Welcome to Anime News Network’s Spring 2021 Preview Guide! Here’s the thing: Our review team immediately writes up their impressions and posts them here as the review progresses. Each critic will cover 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 immediately 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.
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Streaming on Crunchyroll
My Hero Academia S5
Linz Loveridge | 
Tropical Rouge! Pretty Cure
Nick Dupree/Rebecca Silverman/Lindze Loveridge/James Beckett/Caitlin Moore | 
Kyoto Kiyoshi: From the House of Maiko
Rebecca Silverman/Nick Dupree/Lindze Loveridge/James Beckett/Caitlin Moore |
Love Jimao
Nick Dupree/James Beckett/Rebecca Silverman/Caitlin Moore | 
Qiao Lan: Princess of Snow and Blood
James Beckett/Rebecca Silverman/Caitlin Moore/Nick Dupree | 
burning kabaddi
Rebecca Silverman/Linzi Loveridge/James Beckett/Richard Eisenbeth/Nick Dupree/Caitlin Moore |
Those Snow White notes
Rebecca Silverman/Linzi Loveridge/Nick Dupree/James Beckett/Richard Eisenbeth | 
Card war! ! Vanguard dress
Richard Eisenbeth, Nick Dupree, Rebecca Silverman | 
Farewell, my dear Kramer
Nick Dupree/Rebecca Silverman/Caitlin Moore |
Seven Knights Revolution: Successor of Heroes
Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett | 
Fei Guang
Rebecca Silverman/Caitlin Moore/James Beckett/Nick Dupree/Richard Eisenbeith | 
strange taxi
Lynzie Loveridge/Rebecca Silverman/James Beckett/Caitlin Moore/Nick Dupree/Richard Eisenbeth |
Slime Diary
Richard Eisenbeth | 
Ranmaru Fairy
Lynzie Loveridge/Rebecca Silverman/Caitlin Moore/James Beckett/Nick Dupree/Richard Eisenbeth | 
Zombieland Legend Revenge
Nick Dupree, Linz Loveridge |
How not to summon Demon Lord Omega
Nick Dupree, Richard Eisenbeth | 
Backflip! !
Rebecca Silverman/James Beckett/Nick Dupree/Richard Eisenbeth/Caitlin Moore | 
I’ve been killing slimes for 300 years and have reached my level
Rebecca Silverman/Nick Dupree/James Beckett/Richard Eisenbeith |
Miss Nagatoro, don’t play with me
Rebecca Silverman/Nick Dupree/James Beckett/Caitlin Moore | 
Tokyo Avengers
Rebecca Silverman/James Beckett/Caitlin Moore/Nick Dupree | 
86
James Beckett, Nick Dupree, Richard Eisenbeth |
To your eternity
Richard Eisenbeth/James Beckett/Rebecca Silverman/Nick Dupree/Linz Lofridge | 
Osamake: A romantic comedy about childhood friends who never lose
Richard Eisenbeth, James Beckett, Rebecca Silverman, Nick Dupree | 
Cestvs: Roman warriors
Rebecca Silverman/Richard Eisenbeith/Nick Dupree/James Beckett |
shorts
Rebecca Silverman, Nick Dupree |
Stream on other platforms
Moriarty the Patriot Part 2
Nick Dupree, Linz Loveridge | 
Mars red
Caitlin Moore/Nick Dupree/Rebecca Silverman/Linz Loveridge/James Beckett | 
SSSS powerful
Nick Dupree/Rebecca Silverman/James Beckett/Richard Eisenbeth/Caitlin Moore |
Vivy -Song of Fluorite Eyes-
Richard Eisenbeth/Rebecca Silverman/James Beckett/Caitlin Moore/Nick Dupree | 
Megalobox 2: Nomad
Linz Loveridge, Nick Dupree, James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeth | 
The combatants will move out!
Nick Dupree/Rebecca Silverman/Caitlin Moore/Richard Eisenbeth |
dragon looking for a house
Rebecca Silverman/Caitlin Moore/Richard Eisenbeth | 
The magic power of the saint is omnipotent
Rebecca Silverman/Nick Dupree/James Beckett/Caitlin Moore/Richard Eisenbeth | 
full dive
Caitlin Moore/Rebecca Silverman/Nick Dupree/James Beckett/Richard Eisenbeis |
super cub
Caitlin Moore/James Beckett/Nick Dupree/Rebecca Silverman/Richard Eisenbeith | 
The world ends because of you animation
Nick Dupree/Rebecca Silverman/Richard Eisenbeth/James Beckett/Caitlin Moore | 
blue reflected light
Caitlin Moore/Richard Eisenbeth/James Beckett/Nick Dupree/Rebecca Silverman/Linz Loveridge |
Competitive athletes triumphantly restart!
Nick Dupree/Rebecca Silverman/James Beckett/Caitlin Moore | 
shadow house
Nick Dupree, James Beckett, Rebecca Silverman, Richard Eisenbeth | 
Beauty Detective Agency
Rebecca Silverman/James Beckett/Caitlin Moore |
