Fall Anime 2025: 40 Sequels & Hidden Gems — Full Breakdown & Transcript

[00:00] Well, when no one was working, the anime industry lined up 40 sequels for this season. They're making 40 sequels. That's as many as 4 tens.

[00:13] And that's terrible. But that's exactly why I'm making this video. To help you keep up, make sure you don't miss any of your returning faves, and maybe, just maybe, help you find a new fave to binge along the way

[00:26] before I tell you which of the 33 new anime airing this season are also good in a couple weeks and eat up the rest of your schedule till Christmas. No one ever said watching anime for a living was easy, though.

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[02:21] models are still stunning and a damn good value. Speaking of the Apothecary Diaries, though, the third season of that is probably the single most hotly anticipated anime of the entire fall lineup,

[02:33] and it's definitely the one I'm most looking forward to. I love me a good mystery, and this palace drama has some of the best in all of anime, both in its individual episodic plots,

[02:45] which offers satisfying little head-scratchers, and the more complex, overarching tales of intrigue and conspiracy that tie them together across each season. It's also got one of the greatest protagonists of all time.

[03:03] And not for nothing, it's one of the rare anime you can easily enjoy with the whole family. If you're somehow not watching the Apothecary Diaries already, you absolutely need to change that.

[03:20] Like, if you gotta skip worker's school to get caught up before season 3 starts, just do it. Apothecary fits into quite a few different anime categories, excelling as it does in the realms of political intrigue, detective fiction,

[03:33] and slow burn romance, but the only other mystery anime with a sequel this fall is The Detective is Already Dead. More like The Audience is Already Bored, am I right? So we're going to talk about all the fall's romance anime instead now, which there are

[03:48] quite a lot of, and pretty much all of them bang, except The Detective is Already Dead, which actually is a romance too, so I could have just segued into it normally instead of singling it out like this, but I really f***ing hate it, so here we are.

[04:01] Now, I thought I was also going to really f***ing hate She Tossed A's in the Ramené Bottle when I watched its first episode this time last year, but then the protagonist, who I thought was a pretentious douchebag, turned out to be a really cool guy, and I learned a valuable lesson about how cool guys don't judge people before they really get to know them, which is also the core theme of the first story arc, and it was at that point I realized the writing of this show is high-key kind of genius.

[04:30] That first arc doesn't make it entirely clear, but Chitose is actually a harem comedy, built around the rather elegant premise of, what if we made a harem anime starring a guy that most women would actually want to f*** on sight?

[04:44] And it turns out the answer is, you can get right to the fun shit without spending weeks justifying why a bunch of hotties want to bang some loser. The first season was a real good time, and the second one should be more of the same. There is something to be said for a good slow burn romance, though,

[04:59] and one of the best ones from this spring, Ramparts of Ice, is already back for its second round, which means that we have officially gone an entire calendar year with a Kocha Asagawa anime airing every single season.

[05:14] And that by itself is honestly enough to make this one of the greatest years for romance of all time. In contrast to the breezy humor of his other manga adaptation, You and I Are Polar Opposites,

[05:26] Ramparts offers a more serious, dramatic sort of character study, but it is just as well written in its own right. His range as a writer is honestly incredible, and both are essential viewing if you love anime love stories.

[05:41] If that burns not quite slow enough for you, though, you really need some Rumiko Takahashi in your life. Her will-day-won't-day stay sizzling so long, scientists are currently studying them to solve the energy crisis.

[05:54] So, for the sake of the climate crisis, they probably shouldn't be using Ranma 1.5 as a model. It's more of a slow tire fire than anything, and I mean that as the highest possible compliment.

[06:06] Hey, you're my heart. What? What are you talking about? I'm talking about you. You're talking about me? What are you talking about? What are you talking about? I'm talking about you.

[06:18] I'm talking about you. Even today, almost 40 years after the fact, few anime rom-coms manage to be even half as messy as Takahashi's martial arts magnum opus,

[06:30] and MAPPA's gorgeous remake has only elevated it to new heights. Looking at the trailer, Season 3 seems to be reaching even higher than ever, with intense fights and fluidly animated gags I cannot wait to watch in their entirety.

[06:45] It makes me so happy to see one of the foundational classics of both harem and shounen martial arts manga getting the premium treatment it so richly deserves. I think it's kind of funny that all these years later,

[06:57] we're going to have a Ranma anime airing alongside Dragon Ball like it's 1989 again. Dragon Ball Super Beerus is a Kai-style filler-minimizing remastered recut of Super's first arc,

[07:10] which honestly seems like a waste of time to me, since the slice-of-life filler was kinda the only reason to watch the TV version over Battle of the Gods, but since it is technically still a sequel anime, even if it's, you know, re-airing,

[07:24] I do think I'm legally obligated to mention it here. Anyway, getting back to romance, we've got two more Shonen Jump sequels to talk about. Yozakura Family's back again for Season 2, Part 2 of an anime

[07:36] that still has yet to demonstrate a single reason to watch it instead of just reading the manga, at least out of any of the trailers that I've seen or the episodes I've watched. A crying shame that such a cute, funny, and occasionally kick-ass action rom-com

[07:51] is stuck with such a mid-adaptation, but sometimes that's the way it goes. Thankfully, Blue Box is still looking drop-dead gorgeous in its second season, which is set to finally animate the chapter that every fan of the manga has been waiting for.

[08:07] The moment that an already great love triangle driven tale transformed into one of the best romantic dramas that I've read. Not to mention a damn good sports drama. What's always set Blue Box apart is how it excels at doing both.

[08:22] weaving beautifully delicate threads of adolescent yearning around bold storylines about raw competitive drive and intense rivalries in ways that accent and heighten the emotions of each aspect,

[08:36] hammering home its hypest moments with intense artwork and animation, then turning around to give the tender aftermath the softest possible touch.

[08:52] It's been one of my favorite manga ever since it started running, and so far the adaptation's

[09:08] been everything I could have hoped for. If you want a romance that actually goes places or a sports anime with lots of art it is essential viewing As far as the sports half of that equation goes I heard the same about the Seiman soccer story Al

[09:24] Also, I think there's a little romance in there, but only a subplot. But unfortunately, I haven't kept up with it myself past the two episodes I checked out for once to watch four years ago. That said, I do remember the writing being quite good,

[09:38] and the vibes utterly immaculate. And as sports anime premises go, watching a big fish from a small town league try to prove himself and build a real career in Tokyo does sound mighty compelling.

[09:51] I firmly believe that sports anime are at their best when they're gritty and down-to-earth like that, at least in my head. But clearly, I didn't make time for it, nor have I made time to do all the homework I'd need to watch Ace of the Diamond Act 2 Season 2 Part 2 this fall,

[10:08] so maybe I don't really feel it in my heart. The fact that I have made time to read a couple hundred chapters of Prince of Tennis would certainly suggest that I don't, since that shit starts at, like, birdie-wing levels of crazy

[10:21] and gradually escalates to f***ing stand battles with balls and rackets.

[10:41] It's a good-ass time, and it's still going after a long-ass time, too, with the under-17 World Cup final member selection match bid of the Shin Prince of Tennis sequel manga getting animated this fall.

[10:54] Well, okay, animated is kind of a strong word for the trailers I've seen so far, but it's gonna be on TV with color and voice acting and stuff, so that's something. I will probably just keep reading the manga, though.

[11:07] If wacky shounen battle nonsense is what you're craving, and Togen Anki's back with its Nico Kagon Falls arc. For those who missed the first season, you honestly didn't miss much, especially not if you've seen literally any other Shonen Battle anime before,

[11:23] because Togen Anki copies characters and power sets from pretty much all of them. It's not exactly a good anime, but it's not exactly a bad time either. Just kind of turn your brain off edgelord flop with Blood and Titties everywhere,

[11:38] which, you know, when I put it like that, Maybe I should watch more of it. But anyone itching for a cool anime fighter 50 would definitely find their time better spent getting into the sprawling science fantasy universe of Rail Deck.

[11:50] A vast world of magic and psychic powers spanning multiple series of light novels, including the new prequel A Certain Item of Darkseid, which is getting a very pretty looking anime this fall.

[12:02] Despite being the first entry in the franchise chronologically, fans do tend to warn against starting with this one, unlike a certain scientific railgun and a certain magical index, which both make for solid jumping-on points.

[12:14] So, while I will still be evaluating its stand-alone-ness for myself as a potential one to watch, I figured it was safest to just include it here. Black Clover is also finally coming back to TV for its second season this fall,

[12:28] which might sound like kind of a low number of seasons for a thing with 170 episodes to have, but sometimes anime's just like that. if you're not familiar, Black Clover is basically Naruto with wizards who don't cosplay as ninjas.

[12:43] Also, the very loud orphan protagonist's dark-haired rival isn't a brooding dickhead, all of which sounds like it ought to be right up my alley as a fantasy-slop guzzler and softgang hater, but alas, the war's pretty shallow, ditto for the magic system, and the very loud orphan is,

[13:00] unfortunately, a little too loud. I did try reading the manga to mitigate that last problem, and found myself immensely charmed by Yuki Tabata's artwork, but not quite charmed enough to make it further than a hundred chapters.

[13:18] So, while I did give it a fair shot, it's safe to say it's just not for me. That said, it may well be for you. The art and animation are frequently gorgeous, the OP is consistently banged, it's got a lot of really nice fights, and there's nothing else in the shounen space with quite the same vibe.

[13:35] I just find that other anime are a lot better at scratching my particular fantasy itch. Anime like A Wild Last Boss appeared, the story of a top-tier gamer guy who finds himself summoned to the world of his favorite MMO

[13:49] a few hundred years after the events of the game into the body of his old avatar. An avatar who was a baddie in both the figurative sense and the conquered-the-known-world-to-become-the-game's-unofficial-last-boss sense.

[14:03] Unfortunately, the other players got so caught up in fighting her, they never actually bothered to fight the real Last Bop, so now, centuries later, he's about to conquer the known world, too, meaning it's now up to the newly reborn Lufus Mafal to get her gang of almighty minions back together and kick his ass

[14:21] through a fun little road trip in a magic camper van that is not to be confused with the forsaken Saintess's foodie road trip, insert Doofenshmirtz nickel joke here. The first season proved to be surprisingly thought-provoking and melancholic, with some very clever twists along the way.

[14:39] It was one of 2025's best hidden gems, so I am very excited to see exactly where that road trip takes Lufus and friends this fall. As a reincarnated aristocrat, I'll use my appraisal skill to rise in the world is another isekai hidden gem from 2024 this time, which is also back for its third season.

[15:00] The first two seasons really impressed me, both with their deft and deep political writing, and the uplifting story they tell about a hero whose greatest power is his capacity to see the best in others.

[15:12] If you're tired of Isekai about one really cool, strong guy solving all the world's problems by himself, it makes for an excellent alternative. And while the last two seasons certainly didn't look bad, this new one seems like it's going to be a real step up in production values to boot.

[15:28] Reincarnated as a sword is another excellent isekai about a hero who mostly serves in a supporting role to his allies, or rather, just the one ally, this adorable black cat girl named Fran,

[15:41] who wields the guy who died and had that thing in the title happen to him in order to free herself from slavery and fight to prove the whole world wrong about her maligned and supposedly cursed beastman tribe.

[15:53] With a charming art style, heartwarming story, kick-ass action scenes, and satisfyingly crunchy RPG elements, it is everything an isekai addict could want from their next fix, and plenty of us have been craving this new season.

[16:07] On the other hand, I kind of doubt any of us have been wanting more of the ice-blade sorcerer-shall-rule-the-world, but we're getting more of it anyway. I know for sure that I watched, like, at least four episodes of the first season,

[16:20] But reading the description absolutely nothing about his story of a retired magic child soldier trying to live a quiet life in a magic high school sounds remotely familiar to me.

[16:32] Possibly because there's like 20 other anime with the exact same setup. All I do recall is a vague impression of a bad fight scene in an open field somewhere, and messaging my buddy Tristan Glass Reflection about how the magic school stole his costume for their uniforms.

[16:48] I'm also pretty hazy on the details of A Returner's Magic Should Be Special, though the vague impressions in my head are at least a little better animated. A story about a hero who failed to save the world going back in time

[17:01] to fix the severe systemic class prejudice that f***ed up his first attempt does sound like the kind of thing I could get really into, but the characters and whatever powers they have just completely slid off my brain in the last three years,

[17:15] and I don't know why. The trailer for the second season does look pretty darn good, though, so I might give it a second go. Who am I kidding? No, I won't. We're not even halfway through this shit. I ain't got time for that.

[17:27] Now, one returning show that I know I haven't seen before is With Vengeance Sincerely, Your Broken Saintess, since I don't really cover short series on ones to watch, but by all accounts, it is a pretty good villain-esque type web manga that got turned into still a manga,

[17:42] but now it's on TV, and they motion-tween it sometimes. I will say that Protagonist's ability to heal people by absorbing their wounds and then re-inflict those wounds on others as an attack is a pretty clever power set that lends itself really well to this sort of revenge story, but I think I'd rather read it than watch it if I ever found the time, which, again, I almost certainly won't.

[18:05] And I know I won't, because I'd much rather be spending that time on season two of Sasaki and Pete, the tale of an almighty wizard who, due to various circumstances, gets reincarnated as the pet java sparrow of a sad old salaryman

[18:20] who then uses his amazing magical abilities to get stupid rich by going back and forth to the fantasy world he's from and selling a bunch of cheapo dollar store crap that centuries ahead of what even that world kings can buy Then he uses that money to start a successful high restaurant At the same time under peeps and tutelage Sasaki starts becoming a pretty darn OP wizard in his own right

[18:44] which comes in mighty handy when he uncovers the secret war between powerful psychics that's been raging right under his nose back in Japan.

[19:01] And also the unrelated group of seven magical girls who've been battling monsters with powers granted to them by fairies.

[19:13] in other words sasa p's world and story are batshit f***ing insane in the best most anime

[19:34] way possible and while it's not an amazing show there is nothing else quite like it and i am so glad we're getting more. Magical Girl Raising Projects was a brutally edgy battle royale series

[19:47] from way back in 2016, born from the notion that, hey, everyone lost their dang minds when that thing happened with Mami and Madoka Magica, so what if we did that every other episode? And the

[20:00] answer is, it was pretty f***ing mid as far as I remember, though to be fair, that was a long-ass time ago. So long, I'm genuinely shocked they decided to adapt the sequel manga, Magical Girl Raising Project, restart now. But I guess the original light novels are still chugging along,

[20:17] so from a marketing perspective, it makes sense. And apparently, the rest of the story takes things in a different direction from the OG death game, so it could end up being pretty good in the end. First light novel arcs do tend to be the worst ones after all, so it might be worth checking out.

[20:34] And you know what? Ten years isn't even that long for a Magical Girl franchise. Magical Sisters' Lulu Toh Lily kicked off just this April as the sixth entry in the Pierrot Magical Girl franchise,

[20:46] which started way back in 1983 with the very first magical idol anime, Creamy Mommy. And the previous fifth entry in the franchise, Fancy Lala, ended its run in 1998.

[21:02] Here's where I'd put a 28 years later joke if I'd seen those movies. To be clear, I also haven't seen any of Lulu To Lily, since it wasn't streaming anywhere that I could find it when I did the spring ones to watch,

[21:14] and I'm not particularly interested in catching up on it, being a 34-year-old man and all, but I will say the pastel-shaded art style is mighty charming, and the few folks I have seen talk about it really seem to dig it,

[21:27] so if you're into magical girls, it might be worth checking out now that season 2 is here, and season one is actually streamable some places. If that's not enough to make you feel like a kid again, we also got two different card game anime dropping this season.

[21:40] Zekai no Kuu, the latest ad for Bandai's long-running Battle Spirits game, puts an interesting historical spin on the formula, with a tale of card-dueling samurai set in the Bakumatsu period

[21:52] that looks so cool and dramatic, I almost didn't think to ask how the f*** they're printing those things with woodblock technology. Then there's Cardfight! Vanguard Divine's Paralactic Fate,

[22:05] the three-episode finale to the D-series of Bushiroad's sometimes surprisingly good anime about their always unsurprisingly bad flagship card game. The game itself was at least an important pioneer in the field of full-art cards, though,

[22:21] and as you'd expect from that, it does have some pretty slick character and monster design, so if you just want to appreciate those, you could also watch Ghost Meets Gal. the two-minute mini-idle anime spinoff set in the in-game nation of Lyrical Monotherio,

[22:35] which is also airing this fall. Does that even count as a card game anime, though? I kind of doubt they're going to play any card games in it. They certainly didn't in Bermuda Triangle Colorful Pastral, which, yes, somehow this is the second idle spinoff anime starring Cardfight Vanguard monsters,

[22:52] and the last one was, like, one of the worst anime I've ever seen, so it's kind of crazy that they tried it again. Anyway, that's not the only thing in this video that's kind of hard to categorize. Hotel and Humans immediately caught my attention last summer with this intriguing premise of a work-life drama set in the Hotel for Assassins from John Wick,

[23:12] but then it immediately lost my attention after I watched the first episode and had a hearty laugh at its extremely ham-fisted attempt at a sad twist ending. Then I ultimately decided it was a little too boring for Hot as Trash, and I haven't really thought about it since.

[23:29] But now it's got a second season somehow, so I guess I gotta think about it again for at least a few more seconds. And while I am, I can at least acknowledge that being an anthology and all, there is every possibility that at least some of the episodes I didn't watch turned out better than that first one.

[23:45] James Beckett from A&N's told me he does like the series quite a bit, so don't let my bad experience dissuade you if you are interested.

[24:07] The first season of Tokyo Revengers captured the imaginations of countless Fujoshi with its high-octane, toxic, yowie-implying tale of an ex-delinquent quantum leaping back to the early 2000s

[24:23] to prevent his ex-girlfriend from being murdered and fix his own terrible life by committing way more crimes this show around. With a big cast of very bold characters and suitably intense fight scenes,

[24:36] it makes for both a fantastic throwback to the classic era of 90s delinquent anime and a pretty darn solid time travel mystery. Not to mention fodder for over 20,000 sticks on AO3,

[24:48] and this one shrine in Nakano does pretty good business selling Revengers-branded religious crap. Unfortunately, hype for the anime fizzled through almost no fault of its own after the exclusive streaming rights for season two and onward were snapped up by Disney Plus and Hulu,

[25:03] who famously don't even f***ing tweet about any of the anime they have, let alone advertise it, And that problem was only compounded by reports from manga readers that the last arc was kind of disappointing. But this new season covers the arc before that, the War of the Titans, which most people seem to really like,

[25:20] so it still ought to be a great time for anyone who's still keeping up with the anime. Another widely beloved show that I really need to get caught up with, My Happy Marriage, is getting a three-episode TV special this fall,

[25:33] following Kiyoka and Neo in the calm, happy days before the big day that the title alludes to. Instead of fighting literal monsters with their magic powers or the figurative ones in Neo's family,

[25:45] this miniseries promises little more than a chill time in cooking class, just letting its fans bask in some harder and good vibes. Though maybe there'll be more to it, but the trailer hasn't let on. If you're a fan of the show, you can find out for yourself when the whole special drops on Netflix October 25th.

[26:03] That is everything that'll be airing on TV this fall, but of course, that does still leave a few ONAs, or Original Net Animations, that we've got to talk about before we can get to the film. Not to mention, an Honest to Haruhi OVA.

[26:18] And if you think it's a crazy throwback they're making straight to Blu-ray anime in the big 2026, wait till you hear what they're making it for. Magical Princess Minky Momo one of the most important and influential

[26:31] magical girl anime of all time backed for the first time in 32 years to delight a whole new generation of middle-aged men without even the slightest pretense they're making this for little girls anymore

[26:44] I mean, what little girl even owns a Blu-ray player? And with the legendary Ayumu Watanabe directing fresh off Witch Hat Atelier and Akane Banashi it's probably going to be a real banger.

[26:56] The anime industry is equal opportunity, though, and for every magical girl thing aimed at Japanese bronies, they've also got a so-called shaman dealie for lonely housewives. That's right, Disney Twisted Wonderland is back this fall

[27:10] for another round of surprisingly compelling hot anime boy trauma dumping with Episode of Savannah Claw, which, as the title suggests, shifts the series' focus from the magic school dorm full of hot anime boys who wish they were the queen of arts

[27:24] to the dorm full of hot anime boys who wish they were Scar from The Lion King. Look, I know my target demographic. It's a real sausage party in these YouTube analytics. And statistically, this probably holds zero interest for you.

[27:38] But I wasn't lying when I called it surprisingly compelling. And if you like your shounen on the broody and beautiful side, I do heartily recommend it. Though obviously not quite as heartily as I about to recommend Cyberpunk Edgerunners to anyone who somehow hasn watched the greatest video game adaptation of all time yet which you better do soon

[27:59] because Edgerunners 2 is due out October 20th, and I am almost certainly going to be making a video about it.

[28:13] Here we go! The top! Hold the record! Well, I guess technically you don't have to watch the original to enjoy the new one,

[28:26] since it is being billed as a standalone sequel, but, like, it's the greatest video game adaptation of all time. Why wouldn't you? It does remain to be seen if this sequel can hit the same heights as its predecessor.

[28:38] I would honestly be shocked if it did, but if it's even half as good as the original, it'll still be one of the best anime this year. Director Kai Ikarashi helmed one of the best episodes of last season, Girl on Fire,

[28:52] so even though this is his first full series, I do feel like it's in very good hands. And with the creators referencing Pulp Fiction and Leon the Professional as points of inspiration for this new story,

[29:04] which came to be sort of a 90s action movie throwback, I've got high hopes that it can carve out its own equally iconic identity within the cyberpunk franchise. I'm also hoping that Trigger will license another iconic English rock song for its OP,

[29:21] because sadly, Netflix's other big returning anime of the season, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Steel Ball Run, ended that franchise's decade-long tradition of using western pop songs that inspired Araki for its EDs in favor of this f***ing shit.

[29:36] yet even that cannot dull my hype that the best part of Jojo is finally for real this time gonna

[29:50] be a weekly anime which I can cover both here and on once to watch because while it is definitely a sequel it's also a slowly standalone reboot of the series how does that work heaven only knows

[30:04] Well, having Anne burning down the house. Last but least, four more episodes of Duel Masters Lost are also dropping this fall, offering a darker, more mature take on card game anime than you're probably used to,

[30:17] especially if you can't speak Japanese, since nobody's ever bothered to fansub any of the prior seasons. Apparently because they suck. I can't say for sure if they suck, but people who can actually watch them have said they suck,

[30:31] so I'm going to hedge on the side of it sucks. Still, for completion's sake, I do feel compelled to mention it. And while I'm at it, I guess I also ought to mention the two Chinese donglar dropping this fall, Spare Me Great Lord Season 3, and the Renegade Immortal movie, Slaying the Blood Progenitor.

[30:48] I don't really know jack shit about either one, honestly, but I figured Renegade Immortal would at least make a decent segue into the movies part of this video, so now we're doing that. And for the sake of symmetry, we'll be starting this section off with the Apothecary Diaries again.

[31:02] The first film in the franchise, Secret Treasure of the Deceased Consort, is a brand new original story written by the author of the light novels that will see Jin-Chi and Mao Mao traveling to a distant land down south to uncover the truth behind the mysterious death of an imperial consort.

[31:19] Down there, they'll deal with bandits and pirates and seek out a legendary lost treasure. treasure. I'm not sure I fully buy the marketing hype that it's going to be, quote, the greatest mystery in the series, since that is a very high bar to clear, but that doesn't make me any less

[31:35] excited to watch it. Speaking of mysteries, Maiden Abyss Awakening Mystery is absolutely not an original standalone adventure, but rather a direct continuation of the events of season two that is

[31:48] required viewing for anyone who wants to know how anime's darkest dungeon crawl will end. Well, I'm pretty sure we all have some idea of how it's going to end, but you know, the gruesome specifics, if you want to see those, you gotta keep watching the movies. It's the first in a planned trilogy of

[32:04] such films that will bring us, Reg, and Rico ever closer to the bottom of the titular hellhole. If you haven't seen it already, Made in Abyss is one of the best anime not just of the last decade, but all time, though I can't quite call it a must-watch when it's so damn hard to watch most

[32:22] of the time. While it presents itself as a fun little children's adventure story, the things that happen to those children on their adventures into the Eldritch Horror Pit are not fun at all,

[32:34] and certainly not for the faint of heart. On that note, there's also a compilation movie of Paco P's original Sin hitting theaters soon, which tells the tale of a sad little girl who meets this cute little alien guy, and he tries to cheer her up with lots of fun little sci-fi gadgets that absolutely

[32:51] do not get used for their intended purposes. Sunrise is also putting together a compilation film for their 2025 magical idol anime, Maibashi Witches, subtitled Emo Memories Blooming Witches,

[33:03] which is not an anime I particularly care for since I watched the original show and was kind of bored and irritated with the characters from the first episode. But it was very pretty to look at

[33:16] and I have heard that it picks up. So if you're into cute girls doing cute things, it might still be worth checking out for you. One anime I know I need to check out eventually is the widely beloved Cute Girls Doing Armored Combat Drill Things franchise

[33:30] Girls Eat Panzer, which returns to theaters October 9th with the fifth of six parts in its Dossi Nalle film series. Many of my friends, including Quest for the Best co-host

[33:42] and Magic School uniform designer Tristan, absolutely swear by the anime, which is set in a parallel world where piloting World War II era tanks is considered to be the absolute height of traditional feminine martial arts.

[33:56] A sentence that every time I say it out loud makes me wonder why I haven't already gotten into Girls and Panzer, but then I remember there's 40 f***ing sequels I have to talk about this season alone, so let's keep going I guess.

[34:09] Expelled from Paradise was a decently popular post-apocalyptic mecha action flick from 2014 penned by notorious waifu murderer Gen Urubuchi, and notable mainly for pushing CGI anime-ass technology to bold new heights.

[34:24] Even a decade on, the results still impress, mostly due to Japan at large's failure to embrace the profound philosophical teachings of prison school, but nevertheless, with far more powerful computers and advanced rendering pipelines at their disposal,

[34:39] the animators working on the sequel, Kokoro no Resonance, have a chance to give us booties the likes of which humanity has never dreamed before, and also probably some pretty cool mech fights. Will they be as cool as armored trooper Votom's De Glorie Hexes looking?

[34:55] Almost certainly not, but there's no shame in losing out to the 50th anniversary celebration of the studio that defined modern mecha anime, and the latest installment in the series that redefined real robot mechanical design.

[35:10] Especially not when Mamoru motherfucking Oshii is sitting in the director's cockpit with Kenji motherfucking Kawai providing musical backup. When it drops November 20th, this film is all but guaranteed to become your unc's top anime of the year.

[35:27] And if you have even remotely good taste, you'll probably like it plenty too. Good taste havers will also be thrilled to hear that Bang Dream Ade Mujica has its own new movie, Prima Aurora dropping this fall as a lead-in to the sequel series set to air this winter.

[35:44] A proper side story about the gothy girl band playing a kind of culty-looking masquerade ball that stands in contrast to the compilation treatment that was given to its parent anime, It's My Go.

[35:56] Not much is known at this stage about the film's plot or how exactly it's going to tie into the upcoming TV anime, but it's pretty safe to assume that it's going to be wonderfully melodramatic, beautifully animated, and full of absolutely banging music.

[36:10] It will have some stiff competition in the movies with dramatic concert scenes premiering on October 16th department, though, since that's also when the fourth film in the Bunny Girl Senpai franchise,

[36:22] Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend, finally hits theaters. At long last, bringing the heart-pounding supernatural coming-of-age saga to a close. Bunny Girl Senpai's been one of my and Yazzie's favorite anime series ever since it started,

[36:37] back in 2018, so I am a little sad to think it's going to be over after all this time, but more so, I'm just excited to see how it all ends. And if you were excited to see how this video is going to end, good news!

[36:50] It just did.

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