New anime releases worth binge-watching from Funimation

Funimation continues to prove itself as the largest anime distributor’s in North America, and their most recent selection of titles continues to impress.

While there are always several options for anime fans to digest upon release or even re-release, we have three titles that are appropriate for fans of all genres to enjoy — so let’s just jump right in, shall we?

Space Dandy (The Complete Series)

The Shinichiro Watanabe anime has been around for years thanks to Funimation and Adult Swim’s Toonami block, but the outlandish Space Dandy is a series that can appease every facet of the viewer’s interests. For the most part, Space Dandy is a series of intergalactic laughs that resonates with a variety of different individual’s comedic preferences.

Space Dandy begins every episode with the narrator telling us “Space Dandy. He’s a dandy guy… in space,” which accurately informs you about the peculiar anime. This overt comedy comes from Dandy himself, his partners, or even side characters who appear in the dual season series. Despite the fact that comedy is the most obvious direction of space Dandy, there are several episodic chapters that tackle deeper subjects, using each random character to tell a story that’s unique to the direction of the series that mostly embodies a quirky carelessness.

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Watanabe’s series sometimes captures the spaciness that you might find in his very serious Cowboy Bebop, but this series feels like it almost spoofs the genre and titles that came before. Space Dandy definitely leans in towards the more lighthearted choices anime can make but, when mixed with a dash of emotional side stories, Space Dandy is a fun ride that genuinely feels like a project with originality.

Dragon Ball Super (Volume 10)

Dragon Ball Super has wrapped its lengthy run in both Japan and the US, but not without delivering an unforgettable battle of legendary proportions. When Dragon Ball was announced as a returning series, countless fans of the widely beloved anime were ecstatic at the notion of more Dragon Ball in their near future.

As the series launched, it did tend to feel somewhat different from the much more aggressively paced Dragon Ball Z but began to find its place in a much more modern world of anime where popularity for the medium has undoubtedly evolved in the last two decades. Sure, Super incorporated a more jovial atmosphere than it’s predecessor, but there were still moments where the series returns to its roots with some incredible action sequences that are associated with the Dragon Ball franchise.

In this newly released final arc of Dragon Ball Super, we finally see the tournament of power come to a close, where the last remaining universes fight for survival. The most anticipated fight comes from Goku and Jiren, who have an all-out war with one another that showcases new levels of power that we hadn’t ever witnessed in the history of the Dragon Ball universe. For those of you who have enjoyed each episode, or maybe looking to see some of the highs before deciding if it’s right for you — Volume 10 has some of the series’ best moments yet.

BoogiePop and Others (Complete Series)

One of the most “WTF”- inducing anime series is the returning BoogiePop and Others. The series (as always) includes several different avenues to explore, and each one is more in-your-face than the other. With missing students, a new mystery drug and rumors of a being that takes people in their prime beauty — BoogiePop and Others is an enigma through and through.

The series is the return of a title that has been around for decades, now reintroducing BoogiePop to an audience that didn’t grow up with or isn’t too familiar with the franchise as a whole. The concept involves a shinigami, who is rumored to end the suffering of those in need, (BoogiePop) but it rapidly adds another level of mystery as the string of disappearances leaves uncertainty about BoogiePop or just who could be behind the series of missing students.

While not much can be revealed about BoogiePop, it’s the ambiguity that acts as a major draw for viewers. There are plenty of characters that are introduced, and each well-developed character included creates tension for their safety and survival in a series that doesn’t spell out everything for you like others may have been inclined to do. BoogiePop and Others is something that is best going into blindly, taking on the best and most entertaining attributes of a mystery genre series.

All of these anime titles and more are available now from Funimation, so check them out and begin your deep dive into new releases!