Feel like many of these anime also aired in the mid-2010s? You aren’t alone.
Summary:
We’ve had our fair share of unlikely sequels and remakes recently, and we are getting even more next season.
Spring 2024 is going to have many sequels to older anime, as well as remakes and other throwbacks in time.
Sometimes appealing to nostalgia is a good thing.
The past few seasons have been somewhat weird for anime. With many sequels and remakes to series that haven’t been relevant in years, it almost feels like the anime industry is playing with our nostalgia feelings.
However, when you look at the upcoming anime season, this sentiment becomes even more apparent. Yes, of course, there are sequels to recent series — like the next arcs for Demon Slayer (Kimetsu no Yaiba) and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken).
That said, a huge chunk of anime that are going to air next season feel very appropriate for a random season from around a decade ago.
There are multiple sequels to older series
Even My Hero Academia (Boku no Hero Academia) contributes to this nostalgic feeling. There’s just a tingling sense of nostalgia from just looking at the key visual — especially when you realize that the first season was 8 years ago.
Other series that are getting sequels also evoke this feeling. The Irregular at Magic High School (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei) and Sound! Euphonium (Hibike! Euphonium) are some of the mid-2010s staples. The last time we got a TV season of Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji) was in 2014, albeit we got an OVA and a movie after that.
Remakes and even new anime are also nostalgic
It’s not even just about sequels. Re:Monster — arguably one of the most popular isekai light novels of the last decade — is finally getting an adaptation. The remake of Spice and Wolf (Ookami to Koushinryou) is something that fans wanted for a while — the first series is great, but it skipped crucial content from the source material.
Spice and Wolf is actually even older than a decade, and it’s not the only remake like this. We’re also getting a remake of Bartender — a very niche series from 2006.
And while Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers (Lv2 kara Cheat datta Motoyuusha Kouho no Mattari Isekai Life) might seem like another random isekai series, the seiyuu chosen for the main duo are actually very curious. Satoshi Hino and Rie Kugimyia played both leads in such 2000s classics as The Familiar of Zero (Zero no Tsukaima) and Shakugan no Shana.
Not a bad thing
While all of this might seem like a cheap way to capitalize on nostalgia, it’s not just that. After all, many older fans aren’t even that into anime anymore, and newer fans aren’t familiar with a lot of these.
Occasionally, these throwbacks in time help us discover what we loved about older series in the first place, and as such, are required
Feel like many of these anime also aired in the mid-2010s? You aren’t alone.
Summary:
We’ve had our fair share of unlikely sequels and remakes recently, and we are getting even more next season.
Spring 2024 is going to have many sequels to older anime, as well as remakes and other throwbacks in time.
Sometimes appealing to nostalgia is a good thing.
The past few seasons have been somewhat weird for anime. With many sequels and remakes to series that haven’t been relevant in years, it almost feels like the anime industry is playing with our nostalgia feelings.
However, when you look at the upcoming anime season, this sentiment becomes even more apparent. Yes, of course, there are sequels to recent series — like the next arcs for Demon Slayer (Kimetsu no Yaiba) and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken).
That said, a huge chunk of anime that are going to air next season feel very appropriate for a random season from around a decade ago.
There are multiple sequels to older series
Even My Hero Academia (Boku no Hero Academia) contributes to this nostalgic feeling. There’s just a tingling sense of nostalgia from just looking at the key visual — especially when you realize that the first season was 8 years ago.
Other series that are getting sequels also evoke this feeling. The Irregular at Magic High School (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei) and Sound! Euphonium (Hibike! Euphonium) are some of the mid-2010s staples. The last time we got a TV season of Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji) was in 2014, albeit we got an OVA and a movie after that.
Remakes and even new anime are also nostalgic
It’s not even just about sequels. Re:Monster — arguably one of the most popular isekai light novels of the last decade — is finally getting an adaptation. The remake of Spice and Wolf (Ookami to Koushinryou) is something that fans wanted for a while — the first series is great, but it skipped crucial content from the source material.
Spice and Wolf is actually even older than a decade, and it’s not the only remake like this. We’re also getting a remake of Bartender — a very niche series from 2006.
And while Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers (Lv2 kara Cheat datta Motoyuusha Kouho no Mattari Isekai Life) might seem like another random isekai series, the seiyuu chosen for the main duo are actually very curious. Satoshi Hino and Rie Kugimyia played both leads in such 2000s classics as The Familiar of Zero (Zero no Tsukaima) and Shakugan no Shana.
Not a bad thing
While all of this might seem like a cheap way to capitalize on nostalgia, it’s not just that. After all, many older fans aren’t even that into anime anymore, and newer fans aren’t familiar with a lot of these.
Occasionally, these throwbacks in time help us discover what we loved about older series in the first place, and as such, are required
