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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.
Who knew that the answer to the isekai trend was bringing together a group of murder wives and letting them go hog-wild?― Who knew that the answer to the isekai trend was bringing together a group of murder wives and letting them go hog-wild? This series is streaming on HIDIVE Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Sp...
Both anime to premiere on Adult Swim, HBO Max― Adult Swim announced on Wednesday that it has greenlit two new anime series: Rick and Morty: The Anime and Ninja Kamui. Both series will premiere on Adult Swim and HBO Max. Takashi Sano (Tower of God) will direct the ten-episode Rick and Morty: The Anime series at Telecom Animation Film (Lupin III, Shenmue the Animation). He previously directed the "Ric...
Crunchyroll screens film in cooperation with Sony Pictures Entertainment, Wild Bunch International― Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Wild Bunch International announced on Thursday that they will release Suzume no Tojimari (literally, Suzume's Door-Locking), Makoto Shinkai's first new film in three years, worldwide except in Asia in early 2023. Crunchyroll will handle North American dist...
Service includes Shadow of the Colossus, The Last Guardian, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4, Resident Evil, 55 more games― Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) announced on Monday that its updated PlayStation Plus service will include Japanese-produced games such as Bloodborne, Death Stranding, Demon's Souls, Shadow of the Colossus, The Last Guardian, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm ...
YouTuber Yuzuha registered trademark of "Yukkuri Chabangeki" to Touhou Project fans' ire― The Mainichi reported on Tuesday that in the early morning of May 16, a person sent a bomb threat to the Kai Intellectual Property Law Office in the Chiba Prefecture city of Sakura. This news followed after YouTuber Yuzuha on May 15 registered the trademark of "Yukkuri Chabangeki," which refers to disembodied h...
Available to download (iOS / Android) for free in over 70 countries including the US, Canada, Australia, Singapore, and more!― Available to download (iOS / Android) for free in over 70 countries including the US, Canada, Australia, Singapore, and more! App launched on April 4th, 2022. WWWave of America Corp. has recently released Mangapon, a free manga reading app containing popular and exciting Jap...
ANN confirmed with multiple industry sources familiar with Crunchyroll's dubbing procedure that the company is focusing on casting Texas-based talent in its dubs. This season's dub cast list has half as many actors outside the Lone Star State.― In March, I wrote about a growing group of anime voice actors demanding more union productions in the anime dubbing industry. Since that article was publishe...
Jumpei is just a middle school kid who wants to be cool and manly. Yet, deep inside him is a growing need to dance and not just any dance, ballet. Dive in to anime about being true to yourself and letting your inner self sparkle!― Jumpei is just a middle school kid who wants to be cool and manly. Yet, deep inside him is a growing need to dance and not just any dance, ballet. He lacks training and f...
Demon Girl and Heroines are keeping their high momentum from the previous week. Discover which other series are shooting upward in our weekly user rankings!― Let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season, based on the polls you can find in our Daily Streaming Reviews and on the Your Score page with the latest simulcasts. Keep in mind that these rankings are based...
Isekai light novels are here to stay, in part thanks to retailers' own systemic recommendations. Kim Morrissy explains how Amazon and other online stores help push sales.― It's been over half a decade since the isekai light novel anime boom, and it's still showing no signs of letting up. Western anime fans are partly responsible for this; isekai anime are regularly among the top-viewed titles on Cru...
The dramatic side of Free has always been its weakest point, as the story once again draws on the same conflicts before racing to its predictable conclusion.― Note that this review contains spoilers for the first Free! The Final Stroke film. The first Free! The Final Stroke film ended with Haru and Rin symbolically parting ways, as they struggled to reconcile their dreams of world-class swimming wit...
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