I usually don’t write posts like these, but 1) I need one more post to fill up this daily August challenge before the big finale tomorrow and 2) next season has a lot of interesting anime to look forward to, more than usual in my case. The following info is taken from Livechart, which has been produced charts of airing anime for a long time now. Starting with:
Chainsaw Man
At the top of the list because it’s something new to me and looks amazing. I picked up and read the first volume of the manga, the story of Denji, a poor bounty hunter who kills demons to pay off his dead father’s yakuza debts. After being nearly killed himself, Denji makes a contract with his pet, a dog with a chainsaw for a face. After this contract is made, Denji and said dog are able to merge and create Chainsaw Man, basically Denji with a chainsaw for a face, who can regenerate his wounds (lucky thing since it also means he recovered all the bits he cut out and sold of himself to partially pay off that debt, ouch.)
I don’t have much idea what to expect given that I haven’t gotten too far into the series yet, but Denji is an interesting guy so far, and his relationship with the mysterious Makima looks like it’s going to be a central element.
Spy x Family (second cour)
Of course, yeah. If you need an explanation (i.e. you’re one of the few anime watchers who didn’t get roped into the series last season, or you don’t watch much anime and missed out) check out my review of the first cour. The second cour of 12 episodes starts airing this fall, and my expectations are high just like most everyone else’s.
Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: 2nd Attack (season 2)
After a year and change, we’re finally getting an anime followup to the first season of Nagatoro. I’ve been reading the manga, one of only a couple I actively follow, so once again the story probably won’t be a surprise at all for me, but I’m still excited to see Nagatoro and her put-upon senpai return to the screen. This one is coming up this winter, starting in January 2023, but since I know I’ll be watching it anyway I figured I’d throw it onto the list too.
Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Ļ (season 2)
I’m not quite as excited about Uzaki-chan coming back, since I wasn’t crazy about the first season back in 2020. Then again, I didn’t exactly dislike it either, and I feel just invested enough in this slow-burn romance (on top of Nagatoro, Takagi-san, and whatever the hell is going on between Loid and Yor in Spy x Family, not to mention between Damian and Anya) that I’ll check out the second season this fall. Clever use of a Greek letter too, though I don’t think the Ļ here is meant to mean omega but rather one of those anime cat smiles.
Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie
Speaking of Takagi-san, the movie I brought up in my review of the show’s third season a few days ago is listed as releasing on November 15. It’s already played in theaters, so this refers to its Blu-ray and DVD debut. Not sure if it’s getting a release on stream as well, but I’ll get my hands on it as soon as possible either way.
Urusei Yatsura (2022)
And finally for something very different: a remake of Urusei Yatsura, from what I understand a series about a hot alien demon girl who comes to Earth with her friends to take it over, only she falls in love with a human guy. I guess Urusei Yatsura is a sci-fi romantic comedy from that description, which sounds like a good enough time to me to check out. The anime first aired in the 80s, based on a manga that started in the 70s — a real classic. Even though I won’t have the perspective of an old fan watching a remake that may or may not screw up the original material, it will be interesting to see how the new series is handled and to hear from people who are familiar with the original.
In addition to my still agonizingly long backlog, that’s what I’ve got to look forward to right now. There are also plenty of other interesting-looking sequels coming out as well for series I just haven’t gotten to on my list (Mob Psycho, Vinland Saga.) Damn, there’s really too much to watch. I hope I can catch up on all this stuff after I’m dead, because it doesn’t look like I’ll be able to make it before my final day whenever that is.
I’m on a slice-of-life binge right now, but I’m sure I’ll get back to the more intense anime later on. Maybe after I finish K-On!, which really feels like required watching for me at this point.
See you tomorrow for the final post of the month!
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This reminded me that I wanted to do a post like this too.
I usually don’t watch action shounen or go along with whatever’s trending, but I think I’m gonna be watching Chainsaw Man as well. I’ve read some of the manga and I definitely enjoyed it. I haven’t seen the trailers but people seem to be really impressed with the animation so I’m definitely looking forward to seeing some of that.
That would be interesting to read, yeah, especially when you look back and see what held up and what didn’t based on expectations. And I don’t usually go for the shounen action stuff either, but I’ll be following Chainsaw Man for just the same reasons.
I started watching Urusei Yatsura earlier this year to get a feel for the series. I found it excruciating. It felt like a bad early 2000s ecchi anime with bad sound design. But it was very popular back in the day, so perhaps it’s a frontrunner in the genre or something. I will check out the new season, but my expectations are low.
That sounds rough. When I checked out some basic info about the series I saw it was a DEEN co-production, and I do have a kind of grudge against them, so maybe that’s just confirmation. I guess we can hope for better production values at least with the remake, but that won’t help if the contents of the series are lousy in themselves.
Iām DEFINITELY most excited for Chainsaw Man and Spy x Family second cour! Those are probably some of the most hyped up animes upcoming and for good reasons haha. I can also say with confidence Chainsaw Man will be worth it especially with Mappa animating it! The manga is fantastic too so far from what Ive read a little of, so im excited for these two to be animated š !
Chainsaw Man does look great from the preview I saw. Mappa is one of the top studios for a reason! Up there with ufotable and Madhouse (and SHAFT, but I know not everyone’s a fan of their weird style.) The characters and setting look fascinating too.
And since I forgot, throw CloverWorks in there, since they impressed me so much the last two seasons.
Definitely agree with you on Madhouse, ufotable and cloverworks being legends/impressive at what they do as producers! š I havent actually heard of Shaft nor can recall what animes theyve done but I might look into them just to see what kind of work they produced and if I recognize any of their titles š
I think SHAFT is best known probably for Monogatari and Madoka. Apparently they’re also producing the RWBY spinoff? Haven’t seen RWBY but it got some talk. They’re an interesting studio to check out.
I honestly just looked them up and saw quite a few familiar titles theyve done a lot of great work! They also did Moon phase which was an anime I saw growing up haha! I think its really cool they also did madoka magika and monogatari, which I agree are also honorable mentions! Yeah Ive seen a little of RWBY but not a lot, ive heard good things about it too but never invested into getting into it yet. I do agree Shaft is really underrated considering i hadnt heard of them until now! I feel like people always talk about Mappa or Ufotable, cloverworks though at least! But thank you for enlightening me on this haha ^^!