The Summer 2026 Anime Preview Guide
Welcome to Anime News Network's Summer 2026 Anime Preview Guide! Here's how it goes: our team of critics writes up their impressions instantly, to be posted here as they go along. Each critic will cover as many shows as they can handle, giving you alternate takes on almost every show.
The guide is ongoing, organized by series, and updated multiple times a day. Throughout the next two weeks, we'll be updating as often as possible with new perspectives on new episodes from our team of critics. New reviews will be posted as soon as they're written, with each critic's name being added to the roster beneath the show's title. Check back a couple of times every day during the guide, and you're likely to see new shows pop up with multiple takes to enjoy!
Please remember that this is a preview guide. It is designed to give you a taste of the first episode of a show with a preliminary opinion and a few thoughts on whether or not the show has potential. These are not intended to be blanket judgments of these series as a whole. All reviews use the same rating scale: 1-5, with 1 being the lowest.
This season, our Anime Preview Guide is expanding to include the first two episodes of every show and an expanded roster of critics. We hope you enjoy this more comprehensive version of the Anime Preview Guide!
Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You
Lucas DeRuyter, Rebecca Silverman
James Beckett
The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System
Richard Eisenbeis, James Beckett
Caitlin Moore
The World Is Dancing
Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett
Lucas DeRuyter
Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games
James Beckett, Rebecca Silverman
Bolts, Caitlin Moore
Heroine? Saint? No, I'm an All-Works Maid (And Proud of It)!
James Beckett, Lucas DeRuyter
Richard Eisenbeis
From Overshadowed to Overpowered
Rebecca Silverman, Lucas DeRuyter
James Beckett
Skeleton Knight in Another World Season 2
Richard Eisenbeis, Jeremy Tauber
Kennedy
Clevatess Season 2
James Beckett, Kevin Cormack
Jairus Taylor
The Oblivious Saint Can't Contain Her Power
James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis,
Lucas DeRuyter
The Cat and the Dragon
James Beckett, Lucas DeRuyter
Rebecca Silverman
