This season is hitting on all cylinders, with JoJo: Diamond is Unbreakable, Phoenix Wright anime, My Hero Academia, and a new Trigger series, Kiznaiver.
4/1
Ushio & Tora: Season 2
Studio - MAPPA, Studio VOLN
Mayoiga
Studio - Diomedea
30 young men and women come together on a shady bus tour. The tour’s destination: an illusive, possibly nonexistent village called Nanakimura. In Nanakimura, one can lead a utopian existence, free of the world’s obstacles, or so it was rumored, like an urban legend.
Space Patrol Luluco
Studio - Trigger
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS8foVyxkoM
Ogikubo is the name of the specially designated area in space in the Milky Way where Earthlings and aliens can live together. Luluco is a female middle school student who lives with her father, and no matter where she is, Luluco is a common, “super normal” girl. As she is living her normal life, one day the mysterious transfer student ΑΩ Nova abruptly appears before her. That meeting will change Luluco’s fate.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
Studio - David Production
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLZP_z2PxCw
It’s the year 1999, 11 years after Jotaro Kujo’s desperate fight against Dio in Egypt. Jotaro meets with Josuke Higashikata, the illegitimate son of his grandfather Joseph Joestar. He discovers that Josuke also has the same “Stand” power and that a new threat is surfacing in Morioh City.
Kagewani: Season 2
Studio - Tomovies
4/2
Endride
Studio - Brain’s Base
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd2sePr0s5k
Endra is an unknown world beneath the surface of Earth itself. It is another world, where the giant Adamas shines above and seven-colored bands drift across the skies. One day, Shun Asanaga — an ordinary yet positive and bright 15-year-old middle school boy who lived in the “Land Above” — discovered a mysterious crystal at his scientific businessman father’s company, and the moment he touched the crystal, he was transported to Endra. He meets the recently captured 16-year-old Prince Emilio, who strongly despises the current King Deruzain and was imprisoned after seeking vengeance against the current monarch.
The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water: Season 2
Studio - A-1 Pictures
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5tJg0Ktqn0
Less than a century ago a meteor collided with the planet’s surface and the resulting disaster caused the next generation of humanity to develop a wide variety of amazing abilities. In the center of the meteor’s crater lies Rikka, a system of six academies known as the Asterisk. Ayato Amagiri enters the Asterisk as a transfer student hoping to compete in a special battle event known as the Festa. However, he quickly finds himself on the bad side of one of the strongest fighters around—the beautiful but fiery Julis-Alexa von Riessfeld. To stand against her he’ll have to rely on his own sword-wielding ability, but when the tables turn, will they be able to team up to take down the competition?
Future Card Buddyfight DDD: Season 3
Studio - Bushiroad
4/3
Kuma Miko: Girl Meets Bear
Studio - EMT Squared, Kinema Citrus
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiqZUdyrwBk
Machi is a middle school student who serves as a shrine maiden (miko) at a Shinto shrine enshrining a bear (kuma) in the recesses of a certain mountain in Japan’s northern Tōhoku region. Machi’s guardian is a talking bear named Natsu, and one day Machi says to Natsu, “I want to go to a school in the city.” The worrywart Natsu then gives Machi — who is ignorant in the ways of the world — a set of trials that she must pass in order to be able to survive in the city.
My Hero Academia
Studio - BONES
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhqVltWDqFA
Mankind has developed superpowers known as “Quirks” with 80% of the population having some kind of superpower. These new abilities see the rise of both superheroes and villains. A prestigious school known as the The Hero Academy trains superpowered hopefuls into the heroes the world needs.
Middle school student Izuku Midoriya wants to be a hero more than anything, but he’s part the 20% without a Quirk. Unwilling to give up his dream, he plans to take the exam and be accepted into a high school for budding heroes. Through a series of serendipitous events, he catches the eye of the greatest hero, All Might, who agrees to train him.
Concrete Revolutio Chojin Genso The Last Song: Season 2
Studio - BONES
What if superhumans were real? Even better, what if every fabled superhuman existed at the same time, in the same place? Titans from outer space, life forms from a mystical world, phantoms and goblins from ancient times, cyborgs created by scientists, relics that rose out of the ruins of ancient civilizations. In another Japan, it’s not just a question of “what if”—it’s a reality. Some of the superhumans choose to keep their identities a secret, while others bask in their superhuman fame. Jiro Hitoyoshi, member of the Superhuman Bureau, keeps track of their doings.
Mobile Suit Gundam UC RE:0096
Studio - Sunrise, Bandai Visual, Kadokawa Shoten
The anime adapts Harutoshi Fukui’s original Mobile Suit Gundam UC novel series, which is mainly set in the year Universal Century 0096, 16 years after the events of the One Year War depicted in the first Mobile Suit Gundam anime, and three years after the Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack anime film. In a renewed conflict between the Earth Federation and Neo Zeon remnants, the Vist Foundation has a potentially devastating secret from the founding of the Federation a century before.
4/4
Bakuon!!
Studio - TMS Entertainment
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9o-gz6lpYU
Hane Sakura is a high school student who looks a little bit like an airhead. On the way to her all-female high school one day, she is worn-out climbing a hilly road with a bicycle, but she sees a girl named Onsa Amano who is riding a motorcycle. Sakura immediately becomes interested in motorcycles, and she and Onsa join the motorcycle club at the school. Then, Sakura sets out to get her license.
Sailor Moon Crystal: Season 3
Studio - Toei Animation
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z5EKYcjOVM
The third season will focus on the Death Busters arc. The new season will assemble all 10 Senshi — specifically, the popular outer Senshi such as Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune, and Sailor Saturn will join Sailor Moon, Sailor Chibi Moon, and the others. The new season will adapt the arc from the fifth and sixth volumes of the complete edition of Naoko Takeuchi’s original Sailor Moon manga.
Beyblade Burst
Studio - Oriental Light and Magic
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VipMWO76P40
Bart Aoi is a hot-blooded kid who loves to attack and wields a Beyblade named Valkyrie. His close friend Shu Kurenai is an elite Blader who is a genius but still puts in a lot of effort, and wields the Beyblade named Spriggan.
Mysterious Joker: Season 3
Studio - Shin-Ei Animation
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aSZABXQBA0
The video previews the show’s returning characters, and introduces a new rival character: Phoenix, a Southern Cross messenger who can manipulate flames. He is a mysterious boy who suddenly appears in front of Joker. Phoenix attacks Joker as Joker is trying to find the mysterious creature Hosshii, but his true intentions are unknown.
Seisen Cerberus: Ryukoku no Fatalite
Studio - Bridge
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06ZmndmoBf4
On a continent ruled by sword and magic called Kunaaan, there are three kingdoms with a fragile power balance that could spell disaster and war at any moment. Another power, the evil dragon Daganzord, also resides on the continent, and no one is powerful enough to stop him from spreading destruction and charred land in his wake. Bairo and Kismitete, and a party of wizards attempted to seal the dragon, but were foiled. This event was known thereafter as the Balbagoa Tragedy. Bairo and Kismitete’s son Hiiro is saved by Giiru, and Hiiro swears to avenge his parents’ deaths and trains himself with the sword. When Hiiro turns 16, he sets out on a journey to slay the dragon, and Giruu accompanies him, having no choice. Along the way, they meet many types of people, and gain companions on their journey.
Pan de Peace!
Studio - Asahi Production
Minami is an air-headed girl who is starting high school and who loves eating bread for breakfast. Baked goods bring happiness everyday to her and her classmates —the reliable Yu, the pastry-baking Fuyumi, and the independent Noa.
12-Sai: Chiccha na Mune no Tokimeki
Studio - Oriental Light and Magic
Hanabi is a sixth-grade girl who is neither an adult nor a child. She deals with issues such as accidentally witnessing her homeroom teacher kissing, and worrying about experiencing physiological changes before her friends.
Hundred
Studio - Production IMS
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I_qEn6yYoo
Hundred is the only weapon that can counter the mysterious Savage life form attacking Earth. To become a Slayer who wields this Hundred, Hayato Kisaragi successfully enrolls in the marine academy city ship Little Garden. However he feels a strange yet familiar sense of incongruity towards Emil Crossford, his roommate who somehow knows him from somewhere. On top of that, as soon as he enters the school, he is challenged to a duel by the “Queen” and the school’s most powerful Slayer, Claire Harvey.
4/5
Joker Game
Studio - Production I.G
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm9MVyCTyUU
In 1937, before World War II begins in earnest. Lieutenant Colonel Yuki of the Imperial Japanese Army forms the “D Agency,” an army intelligence outfit under his command and tutelage. Army General Staff attaches Lieutenant Sakuma to observe the unit’s performance. D Agency casts a wide net to find agents beyond Japanese military personnel, and Yuki establishes D Agency’s tenets, which go against IJA doctrine: “Don’t kill, don’t get killed, don’t get captured.” With this, Yuki trains a team of operatives who conduct missions against domestic and foreign powers.
PriPara: Season 2
Studio - Tatsunoko Production, Dongwoo Animation
Hakuoki: Otogisoshi
Studio - DLE Inc.
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6dMCxY2JnU
The story of the game franchise and its anime adaptations center around the historical Shinsengumi samurai group in Kyoto during the 19th century.
4/6
Super Lovers
Studio - Studio DEEN
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qyNNf03HaM
A high school boy named Haru and his mother are living overseas. His mother orders him to take care of and “civilize” his adoptive brother Ren, a wild young boy who dislikes talking with other people. While their relationship is adversarial at first, they grow closer as they begin to understand one another.
Bungo Stray Dogs
Studio - BONES
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGsohezPRXU
After young man Atsushi Nakajima saves a man from his wish of suicide, he and his friends join the “Arms Detective Company,” a league of literary figures that also harness special powers.
Battle Spirits Double Drive
Studio - Bandai Namco Pictures
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pARqM9sN8mc
Shunta Mogami loves the Battle Spirits game. One day he is transported by a light from a Battle Spirits card to Spirits World, the origin of all Battle Spirits. He meets a girl named Eto, who claims to have summoned him to Spirits World in order to prevent its destruction at the hands of the revived Evil God-King, who once plotted the destruction of Spirits World before being defeated and sealed away. Together with the confident, green-deck-wielding Yoku Albatrosa, who also came from another world, Shunta sets out to find the twelve God-Kings whose power originally sealed the Evil God-King.
Onigiri
Studio - Pierrot Plus
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UUyUR1SvZM
Onigiri thrusts its players into mystical Japan, a land filled with mythical creatures of Japanese legend. Starting as a lone Oni, players fight against the malevolent influence of the Kamikui as their miasma spreads over the land. 8 NPCS, each with their own distinct personality and skills, ally themselves with the player to help build a legend, and quell the evil that has arisen. As you grow stronger together, so do the bonds binding you to each other.
Twin Star Exorcists
Studio - Pierrot
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADksJ9cRWG0
Rokuro is from a family of exorcists who remove the evil Kegare, but his real dream is to be a singer, a soccer player, or anything other than an exorcist. When another exorcist name Benio arrives, Rokura is suddenly inflamed with competitive spirit and decides to put his natural knack to good use. Their rivalry gets more complicated when they both learn they are the destined “Twin Star Exorcists,” two ultimate fighters fated to marry and create the prophesied child who will eliminate all the Kegare in the world.
4/7
KuroMukuro
Studio - P.A. Works
During the construction of the Kurobe Dam, an ancient artifact was discovered, and so the United Nations Kurobe Research Institute was established. Intellectuals from all over the world gathered to study the object, and the children of those researchers attend Mt. Tate International Senior High School, including the institute head’s daughter, Yukina Shirahane. In the summer of 2016, a lone samurai once again awakens.
Shonen Maid
Studio - 8 Bit
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR5mnSbXNQM
Chihiro Komiya is an energetic elementary school student who was living with his mom. Chihiro is very good at doing housework and chores, and his mother’s motto is “No work, no food.” After his mother suddenly dies, a man named Madoka Taketori who claims to be his uncle shows up, and asks Chihiro to come live with him. Chihiro initially refuses, but when seeing the horribly dirty state of Madoka’s rich home, he decides to start cleaning it. Then Madoka makes another offer to Chihiro: that he comes to live with him, but in exchange Chihiro will do the housework. Chihiro accepts this deal, but suddenly finds himself in a maid uniform.
Netoge no Yome wa Onna no Ko ja nai to Omotta? (And you Thought there is Never a Girl Online?)
Studio - Project No.9
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iMzdyYRPrk
Hideki Nishimura confessed to a person he thought was a girl online, only for that person to turn out to be a boy. He keeps this “black history” secret and swears to never to trust a “girl” online again. However, one day a girl online confesses to him, and it turns out she’s actually a beautiful girl named Ako Tamaki. Ako cannot tell the difference between the online world and reality, and she is a loner who has trouble communicating. Hideki and his friends from his guild decide to work together to “correct” her.
Aikatsu Star!
Studio - Bandai Namco Pictures
Yume Nijino aims to become a top idol, and she enrolls in the Yotsusei Gakuen (Four Stars Academy). This academy has a special group called the S4, who are the top four active idols in the school. Yume and the other first-year students aim to become a part of the S4.
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
Studio - Wit Studio
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NljBw9RtOx4
On the island country Hinomoto, humans hide themselves in fortresses called “stations” against the threat of zombie-like beings with steel hearts known as “Kabane.” Only armored locomotives known as “Hayajiro” go between the stations.
4/8
Sakamoto desu ga?
Studio - Studio DEEN
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc2JV9n741U
Sakamoto, a gopher to his upperclassmen in middle school, is suddenly accepted as the coolest guy in high school, with everything he does thought of as art.
4/9
Flying Witch
Studio - J.C. Staff
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnlVcyUvUD8
15-year-old Makoto Kowata is a witch. Accompanied by her black cat Chito, the somewhat aimless girl moved from Yokohama to live with her second cousin in Aomori in verdant northern Japan.
Kiznaiver
Studio - Trigger
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfEaH2sxgJI
The fictional Japanese city named Sugomori City is built on reclaimed land. But as the years go by, the city’s population is decreasing. One day, Sonosaki tells her classmate Katsuhira: “You have been selected to be a Kiznaiver.” The Kizuna System, which allows Katsuhira to share his wounds, connects him to the classmates whose lives and personalities completely differ from his. The Kizuna System is an incomplete system for the implementation of world peace that connects people through wounds. All those who are connected to this system are called Kiznaivers. When one Kiznaiver is wounded, the system divides and transmits the wound among the other Kiznaivers.
Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge
Studio - SILVER LINK
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0U83wtmk28
The youth comedy manga follows the ever-listless Tanaka and his taciturn classmate Ohta, who can’t leave Tanaka alone.
Hai-Furi
Studio - Production IMS
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5tJg0Ktqn0
Childhood friends Akeno Misaki and Moeka China want to become Blue Mermaids, a new female force established to protect the remaining coastal towns after many countries have sank into the sea. Together with others who shared their dream, they enrolled in Yokosuka’s Marine High School.
RIN-NE 2: Season 2
Studio - NHK
Rinne and Sakura’s wacky shinigami adventures continue, with the young shinigami trying to scrape together any money possible to survive. Their daily lives get more complicated with the appearance of Renge, a shinigami-in-training turned damashigami who is in love with Kain.
4/10
Tonkatsu DJ Age-taro
Studio - Studio DEEN
Agetaro Katsumata is a stupid but honest guy whose family has run a tonkatsu (breaded pork cutlet) restaurant for three generations. He’s also a beginner club DJ.
Anne-Happy
Studio - SILVER LINK
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd5Pd5mawWs
Tennogofune Academy’s is a home for students with “negative karma,” otherwise known as misfortune. The school’s class 1-7 has collected students burdened with negative karma. Hibari finds her first day of school ends in bad luck. Hanako noticeably suffers from poor health. Together, the two unlucky high school students might find their school life will become a “blessing.”
Sansha Sanyo
Studio - Doga Kobo
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n05BcEGbxI0
Futaba Odagiri is incredibly energetic but is also a glutton. Teru Hayama looks like an angel but she is really a demonic class president. Yōko Nishikawa is the daughter of family that used to be a member of the upper class, but after her father’s company went bankrupt, they became poor. All three high school girls have the kanji for “leaf” in their name but could not be any different from one another.
4/11
Wagamama High Spec
Studio - AXsiZ
PV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKdUD004dQk
Koki Narumi is a high school student who also draws a manga serialized in a weekly magazine. Because the manga he draws is a risqué romantic comedy, he keeps this fact a secret from everyone around him, with his younger sister Toa and his best friend Mihiro being the only ones who know. But one day, as the student council president Kaoruko Rokuonji is searching for male members for the student council, she finds out that Koki is the manga’s author. Koki joins the student council in exchange for Kaoruko not revealing his secret. However, the vice president, Ashe R. Sakuragi, strongly opposes him joining, and in the midst of all this, various requests and troubles of students begin to pile up.
Usakame
Studio - Millepensee
4/15
Magi: Sinbad no Boken
Studio - Lay-duce
The manga is a spinoff of Ohtaka’s Magi manga. It takes place 30 years before the events of Magi and focuses on Sinbad’s journey to become king.
