7 Best Anime Coming to Netflix and Crunchyroll in July

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The summer anime season has officially arrived, and both Netflix and Crunchyroll are packed with exciting new titles and long-awaited returns throughout July. Whether you're eager to jump into the next chapter of a popular isekai, discover a new romance, or dive into an action-packed fantasy adventure, there's no shortage of new series to add to your watchlist this month.

Netflix kicks off the month with the debut of Sparks of Tomorrow, while Crunchyroll's summer slate is stacked with returning favorites like You and I Are Polar Opposites Season 2 and Re - Starting Life in Another World Season 4 Part 2. New adaptations, including MEBIUS DUST and Tomb Raider King, also make their debut, bringing everything from wholesome romance and slice-of-life storytelling to fantasy action. Whether you're planning to spend your summer catching up on returning hits or searching for your next favorite series, these are the anime coming to Netflix and Crunchyroll in July that deserve a spot on your watchlist.

'You and I Are Polar Opposites' Season 2

A guy and a girl sitting next to each other looking at the sunset in You and I Are Polar Opposites

Release Date: July 5 | Studio: Lapin Track | Streamer: Crunchyroll

Cast: Sayumi Suzushiro, Shougo Sakata, Wataru Katou, Cocoro Oomori.

You and I Are Polar Opposites truly captured the audience's hearts when it debuted earlier this year, and lucky for us, this lovable story is already returning for a second season. Based on Kōcha Agasawa's manga, the series has earned praise for its portrayal of teenage relationships, balancing funny bits with all the awkwardness, vulnerability, and emotional growth that come with first love.

At the center of the story are Miyu Suzuki and Yuusuke Tani, two classmates whose personalities couldn't be more different. Suzuki is energetic, outgoing, and constantly worried about what those around her think, while Tani is quiet, straightforward, and completely unconcerned with fitting in. What begins as an unlikely friendship gradually blossoms into romance, proving that sometimes the strongest connections are formed between... polar opposites. Season 2 picks up as Suzuki and Tani continue navigating the highs and lows of young love, but their evolving relationship isn't the only one in the spotlight: their classmates begin confronting their own feelings and new romances start to bloom.

'Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation' Season 3

Two characters embracing in Mushoku Tensei

Release Date: July 5 | Studio: Studio Bind | Streamer: Crunchyroll

Cast: Yumi Uchiyama, Konomi Kohara, Ai Kakuma, Ai Kayano.

Widely regarded as one of the series that helped redefine the genre, Jobless Reincarnation returns for its highly anticipated third season. The story follows a 34-year-old shut-in whose life comes to an abrupt end in a traffic accident. Rather than dying, he is reborn as Rudeus Greyrat in a magical world filled with swords, sorcery, and adventure.

Retaining the memories of his previous life, Rudeus vows to leave behind his regrets and embrace the second chance he has been given. Season 3 continues Rudeus' journey as he faces new adventures, deepens old relationships, and encounters powerful allies and formidable enemies along the way.

Sparks of Tomorrow

Release Date: July 5 | Studio: Kyoto Animation | Streamer: Netflix

Cast: Sora Amamiya, Yuuma Uchida.

One of the most anticipated anime premieres of the summer is Sparks of Tomorrow. Set in an alternate history where technological progress favored steam power instead of electricity, Kyoto remains permanently shrouded in smoke. The story follows a boy whose optimism disappeared after losing his brother, and a deeply religious girl still struggling to come to terms with the death of her mother. Though burdened by grief in different ways, the two find themselves drawn together by the mysterious 20th Century Electrical Catalog, a document that offers a glimpse of a future powered by electricity.

As they unravel the catalog's secrets, the pair are forced to confront their painful pasts while deciding whether they have the courage to pursue a better tomorrow. Sparks of Tomorrow looks poised to be one of Netflix's most visually striking anime of the year. Between its emotionally driven story, imaginative alternate-history setting, and Kyoto Animation's renowned craftsmanship, this series that should be on every anime fan's radar.

Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars

Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you'd actually make it out of alive.

💊The Matrix

🔥Mad Max

🌧️Blade Runner

🏜️Dune

🚀Star Wars

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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.

APull on every thread until I understand the system — then figure out how to break it. BStop asking questions and start stockpiling — food, fuel, weapons. Questions don't keep you alive. CKeep my head down, observe carefully, and trust no one until I know who's pulling the strings. DStudy the patterns. Every system has a rhythm — learn it, and you learn how to survive it. EFind the people fighting back and join them. You can't fix a broken galaxy alone.

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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.

AKnowledge. If you understand the system, you don't need resources — you can generate them. BFuel. Everything else — movement, power, escape — runs on it. CTrust. In a world of fakes and informants, a truly reliable ally is rarer than any commodity. DWater. And after water, information — the two things empires are truly built on. EShips and credits. The galaxy is big — you survive it by being able to move through it freely.

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What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you're honest about what you're actually afraid of.

AThat reality itself is a lie — that everything I experience has been constructed to keep me compliant. BA raid. No warning, no mercy — just the roar of engines and then nothing left. CBeing identified. Once someone with power decides you're a problem, you're already out of time. DBeing outmanoeuvred — losing a political game I didn't even know I was playing. EThe Empire tightening its grip until there's nowhere left to run.

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How do you deal with authority you don't trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.

ASubvert it from the inside — learn its rules well enough to weaponise them against it. BIgnore it and stay out of its reach. The further from any power structure, the better. CAppear to comply while doing exactly what I need to do. Visibility is the enemy. DManoeuvre within it carefully. You can't beat a system you refuse to understand. EResist openly when I have to. Some things are worth the risk of being seen.

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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn't just tactical — it's physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.

AUnderground bunkers and server rooms — cramped, artificial, but with access to everything that matters. BOpen wasteland — brutal sun, no shelter, constant movement. At least the threat is honest. CA dense, rain-soaked city where you can disappear into the crowd and nobody asks questions. DMerciless desert — extreme heat, no water, and something enormous living beneath the sand. EThe fringe — backwater planets and busy spaceports where the Empire's attention rarely reaches.

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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.

AA tight crew of believers who've seen behind the curtain and have nothing left to lose. BOne or two people I'd trust with my life. Any more than that and someone talks. CNobody, ideally. Alliances are liabilities. I work alone unless I have no choice. DA community bound by shared hardship and mutual survival — people who need each other to last. EA ragtag team with wildly different skills and total commitment when it counts.

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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they're actually made of.

AI won't harm the innocent — even the ones who'd report me without hesitation. BI do what I have to to protect the people I've chosen. Everything else is negotiable. CThe line shifts depending on who's asking and what's at stake. DI draw a long-term line — nothing that compromises my people's future, even if it'd help now. ESome lines, once crossed, can't be uncrossed. I know which ones they are.

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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.

AWaking others up — dismantling the illusion so no one else has to live inside it. BFinding somewhere — or someone — worth protecting. A reason to keep moving. CAnswers. Understanding what I am, what any of this means, before time runs out. DLegacy — shaping the future in a way that outlasts me by generations. EFreedom — for myself, for others, for every world still living under someone else's boot.

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Your Fate Has Been Calculated You'd Survive In…

Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.

The Matrix

You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You're a systems thinker who can't help but notice the seams in things.

You're drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You'd find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines' worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You'd be the one probing the walls for the door.

Mad Max

The wasteland doesn't reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That's you.

You don't need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you're good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.

Blade Runner

You'd survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.

You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You're not a hero. But you're not lost, either.
In Blade Runner's world, that distinction is everything.

Dune

Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.

Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they're survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You'd learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn't just survive Arrakis — you'd begin to reshape it.

Star Wars

The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn't have it any other way.

You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You'd gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire's grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn't something you're capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.

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'Tomb Raider King'

Release Date: July 8 | Studio: Studio EEK | Streamer: Crunchyroll

Cast: Joo-Heon Seo, Irene Holton, Jae-Ha Yoo, Seol-Ah Lee, Julian Miller.

If waiting for a miraculous update on Solo Leveling has left you craving another action-packed fantasy with an overpowered protagonist, Tomb Raider King may be your next obsession. Adapted from the hit Korean web novel and webtoon, the series blends supernatural relics and time-travel revenge into a fast-paced adventure.

The story begins when mysterious tombs suddenly appear around the world, each containing ancient relics capable of granting their owners almost godlike powers. As governments, organizations, and treasure hunters race to claim these artifacts, the world is thrown into chaos. At the center of the conflict is elite relic raider Goriki Ryoga, whose career comes to a brutal end after he is betrayed and left for dead during an expedition. Instead of dying, however, Ryoga is sent back in time to a point before the tombs first emerged. Armed with complete knowledge of the future and driven by a desire for revenge, he sets out to raid every tomb before anyone else can reach them.

'MEBIUS DUST'

Release Date: July 9 | Studio: Doga Kobo | Streamer: Crunchyroll

Cast: Haruka Satou, Nene Hieda, Yuuto Takenaka.

If you're looking for an anime that blends science-fiction, superpowers, and mystery, MEBIUS DUST should be on your radar this summer. Set in a world shaped by a catastrophic meteorite strike, extraordinary abilities come at an extraordinary cost. A decade after a meteorite crashes into Earth, a group of people known as Rams Carriers awaken superhuman abilities called Rams. However, they can only survive while exposed to Mebius Dust, a substance emitted by a massive crystal that keeps them permanently confined to the town of Shinkatsushika.

Unable to leave, the town's kids use their abilities in a territory-control game to pass the time. Among them are high school student Araki, his younger sister Stella, and their childhood friend Olga, who compete together as the team Polis Hopper. One day, their ordinary lives take an unexpected turn when Rams researcher Professor Yuda recruits them for a mysterious experiment that could change everything they know about their powers and the world beyond the town's borders.

'Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You'

A woman with a cigarette in Behind the Supermarket, Smoking with You

Release Date: July 9 | Studio: Asahi Production | Streamer: Crunchyroll

Cast: Seena Hoshiki, Takuya Satou, Toa Yukinari.

While many romance anime focus on high school crushes and first loves, Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You offers a refreshingly mature take on the genre. Based on Jinushi's acclaimed manga, the series swaps classroom drama for the everyday routines of adulthood, finding romance in quiet conversations, shared cigarettes, and the unexpected connections that form between two lonely people.

Sasaki is a middle-aged salaryman who dreads going to work, where he's constantly worn down by an overbearing boss and the monotony of office life. The one bright spot in his day is a quick stop at the neighborhood supermarket, where he's always greeted by the warm smile of his favorite cashier, Yamada. But after one particularly exhausting day, Sasaki arrives to find that Yamada has already finished her shift. Disappointed, he heads outside for a cigarette, only to be approached by Tayama, a sharp-witted and mischievous woman smoking behind the store. The two strike up an easy conversation, and before long, Sasaki finds himself returning not only in hopes of seeing Yamada but also to share another smoke break with Tayama.

'Re:ZERO - Starting Life in Another World' Season 4 Part 2

Release Date: August 12 | Studio: White Fox | Streamer: Crunchyroll

Cast: Kazuya Kamenashi, Takuya Satou, Maaya Uchida.

One of the biggest isekai series of the past decade continues this summer as Re - Starting Life in Another World returns with Season 4 Part 2. Following the devastating events in Priestella, the next chapter promises to be another emotionally charged journey filled with new mysteries and challenges.

While Subaru and his friends emerged victorious from the brutal battle, the aftermath leaves them with heavy losses. Determined to save Rem, Crusch, and Julius from their respectives fates, Subaru embarks on a new quest in search of a miracle. His only lead is Shaula, the legendary "Wise Woman" said to possess limitless knowledge, who lives within the distant Pleiades Watchtower. Reaching her, however, will be anything but easy. Together with his companions, Subaru must cross the perilous Auguria Dunes, a vast and uncharted desert filled with deadly creatures, hidden dangers, and ancient secrets.