Summer Season Anime List

The summer’s new anime season has already started. Here’s what’s coming up.

• Suzu-3-taro began cel-phone broadcast on the 1st
• Weiss Survive debuted on the Card Gakuen program on the 5th
• Asylum Sessions opened in limited theatrical release on the 6th
• Miyamoto Musashi -Souken ni Haseru Yume- opens theatrically on the 13th
• Kawa no Hikari TV special on June 20
• Fight Ippatsu! Jyuden-chan on June 25
• Umi Monogatari ~Anata ga Ite Kureta Koto~ on June 26
• Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance opens theatrically on June 27
• Ukkari Penelope second series on June 29
• Umineko no Naku Koro Ni & Aoi Hana premiere on July 1
• Taisho Yakyuu Musume debuts on July 2
• Bakemonogatari, CANAAN, Element Hunter, NEEDLESS, and Zan Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei start on July 4
• Princess Lover! & Kanamemo premiere on July 5
• GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class on July 6
• Sora no Mani Mani on July 7
• Spice & Wolf II on July 8
• Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 on July 9
• Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou on July 11
• Pokemon movie 12: Chokoku no Jiku e opens theatrically on July 18
• Hetalia Axis Powers second season begins online broadcast on July 24
• Kuruneko premieres in July
• Naruto Shippuden: Hi no Ishi wo Tsugumono & Summer Wars open theatrically August 1
• Hottarake no Shima ~ Haruka to Maho no Kagami & Gekijouban Yatterman: Shin Yattermecha Osu gou! Omocha no Kuni de Dai Ketsudan da Koron open theatrically on August 22
• 8-gatsu no Symphony —Shibuya 2002~2003 opens theatrically in August
• Kara no Kyokai movie 7 opens theatrically in August
• Jungle Taitei TV special airs some time this summer
• Guskou Budori no Denki will tentatively premiere theatrically sometime this summer

The Cobra the Animation: Rokunin no Yuushi television series that was supposed to premiere on July 4 has been delayed until early next year.

I, personally, intend to sample as many of these new TV shows as I can, but I’m especially anticipating Princess Lover!, Tokyo Magnitude 8.0, and tentatively Bakemonogatari and Jyuden-chan. And I’m certain that I’ll continue watching Zetsubou-sensei, Spice & Wolf, and Hetalia. PriLover & Tokyo 8.0 look to have impressive animation and design quality. Bakemonogatari has Poyoyon Rock chara designs. I’m tentative about Jyuden-chan because some fan service, like TV version Kanokon, is fun. But going way too far, like KISSxSIS, is a bit much for me. Since I’m not one of the rabid K-On fans, it’ll be nice if GA turns out to be addicting. And it’ll be nice if NEEDLESS manages to exceed mediocrity.

Summer Wars promises to be one of the best anime of the year (hopefully). And I haven’t seen Kara no Kyokai movies 6 & 7 yet, so movie 8 seems like a long way off.