It’s October. Things have been tough. We should take a break. We should watch anime.
Have a look below at what anime are airing during this spring’s season. Are there any you are especially into? Let us know in the comments.
Adachi and Shimamura
Studio: Tezuka Productions
Genre: Drama, Girls Love, School, Slice of Life, Romance
Premiere Date: October 9
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: Two schoolgirls develop feelings for each other.
Akudama Drive
Studio: Studio Pierrot
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Premiere Date: October 9
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: A futuristic Osaka is overrun with criminals called Akudama.
Anime Kapibara-san
Studio: Shin-Ei Animation | L’esprit
Genre: Comedy, Short Anime
Premiere Date: October 10
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: Here’s a short-form anime about Capybara.
Assault Lily
Studio: Shaft
Genre: Action, Magic, Military
Premiere Date: October 2
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: Magical anime girls wield enormous blades to protect us all.
Attack on Titan: The Final Season
Studio: Mappa
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Military
Premiere Date: December 7
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: Here it is, you’ve been waiting, Attack on Titan’s final season.
A3! Season Autumn and Winter
Studio: P.A.WORKS | Studio 3Hz
Genre: Drama, Idols, Music Slice of Life
Premiere Date: October 13
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: A young actress rebuilds a stage troupe filled with beautiful anime boys.
By the Grace of the Gods
Studio: Maho Film
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Premiere Date: October 5
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: A man dies and is reborn in a magical world where he goes on adventures and has good fun.
The Day I Became A God
Studio: P.A. Works
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Premiere Date: October 11
Where to Watch: Stay tuned
What It’s About in One Sentence: A student’s life changes forever when he meets a purple-haired girl who tells him the world is ending in thirty days.
Dogeza de Tanondemita
Studio: Adonero
Genre: Ecchi
Premiere Date: October 15
Where to Watch: Not currently available
What It’s About in One Sentence: In this anime, a guy bows before girls and asks to see their underwear.
Dragon’s Dogma
Studio: Sublimation
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Supernatural
Premiere Date: September 17
Where to Watch: Netflix
What It’s About in One Sentence: In this adaptation of the Capcom game, the protagonist hunts down a dragon that destroyed his village.
Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai
Studio: Toei Animation
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Premiere Date: October 4
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: This a reboot of the 1992 Dragon Quest anime.
Dropout Idol Fruit Tart
Studio: Feel
Genre: Comedy, Idols, Music
Premiere Date: October 12
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: Failed idols get together to try to finally find success.
D4DJ First Mix
Image: Official Site
Studio: Sanzigen
Genre: Music
Premiere Date: October 31
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: High school girls take a turn as DJs.
Eagle Talon: Golden Spell
Studio: DLE
Genre: Comedy
Premiere Date: October 5
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: In this comedy anime, the villains are the humorous protagonists trying to take over the world.
Eternity: Shinya no Nurekoi Channel
Studio: Seven
Genre: Drama, Ecchi, Romance
Premiere Date: October 5
Where to Watch: Not currently available
What It’s About in One Sentence: This steamy adult-aimed anime is packed with anime men and women getting all hot and bothered.
Fushigi Dagashiya: Zenitendou
Studio: Toei Animation
Genre: Mystery
Premiere Date: September 9
Where to Watch: Not currently available
What It’s About in One Sentence: A mysterious candy store sells sweets that can make people’s lives better…or much worse.
Golden Kamuy Season 2
Studio: Geno Studio
Genre: Action, Adventure, Historical, Military
Premiere Date: October 6
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: The third season about a former soldier who became a miner to provide for his best friend’s widow until one day when he heard about a trove of hidden gold.
Grand Blues!
Studio: DMM.futureworks, W-Toon Studio
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Premiere Date: October 9
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: This anime is a cuted-up version of Grandblue Fantasy, the popular RPG.
The Gymnastics Samurai
Studio: Mappa
Genre: Drama, Slice of Life, Sports
Premiere Date: October 11
Where to Watch: Stay tuned
What It’s About in One Sentence: An ageing gymnastic gives it one last shot.
Haikyu!! Season 4, 2nd Cour
Studio: Production I.G
Genre: Slice of Life, Sports
Premiere Date: October 3
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: The fourth season of the volleyball anime Haikyu!! continues.
Hallelujah: Fated Choice
Studio: Yokohama Anime Lab
Genre: Adventure, Supernatural
Premiere Date: September 29
Where to Watch: Not currently available
What It’s About in One Sentence: This is an interactive Monster Strike anime in which viewers get to pick select one of two choices for a different ending.
Higurashi: When They Cry – New
Studio: Passione
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Psychological
Premiere Date: October 2
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: A school boy moves to a new town where something terrifying is lurking under the surface.
Hypnosis Mic – Division Rap Battle – Rhyme Anima
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Genre: Drama, Music
Premiere Date: October 3
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: Beautiful anime boys face off in rap battles.
Idolish 7: Second Beat!
Studio: Troyca
Genre: Idols, Music
Premiere Date: October 5
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: The idols from Idolish 7 are back for another season of boy band anime stylings.
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Studio: Doga Kobo
Genre: Action, Drama
Premiere Date: October 7
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: A fruit vendor gets caught up in the Tokyo underworld.
I’m Standing on a Million Lives
Studio: Maho Film
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Premiere Date: October 3
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A high schooler and his buddies find themselves in a fantasy world where they are forced to go on quests to stay alive.
The Irregular at Magic High School
Studio: Eight Bit
Genre: Action, School, Magic
Premiere Date: October 4
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: Set in an alternate universe where magic is genetic, students attend a magic high school.
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? III
Studio: J.C. Staff
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Premiere Date: October 3
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: The third season of an anime about a love-hungry young adventurer who befriends a goddess and joins her adventure-seeking crew.
Is The Order A Rabbit? Bloom
Studio: Encourage Films
Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: October 11
Where to Watch: Hidive
What It’s About in One Sentence: Anime girls work at a maid cafe and hijinks ensue.
Iwakakeru! Sport Climbing Girls
Studio: WIT Studio | Studio Massket
Genre: Slice of Life, Sports
Premiere Date: October 4
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: School girls do their best in the world of competitive rock climbing.
Jujutsu Kaisen
Studio: Mappa
Genre: Action, Drama, Magic, Supernatural
Premiere Date: October 3
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: An athletic high school student picks the occult club over a sports team.
Kaeru no Pickles
Studio: Sunny Gapen
Genre: Music, Short Anime
Premiere Date: October 5
Where to Watch: Not currently available
What It’s About in One Sentence: Here’s a cute short-form anime about cute frogs.
King’s Raid: Successors of the Will
Studio: OLM | Sunrise Beyond
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Premiere Date: October 3
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: After a long period of peace, a knight finds himself battling menacing demons.
Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear
Studio: EMT Squared
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Premiere Date: October 8
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: A girl who spends all her time inside playing games finds herself transported inside one.
Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
Studio: Sunrise
Genre: Idols, Music, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: October 4
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: Members of a high school idol club do their best to keep their group going.
Maesetsu! Opening Act
Studio: Studio Gokumi | AXsiZ
Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: October 5
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: This anime is about four girls with big dreams.
Magatsu Wahrheit Zuerst
Studio: Yokohama Anime Lab
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Premiere Date: October 14
Where to Watch: Stay tuned
What It’s About in One Sentence: Young people try to make their way in an Imperial city with predictions of an impending disaster looming.
Moriarty the Patriot
Studio: Production I.G
Genre: Drama, Crime, Psychological
Premiere Date: October 12
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: This anime follows William James Moriarty, who would become Sherlock Holmes’ arch-rival.
Mr. Osomatsu Season 3
Studio: Studio Pierrot
Genre: Comedy
Premiere Date: October 13
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: The zany anime about the Osomatsu sextuplets returns for a third season.
Noblesse
Studio: Production I
Genre: Action, Supernatural
Premiere Date: October 8
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: After an 820-year slumber, a noble with special powers finds himself in a different and modern world.
OneRoom 3rd Season
Studio: Zero-G
Genre: Slice of Life
Premiere Date: October 6
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: With you as the protagonist, the lives of three anime girls unfold in your room.
Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World
Studio: Silver Link
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Premiere Date: October 8
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: A knight finds himself smitten with a witch, with each belonging to rival, warring factions.
Ookami-san wa Taberaretai
Studio: Peakhunt
Genre: Ecchi
Premiere Date: September
Where to Watch: Not currently available
What It’s About in One Sentence: A teacher develops a relationship with a schoolgirl after he stops someone from stealing her skirt.
Otona Nya Koi No Shikata Ga Wakarane
Studio: Ether Kitten
Genre: Drama, Ecchi, Romance
Premiere Date: October 5
Where to Watch: Not currently available
What It’s About in One Sentence: A woman’s lacklustre love life changes when she attends a dating party and meets a handsome dude.
Please Take My Brother Away! 4
Studio: Imagineer | Fanworks
Genre: Drama, School, Short Anime, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: October 3
Where to Watch: Not currently available
What It’s About in One Sentence: Two siblings seem to fight endless, but little sis knows that her big brother will always be there for her.
Rail Romanesque
Screenshot: Official Site
Studio: Saetta
Genre: Comedy, Short form, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: October 3
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: In an alternate Japan universe, high school students organise a railroad festival to help revive the countryside.
Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle
Studio: Doga Kobo
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Premiere Date: October 6
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: A bored, kidnapped princess is just trying to get some sleep in a demon’s castle.
Strike Witches Road to Berlin
Studio: David Production
Genre: Action, Comedy, Military
Premiere Date: October 8
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: The latest season of Strike Witches, an anime in which girls fly around and shoot guns during World War II in an alternative universe.
Talentless Nana
Studio: Bridge
Genre: School, Slice of Life, Supernatural
Premiere Date: October 5
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: This anime follows Nana and a group of high school students with special abilities.
That Is The Bottleneck
Studio: TIA | Studio Aqua
Genre: Short anime, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: October 13
Where to Watch: Stay tuned
What It’s About in One Sentence: This anime follows the lives of convenience store employees.
Tonikawa: Over the Moon for You
Studio: Seven Arcs
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Premiere Date: October 3
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A young man hopes to marry a young woman who saved his life.
Tsukiuta. The Animation 2
Studio: Studio Pierrot Plus
Genre: Idol, Music
Premiere Date: October 8
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: The second season of an anime that follows the lives and struggles of Japanese boy band members.
Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina
Studio: C2C
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Premiere Date: October 3
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: This anime tells the story of a witch on a journey across the world.
Warlords of Sigrdrifa
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Military
Premiere Date: October 5
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: A great pilot arrives from Japan to help save Japan from forces that threaten the whole Earth.
With A Dog And A Cat, Every Day Is Fun
Studio: Team Till Dawn
Genre: Comedy, Short Anime, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: October 3
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: This short-form anime follows the daily adventures of an owner and her two pets.
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon
Studio: Sunrise
Genre: Adventure, Supernatural
Premiere Date: October
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon is a sequel to the classic anime Inuyasha.
This one-sentence description format is really uninformative and rather unhelpful at determining whether it’s worth watching these shows. Either that or anime seems to commonly centre around the same plots. (Yes, I’m being mostly facetious)
Would you be excited to read/watch a trilogy about a pair of little people with hairy feet who want to chuck a ring in a volcano? Or watch the tale of a kid with magical powers trying to find a rock?
yeah, none of these sound really appealing in this format.
These articles tend to be quite long so I think it’s reasonable that it serves as a superficial overview, while the “5 Must Watch Anime of Spring 2020” or whatever act as a more in-depth view. Provided they’re still happening (are they still happening?).
But yes, I can only read some variation on “a girl who spends all her time inside playing games finds herself transported inside one” so many times before I start to tune out.