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With the spring 2022 anime season right around the corner let’s take a look at the top 10 anime series this year has offered us so far. The list includes the new seasons of popular anime franchises and some brand new ones.
1. 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿
- Japanese name: Kimetsu no Yaiba
- Genre: Dark-Fantasy, Adventure
- Studio: Ufotable
- Stream on: Funimation, Crunchyroll
Entertainment District Arc aired from December 2021-February 2022. It is a story of a sibling duo, Tanjiro Kamado (elder brother) goes out on a quest with his friends and sister to kill the man-eating demons and find a cure for his sister Nezuko Kamado, who turned into a bloodthirsty demon.
2. 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻 (𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻, 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 2)
- Japanese name: Shingeki no Kyojin
- Genre: Action, Dark-Fantasy
- Studio: Mappa
- Stream on: Funimation, Crunchyroll, Hulu
The season aired till March 2022. It is set in a world where humanity is confined inside cities, surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from the gigantic man-eating humanoids referred to as Titans. A young boy, Eren Yeager vows to exterminate the Titans after they destroy his hometown and his mother is eaten by one of them.
3. 𝗠𝘆 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀-𝗨𝗽 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴
- Japanese name: Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru
- Genre: Slice of Life, Romance
- Studio: CloverWorks
- Stream on: Funimation, Crunchyroll
Brand new anime of 2022. My Dress-Up Darling presents the relationship between a high-school newcomer, Wakana Gojo, who is keen on creating traditional Japanese Hina dolls, and his classmate and heroine, Marin Kitagawa who likes cosplays.
4. 𝗝𝗼𝗝𝗼’𝘀 𝗕𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 (𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗢𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻)
- Japanese name: JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken
- Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
- Studio: David Production
- Stream on: Netflix
The famous manga series was published in 1987 and released the 5th season of the anime on Japanese television in January 2022 (However, the series was released on Netflix on 1st December 2021 worldwide). The series is divided into nine-story arcs, each following a new protagonist bearing the “JoJo” nickname.
5. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻
- Japanese name: Chikyūgai Shōnen Shōjo
- Genre: Sci-fi
- Studio: Production +h
- Stream on: Netflix
Aired in January and February 2022 on Netflix. The Orbital Children is set in a space station in 2045, where 5 kids get stranded aboard a commercial space station.
6. 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀
- Japanese name: Ōsama Rankingu
- Genre: Fantasy, Comedy
- Studio: Wit Studio
- Stream on: Funimation, Crunchyroll
Ranking of Kings tells the story of Bojji, the first prince of the Bosse Kingdom. He aspires to become the next king but is looked down on by people around him. The story begins when he meets Kage, a mysterious survivor of the shadow clan
7. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲’𝘀 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗧𝗼 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗢𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘁
- Japanese name: Tensai Ouji no Akaji Kokka Saisei Jutsu
- Genre: Fantasy, Comedy
- Studio: Yokohama Animation Laboratory
- Stream on: Funimation
The Genius Prince’s Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt is a comedy about an evil protagonist, Prince Wein, and the way he accidentally (or intentionally) does right by his people.
8. 𝗦𝗽𝘆 𝘅 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆
- Japanese name: SPY×FAMILY
- Genre: Action, Comedy
- Studio: Wit Studio and CloverWorks
- Stream on: Crunchyroll
Started premiering in April 2022. The story is about a fake family consisting of an experienced spy Loid Forger, a mastered assassin Yor Forger and a psychic girl Anya Forger, none of them being aware of each other’s identities.
9. 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘁-𝗘𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼
- Japanese name: Sabikui Bisco
- Genre: Adventure, Post-apocalyptic
- Studio: OZ
- Stream on: Funimation, Crunchyroll, VRV
Started airing in January 2022. Story setting in a post-apocalyptic world affected by the Rusty Wind that makes Japan get rusty. A young boy Bisco Akaboshi sets out on a journey to seek a miraculous mushroom known as Rust-Eater.
10. 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱’𝘀 𝗘𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗺
- Japanese name: Shūmatsu no Hāremu
- Genre: Erotic dark- fantasy
- Studio: Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ
- Stream on: Crunchyroll
It depicts the futuristic world infected by a novel virus that kills 99.9% of the male population around the world.
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