The Winter 2020 Anime Preview Guide

Welcome to Anime News Network's Winter 2020 Preview Guide! Here's how it goes: our team of critics write up their impressions instantly, to be posted here as they go along. Each critic will cover as many shows as they can handle, giving you alternate takes on most every show.

The guide is ongoing, organized by series and updated multiple times a day. Throughout the next week or two, we'll be updating as often as possible with new perspectives on new episodes from our team of critics. New reviews will be posted as soon as they're written, with each critic's name being added to the roster beneath the show's title. Check back a couple of times every day during the guide, and you're likely to see new shows pop up with multiple takes to enjoy!

Please remember that this is a preview guide. It is designed to give you a taste of the first episode of a show with a preliminary opinion and a few thoughts on whether or not the show has potential. These are not intended to be blanket judgments of these series as a whole. All reviews use the same ratings scale: 1-5, with 1 being the lowest. Shows that are available streaming online will be indicated as such.

Click on the survey at the top of each show's page to vote for your personal score and see how other people scored the show!

A3! Season Spring & Summer Rebecca Silverman, Theron Martin	Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett Theron Martin, Nick Creamer	ID: Invaded Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Theron Martin, Nick Creamer
A Certain Scientific Railgun T Theron Martin	Somali and the Forest Spirit Nick Creamer, Rebecca Silverman Theron Martin, James Beckett	Darwin's Game Theron Martin, Rebecca Silverman James Beckett, Nick Creamer
Asteroid in Love Theron Martin, Nick Creamer, Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett	Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Rebecca Silverman, Theron Martin James Beckett, Nick Creamer	Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! Theron Martin, James Beckett Nick Creamer
Seton Academy: Welcome to the Pack Rebecca Silverman, Nick Creamer Theron Martin, James Beckett	Pet Nick Creamer Lynzee Loveridge, Rebecca Silverman Theron Martin, James Beckett	Sorcerous Stabber Orphen Rebecca Silverman, Theron Martin Nick Creamer
BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. Rebecca Silverman, Nick Creamer Theron Martin, James Beckett	number24 Rebecca Silverman, Nick Creamer Theron Martin	Plunderer Theron Martin, Rebecca Silverman Nick Creamer, James Beckett
Nekopara Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett Theron Martin, Nick Creamer	Hatena Illusion Rebecca Silverman, Theron Martin Nick Creamer, James Beckett	Infinite Dendrogram Rebecca Silverman, Theron Martin Nick Creamer, James Beckett
Show By Rock!! Mashumairesh!! Rebecca Silverman, Nick Creamer James Beckett	The Case Files of Jeweler Richard Rebecca Silverman, Theron Martin Nick Creamer	Uchitama?! Have you seen my Tama? Theron Martin, Rebecca Silverman
If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It To The Budokan, I Would Die Nick Creamer, Rebecca Silverman Theron Martin	Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It Rebecca Silverman, Theron Martin James Beckett, Nick Creamer	Smile Down the Runway Rebecca Silverman, Theron Martin James Beckett
Haikyu!! To The Top Rebecca Silverman	Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga Rebecca Silverman, Nick Creamer Theron Martin, James Beckett	A Destructive God Sits Next to Me Rebecca Silverman, Nick Creamer Theron Martin
22/7 Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett Nick Creamer, Theron Martin	In/Spectre Theron Martin, Rebecca Silverman Nick Creamer	ARP Backstage Pass Rebecca Silverman
Interspecies Reviewers Theron Martin, Nick Creamer