Anime

4612 readers

179 users here now

This community is the place to discuss and ask questions about anime, anime news, and related topics.

Currently airing show discussion threads are created by our resident bot, rikka@ani.social. If it doesn't make a thread for an episode that you want to discuss, see the user guide on the wiki for instructions on how to ask rikka to make a thread for you to use.

Check out our wiki to find:

Rules

More complete rules on the wiki.

Posts must relate to anime or similar (donghua, etc.)
Discussion threads for currently airing media must be made by the bot. If there isn't a discussion thread made for a piece of media you want to discuss, then request it via pm.
Ensure that all series spoilers are tagged. See here for details.
Memes should be directed toward !animemes@ani.social (or similar) instead of this community
Do not post explicitly NSFW material. Please use your best judgement when marking lewd material as NSFW, unmarked material risks being removed.
Please redirect discussion of piracy towards a more appropriate community
Any clips from currently airing shows cannot include content from episodes released within the past 7 days.
All posts and comments must adhere to the ani.social Terms of Use
In general, keep things civil and avoid attacking other individuals.

Post Tags

Post tags are completely optional, but some recommended tags would include:

[DISC] or [Discussion] for general discussion/question posts
[Rec] Recommendation posts with a recommendation/review
[Clip] a video clip post
[News] for news and updates
[Spoiler] for discussions with spoilery content - indicate the series that is being spoiled

Related General Communities

!animemes@ani.social
!anime_irl@ani.social
!avid@ani.social - Videos
!animewallpapers@ani.social
!manga@ani.social
!lightnovels@ani.social
!anime@lemmy.eco.br (Brazil community)
!anime_es@ani.social (Spanish language community)
!aum@ani.social (Myanmar community)
!otomegames@ani.social
!visualnovels@ani.social
Megathread of other communities on the fediverse maintained by @MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz

Chat

https://discord.gg/VJ7yrfq2ex

Thanks to @NineSwords@ani.social for running the discord!

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

1Fuji2Taka3Nasubi@piefed.zip

Summer Anime Season Preview Discussion and Thread Requests [2026, Week 25] (ani.social)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) by wjs018@ani.social to c/anime@ani.social

12 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Previous Thread | Next Thread

Summer season is rapidly approaching! It's time to start looking ahead to the next season and thinking about what is worth watching vs. what isn't. This is also the official thread where I will watch for shows that you mention and will enable threads for those shows to be made by our resident bot, @rikka@ani.social.

Link to a list of Summer 2026 shows for reference

Please feel free to use this thread as a normal weekly discussion thread as well! Anything that would normally be in the weekly discussion thread any other week is welcome here.

As always, remember to be mindful of spoilers. If you want to know more about how to handle spoilers in this community, check the guide here (also linked in the sidebar).

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] wietach@ani.social 6 points 1 week ago

Summer Season

Definitely watching:

The Elusive Samurai Season 2 - The first season was the highlight of Summer 2024 for me, so I'm very much looking forward to the sequel.
The World Is Dancing - The first time I saw the announcement I went, "Tokiyuki-dono, is that you?" Lucky me getting both this and Nigewaka in the same season. Pretty sure it will be my AOTS contender.
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia - Science Saru, Naoko Yamada, interesting visuals. Historical setting dominates my top-3 most anticipated anime of this summer.
You and I Are Polar Opposites Season 2 - Azuma-Taira development?
The Ghost in the Shell - The first GITS adaptation I'll enjoy? Crossing my fingers.
Sparks of Tomorrow - Kyoani makes it a must-watch for me. That silver-hair antagonist annoys me already, though (in a bad way).
Goodbye, Lara - An original based on The Little Mermaid. I like its art style.
100 Girlfriends Season 3 - Let's go, the only harem anime.
Behind the Supermarket, Smoking with You - I liked what I saw in those pre-released short episodes.

Interested in:

Grow Up Show: Sunflower Circus - An original about girls chasing their dreams.
Red River - On the one hand, yay, old shoujo fantasy, and the one I haven't read at that. On the other hand, I know of the industry's disrespect for this particular demographic, so I'm kind of torn. I like shoujo but it's better experienced as manga mostly.
Yani Neko - PV was grossly hilarious, so I'm giving it a shot.
My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked - Expecting a wholesome comedy.
I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day - I prefer my yuri to focus on grown-up women but I'll still check this one out since it's always about teens with anime.

Will watch the premiere to decide if I want to stick with it: