The Spring 2026 anime season is shaping up to be a battlefield of industry titans, long-awaited returns, and new adaptations. To help you plan your seasonal viewing, we have compiled, categorized, and ranked 19 major anime airing in Spring 2026 by global anticipation and popularity.
1. Re:ZERO Starting Life in Another World (Season 4)
- Anime Genre: Dark Fantasy, Isekai, Psychological Drama.
- Airing Date: April 2026.
- Plot: Following the gruelling battles of the previous arcs, Subaru Natsuki finds himself plunged into an even deeper web of political intrigue and existential dread. As the Witch Cult’s factions adjust their strategies, Subaru must rely once more on his painful “Return by Death” ability to protect the Emilia Camp. Season 4 promises to unravel massive lore mysteries regarding the historical Witches of Sin and push Subaru’s mental fortitude to its absolute limits.
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2. Witch Hat Atelier
- Anime Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Seinen.
- Airing Date: April 2026.
- Plot: Coco, a simple village girl, has always been enchanted by magic, but in her world, only natural-born magic users can cast spells. After secretly witnessing a traveling witch name Qifrey perform magic, Coco accidentally unleashes a forbidden curse that turns her mother to stone. Desperate to undo the spell, she joins Qifrey’s atelier as an apprentice, stepping into a beautifully detailed but profoundly dangerous world where magic carries severe systemic consequences.
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3. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Season 4)
- Anime Genre: Isekai, Fantasy, Nation-Building.
- Airing Date: April 2026.
- Plot: With the Western Nations stabilized and the Founding Festival concluded, Rimuru Tempest faces brand new diplomatic crises and cosmic threats. As the Jura Tempest Federation expands its economic and technological influence across the globe, rival Demon Lords and ancient underground factions begin plotting to curb the slime’s rising power, forcing Rimuru and his powerful subordinates back onto the defensive.
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4. Classroom of the Elite: Second Year, First Semester (Season 4)
- Anime Genre: Psychological Thriller, School Drama.
- Airing Date: May 2026.
- Plot: The highly anticipated Second Year arc officially begins. Kiyotaka Ayanokoji and Class 2-D face a completely overhauled ecosystem at Advanced Nurturing High School. With aggressive new first-year students entering the mix, including dangerous operatives sent from the White Room specifically to expel him, Ayanokoji must navigate complex new exam rules while managing shifting alliances among his own peers.
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5. Dr. Stone: Science Future (Part 3)
- Anime Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Shonen.
- Airing Date: April 2026.
- Plot: The definitive final act of Senku Ishigami’s grand journey to revive humanity reaches its emotional peak. In this final part of the Science Future trilogy, the Kingdom of Science races against time to complete their ultimate space-faring mission. Navigating global construction pipelines, Senku aims directly for the moon to finally confront the mysterious “Why-Man”, the entity responsible for petrifying the Earth thousands of years ago.
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6. Dorohedoro (Season 2)
- Anime Genre: Dark Fantasy, Urban Sci-Fi, Action, Comedy.
- Airing Date: April 2026.
- Plot: After a multi-year hiatus, the cult-classic adaptation returns to the gritty, bizarre world of The Hole. Caiman, a lizard-headed man suffering from severe amnesia, continues his violent hunt for the magic user who cursed him. Alongside his fiercely loyal partner Nikaido, Caiman dives deeper into the sorcerers’ dimension, uncovering twisted conspiracies, dark blood magic, and strange family dynamics managed by the enigmatic En family.
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7. Daemons of the Shadow Realm
- Anime Genre: Supernatural, Action, Shonen.
- Airing Date: April 2026.
- Plot: Created by Hiromu Arakawa (Fullmetal Alchemist), this story follows Yuru, a young boy living a secluded life in a remote mountain village. His peaceful existence is shattered when modern forces attack his home, revealing that his twin sister Asa is connected to a grand supernatural conspiracy. Yuru soon inherits the control of powerful twin supernatural entities known as Daemons (Tsugai), forcing him to step into a chaotic modern world to uncover his family’s true legacy.
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8. Wistoria: Wand and Sword (Season 2)
- Anime Genre: Action, Fantasy, Shonen.
- Airing Date: April 2026.
- Plot: Will Serfort continues his gruelling climb up the magical hierarchy at the Regarden Magical Academy. Despite possessing absolutely zero internal magic capability, Will relies on his unmatched, lightning-fast sword skills to conquer deadly dungeon monsters. Season 2 sees Will facing tougher challenges from high-ranking elite mages as he fights to fulfil a childhood promise to reach the top of the Magia Vander tower.
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9. Ascendance of a Bookworm: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke
- Anime Genre: Isekai, Slice of Life, Fantasy.
- Airing Date: April 2026.
- Plot: Under the production of WIT Studio, Rozemyne (formerly Myne) transitions into her high-stakes new life as the adopted daughter of Ehrenfest’s Archduke. Separated from her lower-city biological family to protect them, she must master complex noble etiquette, magic circle theory, and political manoeuvres, all while using her immense magical capacity to advance the printing industry and realize her dream of building a world filled with accessible books.
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10. The Beginning After the End (Season 2)
- Anime Genre: Action, Fantasy, Isekai.
- Airing Date: May 2026.
- Plot: King Grey, reincarnated into the vibrant magical world of Dicathen as Arthur Leywin, faces the escalating consequences of his rapidly growing powers. As internal geopolitical tensions rise among the continent’s races, Arthur must train harder to master elements beyond normal limitations, anticipating a dark, global-scale shadow conflict brewing across the sea.
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11. The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten (Season 2)
- Anime Genre: Romance, Slice of Life.
- Airing Date: April 2026.
- Plot: Now that Amane Fujimiya and Mahiru Shiina have finally crossed the boundary from neighbours into an official couple, Season 2 explores their sweet, heart warming daily school life. Navigating their newfound relationship openly in front of classmates, the duo experiences the cosy, occasionally awkward milestones of first love, deep mutual support, and domestic bliss.
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12. Gals Can’t Be Kind to Otaku!?
- Anime Genre: Romantic Comedy, School Life.
- Airing Date: April 2026.
- Plot: Seo, an average otaku high schooler who keeps his obsessive love for magical girl anime a closely guarded secret, accidentally discovers that the school’s most popular, intimidating gal, Ijichi, is secretly a hardcore fan of the exact same niche series. To avoid social ruin, the two form an unlikely alliance, sharing hobbies, navigating cultural misunderstandings, and slowly breaking down stereotypes as genuine affection begins to blossom.
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13. I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class
- Anime Genre: Romance, School Drama.
- Airing Date: April 2026.
- Plot: Maki Maeshima is a quiet high schooler who prefers to stay in the background. His life changes when he strikes up a sudden, comfortable friendship with Umi Asakura, the second prettiest girl in class, who is vibrant, direct, and completely independent. Unlike her popular best friend, Umi finds genuine solace in Maki’s quiet, unpretentious company, leading to a sweet, slow-burn relationship that challenges school social dynamics.
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14. Liar Game
- Anime Genre: Psychological, Suspense, Game.
- Airing Date: April 2026.
- Plot: This legendary psychological manga finally gets its definitive anime adaptation. Nao Kanzaki, an pathologically honest college student, is tricked into participating in the “Liar Game”, a high-stakes tournament where players must lie, cheat, and steal to win millions, with losers facing astronomical debts. Desperate, Nao enlists the help of Shinichi Akiyama, a genius con artist who recently got out of prison, to dismantle the corrupt tournament from the inside.
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15. Nippon Sangoku: The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun
- Anime Genre: Military, Political Drama, Dystopian.
- Airing Date: May 2026.
- Plot: Set in a dystopian future where Japan has fractured into three fiercely warring independent nations due to severe societal collapse, Genya Mukai, a brilliant but physically weak strategist, sets out to unify the country. Armed entirely with unmatched rhetorical skills, data manipulation, and administrative genius, Genya fights to climb the ranks of his homeland’s military structure to end the bloody era of internal warfare.
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16. Rooster Fighter
- Anime Genre: Action, Comedy, Parody.
- Airing Date: April 2026.
- Plot: A hilariously epic parody that follows Keiji, a lone battle-hardened rooster who wanders across a monster-infested Japan. When giant, grotesque mutated monsters known as “Demon Beasts” threaten human cities, Keiji steps up to fight them using earth-shattering clucks and hyper-lethal, close-quarters physical strikes. It’s a beautifully animated action-satire about one bird’s quest to avenge his sister and save the world.
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17. Release that Witch
- Anime Genre: Fantasy, Isekai, Engineering Strategy.
- Airing Date: April 2026.
- Plot: Chen Yan, a modern industrial engineer, is reincarnated as Roland Wimbledon, an unpopular prince fighting for the royal throne in a medieval fantasy world. Discovering that “witches” are real individuals hunted down by the Church for their supernatural abilities, Roland rescues them and integrates their magical traits into modern scientific manufacturing, spark a massive industrial revolution to defeat his rivals and modernizing his territory.
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18. Monster Eater (Maou no Utsuho)
- Anime Genre: Dark Fantasy, Action, Supernatural.
- Airing Date: April 2026.
- Plot: In a dark world plagued by terrifying creatures that feast on human flesh, an elite class of warriors exists to hunt them down. The twist? To gain the power necessary to defeat high-tier threats, hunters must systematically cook and consume the very monsters they kill, gradually risking their own humanity as they inherit dark, chaotic monster anatomy and abilities.
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19. Eren the Southpaw (Lefthanded Eren)
- Anime Genre: Drama, Workplace, Slice of Life.
- Airing Date: May 2026.
- Plot: This compelling narrative contrasts the lives of Koichi Asakura, a hardworking but ordinary designer fighting to make a name for himself in a Tokyo advertising agency, and Eren Yamagishi, a naturally gifted but emotionally turbulent left-handed painter living in New York. The series serves as a raw, grounded exploration of the creative industry, showcasing the painful friction between pure talent and relentless hard work.
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