Did you know that the Summer 2014 anime season is just a week away? Before you get blindsided by all the new anime we have compiled a guide to all the TV anime that will be airing in the upcoming season. The guide will have all the anime sorted by air date then alphabetically sorted. Information for each series include:
- All the released visuals
- The anime’s website, Twitter account, official Hashtag and a link to post a Tweet
- The Genre
- The animation studio
- The director and notable staff
- The main staff
- A synopsis of the series
- All the promotional videos and commercials released, and
- Links to our articles on the series
All the titles of the anime are linked to their MAL pages. Additionally, you can check out the anime charts for more concise information. We will continue to make changes to this guide as more visuals, PVs and other information is released. This is a big guide so let the page load for a bit.
So without further ado, here is your Summer 2014 Anime Preview Guide:
July 1st
Ai Mai Mi: Mousou Catastrophe
| Website: http://www.dreamcreation.co.jp/aimaimi/ | Twitter: @anime_aimaimi, #aimaimi | Tweet: #aimaimi |
- Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life
- Director: Itsuki Imazaki (Cosmo Warrior Zero, Recorder to Randoseru Mi☆)
- Main Cast: Yuka Ootsubo as Ai, Aya Uchida as Mai, Maaya Uchida as Mii, Ai Kayano as Ponoka
- Animation Studio: Seven (Recorder to Randoseru Do♪, Strange+), Dream Creation (Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki, Recorder to Randoseru Do♪)
Synopsis:
Second season of Ai Mai Mi based on Choboraunyopomi’s manga.
The story follows girls in a manga club—Ai, Mai, Mii, and Ponoka-senpai—who might be fighting evil invaders threatening Earth, facing off against rivals in tournaments, and dealing with other absurd situations when they are not drawing manga.
Promotional Video 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”0p4wgH42aR8″ width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″]
July 2nd
Bakumatsu Rock
| Website: http://bakumatsu.maql.co.jp/anime/ | Twitter: @bakumatsu69, #幕末Rock | Tweet: #幕末Rock |
- Genre: Music
- Director: Itsuro Kawasaki (Arc the Lad, Sengoku Basara)
- Main Cast: Toshiyuki Morikawa as Toshizou, Showtaro Morikubo as Kogorou, Kensho Ono as Souji, Kishou Taniyama as Ryouma, Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Shinsaku
- Animation Studio: Studio Deen (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, Rurouni Kenshin)
Synopsis:
The anime is based on the video game of the same name from Marvelous AQL.
The story is set in the Bakumatsu era, at the end of the shoguns’ rule over Japan in the middle of the 19th century. The Tokugawa shogunate uses the brainwashing Heaven’s Songs by the top idols in Shinsengumi to subjugate the country and its people. In this Japan, writing or singing any songs besides the Heaven’s Songs is a capital offense. Sakamoto Ryouma and the other rockers rise up and change the world with rock ‘n’ roll for freedom and justice.
| Promotional Video 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”EKlQ36GjiHg” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Commercial 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”0CoAzvrUK3I” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] |
Free!: Eternal Summer
| Website: http://iwatobi-sc.com/ | Twitter: @iwatobi_sc, #TV_Free | Tweet: #TV_Free |
- Genre: Comedy, School, Sports, Slice of Life
- Director: Hiroko Utsumi (Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! OVA)
- Main Cast: Nobunaga Shimazaki as Haruka, Tsubasa Yonaga as Nagisa, Mamoru Miyano as Rin, Daisuke Hirakawa as Rei, Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Makoto, Yoshimasa Hosoya as Sousuke
- Animation Studio: Kyoto Animation (K-On!, Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!), Animation Do (Free!)
Synopsis:
Second Season of Free!, based on Kouji Ohji light novel High☆Speed!
The story revolves around Haruka Nanase, a boy who has always loved to be immersed in water, and to swim in it. Before graduating from elementary school, he participated in a swimming tournament along with his fellow swimming club members, Makoto Tachibana, Nagisa Hazuki, and Rin Matsuoka. After achieving victory, each of the boys went their separate ways.
Time passed, and in the middle of their uneventful high school lives Rin appears and challenges Haruka to a match, showing Haruka his overwhelming power. Not wanting it to end like this, Haruka, gathers together Makoto and Nagisa once again and brings a new member named Rei Ryugazaki to create the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club in order to defeat Rin.
| Promotional Video 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”TbdiJX9v0CI” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Promotional Video 2: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”tTRUFbOiwME” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] |
July 3rd
Glasslip
| Website: http://glasslip.jp/ | Twitter: @glasslip_anime, #glasslip | Tweet: #glasslip |
- Genre: Slice of Life
- Director: Junji Nishimura (Dog Days’)
- Main Cast: Seria Fukagawa as Touko, Nobunaga Shimazaki as Yukinari, Risa Taneda as Sachi, Ryota Ohsaka as Kakeru, Daiki Yamashita as Hiro, Saori Hayami as Yanagi
- Animation Studio: P.A. Works (Angel Beats!, Nagi no Asukara)
Synopsis:
This anime is an original anime.
“On the other side of the glass, you can see tomorrow.”
The heroine is Touko Fukami, a 17-year-old born in Fukui Prefecture. Her dream is to become a glass artisan.
| Promotional Video 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”bjHPAEnUiqw” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Promotional Video 2: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”sTY1pAAGQ28″ width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Commercial 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”csUw4KpwHss” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] |
Rail Wars!
| Website: http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/railwars/ | Twitter: @rw_anime, #rw_anime | Tweet: #rw_anime |
- Genre: Action
- Director: Yoshifumi Sueda (Debut directing role)
- Main Cast: Jun Fukuyama as Naoto, Manami Numakura as Aoi, Maaya Uchida as Haruka, Satoshi Hino as Shou
- Animation Studio: Passione (Haitai Nanafa)
Synopsis:
The anime is based on Takumi Toyoda and Vania600’s light novel series ail Wars!-Nihon Kokuyuu Tetsudou Kouantai-.
The “dream railway paradise entertainment” story is set in a parallel world where Japan did not privatize its national railways. Naohito Takayama is an ordinary high school boy who dreams of a comfortable future working for the top-rated Japanese National Railways. He is assigned as a trainee in the Railways Security Force full of odd characters such as Sakurai, a troublemaker who hates men. On top of that, an extremist group called “RJ” plots to privatize the Japanese National Railways.
| Teaser: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”kEBtoyr5Ln8″ width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Promotional Video 1.1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”h6g1SH7RTnk” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Promotional Video 2: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”FXbgVzwbPtU” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] |
Shirogane no Ishi: Argevollen
| Website: http://argevollen.com/ | Twitter: @ARGEVOLLEN, #argevollen | Tweet: #argevollen |
- Genre: Action, Mecha
- Director: Atsushi Ootsuki (Working’!!, To LOVE-Ru)
- Mecha Designer: Kenji Teraoka (Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch, Blood+)
- Main Cast: Ryota Ohsaka as Susumu, Saori Oonishi as Jamie, Hiroshi Tsuchida as Samonji, Sayaka Oohara as Saori
- Animation Studio: Xebec (To LOVE-Ru, Pokemon: The Origin)
Synopsis:
This is an original anime.
The story takes place in a world where two countries, Arandas and Ingelmia, have been warring against each other for a very long time. Tokimune, a young man belonging to the eighth autonomous unit of Arandas, saves a girl named Jamie when she is attacked by enemy forces. In order to survive, he rides the new weapon Argevollen and fights.
| Promotional Video 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”uHpHFaKdNJU” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Commercial 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”PGAV_akYUes” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] |
July 4th
Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [Locodol] Yatte Mita.
![Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [Locodol] Yatte Mita. Visual 1](http://cdn-otakutale.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Futsuu-no-Joshikousei-ga-Locodol-Yatte-Mita-Visual-01-Summer-2014.jpg "Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [Locodol] Yatte Mita. Visual 1")
![Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [Locodol] Yatte Mita. Visual 2](http://cdn-otakutale.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Futsuu-no-Joshikousei-ga-Locodol-Yatte-Mita-Visual-02-Summer-2014.jpg "Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [Locodol] Yatte Mita. Visual 2")
| Website: http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/locodol/ | Twitter: @locodol_anime, #ろこどる | Tweet: #ろこどる |
- Genre: Comedy, Seinen
- Director: Munenori Nawa (Kiss×sis, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu)
- Main Cast: Miku Itou as Nanako, Sachika Misawa as Yukari, Maya Yoshioka as Yui, Inori Minase as Mirai
- Animation Studio: Feel (Minami-ke Tadaima, Outbreak Company)
Synopsis:
The anime is an adaptation of Kotaro Kosugi’s 4 koma manga of the same name.
The story is about the life of a high school girl, Nanako, and her senpai, Yukari, who end up becoming the town’s local idols (locodol) upon the request of her uncle.
| Promotional Video 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”liqTDf-TpsM” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Promotional Video 2: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”fpE3OjABqFs” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] |
Shin Strange+
| Website: http://dreamcreation.co.jp/stpl2/ | Twitter: @anime_stpl, #anime_stpl | Tweet: #anime_stpl |
- Genre: Comedy, Shoujo, Slice of Life
- Director and Character Designer: Hiroyuki Furukawa (First directing role)
- Main Cast: Tomokazu Seki as Kou, Jun Fukuyama as Takumi, Ryotaro Okiayu as Masamune, Satsuki Yukino as Miwa
- Animation Studio: Seven (Recorder to Randoseru Do♪, Strange+), Dream Creation (Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki, Recorder to Randoseru Do♪)
Synopsis:
Second season of the anime adaptation of Verno Mikawa’s manga.
Kou comes to a slum neighborhood in search of his elder brother Takumi and finds him to have become the head of a private detective firm. Kou is drafted by Takumi to do errands and chores in the detective firm, and they come to meet various interesting people…
Promotional Video 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”yhNg2SExfh0″ width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″]
Tokyo Ghoul
| Website: http://www.maql.co.jp/special/tokyoghoul/ | Twitter: @tkg_anime, #tkg_anime #東京喰種 |
Tweet: #tkg_anime#東京喰種 |
- Genre: Action, Mystery, Drama, Horror, Supernatural, Psychological
- Director: Shuhei Morita (Kakurenbo, Freedom)
- Main Cast: Kana Hanazawa as Rize, Natsuki Hanae as Ken, Sora Amamiya as Touka
- Animation Studio: Studio Pierrot (Kingdom, Naruto Shippuden)
Synopsis:
The anime is an adaptation of the manga by Sui Ishida.
The suspense horror/dark fantasy story is set in Tokyo, which is haunted by mysterious “ghouls” who are devouring humans. People are gripped by the fear of these ghouls whose identities are masked in mystery. An ordinary college student named Kaneki encounters Rize, a girl who is an avid reader like him, at the café he frequents. Little does he realize that his fate will change overnight.
| Promotional Video 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”e__BalDWYjw” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Commercial 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”CA4OLfkvAXg” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Promotional Video 2: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”EKlQ36GjiHg” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] |
July 5th
Pri Para
| Website: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/pripara/ | Twitter: @pripara_PR, #pripara | Tweet: #pripara |
- Genre: Kids, Music, Slice of Life
- Director: Makoto Moriwaki (Tantei Opera Milky Holmes)
- Main Cast: Himika Akaneya as Lala, Miyu Kubota as Sophie, Yuu Serizawa as Mirei
- Animation Studio: Tatsunoko Production (Sket Dance, Ping Pong The Animation)
Synopsis:
The anime is based on the arcade game of the same name from Takara Tomy Arts
A new anime that is based on the theme of the Pretty Rhythm series.
Teaser: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”kK7peuFP0Lo” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″]
Sailor Moon Crystal
| Website: http://sailormoon-official.com/animation/ | Twitter: @sailormoon_20th, #SailorMoon #SailorMoonCrystal |
Tweet: #SailorMoon #SailorMoonCrystal |
- Genre: Demons, Magic, Romance, Shoujo
- Director: Munehisa Sakai (One Piece: Strong World, One Piece: Dream Soccer King!)
- Opening Theme Composer: Revo (Attack on Titan Opening 1)
- Main Cast: Kotono Mitsuishi as Sailor Moon, Ami Koshimizu as Sailor Jupiter, Hisako Kanemoto as Sailor Mercury, Rina Satou as Sailor Mars, Shizuka Itou as Sailor Venus, Kenji Nojima as Tuxedo Mask
- Animation Studio: Toei Animation (Dragon Ball Z, One Piece)
Synopsis:
The anime is based on Naoko Takeuchi’s manga Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon.
Usagi Tsukino is a second-year middle school girl who is a little clumsy and a crybaby, but she is full of energy. One day, she meets Luna, a black cat with a crescent moon on her forehead, and she transforms into Sailor Moon, a sailor-uniformed pretty guardian of love and justice! As a chosen guardian of justice, Usagi seems to have a mission to find the Illusionary Silver Crystal with the other guardians and to protect the princess.
Meanwhile, the queen of the Dark Kingdom, Queen Beryl, also sends minions to the town where Usagi lives to obtain the Illusionary Silver Crystal, which has immense power. This causes strange events to unfold…
Can Sailor Moon really find the Illusionary Silver Crystal with the other Sailor guardians, and protect the princess…?!
| Trailer [Japanese]: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”v9Ft3viBgtQ” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Trailer [English Sub]: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”I0B5gnKvHKQ” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] |
Sword Art Online II
| Website: http://www.swordart-online.net/ | Twitter: @sao_anime, #SAO_anime, #saoa2 | Tweet: #sao_anime #saoa2 |
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Game, Romance
- Director: Tomohiko Itou (Sword Art Online, Gin no Saji)
- Music Composer: Yuki Kajiura (Fate/Zero, Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica)
- Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami (Psycho-Pass, The World God Only Knows)
- Main Cast: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Kirito, Miyuki Sawashiro as Sinon, Haruka Tomatsu as Asuna, Ayana Taketatsu as Leafa, Rina Hidaka as Silica, Ayahi Takagaki as Lisbeth
- Animation Studio: A-1 Pictures (Fairy Tail, AnoHana)
Synopsis:
The second season of Sword Art Online based on Reki Kawahara’s light novel series.
1 year after the SAO incident, Kirito is approached by Seijiro Kikuoka from Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Department “VR Division” with a rather peculiar request.
That was an investigation on the “Death Gun” incident that occurred in the gun and steel filled VRMMO called Gun Gale Online (GGO). “Players who are shot by a mysterious avatar with a jet black gun lose their lives even in the real world…” Failing to turn down Kikuoka’s bizarre request, Kirito logs in to GGO even though he is not completely convinced that the virtual world could physically affect the real world.
Kirito wanders in an unfamiliar world in order to gain any clues about the “Death Gun.” Then, a female sniper named Sinon who owns a gigantic “Hecate II” rifle extends Kirito a helping hand. With Sinon’s help, Kirito decides to enter the “Bullet of Bullets,” a large tournament to choose the most powerful gunner within the realm of GGO, in hopes to become the target of the “Death Gun” and make direct contact with the mysterious avatar.
| Promotional Video 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”K0Ghr_rbJmQ” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Commercial 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”l-W3-tNfZZk” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Commercial 2: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”qe1VvyYF-uM” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Commercial 3: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”cJeS4z6bgs0″ width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] |
| Trailer [English Sub]: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”EK4i62i2aV0″ width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Commercial 4: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”2ZojLPC5EhM” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Commercial 5: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”PHs_eHmqskg” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] |
July 6th
Aldnoah.Zero
| Website: http://www.aldnoahzero.com/ | Twitter: @aldnoahzero, #aldnoah | Tweet: #aldnoah |
- Genre: Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi
- Director: Ei Aoki (Fate/Zero)
- Creator and Lead Writer: Gen Urobuchi (Fate/Zero, Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica)
- Series Composer: Katsuhiko Takayama (Mirai Nikki, Sasami-san@Ganbaranai, Boku no Pico)
- Music Composer: Hiroyuki Sawano (Attack on Titan)
- Main Cast: Natsuki Hanae as Inaho, Kensho Ono as Slaine, Sora Amamiya as Asseylum
- Animation Studio: A-1 Pictures (Sword Art Online, Fairy Tail)
Synopsis:
A brand new original mecha anime from Gen Urobuchi and Olympus Knights.
The tag line reads “Let justice be done. Though the heavens fall.”
| Promotional Video 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”ZXTol2NCEFY” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Commercial 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”N-hzqfD-kkc” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Commercial 2: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”XISiRFPbshs” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Commercial 3: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”7dmhZHcZFsc” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] |
| Commercial 4: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”OLTU2fXMD_s” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Commercial 5: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”Lf7Ej0hnLJc” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Commercial 6: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”5fhpPDo9dvk” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Promotional Video 2: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”ZXTol2NCEFY” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] |
| Opening Preview: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”Ug_waNMjLa0″ width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] |
Barakamon
| Website: http://www.barakamon.jp/ | Twitter: @brkmn_anime, #brkmn_anime | Tweet: #brkmn_anime |
- Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life
- Director: Masaki Tachibana (Tokyo Magnitude 8.0, .hack//Quantum)
- Music Composer: Kenji Kawai (Ghost in the Shell, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni)
- Main Cast: Daisuke Ono as Seishuu, Suzuko Hara as Naru
- Animation Studio: Kinema Citrus (Tokyo Magnitude 8.0, Black Bullet )
Synopsis:
The anime is an adaptation of Satsuki Yoshino’s manga.
As a punishment for punching a famous Calligrapher, young handsome Calligrapher Handa Seishu is exiled on a small island. As someone who has never lived outside of a city, Handa has to adapt to his new wacky neighbors, like people traveling on a tractor, unwanted visitors who never use the front door, annoying kids using his home as a playground, etc. Can this city guy handle all the crazy hardships? Find out in this wacky island comedy full of innocence and laughter!!!
| Promotional Video 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”J2KYJRshRdQ” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Promotional Video 2: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”GNoKD6ohVW4″ width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Commercial 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”cuaTH5WAsqE” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] |
Jinsei
| Website: http://www.vap.co.jp/jinsei/ | Twitter: @jinsei_anime, #jinsei_anime | Tweet: #jinsei_anime |
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Romance, School, Slice of Life
- Director: Keiichiro Kawaguchi (Minami-ke Tadaima, Hunter × Hunter -The Last Mission-)
- Main Cast: Yasuaki Takumi as Yuuki, Hiyori Nitta as Rino, Moe Toyota as Fumi, Ayaka Suwa as Ikumi, Rena Maeda as Ayaka, Saori Oonishi as Emi
- Animation Studio: Feel (Minami-ke Tadaima, Outbreak Company)
Synopsis:
The anime is an adaptation of Ougyo Kawashigi’s light novel series of the same name.
Yuuki Akamatsu, who is in the Kyuumon Gakuen Second News Club, is asked to become the counselor of the club immediately after joining the club by Ayaka Nikaidou, the club leader. Three girls currently give advice to issues sent in by the students: Rino Endou from the science stream, Fumi Kujou from the literary stream, and Ikumi Suzuki from the sports stream. However, the three always have different opinions and cannot get their views to agree, so they just try things out anyway…
Promotional Video 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”5R2V7Lu1RT8″ width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″]
Mobile Suit Gundam-san
| Website: http://gundam-san.net/ | Twitter: @GundamSan_Anime, #ガンダムさん | Tweet: #ガンダムさん |
- Genre: Comedy, Mecha, Parody
- Director and Script Writer: Mankyuu (Puchimas!: Petit iDOLM@STER)
- Main Cast: Katsuyuki Konishi as Char-san, Megumi Han as Lalah-san, Tsubasa Yonaga as Amuro-san, Kaori Nazuka as Sayla-san
- Animation Studio: Sunrise (Mobile Suit Gundam, Love Live! School Idol Project)
Synopsis:
The anime is an adaptation of Hideki Ohwada 4-koma manga of the same name.
The series is a parody of the Gundam franchise and features the main characters in many gags and funny situations.
Maido! Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku
| Website: N/A | Twitter: 毎度!浦安鉄筋家族 | Tweet: 毎度!浦安鉄筋家族 |
- Genre: Comedy
- Director: Akitarou Daichi (Fruits Basket, Kodomo no Omocha)
- Main Cast: Suzuko Mimori as Kotetsu Oosawagi, Kazuya Ichijo as Daitetsu Oosawagi, Kanako Tojo as Junko Oosawagi, Izumi Kitta as Sakura Oosawagi
- Animation Studio: Studio Deen (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, Rurouni Kenshin)
Synopsis:
Sequel to the Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku anime and adaptation of the manga of the same name. The series follows an energetic gradeschooler and his friends as they get into mischief.
Promotional Video 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”x3Ar0PWJ1Ew” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″]
Sabagebu!
| Website: http://sabagebu.com/ | Twitter: @sabagebu_anime, #sabagebu | Tweet: #sabagebu |
- Genre: Action, Comedy, Shoujo, Military
- Director: Masahiko Oota (Yuru Yuri, Love Lab)
- Character Designer: Masashi Kudou (Bleach, Hayate no Gotoku! Can’t Take My Eyes Off You)
- Main Cast: Nao Touyama as Kayo, Rumi Okubo as Urara, Lynn as Maya, Yumi Uchiyama as Miou, Ayaka Ohashi as Momoka
- Animation Studio: Studio Pierrot Plus (First major production)
Synopsis:
The anime is an adaptation of Hidekichi Matsumoto’s manga of the same name.
Middle school girl Momoka is dragged into joining one of the strangest associations at her school, the Survival Game Club. Its members participate in various forms of paramilitary training under the watchful eye of charming and alarming president, Miou. How on Earth will the inexperienced Momoka survive her training, let alone Miou’s company?!
| Promotional Video 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”oaw-scjcsMs” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Commercial 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”gFMDUWhxheU” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Promotional Video 2: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”tvUimbzAKXc” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Promotional Video 3: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”Hn7fiBWwlvg” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] |
Sengoku Basara: Judge End
| Website: http://www.ntv.co.jp/basara_je/ | Twitter: @basara_je, #BASARA_JE | Tweet: #BASARA_JE |
- Genre: Action, Historical, Martial Arts, Samurai, Super Power
- Director: Takashi Sano (Lupin III: Operation Return the Treasure)
- Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami (Psycho-Pass, Sword Art Online)
- Main Cast: Kazuya Nakai as Masamune, Souichirou Hoshi as Nobushige, Tooru Ookawa as Ieyasu, Tomokazu Seki as Mitsunari
- Animation Studio: Telecom Animation Film (Z/X: Ignition, Futakoi)
Synopsis:
Based on CAPCOM’s 2010 game Sengoku Basara 3 (Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes), Sengoku Basara: Judge End will depict the epic Battle of Sekigahara.
| Voice Cast Announcement Video: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”b12AdJqZozA” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Promotional Video 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”2w4QipPpDcg” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] |
Shounen Hollywood: Holly Stage for 49
| Website: http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/shonen-hollywood-anime/ | Twitter: @shohari_anime, #shohari | Tweet: #shohari |
- Genre: Slice of Life
- Director: Toshimasa Kuroyanagi (Debut directing role)
- Main Cast: Tetsuya Kakihara as Ikuma, Ryota Ohsaka as Kakeru, Kensho Ono as Shun, Daiki Yamashita as Kira, Shouta Aoi as Daiki
- Animation Studio: Zexcs (Sukitte Ii na yo., Aku no Hana)
Synopsis:
The anime is part of the Shounen Hollywood franchise, which focuses on an idol group. The anime is set 15 years after Ikuyo Hashiguchi’s Shounen Hollywood novel.
It takes place at a fictional theater called Hollywood Tokyo in Harajuku, where members of the idol group “Shonen Hollywood” develop their talents with diligent work and studying.
It takes place at a fictional theater called Hollywood Tokyo in Harajuku, where members of the idol group “Shonen Hollywood” develop their talents with diligent work and studying.
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Space☆Dandy Season 2
| Website: http://www.space-dandy.com/ | Twitter: @space_dandy, #s_dandy | Tweet: #s_dandy |
- Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Space
- Director: Shingo Natsume (Hori-san to Miyamura-kun)
- Chief Director: Shinichiro Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo)
- Main Cast: Junichi Suwabe as Dandy, Uki Satake as QT, Hiroyuki Yoshino as Meow
- Animation Studio: Bones (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Darker than Black)
Synopsis:
Second season of the original anime Space Dandy.
Space Dandy is a dandy guy, in space! This dreamy adventurer with a to-die-for pompadour travels across the galaxy in search of aliens no one has ever laid eyes on. Each new species he discovers earns him a hefty reward, but this dandy has to be quick on his feet because it’s first come, first served! Accompanied by his sidekicks, a rundown robot named QT and Meow the cat-looking space alien, Dandy bravely explores unknown worlds inhabited by a variety of aliens. Join the best dressed alien hunter in all of space and time as he embarks on an adventure that ends at the edge of the universe!
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July 7th
Akame ga Kill!
| Website: http://akame.tv/ | Twitter: @akame_tv, #akame_anime | Tweet: #akame_anime |
- Genre:Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- Director: Tomoki Kobayashi (Amagami SS, Utawarerumono)
- Music Composer: Taku Iwasaki (Gurren Lagann, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)
- Main Cast: Sora Amamiya as Akame, Souma Saito as Tatsumi, Yukari Tamura as Mein, Yuu Asakawa as Leone, Mamiko Noto as Schere
- Animation Studio: White Fox (Steins;Gate, Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?)
- Production: Toho Animation (Haikyuu!!, Yowamushi Pedal)
Synopsis:
The anime is an adaptation of Takahiro and Tetsuya Tashiro’s manga of the same name.
In a fantasy world, fighter Tatsumi sets out for the Capitol to earn money for his starving village, and finds a world of unimaginable corruption, all spreading from the depraved Prime Minister who controls the child Emperor’s ear. After nearly becoming a victim of this corruption himself, Tatsumi is recruited by Night Raid, a group of assassins dedicated to eliminating the corruption plaguing the Capitol by mercilessly killing those responsible.
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DRAMAtical Murder
| Website: http://dmmd-anime.com/ | Twitter: @dmmd_TV_PR, #アニメドラマダ | Tweet: #アニメドラマダ |
- Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Psychological
- Director: Kazuya Miura (Debuting directing role)
- Main Cast: Atsushi Kisaichi as Aoba, Masatomo Nakazawa as Clear, Satoshi Hino as Noiz, Kenichirou Matsuda as Mink, Hiroki Takahashi as Koujaku, Ryouta Takeuchi as Ren
- Animation Studio: NAZ (Hamatora The Animation)
Synopsis:
The anime is an adaptation of the manga, which is based on the yaoi visual novel from Nitro+Chiral.
The story takes place many years in the future where the game “Rhyme,” a virtual fighting game, is incredibly popular and people possess “AllMates,” convenient AI computers. Aoba leads an ordinary life, working at a junk shop and living with his grandmother on the island of Midorijima. Unlike his friends, he doesn’t participate in Rhyme, nor does he belong in a gang. However, when rumors of people disappearing spread, Aoba finds himself needing to unravel the mysteries behind the island in order to protect his everyday life.
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Francesca: Girls Be Ambitious
| Website: http://www.heart-bit.com/francesca/ | Twitter: @francesca_hb, #フランチェスカ | Tweet: #フランチェスカ |
- Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
- Director: Unknown
- Main Cast: Yui Makino as Francesca, Asami Tano as Exorcist, Daisuke Nagumo as Nobori Nakajima
- Animation Studio: Unknown
Synopsis:
TV anime adaptation based on the undead idol character Francesca to promote Hokkaido, Japan.
| Promotional Video 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”cXqVEZL6m8Q” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Promotional Video 2: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”47LqmGnT_38″ width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] |
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-Kun
| Website: http://www.nozakikun.tv/ | Twitter: @nozaki_anime, #nozakikun | Tweet: #nozakikun |
- Genre: Comedy, Romance, School, Shounen
- Director: Mitsue Yamazaki (Hakkenden: Touhou Hakken Ibun)
- Main Cast: Yuuichi Nakamura as Umetarou, Ari Ozawa as Chiyo, Mai Nakahara as Yuu, Nobuhiko Okamoto as Mikoto
- Animation Studio: Doga Kobo (Yuru Yuri, GJ-bu)
Synopsis:
The anime is an adaptation of Izumi Tsubaki’s manga of the same name.
Sakura Chiyo confesses to her crush, Nozaki-kun, but he mistakes her as a fan! Unable to convey her feelings, what happens when he invites her to his house? Find out in this hilarious series!
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Himegoto
| Website: http://www.himegoto-tv.jp/ | Twitter: @himegoto_anime, #himegoto | Tweet: #himegoto |
- Genre: Comedy, School
- Director: Takeyuki Yanase (Kiba)
- Main Cast: Yuuki Kuwahara as Hime, Yuka Saotome as 18-kin, Saki Ono as Unko, Hisako Tojou as Albertina II
- Animation Studio: Asahi Productions (Medaka Box, Nihonbashi Koukashita R Keikaku)
Synopsis:
The anime is an adaptation of Norio Tsukudani’s cross dressing manga of the same name. The series will be composed of 5 minute long episodes.
Hime Arikawa is a high-school boy with a huge debt, and he is saved by the girls of his school’s student council after being chased down by yakuza debt collectors. The student council agrees to pay off his debt if he’ll join the student council and spend his high-school life cross-dressing.
Promotional Video 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”LmGILOCr06g” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″]
Yami Shibai Season 2
| Website: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/yamishibai/sp/index.html | Twitter: #闇芝居 | Tweet: #闇芝居 |
- Genre: Horror, Supernatural
- Directors: Takashi Shimizu (Juon, The Grudge films), Noboru Iguchi (Cat Eyed Boy, Zombie Ass)
- Main Cast: Kanji Tsuda as Story teller
- Animation Studio: Ilca (Yami Shibai)
Synopsis:
The second season of the anime based on traditional Japanese folk tales and horror stories.
Akin to TV Tokyo’s Folktales from Japan, Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories takes a narrative format to explore the rich occult history from Japan. Moreover, the storytelling techniques in this brand new series will mimic kamishibai—a traditional storytelling technique inspired by the artistic usage of paper figures and scrolls.
Yamishibai is a picture-story style of animation whose motif is surrounded and based off rumors and urban legends throughout the history of Japan.
July 8th
Ao Haru Ride
| Website: http://aoha-anime.com/ | Twitter: @aoha_anime, #aoha_anime | Tweet: #aoha_anime |
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School, Shoujo, Slice of Life
- Director: Ai Yoshimura (Oregairu)
- Script Writer and Series Composer: Tomoko Konparu (Kimi ni Todoke)
- Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki (Love Live! School Idol Project, Dragon Ball Kai)
- Main Cast: Yuki Kaji as Kou, Maaya Uchida as Futaba, KENN as Aya, Ai Kayano as Yuuri, Mikako Komatsu as Shuuko
- Animation Studio: Production I.G. (Kuroko’s Basketball, Ghost in the Shell ARISE)
- Production: Toho Animation (Haikyuu!!, Yowamushi Pedal)
Synopsis:
The anime is an adaptation of Io Sakisaka’s manga of the same name.
Yoshioka Futaba has a few reasons why she wants to “reset” her image & life as a new high school student. Because she’s cute, she was ostracized by her female friends in junior high, and because of a misunderstanding, she couldn’t get her feeling across to the one boy she has ever liked, Tanaka-kun.
Now in high school, she is determined to be as unladylike as possible so that her friends won’t be jealous of her. While living her life this way contentedly, she meets Tanaka-kun again, but he now goes under the name of Mabuchi Kou. He tells her that he felt the same way as she did when they were younger, but now things can never be the same again. Will Futaba be able to continue her love that never even started from three years ago?
| Promotional Video 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”J_MhrnxDwUA” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Promotional Video 2: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”U0mrFMj3wLQ” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Commercial 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”AjCZUpcB0IU” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Commercial 2: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”xp0OSMWyTpw” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] |
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Hanayamata
| Website: http://hanayamata.com/ | Twitter: @hanayamata_PR, #ハナヤマタ #きららフェスタ |
Tweet: #ハナヤマタ#きららフェスタ |
- Genre: Slice of Life, Seinen
- Director: Atsuko Ishizuka (No Game, No Life, Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo)
- Script Writer and Series Composier: Reiko Yoshida (K-ON!, Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo)
- Main Cast: Reina Ueda as Naru, Minami Tanaka as Hannah, Kaya Okuno as Yaya, Yuka Ootsubo as Tami, Manami Numakura as Machi
- Animation Studio: Madhouse (Death Note, Wolf Children)
Synopsis:
The anime is an adaptation of Sou’s manga of the same name.
Normal appearance, normal intelligence, normal in arts and sports… just normal. This is the entirely normal 14-year-old, Naru Sekiya. While she admires “Heroines” she continues to live a normal life until one moonlit night she meets a fairy. This foreign girl then guides her into the extraordinary world of the yosakoi dance.
| Introduction Sound Drama 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”OEYhJi3WlPE” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Introduction Sound Drama 2: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”T5X1blJm8tA” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Promotional Video 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”w2uF35VwMEo” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] |
Re:_Hamatora
| Website: http://hamatorapj.com/reply/ | Twitter: @hamatora_PR, #ハマトラ | Tweet: #ハマトラ |
- Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Shounen, Super Power
- Director: Seiji Kishi (Persona 4 The Animation, Angel Beats!)
- Music Composer: Makoto Yoshimori (Baccano!, Durarara!!)
- Main Cast: Emiri Kato as Hajime, Ryota Ohsaka as Nice, Wataru Hatano as Murasaki, Hiroshi Kamiya as Art
- Animation Studio: Lerche (Fate/Prototype, Unbreakable Machine-Doll)
- Animation Guidance: NAZ (Hamatora The Animation)
Synopsis:
The second season of the anime adaptation of Yuuki Kodama and Yukinori Kitajima’s manga Hamatora.
In this world, there are people known as “Minimum Holders” who are capable of specific “small miracles.” A government funded elite academy trains these Minimum Holders in order for them to reach their maximum potential and serve national interests. Once, a student, of great potential named Nice, dropped out. He started a private investigator team with an assistant named Hajime and seemed content solving cases for his clients (which often involve Minimum Holders). A top student of the academy, Murasaki, has been tasked with bringing Nice back. Murasaki bristles at the claim that Nice has a higher potential than he does, but he ends up involved in Nice’s detective activities…
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| Promotional Video 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”2wOG2K4CxsM” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] |
July 9th
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei!
| Website: http://anime.prisma-illya.jp/ | Twitter: @prisma_illya, #prismaillya | Tweet: #prismaillya |
- Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Magic
- Director: Shin Oonuma (Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu, Kokoro Connect)
- Main Cast: Mai Kadowaki as Illyasviel, Kana Ueda as Rin, Shizuka Itou as Luviagelita, Kaori Nazuka as Miyu
- Animation Studio: Silver Link (Kokoro Connect, Non Non Biyori)
Synopsis:
The second season of the anime adaptation of Hiroshi Hiroyama’s manga of the same name. It is set a month after the first anime’s conclusion.
Illyasviel von Einzbern, an ordinary elementary schoolgirl who dreams about anime magical girls—until she encounters Magical Ruby and assumes the duties of a real magical girl.
| Promotional Video 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”-DrtaUevsjc” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Promotional Video 2: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”6lITF0YNzkY” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] | Promotional Video 3: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”DgDPgDzgC3s” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] |
Majimoji Rurumo
| Website: http://anime-rurumo.com/ | Twitter: @animerurumo, #るるも | Tweet: #るるも |
- Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Shounen
- Director: Chikara Sakurai (Little Busters!)
- Main Cast: Suzuko Mimori as Rurumo, Makoto Takahashi as Kouta
- Animation Studio: J.C. Staff (Toradora!, Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo)
Synopsis:
The anime is an adaptation of Wataru Watanabe’s manga of the same name.
Shibaki is a high-school boy whose only interest is girls. Except he’s been branded as the most hentai boy at school and the girls avoid him like the plague. One day he finds a book in the library about how to summon witches. He tries it as a joke, but it turns out to be the real thing. An apprentice witch named Rurumo appears to grant him a wish. Shibaki helps Rurumo and she in return refuses to take his soul. (This part of this story happened before the start of chapter1) When the story starts, Shibaki wishes he could see Rurumo again. His wishes is granted immediately as Rurumo falls from the sky and crash lands in front of him. He finds out that as punishment for not taking his soul she’s been busted down to an apprentice demon. Now, she must complete the task of getting Shibaki to use up 666 magic tickets that grant wishes before she can become a witch again. However, what she doesn’t know is that each time he uses a ticket it shortens his life. When the last ticket is used up, Shibaki will die. Shibaki knows this because Rurumo’s familiar black cat Chiro tell him as part of the “contract” for giving him the tickets. Now, Shibaki has a choice, make a wish and help Rurumo become a witch again or resist the temptation and try to save his own life.
Promotional Video 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”6UGmF4isMfg” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″]
Momo Kyun Sword
| Website: http://momokyun.com/ | Twitter: @momokyun01, #モモキュン | Tweet: #モモキュン |
- Genre: Fantasy
- Director: Shinsuke Yanagi (Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS)
- Main Cast: Ayana Taketatsu as Momoko, Minami Tsuda as Onihime, Showtaro Morikubo as Sarugami, Asami Imai as Kijigami, Wataru Hatano as Inugami
- Animation Studio: Project No.9 (Ro-Kyu-Bu!, Saikin, Imouto no Yousu ga Chotto Okashiinda ga.), Tri-Slash (Debut anime)
Synopsis:
The anime is an adaptation of Kibidango Project’s light novel of the same name.
Momoko is a beautiful young sword fighter who was born inside a peach (momo in Japanese). She lives with her constant companions: the dog god Inugami, the monkey god Sarugami, and the pheasant god Kijigami, in a peaceful paradise. However, a demon army led by devil king invades the paradise and steals the precious treasure that protects Momoko’s land. To retrieve the treasure and save the people, Momoko embarks on a great adventure with her three companions.
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Yama no Susume Season 2
| Website: http://www.yamanosusume.com/ | Twitter: @yamanosusume, #yamanosusume | Tweet: #yamanosusume |
- Genre: Slice of Life
- Director: Yuusuke Yamamoto (Welcome to the N.H.K., Walkure Romanze)
- Main Cast: Yuka Iguchi as Aoi, Kana Asumi as Hinata, Yui Ogura as Kokona, Yoko Hikasa as Kaede
- Animation Studio: 8-Bit (Tokyo Ravens, Infinite Stratos)
Synopsis:
The second season of the anime adaptation of siro’s manga of the same name. Each episode will last 15 minutes long.
Aoi prefers indoor hobbies and is afraid of heights, but her childhood friend Hinata loves to show off her passion for mountain climbing. As young children they once watched the sunrise from the top of a mountain, and now they’ve decided to take up mountain climbing in hopes of seeing that sunrise again. They have cooking battles with mountaineering gear, climb small hills in their neighborhood, and meet new mountaineering friends as they learn the ropes of the hobby. When will they finally see that sunrise again?
Promotional Video 1: [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”QiYxiMsroQY” width=”854″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″]
July 10th
Love Stage!!
| Website: http://lovestage-tv.jp/ | Twitter: @LOVESTAGE_TV, #ラブステ | Tweet: #ラブステ |
- Genre: Shounen Ai/Yaoi
- Director: Kenichi Kasai (Hachimitsu to Clover, Bakuman.)
- Main Cast: Takuya Eguchi as Ryouma, Daisuke Hirakawa as Rei, DAIGO as Shougo, Tsubasa Yonaga as Izumi
- Animation Studio: J.C. Staff (Toradora!, Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo)
Synopsis:
The series is an adaptation of Eiki Eiki and Mikiyo Tsuda’s comedy, yaoi manga of the same name.
With a father who’s a singer, a mother who’s a movie star, and an older brother Shougo who’s the lead vocalist for the super-popular band “The Crusherz,” Sena Izumi, an otaku college student, is the only dull one born into this super famous and talented family. He loves “Magical Girl LalaLulu” and is working hard to become a mangaka, but one day he winds up appearing in a TV commercial he just can’t turn down. There, he’s reunited with Ichijou Ryouma, the super-popular young actor he costarred with on a project ten years prior.
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Persona 4 The Golden Animation
| Website: http://www.p4ga.jp/ | Twitter: @P4_A, #P4G_A | Tweet: #P4G_A |
- Genre: Adventure, Mystery, School, Super Power, Supernatural
- Director: Tomohisa Taguchi (Persona 3 the Movie 2: Midsummer Knight’s Dream)
- Chief Director: Seiji Kishi (Persona 4 The Animation, Angel Beats!)
- Main Cast: Daisuke Namikawa as Yuu, Kana Hanazawa as Marie, Showtaro Morikubo as Yosuke, Yui Horie as Chie, Ami Koshimizu as Yukiko, Kappei Yamaguchi as Kuma, Tomokazu Seki as Kanji, Romi Paku as Naoto
- Animation Studio: A-1 Pictures (Sword Art Online, Fairy Tail)
Synopsis:
The anime is an adaptation of Persona 4 Golden on the PlayStation Vita, an enhanced release of the original Persona 4.
Persona 4 takes place in a rural town named Inaba. There have been mysterious murders occurring whenever there was fog after heavy rain. There were also rumors about a channel on television airing only at midnight called Mayonaka TV, during which it is said that one can see his/her “other half” when staring at the TV screen.
After hearing about a recent unsolved murder which occurred during the fog, the characters—Narukami, Chie, and Yosuke—discuss how each of them had attempted to watch the mysterious TV channel and witnessed the murder victim. The protagonist later realizes that during midnight when the channel is on, his body can phase into his television set as a gateway to enter another world infested with shadows.
After discovering this, they all decide to explore. When first completely entering the world, dazed and confused, Narukami meets Teddie. Mayonaka TV and the town murders seem to have a connection. The murder victims may be merely victims of Mayonaka TV. Everyone decides that they will together try to solve the mysterious murders by exploring the hidden world of Mayonaka TV.
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Psycho-Pass (Edited rebroadcast)
| Website: http://psycho-pass.com/ | Twitter: @psychopass_tv, #pp_anime | Tweet: #pp_anime |
- Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Police
- Director: Naoyoshi Shiotani (Blood-C: The Last Dark, Tokyo Marble Chocolate)
- Script Writer and Series Composer: Gen Urobuchi (Fate/Zero, Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica)
- Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami (Deadman Wonderland, The World God Only Knows)
- Main Cast: Tomokazu Seki as Shinya, Takahiro Sakurai as Shougo, Kana Hanazawa as Akane, Kenji Nojima as Nobuchika, Akira Ishida as Shuusei, Miyuki Sawashiro as Shion
- Animation Studio: Production I.G. (Kuroko’s Basketball, Ghost in the Shell ARISE)
Synopsis:
The series is an edited version of the 2012 anime Psycho-Pass. There will be a total of 11 episodes, each an hour long. It will also contain new scenes.
The series takes place in the near future, when it is possible to instantaneously measure and quantify a person’s state of mind and personality. This information is recorded and processed, and the term “Psycho-Pass” refers to a standard used to measure an individual’s being. The story centers around the “enforcement officer” Shinya Kougami, who is tasked with managing crime in such a world.
In the future, it is possible to quantitatively measure a person’s emotions, desires, and every inclination. In this way, it is also possible to measure a person’s criminal tendency factor, which is used to judge criminals.
This is the story of a team of policemen dedicated to maintaining public order. Some of them work in the Enforcement Division, responsible for the apprehension of criminals, while others belong to the Supervisory Division which oversees their colleagues in Enforcement.
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July 11th
Black Butler: Book of Circus
| Website: http://www.kuroshitsuji.tv/ | Twitter: @kuroshitsuji2, #kuroshitsuji | Tweet: #kuroshitsuji |
- Genre: Comedy, Demons, Fantasy, Shounen, Supernatural
- Director: Noriyuki Abe (Bleach, Gakkou no Kaidan)
- Script Writer and Series Composer: Hiroyuki Yoshino (Strike the Blood, Accel World)
- Main Cast: Daisuke Ono as Sebastian, Maaya Sakamoto as Ciel, Mamoru Miyano as Joker, Yuko Kaida as Beast, Ayahi Takagaki as Doll
- Animation Studio: A-1 Pictures (Sword Art Online, Fairy Tail)
Synopsis:
A new anime series based on Yana Toboso’s manga Kuroshitsuji.
The TV series is subtitled Book of Circus and will air July 2014 in the Animeism block. It will adapt the Noah’s Ark Circus Arc, picking the manga story back up from the point at which they diverged.
This arc immediately follows the Curry Contest Arc in the manga, which ended at episode 15 in the first season of the anime.
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Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!?
| Website: http://corona106.tv/ | Twitter: @anime_6joma, #6jomadaho | Tweet: #6jomadaho |
- Genre: Comedy, Romance, School, Supernatural
- Director: Shin Oonuma (Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu, Kokoro Connect)
- Main Cast: Yuuichi Nakamura as Koutarou, Maria Naganawa as Theiamillia, Eri Suzuki as Sanae, Masumi Tazawa as Kiriha, Nichika Oomori as Yurika
- Animation Studio: Silver Link (Kokoro Connect, Non Non Biyori)
Synopsis:
The anime is an adaptation of the light novel series by Takehaya and Poco.
Due to young Koutarou’s financial circumstances, he is forced to live in a small rokujouma (6-tatami apartment) on a budget of 5000 yen a month. On the plus side, he lives rent-free, but on the minus side, that’s because room 106 of Corona Apartments is cursed. The ghost is a cute young girl, and hijinks ensue when she tries to drive him out. Between the haunting, Koutarou’s nosy neighbors, and a self-styled magical girl flying to the unneeded rescue, there’s way too much for the impoverished young man to handle.
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Zankyou no Terror
| Website: http://terror-in-tokyo.com/ | Twitter: @zankyono_terror, #zantero | Tweet: #zantero |
- Genre: Psychological, Thriller
- Director: Shinichiro Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop, Space☆Dandy)
- Music Composer: Yoko Kanno (Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex)
- Main Cast: Kaito Ishikawa as Shin, Soma Saito as Fuyuji, Atsumi Tanezaki as Risa
- Animation Studio: MAPPA (Hajime no Ippo: Rising, Sakamichi no Apollon)
Synopsis:
The anime is an original series.
In an alternate version of the present, Tokyo has been decimated by a shocking terrorist attack, and the only hint to the identity of the culprit is a bizarre video uploaded to the internet. The police, baffled by this cryptic clue, are powerless to stop the paranoia spreading across the population.
While the world searches for a criminal mastermind to blame for this tragedy, two mysterious children—children who shouldn’t even exist—masterfully carry out their heinous plan. Cursed to walk through this world with the names Nine and Twelve, the two combine to form “Sphinx,” a clandestine entity determine to wake the people from their slumber—and pull the trigger on this world.
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July 12th
Nobunaga Concerto
| Website: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/nobunaga-concerto-anime/ | Twitter: #信長協奏曲 | Tweet: #信長協奏曲 |
- Genre: Historical, Romance, Shounen
- Director: Yuusuke Fujikawa (Debut role)
- Music Composer: Masaru Yokoyama (Arakawa Under the Bridge, Acchi Kocchi)
- Main Cast: Mamoru Miyano as Saburou, Nana Mizuki as Kichou, Aoi Yuuki as Oichi, Yuuichi Nakamura as Toukichirou, Yuki Kaji as Nobunaga
- Animation Studio: Unknown
Synopsis:
The anime is an adaptation of Ayumi Ishii’s manga of the same name.
The story centers around Saburou, a high school boy who time-travels to Japan’s Sengoku Era. He must become Nobunaga Oda, the famed warlord who helps unite Japan.
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Tokyo ESP
| Website: http://www.tokyo-esp.org/ | Twitter: @tokyoesp_anime, #東京ESP | Tweet: #東京ESP |
- Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Shounen, Super Power, Supernatural
- Director: Shigehito Takayanagi (The World God Only Knows, Galaxy Angel)
- Script Writer and Series Composer: Hideyuki Kurata (Oreimo, The World God Only Knows)
- Main Cast: Ibuki Kido as Rinka, Keisuke Koumoto as Kyoutarou, Sachika Misawa as Minami, Azusa Tadokoro as Murasaki, Mai Aizawa as Kobushi
- Animation Studio: Xebec (To LOVE-Ru, Pokemon: The Origin)
Synopsis:
The anime is an adaptation of Hajime Segawa’s manga of the same name.
The science fantasy story Tokyo ESP begins with Rinka, an extremely poor high school girl who lives with just her father in modern Tokyo. One day, she is going home from school when she chases a “flying penguin” to the top of New Tokyo Tower—only to have “fish swimming in the air” suddenly appear before her. One of the fish goes through Rinka and gives her extraordinary powers beyond those of normal humans, particularly the ability to slip through solid objects.
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July 14th
Minarai Diva
| Website: http://minaraidiva.jp/ | Twitter: @Minarai_Diva, #namaanime, #生アニメ | Tweet: #namaanime#生アニメ |
- Genre: Music
- Director, Script Writer and Series Composer: Koutarou Ishidate (Tesagure! Bukatsumono, Chokkyuu Hyoudai Robot Anime: Straight Title)
- Main Cast: Rie Murakawa as Ruri, Nozomi Yamamoto as Ui, Hisanori Yoshida as Accel the wolf
- Animation Studio: Unknown
Synopsis:
The anime is an original series that uses the MikuMikuDance software.
The story follows two aspiring divas who hope to become famous through a unique brand of music.
Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance
| Website: http://www.bladedance.tv/ | Twitter: @blade_anime, #blade_anime | Tweet: #blade_anime |
- Genre: Action, Comedy, Ecchi, Fantasy, Romance, School, Harem, Supernatural, Seinen
- Director: Tetsuya Yanagisawa (High School DxD)
- Series Composer: Takao Yoshioka (High School DxD, Elfen Lied)
- Main Cast: Makoto Furukawa as Kamito, Ibuki Kido as Claire, Ai Kakuma as Terminus, Kana Yuuki as Rinslet, Shizuka Ishigami as Ellis, Saori Oonishi as Fianna
- Animation Studio: TNK (High School DxD, School Days)
Synopsis:
The anime is an adaptation of Yu Shimizu and Hanpen Sakura’s light novel series.
Only a pure maiden can have the privilege to contract with a spirit. In here, Areishia Spirit Academy, trained maidens of noble families are gathered and given an elite’s education to become spirit contractors. A boy, Kamito, peeped by accident at a girl, Clair, while she was taking a bath and he ended up making a contract with the spirit she wanted. Yes, Kamito is an irregular boy spirit contractor whose existence was thought impossible until now. “You stole…my spirit…you have to take responsibility for it!” “Huh?” “You have to become my contracted spirit!” What will Kamito’s destiny lead to?
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August 16th
Hanamonogatari
| Website: http://www.monogatari-series.com/2ndseason/ | Twitter: @nisioisin_anime, #Hanamonogatari | Tweet: #Hanamonogatari |
- Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Romance, Supernatural
- Director: Akiyuki Shinbou (Bakemonogatari, Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica)
- Main Cast: Hiroshi Kamiya as Koyomi Araragi, Miyuki Sawashiro as Suruga Kanbaru
- Animation Studio: Shaft (Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica, Nisekoi)
Synopsis:
The anime is an adaptation of Nisio Isin’s ninth light novel in his Monogatari series.
Hanamonogatari features Suruga Kanbaru and is set after Koyomi Araragi graduates from high school.
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July (Unknown)
Nyanpuku Nyaruma
| Website: http://nyaruma.jp/ | Twitter: @nyaruma_jp, にゃんぷくにゃるま | Tweet: にゃんぷくにゃるま |
- Genre: Comedy, Kids
- Director: Takeshi Onaka (Nukko.)
- Main Cast: Unknown
- Animation Studio: Kachidoki Studio (Shokupan Mimi, Tenpou Suikoden Neo)
Synopsis:
This anime is an original series.
Follows twin cats who wish to make others happy and their strange friends.
August (Unknown)
Medamayaki no Kimi Itsu Tsubusu?
| Website: N/A | Twitter: 目玉焼きの黄身 いつつぶす? | Tweet: 目玉焼きの黄身 いつつぶす? |
- Genre: Comedy, Seinen
- Director: Rareko (Gakkatsu!, Chi-Sui Maru)
- Main Cast: Unknown
- Animation Studio: Fanworks (Dark Side Cat, Gakkatsu! Season 2)
Synopsis:
The anime is an adaptation of Go Oohinata’s gourmet cooking manga of the same name.
The protagonist Jirou Tamiyamaru is more obssessed with how to eat than most people, and the anime comically depicts how he agonizes over the differences with how others eat.