Remembering that only animes will be mentioned, and only those that will start airing in the season, so continuations will not be mentioned. The guide was made with the help of the website My Anime List. To make it easier to search, I will try to classify the animes by genres to improve readability.
However, the genres can encompass several others, and therefore there is a risk of it being more complicated to find when it comes to a specific genre that is not one of the topics. For this, I ask for your patience and recommend that you try to analyze separately.
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Animes continuing in the October season
Below we will list the animes that continue airing in the fall of 2018:
- Banana Fish;
- Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3;
- Captain Tsubasa (2018);
- Chuukan Kanriroku Tonegawa;
Action Animes – October – Fall 2018
As it is the most popular genre, it is only fair that it is the first topic. Unfortunately, it encompasses several other genres, and for this reason, it can “steal” the place of other topics with other genres. But we have to be content with the fact that it has the animes with the most potential for success this season.
I am placing a lot of expectation on some in particular, especially on Goblin Slayer. I hope it doesn’t disappoint me and is as good as the Novel. But now let’s stop the chit-chat and start the list.
Goblin Slayer
| A young priestess formed her first adventure party, but almost immediately they find themselves in danger. It is the Goblin Slayer who comes to their aid – a man who dedicates his life to exterminating all goblins by any means necessary.
And when the rumors of his deeds begin to circulate, there’s no telling who might come next… Genres: Action and Fantasy |
Kishuku Gakkou no Juliet
| The story takes place at Grigio Academy Boarding School, where students come from two rival countries, known as “Black Dogs” and “White Cats.” Persia and Inuzaka are the leaders of their respective dorms, but they are secretly in love with each other.
Now, they must keep their relationship a secret from their fellow dorm mates while trying to avoid trouble. Genres: Action, Comedy, Romance, and School |
Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken
| “Rimuru Tempest” is the new name of a slime in a fantasy world taken over by a former 37-year-old human, Satou Mikami, after he is killed by a passing thief.
Freed from his ordinary past life, his new adventure in a fantasy world as a slime monster with unique abilities begins. |
Ulysses: Jehanne Darc to Renkin no Kishi
| The story is set in the 15th century during the Hundred Years’ War between France and England over the succession to the French throne. Montmorency, the son of a nobleman, delves into the studies of magic and alchemy at a royal knight training school.
However, after France’s crushing defeat at Agincourt, the school is dissolved. Having lost everything and now a wanted man, Montmorency, who has just become an alchemist, meets a mysterious village girl named Jehanne. Genres: Action and Fantasy |
Radiant
| Seth is an aspiring wizard from Pompo Hills. Like all wizards, he is an “infected,” one of the few living beings who survived contact with Nêmesis – creatures fallen from the sky that contaminate and decimate all those they touch. Being immune to them, Seth wants to become a Hunter and fight against the Nêmesis.
But more than that, Seth wants to get involved in a mission that goes beyond simply hunting monsters. He wants to find the Radiant, his presumed birthplace. Helped by a faction of fellow wizards, he travels the world in search of the Radiant, under the strict scrutiny of the Inquisition. Genres: Action, Fantasy, Adventure, and Magic |
Release the Spyce
| The series is about a girl named Momo who attends high school in the city of Sorasaki. However, she is secretly a member of Tsukikage, an intelligence agency that protects people.
As a new member of the agency, she works alongside her colleagues, including Yuki and her friends. Together, they work to establish peace in the city. Genres: Action and School |
Ingress
| A project was launched where scientists discovered a mysterious substance that can interact directly with the human brain. This substance, called “Exotic Matter (XM),” has existed since ancient times, influencing human minds and the progress of humanity.
In the wake of this discovery, a battle of powerful nations and giant corporations was unleashed. Organizations around the world embarked on a secret race to explore XM. It represents both an opportunity and a threat to humanity. XM, and the mystery behind it, is at the center of this battle for the fate of humanity. Genres: Action, Game, Science Fiction, and Mystery |
Gakuen Basara
| The comedy battle parody Gakuen Basara reimagines the warriors of the Warring States Era from the CAPCOM action game franchise as rival students in a modern school. Date Masamune and Sanada Yukimura fight to replace Toyotomi Hideyoshi as the next student council president.
Genres: Action, Comedy, and School |
Conception: Ore no Kodomo wo Undekure!
 | On his high school graduation day, Itsuki’s cousin, Mahiru, tells him that she is pregnant. Just then, a portal of light emerges and transports the two to the world of Granvania. In this land, “impurities” have caused disturbances to the stars, plunging Granvania into chaos and disorder.
And Itsuki, now revealed as someone destined to meet the “Star Maidens,” is seen as Granvania’s last hope and has thus been tasked with producing “Star Children” and combating the “impurities.” And unless the task is complete, Itsuki will never be able to return home. Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Harem, Magic, and Romance |
Bakumatsu
| Kyoto, Japan. The heroine meets a man who gives her a pocket watch somehow leading to a Torii at a shrine, and suddenly he transforms her into the Bakumatsu period.
In a world where there is such a difference in importance of value, she tries to find a way back. When she meets a man who crossed time and says, “I will live for you,” a love story between the two blossoms. Genres: Action, Historical, and Samurai |
Hangyakusei Million Arthur
 | Based on the massive online RPG game from Square Enix.
Genres: Action, Adventure, Magic, and Fantasy |
Merc Storia: Mukiryoku no Shounen to Bin no Naka no Shoujo
| Merc Storia takes place in a world where humans and monsters coexist. The protagonist, Yuu, is an apprentice healer and has the ability to tame monsters. In a quest to recover the memories of Merc, a girl confined in a bottle, the duo embarks on a journey.
Genres: Action, Adventure, Magic, and Fantasy
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Slice of Life Animes – Everyday
Although it is not as popular as action, I decided to make this selection because we have several animes in this genre that are very successful. Of course, alone it doesn’t have much attraction, but when mixed with Drama or Comedy, it becomes a potential anime for success.
Okoshiyasu, Chitose-chan
| Chitose-chan is a penguin living in Kyoto. Interacting with people and eating delicious food while she curiously walks through the streets of Kyoto is what she loves to do the most.
The story features popular places in Kyoto, such as Kiyomizu Temple, Ginkaku Temple, and Gion, from the perspective of the Penguin. This is a short story about a penguin that is nostalgic and warm, healing and soothing the heart. Genres: Lifestyle, Comedy, and Josei |
Hoshi no Shima no Nyanko
 | The story centers around the cats Hopi, Toto, and Mao, who set out to the ocean in search of a place to establish a new city. The three friends plan to find the mysterious “Island of Stars.” When they happen upon it by chance, they immediately begin to work on developing the island, but encounter many difficulties in their task.
Genres: Lifestyle and Adventure |
Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru!
| Having lost her mother at a young age, Misha Takanashi, a second-grade student with Russian blood, now lives with her Japanese father. Tsubame Kamoi, a former officer of the Self-Defense Forces, comes to the Takanashi household as a maid. This is a home comedy where Kamoi, a hardcore lolicon, tries to get close to Misha while she tries to fight against it.
Genres: Lifestyle, Comedy, and Shoujo Ai |
Tonari no Kyuuketsuki-san
| The modern vampire comedy revolves around high school girl Amano, who was saved from a strange incident by a vampire named Sophie Twilight, and has been interested in her ever since.
Akari arrives at her house uninvited and the two begin to live together. Despite being a vampire, Sophie never attacks humans, but acquires blood products and anime via mail and lives a modern life. Genres: Lifestyle, Comedy, Supernatural, and Vampires |
Gaikotsu Shotenin Honda-san
 | The story of the comedy manga centers around a skeleton named Honda, who works in a bookstore. Hilarity ensues daily in his work at the manga counter of the store.
Genres: Lifestyle, Comedy, and Supernatural |
October 2018 Drama Animes – Fall
Here we go, with this genre that is responsible for animes that make many people cry from the inside out. I still do this when I watch Angel Beats. Even after having watched it 5 times, the same phenomenon still happens.
I think the creator of this anime wrote it with a family-sized towel to wipe away tears while writing. Either that or the guy was a sadist who made it with the intent of making others cry. I guess I will never know. But let’s get to the point.
Irozuku Sekai no Ashita kara
| Set in the city of Nagasaki, the story takes place in a world where a tiny amount of magic remains in everyday life. Hitomi Tsukishiro is a 17-year-old descendant of a family of witches who grew up with ancient emotions, as she lost her sense of color at a very young age.
Feeling pity for her granddaughter’s future, Kohaku, a great witch, sends Hitomi to the year 2018. Through exchanges with her 17-year-old grandmother and her members, the story follows Hitomi’s growth as a person. Genres: Drama |
Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu.
| “I will make your body unable to forget mine.” Saijou Takato’s 5-year reign as the “Most Huggable No. 1” has been stolen. Stealing his thunder is the rookie actor with a 3-year debut, Azumaya! Towards the stuffy and hostile Takato, Azumaya’s sincere smile begins to become effective. Even when Takato puts his alert level to MAX, Azumaya catches Takato in his embarrassing drunk state and uses it to blackmail him! In exchange for Azumaya’s silence, Azumaya claims: “Please let me hug you…?! Hug me, who was the Most Huggable No. 1?” What the hell is he saying! Includes a large amount of other high-suspense erotic stories.Genres: Drama, Romance, and Shounen Ai |
Comedy Animes – Fall – October 2018
And finally the animes that make you feel cheerful and happy. But some may give you pains and make you cry, but from laughing so much. I personally had stomach pains after watching Konosuba. There are others, but that’s not the subject now, so let’s get to the point.
Jingai-san no Yome
 | Tomari Hinowa is a normal high school student, until one day he is told that he has to become the wife of a mysterious creature called Kanenogi. This is the beginning of his newly married life.
Genres: Comedy, Romance, and Fantasy |
Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai
| Puberty Syndrome – a mysterious and rumored syndrome that only affects people in their puberty. For example, a bunny girl suddenly appeared in front of Sakuta Azusagawa. The true identity of the bunny girl is Mai Sakurajima, a teenage celebrity who is currently an inactive high school senior.
For some reason, her charming figure does not reflect in the eyes of others. In the course of revealing the mystery behind this phenomenon, Sakuta begins to explore his feelings for Mai. Set in a city where the skies and seas shine, Sakuta unfolds the meaning behind his bizarre encounters with women with the said syndrome. |
Beelzebub-jou no Okinimesu mama.
| Belzebu is a great demon lord who rules millions of demons. Murin, who decides to serve the demon lord, discovers that not only does Belzebu not have the demeanor of a great demon, but is also a laid-back girl who likes cute things. Thus begins the comedy of everyday life revolving around the many villains in the demon world.
Genres: Comedy, Demons, and Fantasy |
Ore ga Suki nano wa Imouto dakedo Imouto ja Nai
| Suzuka Nagami is a beautiful third-year high school student who has excellent grades and is the student council president. She wrote a romance about a little sister who loves her older brother, and the novel wins a light novel award.
After discussing the matter, Yuu is the one who debuts as a substitute novel author instead of Suzuka, under the pseudonym Chikai Towano. Genres: Comedy and Romance |
Sports Animes – Fall – October 2018
For those who enjoy this genre, here are a few. I don’t usually watch this genre, two of the few I liked were Kuroko no Basket and Haikyuu, apart from those there are no more than 2. But this is my taste, and since taste is not up for discussion, let’s get to what matters.
Hinomaruzumou
| It’s a divine ritual, a martial art, a combat sport – it’s sumo!! A new “small” student, Ushio Hinomaru, appears before the weak sumo club of Oodachi High School! The words “big” and “heavy” are the rules for this sport, which does not fit this rookie by any centimeter, but this guy goes and does what…?! Ushio and the small sumo club rise to the top! The goal is Hinoshita Kaisan! (a title for the highest rank in professional sumo, equivalent to Yokozuna) A high school sumo tale – no retakes allowed!Genres: Sports, Martial Arts, and Shounen |
Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru
| Kakeru, a former elite runner in high school, is pursued for stealing food. He is saved by a student from Kansei University, Haiji, who is also a runner. Haiji convinces Kakeru to live in the old apartment “Chikuseisou.”
There he plans to join other residents to enter the Hakone Ekiden Marathon, one of the most important in Japan. Kakeru soon discovers that all the residents, except Haiji and himself, are complete novices. |
Tsurune: Kazemai Koukou Kyuudoubu
 | The story follows Minato Narumiya. Minato played Japanese archery in high school, but after a certain incident, he fled from the sport. In high school, Minato meets new friends and, together, as part of their school’s archery club, they intend to win the provincial tournament.
Genres: Sports, Drama, and School |
Anima Yell!
 | The manga revolves around Kohane Hatoya, a young girl who enjoys helping others. After she moves from high school to middle school, she becomes fascinated with cheerleading, and she starts a cheerleading club at her school.
Joining Kohane in her cheerleading activities is her experienced childhood friend Hizume and Kohane, Uki. Genres: Sports, Comedy, and School |
Adventure Animes – Fall – October 2018
I apologize for presenting only 2 in this genre that is so popular. The problem is that as a main theme, these two are the only ones that have adventure; the others with this theme are only using it as a complement, as is the case with the action animes in the first topic.
For this reason, I will only present those that focus entirely on the adventure genre. But remember that they are not the only ones that contain this genre. After the warning, let’s go to the list.
Sora to Umi no Aida
| Set in the city of Onomichi, six girls dream of becoming space fishermen. They intend to capture god-eating monsters that leave the fish vulnerable, just like the enemies and space. |
Karakuri Circus
| The protagonist, Masaru, has just inherited a large fortune after his father’s death. However, people are trying to get their hands on it by any means necessary, even if it means killing him. Narumi helps Masaru from being kidnapped after fighting strange figures.
He discovers that they are not human, but wooden puppets with incredible strength. After a tough fight, Narumi is forced to admit that he is no match for them; and just when he begins to think that Masaru will be captured, Shirogane, Masaru’s observer, arrives from France with a weapon, the puppet Arlequin. Genres: Adventure, Mystery, and Shounen |
Other Animes – Fall – October 2018
Well, these do not fit into the other genres, so I decided to group them all here in the same topic. I believe it is not very elegant, but it is a matter of logistics, since they do not fit into the main theme.
Of course, I could create and organize them in a way that they had their categories, but it would not be fruitful since some have only 1 example of the genre, and creating a topic just for a single anime would be a bit of a waste.
Yagate Kimi ni Naru
| Yuu has always loved shoujo manga and awaits the day when she receives a love confession that sends her heart fluttering with bubbles and blushes, and even when a junior classmate confesses his feelings to her… she feels nothing. Disappointed and confused, Yuu enters high school still unsure of how to respond.
It is when Yuu sees the beautiful student council president Nanami refuse a suitor with such maturity that she is inspired to ask her for help. But when the next person to confess to Yuu is none other than Nanami herself. Has her shoujo romance finally begun? Genres: School and Shoujo Ai |
RErideD: Tokigoe no Derrida
| When development engineer Delida wakes up in the future from a cold sleep, his girlfriend is not there… he decides to go back 10 years in time to “that incident” to keep his promise to her. The key to recovering her is a time jump.
Genres: Science Fiction |
Kitsune no Koe
| The series follows Hu Li, a 16-year-old who dreams of becoming a popular singer. However, he has neither good looks nor the financial means to pursue his dream, so Hu carries his singing online using a fox avatar.
Genres: Music |
Animes without Synopses for October 2018
Here is the list of animes that at the time of the release of this article still did not have synopses. I will also not include and classify their genres, as it would be a waste of time to list only the genre without the synopsis. That would be like eating ice cream without a spoon, meaning you would have to get messy trying to eat it. Let’s go to the list:
- Ken En Ken: Aoki Kagayaki
- Zombieland Saga
- Akanesasu Shoujo
- Double Decker! Doug & Kirill
- Himote House
Animes that gain new seasons and continuations in 2018
And as it could not be missing, here is the list with the new seasons of the animes from the October 2018 season. Remembering that these are the most anticipated animes for this season, perhaps because the audience already knows the work.
Just highlighting that of the 6 most popular of the October 2018 season, only 1 is a debut. This would be Goblin Slayer, which has a lot of expectations surrounding it. I have read a bit of the original work and I am also excited to see how the animation will be, as the work is very good. Now here’s the list:
- Sword Art Online: Alicization
- Fairy Tail (2018)
- Tokyo Ghoul:re 2nd Season
- Toaru Majutsu no Index III
- Gurazeni: Season 2
- Uchuu Senkan Tiramisù II
- Souten no Ken Regenesis 2nd Season
- Golden Kamuy 2nd Season
- Gyakuten Saiban: Sono “Shinjitsu”, Igi Ari! Season 2
- Senran Kagura: Shinovi Master – Tokyo Youma-hen
- Beatless: Final Stage
This season is simply on fire. In addition to renowned animes like SAO and Tokyo Ghoul with new seasons, we have top-notch debuts. I hope that what is promised comes to fruition and that it is the best season of the year.
But it’s no use putting the cart before the horse, we have to wait and see. Leave your expectations for this season in the comments, and any doubts, suggestions, criticisms, and other such things, just leave them in the comments as well. In any case, thank you, my dear reader, for reading this article up to here and see you next time.
This season is simply on fire. In addition to renowned animes like SAO and Tokyo Ghoul with new seasons, we have top-notch debuts. I hope that what is promised comes to fruition and that it is the best season of the year.
But it’s no use putting the cart before the horse, we have to wait and see. Leave your expectations for this season in the comments, and any doubts, suggestions, criticisms, and other such things, just leave them in the comments as well. In any case, thank you, my dear reader, for reading this article up to here and see you next time.
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