Summer 2016 Anime Season

Yuki Kurihara has finally been granted her wish of dating her crush Shinya Momotsuki, a.k.a. Momo. At first glance, she just looks like a normal but very cute girl. However, she is in fact a maniac over Momo, taking notes of his activities and never missing the chance to see him in a cute moment. Momo, on the other hand, is inexperienced in love, and just wants to make Yuki happy.

Aoba Suzukaze graduates from high school and joins the Eaglejump game company. The person who made the game that Aoba loved as a grade-schooler just happens to be Aoba's senior at the company

Naho Takamiya is a timid 16-year-old girl. One day, she receives a letter from her future self detailing actions she must take to prevent Kakeru Naruse, the new transfer student, from sinking into depression and taking his own life.

Math teacher Kōhei Inuzuka is a widower with a young daughter named Tsumugi. Inuzuka isn't adept in the kitchen but with the help of his student Kotori Iida and his daughter, he embarks on a culinary adventure.

During the Prohibition era, in the Lawless district the law has no power, the mafia rule the streets, and the illegally made liquor flows freely. At one time Avilio lived in this district, but after a mafia dispute ended in the murder of his family, he went into hiding. Later, Avilio receives a letter from a mysterious person that ignites his passion for revenge and leads him to return to Lawless. There, he infiltrates the Vanetti family and gets close to Nero.

Hikari Kohinata is an overwhelmingly cheerful and outgoing 15-year-old girl who has spent all her life in a small and beautiful seaside town on the Izu peninsula. On the first day of high school, she meets Futaba Oki, a slightly introverted girl who has just moved from Tokyo. Before she knows it, Futaba gets dragged along into Hikari's passion for scuba diving. And from there, Futaba gradually starts to come out of her shell, and learns how to take challenges and dive into the ocean of life.

Yumemi Hoshino is a robot who was created to cheerfully serve as hostess at the rooftop planetarium of a department store, but she got left behind when the city was evacuated due to a biological weapon strike. Nearly 30 years later, she awakens from Sleep Mode to attend her first customer in a long time: a man known as a Junker who came to the planetarium in search of food, medicine, or weapons, while fleeing the anti-personnel tanks still protecting the empty city. Yumemi is completely unaware that the city has become a “sarcophagus city” and tries to take care of the Junker like business as usual.

An art club in a certain middle school has the following members: Subaru Uchimaki, who is a genius at drawing faces, but only wants to draw the perfect 2D wife; Colette, a rich troublemaker who never stops making mischief; and the club president, who sleeps through sessions and collects sleeping aids. Mizuki Usami is the only person in the club who wants to do art club-like activities, and constantly struggles to do so.

Set in an Eastern fantasy setting, Dān Fěi and her brother, guardians of a sword known as the Tian Xing Jiàn, are pursued by the evil Xuan Gui Zong clan, who seek to obtain the sword for their master, Miè Tian Hai. While her brother is defeated, Fei, who possesses the sword's guard, escapes and finds herself in the care of the wandering swordsman, Shāng Bù Huàn, and a mysterious man named Lǐn Xuě Yā, who become her protectors from the pusuing Xuan Gui Zong clan.

Kiskaloo wrote:Amanchu!

Hikari Kohinata is an overwhelmingly cheerful and outgoing 15-year-old girl who has spent all her life in a small and beautiful seaside town on the Izu peninsula. On the first day of high school, she meets Futaba Oki, a slightly introverted girl who has just moved from Tokyo. Before she knows it, Futaba gets dragged along into Hikari's passion for scuba diving. And from there, Futaba gradually starts to come out of her shell, and learns how to take challenges and dive into the ocean of life.

The latest project of Junichi Sato, you could consider it ARIA if it took place under the canals of Neo Venezia instead of on them. Seriously, while this is not an original work by Sato, his influence is very strong. It’s chibi to the point of ridiculousness, the female school uniforms are strongly influenced by the Gondolier’s outfits in ARIA and the school cat could easily pass for a Company President. 

I don’t know if it is the source material or if Sato is in a slump, but I found this first episode a bit of a slog to get through mainly due to the characters, which are normally a strong point with Sato’s works. Still, he is a master of iyashikei and I love iyashikei shows in general and Junichi Sato shows especially. So this one will be a must-watch for me by default.

Alfisti wrote:Well, there's good reason this bears a resemblance to ARIA: the manga is from exactly the same author. It was Kozue Amano's next project after she wrapped up ARIA.

crazyidiot78 wrote:Anyone know where I can get scanlations of Amanchu! as i saw it has scuba diving so I want to check it out.

crazyidiot78 wrote:It's currently licensed so its not on Manga fox, but I found the scanlating site so I can download it from there.  I'm excited to see how it portrays scuba diving.

Arata Kaizaki is an unemployed, single 27-year-old who has just been cut off from his parents' financial support. Unable to find a job due to him leaving his previous employer within three months, he is stuck. One night after drinking with a high school friend, Arata meets Ryō Yoake, a man who offers Arata pills to turn him back into a 17-year old so he can redo his life. After agreeing to the experiment, Arata joins a high school class, and meets Chizuru Hishiro, a socially-awkward silent beauty who yearns to have friends. Through connecting with her and other classmates, Arata must find what he lacks to live a happy life in the real world within a one-year time limit.

Kiskaloo wrote:I liked marathoning stuff last season so I am letting my queues grow a bit while I burn through 2007's Bokurano - which is quite good: think Evangelion if Gen Urobuchi had helmed it instead of Anno.