July marks the start of the Summer 2019 anime season, which will continue until the end of September. There aren`t too many heavy hitters in the US this summer (with the likes of Food Wars: Season 4 and My Hero Academia: Season 4 scheduled for the fall), but there are still quite a few excellent titles to enjoy and a couple of surprise gems as well.In the following guide, we outline the eight anime you should consider adding to your queue this season. We`ve chosen shows and movies that debut in US theaters or premiere on Crunchyroll, Funimation, Hidive, Prime Video, Netflix, or Hulu during the summer.We`ve done our best to keep this guide as diverse as possible, but most of the best anime this season are based on Weekly Shonen Jump manga or pull from shonen tropes, so expect to see a few similarities in terms of narrative structure. This is the first time a movie has made one of our guides, though, and we`ve included two brand-new original anime series that aren`t based on any existing light novels, manga, or video games. So yes, you`ll find a lot of shonen stories here, but there`s sci-fi, coming-of-age slice of life, magical girl, mecha, and historical fiction as well.If your itch for more anime isn`t satisfied by the time you finish this guide, consider checking out our other anime guides for 2019. The links to each are listed below. We also covered Anime Expo 2019 and have compiled a list of our 10 favorite anime and anime-like games seen at the convention, nine of which are scheduled to come out this year.2019`s Seasonal Anime GuidesWinter (January-March) 2019 Anime GuideSpring (April-June) 2019 Anime GuideDr. StoneWhere to watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation, and VRVPerhaps the most anticipated title in the Summer 2019 lineup, Dr. Stone is managing to meet the high expectations that fans have had for it. Dr. Stone is yet another Weekly Shonen Jump series in the evolving shonen demographic that wants to see more introspective characters that solve problems witho ...
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