From Sci-Fi to Fantasy: 5 Most Anticipated Anime Coming This April

What anime titles should you watch in the spring of 2024? Several exciting projects will be released in April – a story about the confrontation between kaiju and humans, a romantic melodrama and a remake of a cult anime, and that's not all.

1. Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf

Release Date: April 2

A remake of the fan-favorite 2008 anime Spice and Wolf created by Imagine studio. In the story, Lawrence, a merchant who travels trading spices and grains, returns to his beloved village.

Due to the modernization of households, the villagers have lost faith in a deity called Holo, a wolf spirit who for centuries protected their crops from wild animal attacks, cold, and drought. Now the people believe only in themselves and the miracles of agronomy.

Before Lawrence leaves, he accidentally encounters a wolf in the form of a girl. She asks the merchant to take her with him on his journey, and together they get into various troubles, try to make money by trading, fight off criminals, talk about faith, life and everything in the world.

The first episode has already been released and received high ratings, so this anime is definitely worth watching.

2. Unnamed Memory

Release Date: April 9

In the magical world there is a tower where the Witch of the Azure Moon sits. The famous hero and prince Oscar decides to climb up there to gain the power of a powerful sorceress and be cured of a terrible curse: anyone who marries him will die.

After meeting the witch, the hero makes a pact with her: the sorceress agrees to move from her boring home to the castle's mansions to find a spell that will cure the prince, and after the evil spell is broken, Oscar will have to kill her. The witch's dark secrets are gradually revealed, and the prince becomes increasingly attached to her.

3. Kaiju No. 8

Release Date: April 13

The anime adaptation of the sci-fi manga of the same name promises spectacular action and an intense plot about humanity's struggle against monsters.

Giant monsters – Kaiju – have been terrorizing Japan for several decades. Under dangerous conditions, humanity managed to take a step forward in the development of science, so an elite special squad armed from head to toe was sent to fight the Kaiju. And to help them, a team of cleaners was assigned to wipe the streets from the blood and flesh of the monsters.

The main character, Kafka, hoped to join a military unit instead of cleaning the area. But after a series of unsuccessful attempts to enlist, he was forced to accept an unpleasant fate. Nevertheless, Kafka decides to try his luck one last time and take the qualifying tests again.

4. Black Butler: Public School Arc

Release Date: April 13

A continuation of the cult story Black Butler and an intricate detective story with a Gothic atmosphere and the architecture of Old England.

Aristocrat Ciel Phantomhive, after the death of his parents, inherits a castle built in a misty village and the power. At the time, Ciel was young, and the loyal servants of the Phantomhive family saw no potential in him.

Everything changes when his loyal butler, Sebastian, stands up for the boy. Together they gain power and greatness in aristocratic circles and attract the attention of dark organizations that want to take away the influence of the Phantomhive family.

Plunging into conspiracy, mysticism and deadly intrigue, the main characters unravel mysteries, learn of a terrible ancient ritual and the existence of demons responsible for the death of Ciel's parents.

5. An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride

Release Date: April 5

The mysterious magician Zagan attends an underground auction where valuable items belonging to the dead archdemon are being sold. Zagan hopes to acquire all the items containing great power, but changes his plan when he sees the blonde elf slave Nephelia among the artifacts being sold, and spends all his accumulated savings on her.

Zagan, who is in love, is still unable to communicate with such a beauty – he is antisocial, slightly rude and completely incapable of expressing his feelings.