The Best of 2021 Anime2021 was a great year for anime fans! From the best new series to amazing characters that debuted, let's rank everything surrounding 2021 anime.
With the Spring 2021 anime wrapping up, it's time to start looking to the future. It's hard to imagine how anything could top the stellar spring season, but there's a lot to look forward to in Summer 2021.
Some of the hotly anticipated summer 2021 anime are sequels or spin-offs, like Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2, Part 2 and Higurashi: When They Cry – SOTSU. There are also plenty of brand new shows like Sonny Boy, The Case Study of Vanitas, and Kanojo mo Kanojo. There are also some great movies coming on, including the third My Hero Academia movie, and a Free! movie that follows the most recent season.
With multiple genres represented, there's something for everyone in the upcoming season. What are you looking forward to?
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51 VOTES
My Hero Academia the Movie 3: World Heroes' Mission
Photo: Studio Bones
Release Date: August 6th
Debuting as part of the Spring 2021 season, My Hero Academia's 5th season will be continuing until September. But if that's not enough for you, there's also a movie! My Hero Academia the Movie 3: World Heroes' Mission will focus on a terrorist group called Humanize, a group that believes that quirks are a disease that needs to be eradicated or humanity is doomed. While this does sound similar to Kai Chisaki's theories, hopefully, the film will be an expansion of those ideas instead of a rehash.
51 votes
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That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2, Part 2
Photo: 8bit
Release Date: July 6th
Season 2 of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime was a split-cour season, which means that now it's time for Part II. The last part ended with Rimuru evolving into a Demon Lord and summoning a Primordial Demon to do his bidding. If you've been reading the light novels, you have some idea of what comes next - if not, there are plenty of surprises to look forward to.
The Case Study of Vanitas is a steampunk vampire anime set in 19th century Paris and animated by Studio Bones. It's hard to imagine a universe in which a series like that could be anything other than awesome. The story revolves around Noé Archiviste and Vanitas, two people who team up to heal sick vampires using the ancient powers of the Book of Vanitas. But it seems that a nefarious force, more sinister than they imagined, is behind the vampire's ailments.
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Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S
Photo: Kyoto Animation
Release Date: July 8th
After delays attributed to the 2019 arson attack on Kyoto Animation, the studio is back with the long-awaited Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S. The sequel will continue the wacky adventures and daily lives of laid back programmer Kobyashi, her live-in Dragon Maid Tohru, and their adopted dragon "daughter" Kanna. The new season will also be introducing Ilulu, a member of the Chaos Dragons Faction.
39 votes
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The Ancient Magus' Bride OVA
Photo: Studio Kafka
Release Date: September 10th
Wit Studio's 2017 hitThe Ancient Magus' Bride is back with an OVA. This time around it will be handled by the newly formed Studio Kafka. The story focuses on Chise's preparations to become an auditor at a magical academy. But her preparations are interrupted by a strange ghostly message from Spriggan.
Meanwhile, a seemingly ordinary human boy named Gabriel has unwittingly entered the magical realm. What will happen when he and Chise cross paths?
24 votes
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My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Season 2
Photo: SILVER LINK.
Release Date: July 3rd
After clearing all of the "doom flags" in her life as an otome game villain, Catarina Claes is ready to begin the rest of her life with her friends by her side. While we can't say what the new season has in store, we're hoping that "Bakarina" will be just as charmingly stupid as she was in the first season.
