The Spring 2022 Preview Guide

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Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2022 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.

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!

You can also check out this season's Trailer Watch Party with Lynzee Loveridge, Jacki Jing, and YouTube personality Geoff Thew (Mother's Basement) first impression of the season's shows.

Summer Time Rendering Richard Eisenbeis	Ascendance of a Bookworm Season 3 Christopher Farris	AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline Part 2 Nicholas Dupree
Spy×Family James Beckett, Nicholas Dupree Richard Eisenbeis, Rebecca Silverman Caitlin Moore	Don't Hurt Me, My Healer! Rebecca Silverman, Nicholas Dupree Richard Eisenbeis, James Beckett	Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie Caitlin Moore, Richard Eisenbeis, Nicholas Dupree, Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett
In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki Nicholas Dupree, James Beckett Rebecca Silverman, Richard Eisenbeis Caitlin Moore	Aoashi James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis Rebecca Silverman, Nicholas Dupree Caitlin Moore	Dance Dance Danseur Rebecca Silverman, Nicholas Dupree Richard Eisenbeis
Kaguya-sama: Love is War Ultra Romantic James Beckett, Nicholas Dupree Richard Eisenbeis, Caitlin Moore	Love After World Domination Rebecca Silverman, Nicholas Dupree Richard Eisenbeis, James Beckett	Tiger & Bunny 2 Richard Eisenbeis, Caitlin Moore
The Demon Girl Next Door Season 2 James Beckett	The Dawn of the Witch Caitlin Moore, Richard Eisenbeis James Beckett, Rebecca Silverman Nicholas Dupree	Heroines Run the Show Caitlin Moore, Richard Eisenbeis James Beckett, Nicholas Dupree Rebecca Silverman
Skeleton Knight in Another World Caitlin Moore, Richard Eisenbeis James Beckett, Nicholas Dupree Rebecca Silverman	Miss Shachiku and the Little Baby Ghost Richard Eisenbeis, Caitlin Moore James Beckett, Rebecca Silverman Nicholas Dupree	The Rising of The Shield Hero Season 2 Richard Eisenbeis, Christopher Farris
Deaimon: Recipe for Happiness Caitlin Moore, James Beckett Richard Eisenbeis, Nicholas Dupree Rebecca Silverman	RPG Real Estate Richard Eisenbeus, Nicholas Dupree Rebecca Silverman	The Greatest Demon Lord is Reborn as a Typical Nobody Richard Eisenbeis, Caitlin Moore Rebecca Silverman, Nicholas Dupree
Birdie Wing -Golf Girls' Story- Caitlin Moore, James Beckett, Rebecca Silverman, Nicholas Dupree, Richard Eisenbeis	Tomodachi Game Nicholas Dupree, Rebecca Silverman Richard Eisenbeis, James Beckett	I'm Quitting Heroing Rebecca Silverman, Nicholas Dupree Richard Eisenbeis, James Beckett Caitlin Moore
Healer Girl James Beckett, Nicholas Dupree Rebecca Silverman, Caitlin Moore Richard Eisenbeis	Black Rock Shooter: Dawn Fall Richard Eisenbeis	Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Final Season James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis
Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett Nicholas Dupree, Caitlin Moore Richard Eisenbeis	Fanfare of Adolescence Rebecca Silverman, Nicholas Dupree James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis Caitlin Moore	Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Season 2 Nicholas Dupree
Love All Play James Beckett, Nicholas Dupree Richard Eisenbeis, Rebecca Silverman Caitlin Moore	Aharen-san wa Hakarenai Rebecca Silverman, Nicholas Dupree James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis Caitlin Moore	The Executioner and Her Way of Life Rebecca Silverman, Nicholas Dupree James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis Caitlin Moore
Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove it. r=1-sinθ Lynzee Loveridge, Richard Eisenbeis	Estab-Life: Great Escape Nicholas Dupree, Rebecca Silverman James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis	Ya Boy Kongming! Rebecca Silverman, Richard Eisenbeis Nicholas Dupree
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Collision Christopher Farris, Richard Eisenbeis	Kotaro Lives Alone Caitlin Moore, James Beckett Richard Eisenbeis, Nicholas Dupree	Thermae Romae Novae Caitlin Moore, James Beckett Richard Eisenbeis