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The heat of summer is upon us all. But which anime this season are hot enough to compete for your attention? It's Aniki Hotake time! Running down the Anichart.net listings from least to most popular, they help you sort what shouldn't be missed, what might be ok, and what you should probably avoid. What shows are you most excited for? Let us know on Twitter and Facebook!

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Show Notes

Summer 2021 Hotakes00:15

Summer 2021 Anime Season Preview

Follow along with the Aniki Hotake Experience!

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Note: Order determined as of recording on 6/25/2021

Aniki's Picks

Our picks for consideration for this anime season. Click the links to go to where you can watch or get more info.

I am Tsushima, the Cat

Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan

The Idaten Dieties Only Know Peace

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Sotsu

Sonny Boy

The Aquatope on White Sand

The Case Study of Vanitas

Kobayashi-san's Dragon Maid S

Cover Image: Furuhara Gen

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Enthralled by the elevator pitch, the Aniki brothers watch hot boys skateboard down mineshafts in Sk8 the Infinity. In Okinawa, there exists an underground skateboarding event known only as 'S' where rivals challenge each other in 'beefs.' These one on one races take place on a no holds barred tracks right down an abandoned mine. Enter Ranga, a recent transplant from Canada who has spent his whole life snowboarding. After he meets Reki, a boy for whom skateboarding is life, Ranga finds a new passion in this snow-less land. Can these new found friends learn to lean on each other when they are challenged by the Diet member by day and Matador of Love by night, champion of all mine shaft skating forever: Adam? Also featuring So I'm a Spider, So What?

Haven't seen this show? Go watch Sk8 the Infinity! Watch before you listen!

Show Notes

General0:15Anime Review4:58

General

So I'm a Spider, So What?

Sk8 the Infinity

Watch Now

Next Time

Shadows House

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Enthralled by the elevator pitch, the Aniki brothers watch hot boys skateboard down mineshafts in Sk8 the Infinity. In Okinawa, there exists an underground skateboarding event known only as 'S' where rivals challenge each other in 'beefs.' These one on one races take place on a no holds barred tracks right down an abandoned mine. Enter Ranga, a recent transplant from Canada who has spent his whole life snowboarding. After he meets Reki, a boy for whom skateboarding is life, Ranga finds a new passion in this snow-less land. Can these new found friends learn to lean on each other when they are challenged by the Diet member by day and Matador of Love by night, champion of all mine shaft skating forever: Adam? Also featuring So I'm a Spider, So What?

Haven't seen this show? Go watch Sk8 the Infinity! Watch before you listen!

Show Notes

General0:15Anime Review4:58

General

So I'm a Spider, So What?

Sk8 the Infinity

Watch Now

Next Time

Shadows House

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Begin your summer break with a return to everyone's favorite country village with cute girls doing cute things in Non Non Biyori Nonstop!

Begin your summer break with a return to everyone's favorite country village with cute girls doing cute things in Non Non Biyori Nonstop! Renge, Hotaru, Natsumi, and Komari are back with all new adventures! Thrill as they grow tomatoes! Chill with existential dread over a soccer ball! Be shocked that a fishmongers and a hospital are basically the same! Do you need more reasons to chill out in the picturesque scenery of rural Japan with a bunch of silly girls? Also featuring: Mugen Train and the Godzilla anime.

Haven't seen this show? Go watch Non Non Biyori Nonstop! Watch before you listen!

Show Notes

General0:15Anime Review10:36

General

https://twitter.com/DahliasDream/status/1396940461944676352?s=20

What Jon sent as the show began

Mugen Train

Godzilla Anime

To Your Eternity

Yuyu Yuri

Non Non Biyori Nonstop

Watch Now

Our original review

Our review of Repeat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQSZrCv9dhw

Renge Brando

Natsumi's Pot Plot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTXDb_uA7uE

How old Ash Katchum is

Next Time

SK8 the Infinity

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It might not be the season for winter camping anymore, but that doesn't stop the Aniki brothers from getting cozy with Yuru Camp 2. The next installment following Rin, Nadeshiko and the others on their camping adventures takes them out of their home prefecture of Yamanashi and into far flung Izu in Shizuoka. Solo camping, group camping, hot springs camping, and food camping all come together for another cozy camping experience. Thrill as someone leaves cell coverage! Chill as it gets colder than you thought! Nothing will excite you as much as the comfort these girls experience! Also featuring: Returnal, Clear Card, Bad Batch, and Combatants Will Be Dispatched.

Haven't seen this show? Go watch Yuru Camp 2. Watch before you listen!

Show Notes

General0:15Anime Review9:29

General

Returnal

Clear Card

Bad Batch

Combatants Will Be Dispatched

Yuru Camp 2

Watch Now

Aniki's Season 1 Review

Aniki's Heya Camp Review

Jack Handey

Butane Hand Warmer

Yuru Camp VR Game

Fire Table

Tomatillo

Next Time

Non Non Biyori Nonstop

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It might not be the season for winter camping anymore, but that doesn't stop the Aniki brothers from getting cozy with Yuru Camp 2. The next installment following Rin, Nadeshiko and the others on their camping adventures takes them out of their home prefecture of Yamanashi and into far flung Izu in Shizuoka. Solo camping, group camping, hot springs camping, and food camping all come together for another cozy camping experience. Thrill as someone leaves cell coverage! Chill as it gets colder than you thought! Nothing will excite you as much as the comfort these girls experience! Also featuring: Returnal, Clear Card, Bad Batch, and Combatants Will Be Dispatched.

Haven't seen this show? Go watch Yuru Camp 2. Watch before you listen!

Show Notes

General0:15Anime Review9:29

General

Returnal

Clear Card

Bad Batch

Combatants Will Be Dispatched

Yuru Camp 2

Watch Now

Aniki's Season 1 Review

Aniki's Heya Camp Review

Jack Handey

Butane Hand Warmer

Yuru Camp VR Game

Fire Table

Tomatillo

Next Time

Non Non Biyori Nonstop

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The Easter Bunny visits Aniki, bringing curious eggs full of angst and void flavored filling in Wonder Egg Priority. The shut-in girl Ai is given a strange egg by a talking beetle and told to break it. When she does, out pops a girl pursued by manifested trauma in the form of monsters. Ai must don new found powers to protect the girl and hopefully bring her dead friend back to life. Along the way, she meets other girls who have joined similar quests. Together they discover friendship and the truth behind the mysterious eggs. Also featuring first impressions of spring shows.

Haven't seen this show? Go watch Wonder Egg Priority. Watch before you listen!

Show Notes

General0:15Anime Review13:12

General

Infinity Train

Jon's Twitch

Spring 2021 Hotakes

The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent

JORAN: The Princess of Snow and Blood

Zombie Land Saga: Revenge

I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level

Shadows House

Don't Toy With Me Miss Nagatoro

Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway

Wonder Egg Priority

Watch Now

Madoka

House Suicide Arc

Erased

Penguindrum

Shigofumi

Next Time

Yuru Camp 2

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The Easter Bunny visits Aniki, bringing curious eggs full of angst and void flavored filling in Wonder Egg Priority. The shut-in girl Ai is given a strange egg by a talking beetle and told to break it. When she does, out pops a girl pursued by manifested trauma in the form of monsters. Ai must don new found powers to protect the girl and hopefully bring her dead friend back to life. Along the way, she meets other girls who have joined similar quests. Together they discover friendship and the truth behind the mysterious eggs. Also featuring first impressions of spring shows.

Haven't seen this show? Go watch Wonder Egg Priority. Watch before you listen!

Show Notes

General0:15Anime Review13:12

General

Infinity Train

Jon's Twitch

Spring 2021 Hotakes

The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent

JORAN: The Princess of Snow and Blood

Zombie Land Saga: Revenge

I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level

Shadows House

Don't Toy With Me Miss Nagatoro

Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway

Wonder Egg Priority

Watch Now

Madoka

House Suicide Arc

Erased

Penguindrum

Shigofumi

Next Time

Yuru Camp 2

Not sure what anime to watch on Netflix? Check out our Netflix Recommendations.

First time listening? Subscribe and leave a review on your favorite platform: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS | YouTube | iHeart Radio

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