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There are still a few Shonen Jump series that have basically slipped through the cracks. They are far enough into their runs to support at least a season of an anime adaptation, and even more so if that adaptation is spread across multiple years. Or at the very least, some of these series have enough for even a special presentation of some kind. Either way, below are seven Shonen Jump series just begging for an anime announcement this year.
7). The Ichinose Family’s Deadly Sins
The Ichinose Family’s Deadly Sins has such a wild and intense story that you wouldn’t think it was fitting for an anime, but we’ve already seen creator Taizan 5 get a lot of success through adaptations of works like Takopi’s Original Sin. This series isn’t terribly long and can tell its story through a single season of episodes much like how Takopi’s Original Sin was adapted as a miniseries.
The framework is there for an adaptation, and that’s especially true for a series that messes with your mind like this one. Characters deal with amnesia, false memories of their lives, and much more. Following a family with a depressing and downright terrifying family dynamic, it’s perfect to be the kind of anime that hits you where it hurts.
6). Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi
Shoichi Isui’s Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi is also perfect for an anime adaptation. It’s a story about a powerful exorcist who deals with even stronger demonic foes, and each arc seems to be growing in scales of power and fights. It’s also the kind of franchise that seems like it’s going to end with each major fight that goes down, only to reveal that there’s someone even stronger waiting on the horizon.
It’s the current series that feels incredibly nostalgic as the new chapters likely aren’t big with fans, but Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi is the kind of story that you can’t put down either way. It’s got a lot of fun designs that are definitely going to look fantastic in motion, and we really need to see this one coming to life soon.
5). Hima-Ten!
Speaking of nostalgia, Genki Ono’s Hima-Ten! is currently playing out like some of the best romantic comedy classics that have ever hit the pages of Shonen Jump. You’ve got multiple girls crushing on a single boy, who himself has been crushing on someone who he doesn’t know likes him back. But what makes this better fitting for the modern era is that each of these girls is fairly proactive in trying to date Tenichi Iemori rather than holding themselves back.
It’s not a series filled with tension from all of these romantic encounters, nor are the girls at each others’ throats like you might see in lesser works. Everything about the characters feels like it’s developing with an ease and emotional understanding between everyone. Tenichi will choose who he wants to date, and each girl has a strong reason they should be the one who ends up with him. And as an anime? Fans would fall in easy.
4). Shinobi Undercover
Ippon Takegushi and Santa Mitarashi’s Shinobi Undercover is a series that will really hit hard with Naruto fans. It’s a series all about ninja fighting and action as its main character, Yodaka, is a young prodigy tasked with secretly guarding a high school student who’s been targeted by the underworld. Yodaka’s incredibly bad in social moments, so his connection with his charge is ultimately what further evolves through the rest of the series with each new fight.
Shinobi Undercover is filled with lots of cool fights with a ton of action, and the latest fights have begun to introduce special skills for each of the ninja to take it all to the next level. It’s the kind of series that’s really going to take off once a new anime is announced, so it’s time to get the party started.
