Now that virtually every new spring series has debuted, it’s time to see which shows managed to distinguish themselves amidst the anime landslide. Not every one of our top picks for this season’s premieres panned out, but there’s a bit more depth on offer here than there was last winter, so that’s something to be … Continue reading Spring 2025 First Episode Awards
Apr 18, 2025 • Subscribe
More like this
Winter 2025 First Episode Awards
Total Zenshuu dominance. That’s what the results our Winter 2025 voting indicate, but behind the scenes the fight for the top spot wasn’t nearly so straightforward. I’m the…
Spring 2023 First Episode Awards
Amun: Ah, Spring bursts forth. Flowers bloom, birds sing, and the new anime franchises (Oshi no Ko, Skip and Loafer) start to rear their little heads. Maybe they’ll…
Spring 2021 Coverage & First Episode Awards
Wooper: Spring has finally sprung, and with it comes one of the biggest anime seasons in a long while. Over the past two weeks, we’ve published our thoughts…
Spring 2022 Coverage & First Episode Awards
Lenlo: Welcome back everyone for another season of anime over here at Star Crossed! By now you’ve seen all of our impressions and have a good grasp of…
Spring 2020 Anime Coverage & First Episode Awards
Mario: Well, with all the premieres are out (and couples of them delayed infinitely), it’s time for our usual blogging schedule for the next 3 months and our…
Spring 2020 Anime Coverage & First Episode Awards
Mario: Well, with all the premieres are out (and couples of them delayed infinitely), it’s time for our usual blogging schedule for the next 3 months and our…
Spring 2025 Anime: First Impressions
With the season now underway, I shall be sharing with you my initial impressions of each show that I have chosen to watch during spring 2025.
I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level, Maebashi Witches, mono, Once Upon a Witch's Death, Umamusume: Cinderella Gray
Spring 2025 – First Impressions Apologies
Over the last couple of weeks, life came at us pretty hard and I’ve been very distracted. Everything is fine, we’re just *way* behind on premieres, and so…
Spring 2025 Anime First Impressions
I don’t know what it looks like in your neck of the woods, but these days, I’m greeted outside by birdsong, budding flowers, butterflies, and even a nest…
The GLORIO Chat Episode 186: Spring 2025 First Impressions
It’s a supersized episode of first looks as we tackle the rest of the new Spring 2025 anime.
Winter 2025 Anime Awards
Time to look back at the winter 2025 anime, and celebrate the things about it that I enjoyed most. The shows I watched during the season were: –…
Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball DAIMA, Momentary Lily, One Piece, Sorairo Utility
Sakugabooru Animation Awards 2025
Once again, we’ve gathered animators, directors, producers, designers, and people passionate about art to share the works that resonated with them the most last year. It’s time for…
Chainsaw Man, Honey Lemon Soda, LAZARUS, Magical DoReMi, Anne Shirley
Opinion | Annieme Awards 2025
This year's Annieme Awards are here!
Anivision's 2025 Awards Podcast
The Anivision Hosts gather to give talk about their favorite anime and video games of 2025. They also discuss some of the major stories and events in the…
Fall 2023 First Episode Awards
We’ve made it everyone! All the premiers (barring Dog Signal but who cares) have aired! And that means it’s time to finally announce the seasonal lineup, though I…
Winter 2024 First Episode Awards
And that’s it everyone! That’s the premiers of the season! We waded through a lot of mediocre crap to get here, but we finally made it. So, was…
Bucchigiri, Delicious in Dungeon, Solo Leveling, A Sign of Affection
Fall 2024 First Episode Awards
Now that the final October premiere has aired (a subpar beginning to Blue Miburo), we’ve reached the end of our First Impressions period. Our plans for the next…
Winter 2026 First Episode Awards
Wooper: Pardon me for starting out on a tangent, but I just had a look at the upcoming spring anime chart and discovered nearly 15 shows that I’m…
Spring 2024 Anime Awards
The spring 2024 season of anime has concluded, so once more it is time for me to look back over it and share my favourite things to come…
NIJIYON ANIMATION 2, One Piece, Tonbo!, Train to the End of the World, Whisper Me a Love Song
Anime Awards: Spring 2021
Thus the spring season of anime concludes, and I shall now be taking a look back at what I watched over the past few months, and celebrating the…
Blue Reflection Ray, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level, My Hero Academia, My Hero Academia Season 5
Spring 2022 Anime Awards
Yet another season of anime has come to an end, so I’ll be looking back at what I watched and celebrating all my favourite things from it. The…
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, The Executioner and Her Way of Life, The Demon Girl Next Door Season 2, Waccha PriMagi!, BLACK ROCK SHOOTER DAWN FALL
Spring 2023 Anime Awards
Time to take a look back over the spring season of anime, and celebrate all my favourite things from it. The shows I watched were: – Alice Gear…
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, Mobile Suit Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Season 2, One Piece, Yuri Is My Job!
Spring 2025
Aaah.. spring. The season of renewal, of hope. The sakura are blooming, the weather is warming, and the days are getting longer.And it’s time to look forward and…
Episode #326 – Spring 2025 Anime
We talk new airing anime including the BIG one!
ANIME AWARDS 2025 ARE HERE!
Go Vote for the BEST Anime of 2024: https://got.cr/AA25Mothers #animeawards #crunchyrollpartner
575 – Manga Machinations Awards 2025
We're posting our annual awards show a bit later than usual! Come join us as we dole out all our individual awards, and present our top lists for…
2025 MB Community Anime Awards
Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mothersbasement Subscribe to Mother's Basement for anime and gaming videos every week: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=UCBs2Y3i14e1NWQxOGliatmg Validate me! Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/G0ffThew Also on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mothersbasementofficial And check out my Steam…
Winter 2023 Coverage & First Episode Awards
Lenlo: Sniff Ahh, do you smell that? The smell of a new year, with new anime. Not all of them are great. In fact most of them suck!…
Winter 2021 Coverage & First Episode Awards
Wooper: Much of the recent talk around the Star Crossed water cooler has been unusually optimistic. Winter 2021 looks to be a promising season for anime – the…
Summer 2022 Coverage & First Episode Awards
Lenlo: Welcome back everyone for another season of anime over here at Star Crossed! We have a decent amount in store for you this season as we… What’s…
Fall 2021 Coverage & First Episode Awards
Seasons change, but Star Crossed Anime stays the same… is what I’d like to say, but things are changing around here, too. SuperMario, one of our veteran contributors,…
Summer 2021 Coverage & First Episode Awards
I’ll spare you the doom and gloom about this season’s anime lineup. Putting aside the dearth of worthwhile new series, summer is a time to relax and unwind,…
Fall 2020 Coverage & First Episode Awards
Wooper: Finally, our quarterly ritual of gorging on new premieres has come to a close, and we’ve emerged with a handful of blogging prospects. Our team will be…
Fall 2022 Coverage & First Episode Awards
Amun: It’s that time again, where we give the all-important first episode awards. I don’t have a pretty graphic this season, but I do have a few trophies…
DanielSonic Anime Awards: Spring 2024
The more I write on this blog, the more I’ve wanted to talk about something besides animation quality. Therefore, I have forgone the “Sakuga Round-Ups” of the past.…
Delicious in Dungeon, Kaiju No.8, One Piece, The Grimm Variations, WIND BREAKER
Episode 897: Spring 2025 Previews #1
This week on Anime Pulse we got graduations, Easter, and previews. Up first Joseph sounds terrible because he has a cold or something, and Andrew is curious about…
ZatsuTabi -That's Journey-, Apocalypse Hotel, From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman, The Beginning After the End, The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows
Episode 898: Spring 2025 Previews #2
This week on Anime Pulse we got vtuber drama, baseball, and bunny girls. Up first Joseph has recovered from his cold and bought some delicious sandies, and Andrew…
Catch Me at the Ballpark!, Maebashi Witches, Makina-san's a Love Bot?!, Once Upon a Witch's Death, The Shiunji Family Children
Episode 899: Spring 2025 Previews #3
This week on Anime Pulse we got the follow up to last week's vtuber drama, romance in the walled city of Kowloon, and sunburn. Up first Joseph had…
A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof, Blue Box, Food for the Soul, KOWLOON GENERIC ROMANCE, WITCH WATCH
Episode 900: Spring 2025 Previews #4
This week on Anime Pulse we got our last round of previews for the spring 2025 season, some positive news from the vtubing industry, and getting older. Up…
Aharen-san wa Hakarenai, Anne Shirley, I'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire!, LAZARUS, Moonrise
The Con Artists’ Color Awards 2025
Happy New Year, everyone! 2025 saw us all watching less shows than usual but we still want to share ourContinue Reading
Summer 2024 First Episode Awards & Other Announcements
Another frenzied half-month of aniblogging has come to a close, with a handful of series emerging as summer frontrunners. There probably isn’t an all-time great among them (though…
Summer 2020 Anime Coverage & First Episode Awards
Mario: I’m pretty sure that since I have taken this blogging job back in 2016, this is by far the season with the least number of shows airing. But…
Winter 2020 Anime Coverage & First Episode Awards
Mario: Hey folks, welcome to the brand new decade of anime. Winter season is usually the quiet time for anime, and this edition doesn’t seem to break that…
Winter 2025 Anime Week 11: Winter 2025 Awards Part 1
March 22nd, 2025 Holy shit, we’re already at the end of the season. These past few months have definitely felt like a blur, but the anime that came…
Winter 2025 Anime Week 12: Winter 2025 Awards Part 2
March 29th, 2025 And finally, we have reached the end of the Winter season. It felt like this season went by in a flash, but I enjoyed (nearly)…
2025 Spring Premiere Reviews
All the sprin premiere reviews in one easy-to-find place.
2025 Spring Premiere Digest
Spring brings a crop of nostalgic revivals, from aesthetic throwbacks to reinventions of classic franchises.
Apocalypse Hotel, Mobile Suit Gundam, YOUR FORMA, The Unaware Atelier Meister, KOWLOON GENERIC ROMANCE
Spring 2025 Season Preview
Wooper: Last season, I couldn’t even scrape together 10 shows to preview, but this time we’re doing more than 20. The number one reason for that is variety,…
Spring 2025 Check-in
Bigger isn't necessarily better with anime schedules, but it does have its upsides.
Spring 2025 Preview Guide
A look at the titles debuting during the Spring 2025 anime season.