My Hero Academia Season 3 (2nd Cour)
Best Anime of July 2018
My Hero Academia has rocketed to become one of the top anime in the world, gaining tons of fans in both all over the world. The third season has already been an explosive one, and the first half recently brought around a world-shaking change for the series. Now the second half shows how Izuku Midoriya, the other students, and the entire world has to cope with this new reality.
If you’re unfamiliar with My Hero Academia, the show tells the story of a super-powered society, where 80 percent of the world’s population has some kind of superpower known as a Quirk. Izuku Midoriya is a young quirkless boy who ends up being chosen by the world’s greatest hero, All Might, to inherit his power. Izuku enrolls in UA High, the most prestigious superhero in training school, and the anime chronicles the events that he and his classmates go through in order to become pro heroes.
The second half of the third season (also known as the second cour) is set to start airing on July 14. The latest episode of the anime will air in Simuldub on Funimation on July 7, and then each week after that will see a new episode. You can also catch it on the other streaming platforms the show has appeared on, Crunchyroll and Hulu.
Overlord III
Best Anime of July 2018
Recent years have seen a wealth of different anime that all take place inside an online game. This includes Sword Art Online, Log Horizon, Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash, and, of course, Overlord. Overlord tells the story of Momonga, a veteran player in the Dive Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game, Yggdrasil. As the MMO is scheduled to be shut down, Momonga refuses to log out, and strangely NPCs begin to develop personalities and minds of their own. Momonga is trapped within a reality created by the game and he’s unable to use his player functions, so he decides to set out and see if there’s anyone else from the real world trapped in Yggdrasil.
The third season of Overlord picks up right where the second season left off, and it looks to be continuing the trend of Momonga being a completely overpowered hero. The first episode of Overlord III is set to premiere on July 10, and you can catch the show on Crunchyroll. A Simuldub is planned for Funimation, but there isn’t a date on when it may start as of yet.
Attack on Titan Season 3
Best Anime of July 2018
Attack on Titan needs no introduction, as the series has continuously had huge appeal since the premiere of the first season, even breaking into the mainstream in ways most anime don’t. After a lengthy wait, season 3 is finally coming, and it promises just as much action, drama, and gore as we’ve come to expect from Attack on Titan.
After defeating the Female Titan, Eren and the other survivors have to defend Wall Rose from an encroaching horde of titans in season 3. The season will comprise of 24 episodes in total, and the first episode is scheduled to premiere on July 10. If you needed any more convincing of just how big Attack on Titan is, Funimation is even bringing the first episode premiere to select movie theaters around the United States, in both subbed and dubbed format. If you haven’t alredy checked out Attack on Titan, now’s the time to catch up.
Banana Fish
Best Anime of July 2018
Banana Fish is a series of gritty crime manga, and the anime adaption is combining everything into one 24-episode season. The anime changes the setting from the 1980s to modern times, but still keeps the main story and characters intact. Banana Fish Ash Lynx, a child runaway who’s been brought up “Papa” Dino Golzine, a powerful crime lord. Ash has grown up in the roles of adopted heir, hatchet man, and even sex toy of Golzine, and now at the rebellious age of seventeen, he’s chosen to live his life with street thugs and forsake his abuser. Golzine can’t let go, however, and there’s a dark secret as to why. At the same time, a pure-hearted young photographer named Eiji Okamura arrives in New York City, and makes the acquaintance of Ash.
Banana Fish is all about Ash’s struggle to separate himself from the only life he’s known, as well as the budding romance between him and Eiji. The show is exclusive to Amazon Prime both in Japan and outside of it. The show just recently premiered on Amazon Prime Japan, and a worldwide release is coming soon.
Hanebado!
Best Anime of July 2018
Now on the complete opposite side of everything else you have Hanebado!, the latest in a line of over-the-top sports anime. This time around, however, the sport is Badminton, that’s right Badminton. Hanebado stars Ayano Hanesaki, high school girl who’d much rather avoid Badminton than play it. However, her perceptions are changed when she meets Nagisa Aragaki, a third-year student who spends every waking moment perfecting her game.
Hanebado has some gorgeous animation and the Badminton matches seem like they’ll actually be a blast to watch. It’s comparable to something like Prince of Tennis, with incredibly over-the-top abilities during matches. The show sees Ayano and Nagisa striving to perfect their skills with the encouragement of their coach, and taking on a variety of tough opponents in the process. If nothing else, the fact it’s about Badminton makes it an incredibly unique sports anime. You can catch Hanebado on Crunchyroll and Funimation, and one episode has already aired so far.
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