Best Anime to Watch in 2022

By the looks of it, 2022 is going to be the golden year for us weebs. There are some GOATed anime ongoing for the season and some are yet to come and we are excited for each one. Not to mention Studio Mappa just keeps winning in terms of picking the best badass manga for anime adaptation and the animation itself, like last year we saw in Jujutsu Kaisen. We can’t help but overcome by the hype of the shows that are hitting the screens in 2022. So let’s take a look at the big names that this year is coming packed with making hype and excitement run wild all over the place with ten anime that will be carrying 2022.

10/10

 MADE IN ABYSS SEASON 2

After its first season was released in 2017, this anime series based on the manga by the same name became a cult favourite among anime fans.  The fans have been anticipating the second season of the show ever since the movie was released as the sequel to the story. The story is set in a strange land known as the "Abyss" in which a series of deep pits runs below the surface. They’re relatively undiscovered but brave explorers known as “Cave Raiders” explore them in hopes of finding strange artefacts. We do not know when the anime will be released this year, but we do know that the second season will debut in 2022, based on the official trailer that has been released.

9/10

BLUE LOCK

I personally bring up the Blue Lock manga the moment I hear someone is a sports/shounen genre fan because it is that captivating. Luckily we got the trailer for the anime and even more luckily, it looks badass with stunning visuals. It is said to be released sometime in 2022. Now, Blue Lock is a manga that is different from your regular sports manga/anime, like Haikyuu!!, Hajime no Ippo, Kuroko no Basket, where there’s this cheesy concept of friendship and feelings overpowering most aspects. In Blue Lock, there’s just nothing like it. What if there’s a sports manga that threw friendship out of the window and followed the most egotistical, pride-driven and independently headstrong players as they compete with each other to get to the top of the soccer world? And that’s exactly what Blue Lock is all about. If you haven’t checked the manga or the trailer out yet, what are you even waiting for? This is your sign.

8/10

JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE PART 6 : STONE OCEAN

We’re finally getting some more JoJo. Claimed by many to be the best in the entire series, Stone Ocean takes a different approach to the universe and we can’t help but love it to pieces. It stars another brand new JoJo as its protagonist, Jolyne Cujoh. This part feels a bit more modernized since it’s set in 2011, when Jolyne Cujoh is a prisoner at Green Dolphin Prison, wrongly imprisoned and seeking justice. Though it is hard to do when just about every part of the system is turned against you. We’re also gonna see some family bonding with her father Jotaro Cujoh. We’re predicting the release in April, however it is not officially announced yet.  

7/10

VINLAND SAGA SEASON 2

The perfect Viking anime is coming back this year just where the 2019 hit left off. Looking back at it, they ended it in such a dramatic fashion that it was hard not to be on the look out for season 2. Let’s see where the journey would take Thorfinn this time since there’s a lot for the boy to do before he can find the inner peace, peace he lost that day he saw his father for the last time. The poster already looks good and with an adult Thorfinn on his way to amaze us, this season is going to be a good one. I’m looking forward to how Canute matures and grows later on in the series since the way things ended up last season, it’s no wonder that he became the face people would super look forward to. Vinland Saga season 2 is set to release in July 2022.

6/10

OVERLORD SEASON 4

So we’re getting Overlord Season 4 this year. Previously in the middle of 2021, the announcement came about a movie in season 4 and after that a key visual was released along with the trailer. I personally think it should come in the summer anime season of 2022 because the rest of the popular and well known anime this year are coming in October. There aren’t much information out there but we can predict it will cover the Holy Kingdom Arc of the light novel volumes.

5/10

BUNGOU STRAY DOGS SEASON 4

The Bungou Stray Dogs manga series which exceeded 6 million copies in circulation according to data, is as popular as its anime worldwide. Given Atsushi and Akutagawa’s rematch we were hoping the stray dogs would claw their way to another season and now they are here. The fourth season of the Bungou Stray Dogs anime has been announced on November 8^th 2021 and we predict the release to be later this year.

4/10

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