22+ Manga That Will Get Anime Adaptations

Hi! Hi! Everybody! Welcome to another exciting list of recommendations! Today we will talk about the manga that are going to get an animated adaptation in the near future! Some of them have just been announced so we don’t have the trailers yet, while others are very awaited by the fans of the Japanese animated industry who have high expectations and so much hype. There are so many famous and interesting titles in this list that I’m sure you’ll include most of them in your watch list (at least, this is what I would do if I were you)! Anyway, get comfortable and start reading the article!

Manga That Will Get An Anime Series Soon (Recommendations)

23. Even So, Ayumu Draws Closer to the Endgame

Plot	Character Writing	Art	Total
13/20	7/10	6/10	26/40

It seems a cheerful and refreshing series to watch to spend some carefree time!

Yaotome, the cute president of the shogi club of her school, is sure that her (only) clubmate Ayumu has a crush on her. That’s why she does everything in her power to push him to confess his feelings for her. However, Ayumu is determined to confess his feelings only after he beats his senpai in a shogi match. The problem is that he totally sucks at this game! Will he manage to win and reveal how he really feels about Yaotome?

22. Ayakashi Triangle

Plot	Character Writing	Art	Total
14/20	6/10	8/10	28/40

The manga mixes several genres together, so I’m very happy it’s getting an anime adaptation!

Matsuri Kazamaki is a teenage exorcist ninja who specializes in exorcizing evil spirits. Matsuri decides to take the same path as his family and to defend Suzu, his childhood friend. However, he doesn’t know that he is actually an “Ayakashi Medium“, which is the tastiest meal for every spirit. One day, when Suzu is attacked by the King of the Ayakashi, Matsuri tries to save her, but he ends up being transformed into… a girl! What will he, or rather her, do now?

21. The Dawn of the Witch

Plot	Character Writing	Art	Total
14/20	7/10	8/10	29/40

An entertaining fantasy anime is coming! Will you add it to your watch list?

The Church and the witches have fought against each other for a long time, but now peace has been established. However, somewhere in the world, the ancient conflict is still ongoing.

Our protagonist, Saybil, is a student of the Academy of Magic, but he has no memory of his life before entering the school. The headmaster orders him to go train outside the kingdom, where there are still rebels. He won’t be alone. The Witch of Dawn Roux, the prodigy girl Holtz and the beast Kudd will go with him!

20. Love After World Domination

Plot	Character Writing	Art	Total
16/20	7/10	6/10	29/40

The plot of this manga surely sounds interesting and funny! Personally, I would love to give it a chance.

Light and darkness are the two faces of the same coin. The first can’t survive if the other exists, but the opposite is also true. The line between these two different but similar elements is very thin. So what will happen if a hero falls in love with a villain? Fudou Aikawa is the hero to all people and the leader of the Gelato Five, while Desumi Magahara is a villainess and a member of the secret organization called Gecko. What will happen to the two of them as their feelings for each other grow stronger? What will happen to the balance of the world?

19. Mato Seihei No Sl*ve

Plot	Character Writing	Art	Total
15/20	7/10	8/10	30/40

Do you know Akame ga Kill? Well, if you do and if you liked it, then you can also enjoy this manga and its future animated adaptation since the author is the same!

Mysterious passages that connect the human world to a parallel universe have appeared across the world. This dimension is called Mato and is full of terrible monsters that threaten to come out into the real world. However, here there is also “Peaches”, a new source of energy that can give special abilities to women. For this reason, the male population now are just marginal figures in modern society.

To fight the monsters, an Anti-demon fighting corps, made up of only girls, has been set up. One day, our protagonist, Yuuki, suddenly finds himself inside the parallel dimension; Kyouka, a member of the Anti-Demon Unit, goes to help him. Recognizing his latent potential, Kyouka asks the boy to join the fighting corps … as her servant!

18. Aharen-san Wa Hakeranai

Plot	Character Writing	Art	Total
16/20	8/10	7/10	31/40

An adorable and refreshing series that will make you laugh a lot!

The romantic comedy is about the daily life of two deskmates, Reina Aharen, a quiet little but unpredictable girl, and Raidou, the boy who sits next to her. Reina is unable to understand the concept of personal boundaries, while Raidou tries to keep his distance from her. However, one day, Reina drops her eraser and Raidou picks it up. From this moment on, their distance will disappear, making them very close!

17. Uzumaki

Plot	Character Writing	Art	Total
17/20	7/10	7/10	31/40

I’m really curious to watch this animated adaptation! It will surely be something thrilling and intriguing to watch!

The small town Kurozu-cho that is always engulfed in fog is cursed. However, the entity behind the curse is not a person or a spirit, but the spiral, a hypnotic form of the world. It can summon small and simple water, wind swirls, with big and scary marks, or obsession on people. The existence of this phenomenon drives the people of the town crazy—making them prisoners of their own paranoia and spiral.

16. Helck the Hero

Plot	Character Writing	Art	Total
17/20	8/10	7/10	32/40

It may seem like a series like any others, full of clichè and with a plain plot, but it’s actually pretty interesting and funny! I would love to see the animated adaptation!

In the Demon World, a special tournament is set to be held after the defeat of the Demon King in order to decide who will take his place. One of the contestants is a muscular human man who wants to end mankind. His name is Helck. Vamirio, one of the rulers of the Demon World, doesn’t trust the man and decides to find out his secrets. Is Helck hiding something?

15. A Couple of Cuckoos

Plot	Character Writing	Art	Total
16/20	7/10	9/10	32/40

A hilarious comedy by the same author of Yamada and the Seven Witches! Will you watch it?

Nagi Umino is a normal teenage boy who one day finds out that, because of an unfortunate mistake in the hospital right after his birth, he was separated from his biological family. So, he decides to go visit them for the first time, but in the meantime, he meets Erika Amano, a popular high school girl who is angry after learning that her family has betrothed her to a stranger.

Of course, our protagonist will later learn that his real parents are Erika’s adoptive parents. The two of them were swapped after their birth in the hospital! But there’s more! Apparently, the one Erika has to marry is Nagi himself. How will the two protagonists face this bizarre situation?

14. The Eminence in Shadow

Plot	Character Writing	Art	Total
17/20	8/10	7/10	32/40

A dark isekai that has a lot of potential! I’m sure it will be worth watching when it comes out!

Men who live in the shadows are those people who go unnoticed, like ordinary people, but actually hold the power behind the scenes. This is what Shido aspires to obtain and, to achieve his goal, he lives an insignificant life by day, while at night he trains hard preparing for his rise to power. He finally manages to reach his goal when, after a fatal accident, he wakes up in a mysterious world and finds himself at the head of a secret organization that fights demons while remaining in the dark!

13. Tokyo Mew Mew New

Plot	Character Writing	Art	Total
16/20	8/10	8/10	32/40

I’m so excited for this anime! Tokyo Mew Mew New was an important part of my childhood, so I was really happy when a new animated adaptation was announced! I have high expectations!

Ichigo Momomiya is a cheerful high school student, who has a crush on her classmate Aoyama. One day, when her genetics are modified and mixed with the DNA of rare and endangered animals, she obtains special abilities, making her a Mew Mew, one of five chosen heroines of justice. Ryo Shirogane and Keiichiro Akasaka are responsible for the mutation induced in Ichigo and in her friends Mint, Lettuce, Pudding and Zakuro.

The boys are also the owners of Café Mew Mew, in which the girls work, behind the double role of waitress and super heroine. On Earth, in fact, strange monsters begin to appear. These are sent to threaten the human race by the alien brothers Kisshu, Pai and Tart, under the orders of the mysterious Deep Blue.

12. Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie

Plot	Character Writing	Art	Total
16/20	8/10	9/10	33/40

A sweet and unconventional love story that will steal your heart!

Shikimori is an unlucky teenage girl who has experienced several hardships in her life. When she was young, she was always injured and involved in bad situations. At least, until she started dating Izumi. Now she appears as the perfect girlfriend, gifted with beauty and kindness. However, she also has a dark side that is rooted from her struggling life which emerges in different circumstances…

11. Summer Time Rendering

Plot	Character Writing	Art	Total
17/20	8/10	8/10	33/40

An intriguing manga full of mysteries will get its animated adaptation very soon! Are you looking forward to it?

After his parents’ death, Shinpei was taken in by the Kofune family, who raised him as their own son. After attending middle school, the boy moves to Tokyo, but not long after, a sad event brings him back to the island where he was born: the death of Ushio, his adoptive sister and his best friend. After her funeral, Shinpei learns that the girl’s death may not have been caused by an accident, but she was murdered. A disturbing legend about the island comes to the surface.

10. Chainsaw Man

Plot	Character Writing	Art	Total
18/20	8/10	7/10	33/40

One of the most awaited anime adaptations of this year! Will it meet everybody’s high expectations?

In a world where humanity coexists with the threat of devils, Denji manages to befriend one of these infernal creatures. Its name is Pochita, the Chainsaw Devil. Denji is in the service of the Yakuza as a Devil Hunter, in order to survive and pay off the debts that his father has accumulated. However, one day, Denji is killed by the Zombie Devil.

His destroyed body merges with Pochita, giving life to a monstrous hybrid, half man and half devil. With this new form, the boy defeats his enemies and he is soon found by Makima, an officer of the Public Safety Devil Hunters, who decides to hire him in the Fourth Division..

9. B*****! Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy

Plot	Character Writing	Art	Total
18/20	8/10	8/10	34/40

This anime surely sounds interesting since it will adapt a very old manga!

Four hundred years after the fall of civilization, in a world that has returned to the Middle Ages, there is war everywhere. To save the kingdom, Tiara Nort Yoko, the teenage daughter of the high priest, brings back to life the legendary sorcerer, Dark Schneider, who years earlier had tried to conquer the world. He was imprisoned in the body of Rusie Renren, an orphaned teenager raised with Yoko. Dark Schneider obeys Yoko and helps the kingdom, defending it from the troops of Kall-Su, who years earlier was an ally of Dark Schneider himself.

Kall-Su’s ultimate goal is to revive Anslasax, the legendary destroyer god, who had ravaged the world 400 years earlier.

8. Ao Ashi

Plot	Character Writing	Art	Total
16/20	9/10	9/10	34/40

If you like sports and football in particular, you can’t miss this anime!

Ashito Aoi is a young boy who dreams of becoming a football player. He wants to attend a high school with a good football team, but this aspiration is interrupted when his team is eliminated from a tournament because of his actions.

One day, he meets a coach of the J Youth League named Tatsuya Fukuda, who is impressed by Ashito’s potential and skills. That’s why the coach invites the boy to the auditions for his team. This is only the beginning of the story of the boy who will change football in Japan.

7. Call of the Night

Plot	Character Writing	Art	Total
18/20	9/10	7/10	34/40

The atmosphere and the themes of this manga will give birth to an amazing anime that will enchant everyone, I’m sure of it!

Kou Yamori looks like a normal middle school student. He is good at studying and has a kind personality. But this is just a facade. One day, he decides to drop it and quits school. However, after this decision, he develops insomnia. To alleviate it, he decides to walk during the night, but he knows that his lack of sleep is a big problem.

One night, he meets a weird girl, named Nazuna, who tries to help him overcome this situation and to do so, she offers him to share the bed with her. Kou accepts, but he will soon find out that Nazuna is hiding a terrible secret about her true nature.

6. Detective Conan: Zero’s Tea Time

Plot	Character Writing	Art	Total
17/20	9/10	8/10	34/40

You have no idea how happy I was when the anime adaptation of this Detective Conan spin-off was announced. Amuro is my favorite character of this franchise and one of the most interesting ones! Being able to see what his complicated daily life is like is very entertaining.

Tooru Amuro is a young man who lives a triple life: he is Bourbon, a member of the black organization that is responsible of turning Shinichi into a child, he is Rei Furuya, an agent of the Department Public Security Bureau, but at the same time he is also Tooru Amuro, Kogoro’s apprentice detective and a worker at the Poirot Café. How can he balance all these aspects of his life?

5. Blue Lock

Plot	Character Writing	Art	Total
18/20	9/10	8/10	35/40

Wow! Apparently football is extremely popular this year. Well, the World Cup is getting closer and closer after all!

With the elimination of Japan at the 2018 World Cup, the Japanese football federation decided to create a program to find promising young athletes and prepare them for the 2022 World Cup. Isagi Yoichi receives an invitation to participate in this program, just after his team loses the opportunity to enter the nationals because of his mistake.

The coach of the program is Ego Jinpachi, whose goal is to “destroy Japan’s underdog football” with a revolutionary method: to isolate 300 young men in a prison-like facility called “Blue Lock” and subject them to a rigorous training aimed at creating “the most selfish and best striker in the world“.

4. Spy x Family

Plot	Character Writing	Art	Total
17/20	9/10	9/10	35/40

There is so much hype for this anime and I can get why! I really want to watch it!

Loid Forger, known by the name Twilight, is a spy with an extraordinary ability of memorization, calculation and disguise. For an important mission, however, he is forced to “create a family“, in order to get closer to his target.

That’s why Loid adopts Anya, a five-year-old girl who possesses the ability to read minds, while Yor, a skilled hitman known as the Thorn Princess, is chosen as his wife. “Husband” and “wife” keep their respective real identities in the dark, however, things are different for Anya, thanks to her particular ability, she manages to get a general overview of the whole situation, and tries to help her “father” in his mission, scared of going back to the orphanage.

3. Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest

Plot	Character Writing	Art	Total
17/20	9/10	9/10	35/40

I’m so attached to this series that when the animated adaptation was announced I started to jump for joy! I’m looking forward to meeting Fairy Tail members again! It will be like going back home!

Fairy Tail’s sequel. After the events of the battle against Acnologia and Zeref, Fairy Tail is ready to face new challenges. Natsu and his team decide to accept the 100 Years Quest, a mission no one has ever dared to take. Meanwhile, a new mysterious member named Touka enters the guild. Is she somehow linked to Natsu? And what threats await our heroes during this dangerous mission?

2. Hell's Paradise

Plot	Character Writing	Art	Total
18/20	9/10	9/10	36/40

This series is going to be amazing and thrilling!! We just have to wait for the airing date!

Gabimaru is a feared and unbeatable ninja, who is sentenced to death after being betrayed. He is ready to face this cruel destiny, but his executioner gives him a chance. She asks Gabimaru to go to a magical and secret island to find an elixir that will make the shogun immortal, in this way, he will be freed. Gabimaru accepts the proposal and embarks on this dangerous and impossible mission!

1. Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Arc

Plot	Character Writing	Art	Total
18/20	9/10	9/10	36/40

And here we go with the most awaited anime adaptation of the year! Can Autumn come faster please? I miss Ichigo and his friends so much!

This series will cover the last arc of the manga. After the events of the previous anime adaptation, a group of Quincy called the Wandenreich emerges to fight against the Soul Society, generating a terrible war between the two. The Gotei 13 will have to face a great threat that may destroy their world. Meanwhile, Ichigo finds out another secret about his true nature that will push him into becoming stronger than ever.

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