It’s fall! The leaves are changing colors, the weather is getting cooler, and new anime shows are debuting. Which ones are you going to watch?
Below are this fall’s anime broadcasts. Hit us up in the comments with your must-watch shows.
Update 8:00am - October 9: This guide has been updated with new simulcast info.
Ace Attorney Season 2
Studio: Clover Works
Genre: Legal, Mystery
Premiere Date: October 2
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: The massively popular Capcom franchise returns for another season of the anime based on the Phoenix Wright games.
Anima Yell!
Studio: Doga Kobo
Genre: School, Slice of Life, Sports
Premiere Date: October 7
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A schoolgirl makes the cheerleading squad at her school, with classmates of varying personality types signing up.
As Miss Beelzebub Likes
Studio: Liden Films
Genre: Ecchi, Fantasy
Premiere Date: October 10
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: Just because Miss Beelzebub is a demonic ruler, that doesn’t mean she dislikes cute, fluffy, pink things.
Bakumatsu
Studio: Studio Deen
Genre: Action, Historical, Romance
Premiere Date: October 4
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: This anime transports you back to Kyoto during the late Edo Period, which is filled with handsome anime dudes.
Bakutsuri Bar Hunter
Studio: Toei Animation
Genre: Shonen
Premiere Date: October 2
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: A fishing-crazy young boy uses a bar code reader his father left behind to, well, fish.
Bloom Into You
Studio: Troyca
Genre: School, Slice of Life, Romance
Premiere Date: October 5
Where to Watch: Hidive
What It’s About in One Sentence: Two schoolgirls have difficulty experiencing feelings of love—that is, until they meet each other.
A Certain Magical Index III
Studio: J.C.Staff
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Magic, Sci-Fi
Premiere Date: October 5
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: The third season about a teenage boy with psychic abilities, his psychic power- and magic-wielding friends, and the sinister forces they must combat.
Conception
Studio: Gonzo
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Premiere Date: October 9
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: A high school student and his pregnant cousin are transported to another world that has been thrown into disorder.
Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu.
Studio: CloverWorks
Genre: Boys Love, Drama, Romance
Premiere Date: October 5
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: Dreamy dudes vie to become the most huggable hunk, using any means they can.
Double Decker! Doug & Kirill
Studio: Sunrise
Genre: Action, Crime, Police, Sci-Fi
Premiere Date: September 30
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: An elite team of investigators do their best to stop a new street drug that turns users into mutants.
Fairy Tail Final Series
Studio: A-1 Pictures | Bridge
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Magic
Premiere Date: October 7
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: The final series of the long-running series about a dragon-slaying wizard and his magical friends.
Run with the Wind
Studio: Production I.G
Genre: Drama, Slice of Life, Sports
Premiere Date: October 2
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: College students develop deep bonds as they prepare to run an intense relay race.
Fist of the Blue Sky Regenesis (Souten no Ken: Re:Genesis) Season 2
Studio: Polygon Pictures
Genre: Action, Historical, Martial Arts
Premiere Date: October 8
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: The second season of an anime that centers around Kenshiro Kasumi, after whom Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star is named.
Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san (Gaikotsu Shotenin Honda-san)
Studio: DLC
Genre: Comedy
Premiere Date: October 7
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: Working in a bookstore isn’t easy, especially if you are a skeleton.
Gakuen Basara
Studio: Brain’s Base
Genre: Action, Fantasy, School, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: October 4
Where to Watch: Hidive
What It’s About in One Sentence: Legendary samurai from Capcom’s Sengoku Basara games are turned into high school students.
The Girl in Twilight
Studio: Dandelion Animation Studio | Jumonji
Genre: Drama, School, Sci-Fi
Premiere Date: October 1
Where to Watch: Hidive
What It’s About in One Sentence: School girls are transported to another world after tuning in via radio waves.
Goblin Slayer
Studio: White Fox
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Premiere Date: October 6
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: After a goblin hunt goes bad, an inexperienced priestess is saved by the Goblin Slayer.
Golden Kamuy Season 2
Studio: Geno Studio
Genre: Action, Adventure, Historical, Military
Premiere Date: October 8
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: The second season about a former soldier who became a miner to provide for his best friend’s widow until one day when he heard about a trove of hidden gold.
Gurazeni: Season 2
Studio: Studio Deen
Genre: Sports
Premiere Date: October 1
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: The second season of a baseball anime that is as much about the salaries players make as the action on the field.
Hashiri Tsuzukete Yokattatte
Studio: Signal.MD
Genre: Drama, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: October 8
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
What It’s About in One Sentence: A young voice-acting student meets the woman who used to live in his room and left messages of encouragement.
Himote House
Studio: Bouncy
Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: October 7
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: Five anime girls and a cat all live together in a house in Tokyo.
Hinomaru Zumo
Studio: Gonzo
Genre: School, Sports
Premiere Date: October 5
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: For what schoolboy Ushio Hinomaru lacks in sumo size, he makes up for with heart, muscles, and sheer determination.
Hora, Mimi ga Mieteru yo!
Studio: monofilmo
Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: October 4
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: Life is tricky when your roommate is a cat boy.
The Idolmaster SideM: Wake Atte Mini!
Studio: Zero-G
Genre: Idol, Music, Short Form
Premiere Date: October 9
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: Little chibi versions of the boy band Idolmaster characters get into various cute antics in this short form anime.
Ingress The Animation
Studio: Craftar
Genre: Mystery, Police, Sci-Fi
Premiere Date: October 17
Where to Watch: Netflix
What It’s About in One Sentence: This anime adaptation of the mobile game Ingress follows the adventure of a cop with psychic abilities and a mysterious young girl.
Iroduku Sekai no Ashita kara
Studio: P.A. Works
Genre: Fantasy, Magic, School, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: October 5
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
What It’s About in One Sentence: A coming of age story in which a young witch goes back in time to visit her grandmother as a 17-year-old.
Jingai-san no Yome
Studio: Saetta
Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: October 2
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A high school student finds out he’s somehow become the wife of a strange creature.
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
Studio: David Production
Genre: Action, Adventure
Premiere Date: October 5
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: The fifth arc of the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure manga adopted into the latest anime series.
Kaku-San-Sei Million Arthur: Operation Han-Gyaku-Sei
Studio: J.C. Staff
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Premiere Date: October 25
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: In this world, there isn’t one King Arthur, but a million of them, each with their own speciality.
Karakuri Circus
Studio: Studio VOLN
Genre: Action, Adventure
Premiere Date: October 11
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
What It’s About in One Sentence: A young boy inherits a massive amount of money, setting in motion familial assassination plots, which are foiled by unlikely individuals.
Kishuku Gakkou no Juliet
Studio: Liden Films
Genre: Action, School, Romantic Comedy
Premiere Date: October 5
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
What It’s About in One Sentence: Two boarding school students from rival countries find out that they don’t hate each other, but are smitten.
Voice of Fox (Kitsune no Koe)
Studio: Yumeta Company
Genre: Drama, Idol, Music
Premiere Date: October 8
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: This anime follows a young man who doesn’t have the looks of a pop star but certainly has the voice of one.
Merc Storia: The Apathetic Boy and the Girl in the Bottle
Studio: Encourage Films
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Premiere Date: October 11
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A young boy and a girl stuck in a bottle set out to tame monsters.
Okoshiyasu, Chitose-chan
Studio: Gathering
Genre: Animal, Comedy
Premiere Date: October 5
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: A cute penguin does cute things in Kyoto.
My Sister, My Writer (Ore ga Suki nano wa Imouto dakedo Imouto ja nai)
Studio: NAZ | Magia Doraglier
Genre: Romantic Comedy, School
Premiere Date: October 10
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A young writer debuts with a light novel that his sister secretly wrote.
Radiant
Studio: Lerche
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Magic
Premiere Date: October 6
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: Monsters fall from the sky, and it’s up to a young sorcerer and his friends to stop them.
Release the Spyce
Studio: Lay-duce
Genre: Action, School
Premiere Date: October 6
Where to Watch: Hidive
What It’s About in One Sentence: Schoolgirls lead double lives as ninja-style secret agents.
RErideD: Koku Koe no Derrida
Studio: Geektoys
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Premiere Date: October 3
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: With machines and AI tech going awry, an engineer must protect his friend’s daughter.
Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai (Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl-senpai no Yume o Minai)
Studio: Clover Works
Genre: Romantic Comedy, School, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: October 6
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation, Hulu
What It’s About in One Sentence: A high school student’s life changes when he encounters a girl dressed up like a Playboy bunny while at the library.
Senran Kagura: Shinovi Master Tokyo Youma-hen
Studio: TNK
Genre: Action, Comedy, Ecchi
Premiere Date: October 12
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: The curvy ninja of Senran Kagura are back in anime form.
Shuudengo, Capsule Hotel de, Joushi ni Binetsu Tsutawaru Yoru.
Studio: Namu Animation
Genre: Ecchi, Romance
Premiere Date: October 7
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: After an office worker misses the last train, she finds herself in a cramped capsule hotel with her handsome boss.
Sono Toki, Kanojo wa
Studio: Master Lights
Genre: Drama, Romance
Premiere Date: October 6
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: This anime centers on the lives and loves of four young women.
Between the Sky and Sea (Sora to Umi no Aida)
Studio: TMS Entertainment
Genre: School, Sci-Fi, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: October 3
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: In the future, all the fish have vanished from Earth, and young women aim to go to go fishing in space.
Space Battleship Tiramisu II
Studio: Gonzo
Genre: Comedy, Gag, Mecha, Sci-Fi
Premiere Date: October 1
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: The second season of an anime that follows an intergalactic pilot who is really into fried food.
SSSS.GRIDMAN
Studio: Studio Trigger
Genre: Action, Kaiju, Superhero
Premiere Date: October 6
Where to Watch: Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: Tokusatsu show Gridman the Hyper Agent gets an updated anime adaptation courtesy of Studio Trigger.
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202
Studio: Xebec
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Military, Sci-Fi, Space Opera
Premiere Date: October 5
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: The legendary anime space yarn is back.
Sword Art Online: Alicization
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Premiere Date: October 6
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation, Hulu
What It’s About in One Sentence: Sword Art Online returns with a new anime.
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
Studio: 8-Bit
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Premiere Date: October 1
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: A salaryman is reincarnated as a Slime and goes on RPG-style adventures.
Tokyo Ghoul:re Season 2
Studio: Studio Pierrot | Studio Pierrot Plus
Genre: Drama, Horror
Premiere Date: October 9
Where to Watch: Funimation, Hulu
What It’s About in One Sentence: The sequel to Tokyo Ghoul once again returns to...Tokyo, where the human-eating ghouls walk the streets.
Ms. Vampire Who Lives In My Neighborhood (Tonari no Kyūketsuki-san)
Studio: Studio Gokumi × AXsiZ
Genre: Comedy, School, Slice of Life
Premiere Date: October 5
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A friendly, 360-year-old vampire has a thing for drinking blood and reading manga.
Tsurune
Studio: Kyoto Animation
Genre: School, Slice of Life, Sports
Premiere Date: October 21
Where to Watch: Currently Not Available
What It’s About in One Sentence: A high school student decides to give archery another chance.
Uzamaid! (Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru!)
Studio: Comedy, Slice of Life
Genre: Doga Kobo
Premiere Date: October 5
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A grade schooler finds herself dealing with a beefy maid who really wants to take care of her.
Ulysses: Jeanne d’Arc to Renkin no Kishi
Studio: AXsiZ
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Historical, Magic, War
Premiere Date: October 7
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: After France’s defeat during the Hundred Years’ War, an alchemist on the run meets a young girl named Jeanne d’Arc.
Xuan Yuan Sword Luminary
Studio: Studio Deen
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Magic, Martial Arts
Premiere Date: October 2
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: The Xuan-Yuan sword holds an incredible power that some have used for good and others want to use for evil.
Zombieland Saga
Studio: Mappa
Genre: Action, Horror, Parody
Premiere Date: October 4
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: Imagine your typical anime, but turned into a zombie-infested hell.
