Most Anticipated Summer 2022 Upcoming Anime

Summer starts with a banger, and a lot of stuff will be released during the summer anime season of 2022. For instance, Season 2 of Rent-a-Girlfriend kicks today (July 1/ET), and this anime is just a headstart to watch on your list.

Whether in a romance, supernatural, comedy, or sci-fi genre, the anime season this summer packs a lot of entertainment.

Today we have collected the watchlist of the most anticipated summer 2022 upcoming anime.

Your Summer Anime 2022 Watchlists

These are the watchlists of anime for summer 2022. All the broadcast times and release dates are in Eastern Time format.

Rent-A-Girlfriend Season 2

Rent-A-Girlfriend revolves around Kazuya Kinoshita, a 20-years-old college student. After his breakup with his ex-girlfriend, he rents a girlfriend named Chizuru Mizuhara. But he starts to develop feelings toward his rental girlfriend. Kinoshita’s love matter turns worse when his ex-girlfriend wants him back.

Alternative Title: Kanojo, Okarishimasu Season 2

Release Date: July 1, 2022

Broadcast Time: (12:25 PM ET)

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Engage Kiss

Set in Baylong City, the protagonist Shu runs a small PMC (Private Military Companies) who got tasked to deal with the outbreak of ‘D disasters’ by demons. Kisara, a demon, and a high school girl in Baylong City, is his supporter. There is also Shu’s ex-girlfriend, Ayano, a major employee of PMC who finds Kisara unpleasant.

Alternative Title: Project Engage

Release Date: July 2, 2022

Broadcast Time: (11:30 PM ET)

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Classroom of the Elite Season 2

Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School is an elite school where most of the superior students receive favorable treatment. Kiyotaka Ayanokoji, a student of D-class, co-operates with Suzune Horikita and Kikyo Kushida to improve the class grades and ascend higher.

Alternative Title: Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e (TV) 2nd Season

Release Date: July 4, 2022

Broadcast Time: (8:00 AM ET)

Genre: Drama, Suspense

My Isekai Life: I Gained a Second Character Class and Became the Strongest Sage in the World

Corporate drone Yuji Sano gets unwillingly teleported to a fantasy world. While he wants to return to the mountain of work left in his world, the fantasy realms have other plans. He discovers his Monster Tamer abilities and has now traded his corporate works for the adventure of his living. The story suggests how Sano wields his power and becomes the greatest sage in the overworld realm.

Alternative Title: Tensei Kenja no Isekai Life: Dai-2 no Shokugyou wo Ete, Sekai Saikyou ni Narimashita

Release Date: July 4, 2022

Broadcast Time: (7:00 AM ET)

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Overlord Season 4

After the last day shutdown of the server of the hugely popular game Yggdrasil, Momonga, a leader of the dark guild Ainz Ooal Gown finds himself getting teleported into another world with his guild members. The Supreme Overlord decides to find his old guildmates and begins to explore the new world.

Alternative Title: Overlord IV

Release Date: July 5, 2022

Broadcast Time: (9:00 AM)

Genre: Action, Fantasy, Supernatural

Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World

A high school student, Michio Kaga, gets Isekai’d to a game-like fantasy world. He has special cheat abilities and assembles his own fantasy harem going out on adventures with beautiful girls.

Alternative Title: Isekai Meikyuu de Harem wo

Release Date: July 6, 2022

Broadcast Time: (10:30 AM ET)

Genre: Action, Adventure, Ecchi, Fantasy, Romance

Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun

The story continues what’s left in the first season and the after events of the movie version ‘Made in Abyss Movie 3: Dawn of the Deep Soul.’ It covers the adventure of Reg, Riko, and Nanachi venturing across ‘The Capital of the Unreturned.’

Alternative Title: Made in Abyss: Retsujitsu no Ougonkyou

Release Date: July 6, 2022

Broadcast Time: (9:30 AM ET)

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Uncle From Another World

Takafumi Takaoka’s uncle Yosuke Shibazaki got hit by a Truck-kun when he was 17. After being in a coma for 17 years, he woke in a hospital only to declare to Takafumi, that he was Isekai’d to the fantasy world. The two men of different generations share an apartment where Takafumi learns about his uncle’s adventures and love for video games.

Alternative Title: Isekai Ojisan

Release Date: July 6, 2022

Broadcast Time: (9:00 AM ET)

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy

My Stepmom’s Daughter Is My Ex

Mizuto Irido and Yume Ayai were in a relationship during middle school. When Mizuto’s dad suddenly gets remarried, he discovers that his stepmom’s daughter is non-other than his ex-girlfriend. And now, Mizuto and Yume are in an awful situation living under the same roof.

Alternative Title: Mamahaha no Tsurego ga Motokano datta

Release Date: July 6, 2022

Broadcast Time: (8:00 AM ET)

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Call of the Night

Ko Yamori is a middle school student but one day decides to leave the school. He develops insomnia and begins wandering alone at night. He meets a weird girl Nazuna Nanakusa, a vampire who shows him the wonder of sleeplessness. Soon, he wants to be a vampire, but he must fall in love with her.

Alternative Title: Yofukashi no Uta

Release Date: July 7, 2022

Broadcast Time: (12:05 PM ET)

Genre: Romance, Supernatural

When Will Ayumu Make His Move?

Ayumu Tanaka and Urushi Yaotome are members of the shogi club. Ayumu develops feeling for his senpai and vows to confess to her if he beats her at shogi. But he is a beginner and gets determined to win her at the game of shogi.

Alternative Title: Soredemo Ayumu wa Yosetekuru

Release Date: July 7, 2022

Broadcast Time: (12:35 PM ET)

Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life

Shadows House Season 2

Kate, Emilico, and their friends discover the dark truth about the Shadows House. While they have yet to uncover the house’s mystery, they begin a new life as adults. They now face new challenges as a mysterious robed Shadow appears.

Alternative Title: Shadows House 2nd Season

Release Date: July 8, 2022

Broadcast Time: (11:00 AM ET)

Genre: Slice of Life, Supernatural

The Devil is a Part-Timer! Season 2

Hataraku Maou-sama!! covers the daily life of the Overlord and the hero in Sasazuka with the introduction of the new character Alas Ramus. Sadao Maou builds a strong relationship with hero Emilia despite once being enemies.

Alternative Title: Hataraku Maou-sama!!

Release Date: July 14, 2022

Broadcast Time: (10:30 AM ET)

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Supernatural

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Season 4

Bell Cranel is a rookie adventurer who vows to become strong as Ais Wallenstein. He encounters a lonely goddess, Hestia Familia, and ventures to monster-filled dungeons. He gains a special skill and decides to protect his dear ones.

Alternative Title: Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka IV: Shin Shou – Meikyuu-hen

Release Date: July 23, 2022

Broadcast Time: (10:00 AM ET)

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

The Maid I Hired Recently Is Mysterious

Lilith presents herself as a maid for Yuuri and offers to work for free in his mansion. Of course, suspicion naturally occurs in Yuuri’s mind for every action of his maid. She is a great cook, a kind person, and looks beautiful. But is she chanting him with magic? Yuuri decides to unravel the mystery of his maid.