You can feel it. Flowers are blooming, bees are buzzing, and spring is in the air. Oh, and there’s a new season of anime. Here’s a look at what to watch and where to watch it.
As we do year after year and season after season, here is Kotaku’s latest anime guide, the Spring 2016 edition. Have a look at the shows below, which are in alphabetical order, and suss out which ones strike your interest.
In case you missed it, here is our guide from the past winter.
Ace Attorney
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Genre: Legal, Mystery
Premier Date: April 2
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: The massively popular Capcom franchise makes the leap to anime, with a series based on the Phoenix Wright games.
Age 12: A Little Heart-Pounding (12-sai: Chicchana Mune no Tokimeki)
Studio: Oriental Light and Magic
Genre: Coming of Age, School, Romance, Shojo
Premier Date: April 4
Where to Watch: No Western Simulcast Announced
What It’s About in One Sentence: A young girl makes the transition from child to adult.
Aikatsu Stars
Studio: Bandai Namco Pictures
Genre: Idol, Music, Slice of Life
Premier Date: April 7
Where to Watch: No Western Simulcast Announced
What’s It About in One Sentence: Girls at an idol academy work to make their idol dreams reality.
And you thought there is never a girl online? (Netoge no Yome wa Onna no Ko Janai to Omotta?)
Studio: Project No.9
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Ecchi
Premier Date: April 7
Where to Watch: Funimation
What’s It About in One Sentence: After being burned once by a guy online pretending to be a woman, the anime’s protagonist meets a new lady in an online game and tries to help her overcome her real world issues.
Anne Happy
Studio: Silver Link
Genre: School, Comedy, Slice of Life
Premier Date: April 7
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What’s It About in One Sentence: A group of unhappy students try to find happiness at school.
The Asterisk War (Gakusen Toshi Asterisk) Season 2
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Ecchi
Premier Date: April 2
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Daisuki, Funimation, AnimeLab (AU)
What It’s About in One Sentence: The second season of an anime set against the aftermath of a meteor storm colliding with the Earth during which new technologies emerge that give rise to superpowered humans.
Battle Spirits: Double Drive
Genre: Card Battle
Premier Date: April 6
Where to Watch: No Western Simulcast Announced
What’s It About in One Sentence: The eighth season of the Battle Spirits anime follows an all-new cast of characters in a world where card game duels rule.
Bakuon!!
Studio: TMS Entertainment
Genre: Slice of Life, Comedy, Motorsports, Racing
Premier Date: April 4
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What’s It About in One Sentence: A schoolgirl develops an interest in motorcycles and joins her school’s motorcycle club.
Beyblade: Burst
Studio: OLM
Genre: Shonen
Premier Date: April 4
Where to Watch: No Western Simulcast Announced
What’s It About in One Sentence: Kids battle each other with spinning tops.
Big Order
Studio: Asread
Genre: Action, Supernatural
Premier Date: April 15
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A boy uses his superpowers to take over Japan and save his sister.
Bishoujo Yuugi Unit Crane Game
Studio: Kyotoma
Genre: Comedy, Idol
Premier Date: April 6
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: In this short form anime, three girls, working at an arcade, dream of becoming idols, but find that their destiny is to protect the Earth.
Bonobono
Studio: Eiken
Genre: Comedy
Premier Date: April 1
Where to Watch: No Western Simulcast Announced
What It’s About in One Sentence: The adorable adventures of forest critters.
Bungo Stray Dogs
Studio: Bones
Genre: Mystery, Supernatural
Premier Date: April 6
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What’s It About in One Sentence: An orphan’s life is changed forever after he stops a man from committing suicide, only to find out the man runs a supernatural detective agency, which he then joins.
CoCO & NiCO
Studio: Kachidoki Studio
Genre: Comedy
Premier Date: April 9
Where to Watch: No Western Simulcast Announced
What It’s About in One Sentence: Two cats train daily to be princesses in this short-form anime.
Concrete Revolutio (Chojin Genso) The Last Song
Studio: Bones
Genre: Superhero
Premier Date: April 3
Where to Watch: Daisuki, Funimation, AnimeLab (AUS)
What’s It About in One Sentence: The second season of an anime set in a world full of superpowered people, where it is up to the Superhuman Bureau to find and protect them.
Duel Masters VSRF (Duel Masters Versus Revolution Final)
Studio: Studio Hibari
Genre: Shonen, Card Battle, Comedy, Action
Premier Date: April 5
Where to Watch: No Western Simulcast Announced
What It’s About in One Sentence: It’s Duel Masters, but with a talking hamster.
Endride
Studio: Brain’s Base
Genre: Fantasy, Action
Premier Date: April 3
Where to Watch: Funimation, AnimeLab (AUS)
What’s It About in One Sentence: A 15-year-old boy finds a mysterious crystal at his father’s company and is transported to another world underneath the Earth’s surface.
Flying Witch
Studio: J.C. Staff
Genre: Slice of Life, Supernatural, Comedy, Drama
Premier Date: April 9
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A 15-year-old witch moves to rural Aomori Prefecture to live with relatives.
Future Card Buddyfight DDD
Studio: LM, Inc., Xebec
Genre: Card Battle, Shonen, Action
Premier Date: April 1
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: The last entry in the Buddyfight series, an anime in which kids battle with monster pals.
Hai-Furi
Studio: Production IMS
Genre: School, Slice of Life
Premier Date: April 9
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Daisuki, Funimation
What It’s About in One Sentence: Schoolgirls dream of joining the Blue Mermaids, a task force that keeps Japan’s seas safe.
Hakuouki: Otogi Soushi
Studio: DLE Inc.
Genre: Otome, Reverse Harem, Historical, Fantasy, Tragedy
Premier Date: April 5
Where to Watch: No Western Simulcast Announced
What’s It About in One Sentence: A young woman comes to Kyoto to look for her father and befriends a group of guys who aid her search.
Haven’t You Heard? I’m Sakamoto
Studio: Studio Deen
Genre: Comedy, School, Otome, Slice of Life
Premier Date: April 7
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, The Anime Network
What It’s About in One Sentence: Loved and loathed by classmates, Sakamoto is the coolest guy at school and able to get out of any jam he finds himself in.
Hundred
Studio: Production IMS
Genre: Sci-Fi, Battle, Mecha, Action, Harem, Ecchi, School
Premier Date: April 4
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What’s It About in One Sentence: While a “Hundred” is a weapon that can be used to fight a menacing alien lifeform, this anime is set in a school where students train to do battle.
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable
Studio: David Production
Genre: Battle, Adventure, Action
Premier Date: April 1
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Viz Media
What It’s About in One Sentence: Josuke Higashikata and his group are tracking down Stand Users in 1999 in a town called Morioh.
Joker Game
Studio: Production I.G
Genre: Historical, Military, Mystery, Espionage
Premier Date: April 5
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What’s It About in One Sentence: Set before the outbreak of World War II, Joker Game follows an agent who must navigate the tricky world of a covert Japanese agency as he tries to uncover secret documents.
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress (Koutetsujou no Kabaneri)
Studio: Wit Studio
Genre: Survival Horror, Steampunk, Action, Zombie, Historical Fantasy
Premier Date: April 7
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Instant Video
What It’s About in One Sentence: As monster-like zombies called “kabane” encroach, a young boy has created a weapon he thinks can defeat them.
Kagewani: Shou
Studio: Tomovies
Genre: Horror, Suspense, Supernatural
Premier Date: April 1
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: Panic starts in this short-form anime when creepy stuff starts happening on an airplane and continues throughout the rest of the episodes.
Kamiwaza Wanda
Studio: TMS Entertainment
Genre: Shounen, Sci-Fi, Adventure, Card Game
Premier Date: April 16
Where to Watch: No Western Simulcast Announced
What It’s About in One Sentence: A boy and his robot dog try to stop foes with cards and gizmos.
Kiznaiver
Studio: Trigger
Genre: School, Slice of Life, Supernatural
Premier Date: April 9
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: Kiznaivers are connected through the Kizuna System, which allows them to share each other’s wounds as well as the pain.
Kuma Miko
Studios: Kinema Citrus, EMT Squared
Genre: Comedy
Premier Date: April 3
Where to Watch: Funimation, AnimeLab (AUS)
What’s It About in One Sentence: A young Shinto shrine maiden’s best friend is a talking bear.
Kuromukuro
Studio: P.A. Works
Genre: Mecha, Action, Historical Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Military
Premier Date: April 7
Where to Watch: Netflix
What’s It About in One Sentence: A samurai awakes in the modern day, when mecha duke it out with swords.
Macross Delta
Studio: Studio Nue, Satelight
Genre: Mecha, Sci-Fi, Space Opera, Magical Girl, Military, Romance, Idol
Premier Date: April 3
Where to Watch: No Western Simulcast Announced
What’s It About in One Sentence: A young man joins a group of skilled Valkyrie pilots who fight to save the galaxy, paired with an idol group whose way of dealing with a strange, new virus is belting out some killer pop tunes.
Magi: Sinbad no Bouken (The Adventure of Sinbad)
Studio: Lay-duce
Genre: Sword and Sandal, Fantasy, Adventure, Action, Magic
Premier Date: April 15
Where to Watch: No Western Simulcast Announced
What It’s About in One Sentence: Set in the world of Magi, this anime follows Sinbad’s origins.
Mayoiga (The Lost Village)
Studio: Diomedea
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Supernatural
Premier Date: April 8
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What’s It About in One Sentence: Thirty young people ready to throw away their old lives and start anew immigrate on a bus tour to a mysterious, life-changing town.
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096
Studio: Sunrise
Genre: Mecha, Sci-Fi, Space Opera
Premier Date: April 3
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Daisuki
What’s It About in One Sentence: In this recut of the Gundam Unicorn film series, a boy’s life changes from a regular kid going to school in a space colony after a chance encounter with a girl and a new Gundam.
My Hero Academia
Studio: Bones
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Superhero
Premier Date: April 3
Where to Watch: Funimation, AnimeLab (AUS)
What’s It About in One Sentence: In a world where superpowers are the norm, one middle schooler is bullied for not having them until one day, when the greatest hero of them all gives a superpower to the boy, who then enrolls in a superhero academy.
Mysterious Joker (Kaito Joker) Season 3
Studio: Shin-Ei Animation
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What’s It About in One Sentence: The third season of this anime continues to follow a thief who can steal anything in the world, almost like magic.
Neko Neko Nihonshi
Studio: Joker Films
Genre: Historical Fantasy, Parody
Premier Date: April 6
Where to Watch: No Western Simulcast Announced
What It’s About in One Sentence: Japanese historical figures get re-imagined as cats.
Onigiri
Studio: Pierrot+
Genre: Fantasy, Action, Supernatural
Premier Date: April 6
Where to Watch: The Anime Network
What’s It About in One Sentence: Set in ancient Japan, Onigiri, a pun on “rice ball” that means “demon decapitator,” follows the fight against the evil wrought by the malevolent Kamikui.
Pan de Peace!
Studio: Asahi Production
Genre: School, Slice of Life, Comedy
Premier Date: April 3
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: Schoolgirls find happiness—and hopefully, peace—through love of bread.
Pretty Guardians Sailor Moon Crystal
Studio: Toei Animation
Genre: Magical Girl, Super Sentai
Premier Date: April 4
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Viz Media, AnimeLab (AUS)
What’s It About in One Sentence: The third season of the latest iteration of the iconic anime, Sailor Moon, that follows the adventures of schoolgirls as they save the Earth and fight evil.
PriPara 3rd Season
Studio: Tatsunoko Production, DongWoo A&E
Genre: Idol, Shojo
Premier Date: April 5
Where to Watch: No Western Simulcast Announced
What It’s About in One Sentence: The third season of an anime about an elementary school girl who grasps her chance to become an idol and enters a world of fashion, dance, and music.
Ragnastrike Angels
Studio: Satelight
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action
Premier Date: April 2
Where to Watch: No Western Simulcast Announced
What It’s About in One Sentence: Girls are turned jumbo-sized and battle it out in this short-form anime—and by “short” I mean thirty-second episodes.
Re: Life in a Different World from Zero (Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu)
Studio: White Fox
Genre: Supernatural, Fantasy, Action, Drama
Premier Date: April 3
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A high school student finds himself transported to a strange world after a late night trip to his local convenience store.
Rin-Ne (Kyoukai no Rinne) Second Season
Studio: Brain’s Base
Genre: Romantic Comedy, Modern Fantasy
Premier Date: April 9
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, The Anime Network, AnimeLab (AUS)
What It’s About in One Sentence: The second season of an anime that tells the story of a high school girl who can see spirits (though she’d rather not) and the boy in her class whose job it is to usher spirits to the other side for reincarnation.
Sansha Sanyou
Studio: Doga Kobo
Genre: School, Comedy, Slice of Life
Premier Date: April 10
Where to Watch: Funimation, AnimeLab (AUS)
What It’s About in One Sentence: Three schoolgirls with very different personalities become unlikely friends.
Seisen Cerberus
Studio: Bridge
Genre: Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, Adventure
Premier Date: April 4
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What’s It About in One Sentence: A 16-year-old boy sets out to avenge his parents’ death.
Shonen Ashibe Go! Go! Gomachan
Studio: Bridge
Genre: Comedy
Premier Date: April 5
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: This anime follows the adventures of a little boy and his pet seal.
Shonen Maid
Studio: 8-Bit
Genre: Comedy, Shoujo, Maid
Premier Date: April 7
Where to Watch: Funimation, AnimeLab (AUS)
What It’s About in One Sentence: After his mother dies, a young boy is taken in by his uncle who turns him into a boy maid.
Sousei no Onmyouji (Twin Star Exorcists)
Studio: Studio Pierrot
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Supernatural
Premier Date: April 6
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What’s It About in One Sentence: Hailing from a family of exorcists, Rokuro would rather be anything else, but lives up to his potential after the appearance of a new rival.
Space Patrol Luluco
Studio: Trigger
Genre: Sci-Fi, Comedy, Romance
Premier Date: April 1
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: Middle-school student Luluco’s normal life in the Milky Way changes with the arrival of a handsome transfer student from deep space.
Super Lovers
Studio: Studio Deen
Genre: Boys’ Love
Premier Date: April 6
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What’s It About in One Sentence: The relationship between Haru and his young adopted brother strengthens when the boy suddenly returns to Haru’s life five years later.
Tanaka-kun is Always Listless (Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge)
Genre: Comedy, School, Slice of Life
Premier Date: April 9
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, The Anime Network, AnimeLab (AUS)
What It’s About in One Sentence: School boy Tanaka-kun doesn’t ever seem to try his hardest.
Terra Formars: Revenge Season 2
Studios: Liden Films, TYO Animations
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action
Premier Date: April 1
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Viz Media
What It’s About in One Sentence: Humankind and the humanoid cockroaches continue to duke it out on Mars, with the explorers from Earth undergoing an experimental “bug procedure” to help them in their fight.
Tonkatsu DJ Agetarou
Studio: Studio Deen
Genre: Music, Comedy, Slice of Life, Coming of Age
Premier Date: April 10
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: Agetarou discovers he prefers being a D.J. to working at his family’s tonkatsu restaurant, but realizes that there’s not much difference between the two.
Usakame
Studio: Millepensee
Genre: Sports, Comedy, Slice of Life
Premier Date: April 11
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A short-form anime that follows the crazy lives of tennis-playing schoolgirls who are the official rivals of the tennis-playing schoolgirls in long-running short-form anime Teekyu.
Ushio to Tora 3rd Cour
Studio: MAPPA, Studio VOLN
Genre: Modern Fantasy, Comedy
Premier Date: April 1
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: The latest entry in the anime about a young boy who frees the monster that have been trapped in his basement for generations to fight spirits going bonkers.
Wagamama High Spec
Studio: AZsiZ
Genre: School, Ecchi, Romance, Harem
Premier Date: April 11
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A schoolboy’s secret life as an erotic manga artist is discovered by a schoolgirl classmate, and he tries to keep his double life hidden at school.
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