{"id":90223,"date":"2024-06-30T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=90223"},"modified":"2024-10-17T00:41:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T07:41:29","slug":"9-summer-2024-anime-that-will-hopefully-be-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/06\/30\/9-summer-2024-anime-that-will-hopefully-be-good\/","title":{"rendered":"FEATURE: 9 Summer 2024 Anime That Will Hopefully Be Good"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-size: 12pt\">Listicles like these usually have a hype-inducing phrase like \u201cMost Anticipated,\u201d \u201cLooking Forward To,\u201d or \u201cTo Look Out For.\u201d Unfortunately, my most anticipated Winter 2024 and Spring 2024 anime turned out to be profound disappointments for me, so I couldn\u2019t bring myself to title this article in a similar manner.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-size: 12pt\">Still, there are many Summer 2024 anime that have caught my attention, and while this isn\u2019t the first time I\u2019ve had an inflated to-watch list at the start of the season, I feel like this one won\u2019t be reduced that much come September\u2019s end.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-size: 12pt\">So, here are the shows from the new season that I\u2019m most hopeful for \u2014 some have action, some have romance, and most look pretty strong on the visual front. With any luck, they\u2019ll prove to be decent watches at the very least, though I&#8217;m expecting most of them to reach higher peaks.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><b>SHOSHIMIN: How to become Ordinary<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300c\u5c0f\u5e02\u6c11\u30b7\u30ea\u30fc\u30ba\u300d\u7b2c2\u5f3ePV\uff5c2024\u5e747\u67086\u65e5\u653e\u9001\u958b\u59cb\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fZN-GS7J2_8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">[Official English-subtitled trailer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ogzoSX6DYQc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Premiere date:<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">July 6 JST (effectively July 7 at 1:30 AM JST)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br>Streaming platform: Crunchyroll, Ani-One Asia<br>Core staff: <\/span><b>Mamoru Kanbe<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Perfect Insider<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Promised Neverland<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as director, <\/span><b>Toshiya Ono<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Season 2) as series composer, and <\/span><b>Atsushi Saito<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Love Live! Superstar!!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as character designer<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the lines uttered by <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dune<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019s warrior-poet Gurney Halleck goes, \u201cMood&#8217;s a thing for cattle or making love or playing the baliset.\u201d He forgot to mention that it also applies to watching anime. I\u2019ve put off <\/span><b>Kyoto Animation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019s adaptation of <\/span><b>Honobu Yonezawa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hyouka<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> novels for so long due to mood reasons that there\u2019s now an anime based on another mystery series of his: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SHOSHIMIN: How to become Ordinary<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. This one\u2019s about two students who want to live regular lives, which obviously doesn\u2019t happen (bad for them, good for us).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><b>Lapin Track <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">producing<\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SHOSHIMIN <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is a bit worrying \u2014 its last production, the <\/span><b>Mamoru Hatakeyama<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">-directed <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Undead Murder Farce, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">had some wonderful storyboards\/episode direction and good aesthetics, but saying that it possessed strong production values throughout its run would be like claiming that the planet Arrakis in <em>Dune<\/em> is covered in ice. Fortunately, the trailers for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SHOSHIMIN <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">have revealed a show that looks rather appealing to the eye, and those visuals ought to be able to sustain the experience even if the animation doesn\u2019t hold up its end of the bargain.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><b>Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300c\u8ca0\u3051\u30d2\u30ed\u30a4\u30f3\u304c\u591a\u3059\u304e\u308b\uff01\u300d\u30e1\u30a4\u30f3PV\u30107\u670813\u65e5(\u571f) 24:30\uff5e \u653e\u9001\uff0f\u914d\u4fe1\u958b\u59cb\u3011\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uytJ6_KTCZI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">[Official English-subbed trailer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N-mfa1N0nU8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Premiere date: July 13 JST (effectively July 14 at 12:30 AM JST).<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Streaming platform: Crunchyroll<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">, Bilibili<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Core staff:<\/span><b> Shotaro Kitamura <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Overtake!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Episode 4 and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shaman King Flowers<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Episode 5 storyboard artist and director) as director, <\/span><b>Masahiro Yokotani <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ohmuro-ke: Dear Sisters<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as series composer, <\/span><b>Tetsuya Kawakami <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">86 Eighty-Six<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as main character designer<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Animation production:<\/span><b> A-1 Pictures<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Losers&#8221; in manga\/light novel\/anime romances \u2014 that is, those who are fated to be rejected by the protagonist of the story \u2014 are common enough that we have memes about how blue-haired girls and childhood friends always lose, as well as a light novel series that declares, with its title, that there are too darn many of them. In <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Too Many Losing Heroines<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, regular teenager <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kazuhiko Nukumizu discovers that various popular girls at his school are getting rejected by their crushes, and he winds up getting caught up in their affairs.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-size: 12pt\">If I\u2019d stumbled on the original light novels at my local Kinokuniya, I might nod in approval at how the synopsis sounds different from most LN rom-coms, but I probably wouldn\u2019t carry a copy with me all the way to the counter. The anime\u2019s trailers, however, quickly won me over with its production values and winsome comedic portrayals of its heroines, who seem like hopeless but lovable doofuses and failures at romance. Basically, it looks good, and it looks fun.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><b>The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used To Be Archenemies<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300e\u304b\u3064\u3066\u9b54\u6cd5\u5c11\u5973\u3068\u60aa\u306f\u6575\u5bfe\u3057\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3002\u300f\u30e1\u30a4\u30f3PV\uff0f2024.7.9 ON AIR\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/39_TsQt-_9Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Premiere date:<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">July 9 JST<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Streaming platform: Bilibili<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Core staff: <\/span><b>Yuniko Ayana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BanG Dream! It\u2019s MyGO!!!!!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as series composer, <\/span><b>Haruko Iizuka<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Horimiya<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Josee<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019) as main character designer<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Animation production studio: <\/span><b>Bones<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An adaptation of a 4-koma manga by the late <\/span><b>Cocoa Fujiwara<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is about the lieutenant of an earth-invading force falling in love with the magical girl who defends it. The premise is interesting, and the anime\u2019s<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.sakugabooru.com\/glossary\/photography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">compositing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (the compositing director is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bungo Stray Dogs<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Josee, the Tiger and the Fish<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019s <\/span><b>Tsuyoshi Kanbayashi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) looks to be a highlight \u2014 a best visuals contender for the season and maybe even the year, perhaps?&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Plus, while I\u2019m not very familiar with director <\/span><b>Akiyo Ohashi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019s work, I remember liking the beautiful-looking <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Stranger by the Shore<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> anime film that she directed a fair bit, so I consider her presence here as another positive. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><b>2.5 Dimensional Seduction<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300e2.5\u6b21\u5143\u306e\u8a98\u60d1\u300f\u7b2c2\u5f3ePV\uff5c2024\u5e747\u67085\u65e5\uff08\u91d1\uff09\u304b\u3089\u653e\u9001\u958b\u59cb\uff01\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qZw4qxjKOiU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Premiere date: July 5 JST (two consecutive cours)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Streaming platform: HIDIVE, Bilibili<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Core staff: <\/span><b>Hideki Okamoto <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Konohana Kitan<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Manaria Friends<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as director, <\/span><b>Takao Yoshioka <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Horimiya<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as series composer, <\/span><b>Tomoyuki Shitaya <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as character designer<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Animation production studio: <\/span><b>J.C.Staff<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2.5 Dimensional Seduction <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">has a cosplay theme, high school students as main characters, and romance, but it\u2019s no <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My Dress-Up Darling <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">clone. In this romantic comedy, Okumura, the president and lone member of his school\u2019s manga club, gets a new member in the form of first-year student Ririsa. Okumura claims that he\u2019s not into 3D girls, but Ririsa\u2019s excellent cosplay skills, her request for him to be her photographer, and the fact that they both share the same favorite manga heroine changes the trajectory of his life.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The source material for this show is currently one of only two ongoing manga that I buy tankoubon copies of (the other is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yorha \u2013 Pearl Harbor Descent Record &#8211; A NieR: Automata Story<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which has one new volume a year). While my continued patronage is partly out of obligation at this point, I genuinely love how supportive the main cast members of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2.5 Dimensional Seduction <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">are towards each other, which easily makes up for the occasional moments of slightly convoluted drama and the not-so-great impressions given by the intro (there&#8217;s fanservice throughout the series, but the start makes it seem like that&#8217;s all it has to offer). Based on the trailers, the<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">anime isn\u2019t going to be a standout production, but it looks decent enough that the charm of the manga might be preserved.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><b>Wistoria: Wand and Sword<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300e\u6756\u3068\u5263\u306e\u30a6\u30a3\u30b9\u30c8\u30ea\u30a2\u300f\u30e1\u30a4\u30f3 PV\uff5c24\u5e747\u67087\u65e5\u3088\u308aTBS\u7cfb\u5168\u56fd28\u5c40\u30cd\u30c3\u30c8\u306b\u3066\u653e\u9001\u958b\u59cb\uff01 Wistoria: Wand and Sword\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xR6hV_dVHIc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">[Official English-subbed trailer <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FNiBiXXeyb8?si=aDa5aNTB2mD1mUh3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Premiere date: July<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Streaming platform: Crunchyroll, Muse Asia, Bilibili<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span>Core staff:<b> Tatsuya Yoshihara <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chainsaw Man<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> action director, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Black Clover<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> director [until Episode 152] and chief director [Episode 153 onwards]) as director, series composer, and scriptwriter; <\/span><b>Sayaka Ono<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cross Ange:<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rondo of Angel and Dragon<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bastard!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as character designer<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Animation production studio:<\/span><b> ACTAS<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Honestly, I have little interest in<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Wistoria<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019s premise, which involves a magic-less, sword-wielding guy enrolling at a magic school (enough isekai, reincarnation, and fantasy school stories, please). However, the animation in here looks great even outside of the action scenes \u2014 there\u2019s an addictive sense of physicality to some of the previewed cuts, and a couple of these are even presented in first-person. Plus, I can\u2019t remember the last time I watched a fantasy action anime, so that\u2019s another reason for me to give this a shot.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><b>My Deer Friend Nokotan<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"My Deer Friend Nokotan | Official Trailer 2 | EN SUB | It&#039;s Anime\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DiQuf1IpqhM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Premiere date: July 7 JST<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/06\/21\/my-deer-friend-nokotan-to-stream-on-crunchyroll-prime-video-adn-more-services-worldwide\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Streaming platforms:<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Crunchyroll, Prime Video, and more<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Core staff:<\/span><b> Takashi Aoshima <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Synduality Noir<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as series composer and scriptwriter, <\/span><b>Ayumu Tsujimura<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Onipan! <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">main animator) as character designer<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Animation production: <\/span><b>WIT STUDIO<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-size: 12pt\">Shikanokonokonoko koshitantan!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My Deer Friend Nokotan <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">didn\u2019t need a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nwuW98yLsgY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">viral brainrot song<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2014 the intro to the opening song on loop, to be exact \u2014 to appeal to me. The first trailer had more than enough silliness and absurdity to achieve that, like a girl menacingly dangling off power lines by her antlers. And if that didn\u2019t do the trick, the opening shot of the second trailer, which has a mechanical deer opening up to reveal the smiling deer girl within, certainly would.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My Deer Friend Nokotan <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is an adaptation of a manga by <\/span><b>Oshioshio<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the character designer of hololive\u2019s <\/span><b>Amane Kanata<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. It\u2019s about former delinquent Torako, whose life gets weird when the antlered Shikanoko enters it. The anime looks nonsensical in the good sense of the word, and with<\/span><b> Masahiko Ota<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (G<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">abriel Dropout, Himouto! Umaru-chan, Love Lab, Yuru Yuri <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Season 1 and 2) as the series director, the whole show ought to be a riot.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-size: 12pt\">Random deer fact: the Whitetails Unlimited conservation organization says that deer have almost 300 million olfactory receptors, compared to 220 million for dogs and about 5 million for humans.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><b>The Elusive Samurai<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300e\u9003\u3052\u4e0a\u624b\u306e\u82e5\u541b\u300f\u7b2c2\u5f3ePV\uff5c2024\u5e747\u67086\u65e5\u653e\u9001\u958b\u59cb\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xcZxPlZBwAU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Premiere date: July 6 JST<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Streaming platform: <span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Crunchyroll<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Core staff: <\/span><b>Yuta Yamazaki <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wonder Egg Priority <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">assistant director) as director, <\/span><b>Yusuke Kawakami <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bocchi the Rock!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> live performance director) as assistant director, <\/span><b>Yasushi Nishiya <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pok\u00e9mon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">sub-character designer) as character designer and chief animation director, <\/span><b>Yoriko Tomita <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My Dress-Up Darling<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as series composer<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Animation production: <\/span><b>CloverWorks<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019m not as apathetic towards <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elusive Samurai<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019s synopsis as I was with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wistoria: Wand and Sword<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2014 a boy trying to survive and achieve revenge after the death of his family and the fall of the Kamakura shogunate sounds fun \u2014 but the show (based on a manga by <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Assassination Classroom<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019s<\/span><b> Yusei Matsui<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) was on the verge of slipping from my mind until the release of the second trailer. Looking at its production values, especially in terms of the animation and vividly colored historical clothing, there\u2019s no doubt that this will be a feast for the eyes, assuming that the production can keep this up till the end. Hopefully, the plot will have some bite as well.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><b>Monogatari Off and Monster Season<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u300e\u3008\u7269\u8a9e\u3009\u30b7\u30ea\u30fc\u30ba \u30aa\u30d5\uff06\u30e2\u30f3\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u30b7\u30fc\u30ba\u30f3\u300f\u611a\u7269\u8a9e\uff06\u64ab\u7269\u8a9e PV\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LfbSFeWG9NY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">[Official English-subbed trailer <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/w9Vw48qq6zk?si=kl0RQl_Z7UW45XRf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Premiere date: July 6 JST<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Streaming platforms: Crunchyroll<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Core staff: <\/span><b>Akiyuki Shinbo <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(returning) as chief director and series composer, <\/span><b>Akio Watanabe <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(returning) as character designer, <\/span><b>Fuyashi To <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(collective pseudonym, returning) as series composer<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Monogatari series doesn\u2019t occupy my thoughts much anymore, but there was a time when its dialogue and stylized visuals made it my favorite anime series of all time. I don\u2019t feel the need to list my all-time favorites nowadays, but looking at the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Monogatari Off and Monster Seasons <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">trailer, this new entry \u2014 which begins with the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Orokamonogatari <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nademonogatari<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> arcs \u2014<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">could become one of my top Summer 2024 shows thanks to its wicked imagery. There\u2019s plenty of theatrical shots to feast on from the PV, and the shot where a part of Nadeko\u2019s face becomes an uncolored sketch when framed by her fingers leaves a strong mark. The flames look dreadful, though.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After <\/span><b>Tatsuya Oishi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bakemonogatari<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kizumonogatari<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) and <\/span><b>Tomoyuki Itamura <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(the other Monogatari adaptations), the series director responsibilities now fall to <\/span><b>Midori Yoshizawa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Season 2 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">assistant director). I\u2019m looking forward to getting reacquainted with Yotsugi, Tsukihi, and Nadeko with a fresh pair of hands at the helm, but painful memories of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">RWBY: Ice Queendom<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Magia Record<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019s second and \u201cthird\u201d seasons make me wonder how sturdy this new <\/span><b>SHAFT<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> production will be.<\/span><\/span><b><br><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><b>OSHI NO KO Season 2<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"T\uff36\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300e\u3010\u63a8\u3057\u306e\u5b50\u3011\u300f\u7b2c2\u671f\u30e1\u30a4\u30f3PV\u7b2c1\u5f3e\u30102024\u5e747\u67083\u65e5\u3088\u308a\u653e\u9001\u958b\u59cb\u3011\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GKvBR7tR-Kk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Premiere date: July 3 JST<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Streaming platforms: HIDIVE<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">, Bilibili<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Core staff: <\/span><b>Daisuke Hiramaki<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (returning) as director,<\/span><b> Ciao Nekotomi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (returning) as assistant director, <\/span><b>Kuniyasu Nishina<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (Season 1 Episode 6 storyboard artist and director) as assistant director, <\/span><b>Jin Tanaka <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(returning) as series composer,<\/span><b> Kanna Hirayama <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(returning) as main character designer and chief animation director<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Animation production: <\/span><b>Doga Kobo<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I&#8217;ll probably get reasonably invested in the upcoming \u201cTokyo Blade Arc\u201d once I start watching the new season, but all I can think about right now when it comes to<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> OSHI NO KO <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Season 2 are its colors. This was one of the first season\u2019s greatest strengths, and Season 2 appears to have upped the ante. The first main trailer contains bold and striking imagery, like the shots where color is splashed and splattered like paint, that I\u2019m still thinking about one month later. I really can\u2019t wait to see what the full season has in store for us.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listicles like these usually have a hype-inducing phrase like \u201cMost Anticipated,\u201d \u201cLooking Forward To,\u201d or \u201cTo Look Out For.\u201d Unfortunately, my most anticipated Winter 2024 and Spring 2024 anime turned out to be profound disappointments for me, so I couldn\u2019t bring myself to title this article in a similar manner.&nbsp; Still, there are many Summer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":90233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1053,137,1249,10,1248],"tags":[6027,1250,7953,8700,8611,8721,8253,8503,6591,7968,8147,1252,8379],"class_list":["post-90223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-feature","category-feature","category-hololive","category-anime","category-vtuber","tag-2-5-dimensional-seduction","tag-hololive","tag-hololive-production","tag-monogatari-off-and-monster-season","tag-my-deer-friend-nokotan","tag-oshi-no-ko-season-2","tag-shoshimin-how-to-become-ordinary","tag-summer-2024-anime","tag-the-elusive-samurai","tag-the-magical-girl-and-the-evil-lieutenant-used-to-be-archenemies","tag-too-many-losing-heroines","tag-vtuber","tag-wistoria-wand-and-sword"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/oshinokoseason2_mainpv1screenshot.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-ntd","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90223"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90223"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91473,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90223\/revisions\/91473"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}