Summer Pockets

All anime connected with Key, Tactics, and Jun Maeda, only excluding One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e - True Stories, which is a hentai.

This is a part of a series of stacks that are about artistic tendencies in anime (and that border the fine line between sophisticated and pretentious).

This stack is a work in progress.

Bibliography:
Elma, Alma. “Anime Cliches 30: Nakige.” Fate. 4 April 2016.
Galbraith, Patrick W. “Bishōjo Games: ‘Techno-Intimacy’ and the Virtually Human in Japan.” [Bishōjo Games + ‘Mechanical Sex’, Unstable Gender.] Game Studies. 11:2 (2012).
Scamp. “Secret Santa review: Kanon (06).” The Cart Driver. 24 December 2013.

New (to Anime) franchises or remakes of shows and movies that could be amazing


Last updates:
- added Anime announced before Dec 10
- Fall 2024 are now at the bottom since they are currently airing
- Summer 2024 anime have been removed
- added anime from ANIPLEX and KADOKAWA Anime Festival



Stats (start 2023):

right predictions (shows were received well): 18
wrong predictions (shows weren't received well): 3
neither right nor wrong (shows were received worse then hoped for, but the prediction was right or not too far off): 10
good shows missed: 9

List of previous predictions: (https://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=899138)

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘪 𝘶𝘴𝘦
TV Series with one or multiple Season
English Localization and available on Steam

𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘢𝘨𝘴
Visual Novel : Linear and Multiple route
Kinetic Novel : Single Unbranching story

𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘦
Bishoujo : male protagonist with female romance
(or Galge/Gyaru Game, heroine options)
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Otome : female protagonist with male romance
(or Otoge/Otome Game, husbando options)
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Charage : individual character story development
Moege : more focuses character with cute girls
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Chunnige : features roleplay syndrome characters
Lolige : more focuses on underaged-looking girls
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Eroge : features H-content
Nukige : H-content as main plot
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Kamige : popular or highest sales Visual Novel
Kusoge : terrible or bad sales Visual Novel
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Nakige : Crying Game, offer a happy ending
Utsuge : Depressing Game, no happy ending
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Plotge : heavy emphasis on drama and action, can
cross over with other genres for overarching story

thanks to @hackrabbits for corrected information.
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My Music Playlists on YouTube
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𝘌𝘟𝘵𝘳𝘢 official Visual/Kinetic Novel openings
YT ▣ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8DGMrJed_6ggtN2QFcFN9r2-qwxIPvxJ

Anime based on Visual Novels and Games

Key is a Japanese visual novel studio known for making dramatic and plot-oriented titles. It was formed on July 21, 1998, as a brand under the publisher Visual Arts, and is located in Kita, Osaka.

Some of the most popular anime by them are Clannad, Angel Beats and Charlotte.

All the anime in this stack have at least one visual novel adaptation (be it official or unofficial), sequel/prequel, or spin-off. It includes both anime adapted from VNs and adapted into VNs. This stack DOES NOT include unofficial 18+ visual novel adaptations, nor any non-distributed visual novels, nor low-quality parodies or spin-offs.

All of the visual novels mentioned for each anime are implied to have been released only in Japan and be available only in Japanese as of June 2024, unless stated otherwise.

Please, drop a comment in my profile if a VN and/or anime is missing.

Anime adaptions that are based on Visual Novels, and the Visual Novels have been translated to English. Also Eroge, Bishoujo Game/Galge, Otome Game, Nakige/Nukige tag.

(PART 2) https://myanimelist.net/stacks/50570
(PART 3) https://myanimelist.net/stacks/51424

Ero-Anime adapted from Visual Novels with English release
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/50524
Manga adaptions based on Visual Novels with English release
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/50508

This Interest Stack contains all of Jun Maeda's great works that I think you shouldn't miss. So don't forget to watch them out !

この注目スタックには、見逃せない麻枝准の素晴らしい作品がすべて含まれています。ぜひご覧ください！