Summary
One of the many anime joining the summer 2024 lineup isMy Deer Friend Nokotanfrom Wit Studio, the studio behindSpy x Familyin conjunction with CloverWorks. The series revolves around former delinquent Torako trying to pass herself off as a normal girl, only for her always to get wrapped up in the bizarre antics of Nokotan, a deer-girl hybrid with an absurd personality and even more absurd abilities.
The summer 2024 anime season will be filled with major hits likeSuicide Squad IsekaiandOshi no Koseason 2, andMy Deer Friend Nokotanmight be joining them. With how hard it can be to sell comedies in any medium,My Deer Friend Nokotanseemed primed to be underrated at best, butMy Deer Friend Nokotanis already one of the most-hyped anime of the summer 2024 season.
On the surface, that might seem incredibly odd, but there are good reasons for it that perfectly play into the anime’s strength.
My Deer Friend Nokotan Has Become A Massive Meme By Design
Wit Studio has fully leaned into the goofiness of its new anime
The biggest reasonMy Deer Friend Nokotanhas become such a hot topic is because of how Wit Studio has deliberately made it into a meme. Tying into the surreal and goofy nature of the story,Wit Studio released an hour-long loop of a dance scene fromMy Deer Friend Nokotan’s theme song, and itinspired parodies from countless other fandoms. That sort of viral marketing brought a lot of attention to what could have easily been a forgettable anime, and because of that, it’s been receiving an incredible amount of attention well before its premiere.
Some of the more technical aspects ofMy Deer Friend Nokotanhave also done wonders to draw attention to it. In addition to the wonderfully surreal nature of the story and cast,My Deer Friend Nokotanhas all the same fluid artwork and animation that Wit Studio is famous forand helped makeSpy X Familyand other anime popular.My Deer Friend Nokotanlooks like it will be a standoutcomedy anime, and thanks to the meme culture already being associated with it, plenty of people are sure to see that in full force.
Will My Deer Friend Nokotan Be The Breakout Anime Of Summer 2024?
Original series created by Oshioshio
The memetic nature ofMy Deer Friend Nokotanhas already made it a hot topic among the upcoming anime, but with how many popular and mainstream anime will be released in summer 2024,My Deer Friend Nokotanmight still fall to the wayside, even with the memes associated with it. Wit Studio does seem to be doing a lot to draw attention toMy Deer Friend Nokotan, though, so with any luck, it will go down as another one of their biggest hits in the same vein asSpy x Familyand other projects of theirs.
Spy x Family
Cast
Created by Tatsuya Endo, Spy X Family is an action-adventure comedy anime that follows the misadventures of a found family with unique quirks. The story follows spy Twilight (known as Loid Forger), who, while on assignment, builds a fake family to get closer to his target. Unbeknownst to him, his new family carries their quirks. His wife, Yor, is a kind but deadly assassin, while his daughter, Anya, has telepathic powers - and is the only one who knows their secrets.
