At least one of the episodes takes place in summer. Think oppressively warm weather, summer vacation, summer school, summer festival, or a visit to the beach.
Top 13 Summer Anime to watch
- 1. Grand Blue
- 2. Dagashi Kashi
- 3. Deji Meets Girl
- 4. Ano Natsu de Matteru
- 5. Harukana Receive
- 6. Non Non Biyori: Okinawa e Ikukoto ni Natta
- 7. Non Non Biyori Movie: Vacation
- 8. Nerawareta Gakuen
- 9. Yuru Yuri Nachuyachumi!
- 10. Squid Girl
- 11. Squid Girl 2
- 12. Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu: Owarenai Natsuyasumi
- 13. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei Herz!
1. Grand Blue

When Iori Kitahara heads off to college, he decides to live at his uncle's dive shop in Izu named Grand Blue. Iori is looking forward to experiencing college life amidst the roar of the waves, the blazing sun, and his cute cousin who lives with him! However, Iori runs into a group of tough guys playing strip rock-paper-scissors, and ends up joining Peek-a-Boo, the college's diving club!
Grand Blue Dreaming is finished and has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: ぐらんぶる, Grand Blue
2. Dagashi Kashi

Out in the countryside stands a sweet shop run by the Shikada family for nine generations: Shikada Dagashi, a small business selling traditional Japanese candy. However, despite his father's pleas, Kokonotsu Shikada, an aspiring manga artist, adamantly refuses to inherit the family business.
However, this may start to change with the arrival of the eccentric Hotaru Shidare. Hotaru is in search of Kokonotsu's father, with the goal of bringing him back to work for her family's company, Shidare Corporation, a world famous sweets manufacturer. Although the senior Shikada initially refuses, he states that he will change his mind on one condition: if Hotaru can convince Kokonotsu to take over the family shop. And so begins Hotaru's mission to enlighten the boy on the true joy of delicious and nostalgic dagashi!
Dagashi Kashi is finished and has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: だがしかし, Dagashikashi
3. Deji Meets Girl

The wondrous story is set in motion one summer when Maise Higa, a listless first-year high school girl who works part-time at the front desk of her family's hotel in Okinawa, meets an "Ichirou Suzuki," a mysterious youth who came alone from Tokyo as a hotel guest. Since Suzuki's arrival, "deji" things have been happening around Maise, like fish swimming around the room or a giant banyan tree smashing through the hotel ceiling.
"Deji" Meets Girl is finished and has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: でーじミーツガール, Deji Meets Girl
4. Ano Natsu de Matteru

While testing out his camera on a bridge one summer night, Kaito Kirishima sees a blue light streaking across the sky, only to be blown off the railing seconds later. Just before succumbing to unconsciousness, a hand reaches down to grab ahold of his own. Dazed and confused, Kaito wakes up the next morning wondering how he ended up back in his own room with no apparent injuries or any recollection of the night before. As he proceeds with his normal school life, Kaito and his friends discuss what to do with his camera, finally deciding to make a film with it over their upcoming summer break. Noticing that Kaito has an interest in the new upperclassmen Ichika Takatsuki, his friend Tetsurou Ishigaki decides to invite her, as well as her friend Remon Yamano, to join them in their movie project.
In what becomes one of the most entertaining and exciting summers of their lives, Kaito and his friends find that their time spent together is not just about creating a film, but something much more meaningful that will force them to confront their true feelings and each other.
Waiting in the Summer is finished and has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: あの夏で待ってる, Ano Natsu de Matteru
5. Harukana Receive

Oozora Haruka is a high school second-year who's just moved to Okinawa. Haruka is generally cheerful and optimistic, but there's one thing she feels insecure about: she's taller than most other girls. Higa Kanata, her cousin of the same age who meets her at the airport, also has one hang-up: she had to quit her beloved beach volleyball in the past because she was too short. Through some twist of fate, these mismatched cousins find themselves paired up as a beach volleyball team. How will this duo play together in a sport where the presence of one's teammate is more important than anything?!
Harukana Receive is finished and has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: はるかなレシーブ, Harukana Receive
6. Non Non Biyori: Okinawa e Ikukoto ni Natta

An OVA bundled with the 7th manga volume.
Suguru Koshigaya, the brother of Komari and Natsumi, wins the grand prize in a lottery draw. The prize appears to be a ticket for four to Okinawa. As the girls are nervous for their trip, they prepare for their journey.
Non Non Biyori: Okinawa e Ikukoto ni Natta is finished and has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: のんのんびより 沖縄へ行くことになった, Non Non Biyori OVA
7. Non Non Biyori Movie: Vacation

Summer vacation is drawing to an end. When Suguru wins a free trip to Okinawa, all of the five students of Asahigaoka branch school are excited to end their vacation with a bang. Along with Hikage, Konomi, and their teacher and the candy store owner, everyone goes to Okinawa for a fun three-day trip. There, Natsumi makes friends with Aoi, the girl who helps out at the hotel they stay in.
Non Non Biyori Movie: Vacation is a Movie. It is also Known as: 劇場版 のんのんびより ばけーしょん, Non Non Biyori Movie: Vacation
8. Nerawareta Gakuen

Kenji Seki's daily routine was set in stone. Every morning he walks his dog at the beach to get a glimpse of his crush, Kahori Harukawa, as she rides the waves on her surfboard, and walks to school together with his childhood friend, Natsuki Suzuura. Everything changed on a sunny spring morning when he stumbled across Ryouichi Kyougoku, a handsome new transfer student who claims to be a psychic, musing about how amazing it was that he was finally on Earth…Nerawareta Gakuen tells the relationship-driven story of how Ryouichi's presence sets the wheels of fate in motion for Kenji. Not only are his ordinary days challenged by growing jealousy from seeing Kahori falling for the young psychic, but his friend Natsuki seems to be troubled by problems of her own. And then he still has to deal with whatever plans Ryouichi has in store for him.
Psychic School Wars is a Movie. It is also Known as: ねらわれた学園, Nerawareta Gakuen
9. Yuru Yuri Nachuyachumi!

Upon finding some camping equipment in the clubroom, the Amusement Club decide to go camping together for summer vacation, with the student council deciding to tag along. After spending the day making curry, the girls form pairs to go on a test of courage before hitting a bathhouse together.
Yuru Yuri Nachuyachumi! is finished and has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: ゆるゆり なちゅやちゅみ!, Yuru Yuri OVA, YuruYuri Nachuyachumi!, Yuru Yuri Summer Vacation!
10. Squid Girl

From the depth of the seas rises an evil monster, bent on taking over the human world: Ika Musume. She's ruthless. She's menacing. She's... an adorably non-threatening little girl who makes an awesome squid-ink spaghetti?
Ika Musume has come out of her home in the ocean on a quest to punish humanity for polluting her waters. With squid tentacles for hair and some pretty useful ink-spitting skills, Ika Musume is sure she'll have no trouble invading Earth. What she didn't account for were the Aizawa sisters, rough and tumble Eiko and deceptively mellow Chizuru, who immediately bully her into working as a waitress in their seafood restaurant by the shore.
Ika Musume decides to take this chance to learn more about the human world, having silly adventures, meeting lots of strange characters, and never once letting world domination out of her sights. Will Ika Musume be able to exact her revenge on the human race that had wronged her? Or will she learn to enjoy the company of these foolish air-breathers and let bygones be bygones?
Squid Girl is finished and has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: Shinryaku! Ika Musume, 侵略!イカ娘, The Invader Comes From the Bottom of the Sea!
11. Squid Girl 2

The nefarious Squid Girl is back to continue her self-appointed mission to invade the surface world. Or that's what she would do, if she could just stop getting distracted by squidding movies, reading squidly manga, and making friends as only a squid could make them. Squid Girl must overcome not only danger found at every turn, but her own squidly good nature as well.
Squid Girl 2 is finished and has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: Shinryaku!? Ika Musume, 侵略!?イカ娘, The Invader Comes From the Bottom of the Sea!, Shinryaku! Ika Musume 2
12. Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu: Owarenai Natsuyasumi

Extra episode of Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu bundled with the limited edition of the 9th manga volume.
The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan: I Cannot Let Summer Break End is finished and has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 長門有希ちゃんの消失 第17話「終われない夏休み」, Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu OVA, The Vanishing of Nagato Yuki-chan OVA
13. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei Herz!

Based on the Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei! manga by Hiroshi Hiroyama, which is a spin-off of the Fate/stay night erotic visual novel by Type-Moon.
Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya 2Wei Herz! is finished and has 10 Episodes. It is also Known as: Fate/kaleid liner プリズマ☆イリヤ ツヴァイ ヘルツ!, Prisma Illya 2wei! Herz