Anime Next Up

This week's classic pick is Samurai Champloo, a 26-episode samurai road trip cut to hip-hop rhythms and held together by an unlikely trio.

This week's seasonal pick is I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day, a 13-episode war-school fantasy about an uneasy friendship between two girls raised around death.

This week's hidden-gem pick is The Great Passage, an 11-episode workplace drama where dictionary-making turns into a quiet, adult-cast adventure about words and care.

This week's classic pick is Mushishi, a quiet supernatural travel series built around folklore-like cases, gentle unease, and one-episode-at-a-time viewing.

A spoiler-free seasonal pick for Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You, a quiet adult romance built around after-work fatigue, supermarket warmth, and cigarette-break conversations.

A spoiler-light hidden-gem pick for Odd Taxi, a 13-episode mystery where casual cab conversations slowly connect.

This week's classic pick: Steins;Gate. Ranked #5 on MAL with 9.07 stars, White Fox's 2011 sci-fi thriller starts as absurdist comedy and detonates into an emotional masterpiece by the midpoint. If you liked Re:Zero's loop-til-it-hurts devastation or ERASED's tight plotting, this is your next pick.

Spring 2026's most-discussed new fantasy: Witch Hat Atelier adapts Kamome Shirahama's manga into 13 episodes of stunning hand-drawn magic circles, no-filler pacing, and a first episode that earns its hook. If you liked Kiki's Delivery Service or Frieren, this is your next pick.