Your Spring 2023 Anime Guide: What To Watch And Where It's Streaming
The spring anime season is jammed packed with 50 more shows for your to watch and backlog.
While my poor yaoi hands have been reduced to mush typing out a brief synopsis for every new movie, show, and returning anime this season I’m happy to report that fans of romance and fantasy are gonna have their plates full with this season’s bloated helping of anime. Without further ado, here’s your spring anime guide.
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A Galaxy Next Door
Crunchyroll Collection
Studio: Asahi Production
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Supernatural
Premiere Date: April 8
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A manga creator named Ichiro Kuga discovers that his beautiful assistant, Shiori Goshiki, is actually a princess from another planet that is betrothed to him.
Alice Gear Aegis Expansion
COLOPL CHANNEL
Studio: Nomad
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Premiere Date: April 4
Where to Watch: Hidive
What It’s About in One Sentence: A group of women clad in mechanical suits battle hordes of aliens that drove humanity from Earth.
The Feast of Amrita
コミックナタリー
Studio: Sentai Filmworks
Genre: Horror
Premiere Date: TBD
Where to Watch: TBD
What It’s About in One Sentence: A college student named Rin is plagued by the unexplainable horrors that haunt her apartment complex.
The Ancient Magus’ Bride Season 2
Crunchyroll Collection
Studio: Kafka
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Premiere Date: April 6
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A girl named Chise enrolls in a college for mages after coming to grips with her betrothal to a gentle fae magician.
The Aristocrat’s Otherworldly Adventure: Serving Gods Who Go Too Far
Crunchyroll Collection
Studio: EMT Squared / Magic Bus
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Romance
Premiere Date: April 2
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: After getting reincarnated into another world, a boy named Kazuya Shiina is granted magical powers from the gods to help him find love, win battles, and study at his otherworldly school.
Azur Lane: Queen’s Orders
アズールレーン
Studio: Yostar Pictures
Genre: Sci-Fi, Slice-Of-Life
Premiere Date: May 10
Where to Watch: TBD
What It’s About in One Sentence: Queen Elizabeth (no relation?) secretly fills in as the commander of a military operation after its previous commander falls into a coma.
Beyblade Burst QuadDrive
BEYBLADE BURST Official
Studio: OLM
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sports
Premiere Date: April 1
Where to Watch: Netflix
What It’s About in One Sentence: A child hacks into the World Beyblade Battle Association and challenges every fighter to a battle.
Birdie Wing: Golf Girls’ Story Season 2
BN Pictures
Studio: Bandai Namco Pictures
Genre: Sports
Premiere Date: April 7
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A golfing prodigy named Eve sets her sights on a rematch with her gal-pal Aoi and enters a Yu-Gi-Oh!-esque golf tournament.
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos Movie
sailormoon-official
Studio: Toei Animation, Studio Deen
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Premiere Date: June
Where to Watch: TBD
What It’s About in One Sentence: The Sailor Scouts team up with the Sailor Starlights to prevent Sailor Galaxia from conquering the galaxy.
Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King
Netflix Anime
Studio: Pierrot
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Premiere Date: June 16 (was delayed last season)
Where to Watch: Netflix
What It’s About in One Sentence: The popular shonen anime, Black Clover, gets its first feature film.
The Blue Orchestra
アニメ「青のオーケストラ
Studio: Nippon Animation
Genre: Drama, Music
Premiere Date: April 9
Where to Watch: TBD
What It’s About in One Sentence: A violin prodigy named Hajime Aono begins tutoring a lonesome amateur and reignites his passion for music.
The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses
Crunchyroll Collection
Studio: Tezuka Productions
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Ecchi
Premiere Date: April 7
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A dude named Hayato inherits his late grandmother’s seaside cafe and has to figure out how to work with the cafe’s five gorgeous and disorderly women.
Collar x Malice Movie: Deep Cover
Avex Pictures
Studio: Deen
Genre: Mystery, Romance
Premiere Date: May 26
Where to Watch: TBD
What It’s About in One Sentence: A police officer named Ichika Hoshino and five strangers must stop a mysterious organization’s violent takeover of Shinjuku.
The Dangers in My Heart
NUMAnimation
Studio: Shin-Ei Animation
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Premiere Date: April 2
Where to Watch: TBD
What It’s About in One Sentence: A reclusive middle school student named Kyoutaro Ichikawa starts to catch feelings for his ditzy classmate, Anna Yamada.
Dead Mount Death Play
Crunchyroll Collection
Studio: Geek Toys
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Supernatural
Premiere Date: April 10
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A battle between a legendary hero and a necromancer ends in a draw after the necromancer uses reincarnation magic to turn the hero into a little boy.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
Crunchyroll Collection
Studio: ufotable
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Premiere Date: April 9
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: The mega-popular historical shonen anime, Demon Slayer, enters its fourth season.
Dr. Stone: New World
Crunchyroll Collection
Studio: TMS Entertainment
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Premiere Date: April 6
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A group of scientists and their former adversaries join forces and set sail across the ocean in search of answers behind the petrification of the people around the world.
Golden Kamuy Season 4
NBCUniversal Anime/Music
Studio: Brain’s Base
Genre: Action, Adventure, Historical
Premiere Date: TBD
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: Lieutenant Tsurumi attempts to put a stop to Sugimoto and Asirpa’s journey to find hidden treasure by issuing an ultimatum to split the pair apart.
Heavenly Delusion
Avex Pictures
Studio: Production I.G
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Premiere Date: April 1
Where to Watch: TBD
What It’s About in One Sentence: A guy named Maru, with the help of his friend Kiruko, explores the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Tokyo for a heaven that might not exist.
Hell’s Paradise
Crunchyroll Collection
Studio: Mappa
Genre: Action, Fantasy, LGBTQ+🏳️🌈
Premiere Date: April 1
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A group of prisoners and the executioners tasked with overseeing them explore a mysterious island named Kotaku for the elixir of life in exchange for a pardon from the Shogun.
I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in The Real World, Too
Crunchyroll Collection
Studio: Millepensee
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Premiere Date: April 6
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A bullied boy named Yuuya Tenjou gets a new lease on life after discovering a magic door that allows him to travel between his world and a fantasy world where he has magical cheat skills.
In Another World With My Smartphone 2
TVアニメ
Studio: J.C. Staff
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Premiere Date: April 3
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A guy named Touya is teleported into a fantasy world and uses his cellphone on adventures.
Insomniacs After School
Anime PONY CANYON
Studio: Lidenfilms
Genre: Romance
Premiere Date: April 11
Where to Watch: Hidive
What It’s About in One Sentence: Two astronomy club members grow closer to one another as they commemorate the stress of school life and cope with their insomnia.
KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World
Crunchyroll Collection
Studio: Palette
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Premiere Date:
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: After being reincarnated into a fantasy world where there is no concept of god, Yukito, the heir to a cult leader, attempts to institute a new deity to stop the government’s arbitrary death sentences.
KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World!
Crunchyroll Collection
Studio: Drive
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Premiere Date: April 5
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A Konosuba spin-off that centers around how a feisty wizard named Megumin got her powerful explosion magic.
Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Punch!
Crunchyroll Collection
Studio: EMT Squared
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Premiere Date: April 3
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A girl named Yuna is gifted an “overpowered” bear suit from a VRMMO video game developer that she uses to cheat in the virtual world he’s teleported to.
The Legendary Hero Is Dead
Crunchyroll Collection
Studio: Liden Films
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Ecchi
Premiere Date: April 6
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A perverted farmer named Touka attempts to replace the village hero after accidentally killing him with a booby trap.
Loving Yamada at Lv999
Aniplex
Studio: Madhouse
Genre: Romance
Premiere Date: April 2
Where to Watch: TBD
What It’s About in One Sentence: A girl named Akan Kinoshita falls for a gamer named Yamada after her last boyfriend cheated on her with another girl he met in-game.
Magical Destroyers
Crunchyroll Collection
Studio: Bibury Animation
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Premiere Date: April 7
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A madcap anime about an otaku and three magical girls’ rebellious fight against a mysterious group that destroyed Japan’s otaku culture.
Mashle: Magic and Muscles
Crunchyroll Collection
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Premiere Date: April 7
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A magic-less boy named Mash enrolls into a magic academy and uses the power of his muscles to become the most powerful (and jacked) student in school.
Mix Season 2
Crunchyroll Dubs
Studio: OLM
Genre: Sports
Premiere Date: April 1
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: Two stepbrothers named Touma and Suichirou attempt to get their high school baseball team to nationals.
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Season 2
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Studio: Sunrise
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Premiere Date: April 9
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A Gundam pilot named Suletta Mercury deals with the aftermath of her catastrophic decision to use her contraband mecha to protect her bride, Miorine Rembran.
My Clueless First Friend
Crunchyroll Collection
Studio: Signpost
Genre: Comedy, Slice-Of-Life
Premiere Date: April 2
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: The new kid at school is blissfully ignorant of the fact that his classmates bully his new best friend by calling her the “grim reaper” because he thinks the moniker is cool.
My Home Hero
Crunchyroll Collection
Studio: Tezuka Productions
Genre: Drama
Premiere Date: April 2
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A father descends into the criminal underworld after taking the life of his daughter’s abusive yakuza boyfriend.
My One-Hit Kill Sister
TV-we1nd
Studio: Gekko
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Premiere Date: April 8
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A high schooler named Asahi and his older sister with a brother complex are teleported into another world where his sister has overpowered stats.
Oshi no Ko
anime_oshinoko
Studio: Doga Kobo
Genre: Drama, Supernatural
Premiere Date: March 17
Where to Watch: Hidive
What It’s About in One Sentence: A doctor is reincarnated as the child of a young pop idol he admired in the past life.
Otaku Elf
Nikkatsu Animation
Studio: C2C
Genre: Comedy, Supernatural
Premiere Date: April 8
Where to Watch: Hidive
What It’s About in One Sentence: An elf named Elda procrastinates her shrine duty chores to play video games and eat junk food.
Psycho-Pass Movie: Providence
noitaminaofficial
Studio: Production I.G
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Premiere Date: May 12
Where to Watch: TBD
What It’s About in One Sentence: A group of cops use their cyberpunk guns to determine whether its citizens are likely to commit crimes à la Minority Report.
Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage
Crunchyroll Collection
Studio: Wit
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Premiere Date: April 13
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A Ranking of Kings spin-off series about Bojji and Kage’s noble escapades across the world.
The Reason Why Raeliana Ended up at the Duke’s Mansion
Crunchyroll Collection
Studio: Typhoon Graphics
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Premiere Date: April 10
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A woman named Park Eunha devises a plan to write herself a happy ending in the world of a novel she’s been reading by making a deal with the protagonist she’s meant to motivate after her untimely death.
Rokudou’s Bad Girls
Crunchyroll Collection
Studio: Satelight
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Premiere Date: April 7
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: After getting relentlessly bullied at school, a student named Tousuke Rokudou receives a magical scroll from his grandfather that makes “bad girls” fall in love with him.
Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts
Crunchyroll Collection
Studio: J.C. Staff
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Premiere Date: April 19
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: Instead of becoming the demon king’s 99th sacrifice, a girl named Sariphi ends up becoming his bride.
Skip and Loafer
Crunchyroll Collection
Studio: P.A. Works
Genre: Drama
Premiere Date: April 4
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A genius high schooler named Iwakura Mitsumi struggles to bridge the gap between her and her classmates by becoming more sociable.
Summoned to Another World for a Second Time
ABC Animation Channel
Studio: Elle
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Premiere Date: April 9
Where to Watch: TBD
What It’s About in One Sentence: A dude gets teleported back into the real world after being teleported into a fantasy world, saving it from doom, and becoming a normie.
Tokyo Mew Mew New ♡ 2nd Season
tokyomewmew
Studio: Graphinica / Yumeta Company
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Premiere Date: April 5
Where to Watch: Hidive
What It’s About in One Sentence: A group of scientists alter the DNA of a group of women and transforming them into cat-powered superheroes.
TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You Season 2
Crunchyroll Collection
Studio: Seven Arcs
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Premiere Date: April 7
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: The love story between a space-loving guy named nasa and his star crossed lover Tsukasa heats up as the pair enter their marriage arc.
Too Cute Crisis
PONYCANYON_anime
Studio: SynergySP
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Premiere Date: April 7
Where to Watch: Hidive
What It’s About in One Sentence: A space alien named Liza postpones Earth’s apocalypse after wandering into a cat cafe.
X&Y
Bilibili
Studio: Pencil Lead Animate
Genre: Supernatural
Premiere Date: April 12
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: A man named Yaa Yeunchu experiences strange occurrences in the escape room of his new crush that he frequents leading to memory loss and hallucinations.
Yuri is My Job!
Crunchyroll Collection
Studio: Passione / Lings
Genre: Comedy, Girls Love
Premiere Date: April 6
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll
What It’s About in One Sentence: After accidentally injuring a cafe manager, a high school girl named Hime covers shifts at an all-girls cafe and catches feelings for a coworker.
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