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SPRING 2026
TV Show • Trend Score: 311The second season of Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria.
Will, a washout student at a magical academy who is unable to use magic, is aiming to join the top tier of mages, the Magia Vander, to fulfill a promise to his childhood friend, Elfaria. Wielding a sword instead of a wand, his abilities are slowly recognized within the academy. During the all-student praxis dungeon training he undertakes with Lihanna and the other top students of his year, they are ambushed by a mysterious mage. Though they barely manage to survive the attack together, they go on to face the exit exam. Can Will reach the girl waiting for him in the tower?
(Source: Wistoria: Wand and Sword Season 2 English Site)- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Fantasy
SPRING 2026
TV Show • 24 episodes • Trend Score: 188In a remote mountain village under the watchful eyes of two stone guardians, the young Yuru contentedly lives off the land while staying close to the only family he has left—Asa, his precious twin sister. Asa, meanwhile, carries out a mysterious “duty” on behalf of the village while locked in a cage. Why is Asa a prisoner? And what other secrets does Yuru’s otherwise idyllic home hide?
(Source: Square Enix)- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Fantasy
SPRING 2026
ONA • 13 episodes • Trend Score: 164In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: she wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witch … until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way she’s never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody “knows” might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seem...
(Source: Kodansha USA)
Note: Tongari Boushi no Atelier episode 2 was streamed a week in advance on Crunchyroll, ABEMA, and Netflix, alongside episode 1. Streaming is one week ahead of the TV broadcast.- Adventure
- Drama
- Fantasy
SPRING 2026
ONA • 12 episodes • Trend Score: 140A revolution sparked by nuclear war, natural disaster, and misrule leads to the collapse of Japanese society. The country splits into three nations vying for hegemony, and the Sangoku era begins. Aoteru Misumi, a former agricultural officer, vows to reunify Japan. He rises through the ranks with only his knowledge and eloquence. Witness the legend of the man later hailed as a genius strategist.
(Source: Amazon Prime Video)- Action
- Drama
- Sci-Fi
SPRING 2026
SPECIAL • 1 episodes • Trend Score: 76"More," a new story by Kohei Horikoshi, is being adapted into an anime! It tells the story of Deku and friends after the final episode, published in the 42nd and final volume of the original manga.
(Source: Official Website, translated)- Action
- Adventure
SPRING 2026
TV Show • 16 episodes • Trend Score: 72The fourth season of Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e.
As Ayanokouji and his classmates begin their second year at the Advanced Nurturing High School, they’re greeted by a fresh gauntlet of exams and a fresh batch of rather unique first-year students. They’ll have to get to know each other quickly, because the first special exam pairs the first-years with the second-years on a written test—with only the second-years facing expulsion if their team performs poorly! Worse yet? It seems one of the new first-years is also from the White Room. Can Ayanokouji avoid expulsion while sussing out the identity of this hidden foe?
(Source: Seven Seas)- Drama
- Psychological
SPRING 2026
TV Show • 19 episodes • Trend Score: 70The fourth season of Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu.
To save his stricken allies, Subaru faces a deadly desert to find the Sage at Pleiades Watchtower.
(Source: Crunchyroll News)
Note: World Premiere of Episode 1 screened at Lucca Comics & Games 2025 on November 1, 2025, before the Japanese television broadcast.- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Psychological
- Romance
SPRING 2026
TV Show • 12 episodes • Trend Score: 67Juuzou Oogami is a legendary hitman who has never failed an assignment, no matter how impossible. One day, after wiping out a powerful organization, he is stung by a mysterious wasp and collapses. When he wakes up, the fearsome 39-year-old assassin has been transformed into a 13-year-old boy!
Before he can even process what happened, his boss delivers a new order: “In that body, infiltrate a middle school.”
What awaits him is an unexpected school life filled with colorful classmates, youthful chaos, and looming danger. Can Juuzou ever return to his original form? Or will the assassins closing in on him end his second life before it even begins!?
(Source: Official Site)- Action
- Comedy
SPRING 2026
TV Show • 13 episodes • Trend Score: 65The third and final cour of the fourth season of Dr.STONE.
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Sci-Fi
SPRING 2026
TV Show • Trend Score: 65"With only your voice and body—master the art."
Akane Ousaki, captivated since childhood by the magical performances of her father, Shinta Arakawa, witnesses a shocking incident during his decisive performance for promotion to shin’uchi (master rank).
Six years later, now a high school student, she sets her sights on becoming a shin’uchi herself—pushing forward in the highly competitive world of rakugo.
A passionate and authentic rakugo drama begins now!
(Source: TV Asahi, edited)- Drama
