“S2 please” is my overall opinion of this season. In no particular order, I want more of:
Honestly one of the best seasons I’ve followed.
Besides the ones mentioned above I’d like to give a mention to “Brave Bang Bravern”, a completely crazy and amazing mecha series by Masami Obari that more people need to watch.
The VNs go like this:
Original Trilogy:
The Fruit of Grisaia -> The Labyrinth of Grisaia -> The Eden of Grisaia
They all got anime adaptations with the same names. I hear they are a fun watch but cut a LOT of content, in particular from the first game (12 episodes for a VN with an average length of 75h on VNDB).
Phantom Trigger:
Grisaia: Phantom Trigger Vol. 1 -> Vol. 2 -> Vol. 3 -> Vol. 4 -> Vol. 5 -> Vol. 5.5 -> Vol. 6 -> Vol. 7 -> Vol. 8
Takes place in the same universe but it’s an indepentent story, it only contains a few references to the original trilogy.
From the descriptions on Anilist, I believe the first movie adapted the first two volumes of the VN, and the second movie adapted the third volume.
Brave Bang Bravern! ED - Souen no Shouzou - After highly recommending the OP earlier, the ED threw me for a total loop. I thought that this show was an action-oriented super robot story. Instead, the ED is like a fever dream in which the ship between Ice Man and Maverick set sail.
A little late but I finally sat down to watch the show and you hit bullseye there - there’s some pretty obvious Top Gun inspiration/parody in the series itself.
After seeing the opening I’ll need to find time for that one too.
Edit: Wait, that’s an Obari series? Change of plans, need to see that TODAY.
Tsukimichi 2nd Season ED1 - Aa Jinsei ni Namida Ari - Some rare, baritone male CV singing!
This is also a throwback to the first season, the same song was used in two occasions there.
These were also sung by the VAs, the first one is by Makoto’s (Natsuki Hanae), the second by Tomoe’s (Ayane Sakura) and Mio’s (Akari Kitou).
Favorites are easily the two from Mashle S2:
Honorable mentions:
This is getting a sequence? Damn, that’s some good news, the original was a very fun Mecha/Action movie.
Also means we may get Angela again in future SRW games. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkMMKc3v0ck
I read some chapters from the manga, it’s one of those “popular girl x unpopular guy” stories. Slightly better than the usual because the MC leans towards “capable yet unmotivated” rather than “bland”.
I’d say give it the usual 3-episode trial if you enjoy this genre.
Livechart.me can usually help find out which streaming service has the series in you region.
https://www.livechart.me/anime/2483
This one in particular I think is in Hidive, and they aren’t available in a lot of regions. :/
And I just found out they got Aoi Yuki as Maomao’s VA! Getting even more hyped now.
So far only only started a couple:
Want to start:
I really missed this series, glad to see it back even though the first half of S2 was kinda of a mess (in particular in pacing).
And this episode felt much better paced and directed than the previous cour, so I’m hopeful it’ll be a fun ride.