The dust has settled for Summer 2020. But if you’re looking for more anime to binge, check out our Top 5 Highly Recommended Anime from the previous season! Shows that performed high on the Anime Trending weekly polls are not considered. These are anime you may have missed!
1. Great Pretender
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Streaming on Netflix Studio: WIT Studio Makoto Edamura is a con man who is said to be “Japan’s greatest swindler.” One day, after trying to pickpocket a foreigner, Edamura finds that all of his money was stolen instead. Chasing the man down all the way to Los Angeles, he learns the foreigner is Laurent Thierry, a French con man who has ties to international criminal organizations. After Edamura follows Thierry and thwarts his big drug deal, Edamura gets tied up and left to die on the famous Hollywood sign. (via ANN) |
2. The Misfit of Demon King Academy
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Streaming on Crunchyroll Studio: SILVER LINK. Anos Voldigord was a tyrannical Demon King that eradicated humans, spirits, and even the gods, but became bored of eternal warfare and reincarnated with dreams of a peaceful world. However, what awaited him in reincarnation after 2000 years were descendants who became too weak after being accustomed to peace, and all sorts of magic that deteriorated to the extreme. Anos enters Demon King Academy that gathers and educates those who are viewed as the reincarnation of the Demon King, but the academy could not see through his true powers and ends up branding him as a misfit. (via Crunchyroll) |
3. DECA-DENCE
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Streaming on Funimation Studio: NUT After nearly being driven to extinction by life forms known as Gadoll, humanity dwells in a mobile fortress named Deca-Dence. Built to protect humans from the Gadoll threat, it’s occupied by Gears, warriors who fight daily, and Tankers, those without the same skills. Natsume, who dreams of fighting, meets Kaburagi, an armor repairman. Their chance meeting will shake the future of this world. (via Funimation) |
4. Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater
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Streaming on Funimation, Muse Asia Studio: Doga Kobo Introverted Hina Tsurugi is trying to adjust to her new school since moving from the countryside. And in spite of her unease around sea life, classmate Yuuki Kuroiwa somehow convinces her to join the Breakwater Fishing Club. She wants to be open to these new friends and experiences, but some of them are as strange as the fish they’re supposed to hook. Is she biting off more than she can chew? (via Funimation) |
5. APPARE-RANMAN!
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Streaming on Funimation, Hulu Studio: P.A. Works The socially awkward yet genius engineer, Appare Sorano, and the wise but cowardly samurai, Kosame Isshiki, find themselves aimlessly drifting in the sea between Japan and America. In order to earn enough money to get back home, the duo enters a trans-American race in their own steam-powered car. Rivals, bandits, and other trials await them on this race from Los Angeles to New York. (via Funimation) |
