Spring has officially sprung
Birdsong fills the balmy air as bright sunlight sparkles in the morning dew after months under monochrome skies
The world has come alive once more with vibrant colors in the fresh earthy scent of newborn vegetation
It's a perfect time to go for a stroll and feel the soft kiss of a cold breeze on your cheeks or so
I'm told personally
I've been enjoying the soft light of illuminated OLED
Sparkling in my Mountain Dew and the warm buttery scent of new popped corn the changing of the seasons
Means a new season of anime is upon us too and nice as outside
Supposedly is the colors in anime are always that little bit more vibrant, but that's me
I know that some of you weebs really like your occasional doses of fresh air and seeing your friends and family and not being
incorrectly declared a missing person for a week and those things don't always leave time to wade through the quarterly deluge of new japanimation to
Sort out the good from the bad
That's why I'm here to guide you away from the season's biggest
Disappointments and maybe help you find a few hidden gems off the beaten path as always
I won't be talking about continuing series or sequels on this list since I assume that most of the folk who are
Interested in those will already be watching them with that said these are the 10 new anime that you should be watching in spring
2019 and
What more fitting way is there to kick off a spring anime list than with a flowery shoujo romance like fruits basket?
Which is the latest unfinished anime?
adaptation to get the Brotherhood treatment and receive a remake that more closely follows the
Manga fruits basket if you're not familiar is a love story about a cheerful young girl named Tohru who finds herself
living with the family of the hottest boy in school
The soma clan a family of mostly handsome dudes who are cursed to transform into animals when hugged by the opposite sex
The original Fruits Basket manga is one of the most influential and acclaimed works in its genre and the 2001 anime
Adaptation holds a special place in a lot of weeb's hearts and is many people's gateway anime now to be fair
I'm not one of those weebs
I never watched the original series when I was younger and when I gave it a shot for the first time a year ago despite
The fact that I generally loved shoujo stuff. I just couldn't get into it for a variety of reasons
Not the least being it's harsh looking poorly aged early digital animation
But with better production values and a generally softer less cartoony a static and tone the new anime managed to tear down
every barrier to entry the old one put up in front of me and within a few minutes of starting the first
Episode I knew I was on board for the full season. I have instantly fallen in love with these characters
I'm intrigued by the overarching mystery of the series and I want to see more if you've got any inclination
Toward enjoying shoujo romance series
Well, you're probably watching fruits basket already, honestly
but if you're not even if you didn't like the original show and
especially if you hated how it ended I
Would say that this one is a must watch if Fruits Basket is a throwback than our next anime Robi Hutchy is a straight-up anachronism
It's a stetic Tsar right in line with modern digital anime, but its subject matter and story are
Decidedly not in a lot of ways
It feels like an ancient Lost Ark of Gintama written at a time when modern Shonen anime was but a glimmer in Akira
Toriyama's eye and the market was ruled by super robots and Star Wars inspired space operas ripe for parody that
Gintama comparison isn't a coincidence
Robby Hachi is an original anime directed by Shinji Takamatsu who previously directed Gintama School Rumble
Granblue dreaming XE on saga DT and a lot of other very funny anime and who got his start in the 80s
Working on the likes of Gundam and Dirty Pair. So needless to say Roby. Hachi is both very funny and very
Faithful to the shows that it's parodying the series follows a duo of losers from Neo Tokyo
Named Robbie and Hachi who travel the Stars in search of a legendary planet called ISA Condor
Which is said to grant
happiness to all who visit it but is almost certainly just a tourist trap along the way they're pursued by a trio of
Vicious loan sharks, but luckily they're able to defend themselves with a giant robot
That is definitely not Mazinger and that plays its own
Rockin theme song through its intercom system whenever they fight with it for a certain subset of old-school anime fans
This will likely be your favorite show of the but even for the rest of us who don't catch all the deep cuts
It's a fun ride packed with good laughs and great characters
Now if you feel nostalgic
not just for the feel but the look of 80's anime Robi Hachi might not quite scratch your itch but mix mace a story is
Here to pick up. The slack mix is a spiritual successor and distant sequel to cross game author Matsuda
Ah da cheese hit series from the 80s touch
set at the same middle school thirty years after the first series ended which hasn't had a successful baseball team since
Mix follows a pair of brothers a pitcher and catcher who between them have the potential to bring their once great team to new heights
blending baseball with light-hearted comedy and touching romances what Itachi is known for and pretty much all he does actually but he is really really
Good at it and even in its first episode mace a story is showing a great mix of interpersonal drama fun slice-of-life
Shenanigans and sports anime hype if you're a fan of shows like baby steps. Yes all two of you
I've got a feeling you're gonna love this series fair warning. This is looking like it will be a multi seasonal show
So if you do get into it, you will be in for the long haul with Pokemon studio OLM animating it
It should stay pretty consistently decent throughout that lengthy run but if long shows intimidate you and you want a quicker baseball fix this season
Cinderella 9 might be more your speed
It's got the feel of an idol Club mo a show with a focus on cute girls encouraging each other to do their best
But with the singing and dancing replaced with hitting bases and running homes
I know how sports work. Now if you're not into baseball or that's not enough cute girls doing cute things for you
Stay tuned because this season has plenty more to offer for example heat or Evo Chino
Maru Maru seek out sewers simply heat or D Bochy because I'm not
doing that to myself every time I talk about this anime is a cute little
Slice of life show about a young girl with severe social anxiety named hitori Bochy which literally means alone
whose best friend from elementary school has vowed to stop talking to her unless she can befriend every
Person in her new middle school class as you can probably guess from its premise
This is a lighthearted low stakes comedy about growing up and making friends for the most part
It's pretty dang funny driven by adorable interaction between eminently likable characters
But in dealing honestly with the fear of putting oneself out there it also hits some poignant
emotional beats and with a script penned by
Nichijou and your emo writer jukey Hinata, who is very good at that kind of thing. It hits them pretty hard
I'm a sucker for anime that can make me laugh and make me feel things and especially as someone who struggled to make friends in
high school
This show has done a great job of both if you're socially awkward and can do with some emotional catharsis
Or you'd like to laugh at yourself, but not in the cynical
I want to not exist right now want a multi kind of way. I cannot recommend. He Tory Bochy enough
There is probably a limit to how much I can recommend after lost but I'd like to recommend it
Nonetheless after lost is a sci-fi series about a tough-as-nails
underground scooter courier named Takuya who takes on an unusual delivery job
He has to make his way to a city that
disappeared into thin air three years ago called lost with the sole survivor of the event a
Mysterious teenage girl named Yuki in tow and to get there he's gonna have to erase his way past
Hordes of government agents psychic ghosts and ugly cgi helicopters. Yeah
This series is a bit of a mess, but it also has a lot going for it
She gave you key Mia who previously directed Oni. Hey beaucoup de la mina. Kawaii
So and blood lad has always infused his work with a certain
Cinematic flair and though after lost designs and animations are a little bit lacking
It is no exception to that rule strong
Cinematography and editing lend this anime the air of a Hollywood blockbuster and make it more exciting and visually engaging than a mobile game
Adaptation has any business being I am more than a bit hesitant
About recommending after loss though because while there is a lot to like about it. There's also a lot to hate personally
I really like how the first episode just jumps right into the action with a little exposition
But it's undeniably more than a bit rushed and confusing as game adaptation
So often are and some people already do hate it quite a lot
You might also hate it if you watch it, and I apologize if that's the case
But personally I really dig it and I would like to put it on the radar of other people who might dig it as well
Still I don't want to leave anyone who doesn't dig it with homely 9 anime to watch this season
So if it's not to your taste
I suggest supplementing it with 2 short anime under 12 minutes long
My personal favourites of this season are ouch on can't study which is a cute if slightly generic little rom-com and a Sakai quartet
Which is basically kono Suba
2.5 with the characters from overlord re0 and tanya the evil mix in actually that second one is so good that I'd recommend
making time for it no matter what which means this is technically a top ten point five list or
Eleven point five if you count Cinderella nine, please don't tell the Youtube police on the subject of Issa kyon cops, though
I'm pretty sure that it's illegal to launch a new anime season without at least one
Series about a sad nerd who's hit by a truck and ends up in a world full of magic and monsters and this season's new
That is actually really good
The wise man's grandchild is just about as cliched as ISA KY anime get really a guy dies
He's reincarnated as a baby in a fantasy land and he ends up being raised by a wise old wizard named Merlin
Because of course he is who trains him in the art of magic?
Naturally, he's the best at that and also fighting and all the other RPG stuff, but the twist is the wise old wizard grandpa
Never taught him common sense, which is a bit of a problem when someone can make literal nukes out of thin air
So he's got to learn how to adult at a magic Academy now
I'm almost falling asleep reading that premise out loud, but the wise man's grandchild executes Sanh it beautifully
it's animated in a very appealing slightly exaggerated style that makes action scenes look fun and
Dynamic and character interactions feel suitably charming and the characters doing the interacting are just great our protagonist
Shin Wolford is a bright optimistic and precocious young lad and
Merlin is just the sweetest granddad I've ever seen and I want to give him the biggest hug the show's greatest strength
Is that much like that time? I got reincarnated as a slime it takes itself seriously, but not too seriously
It's aware that it's working with very well worn tools and pokes fun at its own cliches from time to time
But it also knows how fun a well spun
Fantasy yarn can be and it doesn't get so cynical as to undermine that this is hearty nourishing anime comfort food
Basically, and once you get a taste of it, I've got a good feeling that you'll be craving more
But if it's not quite comforting enough for you, you might be in need of the helpful fox cenk
Osan an adorable show about an adorable fox girl demigod who descends to earth for the sole purpose of pampering a miserable
overworked
salaryman so that he doesn't want to die so much and the san'ko's on anime is intended to serve much the same purpose in your
Life its comedic elements are light and inoffensive chuckle worthy at best and its plot is virtually non-existent. Really
But it's very cute and very wholesome and a great show to watch if you need to just sit down and relax
It's an Yoshi K or healing anime that makes zero pretense about having any other purpose
There's even a POV
segment after the credits of each episode where san'ko's on just talks to you directly and helps you chill out in being so blatant about
Its desire to distract you from life's anko song
ironically serves as a poignant reminder
That you live in a world where in all likelihood the best years of your life will be spent serving a giant unfeeling corporate entity
That will gobble up all the value you generate and pay back only the bare minimum
You need to survive if it even pays back that but look at how fluffy her tail is though, and in an odd way
That's kind of what makes cenk. Osan work unlike many other shows in its genre
It doesn't create a world where that shittiness doesn't exist
It acknowledges that naka knows life and by proxy that of its target audience
Kind of blows and it says hey I know but maybe you'll be a bit happier if you don't worry about that when you don't
Have to and putting the existential horror aside. That is nice. This show is really nice
And sometimes that's all you need from an anime
But if you're looking to watch a show that will make you feel the opposite of relaxed then Demon Slayer. Komatsuna
Yaiba may be up your alley
because this is one of those series we're seeing people be happy and
Relaxed and nice to each other only makes you fear deeply for their safety case in point this series kicks off with our hero ton
0 comma dough saying a cheerful goodbye to his loving family as he heads off down the mountain to sell charcoal
Only to find them all brutally slaughtered by man-eating demons when he returns the next morning. Well ball, but his sister Nez ook
Oh, but she's uh kind of turning into a man-eating demon herself
So in order to help cure her and take revenge on the demon who killed his family Tanger
Oh must take up the blade and learn to Demon's himself
this is the latest example of my favorite ongoing trend in anime a much hyped Shonen Jump manga adapted by a
Capable studio into a well produced single season instead of being pumped out in mediocre weekly
Installments by the likes of Studio Pierrot with you photo Milan the job entails of zestiria
director Haru osoto Zaki at the helm key Matsuno
Yaiba is an unsurprisingly gorgeous anime featuring thrilling dynamic camerawork stark beautiful cgi backgrounds
Intense tightly choreographed action scenes by all accounts the manga this is based on is pretty darn great, too
So as guaranteed reliable sources of hype go this season, you're not likely to find one better
However, if you're willing to take a bit of a gamble and looking for some more hype I'd also suggest giving ferry GaN a shot
As this is a PA works original anime. There's no source material
We can look at to see how it will shake out but its premise at least holds
Promise set in a world where ferry is imbued with the traits of animals are used as stand like weapons by so-called ferry
soldiers the series follows agents of the government
Organization dorothea as they fight to prevent those ferries from being used for evil by terrorists the mafia
There's a ferry mafia and ferry terrorists
Okay, I tried to play it straight but this show is just impossible to take seriously on a conceptual level its core premise is way
Too silly and yet it takes itself
110 percent seriously with an unrelenting grim dark atmosphere and po-faced war is hell storyline that
only make it funnier grimgar of fantasy and ash scribe al
Jumanji is one of the only writers I can think of who could penned such a patently ridiculous plot without a hint of irony and
kenichi suzumura
And co-directed the first three seasons of jojo is the perfect man to bring it to life
under his direction fairy guns action scenes have proven to be
unambiguously, kick-ass and hype with solid animation and some delightfully gratuitous deaths and it's character interactions are just
Over-the-top and melodramatic enough to be funny without being unenjoyable for those
Cynical folks who do want to take it at face value and get invested in the story
It's kind of a perfect ironic watch anime because as silly as it is it's also
Undeniably, very well-made the worst case outcome for this show is that it ends up being boring
But right now that doesn't seem very likely and whether it has a legitimately good ending or a laughably goofy one
I'm pretty sure I'm gonna enjoy the heck out of it now on the subject of goofy anime
I've saved one of the best shows this season for last
Sonnez on my is the latest original anime from Sailor Moon director and revolutionary girl lieutenant kou
nee hiko a GU Hara who if you're not familiar with his work has made a career out of crafting weird and wonderful stories that
Defy convention in every sense of the word. He's known for surreal animation an audacious sense of humor and for the progressive and
Transgressive ideas that he infuses into all of his work
If you've seen his other shows mawaru penguindrum and Yuri kuma Arashi the man really needs no introduction
And you've probably already watched the first episode of Sorrows on my at least twice already
If you haven't though
You really should but this is his most technically accomplished series to date and a fantastic way of acquainting yourself with his
Distinctive style and sensibilities the show's story is about three boys who are turned into Kappas after angering
kepi the heir to the Kappa Kingdom throne and forced to fight evil Kappa zombies in order to regain their human forms and
I don't want to spoil the experience of discovering this show's oddities for yourself
So that's all I have to say about it for now
Well, okay a bit of warning Sora's on my is more than a little risque though. Not like most anime
You've seen it has almost zero fanservice
But you might have to answer some questions if anyone walks in on you watching it whenever you can stop laughing
That is eco
Hara is not the only legendary anime director with a new show this season
but unfortunately Carolyn Tuesday the new Shinichiro Watanabe a series that's being made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of bones is
Stuck in Netflix Jail for the foreseeable future. So while it was literally my most anticipated series this year
I'm gonna have to wait until it's out before I can actually recommend it
You better believe I'll be talking about it a lot when it finally drops though with all that said there
You have it these slightly more than 10 anime that you should be watching this season
Let me know in the comments below which ones are your favorites and what other anime new or old you're watching right now
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