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tintor2
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Looking forward to August's release of Re:zero to see whatever is controlling Subaru and I'm curious about Ghost in the Shell being faithful to the manga in contrast to Stand Alone Complex.
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smurky turkey
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Besides those already mentioned I am looking forward to:
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity is the conclusion to Bleach and will be in large part new material, hopefully that will mean a satisfying ending. Grand Blue Dreaming Season 3 seems likely to deliver even more drinking, diving and depravity. Yani Neko will take the depravity from Grand Blue and up it ten times, I read a bit of the manga and it is an experience. I am bit surprised that You and I Are Polar Opposites Season 2 is not on the list since the first season was wonderful. Black Torch I have to see due to being an adaptation of a manga axed like 8 years ago, that is rare. |
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Lord Geo
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A great selection of picks, but I'm both sad & also unsurprised that my two personal picks weren't there... though that's also simply because neither Iron Wok Jan! nor Dodge Danko have been confirmed for English simulcast yet, despite both being less than a week away from debuting.
While Dodge Danko will probably just get written off by most as a silly kids' show about girls playing hot-blooded dodgeball games, I really do think Iron Wok Jan! has the potential to be a true dark horse pick, because the original manga is all sorts of wild cooking insanity. Truly, if you thought that Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma could get crazy then Iron Wok Jan! would likely blow your mind, in many ways, because Jan is seriously that wild of a series. |
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Key
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For sequels, my most anticipated are definitely Saga of Tanya the Evil (though I'm a little concerned because I've read several novels past the TV series and feel the best content was in the early novels) and Clevatess, though I'm also looking forward to the continuations of Magilumiere, Mushoku Tensei, and the very fun Skeleton Knight and am curious to see where the new Nanoha installment is going to go.
For new series, I'm probably most looking forward to Jaadugar among titles whose first episodes I haven't seen yet. (If I include those then Goodbye, Lara and Heroine? Saint? No, I'm An All-Works Maid and Proud Of It! would also be in that mix.) I'm also particularly curious about Red River based on what everyone has said about it and Though I'm an Inept Villainess based on the stated big twists on the standard concept. But as always, I'm expecting a few surprises; The Cat and the Dragon (which I'm a little surprised didn't get mentioned) has already bowled me over, for instance. Last edited by Key on Mon Jun 29, 2026 10:20 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Gilles Poitras
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I'm looking forward to several of these. Saga of Tanya the Evil is high on my list, Tanya is quite evil as in the second episode of the first season we find out she is a follower of the Chicago School of Economics.
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Gem-Bug
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Looking forward to Ghost In The Shell and Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia most! Going to be a nice Summer <3
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Jabootu
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Mushoku Tensei Season 3, 100% An easy win. And considering it runs not only the same season but on the very same day as both 100 Girlfriends and Polar Opposites, well. I'll be feasting well on Sundays for the next three months, that's for sure.
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Saeryen
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My most anticipated is definitely Goodbye, Lara. I love fairytales and I’m looking forward to seeing this take on an after story for the OG little mermaid.
I’m also looking forward to several shoujo things dropping this summer, including A Witch in Mongolia. |
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Lotus Viridis
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I was actually hoping for clarification on Naoko Yamada's role in A Witch in Mongolia.
She's listed as an "executive director" or "chief director" with Abel Gongora as "director." I'm not sure if that means Yamada will be less or more hands on with this project compared to her earlier works? It sounds like a higher position, but it also makes me think it could be more of a overseeing or tutelage position while Abel handles the true directing? |
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meiam
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I think that's ultimately a good sign of the potential pitfall for the GiTS show, neither of these are worse than GiTS (I'd even say applessed is superior), the reason GiTS has cultural cachet is the Oshii movie.... which mostly threw everything about the Shirow version out the window. Surprised smoking supermarket isn't on the list, isn't it super big? Mostly excited about polar opposite S2, rampart of ice left me cold with its very straightforward teendrama. |
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malvarez1
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The two I’m most looking forward to are Bleach (I really enjoyed the compilation movie this week) and Black Torch (curious how they’ll adapt the ending).
I like, don’t love the Kaiju Girl manga, but I’ll watch it to see how the adaptation pans out. That new Kyoto Animation Netflix anime has a lot of potential. |
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Kicksville
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The manga has been constantly republished since that time and had reach beyond just your typical manga audience of each era, so I don't know I'd say the original comic has 0 weight behind it. It was, and has been, reviewed positively on its own merits all the while, so I'm doubtful anything about it will outright tank its popularity to any meaningful extent. Of course, I don't mean to be too dismissive of what you're saying here, since it is after all hard to say how popular GiTS would be without the movie, and SAC for that matter. There are parts of the manga's lore which I figure fans of those may see as violations of the GiTS worldview, funny as that is to say. Still, I'd imagine that'll probably just be more fun discourse football than anything actually damaging, so long as SARU doesn't uncharacteristically drop the ball somehow. |
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JustMonika
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Most anticipated for everyone should be obvious. Saga of Tanya the Evil Movie finally being dubbed. I've been putting off watching it since 2020. Monica Rial will forever be Tanya for me so they better produce it in the next couple weeks.
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all-tsun-and-no-dere
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Some of my most anticipated that didn't make the list:
You and I are Polar Opposites 2 Victoria of Many Faces Though I am an Inept Villainess |
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TarsTarkas
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Are you saying it is going to be dubbed, or are you wishing it will be dubbed. If the latter I hope so too. |
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