Anime starting in Summer 2018

The protagonist, Hanma Baki, trains with an intense focus to become strong enough to surpass his father, Hanma Yujiro, the strongest fighter in the world. Five of the world's most violent and brutal death row inmates are gathering to face Baki. Their objective is to taste defeat -- their unmatched strength and skill have led them to grow bored of life itself, and they now seek out Baki in the hopes that he can overwhelm and utterly crush them. In this crisis, other underground martial art warriors gather to fight by Baki's side: Hanayama Kaoru, Shibukawa Gouki, Retsu Kaiou, and Orochi Doppo. An epic showdown between violent death row inmates and Baki and his friends begins!

Source: Netflix

Fujii Ren is a normal student who just had a fistfight with his former best friend, leading him to break off their friendship. But with the help of his childhood friend, Ayase Kasumi, and upperclassman, Himuro Rea, he's gradually returning to his normal school life.

Then a series of brutal murders in which the victims are decapitated begins to strike their city. Strangely, at the same time, Ren starts to have terrifying nightmares of being beheaded by a guillotine. But these are just a prelude to the painful and terrifying battles to come.

Source: crunchyroll

Kuroi Souya is a high schooler living a peaceful life despite having no memories of his past. One day, however, his town is attacked by one of the mysterious Nebula Weapons. Together with the cat-like "Sensei" and the gothic lolita Ginko, Souya gets dragged into a battle against... seven superheroes who protect the town! What is Souya's reason to fight? The answer lies in his memories.

Source: crunchyroll

Note: The first episode received a special distribution online through Bandai Channel limited to 2000 viewers on July 1, 2018. Additionally, the final episode received an early screening at a special event on September 22, 2018, at TOHO Cinemas Roppongi Hills in Tokyo. The regular TV broadcast started on July 8, 2018.

* Based on Hamada Kousuke's seinen sport manga.

Tachibana Kentarou is a high-school badminton coach who has a lot more enthusiasm than some of the members of his very small team. One day, he meets the quiet-voiced student Hanesaki Ayano, who is effortlessly physically capable and experienced in badminton. He tries to recruit her, but she seems to have no interest in the sport at all. Due to a series of circumstances, she eventually ends up joining the team. Coach Tachibana is determined that with her on board, they'll be champions!

Source: M-U

Note: The first three episodes received an early screening at a special event held at TOHO Cinemas Hibiya on 24.06.2018.

* Based on Kawasaki Tadataka's comedy manga.

Chio-chan is a gamer and a high school girl who gets into some interesting predicaments on her way to school. For instance, she was once running late for class due to staying up all night playing a game like Assassin's Creed, and her usual route was blocked. Prompted by the previous night's gaming, she decided to take to the rooftops, a strategy that does not work quite as well in real life! She also faces more mundane difficulties, like awkwardness in interacting with a friendly acquaintance met by chance on the way to school. Join Chio on her funny and unusual daily journeys to get from home to school on time.

Source: M-U

Note: The first episode received a preliminary web delivery via Docomo Anime Store on 03.07.2018, and later via AbemaTV and Nico Nico Live. The regular TV broadcast started on 06.07.2018.

You are the protagonist. A new project in virtual anime from SMIRAL Animation that also brought you the "Anitore" series and "Makuranodanshi." This time, the project is about 3 stories that develop in your (one) room.

Source: crunchyroll

* Based on a slice-of-life manga series written and illustrated by Shiro.

Aoi, who has a fear of heights and likes staying indoors, reunited with her childhood friend Hinata in their first day at high school. Hinata started dragging Aoi all around, getting her to participate in mountain climbing and other outdoor activities. In the process, Aoi came to realize how much fun climbing mountains could be.

As the season changed from summer to fall, they met more mountain-climbing friends, and started thinking together about which mountain they'd climb next. Hinata grows more and more impressed with Aoi, who's been more aggressive in trying outdoor activities and building up stamina for their next goal, reaching the summit of Mt. Fuji.

Source: crunchyroll

* Based on a gender bender comedy seinen manga by Jasmine Gyuh.

A group of three yakuza failed their boss for the last time. After messing up an important job, the boss gives them two choices: honorably committing suicide, or going to Thailand to get a sex reassignment surgery in order to become female idols. After a gruesome year-long training to become idols, they successfully debut with overwhelming popularity, much to their dismay. This is where their tragedy truly begins.

Source: M-U

Note: Bundled with the limited edition of the fifth volume of the Kekkai Sensen: Back 2 Back manga.

* Based on an action shoujo manga by Yoshida Akimi.

Ash Lynx, a 17-year-old boy, is the boss of a street-kids gang in New York. One day, a man who was murdered before his eyes entrusts him with something. And the last words uttered by that dying man was the phrase, "BANANA FISH". That is the word his brother, Griffin, often mutters. Ash has a destined encounter with Eiji, a kind Japanese boy who comes to New York as a cameraman assistant.

Source: amazon

Note: The first episode was digitally distributed by Amazon Prime Video one day before the regular TV broadcast, which started on 06.07.2018.

* Based on a light novel series written by Murasaki Yukiya and illustrated by Tsurusaki Takahiro.

In the MMORPG Cross Reverie, Sakamoto Takuma is so powerful that he is lauded as the "Demon Lord" by other players. One day, he is summoned to a world outside his own - but with the same appearance (Diablo) he had in the game! There, he meets two girls, Rem Galleu and Shela L Greenwood, who both proclaim themselves to be his Summoner. They perform an Enslavement Ritual to turn him into their Summon... but that's when Takuma's passive ability <<Magic Reflection>> activates! Instead, it is the girls who become enslaved! Though Takuma may be the strongest Sorcerer there is, he has no idea how to talk with other people. It is here he makes his choice: to act based on his persona from the game! "Amazing? But of course... I am Diablo, the being known and feared as the Demon Lord!" So begins a tale of adventure with an earth-shakingly powerful Demon Lord (or at least someone who acts like one) taking on another world!

Source: j-novel club

* Based on a four-panel romantic comedy manga by Nekoume.

Shiina Aki is constantly being treated like a girl due to his feminine looks so he decides to move to Tokyo and attend middle school in an attempt to change himself.

However what awaits him in his new home, Sunohara-sou, is the kind-hearted caretaker, Sunohara Ayaka and three female members of Aki's new middle school's student council, named Yukimoto Yuzu, Yamanashi Sumire, and Kazami Yuri.

And so begins Aki's new life of living with four girls in Tokyo.

Source: M-U

Calico Tapio Chatorazawa, who's got more energy than anyone, Russian Blue Kuehiko Roshihara's a bit of a sourpuss.
These two classmates will do all kinds of different jobs to learn how fun and hard it is to work!

Source: crunchyroll

When Rachel wakes up in the basement of an unfamiliar building, she finds herself lost all her memory. As Rachel tries to get clear of the basement, she runs into Zack, a scythe-carrying serial killer wrapped from head to toe in bandages. "Kill me, kill me please..." "I will do it, but only if you help me to get out of this building." The bizarre promise brings these two together and somehow makes them an irreplaceable partner to each other. Where are they? Why are they trapped? And what is the destiny they have been looking for? The journey of death and lives starts...

Source: Crunchyroll

* Based on a manga series written and illustrated by Shimizu Akane.

Strep throat! Hay fever! Influenza! The world is a dangerous place for a red blood cell just trying to get her deliveries finished. Fortunately, she's not alone... She's got a whole human body's worth of cells ready to help out! The mysterious white blood cell, the buff and brash killer T cell, the nerdy neuron, even the cute little platelets - everyone's got to come together if they want to keep you healthy!

Source: kodansha comics

* Based on Yukiwo's slapstick comedy manga.

Yurine is a delusional gothic lolita who summons a demon girl with the tail of a cobra, Jashin-chan. They'll have to live together - until Yurine finds a way to send Jashin-chan back to hell, or until Jashin-chan kills Yurine.

Source: M-U

* Based on a Chinese web novel written by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (墨香铜臭).

As the grandmaster who founded the Demonic Sect, Wei Wuxian roamed the world in his wanton ways, hated by millions for the chaos he created. In the end, he was backstabbed by his dearest shidi and killed by powerful clans that combined to overpower him. He incarnates into the body of a lunatic who was abandoned by his clan and is later, unwillingly, taken away by a famous cultivator among the clans—Lan Wangji, his archenemy. This marks the start of a thrilling yet hilarious journey of attacking monsters, solving mysteries, and raising children. From the mutual flirtation along the way, Wei Wuxian slowly realizes that Lan Wangji, a seemingly haughty and indifferent poker-face, holds more feelings for Wei Wuxian than he is letting on.

Source: Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Note: Bundled with the limited edition of the ninth manga volume.

* Based on the light novel series by the same name written by Maruyama Kugane and illustrated by So-Bin.

This land will fall to his command—the overlord is back! While Ainz Ooal Gown's conquest over Yggdrasil is bearing fruit, a deadly power struggle between empires could lead to Ainz' downfall. But that's the least of his worries. Despite praise from his subjects, Momonga is finding it harder to keep up his terrifying act. Can the mighty overlord maintain his reign, or will this be his final stand?

Source: Funimation

Note: The first episode received an early screening at a special event held at United Cinemas Aqua City Odaiba on 24.06.2018.

* Based on Takagi Nanahiko's historical shounen manga.

A group of men are defending Japan against Mongol invaders.

Nanase Haruka loved to be in the water - loved swimming. In elementary school, Nanase Haruka, Tachibana Makoto, Matsuoka Rin, and Hazuki Nagisa attended the same swimming class together.

Time passed, and as Haruka was living an uneventful high school life, he suddenly encountered Rin again. Rin challenged Haruka to a race and showed him how much stronger he had become.

Soon enough, Makoto and Nagisa also rejoined the group, and along with a new classmate, Ryugazaki Rei, they established the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club.

Source: crunchyroll

Note: Episode 0 & 1 received a screening at a special event held on 23.06.2018.

Starlight is a song and dance revue troupe loved throughout the world. Karen and Hikari make a promise with each other when they're young that one day they'll stand on that stage together. Time passes, and now the girls are 16 years old. Karen is very enthusiastic about the lessons she takes every day, holding her promise close to her heart. Hikari has transferred schools and is now away from Karen. But the cogs of fate turn, and the two are destined to meet again. The girls and other Stage Girls will compete in a mysterious audition process to gain acceptance into the revue.

Source: ANN

* Based on a manga series written by Inoue Kenji and illustrated by Yoshioka Kimitake.

After moving out on his own to a seaside town, Kitahara Iori makes a college debut he never anticipated. A new chapter of his life unfolds, full of diving with beautiful girls and shenanigans with a gaggle of lovable bastards! Idiot-expert Inoue Kenji and au naturel authority Yoshioka Kimitake bring you a glorious college tale filled with booze-fueled antics!

Source: kodansha comics

* Based on a manga written and illustrated by Oshikiri Rensuke, serialised in Gekkan Big Gangan.

1991. The year of the Gulf War. The year Mount Unzen erupted. The year the Ten-Day War in Slovenia broke out. The year the world wavered.

Yaguchi Haruo, a 6th grader, is not only the least popular in his school, but also has the worst grades, a bad attitude towards others, and cannot be called attractive either. The only thing he lives for are video games, and this happens to be the only thing he is really good at. Until one day, he plays Street Fighter II against Oono Akira, a well-off female classmate, who proves to him that she is not only more popular, intelligent, attractive, and lucky than he is, but also... better than him at playing video games!

Haruo's small world wavers...

Source: Batoto

Note: Due to a then-ongoing legal dispute concerning SNK Playmore's intellectual property, the manga's publisher Square Enix voluntarily recalled its volumes from the stores, also suspending serialization, further publication and digital sales of volumes, and development of the anime adaptation. The two companies eventually settled out of court and Square Enix resumed the previously halted activities.

* Based on Square Enix's arcade trading card game.

Tokyo, 2030. A high-frequency resonance is suddenly heard in a suburban area, and at the same time, the entire town is shrouded in a red mist. All living things that hear the sounds, human and animal alike, lose consciousness. The phenomenon is assumed to be an unidentified virus, so due to fear of a spreading epidemic, Tokyo is blocked off from the rest of the country. About six months later, all the people who had lost consciousness awaken as if nothing ever happened. However, strange incidents start happening on that same day, and the city becomes engulfed by a chain of cruel destinies.

Source: crunchyroll

When four-year-old Kun meets his new baby sister, his world is turned upside down. Named Mirai (meaning "future"), the baby quickly wins the hearts of Kun's entire family. As his mother returns to work, and his father struggles to run the household, Kun becomes increasingly jealous of baby Mirai... until one day he storms off into the garden, where he encounters strange guests from the past and future – including his sister Mirai, as a teenager. Together, Kun and teenage Mirai go on a journey through time and space, uncovering their family's incredible story. But why did Mirai come from the future?

Source: GKIDS

Note: Early screening at Cannes Film Festival (Directors' Fortnight section) on 16.05.2018.

* Based on Bandai Namco Entertainment's game app.

196X. Anna, an enigmatic and attractive professional kidnapper, abducts The Professor during his wedding ceremony on request from one of the latter's former girlfriend. This woman, whose face Anna has never seen, wishes to die with The Professor before he marries. Leaving the church with The Professor on the back seat of her motor-bike, Anna starts on the journey to the fictional city of 'Alpha Paris'.

Source: QWFF

Fukagawa ward of old Edo (present-day Tokyo) is prone to fire and flooding, so residents rent everyday items like pots, futons, and clothing from shops instead of purchasing them, so as not to impede them when they flee. Okou and Seiji, an older sister and younger brother, run one such rental shop called Izumoya. However, mixed in with their inventory are tsukumogami, objects that have turned into spirits after a hundred years of existence. The siblings sometimes lend these sentient items to customers. Both Okou and Seiji can see and talk to these spirits, and other tsukumogami often come to the store after hearing of the famed siblings.

Source: ANN

This OVA is an homage to the first episode of the original Lupin Sansei TV series.

Note: This OVA was released together with Volume 1 of Lupin Sansei: Part 5's BD/DVD and is part of the Lupin Sansei 50th Anniversary Project.

Bundled with the limited-edition 10th manga volume.

Two bunny girls get in trouble...

When All Might set off to visit his former sidekick, David Shield on the artificial island of I-Island he decides to take Midoriya with him. The island happens to be hosting a great event known as "I-Expo", there Midoriya is surprised to discover that half of his class is attending the expo. Midoriya quickly befriends David's daughter, Melissa, who much like Midoriya was one of the unfortunate 20% of the people born without a quirk. During the expo, however, a villain group immobilizes the pro-heroes (including All Might) and takes David as a hostage. Naturally, it falls on Melissa, Midoriya, and his classmates to save the day.

Note: Early screening at Japan Expo Paris and Anime Expo Los Angeles on 06.07.2018.

Can a relationship survive after an affair? Azu is 30-year-old stay at home mom and she runs a nail salon in her apartment. While carrying the frustration of thinking that her husband Junpei (32) doesn't love her as a woman anymore, she raises the child they were blessed with and continues through the motions of everyday life. One day, while Azu is running her salon, a customer asks to borrow her cellphone, and shows her something dangerously entrancing. A few days afterward, she receives a notification from an unknown man, sending Junpei and Azu's relationship into the deep-end...

Source: Manga Box

Mihara Shouma is a first-year high school student. Shouma hasn't seen his good friend Atsushi in 3.5 years, ever since they lost contact with each other after elementary school. One day, Atsushi gets in contact with Shouma to invite him to a rare festival, so they can meet up and talk. Shouma goes to the "Tanabata Seven Night Festival" deep in the mountains, but Atsushi is not there. Instead, a girl named Shiori who also has a person she wants to meet is there. The festival's program manager Kanna suggests that he stay until the festival is over, and so Shouma and Shiori help Kanna prepare for the festival. Shouma and Shiori then get wrapped up in some strange events happening in the town.

Source: ANN

* Based on a series of illustrated children's books.

It tells different surprising animal stories.

Somewhere in the world, there is an enormous integrated zoo called Japari Park whose animal residents have taken human forms, thanks to a mysterious substance called Sandstar. These animal girls are known as "Friends," and they life a peaceful, dreamlike life in the park. But the opening of Japari Park was preceded by a great crisis, which led to the adventure of the Friends who overcame it together with the zookeeper. Mirai, a park guide, decided to make a record of their story with the help of Serval and the other Friends who took part in the adventure.

Source: crunchyroll

As the Mars expedition comes to an end, a small group of Terraformars manage to reach Earth and bring the fight there. Now the surviving members of the ANNEX-I along with new recruits, have to save Earth from the growing roach menace.

Note: The two OVA volumes bundled with the 21st and 22nd compiled volumes of the manga, respectively.

In search of a mystical ingredient known as Sky Fish, Meliodas and Hawk stumble upon a spring that suddenly transports them to the Sky Temple: a breathtaking land above the clouds, inhabited by beings called Celestials. Meliodas, however, looks strikingly similar to a local criminal called Solada, and is imprisoned and shunned as a result. Meanwhile, the kingdom of the Sky Temple prepares to defend the Great Oshiro's seal—said to harbour a three thousand-year-old evil—from the malevolent Six Knights of Black, a group of demons who seek to destroy the seal. However, the Demon Clan is successfully unleashed and terrorizes the land, prompting the remaining Seven Deadly Sins and the Celestials to fight against their wicked foes.

The battle progresses well, until one of the Six Knights awakens an "Indura of Retribution," an uncontrollable beast from the Demon Realm. With its overwhelming strength and sinister power, the Seven Deadly Sins and Celestial beings must now work together to defeat the creature that threatens their very existence.

Source: MAL

fourth season

Summer vacation is drawing to an end. When Suguru wins a free trip to Okinawa, all of the five students of Asahigaoka branch school are excited to end their vacation with a bang. Along with Hikage, Konomi, and their teacher and the candy store owner, everyone goes to Okinawa for a fun three-day trip. There, Natsumi makes friends with Aoi, the girl who helps out at the hotel they stay in.

Source: ANN

After an invasion by the Vivolian army, the Sprite Himawari and her childhood friend Tsubaki flee their homeland of Floria for the town of Romton. There, they live out their lives in peace... for a time.

One day, Himawari's friend and fellow Sprite Ajisai is kidnapped by mysterious strangers. Now Himawari and detective Tsubaki set out to rescue her, but find the dreaded Vivolians standing in their way!

Source: crunchyroll

Bundled with the 15th, 17th, 19th and 23rd compiled book volume of manga.

Shen Jianxin is a security guard for Rye Scent Village, an average youth determined to become a legendary hero. While paying his respects at the prestigious Pure Yang Palace of Jianghu, he learned the palace's ancestral secret manuals by accident. However, he was unaware of the power he gained. Thus, he entered Jianghu and gradually matured while experiencing the turmoil of Jianghu during the prosperous Tang Dynasty. An obscure security guard with unparalleled martial arts in Jianghu: who knows what storms are ahead?

Source: Guodong Subs