Spring 2026 Anime Season Preview: Every Show Worth Your Time
Sequels, adaptations and the three originals that could define the year.
Spring is the heaviest season on the 2026 calendar, with three major sequels landing inside a four-week window and an unusually strong original slate underneath them.
The sequels will take the headlines and deserve to. Each arrives with a studio that has already proved it can handle the material, and each adapts source arcs that readers rank near the top of their series.
The originals are where the season gets interesting. Two are directorial debuts with veteran staff behind them, and the third is a co-production with a schedule that suggests real pre-production time — increasingly rare and usually visible on screen.
Our seasonal coverage runs weekly: first-impression pieces after episode one, a mid-season check-in, and full scored reviews once each series finishes.
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