The 15 Most Anticipated Anime of 2024
This year, every major series is set to return. So, we have to ask: Will it be the best year in the genre's history?
If you thought 2023 was a damn good year for anime, just wait for 2024. Nearly every major series is set to make its grand return, alongside theatrical releases and new imaginings of the classics. You may be thinking that anime can't get any better following last year's stellar Jujutsu Kaisen season 2, but the trailers for this year's slate have already blown me away. One Piece is boasting a new animation style, Dragon Ball is preparing its grand return, and Haikyuu!! is gearing up for a finale on film.
This year will also see the debut of the action-packed Kaiju No. 8, the cozy cooking manga Delicious in Dungeon, and yet another adaptation of Junji Ito's Uzumak. If that wasn't enough, Demon Slayer will return alongside My Hero Academia, Bleach, Blue Lock, and Chainsaw Man. If there was ever a year in contention for the best year in anime history, 2024 is absolutely stepping up to the plate. Check out our most anticipated anime of 2024 below.
One Piece (season 21)
Send some prayers to One Piece's animators, because the series didn't even take a week off in between seasons. Debuting a flashy new animation style and hopping right into an adaptation of the manga's current arc, the team behind the celebrated pirate series is steam-rolling into season 21 looking the best the series ever has.
Delicious in Dungeon
In a fantasy world where people explore massive dungeons to find treasure and fight mysterious beasts, one group of companions takes to cooking and eating the monsters to survive. The humorous and lighthearted series is finally adapted in this Netflix original, which is sure to make you hungry—even when they're eating something insane.
Solo Leveling
Solo Leveling follows the weakest human on Earth during a full-scale alien invasion. After a chance encounter, he's given the power to fight back and solve the mystery of the monstrous invaders.
Haikyuu!! Movie: Decisive Battle at the Garbage Dump
Release Date: In theaters February 14, 2024
Instead of returning with a new season, Haikyuu!! plans to finish the hit volleyball series in theaters with two films. The first, Decisive Battle at the Garbage Dump, will cover our favorite boys as they finally take on their high school rivals in the big tournament.
Kaiju No. 8
Release Date: April 2024 (on Crunchyroll)
Reading Kaiju No. 8, it was clear that the Godzilla-esque kaiju series would be perfect for an anime adaptation. Borrowing heavily from classic mech series such as Neon Genesis Evangelion, the story follows Earth's need to protect their planet from massive intelligent monsters by borrowing the technology of past-defeated foes.
Blue Lock: Episode Nagi
Release Date: April 29, 2024 in theaters
Blue Lock is taking some cues from Jujutsu Kaisen 0 and releasing their prequel spinoff in theaters as a film. The popular soccer anime came in hot in 2022, and recent successes for anime on the big screen may prove to be a solid entry point for new audiences. Though the film premieres in Japan this April, there's no international release date announced just yet.
Demon Slayer (season 4)
Release Date: Spring 2024
Following an explosive third season, Demon Slayer returns this spring with a one-hour premiere as the story heads into the Hashira training arc. The series is also planning a worldwide tour beginning in February for fans, including special screenings of season 3's most emotional episodes.
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Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 — The Conflict
Release Date: Spring 2024
Anime fans are elated that the Bleach's long finale will finally be adapted after a decade-long hiatus, even if the last season is taking a page from Attack on Titan and releasing in four parts. After Part 4 releases in late 2024 or early 2025, it'll likely be the last time we see Bleach on screen—unless a sequel develops.
My Hero Academia (season 7)
Release Date: May 4, 2024
My Hero Academia heads into its long final arc beginning in season 7, as the school for superheroes plans on bringing down the League of Villains once and for all.
DanDaDan
Release Date: October 2024
In a bet to decide if supernatural entities like ghosts and aliens are real, two high school students set out to visit occult locations throughout the world. DanDaDan is also written by an assistant who worked on both Hell's Paradise and Chainsaw Man.
Kimi ni Todoke (season 3)
Release Date: TBA 2024
After a decade-long hiatus, Netflix finally picked up the romance anime Kimi ni Todoke for a third season. The story follows a high-school romance between a horror-loving freshman Sawako and popular boy Kazehaya. As they battle the obstacles between them, love eventually blooms.
Chainsaw Man — The Movie: Reze Arc
Release Date: TBA 2024
Easily one of the most-anticipated releases of the year, Chainsaw Man is foregoing season 2 (for now) to give the next emotional arc of the series its own feature film. So far, the story follows a teenager who is given the power to sprout chainsaws out of his head and arms. Insecure and confused, his first attempt at love in the Reze arc doesn't go exactly as planned.
Uzumaki: Spiral Into Horror
Release Date: TBA 2024 on Adult Swim
Junji Ito's horror masterpiece Uzumaki will get its umpteenth adaptation in 2024, as Adult Swim attempts another crack at this celebrated and horrifying classic. Sticking to the original mangaka's art style and black-and-white illustrations, the latest trailer—which shows people who become eerily obsessed with spirals—just may have what it takes to do the story justice.
Dragon Ball Daima
Release Date: Fall 2024
Dragon Ball Daima will feature Goku like never before in a new story by series creator Akira Toriyama—who sends the hero back to his time as a youth. Paying tribute to Dragon Ball's 40th anniversary, Daima is set to tell an original story outside of the current continuity, reimagining the hit series for a new audience while still exciting die-hard fans.
Sand Land
Release Date: TBA 2024
Alongside Dragon Ball Daima, Akira Toriyama's earlier project, Sand Land, will also receive an anime adaption in 2024. The series follows a demon child and a desperate sheriff on the lookout for water after natural disasters cover the world in sand.
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