Anime Summer 2024 Guide: What We've Seen, Liked, and Loved

(*UPDATED 7/30/24*). Summer 2024 began Thursday, June 20, which also marked the launch of Anime Summer 2024, and a subsequent onslaught of shows.

In the U.S., where I reside, I have subscriptions to Crunchyroll, which simulcasts many shows that debut on Japanese television networks weekly (29 are due this summer), as well as Netflix, which produces a number of its own shows and tends to drop entire seasons at once. By no means am I an expert on anime, but I am an enthusiast.

What I bring here are short reviews of the first season of shows that I am sampling; I'll leave the second seasons alone for now. A few shows will be added to my watchlist, but after 20 years of sampling, and sometimes devotedly watching, anime series, I know what I like. My personal taste means I will readily watch seinen and shonen rather than shojo, josei or kodomomuke. (Visit Beebom for a very good explanation of anime genres.)

Feel free to bookmark this article, which will be updated as shows are sampled and reviews are published. As of Tuesday, July 30, I've sampled and/or reviewed 23 shows, with plans to sample the remaining shows over the next week.

Here's what I've seen and liked enough to review. Shows marked "not for me" are just that, reflecting my personal opinion.

All episodes released
RISING IMPACT - reviewed.

Monday
MAYONAKA PUNCH - reviewed.
THE OSSAN NEWBIE ADVENTURER - reviewed.

Tuesday
THE MAGICAL GIRL AND THE EVIL LIEUTENANT USED TO BE ARCHENEMIES - reviewed.
NO LONGER ALLOWED IN ANOTHER WORLD - reviewed.
TASUKETSU - FATE OF THE MAJORITY - reviewed.

Wednesday
THE STRONGEST MAGICIAN IN THE DEMON LORD'S ARMY WAS A HUMAN - reviewed.
ALYA SOMETIMES HIDES HER FEELINGS IN RUSSIAN - reviewed.
LOVE IS INDIVISIBLE BY TWINS - sample. Not for me.

Thursday
DAYS WITH MY STEPSISTER - reviewed
RED CAT RAMEN - reviewed.
FAILURE FRAME: I BECAME THE STRONGEST AND ANNIHILATED EVERYTHING WITH LOW-LEVEL SPELLS - reviewed.
TWILIGHT OUT OF FOCUS - sampled. Not for me.
PSEUDO HAREM - sampled. Not for me.
SENPAI IS AN OTOKONOKO - sampled. Not for me.

Friday
BYE BYE, EARTH - reviewed.
QUALITY ASSURANCE IN ANOTHER WORLD

Saturday
MY WIFE HAS NO EMOTION - reviewed.
DAHLIA IN BLOOM: CRAFTING A FRESH START WITH MAGICAL TOOLS - reviewed.
THE ELUSIVE SAMURAI - reviewed.
A NOBODY'S WAY UP TO AN EXPLORATION HERO - sampled.
SAKUNA: OF RICE AND RUIN - sampled.
SHOSHIMIN: HOW TO BECOME ORDINARY - sampled.