Summer '25 anime discussion

Mistake

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Seems to me anime is finally getting back its groove and production is up. We have some decent shows this season, and I'm hooked. This is not the full list of what's available, just some stuff I'm personally interested in. Official sites are linked in the names, check the pages for an english option, or use your browser of choice to translate. Now you might be asking yourself, does he have time for all this? Shut up 🫶

Second season of Dandadan has arrived. While the animation quality seems a bit down, the plot and story remain the same. I'm excited to see what supernatural craziness they will introduce next. Probably Joe Rogan's guilty pleasure
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Gachiakuta is about a boy living in a divided society. One of cleanliness and wealth, one of poverty and filth. Rudo is taught objects may have souls, and to appreciate them instead of being thrown away, but this concept has far wider implications than he can imagine
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Kijin Gentoushou continues into summer season from the last. While a samurai hunting demons is nothing new, this show is less focused on action and has a new story every couple of episodes. It's slower paced and fine if you have spare time
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Bored of zombie plots and need something different? Try Nyaight of the Living Cat (yes, I'm serious.) A terrible virus has infected our feline friends, and touching them will turn you into a cat! But do Kunagi and Kaoru have the fur-balls to defend themselves from this cute invasion?
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Takopii no Genzai is one of my top contenders this season. Why? I love the dichotomy. Seems silly at first, but....goddamn. Not for the faint of heart. Unfortunately it's only scheduled for six episodes
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Dainanaoji is back, and they're not slowing down on the special effects. It's a typical isekai where the protagonist becomes OP and one shots everything with magic. I wouldn't prioritize the show by any means, but it's fine. The short shorts are creeping me out though
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I have been waiting for another season of Sono Bisque Doll. I really like the approach this show has to cosplay and how many different things it can take to create a costume. The slice of life is good too, which balances stuff out and keeps it from getting stale
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Kaiju No. Eight will air again in two days on July 19th. Solid watch, and I like the characters. Has some good mystery as well, which keeps you interested.
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Shield Hero is now on its fourth season, and I'm stuck watching it. Help
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Witch Watch continues into this season as well. I didn't expect it to turn into a reverse harem situation, but the characters aren't bad. I file this under "cute enough"
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Clevatess hits every note of a good fantasy story. Epic beasts, powerful abilities, magic, and a child with an unknown destiny. Give it a shot
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Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu seems like a supernatural horror type of show. A boy dies and is taken over my some weird entity. A few scenes reminded me of Paranoia Agent, so it could have potential
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After many years, a new Panty & Stocking? Seems fun, why not
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There is a bunch of other isekai stuff as usual. Mokushiroku Mynoghra, Mizu Zokusei, or Jidou Hanbaiki, but it's kinda whatever. If I missed something interesting, let me know ✌️ Next few seasons also look like quite the lineup
 
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I appreciate the effort in trying to bring back seasonal anime threads

Don't forget this thread exists


I'm watching Summer Pockets

That one is continuing on from Spring though
 
I'm watching Summer Pockets

That one is continuing on from Spring though
Ah, made by Key? I'll have to give it a shot. Their work is pretty good, but I feel like watching all the episodes at your own pace instead of weekly works better for mushy stuff
Is Gahiakuta any good? My whole subway station was full of advertising for it.
I like the first two episodes so far. More interesting than the isekais at least
 
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Is Gahiakuta any good? My whole subway station was full of advertising for it.
Feels like a 2000s manga in a bad way with the anime. Maybe the visual style of the manga can carry it but for BONES it's mediocre.

Takopi being generational to Zoomers is understandable but its not exactly fresh or new concepts, it's done well though.

Haven't seen New Panty and Stocking but weird to see people are suddenly fans of the original again. 🙄
 
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Takopi being generational to Zoomers is understandable but its not exactly fresh or new concepts, it's done well though.
I've been following anime seasons for a while now, and there hasn't been a show similar to this in a long time. Is there anything you like about this season so far?
 
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I still enjoy OP isekais, probably because I'm very picky about what I watch and have only seen a handful, but the shota MC with the short shorts is a non starter for me. I could go for more Overlord and Eminence in Shadow though!

How is Shield Hero? I loved the first season but bailed after seeing the negative reception of season 2.
 
I've only watched that comedy detective show so far which seems good enough. Not really interested in most of the other stuff.
Could never get into that bisque doll show. From the first half of the first season it seemed like they should already be dating, and the rest of the show just felt like it was trying to drag it on without having them be in a relationship. Can't get into Dandadan either, though I understand why people like it.
 
How is Shield Hero? I loved the first season but bailed after seeing the negative reception of season 2.
It follows a very similar roadmap that SAO put in place.

Stellar first season, giant dropoff afterwards.

I'll give Shield Hero credit at least for sticking to it's genre post-dropoff rather than becoming part-slice of life/part-harem/part-action like SAO.
 
I've been following anime seasons for a while now, and there hasn't been a show similar to this in a long time. Is there anything you like about this season so far?
I mean the manga was gassed like crazy so it was always gonna be massive with a decent studio.

Nothing I'm watching is really great neither bad really. Just sort of OK. I stopped watching a lot of seasonal anime back in like 2019 after doing it for 14 years.
 
Gonna give that cat zombie show a watch, seems interesting
 
Nothing too exciting.
Dandadan is still fun though I still think the manga is the better version to experience the story.

Checked out the first 2 episodes of Gachiakuta which were ok. Garbage is certainly a ... unique theme to base an action shonen around, but at least the second episode introduced some decent looking action. Can't say it has really grabbed my attention so far, but I'm willing to give it a few more episode before dropping it.

Also watched the first half of season 3 of Fire Force, can't believe it took like 4 years to come out. Maybe I'm miss remembering the earlier seasons but it felt like it took a notorious dip in animation quality, but the story is still pretty fun.
 
I enjoy a lot of gag anime nowadays like Gintama. I really like witch watch and I started watching a pretty crazy detective one that I can't recall the name of at the moment. I'll post it later when I have a sec to search it up.

Update: the name of the show is called Detectives these days are crazy!
 
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