I don’t know what it looks like in your neck of the woods, but these days, I’m greeted outside by birdsong, budding flowers, butterflies, and even a nest in my tree with eggs in it. Spring has sprung, and that means: anime?! Yep, we otaku know that as March passes into April, the new spring anime series premiere. And as usual, we’ve got you covered!
As the new shows premiere, we’ll be writing short “first impression” reviews of her on the site and then adding snippets from those fuller reviews to this one; as usual, you can read the entire review by clicking on the “Read More” links below, with this master post giving you just a brief glimpse of our impressions, as well as screencaps, streaming links, and additional thoughts by our other writers.
So what are you looking forward to this season? Returning fare like Fire Force, Black Butler, Bye, Bye Earth, or Wind Breaker? New fantasy series like The Beginning After the End and I Left my A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths? Romance like Can a Boy-Girl Friendship Survive? and Summer Pockets? Action series such as Lazarus and My Hero Academia: Vigilantes? Soft and slice-of-life series like Ann Shirley and mono? Comedy like the second season of Aharen-san wa Hakarenai and Witch Watch? We’ve even got sci-fi mysteries with Kowloon Generic Romance and Your Forma! Whatever your taste, there’s a show airing for this season! Here are some of the posters and air dates for hotly anticipated spring anime series
From the dawn of time, mankind’s intelligence has been used for war. Its crown achievement was the fearsome living weapons known as Gears, against which the Crusades were fought. But one day, Ki Kiske, the sword-wielding guardian of Humanity and chief of the International Police Force, fell in love with a Gear: Dizzy, of the blood of the Gear King. Their son, Sin Kiske, is an impossibly muscular blond guy with a fashionable mix of sunglasses and an eyepatch, and who wears a wooden cross around his neck. Under the training regimen of the Sacred Order of Holy Knights’ member Sol Badguy (it’s not pronounced Badgee), he learns to use both his muscles and his sword in the deep forest. In the present day, Ki Kiske is a king and has finally been able to officially proclaim his marriage to Dizzy. Some, like the even-more-muscular Johnny of the Jellyfish Pirates, are happy about the event. Some, like US Senator Nerville Hammer, despise Gears and are burning with rage. But when Johnny spots a suspicious lady, she turns out to be Catwoman-like acrobat Unika, fixated on making the bride lose control of her powers and cause a rampage. When Sin Kiske comes home to the castle, he finds himself in the middle of a battlefield. As he and Johnny fight Unika, the king protects his bride with a powerful magical shield that leaves both of them frozen in time…
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