Spring has finally sprung and with it a new crop of anime. Some of the usuals have returned for new seasons such as My Hero Academia which has now entered its fifth season after debuting in 2016 which seems like only yesterday. There are some other anime shows returning such as Nomad: Megalo Box 2, Zombieland Saga: Revenge, Youkoku no Moriarty, and many others.
It's exciting to see shows from years past return, but what about the actual brand new anime starting this season? That list seems just as stacked and there is more than enough out there to get excited for as well and these all start within the next few days and or weeks.
10 Shaman King
Shaman King is a manga that started in 1998. It had a good run in Shonen Jump for awhile, but toward the end it went on several hiatuses before eventually ending. The anime ran for just sixty-four episodes and did not receive the same conclusion, so this new anime is basically a reboot. It’s sort of like what they did with Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. It is set to premiere on April 1.
9 Godzilla Singular Point
Godzilla Singular Point, as the name might suggest, is an anime adaption of the Godzilla franchise. Although the story seems to focus on a group who created a robot in order to defend itself from other monsters which will probably turn into a final showdown with the lizard king himself.
For those that don’t know their Godzilla history, Jet Jaguar premiered in the movie, Godzilla vs. Megalon in 1973. This anime though is set to premiere on April 1.
8 Mars Red
This vampire anime has an interesting history behind it. It started as a stage reading written by Bun-O Fujisawa. It was then adapted into a manga in 2020, which is still ongoing. This means this new anime may not have a lot of material to work with although if that stage reading was thorough enough, this anime may not need to wait for the manga to continue being made at a steady rate. Either way it will debut on April 6.
7 Odd Taxi
What anime list would be complete without a series about anthropomorphic animals? Odd Taxi started this year, in January, as a manga. It may seem like it’s too soon then for an anime addition, set to premiere on April 6, but maybe this was all part of the plan when the manga started in the first place. Either way the series seems to star a taxi driver who gets involved with the disappearance of a young girl along with the strange characters he is usually involved with through his job.
6 Jouran: The Princess Of Snow And Blood
This is the only anime on the list that is not based on anything else be it a stage play, manga, or whatever. That being the case, there’s not much to go on ahead of its April 7 debut. Based on quick previews and trailers out there, Jouran: The Princess of Snow and Blood looks to be set in 1931 Japan and focuses on demon slayers of some sort. The anime art style certainly has a unique look to it making it stand out among others of its ilk.
5 The Way Of The Househusband
The Way of the Househusband, or Gokushufudou as the Japanese name, started as a manga in 2018. It has since produced seven volumes but is still going. This comedy series stars and ex-Yakuza member turned dedicated husband doing menial chores which can only be conveyed to the extreme through anime. Before this anime adaptation, set to debut on April 8, there was a ten episode live-action drama in Japan in 2020. It definitely has some Great Teacher Onizuka vibes to it.
4 The World Ends With You
The World Ends With You is a DS game that first launched in 2007 in Japan and a year later in North America. In that time this RPG got a few updates through ports but never a sequel. Now, in 2021, not only is the game getting this direct anime adaptation, but a sequel is also set to release on the Switch and PS4 titled NEO: The World Ends with You. The anime will premiere on April 9.
3 Edens Zero
Edens Zero is the newest creation from Hiro Mashima. He also started Fairy Tale and Rave Master for those unaware. This spacefaring manga started in 2018 and has fourteen volumes under its belt which means this might be one of those anime situations where production will either slow down between seasons, or the anime directors might want to go in filler directions. Only time will tell, but the anime is set to debut on April 11.
2 Tokyo Revengers
This is based on a manga that began in 2017. It has since produced twenty-one volumes in its ongoing run in Weekly Shonen Magazine.
Besides this anime adaptation, set to release on April 11, Tokyo Revengers is also getting a live-action film adaption in July. 2021 seems to be the big year of this property so let’s hope all the media hype behind it is worth it.
1 86
86 has a different history than most as it started out as a light novel in 2017. It’s still ongoing with nine volumes out and there are also two manga adaptions also still ongoing. This anime adaptation then is the latest to tackle this story revolving around this war torn mech romance series. Anime fans can feast their eyes on it when it debuts on April 11.