NextAni Database
SUMMER 2026
ONA • Trend Score: 273Ephtal is reincarnated as a human, coming from modern Earth. In this new world where magic is real, he decides to devote the entirety of his life in the pursuit of magic. Despite his efforts, though, he discovers that he is absolutely talentless in magic, and breathed his last in anguish....But it isn't the end for him just yet! He reincarnates once again bearing the same name, Ephtal, 400 years later. Having retained his knowledge and power, he steals his resolve and once again sets his sights for the peak of magic!
(Source: Comikey)
Note: Rakudai Kenja no Gakuin Musou: Nidome no Tensei, S-Rank Cheat Majutsushi Boukenroku is streaming a week in advance of the TV broadcast on dAnimeStore, ABEMA, U-NEXT, and Anime Hodai beginning June 26th, 2026. Regular broadcasting begins on July 2nd, 2026.- Action
- Adventure
- Fantasy
SUMMER 2026
TV Show • Trend Score: 273Yani is a catgirl with a seriously bad smoking habit. She smokes so much that her apartment smells like ash and is littered with cigarette butts—and plenty of other trash! Every time she tries to quit, she becomes weak to the cravings and gives in almost instantly. Will she ever get her life together, or is she doomed to live as a chainsmoking slob forever?
(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)- Comedy
- Slice of Life
SUMMER 2026
TV Show • 26 episodes • Trend Score: 271Born into a prestigious family of master swordsmen, Elymas Edvaughn’s future shatters when he awakens the so-called “defective” Heavy Knight class. Disowned and cast out, he regains memories of another life—and realizes this world mirrors a VR game he once mastered. Armed with knowledge no one else possesses, he sets out to rewrite his fate and prove the strength of the “weakest” class.
(Source: Crunchyroll)- Action
- Fantasy
SUMMER 2026
TV Show • Trend Score: 189Kuroe Akaishi just wants a normal high school life—but that’s impossible with a rare condition that turns her into a giant kaiju whenever her emotions spike! Things get even worse when she falls for Arata Minami, the most popular boy in class. Now every blush, heartbeat, and crush could trigger a monster transformation. Can Kuroe survive high school love before it destroys everything around her?!
(Source: Crunchyroll)- Comedy
- Romance
- Supernatural
SUMMER 2026
ONA • 12 episodes • Trend Score: 148Monsters did not always exist in the island country of Hexaldoria, once known as Japan. But, once monsters appeared, their numbers grew in an instant. Eighty percent of the world is now too dangerous for people to live in. With the monsters' arrival, the world bestowed "Classes" upon its people.
Classes are assigned at birth, and most people live according to them. There are eight COMPETENT classes: FIGHTER, HUNTER, CLERIC, WARRIOR, MAGE, MERCHANT, THIEF. And three special ORACLE classes: KING, SAGE, HERO.
The weakest Class of all is VILLAGER.
However, Kouji Kagami became "LEVEL 999"--the highest level that no one had reached before.
When he met the daughter of the Demon King, the world started to change!
(Source: BookWalker)- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Fantasy
SUMMER 2026
TV Show • Trend Score: 85At age forty-five, office worker Sasaki has had enough of the corporate grind. His only solace is smoking-and the friendly smile of supermarket cashier Yamada. When Sasaki can't find Yamada after a particularly trying day, a striking woman invites him to smoke with her. The despondent man thinks he's made a new smoking buddy in the cool, teasing Tayama, but Sasaki doesn't realize he already knows her!
(Source: Square Enix)
Note: Episodes 1-6 had an early release by ABEMA and Crunchyroll on June 3rd, 2026 in a mini-episode batch format that splits 6 episodes into 12, ahead of the TV broadcast which starts on July 9th, 2026.- Comedy
- Romance
- Slice of Life
SUMMER 2026
TV Show • 13 episodes • Trend Score: 81Clouds blacken the sky and sheets of rain turn the mountain forest into a treacherous maze... A landslide crushes a razor wire fence, and buries a "NO TRESPASSING" sign... Two young siblings wander into a dark world where they do not belong, and a long, horrid shadow rears up to meet them- Anyway, so that's how we met Dara-san! She might look kinda scary, but just wait until you get to know her!
"Look, I'm a god of misfortune, okay!? Aren't you kids gonna freak out about my grotesque visage!?"
(Source: Yen Press)- Comedy
- Horror
- Supernatural
SUMMER 2026
TV Show • 13 episodes • Trend Score: 77The latest anime project in the BanG Dream! franchise, spotlighting the band members in Mugendai Mewtype.
- Music
SUMMER 2026
ONA • 12 episodes • Trend Score: 59“I will become the world’s most wonderful maid!”
With her skirt fluttering in black and white, the girl shouted. Her name is Melody. A reincarnated former Japanese girl, she now pursues her dream in her new life, working as an all-purpose maid for a poor count’s family in the kingdom of Théolas. When she makes it, even cheap tea turns into a luxury brew, and a dilapidated mansion is quickly restored to new! Cleaning, serving, hunting, DIY—leave it all to her and her powerful magic. Unbeknownst to Melody, this world is actually an otome game, and she is the most powerful and invincible heroine, the saint! Yet, she remains oblivious to this fact. Romance with handsome men? Attacks by the Demon Lord? Work comes first! A fantasy of misunderstood work that unknowingly shatters destiny!
(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
Note: Heroine? Seijo? Iie, All Works Maid desu (Ko)! is streaming a week in advance of the TV broadcast on dAnimeStore and ABEMA beginning June 24th, 2026. Regular broadcasting begins on July 1st, 2026.- Comedy
- Fantasy
SUMMER 2026
TV Show • Trend Score: 27Lady Carolina, the overlooked daughter of a powerful duke, has always believed herself to be the black sheep amid her illustrious kin. Her father is the distinguished prime minister; her elder sister, a prodigious mage destined to become their nation’s next Saint. In comparison, Carolina resigns herself to a quiet existence in their shadows until a sudden and unexpected royal decree alters her destiny, thrusting her into a political marriage with the formidable “Bloodthirsty Prince” of the neighboring Empire of Malcosias. Determined to prove her worth, Carolina takes a bold step into a world fraught with both political and mortal peril. As royal obligations intertwine with hints of true love and the stirrings of her own latent power, Carolina moves ever closer to understanding what it truly means to be exceptional.
(Source: J-Novel Club)- Drama
- Fantasy
- Romance
