I recently started rewatching Serial Experiments: Lain and realized that it’s the perfect watch for a hot summer night: It’s chill, eerie and matches the summer night vibe perfectly.
What’s your favorite anime for hot summer nights and why?
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The idea of watching something like pain on a hot summer day is totally counter to the way my brain works.
Give me something like “reincarnated as a hairstylist with god-tier cheat skills” that’s just people messing with the MC and regretting it for 72 episodes.
The first one to come to mind was mushishi, super calm and unique.
So many suggestions, yet no one mentiones Chihayafuru?
Steins;Gate one of the very characters itself is the hot oppressing city and there is this constant sound of cicadas in so many shots that keep this feeling of summer throughout all while being a really really good character piece of what insanity looks like.
I also really love Anohana but thats more about nostalgia and making me cry.
Steins;Gate has been recommended to me a few times, but I couldn’t get into it, last time I tried. Maybe it’s time to try once more
gotta break through the first half of the show to really wake up.
I once wrote what I think was a really good definition of the show’s theme.
But to boil it down, the character at the heart is supposed to be having a hard time reality, and that slow spin of the web that he has to undo isnt supposed to feel fun but require our character to go through hell and back to figure out who he is.
Also if I can recommend, watch it in japanese, they get the ages of the voices a lot better.
Kimi to natsu no owari shourai no yume, oukina kibou wasurenai…
By the way, that song should have been in the list from this post today!
I actually still use that as an alarm song, cause science says you wake up better to songs you like and I LOVE Secret Base
Call of the Night - the whole show is just pure vibes, and it portrays the nighttime in a unique way. Watching it after it gets dark enhances the experience. It’s even better if you have a thing for vampires
Higurashi When They Cry is the first thing that comes to mind for me when I think of summer heat, nights and screaming cicadas
Seconding this. Peak summer anime.
Besides the obvious “summer” theming, I really liked The Summer Hikaru Died for being one of the only horror manga to still be good once made into an anime.
ive tried and I just cant get into it. I know some people who really like it but I guess its just not for me.
- Gundam Wing
- Hack.sign
- detective Conan
- lupin the 3rd
- samurai pizza cats
- ronin warriors
I discovered Inuyasha only because I find it hard to sleep when its hot and it would play on Adult Swim at like 2am. The filler episodes are usually chill, and there are a lot of them. My favorites are the ones focused on Shippo.
I just started that too! Just finished episode 3 last night. I don’t see how it fits summer nights but I’m happy u got the vibes figured out.
Honestly, I might be interpreting many scenes that way, because I watched it during a hot dinner night for the first time, now that I think about it
Ah that makes sense. I do love when things get associated like that. That’s how traditions get started sometimes. Eg: watch this show every June lol.
I’m now 5 episodes in and I don’t know WHATS going on lol. Love the uniqueness of it though. The animation is different. The long quiet pauses are different. Super relaxing pace. But not a relaxing premise.
Haha, yeah! To be fair it does play in summer and she is spending a lot of time at night sitting in front of her computer in her nightgown. But I definitely I love the show for it’s uniqueness. So many choices! The time it takes with some scenes. The episodes starting the same way gets me on each rewatch. Starting episode 2 I always check if I haven’t accidentally started episode 1 again.
It’s hard to explain, but these either are good to watch on a hot summer night or have sceneries that evoke a hot summer night.
Evangelion and End of Evangelion
Chainsaw Man
Fullmetal Alchemist
Bocchi the Rock
Perfect Blue
Your Name
Spy x Family
The Tatami Galaxy
Nana
Madoka Magica
Summertime Render
It’s winter for me at the moment but I adore Call of the Night for the wild midnight vibes and also Insomniacs after Dark cause it’s cozy as.
Gonna check that one out, thanks!
Nagi no Asu kara has that refreshing sea theme.
Kowloon…
It’s a nice, misterious anime with old style anime style. Has a strong summer vibe
Kowloon Generic Romance?
that was great, I went straight to the manga after it finished.
Not generic at all, it’s a wild ride, fans of Lain would probably love it.
Yes, this one. The name is very misleading, indeed. I liked it a lot, particularly the beginning of it.
Looks interesting, thanks!
