Summer 2019 Season Guide (Updating)

Kuniyoshi Utagawa, Sudden Shower in the Summer, c. 1849-1851

Spring is almost over, and with the warmer weather comes a fresh batch new anime, including some very familiar franchises (Fate, Index, DanMachi). We’ll be watching and writing about some of those shows when July comes around.

As usual, Bold titles mean we’re watching that show; non-bold means TBD, and crossed-out means dropped/skipped. Additional Spring 2019 shows may carryover; we will add them to the list below if/when their Summer cours are officially confirmed.

A reminder: we don’t read any manga, novels light or dark, or video games the below shows may be based upon—RABUJOI is an anime-only blog. This list will be updated as needed. If you think we’re missing something, let us know in the comments.

Thanks! —RABUJOI STAFF

LAST UPDATED 21 May 2019

Cop Craft
Enen no Shouboutai (Fire Force)
Kanata no Astra
Katsute Kami Datta Kemono-tachi e
Lord El-Melloi II Sei no Jikenbo: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note
Vinland Saga

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Araburu Kisetsu no Otome-domo yo. (Maidens of the Savage Season)
Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru? (How Many Kilograms are the Dumbbells You Lift?)
Carole & Tuesday (Spring Carryover)
Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san 2 (Skilled Teaser Takagi-san)
Tejina-senpai

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MagicalChurlSukui

BEM
Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka II (Is It Wrong That I Want to Meet You in a Dungeon)
Isekai Cheat Magician
Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator (A Certain Scientific Accelerator)
Tsuujou Kougeki ga Zentai Kougeki de Ni-kai Kougeki no Okaasan wa Suki Desu ka? (Do You Like Your Mom? Her Normal Attack is Two Attacks at Full Power, Okaasan online)

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Spring 2019 Season Guide (Updating)

Tsuchi-yama, Spring Rain, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road, c. 1834

Winter is almost over, and with the (hopefully) warmer weather comes a fresh batch new anime, including some very familiar titles. We’ll be watching and writing about some of those shows when April comes around.

As usual, Bold titles mean we’re watching that show; non-bold means TBD, and crossed-out means dropped/skipped. additional Winter 2019 shows may carryover; we will add them to the list below if/when their Spring cours are officially confirmed.

A reminder: we don’t read any manga, novels light or dark, or video games the below shows may be based upon—RABUJOI is an anime-only blog! This list will be updated as needed. If you think we’re missing something, let us know in the comments.

Thanks! —RABUJOI STAFF

LAST UPDATED 21 Apr 2019

Braverade

Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2
Dororo (Winter carryover)
Magmel of the Sea Blue
Rising of the Shield Hero (Winter carryover)

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Midara na Ao-chan wa Benkyou ga Dekinai (Ao-chan Can’t Study!)
Bokutachi wa Benkyou ga Dekinai (BokuBan)
Carole & Tuesday
Joshikausei
Kono Yo no Hate de Koi wo Utau Shoujo YU-NO
One Punch Man Season 2
Senryuu Shoujo

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MagicalChurlSukui

Fairy Gone
Isekai Quartet
Mayonaka no Occult Koumuin
Sarazanmai
Shoumetsu Toshi

Winter 2019 Season Guide (Updating)

Winter is almost here, and so are a host of new shows. We’ll be watching and writing about some of those shows. As usual, Bold titles mean we’re watching that show; non-bold means TBD, and crossed-out means dropped/skipped. This list will be updated as needed. As always, hit us up in the comments if you think we’re missing something, because we probably are. Thanks! —R.S.

LAST UPDATED 4 Mar 2019

Braverade

Boogiepop wa Warawanai
Egao no Daika
Dororo
Ingress
Sword Art Online: Alicization (Fall carryover)
Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari

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3D Kanojo: Real Girl 2nd Season
Domestic na Kanojo
Kaguya-sama: Love is War

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MagicalChurlSukui

Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka
Toaru Majutsu no Index III (Fall carryover)
TenSura (Fall carryover)
Yakusoku no Neverland

Fall 2018 Season Guide (Updating)

LAST UPDATED 7 Sept 2018

Summer is almost over. Sucks, right?! It’s back to school time, or at least back to half-school, if you’re in one of the east coast cities experiencing high heat and humidity. In a couple weeks Summer will be officially over but the heat will likely linger.

So, is there anything hot to look forward to in the world of Fall 2018 anime? We guess…provided you like one or more of three things: Sequels, Spinoffs, and Shows with Obnoxiously Long Titles (or SOLTs). We’ll be checking out representatives from all three columns and let the cream rise to the top.

As usual, Bold titles mean we’re watching that show; non-bold means TBD, and crossed-out means dropped/skipped. This list will be updated as needed. As always, hit us up in the comments if you think we’re missing something, because we probably are. Thanks! —R.S.

Last Updated 15 Oct 2018

Braverade

Goblin Slayer
Golden Kamuy (2nd Season)
Ingress
Radiant
Sword Art Online: Alicization

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Ore ga Suki nano wa Imouto dakedo Imouto ja Nai
Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai
Yagate Kimi ni Naru
Zombieland Saga

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MagicalChurlSukui

Banana Fish (Continued)
Iroduku: The World in Colors
Toaru Majutsu no Index III
TenSura
Tokyo Ghoul:re (2nd Season)

Summer 2018 Season Guide (Updating)

LAST UPDATED 27 July 2018

Spring is flying by, and you know what that means……The season that comes after Spring will soon be here. You know, that time when most if not all of the anime you’re watching end and are replaced with an entirely new batch. Here is that batch.

There are two huge titles that stand out: FLCL and Titan. There are also such far-flung premises as yakuza getting gender-reassignment surgery to become idols, a girl walking to school but never getting there, the inner workings of the body depicted as groups of human workers, and of course, vampires.

This is a big list, and it will be whittled down before the Summer is out. Bold means we’re watching; non-bold means TBD; crossed-out means dropped or skipped. As always, hit us up in the comments if you think we’re missing something.

Braverade

Steins;Gate 0 (Continued) ✓
Attack on Titan Season 3 ✓
Island
Overlord III ✓
Planet With

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Asobi Asobase
Back Street Girls
Chio-chan no Tsuugakuro (Chio’s School Road)✓
FLCL Progressive (Only English dub available)
Hanebado! ✓
Grand Blue ✓
Hataraku Saibou (Cells At Work)
Sunoharasou no Kanrinin-san (Miss Caretaker of Sunohara)

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MagicalChurlSukui

Banana Fish ✓
Happy Sugar Life ✓
Kyoto Teramachi Sanjou no Holmes (Holmes of Kyoto)
Phantom in the Twilight
Shichisei no Subaru (Subaru of the Seven Stars)
Tenrou: Sirius the Jaeger ✓

Spring 2018 Season Preview (Updated)

Winter is half over? As Neo once said, Whoa. But it’s true. Honestly it’s been a pretty decent season for all three of our authors. Aside from the confirmed carryovers of FranXX and Cardcaptor Sakura, Spring will be a clean slate.

But with that clean slate come a lot of big and/or familiar faces, chief among them Steins;Gate, SAO, Persona, Food Wars, and even The Legend of Galactic Heroes, which none of us has ever seen. This season has the potential to be HUGE.

That being said, we ultimately intend to limit our total show load to a baker’s dozen as always. So without further ado, here’s what’s on our respective radars for Spring 2018.

17 Apr 2018 Update: We’ve chosen our eleven twelve shows for Spring 2018. They’re the ones ✓ checked below. Dropped/skipped shows are crossed out.

Braverade

Darling in the FranXX (13-24) ✓
Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu: Die Neue These – Kaikou
(The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: The New Thesis – Encounter)
Juushinki Pandora (Unit Pandora, The Next)
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online ✓
Steins;Gate 0 ✓

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Hinamatsuri (Hina Festival) ✓
3D Kanojo: Real Girl ✓
Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara – Toutsuki Ressha-hen (Food Wars! The Third Plate 2nd cour) ✓
Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai (Tada Doesn’t Fall in Love) ✓
Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii (It’s Difficult to Love an Otaku/WotaKoi) ✓

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MagicalChurlSukui

Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card (12-22) ✓
Devils Line
Golden Kamuy ✓
Mahou Shoujo Site
Nil Admirari no Tenbin: Teito Genwaku Kitan
(The Scales of Nil Admirari ~The Mysterious Story of Teito~) ✓
Persona 5 the Animation
Tokyo Ghoul:re ✓

Winter 2018 Season Preview (Updating)

Winter approacheth with haste. Here’s what we’ll be taking a look at (so far) come January! Shows, statuses, and authors subject to change. We’ll be updating this list to reflect current conditions.

Braverade

BEATLESS  (Dropped)
Darling in the FranXX ✓
Fate/Extra Last Encore ✓
Overlord II ✓
Violet Evergarden ✓

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Citrus ✓
Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens (Dropped)
Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san ✓
Koi wa Ameagari no You ni ✓
Sora yori mo Tooi Basho ✓
Takunomi. ✓

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MagicalChurlSukui

3-gatsu no Lion 2nd Season ✓
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card ✓
Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku (Dropped)
Devilman Crybaby (Dropped)
Kokkoku (TBD)
Mahoutsukai no Yome ✓

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Tally as of 31 Jan 2018: 

• 11 Keeps
• 1 TBD
• 4 Drops

Fall 2017 Season Preview

Summer is over halfway done. It was a little rough at first, but once we found some more good-to-great shows to watch (Abyss, Classroom) things picked up. Still, now is the time to start glancing on what’s to come next season. Below is a list of shows we’ll be taking a look at this October.

We’re excited about a third helping of Food Wars, a second season of Kekkai Sensen and 3-gatsu no Lion, and a Kino no Tabi re-imagining. You know the drill (unless you don’t): click on a title to learn more about a show over at MAL.

As always, shows and authors are subject to change. We’ll be updating this list as we explore Fall 2017 shows.

Update-3 Oct 2017: Watching Shokugeki no Souma 3. Juuni Taisen TBD. Black Clover and Osake wa Fuufu ni Natte kara skipped.

Update-4 Oct 2017: URAHARA skipped.

Update-5 Oct 2017: Just Because! TBD. Ousama Game skipped.

Update-6 Oct 2017: Watching Kino no Tabi. Dies Irae and Net-juu no Susume TBD.

Update-7-8 Oct 2017: Watching Kekkai Sensen & Beyond and Mahoutsukai no Yome. Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou TBD.

Update-9 Oct 2017: Watching Kujira no Kora wa Sajou ni Utau. Imouto sae Ireba Ii. TBD. Houseki no Kuni TBD.

Update-11 Oct 2017: My Girlfriend Is ShoBitch TBD.

Update-12 Oct 2017: Watching Iyunashiki.

Update-13 Oct 2017: Dies Irae. dropped.

Update-16 Oct 2017: Watching 3-gatsu no Lion S2. Imouto sae Ireba Ii. dropped.

Bold = Watching
* = TBD
Crossed out = Skipped/Dropped

Last Updated 16 Oct 2017

Braverade

Dies Irae
Houseki no Kuni*
Inuyashiki
Juuni Taisen
Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou

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Boku no Kanojo ga Majimesugiru Sho-bitch na Ken*
Imouto sae Ireba Ii.
Just Because!*
Net-juu no Susume*
Osake wa Fuufu ni Natte kara
Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara
URAHARA

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MagicalChurlSukui

3-gatsu no Lion 2nd Season
Black Clover
Kekkai Sensen & Beyond
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World (2017)
Kujira no Kora wa Sajou ni Utau
Mahoutsukai no Yome
Ousama Game The Animation

Summer 2017 Season Preview

Summer is almost here! While all of us at RABUJOI are looking a bit pale and are in need of Vitamin D, there’s a huge batch of new shows on the way, in addition to the second cours of three Spring shows. We’ve perused the Summer list and have made some tentative choices.

Note that as always, the presence of a show on this list does not indicate we’ll be reviewing that show regularly yet, we’re just taking some initial looks.

Aside from a new entry in the now massive Monogatari series and a Fate spinoff, it’s a fairly sequel-free Summer (at least for us), so there are a lot of unknowns on this list. We look forward to sussing it all over in the next couple of weeks!

Braverade

Fate/Apocrypha
Jikan no Shihaisha (Chronos Ruler)
Shoukoku no Altair (Project Altair)
THE REFLECTION
Re:Creators (Spring Carryover)
Shingeki no Bahamut: Virgin Soul (Spring Carryover)

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Hajimete no Gal
Keppeki Danshi! Aoyama-kun (Cleanliness Boy! Aoyama-kun)
Koi to Uso (Love and Lies)
Netsuzou TRap
Owarimonogatari 2nd Season
Tsurezure Children
Youkai Apartment no Yuuga na Nichijou

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MagicalChurlSukui

Battle Girl High School: Battle Girl Project
Clione no Akari
Isekai_Shokudou (Restaurant to Another World)
Knight’s & Magic
Sagrada Reset (Spring Carryover)

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Oigakkosan

 

Spring 2017 Season Preview

Wouldn’t you know it, we forgot to post a Season Preview for Winter, so this will be our first of 2017. If it seems early, it’s not; we’ve released previews as early as the beginning of February; this is actually the furthest into the month we’ve waited. And why is that? No real reason beyond we just “hadn’t gotten around to it.” (Also, it’s feeling very Springlike around RABUJOI HQ of late).

Below is the preliminary list of shows we’ll at least be taking a look at this Spring. The only Winter carryover we know of (so far) is Little Witch Academia. Note that there are many sequels to popular shows (ahem Attack on Titan) among the titles, and as always, authors for reviews of these shows are subject to change, depending on which shows appeal to which writer. Click on a title to learn more via MAL.

Shows we’re definitely reviewing are in bold. Six weeks to go. Can’t wait to dig in!

Braverade

Clockwork Planet
Shingeki no Bahamut: Virgin Soul (Rage of Bahamut)
Shingeki no Kyojin 2 (Attack on Titan)

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Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata ♭ (Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend Flat)
Sakura Quest
Tsugumomo
Tsuki ga Kirei (The Moon is Beautiful)

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MagicalChurlSukui

Alice to Zouroku (Alice & Zouroku)
Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Gaiden: Sword Oratoria (DanMachi / Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Side Story)
Kekkai Sensen & Beyond (Bloodline Battlefront)
Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records (Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor)

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Oigakkosan

Little Witch Academia
Uchouten Kazoku 2 (The Eccentric Family)

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Up For Grabs

Re:CREATORS
Eromanga-sensei
Kabukibu!
Renai Boukun (Love Tyrant)
Sakurada Reset
Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho (Starting the Magical Book from Zero)

Fall 2016 Season Preview

The Summer season is halfway over. Time to start looking ahead to Fall!

Below is a list of shows we’ll be taking a look at this October. It’s a smaller list than usual, but no doubt Oigakkosan will check out as much of the entire Fall continuum as he dares and let the rest of us know if anything else is worth watching (if he isn’t running for Congress or something by then).

We’ve kinda fallen in love with screencaps of late, sometimes grabbing over a hundred for one episode. But this Fall we’ll be transitioning to a one or two image-per-review format and letting our words do the talking.

Click on a title to learn more via MAL. Note that several shows only have spotty details. Authors for reviews of these shows are also subject to change, depending on which shows appeal to which writer. Shows we’re definitely reviewing are in bold.

Braverade

Drifters
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 2nd Season
Kuromukuro (14-26)
Shuumatsu no Izetta (Izetta, The Last Witch)

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3-gatsu no Lion (March Comes In like a Lion)
Fune wo Amu (The Great Passage)
Gi(a)rlish Number
Hibike! Euphonium 2nd Season
Nanbaka (The Numbers)
Udon no Kuni no Kiniro Kemari (Poco’s Udon World)
Watashi ga Motete Dousunda (Kiss Him, Not Me)

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MagicalChurlSukui

Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku (Magical Girl Raising Project)
Occultic;Nine
Sousei no Onmyouji (third cour, eps. 26-37)
Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru
Trickster: Edogawa Ranpo “Shounen Tanteidan” yori

Summer 2016 Season Preview

You know the drill: We list ’em now, We watch ’em later, then whittle the season down to something we can handle, dropping the stuff that doesn’t cut it, while Oigakkosan wades through the rest (time permitting). Click on a title to learn more.

Braverade

Berserk
Kuromukuro (14-26)
Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin
Qualidea Code
Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars
Scared Rider Xechs
Tales of Zestiria the X

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Amanchu!
Fudanshi Koukou Seikatsu
Handa-kun
Hatsukoi Monster
Mob Psycho 100
ReLIFE
Shokugeki no Souma: Ni no Sara

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MagicalChurlSukui

91 Days
D.Gray-man Hallow
Orange
Re:Zero (14-24)
Rewrite
Servamp
Taboo Tattoo

Spring 2016 Season Preview

We’re now halfway (~six weeks) through the Winter of this new year, so we thought it was about time to take a look at what’s on the horizon once things warm up a bit and the deciduous trees start to bud.

Below is a list of we’ve found that might interest us so far, using MAL as a guide (all shows link there for more details). Note that as always, we have not consumed any of the source material for these shows, be it manga, novels, or games. We’ll be reviewing and rating purely on the merits of the anime adaptations, where applicable.

If we know a show is really bad (or just not our thing) from just the first ep, that show will be dropped. However, we typically give shows 3-4 eps to prove themselves worthy of our limited and very important time. A show below may also change if it turns out to be, for example, more up Zane’s alley than Preston’s. By week 5, we’ll be reviewing no more than twelve (12) shows, which means 9 of the shows below will be cut.

If you believe we’re missing out on an upcoming Spring show, let us know in the comments and we’ll take it under advisement.

* = carryover/second season/sequel.

Braverade

Safe

1. Macross Δ (Delta) – Satelight (Action, Mecha, Military, Music, Romance, Sci-Fi) Anime Original (Preview Special review here.)

Promising

2. Koutetsujou no Kabaneri (Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress) – Wit Studio (Genres TBA) Anime Original
3. Kuromukuro (Chrome Black) – P.A. Works (Mecha) Anime Original

Maybe

4. Boku no Hero Academia ( My Hero Academia) –  Bones (Sci-Fi) Anime Original
5. Kiznaiver – Trigger (Action, Adventure, Comedy, Shounen, Supernatural) Source: Manga

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Safe

6. Gakusen Toshi Asterisk 2nd Season* (The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water)  – A-1 Pictures (Comedy, Ecchi, Fantasy, Harem, Romance, School, Sci-Fi, Supernatural) Source: Light Novel

Promising

7. Gyakuten Saiban: Sono “Shinjitsu”, Igi Ari! (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney)  – A-1 Pictures (Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Police) Source: Visual Novel
8. Sakamoto desu ga? (Haven’t You Heard? I’m Sakamoto) – Studio Deen (Comedy, School, Seinen) Source: Manga
9. Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge (Tanaka-kun is always languid) – Silver Link (Comedy, School, Slice of Life) Source: Web Manga

Maybe

10. Bakuon!! (Roar!!) – TMS Entertainment (Cars, Seinen, Slice of Life, Sports) Source: Manga
11. Hundred – Production IMS (Action, Ecchi, Harem, Mecha, Romance, School, Sci-Fi) Source: Light Novel
12. Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta? (And you thought there is never a girl online?) – Project No.9 (Comedy, Ecchi, Romance, School) Source: Light Novel
13. Sansha Sanyou – Doga Kobo (Comedy, School, Slice of Life) Source: 4-koma Manga
14. Shounen Maid (Boy Maid) – 8Bit (Comedy, Shoujo, Slice of Life) Source: Manga

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Safe

15. Ushio to Tora 2nd Season* – Mappa (Comedy, Demons, Shounen, Supernatural) Source: Manga

Promising

16. Flying Witch – J.C. Staff (Comedy, Shounen, Slice of Life, Supernatural) Source: Manga
17. Kuma Miko (Girl meets bear) – Kinema Citrus / EMT² (Comedy, Seinen) Source: Manga
18. Mayoiga (It is lost) – Diomedea (Drama) Anime Original

Maybe

19. Bungou Stray Dogs – Bones (Mystery, Seinen, Supernatural) Source: Manga
20. Sousei no Onmyouji (Twin Star Exorcists) – Studio Pierrot (Action, Fantasy, Shounen, Supernatural) Source: Manga
21. Sword Gai – DLE (Seinen) Source: Manga