Winter 2020 Anime Preview Guide

Welcome to Anime News Network’s Winter 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!

A3! Season spring and summer Rebecca Silverman, Theron Martin	Hanako-kun going to the toilet Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett Theron Martin, Nick Creamer	ID: Invasion Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Theron Martin, Nick Creamer
A certain scientific electromagnetic gun T Theron Martin	Somalia and the Forest God Nick Creamer, Rebecca Silverman Theron Martin, James Beckett	Darwin’s game Theron Martin, Rebecca Silverman James Beckett, Nick Creamer
asteroid in love Theron Martin, Nick Creamer, Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett	Magic Record: Magical Girl Madoka Magica Gaiden Rebecca Silverman, Theron Martin James Beckett, Nick Creamer	keep your hands Close Eizoken! Theron Martin, James Beckett Nick Creamer
Seton College: Welcome to Baobao Rebecca Silverman, Nick Creamer Theron Martin, James Beckett	pet Nick Creamer Lynzie Loveridge, Rebecca Silverman Theron Martin, James Beckett	Orphen the Voodoo Stinger Rebecca Silverman, Theron Martin Nick Creamer
BOFURI: I don’t want to get hurt, So I maximize my defense. Rebecca Silverman, Nick Creamer Theron Martin, James Beckett	No. 24 Rebecca Silverman, Nick Creamer Theron Martin	predator Theron Martin, Rebecca Silverman Nick Creamer, James Beckett
Nekopala Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett Theron Martin, Nick Creamer	Hartner’s Vision Rebecca Silverman, Theron Martin Nick Creamer, James Beckett	infinite dendrogram Rebecca Silverman, Theron Martin Nick Creamer, James Beckett
Rock show! ! Mashumalesh! ! Rebecca Silverman, Nick Creamer James Beckett	Case Files of Richard the Jeweler Rebecca Silverman, Theron Martin Nick Creamer	Neiyu? ! Have you seen my Tamar? Theron Martin, Rebecca Silverman
What if my favorite pop idol made it? If I go to the Budokan, I will die. Nick Creamer, Rebecca Silverman Theron Martin	Science falls in love, So I tried to prove this Rebecca Silverman, Theron Martin James Beckett, Nick Creamer	Smiling on the runway Rebecca Silverman, Theron Martin James Beckett
Haikyu! ! to the top Rebecca Silverman	Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga Rebecca Silverman, Nick Creamer Theron Martin, James Beckett	The god of destruction sits next to me Rebecca Silverman, Nick Creamer Theron Martin
22/7 Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett Nick Creamer, Theron Martin	medium/ghost Theron Martin, Rebecca Silverman Nick Creamer	ARP backend pass Rebecca Silverman
interspecies reviewer Theron Martin, Nick Creamer