Upcoming Anime Series of Summer (Jul - Sep) 2023 | New and Old

Today marks the end of Spring season along with the anime that came out this season. But, no worries as today also marks the beginning of Summer, and, you guessed it, SUMMER ANIME!!! The anime series coming out this season are exceptionally great, though it's been like this for past few seasons. It also includes the second season of Gege Akutami's popular anime Jujutsu Kaisen. 
There are many great new anime coming out this season too, and this list will cover them separately. There'll be two section of this list, one will include anime sequels and other will contain new anime shows. So, let's dive straight in!

Top 10 New Anime Releasing this Summer:-

This time, I'm not listing only 6 anime, but 10. That's because I decided to include all the anime that I decided to watch this season, unlike last season. Hence, this list is also my summer 2023 seasonal anime watch list, except I'm gonna watch one more anime, 2nd season of Mononogatari: Malevolent Spirits. 

10/10 Hero Classroom

• Genre: Action, Ecchi, Fantasy Harem, School
• Release Date: 9 July
• Studio: ACTAS
• Episodes: TBA

Blade is a carefree transfer student whose only goal is to make friends with his classmates at Rosewood Academy, a school for heroes-in-training. On the surface, Blade seems like an ordinary boy, but he is hiding a miserable secret with seeds that start long ago, with the defeat of the Demon King at the hands of the Great Hero. Join this new class of friends as they unravel the mystery surrounding Blade, and journey toward becoming full-fledged Heroes!

10/9 My Tiny Senpai

• Genre: Adult Cast, Comedy, Romance, Slice of Life, Workplace
• Release Date: 2 July
• Studio: Project no. 9
• Episodes: 12

When Shinozaki started his new job, he didn’t expect his superior to be so…cute!? He struggled to learn the ropes until Katase, his tiny and kind senpai, took him under her wing. But as they grow closer, he hopes her attention might mean something more.

10/8 Level 1 Demon Lord and One Room Hero

• Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
• Release Date: 3 July
• Studio: Silver Link x Blade
• Episodes: TBA

After his embarrassing defeat at the hands of a brave hero, the Demon Lord is back and ready for revenge… but after ten years apart, the hero, Max, isn’t the dashing do-gooder the Demon Lord remembers. In fact, Max has turned into a shut-in slob with no interest in an epic rematch. Can the Demon Lord whip his former nemesis back into shape, or will he be defeated by the hero-turned-couch-potato once again and join him in his lazy life?

10/7 Reign of the Seven Spellblades

• Genre: Action, Fantasy, School
• Release Date: 8 July
• Studio: JC Staff
• Episodes: TBA

It’s springtime at Kimberly Magic Academy, and new students are beginning their first year. Among them are a skilled and studious boy, Oliver, and a headstrong samurai girl, Nanao. They soon form a unique bond in the halls of Kimberly, but this picturesque school isn’t what it seems. Dark secrets and endless danger lurk behind every corner. Can these wizards make it to graduation alive?!

10/6 Am I Actually the Strongest?

• Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Isekai, Reincarnation
• Release Date: 2 July
• Studio: Staple Entertainment
• Episodes: TBA

After being a shut-in, Haruto is reincarnated as a baby. And amazingly, that baby is a prince! However, he's abandoned in a forest on the day he's born because of his low magic level... What will be the fate of Haruto, who was inadvertently given 1000 times the normal amount of magic by the goddess of reincarnation without anyone noticing?!

10/5 Dark Gathering

• Genre: Horror, Supernatural
• Release Date: 10 July
• Studio: OLM
• Episodes: 25

After a devastating encounter with a restless spirit, ghost-fearing psychic Keitaro Gentoga became a shut-in to avoid additional spectral catastrophes. But no man is a haunted island, and Keitaro eventually reintegrates with society by getting a part-time job as a tutor to the child prodigy Yayoi Houzuki. Yayoi isn’t just an academic genius, though. She’s a talented psychic medium hell-bent on finding the malevolent spirit behind her mother’s disappearance, and she’s gravely determined to drag Keitaro into her terrifying world of grotesque supernatural phenomenon.

10/4 Liar, Liar

• Genre: Comedy, Psychological, Romance, School, Strategy
• Release Date: 8 July
• Studio: GEEKTOYS
• Episodes: TBA

A mind game of lies and deceit begins! At Academy Island, students battle in Games to win stars, hoping to earn the prestigious title “Seven Star.” Sarasa is last year’s champion and is on track to win again until Hiroto, a new transfer student, hits the scene. Surprisingly, Hiroto defeats her by sheer luck! Now, he must use bluffs and trickery to stay on top.

10/3 Rurouni Kenshin (2023)

• Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Historical, Romance, Samurai
• Release Date: 7 July
• Studio: LIDENFILMS
• Episodes: TBA

In the final years of the Bakumatsu era lived a legendary assassin known as Hitokiri Battousai. Feared as a merciless killer, he was unmatched throughout the country, but mysteriously disappeared at the peak of the Japanese Revolution. It has been ten peaceful years since then, but the very mention of Battousai still strikes terror into the hearts of war veterans.

Unbeknownst to them, Battousai has abandoned his bloodstained lifestyle in an effort to repent for his sins, now living as Kenshin Himura, a wandering swordsman with a cheerful attitude and a strong will. Vowing never to kill again, Kenshin dedicates himself to protecting the weak. One day, he stumbles across Kaoru Kamiya at her kendo dojo, which is being threatened by an impostor claiming to be Battousai. After receiving help from Kenshin, Kaoru allows him to stay at the dojo, and so the former assassin temporarily ceases his travels.

Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan tells the story of Kenshin as he strives to save those in need of saving. However, as enemies from both past and present begin to emerge, will the reformed killer be able to uphold his new ideals?

10/2 Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead

• Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Supernatural, Survival, Suspense, Zombies
• Release Date: 9 July
• Studio: BUG FILMS
• Episodes: 12

With three years under his belt at the company from hell, Akira Tendo is mentally and physically spent. All at the ripe old age of twenty-four. Even his crush from Accounting, Saori, wants nothing to do with him. Then, just when life is beginning to look like one big disappointment, it happens. The zombie apocalypse descends on Japan! Surrounded by hordes of hungry zombies, Akira comes to a realization that will forever change his life…

“Wait, does this mean I never have to go to work again?”

Confess to… party like it's… travel Japan coast to…

Now, with his nightmare job no longer, Akira's got his mojo back. Let the bucket listing begin!!

10/1 The Girl I Like Forgot her Glasses

• Genre: Romance, Slice of Life, School
• Release Date: 4 July
• Studio: GoHands
• Episodes: 12

Komura-kun, a slightly shy middle school boy, has a crush on his bespectacled classmate, Mie-san, who sits next to him. “I wish she would look at me, even if it has to be through those thick lenses.” He goes about his life, unable to bring himself to talk to this strangely charming girl.

Three days into a new seating arrangement, Mie-san has forgotten her glasses again. Komura-kun tries his best to help her, but when she gets up close to him to try to see, his heart starts racing uncontrollably!

Top 6 Sequel Anime Releasing this Summer:-

6/6 Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2

• Release Date: 3 July
• Studio: Studio Bind
• Episodes: TBA

6/5 The Devil is a Part-Timer Season 3

• Release Date: 13 July
• Studio: Studio 3Hz
• Episodes: TBA

6/4 Bungou Stray Dogs Season 5

• Release Date: 12 July
• Studio: BONES
• Episodes: 11

6/3 HoriMiya: The Missing Piece

• Release Date: 1 July
• Studio: CloverWorks
• Episodes: 13

6/2 Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War 2nd Cour

• Release Date: 8 July
• Studio: Studio Pierrot
• Episodes: TBA

6/1 Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 

• Release Date: 6 July
• Studio: MAPPA
• Episodes: 23