Your Spring 2016 Anime Guide

Your Spring 2016 Anime Guide

The flowers are blooming and the weather is warming up. You can smell it in the air. It’s spring. And you know what the means? New anime.

This month a slew of new shows are debuting. Here’s a massive list of what is coming out so you can figure out what you want to watch. There are over 70 shows in the list below. Seventy!

Age 12: A Little Heart-Pounding 2nd Cour (12-sai: Chicchana Mune no Tokimeki)

Studio: Oriental Light and Magic

Genre: Coming of Age, School, Romance, Shojo

Premiere Date: October 3

Where to Watch: No simulcast announced

What It’s About in One Sentence: A young girl makes the transition from child to adult.

Ajin 2nd Cour

Studio: Polygon Pictures

Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller

Premiere Date: October 7

Where to Watch: No simulcast announced

What It’s About in One Sentence: The continuation of an anime about a high school student who discovers he is an “ajin”, a race of immortals that are not human and are hunted for scientific testing.

All Out!!

Studio: TMS Entertainment X Madhouse

Genre: School, Sports

Premiere Date: October 6

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: A student joins his school’s rugby team and learns the meaning of teamwork and giving it his all.

Ao Oni The Animation

Studio: Studio Deen

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Parody, Short Anime

Premiere Date: October 2

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: Students visit a mansion haunted by a blue ghost and try to figure out how to escape.

Anime De Training! Ex (Ani Tore!!XX)

Studio: Rising Force

Genre: Comedy, Idol, Music

Premiere Date: October 12

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: A group of idols returns to do exercise and lower their BMI.

BUBUKI/BURANKI The Gentle Giants of the Galaxy (BBK/BRNK: Hoshi no Kyojin)

Studio: Sanzigen

Genre: Action, Robot, Sci-Fi

Premiere Date: October 1

Where to Watch: AnimeLab

What It’s About in One Sentence: BBK/BRNK returns for a second season, following the continuing adventures of Azuma as he wields weapons and robots in his fight.

Crane Game Girls Galaxy!

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[Image: Official Site]

Studio: Mille*Mille Works

Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Short Anime

Premiere Date: October 5

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: Another season of the anime that follows idols who work at an arcade and help save the Earth from extinction.

Bloodivores

Studio: Creators in Pack with Namu Animation

Genre: Action, Drama

Premiere Date: October 1

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: After a half-human/half-vampire woman is arrested, she begins to unravel a mystery that dates back 60 years to when the vampires were first created.

Brave Witches

Studio: Silver Link.

Genre: Action, Magical Girl, Military

Premiere Date: October 5

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: It’s an alternate universe version of World War II in which anime girls engage in aerial combat.

Bungo Stray Dogs

Studio: Bones

Genre: Mystery, Supernatural

Premiere Date: October 5

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: The second half of an anime about an orphan who joins a supernatural detective agency.

Cardfight Vanguard G Next

Studio: TMS Entertainment

Genre: Card Battle, School

Premiere Date: October 2

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Daisuki

What It’s About in One Sentence: The latest season in the long-running card battle anime Cardfight.

Cheating Craft

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[Image: Official Site]

Studio: Blade

Genre: Action, Battle, School

Premiere Date: October 5

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: In a world where exams are everything, those who study and those who cheat battle to pass their tests.

Classica Loid

Studio: Sunrise

Genre: Comedy, Music

Premiere Date: October 8

Where to Watch: The Anime Network, Crunchyroll, AnimeLab

What It’s About in One Sentence: Classical composers with names like “Beethoven” and “Mozart” show up in modern Japan, wielding special powers and wearing funny clothes.

Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters

Studio: Toei Animation

Genre: Action, Battle, Shonen

Premiere Date: October 1

Where to Watch: No simulcast announced

What It’s About in One Sentence: Think Digimon, but with smartphone-style app monsters called, wait for it, Appmon.

Dream Festival!

Studio: BN Pictures

Genre: Idol, Music

Premiere Date: September 23

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: A high school student joins a boy band talent agency, hoping to make his debut dreams real.

Drifters

Studio: Hood Drifters Studio

Genre: Action, Fantasy, History, Samurai

Premiere Date: October 7

Where to Watch: No Australian simulcast announced

What It’s About in One Sentence: Samurai warriors find themselves sent into other worlds where they must fight to the death.

Flip Flappers

Studio: Studio 3Hz

Genre: Battle, Fantasy, School, Sci-Fi

Premiere Date: October 6

Where to Watch: The Anime Network, Crunchyroll, AnimeLab

What It’s About in One Sentence: Two girls have adventures into another world, searching for a wish-granting crystal and battling foes.

Gakuen Handsome

Studio: Team YokkyuFuman

Genre: Comedy, Parody, School

Premiere Date: October 3

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: The lives of very handsome students at a very elite all boys’ school.

Gi(a)rlish Number (Girlish Number)

Studio: Diomedea

Genre: Idol, Slice of Life

Premiere Date: October 6

Where to Watch: The Anime Network, AnimeLab

What It’s About in One Sentence: A university student tries to make her anime voice actress dreams real.

Glass Mask 3D

Studio: DLE

Genre: Comedy, School, Short Anime

Premiere Date: October 3

Where to Watch: No simulcast announced

What It’s About in One Sentence: To mark the 40th anniversary of classic shojo manga about stage actresses, Glass Mask is getting a short-form version with 3D animation and characters reimagined as high schoolers.

The Great Passage

Studio: Zexcs

Genre: Drama, Slice of Life

Premiere Date: October 13

Where to Watch: No Australian simulcast announced

What It’s About in One Sentence: Putting together a dictionary is no easy task, so a publishing company enlists the linguistic skills of a socially awkward man to pull it off.

Hagane Orchestra

Studio: Fanworks

Genre: Comedy, Ecchi, Military, Short Anime

Premiere Date: October 9

Where to Watch: No simulcast announced

What It’s About in One Sentence: Anime girls duke it out in a smartphone game.

Haikyuu!!: Karasuno Koukou vs Shiratorizawa Gakuen Koukou

Studio: Production I.G

Genre: School, Shonen, Sports, Slice of Life

Premiere Date: October 7

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: The third season of the Haikyuu volleyball anime.

Hey Bot!

Studio: BN Pictures

Genre: Children’s, Gag, Robot

Premiere Date: September 17

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: By putting special screws in their heads, VocabBots hope to tell some funny jokes and win comedy battles.

Idol Memories

Studio: Seven Arcs Pictures

Genre: Comedy, Idol, Music, Sci-Fi, School

Premiere Date: October 2

Where to Watch: No simulcast announced

What It’s About in One Sentence: Young girls compete in a virtual reality idol league.

Izetta: The Last Witch

Studio: Ajia-do Animation Works

Genre: Ecchi, Magical Girl, Military

Premiere Date: October 1

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: Taking place in an alternate universe, Izetta imagines what would happen if a country’s last line of defence was a young witch.

Kaiju Girls ~Ultra Monster Anthropomorphic Project~

Studio: Studio Puyukai

Genre: Comedy, Kaiju, Parody, Short Form

Premiere Date: September 27

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: Short anime in which famous Ultraman kaiju are portrayed as cute anime girls.

Keijo!!!!!!!!

Studio: XEBEC

Genre: Ecchi, Comedy, Sports

Premiere Date: October 6

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: Here’s an anime about women who battle each other with their butts.

Kiss Him, Not Me (Watashi ga Motete Dousunda)

Studio: Brain’s Base

Genre: Comedy, School, Shojo

Premiere Date: October 6

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: After an overweight girl becomes thin, she suddenly finds herself besieged with guys, but would rather they get with each other and not with her.

Kiitaro’s Yokai Picture Diary (Kiitarou Shounen no Youkai Enikki)

Studio: Creators in Pack

Genre: Comedy, Supernatural

Premiere Date: October 5

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: The adventures of a young boy who meets lots of spooky yokai.

Koneko no Chi Ponponra Daiboken (Chi’s Sweet Home 3D)

Studio: Marza Animation Planet

Genre: Comedy

Premiere Date: October 2

Where to Watch: No Australian simulcast announced

What It’s About in One Sentence: This anime, which gets its first 3D CG adaptation, follows the adventures of a cat and her loving family.

Long Riders!

Studio: Actas Inc

Genre: Slice of Life, Sports

Premiere Date: October 8

Where to Watch: Daisuki

What It’s About in One Sentence: A non-athletic young woman totally gets into cycling.

Lostorage incited WIXOSS

Studio: J.C. Staff

Genre: Card Battle, School

Premiere Date: September 30

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: The fate of two girls hinges on decisive card battles.

Luger Code 1951

Studio: Studio Deen

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Military, Shonen, Supernatural, Thriller

Premiere Date: October 22

Where to Watch: No simulcast announced

What It’s About in One Sentence: To crack encrypted werewolf code, a codebreaker realises that the only way he can figure it out: Capture a werewolf.

Mahou Shoujo Nante Mou Ii Desu Kara

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[Image: Official Site]

Studio: Pine Jam

Genre: Comedy, Magical Girl, Short Form

Premiere Date: October 5

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: The second season about a magical girl who isn’t so sure she wants to be a magical girl.

Magical Girl Raising Project

Studio: Lerche

Genre: Action, Fantasy, Magical Girl

Premiere Date: October 1

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: A smartphone app turns young girls into magical girls, who must fight to survive after it’s announced the number of magical girls will be cut in half.

Magic of Stella

Studio: Silver Link

Genre: Comedy, School, Slice of Life

Premiere Date: October 3

Where to Watch: Daisuki

What It’s About in One Sentence: A girl joins her school’s indie game club, making new friends and new games.

Magic-kyun Renaissance

Studio: Sunrise

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Music, Romance, School

Premiere Date: October 2

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: At a private school for magic-wiedling artists, a school girl organizes the upcoming cultural arts festival with a bevy of beautiful boys.

March Comes in Like a Lion

Studio: Shaft

Genre: Drama, Slice of Life

Premiere Date: October 8

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: The friendship between a depressed 17-year-old pro Japanese chess prodigy and a neighbourhood family.

Matoi the Sacred Slayer

Studio: White Fox

Genre: Battle, Comedy, Magical Girl, Slice of Life

Premiere Date: October 4

Where to Watch: The Anime Network, AnimeLab

What It’s About in One Sentence: A junior high school student learns that she’s actually a magical girl.

Miss Bernard Said (Bernard-jou Iwaku)

Studio: Creators in Pack

Genre: Comedy, School, Slice of Life

Premiere Date: October 6

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: A schoolgirl wants to be well-read but doesn’t want to actually read books.

Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (Kidou Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans)

Studio: Sunrise/MBS

Genre: Action, Mecha, Military, Sci-Fi

Premiere Date: October 2

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Daisuki, AnimeLab

What It’s About in One Sentence: The second season of a Gundam anime that follows a group of child soldiers who are assigned to protect a Martian princess who plans to secure her nation’s independence from Earth after an intergalactic war.

Monster Hunter Stories Ride On

Studio: David Production

Genre: Adventure, Fantasy

Premiere Date: October 2

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: A young boy aims to be the best monster-rider there has ever been.

Mysterious Joker (Kaito Joker) Season 4

Studio: Shin-ei Animation

Genre: Comedy, Mystery

Premiere Date: October 3

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: The fourth season of this anime continues to follow a thief who can steal anything in the world, almost like magic.

My Wife is the Student Council President! Plus! (Okusama ga Seitokaichou!+!)

Studio: Seven

Genre: Comedy, Ecchi, Romance, School

Premiere Date: October 13

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: This is the second season about academic life, school politics and married life.

Nanbaka

Studio: Satelight

Genre: Comedy, Parody

Premiere Date: October 4

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: Four colourful characters are locked up in a high security prison manned by equally colourful guards.

Natsume’s Book of Friends Season Five (Natsume Yujin-cho Go)

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[Image via Official Twitter]

Studio: Shuka

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Slice of Life, Supernatural

Premiere Date: October 4

Where to Watch: No Australian simulcast announced

What It’s About in One Sentence: The latest entry in the anime about a young man who is able to see yokai and has a book of yokai friends (and enemies) his grandmother gave him.

Nazotokine

Studio: Tengu Kobou

Genre: Mystery, Puzzle, Short anime

Premiere Date: October 5

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: A young advertising employee is cleaning a meeting room when she’s surrounded by a light and unable to leave until she solves a puzzle.

Neko no Dayan Fushigi Gekijyou

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[Image via Facebook]

Studio: Kachidoki Studio

Genre: Children’s, Short form

Premiere Date: October 1

Where to Watch: No simulcast announced

What It’s About in One Sentence: Amusing playhouse scenes with Dayan the Cat and other animals.

Ninja Girl & Samurai Master (Nobunaga no Shinobi)

Studio: TMS Entertainment

Genre: Comedy, History

Premiere Date: October 4

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: A ninja girl goes to see one of Japan’s most famous samurai, Oda Nobunaga.

Nyanbo!

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[Image: Official Site]

Studio: Shirogumi

Genre: Comedy, Short Form

Premiere Date: September 27

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: Aliens that look like box-shaped cats get into all sorts of adventures on the planet Earth.

Occultic; Nine

Studio: A-1 Pictures

Genre: Ecchi, Horror, Mystery, School, Sci-Fi, Supernatural

Premiere Date: October 8

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, AnimeLab

What It’s About in One Sentence: The stories of nine individuals are linked through their interaction on an occult-themed blog.

Pepepepen-giin (Pepepen Diet Member)

Studio: DLE

Genre: Comedy, Politics

Premiere Date: October 2

Where to Watch: No simulcast announced

What It’s About in One Sentence: Pepepepen-giin is a politician who is only able to say “pepe”, but that doesn’t stop his fellow Diet members from speaking their minds.

PJ Berri no Mogumogu Munyamunya

Studio: Doga Kobo

Genre: Comedy, Short Anime

Premiere Date: August 18

Where to Watch: No simulcast announced

What It’s About in One Sentence: The world of PaRappa the Rapper returns in super short anime form.

Pokémon Sun and Moon

Studio: JR Kikaku

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Gag

Premiere Date: November

Where to Watch: No simulcast announced

What It’s About in One Sentence: Ash goes to school in the latest Pokémon anime series.

Rainy Cocoa in in Hawaii (Ame-iro Cocoa in Hawaii)

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[Image: Official Site]

Studio: EMT Squared

Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life, Shojo

Premiere Date: October 2

Where to Watch: No simulcast announced

What It’s About in One Sentence: The Rainy Colour cafe might open a new branch… in Hawaii.

Sengokuchojyu

Studio: ILCA

Genre: History

Premiere Date: October 8

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: Short-form anime that recount stories of samurai and various creatures.

Scorching Ping Pong Girls (Shakunetsu no Takkyu Musume)

Studio: Kinema Citrus

Genre: Comedy, School, Sports

Premiere Date: October 4

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: This anime follows the lives of girls on their school’s ping pong team.

Show by Rock!!#

Studio: Bones

Genre: Comedy, Music

Premiere Date: October 2

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: The latest season about a rock group with a cat girl, a bunny girl and a sheep girl.

Soul Buster

Studio: Studio Pierrot

Genre: Action, Fantasy

Premiere Date: October 4

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: A high school student who hates studying ancient Chinese history finds himself wrapped up in it.

Sound! Euphonium 2

Studio: Kyoto Animation

Genre: Comedy, Drama, School, Slice of Life, Music

Premiere Date: October 5

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: Sound! Euphonium returns for a second season, with the girls in the school orchestra practising as hard as ever.

Teekyu Season 8

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[Image: Official Site]

Studio: Millepensee

Genre: Sports, Comedy, Slice of Life

Premier Date: October 5

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: This is the eighth season of a short-form anime about the wacky lives of the girls in a high school tennis club.

Tama and Friends: Uchi no Tama Shirimasenka?

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[Image: Official Site]

Studio: Kachista Studio

Genre: Comedy

Premiere Date: October 1

Where to Watch: No simulcast announced

What It’s About in One Sentence: This anime follows the cute adventures of cats and dogs.

Tiger Mask W

Studio: Toei Animation

Genre: Sports, Wrestling

Premiere Date: October 1

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: The latest entry in the long-running Tiger Mask series features two wrestlers with the Tiger Mask persona, one of whom is the antagonist.

Time Bokan 24

Studio: Tatsunoko Production

Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Shonen

Premiere Date: October 1

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: An updating of the classic anime series Time Bokan, in which adventurers time travel in bug-shaped vehicles.

Touken Ranbu Hanamaru

Studio: Doga Kobo

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, History

Premiere Date: October 2

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: Set in 2205, the anime follows samurai swords that come to life as dreamy dudes to protect history from those who want to rewrite it.

To Be Hero

Studio: Studio.Lan!

Genre: Action, Comedy

Premiere Date: October 5

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: A single father must save the universe after getting sucked down a toilet.

Trickster

Studio: TMS Entertainment

Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Shonen

Premiere Date: October 3

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: Set in the year 203X, this anime follows a young kid who cannot die and his interaction with a group of boy detectives as they take on criminal masterminds.

Udon no Kuni no Kin-iro Kemari (Poco’s Udon World)

Studio: Liden Films

Genre: Fantasy, Food, Seinen, Slice of Life

Premiere Date: October 8

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: A web designer quits his Tokyo job to live in Kagawa Prefecture, famous for its udon, to look after a little boy with a secret.

Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love Legend Star

Studio: A-1 Pictures

Genre: Idol, Music

Premiere Date: October 1

Where to Watch: The Anime Network, Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: This is the fourth season of an anime based on a dating sim where a group of young men are in a school training to be idols.

ViVid Strike

Studio: Seven Arcs Pictures

Genre: Action, Fighting, Sports

Premiere Date: October 1

Where to Watch: No Australian simulcast announced

What It’s About in One Sentence: The story of two girls who grow up in an orphanage together, but find that their lives take different turns, only to bring them back together.

WWW.WORKING!! (WWW.WAGANARIA!!)

Studio: A-1 Pictures

Genre: Comedy, School, Slice of Life

Premiere Date: October 1

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Daisuki

What It’s About in One Sentence: After his father’s company goes under, a high school student gets a job at a diner to help cover his own expenses.

Yuri on Ice!!!

Studio: MAPPA

Genre: Sports

Premiere Date: October 3

Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

What It’s About in One Sentence: A Japanese figure skater named Yuri returns to the scene after a massive defeat, returns to compete against a Russian rival also named Yuri.

 


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