It’s a good year to be an anime fan.
After two years of calendar shifts , 2022 ’s anime ticket is firming up and it ’s chock - full of title we ’ve been anticipating for a while . This twelvemonth ’s wintertime time of year has already started strong , with the big declaration thatCrunchyroll and Funimation are now one entity , Attack on Titanfinally enwrap up and the conform to - up time of year ofDemon Slayerairing after last year’sbox office win withMugen Train , rolling intoJujutsu Kaisen 0 ’s big opening weekend , with more heavy hitters are on the way of life . Dragon Balldiehards will get a raw motion picture , and the long - awaited adaptation ofChainsaw Manwill free fall , along with gross ton of other excellent - bet titles . These are the anime TV serial and flick we ’re most unrestrained to see in 2022 — check back as we ’ll be updating this frequently throughout the year .
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Bubble(April 28)
One twenty-four hour period bubbles rain down down on Tokyo , breaking the constabulary of gravity , and created a sunken environment bring down off from the rest of the human race where bands of orphaned untried people spring around doing sick parkour move in team battles . Wit Studio has pull together an all - adept squad — directed by Tetsuo Araki ( Attack on Titan ) , write by Gen Urobuchi ( Puella Magi Madoka Magica ) , character design by Takeshi Obata ( Death Note ) , a score pen by Hiroyuki Sawano ( Promare)—for this gorgeous - looking Netflix spectacle.—Leanne Butkovic(Watch the laggard )
Healer Girl(April 4)
An upcoming original Nipponese anime telly series directed byFullmetal Alchemist : Brotherhood ’s Yasuhiro Irie , Healer Girlsdepicts the eponymic group of mellow school missy who cure citizenry with vocalizing . The main stamp are part of a voice actress and choir building block also named Healer Girls , performing the opening and end themes for the show — the integrity of all of those elements interesting on its own even without considering the huge talent on board.—Kambole Campbell(Watch the house trailer )
Komi Can’t Communicate,Part 2 (April 7)
After an 8 - episode drib on Netflix in later 2021 , the series version of Tomohito Oda ’s arrive at rom - com mangaKomi Ca n’t Communicatecontinues its eponymous character ’s journeying to make 100 booster despite her societal anxiety . avail her is Hirohito Tadano , Komi ’s seatmate who unknowingly discovers her communication disorder , hidden by her consuming popularity . complicate their mission is the fact that their match at school day are pretty unusual , to say the least . The first half of the show was graceful in its intro of Tadano and Komi ’s silent communication , and in how it captured the comedy of their individual quirks — no doubt the second will be just as breezily charming.—KC(Watch the announcement )
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-(April 8)
War ! What is it good for ? In this typesetter’s case , romanticist funniness . This conflict of the sexual urge between star pupils Miyuki Shirogane and Kaguya Shinomiya continues to escalate to absurd , hilarious level with the show ’s third time of year . But the series is capable of earnest romance too , landing on genuinely sweet moments between crushes . But in all respects , Love Is Waris known for the energiser ’ continual overachieving , every vignette going the extra sea mile in its personalization of these characters — even going as far as adapting an intact chapter as a poke for the forthcoming season.—KC(Watch the poke )
Spy X Family(April 9)
strike place in a fake - European nation in the midst of a cold warfare , a spy must ramp up a make - believe family as cover for get closer to his target . But little does he know , his faux married woman is an assassin who also require the sham wedlock as cover , and their adoptive girl is a telepath who acknowledge both of their secrets . A whole lot of delightful mayhem ensues . Tatsuya Endo ’s hitShonen Jumpseries is receiving an adaptation from Wit Studio and Cloverworks , direct by Kazuhiro Furuhashi ( Hunter X Hunter , Dororo).—KC(Watch the trailer )
Summer Time Rendering(April 15)
Vampire in the Garden(May 16)
This forthcoming Wit Studio ( Vinland Saga , Ranking of Kings ) original for Netflix shoot a line some exciting talent , including the fabled Tetsuya Nishio , eccentric house decorator on theNarutoanime and animator onJin - RohandMillennium Actress . It ’s set in a humankind where humanity lose a warfare to vampire , and the survivors live in a small , sheltered town . In what sounds like a sort - of spin on the Eden - chasing ofWolf ’s Rain , it follows the new female child Momo and the vampire queen Fine on a journeying to find Paradise , a place where the deathly foe peacefully coexist . — KC(Watch the trailer )
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045, Season 2 (May 2022)
In the midst of a forever war waggle to keep the existence thriftiness afloat , Mokoto Kusanagi , Batou and the agent Section 9 uncover a conspiracy involving the emergence of “ post - humans . ” Season 2 of Netflix’sGhost in the Shell : SAC_2045 ’s dystopian future continues Season 1 ’s enigma surrounding the spot - mankind and their battle with Section 9 , with 3DCG living production from Production I.G. & SOLA DIGITAL ARTS . — KC(Watch the preview )
Spriggan(June 18)
nation across the world are in pursuit of the powerful artifact of an ancient people with cognition and scientific prowess far beyond that of modern man . The eponymic ‘ Spriggans ’ are a group of elite secret agent devote to sealing away such mogul . The new Netflix adaption of the ‘ 90s manga ( following a less - than - dear film from ‘ 98 ) written by Hiroshi Takashige and instance by Ryoji Minagawa , David Production ( JoJo ’s Bizarre Adventure ) takes it on the comedian ’s resonant mix of an ancient civilization and advanced science with a blending of 2D animation and three-D CG.—KC(Watch the trailer )
Blue Lock(June 2022)
The " I ’m blend in to become the best athlete in Japan " format of sports anime encounter a sci - fi twist in this version of the manga written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura . Set in 2018 , the Japanese home soccer team misses their chance to qualify for the World Cup and sets a plan in motion to build the squad to superstardom . They charter a mystical coach who insists on a greuling grooming political program call Blue Lock , utilize AI challenger to feel the best hitter to lead the country to triumph in the 2022 World Cup . — LB(Watch the trailer
My Hero Academia, Season 6 (June 2022)
bear without any special abilities in a world where superpowers are commonplace , the youthful Izuku Midoriya dreams of becoming a superhero anyway . finally bestowed ability by his childhood hero All - Might , Midoriya enrols in the UA Academy to train as a superhero . With the balance of power having dramatically reposition in the show ’s most late time of year , the superhero society of My Hero Academia has become a pulverisation keg , the stage set for all - out war between heroes and villains.—KC(Watch the trailer )
Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer(July 2022)
An gum anime ofLucifer and the Biscuit Hammer , a funny but surprisingly dark subversion of heroic prophecy , has been a long - time occur . Yuuhi Amamiya is an ordinary but misanthropical scholarly person before a talking lounge lizard approaches him , and severalize him that he ’s actually a ‘ Beast horse ’ destined to rescue a princess , and prevent an evil mage from ruin the world with a elephantine mallet . But when Yuuhi forgather the Princess Samidare Asahina , she tells him her intent to keep start the earth so she can destruct the world herself and Yuuhi decides to help . The gum anime is set up to be directed by Nobuaki Nakanishi ( Sumomomo Momomo).—KC
Yurei Deco(July 2022)
“ We ’re bringing you an excitingly decorate earth overflowing with LOVE . ” Beyond the bright colored city of its abbreviated preview , this is about all that is known aboutYurei Deco , a new projection from the studio Science Saru . Better still is that it go on the studio ’s move to rank the spotlight on new music director , such as longtime life director Abel Góngora ( Star Wars : Visions ) drive on their lately announce adaptation ofScott Pilgrim . In the lawsuit ofYurei Deco , Tomohisa Shimoyama ( Super Shiro ) is arrange to lead , and Dai Satō ( Cowboy Bebop ) is fructify to pen . Color us excited.—KC
Kakegurui Twin(August 2022)
Kakegurui , Netflix ’s horniest Zanzibar copal that does n’t actually feature any sex activity , seems to have been shelved after two season inside the high - stakes betting world of Hyakkaou Private Academy , a in high spirits schooling where the societal hierarchy is dictate by gambling . However , MAPPA will adapt its spinoff mangaKakegurui Twininto a fresh Netflix series that puts support character Mary Saotome into the lead role , keep up her cost increase at the schooltime one class before the pure junky Yumeko Jabami get at the showtime ofKakegurui . — LB
One Piece: Red(August 6)
The seafaring adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his band of Straw Hat Pirates are still going strong , withOne Piecesurpassing its 1,000th episode in late 2021 . But their journey will take a minuscule detour withOne Piece : Red , directed by Gorō Taniguchi and serial Almighty Eiichiro Oda intemperately involved . It ’s still unreadable what exactly this coming film will be about , but going by the teaser , it seems like it will leap several musical rhythm into the past to follow Shanks , Luffy ’s pirate mentor , and will allegedly premise a Modern distaff lead.—LB(Watch the teaser )
Chainsaw Man(Summer 2022)
The violent and in darkness comic make 2018 mangaChainsaw Man , written and exemplify by Tatsuki Fujimoto , is finally determine for a extremely anticipated adaptation by vitality studio MAPPA . In a earthly concern where Devils , born from human fears , regularly terrorize the population , a young depressed man named Denji undertake to pay back his asleep beginner ’s debt to the yakuza by working as a devil hunter . When he blend with the benevolent chainsaw fiend name Pochita , Denji becomes a human - demon hybrid named Chainsaw Man , working for the authorities to kill devils in edict to keep himself from being hunted , and strike his crush . The first aspect at the series gives us a good feeling that this adjustment will be absolutely inspired.—KC(Watch the trailer )
Inu-Oh(Summer 2022)
His final film with Science SARU , the vivification studio he co - founded , director Masaaki Yuasa’sInu - Ohis looking to be one of the director ’s biggest and boldest yet . A ego - described “ rock opera house ” set in 14th century Japan , this fictionalized history center on the friendly relationship between the biwa participant Tomona and the eponymic dancer Inu - Oh . Its baseless , anachronic euphony and Yuasa ’s freeform life imagine what it might be like if pop mavin exist in the clip of Noh theatre.—KC(Watch the trailer )
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War(October 2022)
Though the ( monumentally long ) Zanzibar copal ofBleachalready wrapped up in 2014 with its Lost Substitute Shinigami arc , it was fundamentally unresolved — the manga by Tite Kuno finish a couple of years after , and its final arc , Thousand Year Blood War , was leave unadapted . Until now , anyway . The final arc of the serial come Ichigo Kurosaki and his Soul Reaper companions as they combat against Yhwach and his despicable army . produce by studio Pierrot and directed by Tomohisa Taguchi ( Twin Star Exorcists ) , it ascertain series mainstay Masashi Kudo come back as fibre designer of those returning familiar case . — KC(Watch the trailer )
Golden Kamuy, Season 4 (October 2022)
To Your Eternity, Season 2 (October 2022)
Uzumaki(October 2022)
Horror writer / illustrator / cat lover Junji Ito ’s former ' 90s manga seriesUzumakihas been adapted into various video games , a live - action film , and now a four - episode anime serial directed by Hiroshi Nagahama ( Mushi - shi ) for Toonami and Adult Swim , push back from last year . The chronicle play along a group of teens living in a Ithiel Town chivy by dark spirits , causing the inhabitants to obsess over spirals in increasingly gruesome and pestilent ways.—LB(Watch the teaser )
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners(TBA 2022)
Netflix find fault up this anime spinoff of the popular butmessy2020 video recording gameCyberpunk 2077 , wherein one can bet as Keanu Reeves ' warfare veteran - turned - post - revelatory rock star Johnny Silverhand . develop by Studio Trigger ( Promare , Kill la Kill ) , the gum anime will not , alas , bring Reeves back , but will rather feature a whole new cast and story set inside the same mankind of Night City . — LB(Watch the announcement )
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero(TBA 2022)
The nextDragon Balltheatrical feature after the blank - knuckle two minute of the awesomeDragon Ball Super : Broly , Dragon Ball Super : Super Heroseems to be moving aside from the interplanetary Saiyan drama of the previous picture and back toward ( slightly ) more Earth - bound shudder . It sees the return of the Red Ribbon Army , an evil arrangement that Goku shoot down in the yesteryear , now straighten out and assay vengeance . Notably , Super Herowill be the firstDragon Ballfeature to be mostly computer - animated.—KC(Watch the trailer )
Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun(TBA 2022)
Made in Abyss , the deceptively horrific gum anime scupper under a cunning exterior , is fall for a second time of year five years after its first sight of 13 installment and three films traumatized viewers . Officially subtitledThe Golden City of the Scorching Sun , the series will pick up with Riko ’s precarious journey into the Sixth Layer of the unmapped perdition / cave net the Abyss to find her mother , who ’s been take for granted dead.—LB(Watch the trailer )
Mob Psycho 100, Season 3 (TBA 2022)
back by evidence of asingle tweet from the official Mob Twitter account , we reckon that Season 3 of this unbelievable serial publication about a boy with brawny psychokinesis ( that ’s gang ) and his mentor / sheisty small line consultant Reigen will be back by the end of 2022 . Now there ’s ratification in the form of a Season 3 teaser released in October that it ’s not the end of the road for Mob and co. just yet.—LB(Watch the teaser )
Tatami Time Machine Blues(TBA 2022)
A belated sequel to Masaaki Yuasa ’s incredible adaptation of Tomihiko Morimi’sThe Tatami Galaxy , Science SARU’sTatami Time Machine Blues(directed bySonny Boy ’s Shingo Natsume ) adapts Morimi ’s novel of the same name , itself base on a stage play by Makoto Ueda . indisputable to be a reprise of its predecessor ’s delightful surreal and fast - talking comedy , the subsequence novel ’s story watch the protagonist trip back in time to remember his student apartment ’s only air conditioner remote after his acquaintance Ozu snap off it . — KC(Watch the announcement )
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