Summer 2024

My take: Summer 2024 came off as a season where studios were willing to try things — lots of originals, a pile of movies, and a healthy number of sequels that mixed nostalgia with new direction. It was the kind of quarter where format choices mattered as much as the shows themselves; runtimes and release types let creators play with tone more often than in a typical season.

Look Back was the emotional anchor: compact, artful, and built around a handful of scenes that landed hard. Suicide Squad ISEKAI surprised by embracing its ensemble chaos and turning isekai tropes into genuine payoff rather than joke fodder. Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture leaned into strategic set pieces and fan-first callbacks — J.C.Staff gave it visual polish, though the dense plotting sometimes slowed momentum. My Hero Academia the Movie 4 aimed for blockbuster spectacle and mostly stuck the landing with crisp action and a focused antagonist thread.