Anime Spotlight Summer 2014 - The List
by Anthony Foronda,Featured Series (Click for more)
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 Rail Wars!
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 Space Dandy (Season 2)
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 Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun (Gekkan Shojo Nozaki-kun)
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 SHONEN HOLLYWOOD –HOLLY STAGE FOR 49-
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 LOVE STAGE!!
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 Invaders of the Rokujyoma!?
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 Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya Zwei!
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 Bladedance of Elementalers
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 ARGEVOLLEN
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 GLASSLIP
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Title: Bakumatsu Rock Starts: July 2 at 11:30 p.m. JST on Tokyo MX Studio:Sudio DEEN Genre:Music Website: http://bakumatsu.marv.jp/anime/ |
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Summary: In the Bakumatsu era, at the end of the shoguns' rule over Japan in the middle of the 19th century: the Tokugawa shogunate uses the brainwashing Heaven's Songs by the top idols in Shinsengumi to subjugate the country and its people. In this Japan, writing or singing any songs besides the Heaven's Songs is a capital offence. Sakamoto Ryouma and the other rockers rise up and change the world with rock 'n' roll for freedom and justice. |
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Title:Tokyo Ghoul Starts:July 3 at 12:00am JST on Tokyo MX Studio: Pierrot Genre: horror, supernatural Website: http://marv.jp/special/tokyoghoul/ |
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Summary: Ken Kaneki is a bookworm college student who meets a girl names Rize at a cafe he frequents. They're the same age and have the same interests, so they quickly become close. Little does Kaneki know that Rize is a ghoul - a kind of monster that lives by hunting and devouring human flesh. When part of her special organ - "the red child" - is transplanted into Kaneki, he becomes a ghoul himself, trapped in a warped world where humans are not the top of the food chain. |
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Title:Sword Art Online II Starts:July 5 at 11:30pm JST on Tokyo MX Studio:A-1 Pictures Genre:action, drama, fantasy, romance, science fiction Website: http://www.swordart-online.net/#2/ |
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Summary: One year after the SAO incident was resolved, Kazuto Kirigaya is adjusting to a normal life once again as best he can. He thinks all that death is finally behind him, until he is approached with some startling information. In the wildly popular pro shooter MMO Gun Gale Online, an ominous player has shot players in the game, and the same players mysteriously turned up dead in real life. Kazuto feels himself being pulled in as if by the shadow of SAO and agrees to investigate. He must now tread back into the dark world of his past with the help of the troubled, ice-cold sniper Shinon as he searches for the player who only refers to himself as "Death Gun." |
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Title:Aldnoah.Zero Starts:July 5 at 12:00am JST on Tokyo MX Studio:A-1 Pictures/TROYCA Genre:action, science fiction Website: http://www.aldnoahzero.com/ |
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Summary: In 1972, the Apollo 17 mission discovered a hypergate to Mars on the surface of the moon. Soon a war breaks out between Earth and Mars, and Martian soldiers begin to descend from the sky, riding steel giants, intent on exterminating humanity. |
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Title:PriPara Starts:July 5 at 10:00am JST on TV Tokyo Studio: Tatsunoko Production Genre: comedy, magic Website: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/pripara/index2.html |
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Summary: Lala Manaka is a 5th-grader at Paprika Academy. Like most girls, she admires the world of PriPara, a sport that tests idol girls on song, dance, and fashion. Unfortunately for her, her school does not allow elementary school students to participate in PriPara. However, through miraculous circumstances, Lala passes the audition to become a PriPara idol. |
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Title:Persona 4 the Golden Animation Starts:July 10 at 12:00am JST on TBS Studio: A-1 Pictures Genre:supernatural, action Website: http://www.p4ga.jp/ |
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Summary: In the spring when the cherry blossom petals fall, Yū Narukami moves to Yaso Inaba to live with his uncle and cousin due to his family's circumstances. He transfers to Yasogami High School, where his event-filled school life begins. However, when serial murders begin occurring in the peaceful town, Yū is awakened to the power of his heart turned to physical form: A Persona. Within these new mysteries is Marie, a resident of the alternate world, the Velvet Room, who has no memories of her past. Together with his friends, Yū must solve all the riddles set in front of him and save Yaso Inaba from further violence. |
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Title:Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal Starts:July 5 at 7:00pm JST on Niconico Studio:Toei Genre:action, magic Website: http://sailormoon-official.com/animation/ |
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Summary: Usagi Tsukino was a normal second-year middle school girl whose own life changes one day when she encounters a black cat. The cat's name is Luna who can talk and bears a cresent moon on her forehead. Luna tells Usagi that she is the chosen guardian of justice with the power to transform into Sailor Moon. Usagi now has a new responsiblity which is a mission to find the Illusionary Silver Crystal as well as the other chosen guardians to protect the Moon Princess. During her mission, she must deal with various enemies sent by Queen Beryl who is also after the Illusionary Silver Crystal. |
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Title:Black Butler: Book of Circus Starts:July 10 at 2:00am JST on MBS Studio:A-1 Pictures Genre:action,supernatural Website: http://www.kuroshitsuji.tv/ |
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Summary: 19th century Great Britain. A certain butler is always by the side of the boy called "the evil aristocrat". The butler goes by Sebastian and he serves the noble Phantomhive family. Intelligence, refined, graceful, a wonderful cook, a master of martial arts... He is perfect in everything. Every day, this butler in a black tailcoat performs his duties brilliantly for his selfish 13-year-old master, Ciel. After all, Sebastian is a butler to the end... |
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Title:Akame ga KILL! Starts:July 6 at 12:00am JST on Tokyo MX Studio:WHITE FOX Genre:action, comedy, drama, fantasy, horror, psychological, romance Website: http://akame.tv/ |
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Summary: Tatsumi is a self-acknowledge country bumpkin who is nonetheless a well trained fighter. He and two companions leave their remote village to head to the Imperial City to find a way to relieve their friends and family from ruinous taxation imposed by the authorities. Yet the Imperial City is filled with unimaginable amounts of corruption and evil from supernatural sources. Tatsumi is immediately swindled after reaching the City and nearly loses everything soon after, but finds himself allied with an unlikely group of assassins. |
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Title:Ao Haru Ride Starts:July 7 at 12:00am JST on Tokyo MX Studio:WHITE FOX Genre:comedy, drama, romance Website: http://aoha-anime.com/ |
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Summary: Ao Haru Ride revolves around Futaba, a girl who was in love with a boy named Kō Tanaka in middle school. However, after a misunderstanding, their relationship as friends ends when he transfers schools over summer vacation. In high school, her world is turned around once again when she meets Kō again, this time under the name of Kō Mabuchi. |
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Title:Barakamon Starts:July 5 at 12:30am JST on Hulu Japan Studio:Kinema Citrus Genre:comedy, slice of life Website: http://www.barakamon.jp/ |
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Summary: After punching a famous curator in the face for criticizing his work as "textbook and lifeless," Handa Seishuu is sent to Gotō Island to calm his nerves and find new inspiration for his calligraphy. Growing up in the city all his life, though, Handa must adapt to country life while meeting an assortment of quirky people during his tenure. |
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Title:DRAMAtical Murder Starts:July 6 at 1:35pm JST on TV Tokyo Studio:NAZ Genre:psychological, tournament Website: http://dmmd-anime.com/ |
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Summary: Aoba lives on Hekishima, a small island to the southwest of the main islands of Japan. He lives with his grandmother Tae while working part time at a junk shop. The popular pastimes on the island are the ongoing turf war called "Libstease" and an online game set in the virtual world of "Rhyme." Aoba isn't involved in either, preferring to live peacefully, until one day he is forced into a Rhyme battle. |
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Title:Free! Eternal Summer Starts:July 2 at 12:00am JST on Tokyo MX Studio:Kyoto Animation Genre:tournament Website: http://iwatobi-sc.com/ |
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Summary: The boys of summer are back. Haru, Makoto, Nagisa, Rei, and Rin are reunited and the competition is about to get fierce. After the last swimming meet, the bonds of friendship have only gotten stronger, and with each passing day the boys continue to grow. This summer brings new rivals and new challenges. |
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