Welcome back to another installment of GGA’s monthly Anime Roundup, where we cover everything coming out in August 2024 on the most popular streaming services, such as Crunchyroll, Netflix, Hulu and HIDIVE.
The heat of August is upon us, and the anime release schedule is on fire. We’ve got a great month of new anime content ahead, mostly being released to Netflix. There are a couple of films and several fan-favorite series returning this month. Let’s get into everything you’ll be watching this month.
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From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke (Season 3)
You are reading that headline correctly: From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke is returning for a surprise third season after over a decade. Although she struggles with her blossoming feelings, Sawako comes to terms with herself and tells Kazehaya how she feels about him. Attracted by Sawako’s unnoticed efforts and genuine personality, Kazehaya also candidly makes his feelings known. Thus, their new relationship begins.
From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke returns on Netflix on August 1, 2024.
The Deer King (2021)
The Deer King is a highly acclaimed, sweeping fantasy epic that marks the directing debut of Masashi Ando, whose work on such landmark films as Spirited Away and Your Name. In the aftermath of a brutal war, former soldier Van toils in a mine controlled by the ruling empire. One day, his solitary existence is upended when a pack of wild dogs carrying a deadly and incurable disease attack, leaving only Van and a young girl named Yuna as survivors. Intent on protecting Yuna at all costs, Van must uncover the true cause of the plague ravaging the kingdom—and its possible cure.
The Deer King animated film joins the Netflix lineup on August 1, 2024.
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Delico’s Nursery
Hailing from a prestigious noble house, Dali Delico is an elite member of the Blood Pact Council with a promising future. When the Blood Pact Council, the highest governing body for the Vamps, assigns Dali a special mission, he flatly refuses it. What they witness there is Dali taking care of an infant himself. Meanwhile, there has been a series of mysterious murders targeting Vamps. Can they find the right balance between their absolute mission and childcare in this magnificent gothic world?
Delico’s Nursery streams on Crunchyroll starting on August 7, 2024.
True Beauty
True Beauty anime is based on the popular webtoon of the same name. Once bullied for her looks, Jugyeong transforms herself using the art of makeup. When she joins a new school with a True Beauty goddess competition, offering winners the chance of recruitment by entertainment agencies, she instantly becomes a top candidate. But her new identity is at stake when heartthrob Suho Lee accidentally sees her bare face. Will her elite status be short-lived?
True Beauty will grace our screens through Crunchyroll starting August 7, 2024.
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Pokémon Horizons: The Series (Part 3)
Liko finally learns the identity of the Pokémon who was her pendant—Terapagos—and the Rising Volt Tacklers have a lead on another one of the Six Heroes. The Explorers won’t just sit around and watch, though—they’re going on the offensive as they pursue Terapagos, and the black Rayquaza is in their sights next. Meanwhile, what will Roy learn about his Ancient Poké Ball, and how will he and Liko continue to develop as Trainers?
Part 3 for Pokémon Horizons: The Series streams on Netflix starting August 9, 2024.
Kengan Ashura (Season 2 – Part 2)
The Kengan Zetsumei Tournament will wrap up in this installment, ending the dramatic season. In the 12th and final episode of Season 2- Part 1, with an unconscious Ohma still in his hospital room, Hayami of Toyo Electric Power Co. and his men attempt a coup — but another organization secretly moves in the shadows.
The second part of Kengan Ashura Season 2 returns to Netflix on August 15, 2024.
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Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos: The Movie (2024)
Pretty Guardians Sailor Moon Cosmos: The Movie is a two-part film that covers the Stars Arc of the manga. One by one, Sailor Moon’s friends and loved ones are targeted by a formidable new enemy who threatens to destroy everything and rule over the cosmos. Sailor Moon battles Shadow Galactica, an enemy threatening her friends to rule the universe. Can she protect her loved ones and persevere?
Pretty Guardians Sailor Moon Cosmos: The Movie brings the fight for humanity to Netflix on August 22, 2024.
Terminator Zero
The future has come to Netflix in the form of a Terminator anime series. A warrior from a post-apocalyptic future travels to 1997 to protect an AI scientist being hunted by an unfeeling — and indestructible — cyborg.
Terminator Zero invades Netflix starting on August 29, 2024.
Which August anime show caught your eye? Comment to tell us what you will be watching to fight off the stress of back-to-school time.
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