Anime Summer 2024 Weekly Ranking September 27th - October 3rd
These rankings are as of the episodes premiering September 27th to October 3rd.
S: Must Watch
Episodes I believe you must watch or are missing out on.
1. NieR:Automata Ver1.1a (Cour 2). Ep 24. FINAL
What an incredible anime, without a doubt the best of the season and the best of the season. 9s’s journey to break the world and A2’s journey to save it are an example of great juxtaposition, a wonderful story of how the world and those in it can affect one’s life and mindset. As I’ve said elsewhere, what I look most about this anime is the idea of will. 9S and A2 represent this well, but 042 and 153 steal the show and represent it best. 153 disobeying orders, after going the entire series following them without fail, was wonderful to watch and I even shed tears for them. The ending was also just amazing, it felt like a reward after an already incredible watch. 10/10 a must watch.
3. The Elusive Samurai
A very nice final episode to a great watch. The animation for this anime was a joy to watch, I like to describe it as having a lot of character. The characters, and many wacky designs, are also a highlight of this anime. I hope we get another as I would love to see Tokiyuki lead his men into the final fight. Although he didn’t appear much, Takuji is a great villain. The writing does a stellar job in making him appear like not just a threat, but somewhat of a unnatural being. Mmmmm, 8.5/10, 10/10 jiggle physics.
2. DAN DA DAN
Oh wow, I love this animation so much. Brings me back to the wonderful, and heartbreaking memories of Devilman Crybaby. As for a first episode, spectacular. Animation is incredible, the scene with Ayase floating after realizing her powers is one of my favorite scenes in of the year. The story is weird, the characters are quirky, the premise is interesting, I look forward to this season in an already packed season. Oh, Creepy Nuts didn’t miss, I mean I just expected them to drop a banger again and they did. These guys are awesome, please watch their other anime OP and ED if you haven’t.
4. Re:ZERO
I’m going to go ahead and put this in S simply off the merit of previous seasons. While I am not the biggest fan, I believe this anime is great, and that final scenes of this long first episode are proof of that. the revival power can be overused and badly done in many, if not most, cases, but this story has found a way to make it great. This time around in particular was cool to watch, the way the crowd was manipulated, the ending with everyone sharing the same injury, watching in horror as everyone is swayed more and more to support what should be something disgusting was excellent to watch. Overall a very good episode that sets up some good things going forward though with some troubling family matters. My only issue with it is that Subaru is still too much of a hot head, but that is his character, I think without it he does lose a lot of what makes him his character. Overall, great first episode.
A: Very Good
Good episodes, anime I would recommend to someone looking for something to watch.
5. Wistoria: Wand and Sword
Overall, I’ll say this is the surprise of the season for me. I picked it up after the end of Suicide squad expecting some cool Shonen and got that. But, I also got a very enjoyable story and incredible animation along with it. Will is the draw of the show, he’s just a very likable character who is easy to root for. The anime in general is just a joy to watch, character designs are great and the action is stellar. Season 2 is confirmed and well deserved. 8.5/10 great watch, look forward to next season.
7. Blue Box
Realizing who the acquittance is just as Taiki wakes up was a lot of fun, I said noooo just as he goes down stairs. Looking forward to this, the animation is beautiful, the voice acting and music nice. But can the story keep up? I’ve seen a lot of hype around so I’ll go with yes, but time will be the judge. Good first episode, more please.
6. Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! Ep. 12. FINAL
This was great. The characters are very likable, and many of their arcs are well written and easy to connect and sympathize with. Komari’s, for example, is a tale of loneliness and learning to accept the help from others despite being weary of abandonment. This episode is an anime original I believe and it was a lot of fun. Anna was the focus of it which may hint at things to come but I hope we get more seasons to explore relationships and maybe even new girls. 8.7/10, Ms. Konuki please ruin my life.
8. Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest. Ep. 13
An interesting reveal, seems Happy has found a new love interest. The effect on the white mage from the orb is also interesting, I wonder why her body changed as it did. The highlight of the episode is Erza vs Laxus, I just found myself smiling as these two duked it out. Have they fought before? I’m not sure, but both are monsters and fun to watch.
B: Good/Solid
9. Atri -My Dear Moments- Ep. 12
Some bittersweet reveals here. What exactly is project Eden, Atri saying she will do it also makes me sad as Natsu won’t just let it happen. I’ve very much enjoyed this series and look forward to the ending next week, hoping for a happy ending but it seems to stray away from it.
10. 2.5 Dimensional Seduction. Ep. 13
Social anxiety overcomes many, some just suffer from it worse than others. Ririsa thinking she has been challenged to a duel is funny. I was hoping she would try a new character but it seems we’re sticking to the same character with deviations. I’ll take it, but I must say the disservice to a certain childhood makes me sad.
C: It’s ok/Fine
These are shows I happen to pick up but struggle to finish. Still watchable, but not without a good break in between episodes.
11. Loner Life in Another World
Forgot to put episode one in last week, the first episode was bad in my opinion. This one was slightly better, but it’s difficult to tolerate the narrating and storytelling. Anime like this are best when they are just having a lot of fun, this jus seems to be going the wish fulfilment territory. It can be done, just not as this anime is going. Meh, still better than slime.
D: Do Not Recommend
Shows I do not recommend you not watch for various issues.
That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime
What better way to end this tragedy of a season than with the plague that ruined it: a meeting. I’ll give more on this on my overall rankings, but this season was bad, very bad. 3/10.
F: Bad
Anime with glaring issues that make them not only difficult to watch, but the watcher angry at times.
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