Spring 2020 Animation Preview Guide

Welcome to Anime News Network’s Spring 2020 Preview Guide! Here’s the thing: Our review team immediately writes up their impressions and posts them here as the review progresses. Each critic covers as many shows as they can handle, giving you a different take on most shows.

This guide is ongoing, organized by series, and updated multiple times per day. Over the next week or two, we’ll be updating as frequently as possible with new perspectives from the review team on new episodes. New reviews will be posted as soon as they are written, and each reviewer’s name will be added to the roster below the show’s title. Check back in the guide a few times each day and you may see new shows pop up with a variety to enjoy!

Remember, this is a Preview guide. It’s designed to give you a taste of the first episode of the show and give you an initial opinion and some thoughts on whether the show has potential. These not intentional This is a general judgment about the entire series. All reviews use the same rating scale: 1-5, with 1 being the lowest. Programs available for online streaming will be indicated as such.

Click the survey at the top of each show page to vote for your personal score and see how others rate the show!

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