Amazon’s AniMay sale is a great pun with greater deals

01.05.2024 - 21:39 / polygon.com

Amazon is teaming up with Crunchyroll to kick off the new month with a deal they’ve dubbed the AniMay sale. Blu-ray and 4K UHD collections of some of our favorite anime are currently discounted by up to 52%. This sale includes essentials like the complete series of Cowboy Bebop, which is discounted to $26.99 (was $49.98), and the complete collection of the classic 1960s series Speed Racer, which is available for $17.49 (was $19.99). But you’ll also find deals on some slightly deeper cuts, which we’ve outlined below.

Satoshi Kon’s psychological thriller series follows an ensemble cast of eclectic characters, including an anxious mascot designer and a low-level police officer, who are seemingly haunted by a malevolent street assaulter known only as Lil’ Slugger. Who is this mysterious assailant, and what do all of his “random” victims have in common? Take the plunge and dive into this modern mystery anime that combines supernatural scares with avant-garde storytelling. —Toussaint Egan

Dragon Ball Super returns, this time with an all-new adventure centered around Piccolo and Gohan! When the Red Ribbon Army returns with a new plot for global conquest, the Namekian martial artist and his former student must join forces to defeat a pair of cutting-edge android adversaries and rescue the day. But will they be able to succeed without Goku or Vegeta? —TE

Kazuya Tsurumaki’s cult sci-fi anime follows Naota, a 12-year-old boy whose life unexpectedly collides with that of Haruko Haruhara, a Vespa-riding extraterrestrial wielding a left-handed Rickenbacker guitar like a battle axe. As Naota’s once quiet, ordinary town is beset by a barrage of otherworldly weirdness, will Naoto be able to come out of the chaos unscathed and wiser for the experience? —TE

Set in a dystopian society, this cyberpunk anime follows a group of special investigators tasked with rooting out criminals and upholding a twisted form of “peace,” using weapons capable of calculating the likelihood of a suspect’s intent to cause harm. When a mysterious mastermind emerges with a plot to overthrow the system, the investigators have to race against time to prevent the destruction of everything they know. —TE

Makoto Shinkai’s breakthrough fantasy anime centers on Mitsuha and Taki, two high-school students from different walks of lives whose fates become inextricably intertwined when they wake up in each other’s bodies one morning. As the two attempt to discover the cause behind their predicament, Mitsuha and Taki grow closer — but what does fate have in store for these would-be lovebirds? —TE