Comment on Spring Anime Season Preview Discussion and Thread Requests [2026, Week 12]
Unboxious@ani.social 3 weeks ago
Definitely watching:
- Witch Hat Atelier - Hot take, this is actually a way better fantasy manga than Frieren. Might be a somewhat less hot take once they get around to animating later seasons of Frieren. It has actual thought and effort put into its worldbuilding, which I think is essential for any fantasy story.
- Daemons of the Shadow Realm - I’ve read the first 10 volumes of the manga, and so far I’m actually liking it a little more than Fullmetal Alchemist - and I loved Fullmetal Alchemist.
Probably watching:
- The Ramparts of Ice - My wife and I have been enjoying You and I Are Polar Opposites this season, so we’ll definitely be taking a look at a new thing written by the same mangaka.
- Akane-banashi - The manga has been fun, so it’s a matter of whether the anime adaptation is good enough to elevate the experience beyond what the manga already delivers. I’m very curious to see how they portray the rakugo performances.
- Re:ZERO Season 4 - I liked Re:ZERO seasons 1 & 2 quite a lot, but by the time season 3 came around I couldn’t remember half of what happened. Whether I watch this basically depends on whether I can scrounge up the time to watch the first 3 seasons first somehow, which is gonna be tough since I have a lot going on right now both in life and in terms of other anime I want to watch and manga I want to read.
Rottcodd@ani.social 3 weeks ago
I love when this sort of thing happens. Those were the two that most caught my attention, though I’m only familiar with Witch Hat Atelier by reputation and had never even heard of Daemons of the Shadow Realm before, so it wasn’t as if I made a considered choice. To some degree, necessarily, I just sort of guessed.
But then boom - just the next post down, there’s the same two titles. So maybe I guessed reasonably well.
I had no idea that was from the mangaka of You and I Are Polar Opposites. It briefly caught my attention, but didn’t hold it, but with that additional information, I’ll definitely be giving it a shot too.
Unboxious@ani.social 3 weeks ago
Worth noting that they made The Ramparts of Ice before they made You and I Are Polar Opposites. It might not be as good since they were less experienced at the time. Or maybe it will be. I have no idea; I haven’t read it.
Rottcodd@ani.social 3 weeks ago
Yeah - I noticed that, and thought the same thing.
Amusingly enough, I just got in a discussion last week about Call of the Night, which is a great example of the hazards there. I loved that manga so much when I finally read it (about three months before it ended) that I went in search of other things by the same author, which led me to Dagashi Kashi.
So… yeah.