Spring 2026 has a ton of gems to add to your watch list.
Spring is just around the corner, and it’s bringing a wave of brand-new anime with it! The Spring 2026 lineup is packed with new titles making their debut. Some have compelling drama, fierce action, and heart-stopping romance that's sure to keep you at the edge of your seat. Here are some of the new anime to watch out for this season:
Akane-banashi
Premiere date: 4 April, 2026
Studio: Zexcs
Synopsis via Viz Media:
Akane unintentionally stirs up a scandal when she’s discovered taking informal lessons from her father’s former teacher, Shiguma Arakawa. And she’s about to make even bigger waves because she is about to begin her first steps in climbing the ranks of a rakugo performer from zenza opening act to shin’uchi headliner. But she’ll still have to finish high school and navigate her relationship with Shiguma’s existing apprentices, all while learning that becoming a stellar rakugoka takes much more than just being good at performing!
Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring
Premiere date: 28 March, 2026
Studio: WIT
Synopsis via Yen Press:
Winter was once the only season in the world-but such an existence was too lonely to bear, and so it created Spring to love. Before long, the earth wished for more time to rest in the cycle, and Summer and Autumn were born. The ones who carry the cycle are called the Agents of the Four Seasons. Hinagiku, the Agent of Spring, disappeared from this land ten years ago, taking the season of spring with her. Now, after incredible hardship, she has returned to restore the cycle to its proper state-and, as in the myth passed down since the dawn of time, she sends her love to Winter.
Daemons of the Shadow Realm
Premiere date: 4 April, 2026
Studio: Bones Film
Synopsis via Square Enix:
In a world where certain humans command mighty supernatural duos called Daemons, it is the birthright of "the children who sunder day and night"—twins Yuru and Asa—to rule over these powerful entities.
Separated from a young age and unaware of the truth of their birth, brother and sister must fight to make their way back to each other, claim their birthright, and save the world…
Go For It, Nakamura-kun!
Premiere date: 1 April, 2026
Studio: Drive
Synopsis via Seven Seas Enetertainment:
Nakamura has fallen in love-at-first-sight with one of his classmates, Hirose–but there’s a problem: they haven’t actually met yet…and Nakamura is a total klutz who might bungle things before they even begin!
Himekishi wa Barbaroi no Yome
Premiere date: 9 April, 2026
Studio: Jumondo
Synopsis via Seven Seas Entertainment:
A captured knight finds herself betrothed to the leader of the very tribe she was sent to fight in this fantasy manga.
Serafina de Lavillant, the strongest female knight in the West, was sent to subjugate the barbaric tribes of the East. But when her mission fails spectacularly, she’s captured alive and imprisoned. Humiliated and dreading what horrific torture she’ll endure, she asks to be put to death. To her surprise, rather than tearing her limb from limb, the tribe leader asks for her hand…in marriage! Will Serafina face a cruel and abusive arranged marriage? Or will she discover that these tribes aren’t as barbaric as she was led to believe?
Liar Game
Premiere date: 6 April, 2026
Studio: Madhouse
Synopsis via Remow:
A Mysterious Invitation. One Hundred Million Yen. The Game Begins.
College student Nao Kanzaki suddenly receives a strange letter and a suitcase containing 100 million yen. She's been chosen to participate in the LIAR GAME—a high-stakes psychological battle where lies, deception, and betrayal reign supreme. Naïve and painfully honest, Nao quickly finds herself cornered. To survive, she turns to Shinichi Akiyama, a brilliant former con artist with unmatched intellect. As they dive deeper into the twisted game, the two must outwit opponents in a world where trusting others could be fatal. In a game built on lies, can honesty prevail?
MARRIAGETOXIN
Premiere date: 7 April, 2026
Studio: Bones Film
Synopsis via Viz Media:
Poison Master Hikaru Gero is about to take on his most challenging assignment yet—getting married! But after training his entire life to become one of the world’s deadliest assassins, Gero couldn’t be more clueless when it comes to the art of dating. Thankfully, marriage swindler Mei Kinosaki knows everything there is to know about love, and together, this unlikely pair is going to do whatever it takes to get Gero hitched—even if they have to take on the entire criminal underworld in the process!
Mistress Kanan is Devilishly Easy
Premiere date: 4 April, 2026
Studio: KAI
Official Synopsis:
A mysterious and beautiful devil that devours human souls has descended.
Kanan, the Gourmet Devil, descends upon a high school in the human world to devour young, sweet souls.
The first sacrifice chosen is a male student named Yoji Kugi.
"It's a great honor to be eaten by me. Be grateful, lower creature."However...
For some reason, she ends up making a romantic contract with Kugi?
Even after thousands of years of life, the innocent Kanan has never experienced first love, so every day is filled with excitement!
Going home together!? Holding hands!? Going on a date!? Their first time?!?!?!?!"You damn inferior creature—!"
A cute first love romcom about an adorable and simple minded devil begins!
Ramparts of Ice
Premiere date: 2 April, 2026
Studio: KAI
Official Synopsis:
Ikawa Koyuki is a high school student who has difficulty interacting with others and tends to build walls between herself and them. She spends her days quietly, hanging out with no one except her childhood friend Azumi Miki. But then, for some reason, a boy named Amemiya Minato appears before her and starts to get closer to her ... ?
The solitary girl Koyuki, the school idol Miki, the boy who doesn't want to keep his distance Minato, and the kind and gentle basketball club member Yota. Clumsy, frustrating, and yet lovable. The curtains are now open on an ensemble drama woven together by the misunderstandings of youth .
Witch Hat Atelier
Premiere date: 6 April, 2026
Studio: BUG FILMS
Synopsis via Kodansha:
In 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…