Summer Anime 2014-My Anticipated List!

As you can tell from the title, I'm going to be talking about the animes that I am most looking forward to seeing this summer. Although, it doesn't mean that I will immediately like them when I see the first episode (who knows, we'll see...)

Note: All summer anime tends to release around the beginning of July (so like July 6-8, somewhere around there)

First off, if I don't include an anime that you are looking forward to, you can comment and tell me what it is and I'll check it out. ^^ I also apologize if I don't.

Secondly, I won't be including Kuroshitsuji 3: Book of Circus just because I feel like I don't know enough about it to talk about it (I haven't even finished the first season, I know >.<;;) so after I complete the first 2 seasons, I will probably talk about it (?)
I also won't be including Re: Hamatora or the second season of Hamatora because, again, I haven't finished the first season. I really need to catch up on anime!

Ao Haru Ride

 Link to one of the PVs: Click!

 Aren't the designs just beautiful? The art style stays pretty true to the manga as far as I can tell from these images. I love that more shoujo mangas are being animated! We need more shoujo anime! :)

Ao Haru Ride is originally a manga created by Sakisaka Io and this is the summary from baka-updates manga:
"Yoshioka Futaba has a few reasons why she wants to "reset" her image and life as a new high-school student. Because she's cute and had a demure personality she was ostracized by her female friends in junior high, and because of a series of misunderstandings and mishaps, she couldn't get her feeling across to the one boy she has always liked, Tanaka Kou.

Now in high school, she is determined to be as unladylike as possible so that her friends won't be jealous of her. While living her life this way contentedly, she meets Tanaka-kun again, but he now goes under the name of Mabuchi Kou. He tells her that he felt the same way as she did when they were younger, but that they cannot go back. Will Futaba be able to continue her love that never even started from three years ago?"
The production company confirmed to be animating this anime is Production I.G., who has also created (or co-created) Attack on Titan, Ghost in the Shell, Usagi Drop, etc. and one of the animes they are working on right now that I absolutely ADORE is Haikyuu!! so you can definitely tell they are a pretty superb group.
I have so much hype for this anime! It's going to be adorable!

Sailor Moon: Crystal

Link to freaking awesome PV:  Clickity!
I feel obligated to put this here even though I probably won't stick around to watch all of the episodes of this sailor moon remake. I really like the new art style, although some people differ, because as time goes on, art changes and the quality gets even better. What did old Sailor moon fans think was going to happen; they would keep the old art style. Ew, no. The girls look so beautiful and stunning here, but I'm not really a fan of the spider legs look. I will, however, definitely check this anime out and see what other changes they have decided to make to this series. Also want to see fandom hate lol. Just kidding, but still, this is probably the biggest news in the anime world besides SAO II...and Free! Eternal Summer. The production company in charge of this anime is Toei Animation, who has done another magical girl series Pretty Cure (and the five billion spin-offs of it), Dragon Ball Z most famously, Toriko, etc.

Summary from anichart.net:
"Tsukino Usagi is a clumsy crybaby, but otherwise very cheerful 8th grade student. One day she meets a cat named Luna with a crescent moon on her head, and is transformed into the sailor-suited guardian of love and justice, Sailor Moon! As a chosen guardian of justice, Usagi has a mission … to find her comrades; to find the Phantom Silver Crystal; and protect the Princess. However, Queen Beryl of the Dark Kingdom also seeks the terrible power of the Silver Crystal, and sends her agents into the city where Usagi lives; triggering the start of a fierce battle.

Will Sailor Moon be able to find the other Sailor Guardians, and if she does, together can they find the Phantom Silver Crystal and protect the Princess?!"

 Free! Eternal Summer AKA Free Season 2

 Okayy SUPER unbelievably excited for this anime! I enjoyed the first season (although I had trouble getting through the last few episodes) and these water babies, and I can't wait to see them again in their adorableness. And dem abs. Oh yes. 

 Something that didn't really come as a surprise for me was the announcement quite a while ago of a new character appearing, called Sousuke. He seems like another Rin to me, except without the friendly childhood background (because if it wasn't for that connection that Rin had to the Iwatobi trio before, he would have never joined them...probably.) But we all know he's going to be another big baby adored by us fans. 

It's going to be animated by the studio that animated the first season: Kyoto Animation (one of the best animation groups)

The PV has been released and you should watch it: Click!

Summary: Swimming. Shirtless boys. Hot shirtless boys. Bromance. A shark boy that won't admit his feelings. 

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun

From the manga

Official anime key visual

Link to PV (which I'm kind of sad about the designs...): Yo!

 Based off a hilarious manga by Izumi Tsubaki, Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun is about a high school student Sakura Chiyo confesses her feelings to her classmate Nozaki. Due to a misunderstanding, Nozaki thinks Sakura is just a fan of his shōjo manga work. Sakura has to convey her true feelings while her relationship with Nozaki develops (summary credit to AnimeNewsNetwork). 

I would also recommend Izumi-sensei's other manga (longer running) Oresama Teacher, as it is also very comedic and has great characters.

I'm just looking forward to see it animated and having a good laugh. I think it's supposed to be a gag manga but I'm not sure...it's very amusing. 

Yes, there are a lot of male characters (in Oresama Teacher too), however, Izumi-sensei does not write typical reverse harems. You can't even call it a reverse harem because not all of the guys are interested in her. There could be, like, 5 guys but only 2 of them want to date the main character. That's the same in this case, although I'm not sure about the exact number of guys in this particular story. 

Definitely check it out! This is my personal recommendation out of all of the new anime coming out this summer! 

Glasslip: To be animated by P.A. Works (my all time FAVORITE production company)

THIS IS FREAKING GORGEOUS

THIS TOO

OH MY GOSH I CAN'T HANDLE THE ART-

Do you see the fearsome prowess of P.A. Works? Like, look at that. LOOK AT IT. I'm crying right now because their art is too beautiful. ;_; After Nagi no Asukara (an anime I highly recommend), I will loyally watch any anime produced by this company. Plus, it looks interesting and like something I would watch anyway. 

If you're watching a P.A. Works anime, you can expect great art, great animation, great music, great characters, great storyline, and great voice acting. Pretty much FANTASTIC everything. You may think I am exaggerating, and I might be, but seriously, if you haven't watched an anime by them, YOU SHOULD. NOW. It's a life-changing experience. 

Link to first PV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjHPAEnUiqw

Link to second PV (longer and more awesome): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjHPAEnUiqw 

Sword Art Online II: Gun Gale Online 

I think pretty much everyone and their mother is excited for the second season. I'm not as hyped as some other people are but nonetheless, I am still looking forward to watching it. I thoroughly enjoyed the first and second season, though not the rapey parts of the second season (spoilers!)

If you don't know what SAO is and you watch anime...that isn't possible unless you live under some anime rock or something. 

But I'll put a description of it here from ANN: "The players of a virtual reality MMORPG, Sword Art Online, are trapped and fighting for their very lives. After it is announced that the only way to leave the game is by beating it, Kirito—a very powerful swordsman—and his friends take on a quest to free all the minds trapped in Aincrad."

In the second half of the first season, they get trapped in another game (surprise, surprise) called Alfheim where all the characters are based on fairies. 

Anyway, looking forward to some good ol' SAO! :D This time, with guns!

 Zankyou no Terror

Don't really know much about this anime except that it's an original anime by the production company MAPPA, and I just want to say OMG we need more original anime series because they turn out to the best and the most unique (i mean, look at Nagi no Asukara). 

Link to PV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDtA8aYjzzM 

I'm getting a very post-apocalyptic feel from the poster, although from the PV, it looks like it's set in modern Tokyo. Apparently there are these 2 very mischievous boys that are acting like terrorists and bombing the place up. Okay, I actually looked at the summary and the two boys call themselves "Sphinx" and they're trying to start a game in Tokyo by bombing the city...WHAT THE F-. That's so messed up. But anyway, I have no idea what role the girl plays in this but I am very interested to find out. 

Maybe this will be the gem of the season, who knows. 

FINALLY I am done with this ridiculously long post. If you made it all the way to the end, COOKIE AND CONFETTI for you! :D If you couldn't tell, I was getting increasingly bored as the post went on so I'm am SO GLAD I am done with it now (I probably shouldn't have done this in one sitting but oh well.) Now my hand is cramping a bit so I'm going to take a rest. 

Today's a good day to have a good day. <3 6ever