First Look: Dance with Devils

Ritsuka Tachibana is a seemingly normal high school student whose family has a history studying folklore and magic. After a strange encounter with the student council, her home is attacked by devil worshipping ninja vampires. Did I mention it’s also a musical? How is this not anime of the year?

First Look: Kamen Rider Ghost

Takeru Tenkuuji is the son of a famous ghost hunter who’s unsure if ghosts really exist or not. One day though, mysterious monsters known as Ganma appear and murder him, dooming him to spend the rest of his existence as a spirit. His only chance to regain his life is to gather the 15 Eyecons, containing the powers of long-dead souls. To do this he’ll battle the Ganma as the haunting hero, Kamen Rider Ghost!

First Look: High School Star Musical

At Ayana Academy, a school focusing primarily on music, five new students are accepted into the Star Frame class. This class is taught directly by the members of a group called the Hanasakura-kai, which is made up of the most elite students of the musical department.

First Look: Comet Lucifer

Sōgo is a young boy living in the mining town of Garden Indigo who loves to collect rare crystals. One day, while helping his friend Kaon escape her unwanted fiancee, the pair crash into an underground cavern where they uncover a mysterious white haired girl.

First Look: Concrete Revolutio

In an alternate Japan, superheroes, aliens and magic users all exist and live among ordinary people, either hidden or in plain sight. Jiro Hitoyoshi is a member of the Superhuman Bureau, a secret government organisation dedicated to protecting these special folk and fighting those who would use their powers for evil.

First Look: Lupin III (2015)

The fourth anime series in the franchise is set in Italy and Marino, and follows titular thief Lupin III (now clad in a blue coat) and the rest of the gang as they continue their adventures in crime.

First Look: Noragami Aragoto

Noragami is back as Yato, Hiyori, and Yukine have returned to their casual phantom-busting lifestyle. Bishamon is more determined to kill Yato than ever though, even as the weight of her large household of spirits is beginning to take its toll.

First Look: Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans

The year is 323 of the Post Disaster era. Centuries after a great war between Earth and Mars, Mars has been terraformed into a habitable planet that chafes under Earth’s rule. Amidst the growing Mars independence movement, Mikazuki Augus is a war orphan and member of Chryse Guard Security, a martian mercenary group. Gundam Barbatos, a weapon of a bygone era is housed at their headquarters, dormant and acting as a power supply. When CGS comes under attack from Earth’s military arm, Gjallarhorn, Augus steps into Gundam Barbatos and begins his fight against Earth.

First Look: Young Black Jack

Set in 1968 amidst the chaos of the Vietnam War and student protests in Japan, this is the origin story of a young but physically scarred surgical genius, who will eventually become known as the infamous Black Jack.

First Look: Lance N’ Masques

The next in a long line of world-famous pick-up artists is reluctant and unsuccessful until he realises that his shtick totally works on one particularly vulnerable six-year-old. He sleeps with her the night they meet.

First Look: Pillow Boys

Alternative titles: Makura no Danshi Anime Original by Assez Finaud Fabric and feel. Streaming on Crunchyroll Premise A series of short first-person vignettes, each featuring a different bishounen who exists solely to soothe viewers to sleep. Artemis’ verdict: Could Be Worse Admittedly, I was ready to just mercilessly poke fun at this show and dismiss…

First Look: Ultraman X

Rejected Godzilla monsters become very angry after a space marble crashes into the sun, creating a purple aurora borealis. Only a spandex-clad ultra person with swathes of merchandise can stop them.

First Look: God Eater

Humanity has been pushed to the brink of extinction by monsters called Aragami. The only way to fight them is with certain individuals called “God Eaters”, who are able to use Aragami DNA in oversized anime weapons called “God Arcs”.