April - June • 163 anime
Spring 2024 felt like a season that tried to balance comfort with risk — a lot of sequels showed up alongside a tidal wave of originals. KonoSuba 3 and the Dead Dead Demons adaptations were the ones people kept talking about.
Spring 2024 felt like a season that respected comfort and tried weird new stuff at the same time. KonoSuba 3 leaned hard into its character comedy — the jokes landed because the cast still had chemistry and the show didn't overcomplicate its gags. Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction stood out for its oddball pacing and visual choices; its adaptation split across parts kept the tone melancholic and strangely human, not just spectacle. My Happy Marriage: The Shape of My Happiness used quiet scenes and careful animation to sell emotional beats.
Blue Lock the Movie -Episode Nagi- gave fans kinetic sports animation and a focus-on-one-player intensity that worked in a film format. Viral Hit was one of those original series that made good use of the season's flood of new ideas, sharper on concept than most. Studios like Bones and Kyoto Animation turned in noticeable production moments, and the sheer number of ONAs and music projects kept the season feeling creatively messy in a good way.
