Anime starting in Summer 2023

* Based on a fantasy romance shounen manga by Yabuki Kentarou.

Japan may be brimming with mysterious monsters called ayakashi, but they have a special exorcist ninja force to counter the threat! Young exorcist ninja Matsuri spends his days fighting ayakashi to protect his childhood friend Suzu. But when an ayakashi cat named Shirogane shows up, things get turned upside down!

Source: Manga Plus

Note: - The first episode received an early screening at a special event on December 19, 2022 at United Cinemas Toyosu in Tokyo. The regular TV broadcast started on January 10, 2023.

- The broadcast was halted on episode 6 in March 2023 and was restarted with episode 1 in July 2023.

The story tells the story of the evil spirits in the Cangyuan Realm and the human race being devastated. The protagonist Meng Chuan vowed to avenge his mother since he was a child. Starting from the Jinghu Taoist Temple, he punished the traitors with his fortitude and fearlessness and sharp and decisive sword skills. Evil, destroyed the demon clan, climbed to the top of the four great avenues, became famous in Dongning Mansion, worshiped on Yuanchu Mountain, and achieved a generation of gods and demons.

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* Based on the 8th volume of the Seishun Buta Yarou light novel series written by Kamoshida Hajime and illustrated by Mizoguchi Keiji.

After a draining December, Sakuta is quickly nearing the end of his second year of high school. Since Mai is a third-year student, they don't have much time left together before graduation rolls around. Meanwhile, his sister, Kaede, is slowly but steadily venturing outdoors again. Just as she begins to find her footing, she announces her most ambitious goal yet—attending her brother's high school! Sakuta knows better than anyone how difficult this will be for Kaede, and he's ready to support her however he can. He's just not sure if that's what's best for her...or what she really wants...

Source: Yen Press

* Based on a comedy fantasy manga by Toufu.

The Demon Lord has been defeated by a brave warrior, but is destined to arise again! Ten years later, he emerges early from his slumber to exact his revenge. However, he returns to find that neither the world nor the legendary hero are what they once were. Can the powers of darkness triumph over...a shut-in slob?

Source: Seven Seas Entertainment

Note: The first episode received an advance release on Kadokawa's YouTube channel on June 24, 2023. The regular TV broadcast started on July 3, 2023.

The "story no one knows about a girl everyone knows" reimagines Tsushima Yoshiko, the school idol afflicted with chuunibyou (adolescent delusions of grandeur), as a fortune-telling girl. The story is set in Numazu, a scenic harbor town surrounded by the sea and mountains. Ever since she was little, the girl Yohane has never fit in, and has always felt apart from everyone in town. Her aspirations and true place in this world lie elsewhere.

Source: ANN

* Based on an alternate history manga by Yoshinaga Fumi.

In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Redface Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male population has fallen by 75 percent. Women have taken on all the roles traditionally granted to men, even that of the shogun. The men, precious providers of life, are carefully protected. And the most beautiful of the men are sent to serve in the shogun's Inner Chamber...

Source: Viz

When the popular Hori and the gloomy Miyamura meet, they reveal another side of themselves. Could this be the start of something new?

Source: crunchyroll

Note: The first two episodes received an early screening at a special event on June 30, 2023 at Animate Ikebukuro in Tokyo and five additional Animate venues. The regular TV broadcast started on July 1, 2023.

In the world of ten directions, the strong are respected. Young Lin Tian was defrauded of all his family property by his fiancée Xiao Yun and Mo Sen, the eldest son of Mo, and was pushed off a cliff. Fortunately, he survived and finally came to his senses, determined to take revenge on the two families and take back everything that belonged to him. Under the cliff, he accidentally found a mysterious black iron sword, which contained magical powers and actually helped him develop supreme martial arts. Due to lack of strength, he decided to worship Jiuyang Wufu first, and then seek revenge when his strength matured. Unexpectedly, the elder of Wufu was Mo Sen's uncle. Lin Tian was in trouble both internally and externally, and faced many crises. Lin Tian began to keep a low profile, practicing martial arts hard, refining the magic of talisman formations, secretly going out of the city to practice, fighting red-faced ghosts, killing centipede beasts, seizing the Blood Soul Flower, and encountering constant adventures. His strength grew rapidly, but the Xiao and Mo family still did not repent, ambushing, assassinating, and even mobilizing the whole family's forces to go into the mountains to encircle and suppress him. However, Lin Tian's magical power was so great that he defeated him with a single sword. Let's see how the young Lin Tian takes blood for revenge, goes through many hardships, and finally becomes the God King, unifying the heavens in all directions!

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Yanagi Yukito is an orphan who one day encounters an eccentric disciple of his father's. The strange man takes him to his birthplace on Ayakajima, made up of seven islands where mysterious beings called "Mitama" and dragons are rumored to reside. There, Yukito meets his father's two other disciples, who protect the harmony of Ayakajima... which soon threatens to collapse.

Source: Crunchyroll

Note: The first three episodes received an early screening at a special event on June 3, 2023 at United Cinemas Toyosu in Tokyo. The regular TV broadcast started on July 2, 2023.

* Based on an isekai light novel series written by Sumimori Sai and illustrated by Takahashi Ai.

To be reincarnated into another world with the promise of a "cheat" power is one thing... but to be reborn as a baby, and then left for dead after your royal parents think you're powerless?? That's another thing entirely! Now the newly-born Reinhart—or Haruto to his new friends—must find his way through a dangerous world...but luckily he's got magic that's quite literally off the charts!

Source: Kodansha

* Based on a romantic manga by Saisou.

Shinozaki is an office worker who is taken care of and coddled by his senior team member Katase Shiori: a gorgeous, profoundly kind, loving, and diminutive woman. Shinozaki certainly hopes that she's not doing it out of duty... but her joy of doing so increasingly exposes her feelings!

Source: M-U

Chu Yue, the ace of the modern Z organization, was framed to death, and his soul traveled to the Nine Desolate World under the guidance of the System's Nine Desolate Mirrors. Under the system's mandatory tasks, he continued to practice and become stronger in order to survive. While performing system tasks and cultivating adventures, Chu Yue discovered the shocking secret hidden in the original owner of the body that his soul had passed through. During this period, he also met close friends such as Si Xiaonan, Cangyun Sansheng, Jiu Gongzi, Dong Zhixue, etc. He has confidantes such as Bai Jin, Shen Ran, and Fei Qian, as well as Xuan Beast Maoxian. As Chu Yue discovered more and more secrets about the original owner of the body, he unexpectedly discovered that he was not the only host of the Nine Desolate Mirror System, but there were other Nine Desolate Mirror System hosts in the Nine Desolation Mirror System in the Nine Desolation World.

source: bgm.tv/googletranslate

* Based on a fantasy isekai light novel series written by Koryuu Nozomu and illustrated by Shuri Yasuyuki.

Pastry Mille Morteln, age 9, is both his father's heir and the reincarnation of an unfulfilled pastry chef. While he dreams of a land filled with sweet treats, there's a lot to be done first! From learning how to fight, to controlling his new magical talents and doing his best to defend his village from bandits, and yet all he really wants to do is bake the perfect apple pie...

Source: J-Novel Club

Agate is a demon girl cursed with an eternal life. To forget the past, she throws half of her head into a deep valley and runs away. Unexpectedly, the tears flood the valley floor and form into a lake, triggering a flood in hell. Aloys, the Prince of Ghost comes to the Human World to find out the truth and finally finds the demon girl, starting a story of life and love.

(Source: Bilibili YouTube)

* Based on an isekai fantasy light novel written by Hirukuma and illustrated by Katou Itsuwa.

A middle-aged man with only one passion in his life meets a fitting end in a traffic accident. That's where most stories would end, but instead, this is when his story begins when he's reborn as what he admired the most in life--a vending machine! But his new lease on life(?) happens in the worst place possible--what can a vending machine do in a monster-infested dungeon when he can't speak or even move on his own?

Source: Yen Press

* Based on a dark fantasy shounen manga by Akutami Gege.

This is the never-returning youth of the strongest duo. Back to the spring of 2006, when Gojou Satoru and Getou Suguru were in high school. The two active and invincible jujutsu sorcerers received a commission from the key figure in the sorcery realm, Tengen, who mastered the immortality spell. They needed to "guard" and "erase" for a girl called Amanai Riko, Tengen's match "Star Plasma Vessel". The two set off to complete the escort tasks, but a "jujutsu sorcerer killer" named Fushiguro showed up and attempted to assassinate "Star Plasma Vessel"...

Source: Ani-One

The 19th century — a world inhabited by vampires, golems, werewolves and other paranormal creatures. Immortal beauty and disembodied head Rindou Aya, along with half-human-half-demon "Demon Killer" Shin'uchi Tsugaru and her loyal maid Hasei Shizuku, travels through Europe as supernatural detective "The Cage User," solving supernatural mysteries while she searches for her lost body.

Source: Crunchyroll

Note: The first episode received an early screening at a special event on June 23, 2023 at Grand Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro in Tokyo. The regular TV broadcast started on July 6, 2023.

* Based on an otome isekai light novel series written by Ten'ichi and illustrated by Suzunosuke.

Crown Princess Pride Royal Ivy is a monstrous little brat who, at the age of eight, suddenly realizes that she was a Japanese teen in a past life who has been reincarnated into her favorite video game! She already knows her future: she will rise to the throne as the Wicked Queen, destined to bring ruin and misery to all around her, until she is ultimately killed by one of her love interests. Pride decides that if she's destined to die, she may as well use her royal "last boss" powers to save everyone instead!

Source: Seven Seas Entertainment

Note: The first two episodes received an early screening at a special event on June 17, 2023 at United Cinemas Toyosu in Tokyo. The regular TV broadcast started on July 7, 2023.

During the upheaval of the Bakumatsu Era, there was an Imperialist warrior feared as the "Hitokiri Battosai." However, upon the arrival of the new era the Battosai disappeared from the public eye, leaving behind just his legend of the strongest Revolutionary warrior.

Years later in downtown Tokyo, on the 11th year of Meiji.
Himura Kenshin, a traveling swordsman who vowed to never kill again on the sakabato (reverse blade sword) he carries on his hip, meets Kamiya Kaoru, the head instructor of the Kamiya Kasshin-ryu sword style. Kenshin solves the case of a crossroad killer who was tarnishing the name of the Kasshin-ryu while claiming to be the "Hitokiri Battosai," which then leads to Kaoru offering to have the wanderer stay at her dojo.
Follow Kenshin's journey as he makes treasured friendships with Myoujin Yahiko, a descendent of a samurai-class family in Tokyo, and Sagara Sanosuke, a fighter for hire, and faces off against various foes who have unfinished business from Kenshin's past.

Source: Crunchyroll

* Based on a spy fantasy light novel series written by Takemachi and illustrated by Tomari.

Note: The first episode received an advance release on Kadokawa's YouTube channel on July 7, 2023. The regular TV broadcast started on July 13, 2023.

* Based on a science fiction drama manga by Yamada Kyuuri.

The story is set in the near future, when nearly 10% of the population are "humanoids" — human-like robotic artificial life. Humanoids are accepted as a matter of fact in society, yet they suffer from their own problems and sicknesses. The main character, Sudou Hikaru, is a doctor specializing on humanoids.

Source: ANN

* Based on a fantasy isekai light novel series written by Miki Nazuna and illustrated by Subachi.

Satou Ryouta gets the surprise of his life when he's suddenly transported into another world and nearly clobbered at the hands of the young, pretty adventurer Emily Brown. This new world revolves around defeating monsters and profiting on whatever they drop—food, money, items, etc. Unfortunately for Ryouta, he has no skills to speak of...until he learns he has the ability to get rare drops! Suddenly his luck turns around...or does it?

Source: Kodansha

* Based on a fantasy light novel series written by Uno Bokuto and illustrated by Miyuki Ruria.

Springtime at Kimberly Magic Academy brings a new batch of first-year students, all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed as they begin their journey to become full-fledged mages. Among these newcomers are Oliver Horn, a studious boy equally skilled with the wand and the blade, and Nanao Hibiya, a strong-willed samurai girl from the distant nation of Yamatsu. The wheels of fate bring these two souls together at Kimberly, where they become both comrades and rivals in equal measure. However, lurking within the academy's halls are countless dangers and dark secrets guaranteed to threaten not only their friendship-but their very lives...

Source: Yen Press

In the majestic fantasy world, how does the protagonist Fang Han traverse the world with his own strength. Relying on an unyielding stubbornness to break through the mysteries of supernatural powers, and forge the physical body into an immortal body. There are endless novel magic weapons, and the brand-new prosperity of the Three Realms of Immortals, Demons and Fans will be opened by the protagonist in turn. It will take you to experience the fantasy demeanor of the immortal sect, demons, gods, kings and emperors. The protagonist will also experience the love and hatred in the world, the entanglement of grievances and resentments, and the disputes between immortals and demons. Finally lead you on the road to the top king.

Source: bilibili

* Based on a romance comedy manga by Inoue.

Due to a childhood curse, anything that the Duke touches will die, which makes his flirty maid’s behavior all the more shocking!

Source: crunchyroll

* Based on a black comedy dystopian manga written by Asou Haro and drawn by Takata Koutarou.

After spending years working for a soul-crushing company, Akira's life has lost its luster. But when a zombie apocalypse ravages his town, it gives him the push he needs to live for himself. Now Akira's on a mission to complete all 100 items on his bucket list before he...well, kicks the bucket.

Source: Viz

* Based on an isekai light novel series by Rifujin na Magonote.

A 34-year-old man, jobless, shut-in and NEET. On a certain day, after he got kicked out of the house, met his death in a traffic incident... or so the man thought. The instant he thought that, suddenly he was reincarnated as "Rudeus" in a world of swords and magic. With the piled regret and experience from his previous life, he swears to live his life earnestly this time around.
Meeting with various peoples, various magic training... the now developed Rudeus is setting on a really harsh and cruel journey, such as Teleportation Incident involving his hometown, Fittoa Region, and other various tales. After prevailing many hardships and successfully coming home, Rudeus became one with her beloved Eris. However, the very next morning, Rudeus suffered a heavy shock after realising the sudden disappearance of Eris. He had given up on everything and reverted to his shut-in and NEET self, just like the previous world. Alas, as the only lost person in his family caused by Teleportation Incident, his mother, Zenith has not been found yet. Now he is determined to find Zenith, and Rudeus is standing up on his legs once more.

Source: Muse Asia

Note: Episodes 0 and 1 received an early screening at a special event on June 25, 2023 at TOHO Cinemas Hibiya in Tokyo. The regular TV broadcast started on July 3, 2023 with episode 0.

Some people say that the world is a great sea of suffering. When a person is in the sea, his body is a boat, and his soul is the person in the boat, sailing to the other shore. The Daqian Dynasty was prosperous in the spring and autumn, and the country was prosperous, and the world was honored. However, under the powerful surface, the undercurrent was already surging. The enemies from far and near were staring at each other, and the eight demons were about to move. Monitor the world. In such a world of great controversy, Hong Yi, a young scholar, uttered his first question to the world. Hong Yi is the son of Hong Xuanji, the most powerful official in the dynasty, and Meng Bingyun, the supreme saint of the Taishang Dao. He lost his mother when he was young, and as a bastard, he was bullied everywhere, but this could not stop Hong Yi from studying. By chance and coincidence, Hong Yi embarked on the extremely difficult and dangerous road of both martial arts and martial arts. Under the oppression of fate, he stood up and resisted, defeated many powerful enemies, and became a legend of a generation.

source: bgm.tv/DeepL.com

The year is 2242. Kanata wants to be a Drifter and meets Noir, who is a dud Magus with no memories. However, because Noir excels in battle against the Enders, Kanata partners with her and discovers exactly what it takes to be a Drifter.

Source: Hulu

Note: The first two episodes received an early screening at a special event on May 21, 2023 at Shinjuku Piccadilly Cinema in Tokyo. The regular TV broadcast started on July 11, 2023.

* Based on an action fantasy manga by Nanao Nanaki.

A certain country in the demon world. The Demon King was defeated by the hands of one of the heroes, and a competition was held for the title of the New Demon King. The Imperial Four Heavenly Kings Vermilio, who is in charge of the tournament, is furious at the participation of the human hero Helck, who is supposed to be his enemy. After receiving news of the fall of the castle of Urum before the final, Vermilio sets out to retake Urum Castle with Helck and other finalists. With a smile, Helck says, "Let's destroy humans." Are those words true? The truth behind the smile is...

Source: HIDIVE

Note: The first two episodes received an early screening at a special event on June 18, 2023 at EJ Anime Theater Shinjuku in Tokyo. The regular TV broadcast started on July 12, 2023.

* Based on a comedy romance shounen manga series written and drawn by Haruba Negi.

Note: It was shown in advance for a period of three weeks at theaters nationwide from July 14. The first part was broadcast on September 2, and the second part on September 9.

Using superpowers to enter their clientele’s photos one by one, Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang take their work seriously at “Time Photo Studio,” a small photography shop set in the backdrop of a modern metropolis. Each job can be full of danger, but nothing is more important than fulfilling every order, no matter the scale…or peril involved!

Source: crunchyroll

Music video directed by Tomita Yoshimitsu for the track Skysonar by Shiranui Flare.

Because of the nuclear winter, humans are no longer the masters of the world here. Species mutate and survival resources are scarce. Faced with an unpredictable future and environment, crises arise one after another. Human beings have built barriers one after another to protect themselves, but there are also many people who live without entering barriers and make a living by hunting in the wilderness. The protagonist Ren Xiaosu and his younger brother Yan Liuyuan are one of them. The two brothers, who are not related by blood but depend on each other for life, continue to grow with their tenacious willpower and awaken their superpowers by chance. In order to make a living and protect his family, Ren Xiaosu left the market town where he lived and headed to Jingshan. Along the way, he encountered attacks from wolves, human-faced insects, and mutant creatures. When he awakened his superpower, could Ren Xiaosu escape from the crisis...

source: bgm.tv/DeepL.com

* Based on a comedy manga by Tsuchii, adapted from Azur Lane video game.

This season tells the story of Cao Yanbing, a young soul-suppressing general with a "martial god body", in order to find the whereabouts of his parents, together with the girls Xia Ling, Fomalhaut and other teammates, broke into the Luhua Ancient Building, a forbidden area in the spiritual realm, and fought with the guards. The adventure story of the fierce confrontation between the four kings of "Flowers, Snow and Moon".

source: bgm.tv/DeepL.com

Music video for the song Bishoujo Muzai Pirates by Houshou Marine.

In ancient times, saints fought for hegemony. A young man known as the "Sleeping God" turned out to be a blessing in disguise and opened up a heaven-defying skill. From then on, a genius with unparalleled physical strength dominated the world, slashed the stars with his sword, and thousands of geniuses crawled and trembled under his feet. In a world where heroes are rising, I am the only one who dominates.

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The Three Dignitaries awaken, and Sun Wukong helps the God of Heaven to survive the crisis. After the Westbound team was separated, Sha Wujing went down to the netherworld to save his master; Eight Precepts was killed in Blackwater Town due to negligence; White Wolf Xiaoyu subdued a tiger in the Terror Forest, and was besieged by the stone soldiers in the ancient city; Sanzang and the others came back to relieve the siege, but encountered the Shadow King of Heaven, and Wukong came back to the team to help them in the battle. San Zang resolves the grudge of the dead souls, and the Western team bids farewell to the deceased and continues on their way.

source: douban/deepl

* Based on a science fiction comedy manga by Toriyama Akira.

In the far future, war has destroyed the entire Earth, leaving only a barren wasteland where the supply of water is controlled by the greedy king. In search of a long-lost lake, Sheriff Rao asked the king of the demons for help...and got the king's son, Beelzebub, and his assistant, Thief. Together the unlikely trio sets off across the desert, facing dragons, bandits and the deadliest foe of all... the King's army itself!

Source: Viz

Thirty thousand states in the world all respect Chaoge, but there are many princes and sects everywhere, each with their own agenda. Xu Wuzhou, the son-in-law of the Qin family in Lin'an City, accidentally obtained the treasure "Reincarnation Bowl" and kept devouring the metal to strengthen himself. He also hid in secret to help the Qin family survive the crisis and restore his bad impression in the Qin family. Unexpectedly, Jixia Academy forcibly accepted Xu Wuzhou's wife as a disciple. In order to get his wife back, Xu Wuzhou resolutely joined the already declining Taoist sect. However, at this time, although Tao Zong was nominally the leader of the Tao sects in the world, the Tao sects in the world no longer respected him as the common leader of the world. Xu Wuzhou inexplicably took on the important task of revitalizing Daozong...

source: bgm.tv/googletranslate

In the summer of 1989, four kids in Tokyo witness the emergence of the turtle kaiju Gamera, who bravely stands up against giant human-eating monsters.

Source: Netflix

While the adults have no hope for tomorrow, the youth accept the decline and poverty of the city as an ordinary part of their reality until Haruko throws the city into chaos.

Source: ANN

In the first year of the Apocalypse, institutions were prevalent, and old and new parties fought for power and attempted chaos. Shen Wen, a scholar in the Qinan Prefecture, was good at carpentry skills. One day on the road, he was accidentally involved in a theft case of a palace secret treasure, and thus got acquainted with Mu Siqing, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard. Shen Wen discovered that the secret treasure that Jin Yiwei was looking for turned out to be the Liuhe Beast Map that led to his entire family being wiped out. The Liuhe Beast Map contained the secrets of the dynasty. In order to find the enemy who destroyed the family and unlock the secret of the Liuhe Beast Map, Shen Wen decided to secretly infiltrate into the North Town Fu Si searches for the truth of the year.

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Fourteen-year-old Masamune lives in a town where the flow of time has stopped after an explosion at a steel factory seals off all avenues of escape. In hopes that everything will someday return to normal, the town makes a rule that nothing must be changed, and Masamune spends his days in depression. One day, his intriguing and enigmatic classmate Mutsumi leads him into a blast furnace at the steel factory. There, he finds Itsumi, a girl who cannot speak and acts like a wild wolf. Masamune's encounter with these two girls begins eroding the balance of the world. What future awaits the unstoppable urge to fall in love?

Source: Netflix

JAXA employee Yamamoto Sora and kappa Kaasuke dream of going to space. Yamamoto aims to make the kappa an astronaut who can terraform Mars.

Source: ANN

Note: It was screened at various planetariums and science museums across Japan.