Spring, summer, autumn, and winter—which of these four seasons would you like to see featured more in the world of anime?
Which of the 4 seasons would you like to see as the main time setting the most?
Spring
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15
Summer
9.0%
15
Autumn
25.9%
43
Winter
56.0%
93
166 votes
| Winter because it is my favorite season and I think fresh white snow is absolutely beautiful. |
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| My fav season is summer but I need more snow in anime |
| At first I thought the question is asking what season I want most anime to be set in, so I voted for spring, because it's my favorite season. I love flowers and I like how blooming flowers can represent a new beginning or hope, giving positive vibes. So I would like to see anime mostly to be set on spring season. As I read the thread again, I think I understood the question wrong. For season I want to see more often in anime, it'd be Fall. It is quite rare to see in anime, which is unfortunate since the fall colors can be very pretty, and it would make a nice color scheme for an anime, especially for a heartwarming show with that warm brown or reddish colors. I also like Fall fashion, and would like to see more of that. |
2020 has now come to a close. Welcome to the year 2021. This GIF is from ep 10 of the anime Bottle Fairy. There aren't enough Bottle Fairy GIFs out there on the internet, so this one was assembled by yours truly. I hope you all enjoy it. ♥ The arrival of a new year also means there's bound to be some new discussion as well. But first—I'd like to announce that I have now closed the poll. I have mainly done so because more people were simply voting on the poll and not adding to the discussion with a thoughtful forum post, and there seemed to be a clear winner amongst the options anyway. Thank you to the 167 users who took the time to vote! It seems that 93 of those users are open to seeing more anime being set in the ❆ winter. ❆  Sorry if you didn't get a chance to vote! Do not fear—though the poll is now closed, the discussion is far from over. To refresh your memory, here are the supplementary questions I posted that I would like to see you answer in your post:
Please do continue to contribute to the thread with a detailed forum post, everyone ✿ |
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Probably summer. Usually summer break is just squeezed into just a single arc. I feel like shows like Anohana and Ano Natsu were successful with showing summertime without making it seem like summer break is only a couple days. They really captured the feeling of hot and lazy summer days. |
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| I'd like to see more autumn anime for sure! Maybe something Halloween related too, ha hah! Autumn colors really are gorgeous though. They're very calming and not too bright. It's the perfect time to symbolize not quite being dead but being close to it while Winter is just... death. :U Actually, this reminds me. When it comes to storytelling we do have all the Mythos story types (from Frye). Mythos of Spring is associated with comedy. It symbolizes the new/birth part of the life cycle. Mythos of Summer is associated with romance. It symbolizes the youth/growth part of the life cycle. Mythos of Autumn is associated with tragedy. It symbolizes the old age part of the life cycle. Mythos of Winter is associated with satire. It symbolizes the death part of the life cycle. Someone uploaded the entirety of Anatomy of Criticism, but here's the part I'm talking about: http://northropfrye-theanatomyofcriticism.blogspot.com/2009/02/third-essay-archetypal-criticism-theory.html#TE-TMI It's super interesting to me! But anyway, I guess while I do want to see more anime take place during autumn, I guess Autumn does have a more serious tone to it. Yet I can totally see a nice slice-of-life of (idk) folks just going mushroom hunting and cooking them during autumn. That sounds so calming. Definitely doesn't have to follow Frye's theory of mythos of being a tragedy just because it takes place during autumn, ha hah. I feel like it's always winter, spring, and summer with anime, so I'd very much welcome more autumn. Holy moly, I'm so tired I don't even know what I'm typing anymore. I bounce. |
| All the seasons have strengths and parts I like about them but Winter would be the choice for me. It's always snowing and/or cold for the pretty large majority of the year where I live so I usually tend to enjoy winter settings and episodes. I can't properly describe it but it just gives off a nice feeling. |
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| Summer and Spring get a ton of content given thats cherry blossom and beach season. I would like to see more winter or autumn leading into winter. |
| People who choose winter probably live somewhere where winter is not cold |
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| Winter easily! Spring and summer are heavily represented already. Give me snow, cold weather, bundled up characters, runny noses, everything! It’s not my favorite season in real life by any means, but I absolutely love its aesthetic. |
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| Hey everyone! Sorry that it's been a while without any replies from me, I just legitimately forgot to respond.... again lol. Swiggy said: I'd like to see more autumn anime for sure! Maybe something Halloween related too, ha hah! Autumn colors really are gorgeous though. They're very calming and not too bright. It's the perfect time to symbolize not quite being dead but being close to it while Winter is just... death. :U Actually, this reminds me. When it comes to storytelling we do have all the Mythos story types (from Frye). Mythos of Spring is associated with comedy. It symbolizes the new/birth part of the life cycle. Mythos of Summer is associated with romance. It symbolizes the youth/growth part of the life cycle. Mythos of Autumn is associated with tragedy. It symbolizes the old age part of the life cycle. Mythos of Winter is associated with satire. It symbolizes the death part of the life cycle. Someone uploaded the entirety of Anatomy of Criticism, but here's the part I'm talking about: http://northropfrye-theanatomyofcriticism.blogspot.com/2009/02/third-essay-archetypal-criticism-theory.html#TE-TMI It's super interesting to me! But anyway, I guess while I do want to see more anime take place during autumn, I guess Autumn does have a more serious tone to it. Yet I can totally see a nice slice-of-life of (idk) folks just going mushroom hunting and cooking them during autumn. That sounds so calming. Definitely doesn't have to follow Frye's theory of mythos of being a tragedy just because it takes place during autumn, ha hah. I feel like it's always winter, spring, and summer with anime, so I'd very much welcome more autumn. Holy moly, I'm so tired I don't even know what I'm typing anymore. I bounce. I will probably check out that link you provided later since it's pretty late at night over here atm, but all of this mythos that you provided is quite fascinating and I don't think I've ever heard about them before! Thanks for the information. I also agree that autumn colors can be quite gorgeous and that a slice-of-life with stuff like mushroom hunting could be a really refreshing idea for a new anime. |
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| As an Australian I revere anything that has snow in it. So I’d love to see more anime set in solely snowy or mountainous environments. Real talk though, you can close polls? I thought they just indefinitely stayed open unless the thread was locked. This is legitimately the first time I’ve seen a locked poll with an open thread. |
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Monochrosanity said: As an Australian I revere anything that has snow in it. So I’d love to see more anime set in solely snowy or mountainous environments. Real talk though, you can close polls? I thought they just indefinitely stayed open unless the thread was locked. This is legitimately the first time I’ve seen a locked poll with an open thread. Huh? What kind of snow does Australia have over there? And yeah, closing polls is a thing. While making/editing the first post, look for "Poll is Open" just before the Submit/Preview buttons and click on the "Open" if you want toggle opening/closing the poll. |
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Fario-P said: Monochrosanity said: As an Australian I revere anything that has snow in it. So I’d love to see more anime set in solely snowy or mountainous environments. Real talk though, you can close polls? I thought they just indefinitely stayed open unless the thread was locked. This is legitimately the first time I’ve seen a locked poll with an open thread. Huh? What kind of snow does Australia have over there? No snow. Or at least no snow if I don’t want to go to some very select spots on the other side of the country lol. |
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| I like winter the most but it's fairly common so I'd like to see autumn more. seems rare. |
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| I want more autumn and winter seasons in anime. Autumn because I can't name many I've seen using the season. Winter because most anime I've seen that use it are able to somehow make it haunting, beautiful, & festive depending on what they're going for. Totally different vibe to spring environments. Though I'd happily take a series that copies Natsume Yujinchou's idea of every season is literally a season. |
Tap_Dancin_Kaiju said: Those are some good reasons for wanting more autumn and winter anime.I want more autumn and winter seasons in anime. Autumn because I can't name many I've seen using the season. Winter because most anime I've seen that use it are able to somehow make it haunting, beautiful, & festive depending on what they're going for. Totally different vibe to spring environments. Though I'd happily take a series that copies Natsume Yujinchou's idea of every season is literally a season. I haven't seen Natsume's Book of Friends at all, so I didn't know it took that approach. That's really interesting, more anime should do something like that. |
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| Wikipedia says that Zettai Shounen has a “Summer Arc” followed by a “Winter Arc.” I haven’t watched it. |
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| While I'm not a huge fan of it in real life, autumn is easily the coolest season. (I mean cool as in hip not cool as in temperature.) There's just so much you can do with it aesthetically, symbolically and thematically. A show set during this time frame would will most likely have "mono no aware". |
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| Autumn & Winter. Leaning towards Autumn more because I would love to see some maple trees. |
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| There's already a lot of anime set in summer and spring, so I'd go with autumn. Winter would be nice to see more of too, but it seems more common. |
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Thank you to those who contributed to the thread yesterday~! It seems that some still long for winter even long after I closed the poll... hmm... maybe the anime industry should take this as a hint...  Anyway, onto replies haha..... ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ epidemia78 said: While I'm not a huge fan of it in real life, autumn is easily the coolest season. (I mean cool as in hip not cool as in temperature.) There's just so much you can do with it aesthetically, symbolically and thematically. A show set during this time frame would will most likely have "mono no aware". G_Excel said: I forget about 「物の哀れ」 and 「仕方がない」... thanks for reminding me.Autumn & Winter. Leaning towards Autumn more because I would love to see some maple trees. I can totally see where the both of you are coming from, something about the red leaves and maple trees in autumn do give that kind of elegance...  ...sorry for potentially odd pic choice... I just want to use lesser-known anime with autumn in it and I just really want more people to watch Bottle Fairy lol... Seriously, Key, you made one nakige VN for each season back in the day EXCEPT for autumn?! When are they gonna make that autumn VN??? ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ Sometimes the best answer is the simplest... though I do have to ask, what is it about winter that makes it your favorite? c: ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ TheFlyingOrange said: There's more anime set in winter than in autumn? What are some examples, if you can name any? I might want to check them out...There's already a lot of anime set in summer and spring, so I'd go with autumn. Winter would be nice to see more of too, but it seems more common. |
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Fario-P said: TheFlyingOrange said: There's more anime set in winter than in autumn? What are some examples, if you can name any? I might want to check them out...There's already a lot of anime set in summer and spring, so I'd go with autumn. Winter would be nice to see more of too, but it seems more common. Just for reference, on anidb summer has 286 anime, winter has 218 anime, spring has 150 anime and autumn has 65 anime. Half of anime seem to be set in summer so it isn't too surprising that that's the most, but for winter it's usually because a lot of shows will have one episode set during New Years or winter break. I don't know that there are as many that are completely set during winter. Yuru Camp, season 1 at least, is set during October and that was really good. There were some other good autumn shows in the anidb tag too but idk that the setting had as much of a presence. I think Spice and Wolf and one of the arcs in Black Lagoon season 2 also take place then. My favorite autumn animated series in general is Over the Garden Wall. If you meant examples of shows set in winter, there are a good amount. Sorry I know that was a lot but there really are a lot of them. Autumn doesn't really have as many, and when it does it isn't as easy to tell. For example, it's easy to misinterpret an autumn setting as winter if the characters are all wearing coats and hats despite no snow, even though that's probably closer to fall. |
TheFlyingOrangeJul 31, 2021 3:07 PM
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| i really really despise winter in real life, so i don't care how overrepresented summer is, i still don't wanna see winter. now fall, on the other hand? i'd love some more fall stuff in anime. especially early fall, when it's still kinda summery so you get the cool weather without the gray skies or bleak, barren trees. (i might be a little biased because my birthday falls at this time of year) |
TheFlyingOrange said: That's actually quite impressive that even AniDB has a better search/tag system than MAL, right down to frickin season themes...Fario-P said: There's more anime set in winter than in autumn? What are some examples, if you can name any? I might want to check them out... Just for reference, on anidb summer has 286 anime, winter has 218 anime, spring has 150 anime and autumn has 65 anime. Half of anime seem to be set in summer so it isn't too surprising that that's the most, but for winter it's usually because a lot of shows will have one episode set during New Years or winter break. I don't know that there are as many that are completely set during winter. Yuru Camp, season 1 at least, is set during October and that was really good. There were some other good autumn shows in the anidb tag too but idk that the setting had as much of a presence. I think Spice and Wolf and one of the arcs in Black Lagoon season 2 also take place then. My favorite autumn animated series in general is Over the Garden Wall. If you meant examples of shows set in winter, there are a good amount. Sorry I know that was a lot but there really are a lot of them. Autumn doesn't really have as many, and when it does it isn't as easy to tell. For example, it's easy to misinterpret an autumn setting as winter if the characters are all wearing coats and hats despite no snow, even though that's probably closer to fall. Hey, don't worry about it being long, thanks a lot for all that information! |
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| I loved the Natsume series for this exact reason. They practically went through every season throughout the series. |
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| spring/summer cuz it's the season that most good romance animes have |
| I prefer winter all the way. It's a major reason I loved Erased. Winter has that cold feel to it. |
| in any case Autumn. we have not enough beautiful, red,yellow, brown leaf animes. even winter has more animes. Yuru Camp for example is just about winter. and this is great. also many animes have a christmas episode. but sure we need more animes with winter atmosphere. i'm just over spring=new beginning=new school year=pink sakura blossoms. and summer? far too many, also alomost every anime has a beach episode. beach episodes are fun, don't get me wrong, but you know what i mean. so i say autumn and winter. specially autumn. |
animu007Sep 24, 2021 10:19 AM
| For me:Winter>Spring=Autumn>summer I don't know why but winter theme is just so beautiful to me. Mod Edit: Removed spam. |
ShadowMonkeyNov 3, 2021 12:10 PM
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| I would like to see spring season more in the anime. |
| Autumn, I like when anime are somber and slow. Winter would also be nice, but it'll probably be incorporated in SOL, which is a genre I don't really care for. |
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takamono said: Nayuki pfp and forum set + Kanon (2006) and Nayuki in favs = checks outFor me:Winter>Spring=Autumn>summer I don't know why but winter theme is just so beautiful to me. Have you seen the 2002 adaptation of Kanon btw? Probably not as good as 2006 but try it ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ eekeen said: Wait, what's wrong with SoL? You have three of them in your Profile Favorites!Autumn, I like when anime are somber and slow. Winter would also be nice, but it'll probably be incorporated in SOL, which is a genre I don't really care for. Speaking of your Favorites, you totally should check out Kanon (2006) soon. Highly suggest waiting for winter to watch it. |
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Fario-P said: takamono said: Nayuki pfp and forum set + Kanon (2006) and Nayuki in favs = checks outFor me:Winter>Spring=Autumn>summer I don't know why but winter theme is just so beautiful to me. Have you seen the 2002 adaptation of Kanon btw? Probably not as good as 2006 but try it ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ eekeen said: Wait, what's wrong with SoL? You have three of them in your Profile Favorites!Autumn, I like when anime are somber and slow. Winter would also be nice, but it'll probably be incorporated in SOL, which is a genre I don't really care for. Speaking of your Favorites, you totally should check out Kanon (2006) soon. Highly suggest waiting for winter to watch it. I heard that the 2002 adaptation is kind of bad. (Also I finished the visual novel game) And there's only like 14 episodes, I can't imagine how it can cover the entire story, that's way too short. So I'm not sure about that. (maybe in the future I will) I wish that the 2006 adaptation had more Nayuki route stories as the game did. But still, it's amazing. |
takamonoNov 4, 2021 8:04 PM
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takamono said: You should definitely still give the 2002 adaptation a shot just for the experience. Even if it's not as well paced as 2006, maybe it might actually be good... hey, either way, just think of it as seeing more animations of your favorite characters. It even got a special epilogue episode called Kanon Kazahana which you can consider as extra content.Fario-P said: Nayuki pfp and forum set + Kanon (2006) and Nayuki in favs = checks out Have you seen the 2002 adaptation of Kanon btw? Probably not as good as 2006 but try it I heard that the 2002 adaptation is kind of bad. (Also I finished the visual novel game) And there's only like 14 episodes, I can't imagine how it can cover the entire story, that's way too short. So I'm not sure about that. (maybe in the future I will) I wish that the 2006 adaptation had more Nayuki route stories as the game did. But still, it's amazing. Besides, it's another anime set in winter—a setting I think we both agree should be utilized in more anime.  |
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| I'd love to see more autumn in anime. It's my favorite season 2nd to winter and I think that the aesthetic beauty it gives off is very comforting, so I'd love it if I saw more of the best visual aspects of autumn being conveyed onto the screen. One anime that did that very well was Maria-sama which might explain why I found some parts of it very peaceful. |
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snuzer said: I haven't seen/read it but MariMite does seem to have nice pictures, I'll give you thatI'd love to see more autumn in anime. It's my favorite season 2nd to winter and I think that the aesthetic beauty it gives off is very comforting, so I'd love it if I saw more of the best visual aspects of autumn being conveyed onto the screen. One anime that did that very well was Maria-sama which might explain why I found some parts of it very peaceful.  |
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| winter almost every setting is in spring or summer |
| Winter because it is my favorite season. |
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uwusong said: I feel like you'd like Kanon (2006) then, give it a watch! :)i can't think of any winter anime that i watched  |
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| As a occult, mystery, youkai fan i like summer scene that's when ghosts are out according to the japanese myths and winter cause nothing like a murder mystery in a snowstorm. But i want more rainy season (Tsuyu) scenes with rain. It's always brings out the best background art of the background artists plus the feel of mystery and occult that something sinister is about to unfold.. it also adds to romance like in the movie garden of words.. rain in japan is sooo bleautiful plus teru teru bozu |
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| I love seeing temples and shrines in anime and since they're the most mysterious and beautiful during the autumn season, that's my pick. |
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| Winter and autumn, I'd say. Would be nice to see more of those two seasons |
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| Like most people in the poll, autumn and winter. It's not like I don't love the common spring and summer aesthetics, but anything goes a bit stale if you have it too often. With so many anime set in school, spring is a constant thing due to the start of the school year being there (and ofc the general relevance of cherry blossoms). Summer is great but WAAAY overrepresented. Winter at least doesn't usually get skipped entirely, it has Christmas dating and family New Year's, but autumn can usually be glad if it makes an appearance at all. It's my favourite season, so it's a bit sad to almost never see it in anime :x |
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