Just like any other film or television show, anime are broken up into genres. The genres include your classic drama, comedy, horror, etc. But there are also genres such as slice of life, shounen, shoujo, and fan service. Knowing these genres are key to finding the perfect anime for you!

Let’s begin with the slice of life genre! This genre is basically what it sounds like. Slice of Life can be any anime that includes a coming of age concept, relationships between friends/lovers as well as family. The key to the perfect slice of life anime includes seasonality within the series. Many sports anime can be categorized within the slice of life genre.

Shoujo and shounen anime are geared toward a specific audience type. Shoujo anime is typically made for young female viewers while a shounen series is made for a young male audience. A popular shounen anime would be Dragonball Z while Sailor Moon could be categorized as a shoujo anime series (one of my favorites). Many people don’t care for these two genres due to the fact that many people watch their anime of choice regardless of the shoujo or shounen genre.

Now anime that appear within the fan service genre are made specifically to please the audience. This may include intense violence, racy clothing or two characters who are strongly shipped together becoming intimate. Fan service is also found in shounen manga.

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Let’s start at the beginning.

Yuri On Ice was my first, and by first I mean first sports anime (get your head out of the gutter). After finishing the first season, I immediately wanted more. But waiting months for the second season wasn’t going to fly. So I decided to pursue other sports related series that would fill the void in my aching otaku heart. So the hunt was on!

After literally 10 minutes of searching, I found them. From swimming to cheerleading, there is an anime for just about every sport. I’m at the point where I’m waiting for an anime about competitive trampolining.

But if you’re looking for a short Slice of Life anime like Yuri On Ice I would definitely recommend the series All Out! It’s a rugby anime that is absolutely full of intense game scenes, team bonding, hot characters as well as a few homo-erotic moments that Yuri on Ice is known for. All Out! definitely filled a large portion of the Yuri On Ice void. I would truly recommend watching while waiting for the second season of YOI.

All Out! as well as many other Slice of Life sports anime including Yuri On Ice can be found on Funimation.

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• Bryce Papenbrook as Eren
• Josh Grelle as Armin
• Trina Nishimura as Mikasa
• Matthew Mercer as Levi
• Ashly Burch as Sasha
• Clifford Chapin as Conny
• Bryn Apprill as Christa
• J. Michael Tatum as Erwin
• Jessica Calvello as Hange
• Jason Douglas as Miche
• Jerry Jewell as Moblit
• Elizabeth Maxwell as Ymir
• David Wald as Hannes
• Robert McCollum as Reiner
• David Matranga as Bertholdt
• Mike McFarland as Jean
• Lydia Mackay as Nanaba
• Francis Henry as Nick
• R Bruce Elliott as Pyxis
• Jessica Cavanagh as Carla
• Todd Haberkorn as Marlo
• Brittney Karbowski as Hitch

There will also be new members of the team for the 26th episode:

• Jason C. Miller as Gelgar
• Felecia Angelle as Lynne
• Marcus D. Stimac as Tomas

The dubbed version will premiere on Adult Swim’s Toonami this coming Saturday and will also be streamed this Sunday on Funimation. The second season of AOT will have 12 episodes.

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T-minus one month (and a day or two) until our anime dreams come true!

(CAUTION: SEASON 1 SPOILERS!)

The highly anticipated season 2 of Hajime Isayama’s Attack on Titan is set to premiere on April 1st of this year as reported by Funimation (whoop! whoop!). In the final episode of season 1, we were left with Eren Yeager in the infirmary, Annie Leonhart exposed as a titan shifter and encased inside a crystal, and the discovery of a titan in Wall Sheena. Talk about suspense! In the AOT season 2 preview that was released by Funimation last year, we are briefly introduced to the “beast titan” as well as other presumed titan shifters fighting both titans and humans. The preview is full of the usual gore and violence along with the mysterious hints as to where the titans originated. The purpose of the titan shifters seems to be promising for humanity, yet there is a clear gray area as to whom to trust.

Of course, loyal manga readers will know the events that took place after season 1 had aired due to the extensive AOT manga series. But for the dedicated anime viewers, we have been hanging on a cliff for THREE YEARS since it first aired in 2013. This is most likely due to the fact that there hasn’t been enough material from the manga series itself to create a solid second season. Yet, the chief director Tetsuro Araki and director Masashi Koizuka have been working very closely with AOT creator Hajime Isayama on season 2, meaning that the anime may be closely tied with the manga.

Attack on Titan season 2 will premiere April 1st, 2017 on FunimationNow.

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My Hero Academia tells the story of this middle school kid named Izuku Midoriya who was born without super powers. This poor kid who just wants to have a Quirk (super power) just like everybody else ends up getting bullied for not being born with a power. Despite being constantly bullied by this kid named Katsuki Bakugō, who has the ability to basically sweat explosions, Izuku attempts to save him from a villain. The world’s greatest hero, All Might, recognizes Izuku’s potential and bestows him with his own Quirk. Now transition into high school; the used-to-be-powerless kid makes his way through U.A. High School where he learns more about his powers along side the next generation of superheroes.

Kōhei Horikoshi, the writer and illustrator of this wonderful Japanese manga, started creating these wonderful stories for a magazine called Weekly Shōnen Jump on July 7th, 2014. So far there are 32 issues, which is pretty awesome. They started to get popular so the next step was its own manga. On November 9th, 2015, My Hero Academia Smash!! was published. At the moment there are 8 volumes of science-fantasy fun. Let’s take it up a notch, shall we? April 3rd, 2016, the famous Studio Bones, Madman Entertainment, and Funimation got involved and released the anime, which currently has 13 episodes. I feel like there should be a drum roll inserted here-> On May 19th, 2016, Bandai Namco Studios is bringing this action packed adventure to Nintendo 3DS’s everywhere with the video game My Hero Academia: Battle for All. It’s amazing how Horikoshi’s small story ended up becoming a huge success within a short span of three years. So yeah, be sure to catch up on the manga or binge the anime or just go right for it and pick up a copy of the game.

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