The leaves are changing colour. The weather is getting cooler and crisper. You know what that means? That’s right, fall anime.
With the latest fall season kicking off, take a moment to cast your eyes over this list and let us know what you’re interested in watching — or not interested in. Hit us up in the comments below!
Let’s dive into the guide.
86 Eighty-Six
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Genre: Drama, Mecha, Military
Premiere Date: October 2
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: Those born without silver hair live outside the republic’s walls and are forced to fight a war in secret.
180 Byou de Kimi no Mimi o Shiawase ni Dekiru ka?
Studio: INDIVISION/Ekachi Epilka
Genre: Slice of Life
Premiere Date: October 14
Where to Watch: Not yet available
What It’s About in One Sentence: The characters in this short anime create ASMR.
AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline
Studio: Sunrise Beyond
Genre: Adventure, Mecha, Sci-Fi
Premiere Date: October 6
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: A young boy, his cute friends, and a mecha try to reclaim Japan from oppressors.
Baki Hanma
Studio: TMS Entertainment
Genre: Action, Drama
Premiere Date: September 30
Where to Watch: Netflix
What It’s About in One Sentence: The Baki anime returns with the brutal fighter finally having a showdown with his father.
Banished from the Hero’s Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside
Studio: Wolfsbane x Studio Flad
Genre: Adventure, Ecchi, Fantasy, Romance
Premiere Date: October 6
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: After getting ditched by his heroic friends, the protagonist of this anime establishes his own pharmacy.
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Studio: Sola Digital Arts
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Premiere Date: Late 2021
Where to Watch: Adult Swim, Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: Set between the original Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049, Black Lotus tells the story of a professional killer who has lost her memory.
Blue Period
Studio: Seven Arcs
Genre: Drama, School, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: September 25
Where to Watch: Netflix
What It’s About in One Sentence: A bored high school student falls in love with art and finds a new purpose in life.
Build Divide #000000 Black Code 1st Season
Studio: Lidenfilms
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Trading Cards
Premiere Date: October 9
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: Players try to defeat the king of Kyoto in the Build Divide trading card game so that their wishes come true.
Cardfight Vanguard: OverDress Season 2
Studio: Kinema Citrus, Gifuto Animation, Studio Jemi
Genre: Card battle, Fantasy
Premiere Date: October 4
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation, Hidive
What It’s About in One Sentence: Here’s the second season of the Cardfight Vanguard: OverDress anime, which follows the adventures of cardfighters who gather at night at an amusement park.
Deep Insanity: The Lost Child
Studio: Silver Link.
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Premiere Date: October 12
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: In this anime, a portal to an underground world poses a threat to humankind.
“Deji” Meets Girl
Studio: Lidenfilms
Genre: Slice of Life
Premiere Date: October 1
Where to Watch: Not yet available
What It’s About in One Sentence: A young man from Tokyo stays at a hotel owned by a high school girl’s family, and things start getting interesting.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Entertainment District Arc
Studio: Ufotable
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Drama, Supernatural
Premiere Date: December 5
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: The Entertainment District Arc picks up where Mugen Train leaves off.
Digimon Ghost Game
Studio: Toei Animation
Genre: Adventure, Supernatural
Premiere Date: October 3
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: The latest series is Digimon meets spooky urban legends.
Everything for Demon King Evelogia
Studio: Studio Hokiboshi
Genre: Boys Love Comedy, Fantasy
Premiere Date: October 1
Where to Watch: Not yet available
What It’s About in One Sentence: After a young man is killed, he is reborn as a minor character in a video game, where he falls in love with the boss character.
The Faraway Paladin
Studio: Children’s Playground Entertainment
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Supernatural
Premiere Date: October 9
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A child ends up in the world of the dead, where he’s raised by a wizard, a skeleton, and his mummy.
Fena: Pirate Princess
Studio: Production I.G
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Historical
Premiere Date: October 2
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: Set in an alternative 18th century, a young princess escapes her British oppressors and becomes a pirate with a samurai crew.
Fitness Boxing
Studio: Imagineer, Story Effect
Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: October 1
Where to Watch: Not yet available
What It’s About in One Sentence: This anime follows the lives of instructions in the Switch game Fitness Boxing.
The Fruit of Evolution: Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made
Studio: Hotline
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Premiere Date: October 4
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A high school loser becomes a winner after he and his class are transported to a fantasy world.
Ganbare Doukichan
Studio: Atelier Pontdarc
Genre: Short form, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: September 20
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: Women working in an office all seem to like the same guy and try to get his attention.
Gundam Breaker Battlogue
Studio: Sunrise
Genre: Adventure, Mecha, School, Short form
Premiere Date: October 19
Where to Watch: YouTube (Japanese language)
What It’s About in One Sentence: Kids with mobile phones and Gundam models control large mecha in battle simulators.
Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut
Studio: Arvo Animation
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Sci-Fi, Supernatural
Premiere Date: October 3
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: Set in an alternative, fantasy-filled past, this anime tells the story of a lady vampire who becomes the world’s first astronaut.
Kaginado
Studio: Lidenfilms Kyoto Studio
Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: October 12
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation, Hidive
What It’s About in One Sentence: Chibi versions of characters from Air, Clannad, Kanon, and more have cute adventures together.
Komi Can’t Communicate
Studio: OLM
Genre: Comedy, School, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: October 6
Where to Watch: Netflix
What It’s About in One Sentence: The school beauty is shy and bad at communicating with others, so a school boy tries to help her make one hundred friends.
Let’s Make a Mug Too Season 2
Studio: Nippon Animation
Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: October 1
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: Those anime Gifu Prefecture girls who are into pottery return to make more mugs, bowls, plates and other stuff.
Lupin III Part 6
Studio: TMS Entertainment
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Premiere Date: October 9
Where to Watch: Not yet available
What It’s About in One Sentence: Lupin III returns, with Metal Gear voice actor Akio Otsuka taking over as Daisuke Jigen.
Megaton Musashi
Studio: OLM
Genre: Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi
Premiere Date: October 1
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: Survivors of an alien attack emerge from underground with giant battle mecha, ready to fight.
Mieruko-chan
Studio: Passione
Genre: Comedy, Horror, School
Premiere Date: October 3
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: A schoolgirl starts seeing horrific things, but tries to blow off the gruesome visions and just live her life normally.
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Second Cour
Studio: Studio Bind
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Premiere Date: October 3
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: The continuation of the anime about a man who was reborn in a fantasy world after getting hit by a car in the real one.
Muteking The Dancing Hero
Studio: Tatsunoko Production/Tezuka Productions
Genre: Comedy, Dancing, Fantasy, Music
Premiere Date: October 2
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: A young man moves to San Francisco, where he becomes a dancing, roller-skating hero.
Muv-Luv Alternative
Studio: Flagship Line/Yumeta Company x Graphinica
Genre: Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi
Premiere Date: October 6
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: Mecha battle alien lifeforms set on eradicating humankind.
My Senpai Is Annoying
Studio: Doga Kobo
Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: October 9
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: An office worker is annoyed by her senpai, but starts developing strong feelings for him.
The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window
Studio: Zero-G
Genre: Boys Love, Drama, Mystery, Supernatural
Premiere Date: October 3
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A bookstore clerk, who can see ghosts, teams up with an exorcist to solve mysteries.
Platinum End
Studio: Signal-MD
Genre: Fantasy, Supernatural
Premiere Date: October 7
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: The life of an abused, neglected school boy changes when he meets a guardian angel who gives him supernatural powers and a chance to become a god.
PuraOre! Pride of Orange
Studio: C2C
Genre: School, Slice of Life, Sports
Premiere Date: October 6
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: Anime school girls play hockey.
Ranking of Kings
Studio: Wit Studio
Genre: Coming of Age, Fantasy
Premiere Date: October 14
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: Expectations are low for the prince whose best friend is a shadow that used to belong to a group of assassins.
Restaurant To Another World Season 2
Studio: Silver Link
Genre: Fantasy, History, Supernatural
Premiere Date: October 1
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: The second season of an anime about a restaurant that gets unexpected visitors from various times in history and different realms.
Rumble Garanndoll
Studio: Lerche
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Military, Sci-Fi
Premiere Date: October 11
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: A parallel world opens, revealing a Japan where militarism and robots exist.
Sakugan
Studio: Satelight
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Mecha, Sci-Fi
Premiere Date: October 7
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A young, brilliant girl and her father travel through an underground world, looking for her mother.
Selection Project
Studio: Doga Kobo
Genre: Idol, Music
Premiere Date: October 1
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: A junior high school student decides to enter an idol contest in hopes of becoming a star.
Shikizakura
Studio: Sublimation Inc.
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Supernatural
Premiere Date: October 9
Where to Watch: Not yet available.
What It’s About in One Sentence: In this anime, a high school student wears a cool outfit, swings a katana, and battles demons.
Showtime! Uta no Oneesan datte Shitai
Studio: Rabbit Gate
Genre: Drama, Ecchi, Romance, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: October 3
Where to Watch: Not yet available
What It’s About in One Sentence: A single fathers meets a young woman who sings on a kiddy TV show and is prohibited from falling in love by the show.
Takt Op Destiny
Studio: Mappa x Madhouse
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Premiere Date: October 5
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: In this anime, a conductor and anime girls battle monsters with the power of music.
Taisho Otome Fairy Tale
Studio: SynergySP
Genre: Comedy, Historical, Romance
Premiere Date: October 8
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: A young, forlorn man’s life changes after a girl shows up at his home, all ready to get hitched.
Tawawa on Monday 2
Studio: Yokohama Animation Lab
Genre: Comedy, Short form, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: September 21
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: By chance, a businessman befriends a schoolgirl and acts as her body guard on the train.
Tesla Note
Studio: Gambit
Genre: Action, Drama
Premiere Date: October 3
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: Two spies try to recover artifacts from Nikola Tesla before others do.
The Vampire Dies in No Time
Studio: Madhouse
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Supernatural
Premiere Date: October 4
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: Vampires are usually powerless against sunlight, garlic, and crosses, but this anime follows a vampire who is rendered powerless by much more.
Visual Prison
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Genre: Music, Supernatural
Premiere Date: October 8
Where to Watch: Not yet available
What It’s About in One Sentence: Vampires pretend they are visual-kei musicians, which is definitely a good cover for them.
The Way of the Househusband Season 2
Studio: J.C. Staff
Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: October 7
Where to Watch: Netflix
What It’s About in One Sentence: The comedy anime about a yakuza-turned-househusband is back for another season.
World’s End Harem
Studio: Studio Gokumi x AXsiZ
Genre: Ecchi, Harem, Sci-Fi
Premiere Date: October 8
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A young man wakes up in a world in which 99.9 per cent of all men have died due to a deadly disease, and now it’s up to him and his harem to repopulate.
The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat
Studio: Silver Link. x Studio Palette
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Premiere Date: October 6
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: Even after being reincarnated as an aristocrat, the world’s greatest assassin is still superb at killing people.
World Trigger Third Season
Studio: Toei Animation
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Premiere Date: October 10
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: Popular anime World Trigger returns for another season.
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon: The Second Act
Studio: Sunrise
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Premiere Date: October 2
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: The sequel to the iconic anime Inuyasha, Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon returns for another season.
Yuki Yuna Is a Hero: The Great Mankai Chapter
Studio: Studio Gokumi
Genre: Adventure, School, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: October 1
Where to Watch: Hidive
What It’s About in One Sentence: In the third season of Yuki Yuna Is A Hero, the brave, heroic girls get a chance to enjoy life — at least for a while.
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