I recently started rewatching Serial Experiments: Lain and realized that it’s the perfect watch for a hot summer night: It’s chill, eerie and matches the summer night vibe perfectly.
What’s your favorite anime for hot summer nights and why?
I just started that too! Just finished episode 3 last night. I don’t see how it fits summer nights but I’m happy u got the vibes figured out.
It’s hard to explain, but these either are good to watch on a hot summer night or have sceneries that evoke a hot summer night.
Evangelion and End of Evangelion
Chainsaw Man
Fullmetal Alchemist
Bocchi the Rock
Perfect Blue
Your Name
Spy x Family
The Tatami Galaxy
Nana
Madoka Magica
Summertime Render
Higurashi When They Cry is the first thing that comes to mind for me when I think of summer heat, nights and screaming cicadas
Seconding this. Peak summer anime.
Steins;Gate one of the very characters itself is the hot oppressing city and there is this constant sound of cicadas in so many shots that keep this feeling of summer throughout all while being a really really good character piece of what insanity looks like.
I also really love Anohana but thats more about nostalgia and making me cry.
Kimi to natsu no owari shourai no yume, oukina kibou wasurenai…
By the way, that song should have been in the list from this post today!
I actually still use that as an alarm song, cause science says you wake up better to songs you like and I LOVE Secret Base
Call of the Night - the whole show is just pure vibes, and it portrays the nighttime in a unique way. Watching it after it gets dark enhances the experience. It’s even better if you have a thing for vampires
Besides the obvious “summer” theming, I really liked The Summer Hikaru Died for being one of the only horror manga to still be good once made into an anime.
I discovered Inuyasha only because I find it hard to sleep when its hot and it would play on Adult Swim at like 2am. The filler episodes are usually chill, and there are a lot of them. My favorites are the ones focused on Shippo.
Nagi no Asu kara has that refreshing sea theme.
It’s winter for me at the moment but I adore Call of the Night for the wild midnight vibes and also Insomniacs after Dark cause it’s cozy as.
Kowloon…
It’s a nice, misterious anime with old style anime style. Has a strong summer vibe
