Star Trek: Prodigy season 2, Tower of God season 2, and more new TV this week
If you’re in the States, then this week is July Fourth. If you’re not in the States, then this week is just July 4 — congrats to all who get to mark the day however they are, wherever they are! No surprise, but: I think we should all celebrate by watching TV. Particularly if you’re in for anime, there’s a lot of premieres this week on Crunchyroll, meaning you can roll right through the long (or regular!) weekend with a blitz of new programs.
Here’s the best new TV premieres (and just a few of the anime previews) this week.
Genre: Star Trek (animated YA adventures edition)
Release date: July 1, with all episodes
Showrunner/creator: Kevin and Dan Hageman
Cast: Brett Gray, Ella Purnell, Jason Mantzoukas, and more
Prodigy has survived cancellation (read: was in production for season 2 when it got axed by Paramount) and has jumped over to a new network (read: was subsequently picked up by Netflix). That means that if you liked what Prodigy was putting down in season 1, you will probably like it when it makes its way to Netflix.
Genre: Docuseries, sports drama
Release date: July 2
Cast: The players and staff of the New York Giants
The New York Giants are entering their 100th season. It’s quite an accomplishment, but they (like all NFL teams) won’t settle for anything less than a Super Bowl slot. Will they get it? Who’s to say — but now we can at least watch what they’re saying during the offseason.
Genre: Sci-fi action
Release date: July 5, with one episode
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Fans of the Nier: Automata, rejoice: The gorgeous anime adaptation of the hit game is finally making its return this summer with a second season following the first’s protracted and troubled development. Hopefully A-1 Pictures has ironed out all the details for this new season so we won’t be waiting weeks or even months between episodes.
The second “cour” (the term for a production block of anime averaging between 10 and 14 episodes) will pick up immediately after the first, with 9S having
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