Summary
As the summer 2024 season winds down, anime fans are turning their attention to the fall. Thisyear’s fall lineup looks to have a little bit of something for everyone, with plenty of sequels to go alongside highly anticipated series likeDragon Ball Daima,Uzumaki,and theRanma ½remake.
The Animate Times – a subsidiary of Animate, Japan’s largest anime, game, and manga retailer – recently surveyed fans,asking what their most anticipated fall anime are. The current top 10 is made up of a variety of shows, with sequel anime looking like the clear winner.
The Fall 2024 Season is Full of Sequels (and Fans Love It)
The fall season is full of sequel anime, with popular series likeRe:Zero,Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, andBlue Lockmaking their highly anticipated returns. While sequels do seem to be set to be this fall season’s most popular titles, there are a handful of non-sequels that have fans buzzing as well.
10th Place
Air Date
October 5
Having first aired back in 2015,Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?isone of the most popular fantasy anime around. So it’s no surprise to see that fans are eagerly awaiting the anime’s fifth installment following the success of season IV. The fifth season will kick off with a festival and a mysterious letter, with Bell facing his greatest challenge yet.
HIDIVE describes the upcoming season as:
Goddess Festival—A fruit festival that brings the labyrinth city of Orario to life. Goddesses symbolizing fertility are enshrined on the altar, and among them is the Goddess of Beauty. Bell Cranel, who has survived and returned to his daily life from the dead depths of the dungeon, is here and ready to enjoy the bustle of the Goddess Festival until he receives a letter from a girl at a small bar in a corner of Orario—“To Mr. Bell, please go on a date with just the two of us at the upcoming Goddess Festival. From Syr.” Syr’s single-minded determination will drive both Bell and the labyrinth city crazy. Meanwhile, the Einherjar, the warriors who claim to be the “strongest,” are now suddenly on the move…
9th Place
October 2024
TheRurouni Kenshinreboot series is going strong, with season 1 wrapping up back in December. After almost a year off, season 2 (titled the “Kyodo Disturbance Arc”) has fans excited for more. The second season was announced in March as part of the Fuji TV Anime Lineup Press Conference 2024 event, where it was also revealed that the Kyodo Disturbance Arc would be part of the Noitamina programming block and receive a two cours run, similar to season 1.
8th Place
October 4
Standing as the only non-sequel, non-remake to crack the top 10,the hype surroundingDan Da Danis very real.The latest project from Science Saru following the massive success ofScott Pilgrim Takes Off, Dan Da Dan is an adaptation of Yukinobu Tatsu’s supernatural thriller of the same name. The series will stream on Crunchyhroll and Netflix, with Crunchyroll describing the series as:
This is a story about Momo, a high school girl who comes from a family of spirit mediums, and her classmate Okarun, an occult fanatic. After Momo rescues Okarun from being bullied, they begin talking. However, an argument ensues between them since Momo believes in ghosts but denies aliens exist, and Okarun believes in aliens but denies ghosts exist.
To prove to each other what they believe in is real, Momo goes to an abandoned hospital where a UFO has been spotted and Okarun goes to a tunnel rumored to be haunted. To their surprise, they each encounter overwhelming paranormal activities that transcend comprehension. Amid these predicaments, Momo awakens her hidden power and Okarun gains the power of a curse to overcome these new dangers! Their fateful love begins as well!?
The story of the occult battle and adolescence starts!
7th Place
One of themost popular Isekai anime of the year,As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I’ll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the Worldis back with a second season only a few months after the conclusion of season 1. Based on the novel series of the same name written by Miraijin A,As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I’ll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the Worldfollows a salaryman who dies and is reincarnated as a young noble with the ability to appraise the abilities of those around him.
Crunchyroll describes the story as:
Our protagonist, Ars Louvent, was reincarnated in another world as the young son of a minor noble who owns a small domain.
Ars was not particularly strong or intelligent, but he was born with the Appraisal Skill that’s able to see others' abilities and statuses.
He uses his skill to find the best hidden talents in the world to make their small, weak domain into the best.
An isekai tale about unification is about to start, featuring the kind-hearted Ars and the unique talents he manages to find!
6th Place
October 13
Based on the novel series by Katerina,Shangri-La Frontierwas one of the standout fantasy series during the Fall 2023 and Winter 2024 seasons. A year later, and anime fans seem excited to see more of this unique twist on the VR game adventureformula made popular by series likeLog HorizonandSword Art Online.Season 2 ofShangri-la Frontierwill feature two new characters; Akitsuakane voiced by Yuka Terasaki, and Ceecrue voiced by Natsuki Hanae.
5th Place
Speaking ofSAO,theGun Gale Onlinespin-off series finally returns with a second season. Based on the light novel written by Keiichi Sigsawa and illustrated by Kouhaku Kuroboshi, theGun Gale Onlineanime first aired during the Spring 2018 season. Arriving six years after the release of season 1, production ofGun Gale Online IIwill be handed off to A-1 Pictures after 3Hz handled the initial series, with all four main cast members set to return.
4th Place
October 6
Followingin the steps ofUrusei Yatsura,Ranma 1/2is the latest Rumiko Takahashiseries getting a remake. The series will be produced by MAPPA (Jujutsu Kaisen,Attack on Titan), with Konosuke Uda (One Piece) directing and Kimiko Ueno (Carole & Tuesday) handling the script. The originalRanma 1/2anime ran from 1989-1992, with 3 movies and several OVAs following it.
3rd Place
The only Sports anime of the season to make the list so far,Blue Lockisstill riding the wave of its incredible first season. Based on the manga written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura,Blue Lock vs, U-20 Japanwill pick up where Season 1 left off. Crunchyroll describes the series as:
After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan’s team struggles to regroup. But what’s missing? An absolute Ace Striker, who can guide them to the win. The Japan Football Union is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for goals and thirsts for victory, and who can be the decisive instrument in turning around a losing match…and to do so, they’ve gathered 300 of Japan’s best and brightest youth players. Who will emerge to lead the team…and will they be able to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in their way?
2nd Place
October 2
After more than three years,Re:Zeroisfinally back with its highly anticipated third season. Based on the best-selling novel written by Tappei Nagatsuki,Re:Zeroremains one of the most popular isekai series around - and anime fans can’t wait to seewhat’s next for Subaru, Emilia, Rem, Ram, and everyone else. Season 3 will consist of two cours totaling 16 episodes, with each cours comprising of 8 episodes.
1st Place
October 8
The longest-running series in this group,Natsume’s Book of Friendsreturns for a seventh season. The anime adaptation of Yuki Midorikawa’s manga of the same name first aired during the 2008 Summer season and has been going strong ever since. Crunchyroll describes the series as:
Natsume Takashi has the ability to see spirits, which he has long kept secret. However, once he inherits a strange book that belonged to his deceased grandmother, Reiko, he discovers the reason why spirits surround him.
It’sworth noting that big-name titleslikeBleach: Thousand-Year Blood War,Dragon Ball Daima,Arifureta, andBlue Exorcistare missing from the top 10 so far. While the highly anticipated adaptation of Junji Ito’s legendary Uzumaki, Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror, isn’t listed on the survey at all.
The survey is still ongoing, so fans still have time to vote their most anticipated fall 2024 anime into the top 10. With the interim results shown above, there’s still time for some changes to be made before the survey closes for good. The survey is set to stay up until Sunday, September 29 at Midnight JST.
