Shopping Guide
Summertime means new anime! In this second part, we’ll introduce 12 anime with stories of adolescence. Check out the trailers and start putting together your watch list!
Ao Haru Ride
First year high school student Futaba Yoshioka cannot forget her first love from middle school, Kou Tanaka. Kou changed schools suddenly in middle school and left without a word. At the end of her first year in high school, Futaba meets Kou again, but he seems like a different person - his personality has changed along with his last name, which is now Mabuchi. Things slowly start to unravel as to what happened in that span of three years, and their love begins to stir again!
Free! Eternal Summer
The tournament is over and Haruka, Makoto, Nagisa, and Rei have strengthened their bonds and matured since things went back to the constant every day. On the other hand, Rin has made new friends and is zealous in his training, aiming to create the best team. A new summer will be upon them soon! Don’t miss what happens!
Glasslip
Third year high school student Tohko is the daughter of a glass blower. Her and her five friends had always gathered at the cafe Kazemichi. However, each of their feelings and relationships begin to slowly change after Kakeru, a boy who claims to be able to see the future, transfers into Tohko’s school. A summer to communicate their feelings has arrived…
Rail Wars!
High school student Naoto Takayama aspires to work for Japan National Railways and is assigned on-the-job training as a part of the Tokyo Central Railway Public Safety Division Fourth Security Force. The force’s job is to protect those who ride the trains. An adolescent railway action anime in which Naoto must fight against the various incidents caused by the four other high school students in his squad is set to depart. All aboard!
PriPara
PriPara is an idol theme park packed with fashion, dancing, music, and other things girls dream of and aspire for. There, auditions are being held for everyday idols. Fifth year middle school student Lala receives an invitation to PriPara. Will she be able to pass the audition?
Himegoto
After the student council decides to pay off his parents’ debts that were left to him, Hime Arikawa is forced to become the student council’s “dog” and spend his high school days dressed as a girl! What will become of Hime’s school life as he spends his time with the unique and perverted female members of the student council?!
Shonen Hollywood
Shonen Hollywood is a male idol group belonging to the theater Hollywood Tokyo. The five members of the group are Ikuma, an upright guy who hates things being left undone; Kira, who has high star power; Daiki, the lucky one; Kakeru, the ace in the hole who does things at his own pace; and Shun, who loves to sing. Don’t miss the slapstick story of this youth sensation!
Love Stage!!
Born into a family of famous performers, mega-otaku college student Izumi Sena is struggling hard to become a manga artist. However, one day he appears in a TV commercial at the recommendation of those around him. And he does it dressed in female clothing! On the set, Izumi reunites with Ryoma Ichijo who begins to have feelings for him!
Gekkan Shōjo Nozaki-kun
Second year high school student Chiyo Sakura has an unrequited love with popular shoujo manga artist and high school student Umetaro Nozaki. One day while confessing to him, Nozaki misinterprets the situation and Chiyo ends up becoming his assistant to help him with his manuscripts! A male shoujo manga artist comedy with an abundance of unique characters is set to begin!
Rokujyoma no Shinryakusha!?
Kotaro Satomi, who has entered high school and will begin living by himself, has found a cheap five-tatami room for only 5,000 yen in rent! However, cute invaders including a ghost, an underground dweller, an alien, and a (self-professed) magical girl begin showing up in his room one by one, turning his everyday life upside down!
Jinsei
Science girl Rino Endo, literature girl Fumi Kujo, and athletic girl Ikumi Suzuki - these three abundantly unique girls answer students’ mundane troubles in the life advice column of their school’s paper. In charge of this trio is male student Yuki Akamatsu who must deal with their always conflicting opinions. Is he up for the task?
Hanayamata
Fourteen-year-old girl Naru Sekiya is average in every way. That is until a blonde-haired girl suddenly appears before her and invites her to dance the Yosakoi (a type of dance from Kochi Prefecture). Though she is bewildered, she advances into the wondrous world of Yosakoi dancing. The curtain raises on a story about these magnificent girls!
This is a Tokyo Otaku Mode original article.
