, Yurine who summons a demon girl with the tail of a cobra, Jashin-chan.

Hataraku Saibou: If you remember the Pixar movie, Inside out, here is a show which is similar to it but with people working everyday in your body!

Kyoto Teramachi Sanjou no Holmes: Mashiro Aoi unexpectedly runs into Yagashira Kiyotaka, the son of the shop's owner and ends up working part-time at the shop. Kiyotaka is called the "Holmes at Teramachi Sanjou," and solve odd cases by various clients.

Muhyo to Rouji no Mahouritsu Soudan Jimusho: Based on the classic Shounen Jump manga of the same name about Muhyo and Roji, experts in magic law and serving justice to evil spirits is their specialty.

Angolmois-Genkou Kassenki: The big incident ‘Genkou‘ that shook medieval Japan is being drawn in an original way in this historical anime, along with the beginning of the Samurai!

Lord of Vermilion-Guren no Ou: Based on the PS Vita game of the same name.

Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight: Starlight is a song and dance revue troupe loved throughout the world. Karen and Hikari make a promise with each other when they're young that one day they'll stand on that stage together...

Planet With: A new Mecha show (No further details)

Zoids Wild: Based on the long running toyline from Takara Tomy.

Like my title said for this summer preview, it is a mixed bag. One hand, I am really looking forward to see High Score Girl which I read the manga and there are a lot of tributes and Easter eggs based on video games in general. Provided that the show is able to get the licences from game companies to do them although the manga did got the licence to show all these games.

Yuragi-sou no Yuuna-san is another show that I am looking forward to but seeing how Toloveru was butchered when it first aired, I am really worried about this show. Given that based on the manga, the male lead is not a pushover and win the hearts of female demons and human girls alike, making it awesome.

The rest of the series as usual, I will watch it based on the first three episodes rule. Furthermore, ongoing shows like Gegege no Kitarou, Gundam Build Divers, Golden Kamuy and Juushinki Pandora are pretty good in my opinion. Until then, see you in July for the new shows!

Summer Anime 2017 Preview: It's all about Super Powers!

Hello everyone! This is my preview for the upcoming Summer anime 2017 which begin this July! (Some of the series synopsis are taken from other sources)

Gamers!: Amano Keita is a loner who love video games and he discovered the beauty of the school, Karen Tendou is also a gamer and she created a gaming club for her own amusement!

Hajimete no Gal: Junichi want to get laid and decided to woo the gyaru in his class, Yame Yukana. What he didn't expect was Yukana seriously ended up falling in love with him and how Junichi overcome "the first time" in dating.

Kakegurui: Yumeko Jabami enrolled in Hyakkaou Private Academy where the elite students used anything to bet and losers were made to suffer their abuses. Yumeko decided to teach them a lesson by showing what high stakes are all about.

Fate/Apocrypha: In an alternative timeline, something went wrong during the Holy Grail War and one of the great magic families decided to wage war against the Magic association. As such both sides employed Mages/Master and Spirits/Servants for the Great Holy Grail War..

Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni: Mochizuki Touya found himself in a fantasy world where magic and monsters exist. With only a smartphone on hand, Touya began the adventure of a lifetime!

Koi to Uso: In the near future, when young people in Japan turn sixteen, they are assigned a marriage partner by the government. Yukari Nejima lives in a small corner of the country, and just can't seem to get ahead in life. Both academically and athletically he's below average. But within him, he hides a heart burning with passion! In this world in which love is forbidden, what will happen to him when he falls in love?

Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu: Ayanokouji Kiyotaka is a student of D-class where is where the school dumps its "inferior" students in order to ridicule them. For a certain reason, Kiyotaka was careless on his entrance examination, and was put in D-class. After meeting Horikita Suzune and Kushida Kikyou in his class, Kiyotaka's situation begins to change.

New Game!!: Season two of the misadventures of Aoba and her co-workers in a video game company.

Knight's & Magic: Eru whose past life was a fan of mecha was reincarnated into a world where robots and magic exist. With his unusual knack for mecha, Eru decided to create the most powerful robot in the kingdom!

Jikan no Shihaisha: Chronos Rulers (Jikan no Shihaisha) are those who fight the time-eating demons that appear when people wish they could turn back time.

Aho Girl: Yoshiko is a complete idiot who is proud of getting zero and eating bananas all day long. With her childhood friend and weird classmates by her side, Yoshiko's life is never a boring one!

Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart: One day, Nora meets a girl named Patricia in a park. Patricia says that she is a princess of the underworld, and has come to the surface world to destroy all life. But the first time she touches someone in the surface, she faints and Nora finds himself nursing her. Patricia asks Nora to tell him the secrets of life and Nora starts by explaining the adult magazine that they found in the park.

Isekai Shokudou: An ordinary restaurant hold a secret-Every Saturday, it led a portal to another world where customers who are not from this world paid a visit to the restaurant for it's meals and drinks...

Princess Principal: The "spy action" series follows five girls in 19th century London. The girls serve as undercover spies enrolled as students at the prestigious Queen's Mayfair school. The girls make use of their individual abilities to remain active in the underground world of disguise, espionage, infiltration, and car chases

Enmusubi no Youko-chan: In a world where Youkai and Humans live together and love each other. But the life of humans is limited and Youkai who lose their loved ones have to continue living without them. Even if the humans are reborn and the Youkai find their partner again, previous memories are lost to the human.

So a certain ‘service’ became popular among Youkai. Some Youkai can revive the lost memories of their love. If some Youkai loses a loved one and still desires them, they can go and buy the service and restore the lovers memory, starting over with days full of love.

The Reflection: From Comics Book Legend Stan Lee, come a show which was inspired by Boku no Hero Academia about what will you do if you have Super Powers one day?

Nanamaru Sanbatsu: A show about who is quick in pressing the buttons and answering questions in a game show!

Jigoku Shoujo: Yoi no Togi: Hell Girl return again for 6 new episodes!

Centaur no Nayami: Himeno is a sweet, shy girl who like many teens her age, struggles with the trials and tribulations of attending high school. The difference is she's a centaur and she's not alone...

Saiyuki Reload Blast: After years of travelling, Sanzo and his companions finally arrived in India but not everything is what they seem to be...

Dive!!: After Free, another swimming inspired show about hot guys in swimming trunks!

Hina Logi: From Luck & Logic: Liones Yelistratova a pure princess from a small country enters a school in Hokkaido on a spring day. The school is a specialized educational institution operated by ALCA to train Logicalists, who maintain world peace.

Battle Girl High School: From the popular App game of the same name.

RoboMasters the Animated Series: Based on the DJI-hosted RoboMasters competition, which is the world's biggest student robotics competition.

Clione no Akari: The story centers around an illness-stricken, constantly bullied orphan girl named Minori. After one rainy day, she doesn't turn up at school, having been admitted into a hospital in a distant town. Two months pass and the girl's two school friends, Takashi and Kyouko, receive a mysterious email with no sender listed. The email reveals a summer festival taking place at a nearby town...

Tenshi no 3P!: From the people who gave you Rokyubu come another show where cute little girls now play musical instruments!

Action Heroine Cheer Fruits: The story about how local heroines does good things to help people and to promote the town's popularity at the same time.

Senki Zesshou Symphogear AXZ: Season 4 of the action music battle series. (Seriously, how come this show keep getting new seasons every two or three years?)

Skirt no Naka wa Kedamono Deshita: Kominami Shizuka is a mild-mannered college student who is having trouble adjusting to city life. One day, she meets Kirishima Ryou, another student who projects the image of a cool older sister. The two hit it off but Shizuka is shocked when Ryou attempts to seduce her. Shizuka initially assumes that Ryou is a lesbian but Ryou is in fact a man who dresses like a lady.

Made in Abyss: A little orphan girl named Rico lives in the town of Ousu on the edge of the Abyss. Her dream is to become a Cave Raider like her mother and solve the mysteries of the cave system.

Mahoujin Guru Guru (2017): A retelling of the popular 90s anime of the same name.

Musekinin Galaxy☆Tylor: Another retelling of a little know anime series from the 90s.

Marvel Future Avengers: When three kids Makoto, Adi, and Chloe were kidnapped by Hydra, the Avengers rescued them and learn that the trio have super powers. Deciding to recruit the kids into become new Avengers, the kids now learn to fight alongside their favourite Marvel Superheroes!

Looking at this list, some of you might have guess which show I most probably hype for and it is Marvel Future Avengers! Yes, it is a kids' show and yes, it is weird that everyone speak Japanese and has many anime tropes in it.

However I did reviewed Marvel Disk Wars Avengers a few years back and it is pretty good despite a rocky start. Using the same cast as Disk Wars, it is pretty decent and by the end, it is actually better than a lot of current Marvel series from the west, eg: Avengers Assemble.

Fate/Apocrypha which I have started reading the manga and so far, it is pretty hardcore with both sides having their own agenda and the servants themselves are pretty bad-ass. It also mark the first appearance of Ruler aka Joan of Arc in anime form and her reasons for her appearance intertwine the war.

The rest of the shows of course, I will have to watch it first before deciding what to follow after three episodes. What are the shows you are looking forward to? Leave your comments and see you in July!