Anime Feminist Publishes 2026 Spring Premiere Reviews Roundup
The roundup provides a centralized, critical snapshot of the season's premieres from a feminist perspective, offering readers a curated guide to what is worth watching and what falls flat.
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Anime Feminist has published its 2026 spring premiere reviews roundup, compiling first-episode assessments for a wide range of new and returning series. The roundup includes evaluations for shows such as "Agent of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring," "The Food Diary of Miss Maid," "Go For It, Nakamura-kun!!," "Witch Hat Atelier," "Kill Blue," "Rooster Fighter," and "Fist of the North Star: HOKUTO NO KEN," among many others. The site notes that the chart will be updated as more series become available. The roundup also features reviews for individual episodes, including a critical take on "Mistress Kanan is Devilishly Easy - Episode 1," which the outlet describes as "jarringly rote," and a mixed assessment of "I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class - Episode 1," which it calls a "fairly standard rom-com burdened with a sometimes leering camera." The roundup covers over 40 titles spanning genres from romance and comedy to action and supernatural drama.
Anime Feminist's 2026 spring premiere reviews roundup collects first-episode verdicts for more than 40 series, spanning genres from romance and comedy to action and supernatural drama. The outlet plans to update the chart as new episodes air, making it a living document for the season. Among the titles covered are adaptations of popular manga like "Witch Hat Atelier" and "Fist of the North Star: HOKUTO NO KEN," as well as original works and sequels. The roundup includes brief capsule reviews for each premiere, with some entries receiving more detailed write-ups. For example, the review of "Mistress Kanan is Devilishly Easy - Episode 1" is sharply critical, calling the episode "jarringly rote" and advising viewers to keep their souls to themselves. The review of "I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class - Episode 1" notes that the show is a "fairly standard rom-com" but is let down by a "sometimes leering camera." The roundup also covers less-discussed titles such as "Kujima: Why Sing, When You Can Warble?" and "NIPPON SANGOKU," providing a broad survey of the season's offerings.
- Agent of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring: Premiere reviewed
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Premiere reviewed
- The Strongest Job is Apparently Not a Hero or a Sage, but an Appraiser (Provisional)!: Premiere reviewed
- The Food Diary of Miss Maid: Premiere reviewed
- Go For It, Nakamura-kun!!: Premiere reviewed
- Always a Catch!: Premiere reviewed
- Haibara's Teenage New Game+: Premiere reviewed
- Snowball Earth: Premiere reviewed
- The Ramparts of Ice: Premiere reviewed
- Kirio Fan Club: Premiere reviewed
- An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess: Premiere reviewed
- Petals of Reincarnation: Premiere reviewed
- GHOST CONCERT: missing songs: Premiere reviewed
- Kusunoki's Garden of Gods: Premiere reviewed
- Akane-banashi: Premiere reviewed
- NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE: Premiere reviewed
- LIAR GAME: Premiere reviewed
- The Klutzy Class Monitor and the Girl with the Short Skirt: Premiere reviewed
- Witch Hat Atelier: Premiere reviewed
- Pardon the Intrusion, I'm Home!: Premiere reviewed
- Eren the Southpaw: Premiere reviewed
- Killed Again, Mr. Detective?: Premiere reviewed
- My Ribdiculous Reincarnation: Premiere reviewed
- Daemons of the Shadow Realm: Premiere reviewed
- MAO: Premiere reviewed
- Even a Replica Can Fall in Love: Premiere reviewed
- I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class: Premiere reviewed; called a standard rom-com with a leering camera
- Mistress Kanan is Devilishly Easy: Premiere reviewed; described as jarringly rote
- The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King: Premiere reviewed
- The Drops of God: Premiere reviewed
- MARRIAGETOXIN: Premiere reviewed
- Gals Can't Be Kind to Otaku?!: Premiere reviewed
- Kujima: Why Sing, When You Can Warble?: Premiere reviewed
- NIPPON SANGOKU: Premiere reviewed
- Fist of the North Star: HOKUTO NO KEN: Premiere reviewed
- Kill Blue: Premiere reviewed
- A Hundred Scenes of Awajima: Premiere reviewed
- Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk: Premiere reviewed
- Ichijyoma Mankitsu Gurashi!: Premiere reviewed
- I Want to End This Love Game: Premiere reviewed
- Rooster Fighter: Premiere reviewed
- Yowayowa Sensei: Premiere reviewed
- The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch: Premiere reviewed
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Sources
- Anime Feminist 2026 Spring Premiere Reviews