#1 Spotlight
The fourth season of Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e.
As Ayanokouji and his classmates begin their second year at the Advanced Nurturing High School, they’re greeted by a fresh gauntlet of exams and a fresh batch of rather unique first-year students. They’ll have to get to know each other quickly, because the first special exam pairs the first-years with the second-years on a written test—with only the second-years facing expulsion if their team performs poorly! Worse yet? It seems one of the new first-years is also from the White Room. Can Ayanokouji avoid expulsion while sussing out the identity of this hidden foe?
(Source: Seven Seas)
#2 Spotlight
In a remote mountain village under the watchful eyes of two stone guardians, the young Yuru contentedly lives off the land while staying close to the only family he has left—Asa, his precious twin sister. Asa, meanwhile, carries out a mysterious “duty” on behalf of the village while locked in a cage. Why is Asa a prisoner? And what other secrets does Yuru’s otherwise idyllic home hide?
(Source: Square Enix)
#3 Spotlight
In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: she wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witch … until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way she’s never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody “knows” might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seem...
(Source: Kodansha USA)
#4 Spotlight
The fourth season of Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu.
To save his stricken allies, Subaru faces a deadly desert to find the Sage at Pleiades Watchtower.
(Source: Crunchyroll News)
Note: World Premiere of Episode 1 screened at Lucca Comics & Games 2025 on November 1, 2025, before the Japanese television broadcast.
#5 Spotlight
Hibiki, a high school student who was suddenly transferred to another world, wanders alone in a vast grassland of a fantasy world where monsters inhabit. All he has are non-combat skills such as "Appraisal"! From a hopeless situation, he is saved by encounters, and his all-powerful abilities blossom! An another world adventure tale of miraculous reversal cheats burst forth!
(Source: Alpha Manga)
Note: Saikyou no Shokugyou wa Yuusha demo Kenja demo Naku Kanteishi (Kari) Rashii desu yo? was streamed a week in advance of the TV broadcast on dAnimestore, and ABEMA starting with episode 2. The first episode was released on April 2, 2026. Regular broadcasting began on April 4, 2026.
#6 Spotlight
When the Agent of Spring, Hinagiku Kayo, is abducted, spring itself vanishes—plunging the world into unending winter. Refusing to give up, her devoted guard, Sakura Himedaka, searches for her for years. When Hinagiku suddenly returns, the two set out to restore the lost season, face the past that tore them apart, and reclaim the warmth they refuse to lose again.
(Source: Crunchyroll)
#7 Spotlight
Socially inept, Higawa Koyuki maintains a wall between herself and other people. She spends her time in high school alone, until she meets Amamiya Minato, a boy who keeps trying to close the distance between them for some reason?!
The loner Koyuki, the popular Miki, the boundary-less Minato, and the kind basketball player Youta. This is the story about four complicated and confused young people and their mixed up lives!
(Source: Margaret, translated)
#8 Spotlight
What’s a maid to do when she finds herself suddenly stuck in Japan for a year? Eat, of course! Follow maid-in-training Suzume Tachibana as she tries all sorts of Japanese food, from sweets like taiyaki and melon bread to savory snacks like takoyaki and onigiri! Be warned, though-while Suzume sates her appetite through delicious treat after delicious treat, she might just end up whetting yours!
(Source: Crunchyroll)
Note: Maid-san wa Taberu dake was streamed a week in advance on dAnimestore, ABEMA, and U-Next starting with episode 2. Episode 1 was streamed on April 1, 2026. Regular broadcasting began on April 5, 2026.
#9 Spotlight
The second season of Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria.
#10 Spotlight
Keiji, the neighborhood cock of the walk is more than just an ordinary rooster—he’s humanity’s greatest defender! His opponents may be ten stories tall, but nothing is bigger than his stout heart and his fearsome battle cry—Kokekokko!
(Source: VIZ Media, edited)
