The 10 most anticipated souls of the summer
It will be a summer full of returns, that is, of the new seasons of those souls that made us dream and entertained during the winter months, but also of great news. Among the returning anime Made in Abyss 2 and Rent-a-Girlfriend 2, while among the novelties the adaptations of RWBY and Fuuto PI stand out. In short, it will really be a hot summer that awaits us. So without too many inducements, here are the 10 most anticipated souls of the summer!
Rent-A-Girlfriend Season 2 (Kanojo , Okarishimasu), adaptation of the homonymous manga by Reiji Miyajima, currently being published in our country by the J-POP publishing house, will again be directed by Kazuomi Koga (Rainy Cocoa, Welcome to Rainy Color) at TMS Entertainment (in collaboration with Comet Studio). Mitsutaka Hirota (Anime-Gataris, Nanbaka, The Prince of Tennis II) returns to oversee the scripts of the series. Kanna Hirayama designs the characters and HYADAIN composes the music. Returning staff also includes sound director Hajime Takakuwa, art director Minoru Akiba, color key artist Fumiko Ishiguro, director of photography Shintaro Sakai and editor Yumiko Nakaba.
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Kazuya Kinoshita will face even more the complicated lies and loves he was wrapped in with his hired friends during the first season.
Seiji Kishi and Hiroyuki Hashimoto direct the souls in Lerche. Aoi Akashiro is in charge of the composition of the series, while Kazuaki Morita still draws the characters. Singer ZAQ has announced that she is returning from season one to perform the new opening theme while Mai Fuchigami will sing the new ending theme.
Students at the prestigious Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School are given considerable freedom - if manage to win, trade, or save enough points to make their way up the ranks! Ayanokoji Kiyotaka has landed deep in the despised Class D, where he meets Horikita Suzune, who is determined to climb the ladder to Class A. Can they beat the system in a school where cutthroat competition is the name of the game?
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The staff sees Masayuki Kojima as director, Hitoshi Haga as assistant director, Hideyuki Kurata takes care of the composition of the series, Kazuchika Kise of IG production, Miyao Yamashita of color, Tsunetaka Ema is the director of photography, Yō Yamada he is the sound director, Toru Noguchi of the sound effects, Kevin Penkin of the music, Hiromitsu Iijima is the music producer along with Irma la Douce and Kinema Citrus is in charge of the animations. Additionally, Yuka Kuroda joins Kise as a second character designer. The three main cast members are also returning along with several new additions.
The second season of the adaptation of the manga of the same name written and drawn by Somato and being published in our country thanks to J-POP sees the return of the cast: Akari Kitō as Kate, Yū Sasahara as Emilico, Ayane Sakura is Louise / Lou, Kōdai Sakai is John / Shaun and Reiji Kawashima as Patrick / Ricky.
Kazuki Ohashi (episode director of Kakegurui, Girlish Number, Ace Attorney 2) returns to direct the series at CloverWorks, while Toshiya Ono (The Promised Neverland, Gatchaman Crowds , Tsuritama) curates the script. Chizuko Kusakabe (Pumpkin Scissors, Trouble Chocolate) designs the characters with Shihomi Matsubayashi. Kenichiro Suehiro (Cells at Work!, Golden Kamuy, Re: ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-) is still composing the music. ReoNa performs the opening theme Shall We Dance? which you can hear at the end of the official trailer, as ClariS plays the final theme Masquerade.
The anime adaptation of Shinobu Ohtaka's manga of the same name is back! The second part of the Orient anime will cover the saga known as Ferce Battle at Awaji Island. In this part of the work the group of warriors called Uesugi Bushi enters the scene. It is one of the five largest Bands of Busis, led by Tatsuomi Uesugi. Among the known members, in addition to Captain Tatsuomi Uesugi voiced by Tomoaki Maeno, there are Kanetatsu Naoe, the Red Sword, voiced by Natsuki Hanae, Kuroko Usami, the Green Sword, voiced by Yoko Hikasa, Keigo Kakizaki, the Blue Sword and Masaki Amakasu, the Blue Sword, voiced by Yoshiki Nakajima.
Tetsuya Yanagisawa (High School DxD) directs the anime on screenplays supervised by Mariko Kunisawa (Ascendance of a Bookworm) at the A.C.G.T (Ken the Warrior The Trilogy) studio. The character design is the work of Takahiro Kishida (Haikyu !!, Jojo - Vento Aureo), while Hideyuki Fukasawa (Fate / stay night: Unlimited Blade Works) composes the soundtrack.
RWBY: Ice Queendom (RWBY: Hyōsetsu Teikoku), the new television anime of the Rooster Teeth RWBY franchise of which the Planet Manga publishing house has published a four-volume anthological series, entitled Rwby: Official Manga Anthology (catch it on Amazon!)
Toshimasa Suzuki (Lagrange - The Flower of Rin-ne, The Price of Smiles) is directing the souls at the Shaft. Kenjirō Okada (March comes in like a lion) is credited as chief director. Gen Urobuchi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Fate / Zero, Psycho-Pass) is credited with conceptualizing the anime with Tow Ubukata (Mardock Scramble, Psycho-Pass 2, Ghost in the Shell Arise) writing and supervising the scripts. huke (Black Rock Shooter, Steins; Gate) conceptualized the character designs for the anime, while Nobuhiro Sugiyama (ef: a tale of memories, Arakawa Under the Bridge, March comes in like a lion) is drawing the characters, while also serves as director of animation along with Yoshiaki Ito and Hiroki Yamamura. Nobuyuki Takeuchi (Maria Holic, Bakemonogatari) is credited for the visual direction. Nobuko Toda and Kazuma Jinnouchi are composing the music. VoidChords feat. L will perform the opening theme Beyond Selfs while Saori Hayami will perform the ending theme Awake.
RWBY: Ice Queendom 'presents RWBY in beautiful 2D anime images. Imagine a world full of hideous monsters bent on death and destruction and humanity's only hope rests on powerful hunters and hunters. Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long are four hunters in training whose travels will take them far beyond the confines of their school, Beacon Academy. While each may be powerful on its own, these four girls must overcome the dark forces and work as a team if they truly hope to become the next generation of Remnant protectors.
Fuuto PI is the adaptation of the manga of the same name by Studio Kai and sequel to Kamen Rider W: Fuuto Tantei.
Yousuke Kabashima (character design, chief animation director of Uma Musume Pretty Derby) will direct the anime at Studio KAI with Ayataka Tanemura as assistant. Tatsuto Higuchi (Revue Starlight, Midnight Occult Civil Servants) is responsible for the composition of the series along with the creation of the original manga Riku Sanjō. Hidekazu Ebina (AMAZING STRANGER) is designing the characters and also serves as head of animation alongside Sei Komatsubara. Yukiyoshi Shikiji, Kazuhito Tomonaga and Kenta Yokoya are the main animators.
The cast sees Makoto Furukawa in the role of Ryū Terui, Mikako Komatsu in the role of Akiko Narumi, Kouki Uchiyama in the role of Filippo , Yoshimasa Hosoya in the role of Shotaro Hidari, Akira Sekine in the role of Tokime and Daisuke Ono in the role of Yukiji Bandō.
In the ecological city of Fuuto, mysterious gadgets with the appearance of USB sticks called Gaia Memories they are used by criminals and other interested parties in shady deals to transform themselves into monsters called Dopants, impossible to stop even by the police. As if that weren't enough, the Gaia Memories release a toxin that drives the guest crazy, to the point of endangering their life. After the death of his boss, self-proclaimed detective Shoutaro Hidari and the mysterious Philip investigate the crimes committed by these Dopants, in turn using Gaia Memories which, combined with their belts, allow them to transform into Kamen Rider Double to fight the Dopants and keep Fuuto safe.
Adaptation of Nagabe's manga of the same name, the anime is a curated by Wit Studio.
Yutaro Kubo and Satomi Tani will be directors and are currently working on character design and script. Jun Fukuyama will play the role of Teacher and Rie Takahashi will play the role of Shiva.
Two kingdoms: the internal one, populated by normal people, and the external one, inhabited by "cursed" people. At the touch, the curse is also passed to those who are "healthy", quickly transforming them into a creature similar to a Wendigo: the inner kingdom has therefore built a wall around its territories to be able to protect itself from danger.
Just outside the boundaries delimited by the wall, at the edge of a forest, there is an abandoned village following the spread of the curse. Here lives Shiva, a healthy child, together with the "Master", a cursed man who takes care of her. While they can't even touch each other, the two seem to have created a relationship that goes beyond appearances and differences in favor of affection, trust and kindness. The mysteries behind this curse, however, seem to threaten this relationship - as do the prejudices of the likes of both.
Shoot! Goal to the Future is the first new anime in 28 years based on the football-themed manga by Tsukasa Ooshima Shoot!
Noriyuki Nakamura (film Dragon Slayer The Legend of Heroes, storyboard of the film Inazuma Eleven: Saikyo Gundan Oga Shurai) director, Junichi Kitamura (director of the episodes of I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying) will be his assistant, Yukiko Akiyama (Black Cat) will take care of the character design, Mitsutaka Hirota (The Prince of Tennis II) will take care of the composition of the series, Hiroshi Yamamoto (Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS) will direct the sound production and Satoshi Dezaki (Captain's director) will supervise the project. J-pop all at once will play the closing theme titled RIVALS.
The cast includes: Chiaki Kobayashi as Hideto Tsuji, Shunichi Toki as Subaru Kurokawa, Yuki Ono as Jō Kazama, Shimba Tsuchiya is Kōhei Kokubo, Yuichiro Umehara is Atsushi Kamiya and Kousuke Toriumi is Yoshiharu Kubo.
Atsushi Kamiya, a former captain of Kakegawa High School and the famous "brave captain" of a famous Italian football team and Hideto Tsuji, a student from Kakegawa High School, who seems uninterested in the now weakened soccer team… Their meeting is the beginning of a new legend…
This is the adaptation of the manga by SILVER LINK in collaboration with Blade. Mirai Minato is the lead director and screenwriter of the anime, while the director is Misuzu Hoshino. The assistant director is Yushi Ibe, accompanied by Machi Yoshino who took care of the character design of the work. The soundtrack was finally entrusted to Koji Fujimoto and Osamu Sasaki.
The young master walks quietly while his new maid says and does things that embarrass or uncomfortable him. But what is it that this seductive maid really wants? Whether it is ... love?
The 10 most anticipated souls of the summer!
Rent-a-Girlfriend 2 Classroom of the Elite II Made in Abyss 2 Shadows House 2 Orient (2 ′ cour) RWBY: Ice Queendom Fuuto PI The Girl From the Other Side Shoot! Goal to the Future The Maid I Hired Recently Is MysteriousRent-a-Girlfriend 2
Release Date: July 1st (Crunchyroll)Rent-A-Girlfriend Season 2 (Kanojo , Okarishimasu), adaptation of the homonymous manga by Reiji Miyajima, currently being published in our country by the J-POP publishing house, will again be directed by Kazuomi Koga (Rainy Cocoa, Welcome to Rainy Color) at TMS Entertainment (in collaboration with Comet Studio). Mitsutaka Hirota (Anime-Gataris, Nanbaka, The Prince of Tennis II) returns to oversee the scripts of the series. Kanna Hirayama designs the characters and HYADAIN composes the music. Returning staff also includes sound director Hajime Takakuwa, art director Minoru Akiba, color key artist Fumiko Ishiguro, director of photography Shintaro Sakai and editor Yumiko Nakaba.
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Kazuya Kinoshita will face even more the complicated lies and loves he was wrapped in with his hired friends during the first season.
Classroom of the Elite II
Release date: July 4th (Crunchyroll)Seiji Kishi and Hiroyuki Hashimoto direct the souls in Lerche. Aoi Akashiro is in charge of the composition of the series, while Kazuaki Morita still draws the characters. Singer ZAQ has announced that she is returning from season one to perform the new opening theme while Mai Fuchigami will sing the new ending theme.
Students at the prestigious Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School are given considerable freedom - if manage to win, trade, or save enough points to make their way up the ranks! Ayanokoji Kiyotaka has landed deep in the despised Class D, where he meets Horikita Suzune, who is determined to climb the ladder to Class A. Can they beat the system in a school where cutthroat competition is the name of the game?
Made in Abyss 2
Release date: July 6 (Prime Video)To subscribe to the Amazon Prime Video streaming service, also taking advantage of the 30-day trial, you can use this link.
The staff sees Masayuki Kojima as director, Hitoshi Haga as assistant director, Hideyuki Kurata takes care of the composition of the series, Kazuchika Kise of IG production, Miyao Yamashita of color, Tsunetaka Ema is the director of photography, Yō Yamada he is the sound director, Toru Noguchi of the sound effects, Kevin Penkin of the music, Hiromitsu Iijima is the music producer along with Irma la Douce and Kinema Citrus is in charge of the animations. Additionally, Yuka Kuroda joins Kise as a second character designer. The three main cast members are also returning along with several new additions.
Shadows House 2
Release date: July 8 (Crunchyroll)The second season of the adaptation of the manga of the same name written and drawn by Somato and being published in our country thanks to J-POP sees the return of the cast: Akari Kitō as Kate, Yū Sasahara as Emilico, Ayane Sakura is Louise / Lou, Kōdai Sakai is John / Shaun and Reiji Kawashima as Patrick / Ricky.
Kazuki Ohashi (episode director of Kakegurui, Girlish Number, Ace Attorney 2) returns to direct the series at CloverWorks, while Toshiya Ono (The Promised Neverland, Gatchaman Crowds , Tsuritama) curates the script. Chizuko Kusakabe (Pumpkin Scissors, Trouble Chocolate) designs the characters with Shihomi Matsubayashi. Kenichiro Suehiro (Cells at Work!, Golden Kamuy, Re: ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-) is still composing the music. ReoNa performs the opening theme Shall We Dance? which you can hear at the end of the official trailer, as ClariS plays the final theme Masquerade.
Orient (2 ′ cour)
Release date: July (Crunchyroll)The anime adaptation of Shinobu Ohtaka's manga of the same name is back! The second part of the Orient anime will cover the saga known as Ferce Battle at Awaji Island. In this part of the work the group of warriors called Uesugi Bushi enters the scene. It is one of the five largest Bands of Busis, led by Tatsuomi Uesugi. Among the known members, in addition to Captain Tatsuomi Uesugi voiced by Tomoaki Maeno, there are Kanetatsu Naoe, the Red Sword, voiced by Natsuki Hanae, Kuroko Usami, the Green Sword, voiced by Yoko Hikasa, Keigo Kakizaki, the Blue Sword and Masaki Amakasu, the Blue Sword, voiced by Yoshiki Nakajima.
Tetsuya Yanagisawa (High School DxD) directs the anime on screenplays supervised by Mariko Kunisawa (Ascendance of a Bookworm) at the A.C.G.T (Ken the Warrior The Trilogy) studio. The character design is the work of Takahiro Kishida (Haikyu !!, Jojo - Vento Aureo), while Hideyuki Fukasawa (Fate / stay night: Unlimited Blade Works) composes the soundtrack.
RWBY: Ice Queendom
Release date: July 3 (Crunchyroll)RWBY: Ice Queendom (RWBY: Hyōsetsu Teikoku), the new television anime of the Rooster Teeth RWBY franchise of which the Planet Manga publishing house has published a four-volume anthological series, entitled Rwby: Official Manga Anthology (catch it on Amazon!)
Toshimasa Suzuki (Lagrange - The Flower of Rin-ne, The Price of Smiles) is directing the souls at the Shaft. Kenjirō Okada (March comes in like a lion) is credited as chief director. Gen Urobuchi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Fate / Zero, Psycho-Pass) is credited with conceptualizing the anime with Tow Ubukata (Mardock Scramble, Psycho-Pass 2, Ghost in the Shell Arise) writing and supervising the scripts. huke (Black Rock Shooter, Steins; Gate) conceptualized the character designs for the anime, while Nobuhiro Sugiyama (ef: a tale of memories, Arakawa Under the Bridge, March comes in like a lion) is drawing the characters, while also serves as director of animation along with Yoshiaki Ito and Hiroki Yamamura. Nobuyuki Takeuchi (Maria Holic, Bakemonogatari) is credited for the visual direction. Nobuko Toda and Kazuma Jinnouchi are composing the music. VoidChords feat. L will perform the opening theme Beyond Selfs while Saori Hayami will perform the ending theme Awake.
RWBY: Ice Queendom 'presents RWBY in beautiful 2D anime images. Imagine a world full of hideous monsters bent on death and destruction and humanity's only hope rests on powerful hunters and hunters. Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long are four hunters in training whose travels will take them far beyond the confines of their school, Beacon Academy. While each may be powerful on its own, these four girls must overcome the dark forces and work as a team if they truly hope to become the next generation of Remnant protectors.
Fuuto PI
Release date: August 1st (Crunchyroll)Fuuto PI is the adaptation of the manga of the same name by Studio Kai and sequel to Kamen Rider W: Fuuto Tantei.
Yousuke Kabashima (character design, chief animation director of Uma Musume Pretty Derby) will direct the anime at Studio KAI with Ayataka Tanemura as assistant. Tatsuto Higuchi (Revue Starlight, Midnight Occult Civil Servants) is responsible for the composition of the series along with the creation of the original manga Riku Sanjō. Hidekazu Ebina (AMAZING STRANGER) is designing the characters and also serves as head of animation alongside Sei Komatsubara. Yukiyoshi Shikiji, Kazuhito Tomonaga and Kenta Yokoya are the main animators.
The cast sees Makoto Furukawa in the role of Ryū Terui, Mikako Komatsu in the role of Akiko Narumi, Kouki Uchiyama in the role of Filippo , Yoshimasa Hosoya in the role of Shotaro Hidari, Akira Sekine in the role of Tokime and Daisuke Ono in the role of Yukiji Bandō.
In the ecological city of Fuuto, mysterious gadgets with the appearance of USB sticks called Gaia Memories they are used by criminals and other interested parties in shady deals to transform themselves into monsters called Dopants, impossible to stop even by the police. As if that weren't enough, the Gaia Memories release a toxin that drives the guest crazy, to the point of endangering their life. After the death of his boss, self-proclaimed detective Shoutaro Hidari and the mysterious Philip investigate the crimes committed by these Dopants, in turn using Gaia Memories which, combined with their belts, allow them to transform into Kamen Rider Double to fight the Dopants and keep Fuuto safe.
The Girl From the Other Side
(Crunchyroll)Adaptation of Nagabe's manga of the same name, the anime is a curated by Wit Studio.
Yutaro Kubo and Satomi Tani will be directors and are currently working on character design and script. Jun Fukuyama will play the role of Teacher and Rie Takahashi will play the role of Shiva.
Two kingdoms: the internal one, populated by normal people, and the external one, inhabited by "cursed" people. At the touch, the curse is also passed to those who are "healthy", quickly transforming them into a creature similar to a Wendigo: the inner kingdom has therefore built a wall around its territories to be able to protect itself from danger.
Just outside the boundaries delimited by the wall, at the edge of a forest, there is an abandoned village following the spread of the curse. Here lives Shiva, a healthy child, together with the "Master", a cursed man who takes care of her. While they can't even touch each other, the two seem to have created a relationship that goes beyond appearances and differences in favor of affection, trust and kindness. The mysteries behind this curse, however, seem to threaten this relationship - as do the prejudices of the likes of both.
Shoot! Goal to the Future
Release date: July 7 (Crunchyroll)Shoot! Goal to the Future is the first new anime in 28 years based on the football-themed manga by Tsukasa Ooshima Shoot!
Noriyuki Nakamura (film Dragon Slayer The Legend of Heroes, storyboard of the film Inazuma Eleven: Saikyo Gundan Oga Shurai) director, Junichi Kitamura (director of the episodes of I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying) will be his assistant, Yukiko Akiyama (Black Cat) will take care of the character design, Mitsutaka Hirota (The Prince of Tennis II) will take care of the composition of the series, Hiroshi Yamamoto (Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS) will direct the sound production and Satoshi Dezaki (Captain's director) will supervise the project. J-pop all at once will play the closing theme titled RIVALS.
The cast includes: Chiaki Kobayashi as Hideto Tsuji, Shunichi Toki as Subaru Kurokawa, Yuki Ono as Jō Kazama, Shimba Tsuchiya is Kōhei Kokubo, Yuichiro Umehara is Atsushi Kamiya and Kousuke Toriumi is Yoshiharu Kubo.
Atsushi Kamiya, a former captain of Kakegawa High School and the famous "brave captain" of a famous Italian football team and Hideto Tsuji, a student from Kakegawa High School, who seems uninterested in the now weakened soccer team… Their meeting is the beginning of a new legend…
The Maid I Hired Recently Is Mysterious
Release date: July 23 (Crunchyroll)This is the adaptation of the manga by SILVER LINK in collaboration with Blade. Mirai Minato is the lead director and screenwriter of the anime, while the director is Misuzu Hoshino. The assistant director is Yushi Ibe, accompanied by Machi Yoshino who took care of the character design of the work. The soundtrack was finally entrusted to Koji Fujimoto and Osamu Sasaki.
The young master walks quietly while his new maid says and does things that embarrass or uncomfortable him. But what is it that this seductive maid really wants? Whether it is ... love?