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The Most Anticipated Anime of Summer 2026




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tintor2



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 29, 2026 8:05 am Reply with quote
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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PostPosted: Mon Jun 29, 2026 8:31 am Reply with quote
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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PostPosted: Mon Jun 29, 2026 8:35 am Reply with quote
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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PostPosted: Mon Jun 29, 2026 9:02 am Reply with quote
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, [b]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.
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Gilles Poitras



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 29, 2026 9:50 am Reply with quote
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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PostPosted: Mon Jun 29, 2026 9:55 am Reply with quote
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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