As we get closer to the Fall 2022 season, it’s clear it’s going to be stacked with some very exciting shows, and here’s a list of the top 11 hyped anime you won’t want to miss! You can also vote for your most anticipated Fall 2022 anime!
Top 11 Upcoming Fall 2022 Anime
Chainsaw Man
Easily the most hyped anime coming in Fall 2022, Chainsaw Man will surely catch a lot of attention next season. Studio MAPPA is in charge of the production, and you the latest trailer took less than a day to hit 11 million views! Check it out below:
Crunchyroll will be streaming the anime, and they describe the story:
Denji is a teenage boy living with a Chainsaw Devil named Pochita. Due to the debt his father left behind, he has been living a rock-bottom life while repaying his debt by harvesting devil corpses with Pochita.
One day, Denji is betrayed and killed. As his consciousness fades, he makes a contract with Pochita and gets revived as “Chainsaw Man”–a man with a devil’s heart.
Release date: October 11
©Tatsuki Fujimoto / Shueisha, MAPPA
BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War
The 2022 BLEACH anime titled BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War is yet another hyped Fall 2022 show, coming over 10 years since the original anime ended. Studio Pierrot is returning to produce it, and it will run over 4 cours (~48-52 episodes). You can watch the latest trailer:
No streaming details have been announced yet, but the synopsis for the upcoming arc is described:
The peace is suddenly broken when warning sirens blare through the Soul Society. Residents there are disappearing without a trace and nobody knows who’s behind it, meanwhile, a dark shadow is also extending itself toward Ichigo and his friends in Karakura Town… (VIZ Media)
Release date: October 10
© TITE KUBO / SHUEISHA, TV TOKYO, dentsu, Pierrot
My Hero Academia Season 6
Yet another hyped shonen anime coming to Fall 2022, My Hero Academia is going into the Paranormal Liberation War arc in season 6. Studio Bones is producing once again, and you can watch the latest trailer:
Crunchyroll will be streaming the new season, while the story is described:
The confrontation between the heroes and the villains of the Paranormal Liberation Front is about to kick off! With so much at stake, even the students of U.A. have joined the heroes to help in the coming battles. Within the PLF, Hawks continues to play a dangerous game as a double agent, but the villains have fearsome resources of their own, including whatever lurks in the doctor’s lab. Plus, with every moment that passes, Tomura Shigaraki comes closer to his ultimate form… When it all gets started, there won’t be any going back! (VIZ Media, Volume 27)
Release date: October 1
©Kohei Horikoshi / Shueisha, My Hero Academia Project
Mob Psycho 100 Season 3
Mob and Reigen are also returning in Fall 2022 in the hyped season 3 of Mob Psycho 100. Bones is once again producing it, and it’s returning over 3 and a half years after the 2nd season. Watch the latest trailer:
Crunchyroll will be streaming the anime, and they describe the story:
Kageyama Shigeo, a.k.a. “Mob,” is a boy who has trouble expressing himself, but who happens to be a powerful esper. Mob is determined to live a normal life and keeps his ESP suppressed, but when his emotions surge to a level of 100%, something terrible happens to him! As he’s surrounded by false espers, evil spirits, and mysterious organizations, what will Mob think? What choices will he make? The anime based on the original story by ONE, the idol of the webcomic world and creator of One-Punch Man, is coming your way with animation by leading animation studio Bones!
Release date: October 5
©ONE, Shogakukan／Mob Psycho 100 Project 2022
Spy x Family Part 2
Spy x Family is the first light-hearted show on this Fall 2022 list, but its Part 2 is still insanely hyped! The anime is co-produced by WIT Studio and CloverWorks, and its first part was voted Best New Anime of Spring 2022. You can watch the latest trailer:
Crunchyroll is streaming the anime, and they describe the story:
World peace is at stake and secret agent Twilight must undergo his most difficult mission yet—pretend to be a family man. Posing as a loving husband and father, he’ll infiltrate an elite school to get close to a high-profile politician. He has the perfect cover, except his wife’s a deadly assassin, and neither knows each other’s identity. But someone does, his adopted daughter who’s a telepath!
Release date: October 1
© Tatsuya Endo, Shueisha / Spy x Family Project
Blue Lock
The sports anime that will be hyped in Fall 2022, Blue Lock follows a hardcore soccer training camp. Studio 8bit is in charge of the production, and you can watch the latest trailer:
While there are no international streaming details, Kodansha licensed the manga in English and they describe the story:
After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan’s team struggles to regroup. But what’s missing? An absolute Ace Striker, who can guide them to the win! The Football Association is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for goals and thirsts for victory, and who can be the decisive instrument in turning around a losing match … To do so, they’ve gathered 300 of Japan’s best and brightest youth players. Who will emerge to lead the team … and will they be able to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in their way?
Release date: October 8
©Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yusuke Nomura, Kodansha/”Blue Lock” Production Committee
To Your Eternity Season 2
Fushi’s journey continues in To Your Eternity Season 2, and it’s certainly another anime worth being hyped for in Fall 2022. Studio Drive is in charge of the production, taking over from the first season’s studio Brain’s Base. Watch the latest trailer:
Crunchyroll streamed the first season and will also stream the second one. They describe the story:
In the beginning, an “orb” is cast unto Earth. “It” can do two things: change into the form of the thing that stimulates “it”; and come back to life after death. “It” morphs from orb to rock, then to wolf, and finally to boy, but roams about like a newborn who knows nothing. As a boy, “it” becomes Fushi. Through encounters with human kindness, Fushi not only gains survival skills, but grows as a “person”. But his journey is darkened by the inexplicable and destructive enemy Nokker, as well as cruel partings with the people he loves.
Release date: October 23
© Yoshitoki Oima / Kodansha / NHK / NEP
The Eminence in Shadow
The first and only non-continuation Fall 2022 anime on this list, The Eminence in Shadow already has many hyped for it just based on the trailers and premise. Studio Nexus is in charge of the production, and you can watch the latest trailer:
There are no international streaming details yet. Yen Press licensed the original The Eminence in Shadow light novel series in English, and they describe the story:
Even in his past life, Cid’s dream wasn’t to become a protagonist or a final boss. He’d rather lie low as a minor character until it’s prime time to reveal he’s a mastermind…or at least, do the next best thing-pretend to be one! And now that he’s been reborn into another world, he’s ready to set the perfect conditions to live out his dreams to the fullest. Armed with his overactive imagination, Cid jokingly recruits members to his organization and makes up a whole backstory about an evil cult that they need to take down. Well, as luck would have it, these imaginary adversaries turn out to be the real deal-and everyone knows the truth but him!
Release date: October 5
©Daisuke Aizawa,KADOKAWA/Shadow Garden
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 3
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 3 is a hyped Fall 2022 anime that fans didn’t have to wait too long for as the 2nd season ended only a year ago in September. The 3rd season is listed for 21 episodes, with Bandai Namco Pictures returing to produce it. Watch the latest trailer, featuring Iruma and Reed:
Season 3 will focus on the Harvest Moon Festival. Crunchyroll streams the anime, and they describe the story:
Suzuki Iruma, human, 14, one day finds himself taken against his will into the world of demons. To add to his predicament, his doting owner and self-appointed “Grandpa” is the chair-demon at his new school. In order to survive, Iruma must deal with a haughty student who challenges him to a duel, a girl with adjustment issues, and so many more scary beings! Can this ultimate pacifist dodge the slings and arrows that are flung his way? As he struggles frantically, Iruma’s innate kindness begins to win over enemies.
Release date: October 8
© Osamu Nishi, Akita Shoten / NHK, NEP
Golden Kamuy Season 4
Golden Kamuy Season 4 is probably the most underrated hyped anime of Fall 2022, with its 4th season coming almost 2 years after the 3rd. Studio Brain’s Base is taking over from Geno Studio, which produced the first 3 seasons, and you can watch the latest trailer:
Crunchyroll streams the first 3 seasons, and they describe the story:
The story takes place in the mighty Northern field of Hokkaido, the time is in the turbulent late Meiji Era. A post war soldier Sugimoto, aka, “Immortal Sugimoto” was in need of large sums of money for a particular purpose…. What awaited Sugimoto, who stepped into Hokkaido’s Gold Rush with dreams of making a fortune, was a tattoo map leading to a hidden treasure based on hints inscribed on the bodies of convicts in Abashiri Prison?! The magnificent nature of Hokkaido vs vicious convicts and the meeting with a pure Ainu girl, Ashiripa!! A survival battle for a hidden treasure hunt begins!
Release date: October 3
©Satoru Noda/Shueisha, Golden Kamuy Production Committee
Yowamushi Pedal Season 5
The 2nd hyped sports anime of Fall 2022, Yowamushi Pedal: LIMIT BREAK (Season 5) is coming over 4 years after its last TV anime. Studio TMS Entertainment is back to produce it, and you can watch the latest trailer:
Crunchyroll streams the anime, and they describe the story:
Onoda Sakamichi is a rather timid, anime-loving first-year student at Sohoku High School. Upon entering high school, he tried to join the anime research club, but after meeting Imaizumi Shunsuke, a renowned cyclist since middle school, and Naruko Shoukichi, who swept the Kansai cycling championship, he ended up joining the competitive cycling club.
Release date: October 9
© Wataru Watanabe (Weekly Shonen Champion) / Yowamushi Pedal 05 Production Committee
Bonus Anime to Keep an Eye on
Some more shows that might be worth checking out:
- Bocchi the Rock! – A music anime by CloverWorks
- Legend of Mana – The Teardrop Crystal – Anime adaptation of the 1999 RPG
- Do It Yourself!! – An original slice of life DIY anime
- Urusei Yatsura (2022) – Remake of a classic anime from the 1980s
- Reincarnated as a Sword – A sword isekai
Reminder: You can vote for your most anticipated Fall 2022 anime!
