The winter anime season begins just as the new year does, getting into high gear starting on January 3rd—and we’ve got you covered for the approximately 50 anime series this coming season. You heard that right—50! More on that...
The winter anime season begins just as the new year does, getting into high gear starting on January 3rd—and we’ve got you covered for the approximately 50 anime series this coming season. You heard that right—50! More on that below, but first, let me just say that our crew is excited to preview these shows for you! Keep coming back to our blog (and this master post) to read our first impressions of the newly premiering anime and many of the returning ones.
Which new series have your eye? Are you excited for Solo Leveling, My Instant Death Ability is So Overpowered, A Sign of Affection, or Delicious in Dungeon? Or are you more interested in returning shows like Classroom of the Elite, Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki, Blue Exorcist, The Dangers in My Heart and Tsukimichi? Remember, too, that some series from the fall continue with new cours this season, like Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, The Apothecary Diaries, and Undead Unluck!
There are a ton of shows that I don’t know a lot about, but honestly, there are just a lot of shows period. While fewer than last season, that’s still an immense amount for the winter, though it seems like this is the new norm, certainly to the chagrin of animators struggling under the workload and those of us concerned for them.
While it’s worth keeping an eye on how the overwork of animators continues to unfold (I’m writing this post, in fact, as I’m continuing with Jujutsu Kaisen and Zom 100, which both have had off-kilter schedules due to that issue), for now, it looks like we’ll continue to see these many dozens of series premiere. Let’s enjoy their work while hoping for change!
Please keep checking back as we make updates, click on the links below as we develop this post, and let us know what you’re thinking in the comments! Oh, and why not check out our first two first impression pieces, already posted after were previewed Fluffy Paradise and The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic at Anime Frontier!
Enjoy!
Fluffy Paradise • The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic
Fluffy Paradise
First Impression: Twwk
If you want some cute in your diet, Fully Paradise is certainly something you should consume. But I’m interested because the show seems to be working toward balancing the fluffy with danger in what Ai Kakumi calls a “delightful tension.” It has the feel of a villainess isekai in that way, and I think fans of those series will also be interested in this one. I may or may not continue with it, but I have to admit that a cute-ish cliffhanger to episode one has me anticipating the second episode, as did the lovely ED featuring yarn art.
Streaming on Crunchyroll.
The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic
First Impression: Twwk
Usato is the type of protagonist whose self-commentary carries the show; for instance, Inukama, who surprisingly ends up being an otaku, is funny by herself, but when Usato yells in his brain, “Please stop ruining my image of you,” a smirk turns to straight-out laughter. And the opening episode is like that from beginning to end, full of funny moments. But the characters are easy to root for, too; all three of the heroes are the type of people you want to be your friends. In fact, the humble king is who you’d want to be your grandfather, the wizard Welcie your friend, and Rose, I think, will become the mentor you want to have, too, even if the series introduces her as a demon. This is a world worth being isekai’d into and most definitely a show I’ll be tuning into…
Streaming on Crunchyroll.