Winter 2026 Preview
Which of the Autumn titles have lingered in our minds now that the high tide of all those brand-new Winter titles has come rolling in? And just to reassure you, this really is going to be a proper Winter Preview – it’s just that I paused to look back to just a couple of weeks ago and was quite taken aback to find I was staring at the Autumn titles and already thinking: ‘What happened in that one?’ Yes, they’re fading from the memory that fast (with one or two exceptions)! So which are the new Winter titles that our reviewers are almost 100% certain are going to be worth watching – and so memorable that they’ll stay in the mind long after they’ve come to an end? Read on…
HWR
As January progresses, perhaps alarmingly quickly for me at least, the new season has established itself mainly with a slew of continuing series and just a small handful of newcomers that have piqued my interest.
Hotly Anticipated/Returning Champions
Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube Part 2 continues where its first cour left off last Summer, remaking the anime series that aired from 1996 to 1997, and kicks off with an emotional episode providing a what-if with future versions of the characters – no spoilers here but I wasn’t expecting such a strong episode off the bat with Kyouko (Aya Suzaki) at the centre anchoring the proceedings nicely. Episode 2 is a time-travel episode focusing on Nube’s (Ryoutarou Okiayu) past, and also provides an emotional depth not seen as frequently in some of the first part’s storylines – this duo of episodes has set a solidly high bar thus far for this season, and I hope the rest of the episodes can be as engaging,
Elsewhere this Winter season and continuing a trend of older anime titles getting remakes/reboots of sorts, I saw confirmation that Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers is airing. This is the sequel to the original series, the 1988 Samurai Troopers anime and its respective OVAs, which I recall enjoying courtesy of Discotek Media’s BD release.
This new anime establishes a fresh cast of characters and also isn’t afraid to showcase more bloodshed, as seen in the opening episodes with various civilian casualties depicted onscreen, and the pacing thus far has been rather uneven, but I am intrigued to see how this carries itself across two confirmed cours (I am unsure at this stage if they are consecutive or not), and hope the cast grows as well, as so far the main standout with their personalities is hot-headedness like from Gai (Hiiro Ishibashi) which I hope can be smoothed out. Certainly something different to follow amongst the newer sequels at least.
Hidden Diamond
Wash it All Away snuck its way into my roster this season, mainly due to its slice-of-life aspects, but also due to its focus on an older protagonist, Wakana Kinme (Sayumi Suzushiro) and her laundry service business within Atami, a seaside resort town. Where the story switches up its narrative is that Wakana is an amnesiac with no knowledge of her past life, but hints have been left so far that she likely had moved to Atami to disappear from her life elsewhere, possibly due to some trauma that may well be gradually unveiled as the story progresses.
This alone has made for a must-watch of the season, and hopefully one that doesn’t disappoint, nor go under the radar amongst the more popular sequel anime for Fire Force, Golden Kamuy, and Hell’s Paradise to name but a few that I’ve been excited to check out.
Wash it All Away and Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers are available to stream on Crunchyroll, Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube Part 2 is available to stream on the @itsAnimeJP YouTube channel.
Demelza
Hotly Anticipated
I’ve been looking forward to In the Clear Moonlit Dusk’s anime since the rumours of an adaptation. However, I was a little devastated when it was revealed that the studio working on it was East Fish Studio, which had put out a poor adaptation of A Condition Called Love in Spring 2024. However, if you regularly read my content for the site, you’ll know I am a big fan of In the Clear Moonlit Dusk manga, so I wasn’t going to dismiss the anime without even trying.
The story follows high school student Yoi Takiguchi, who has been nicknamed “prince” by her fellow students due to her long legs and princely looks. Wherever she goes, she’s the centre of attention with her many admirers. But the school actually has another prince: Ichimura, an upperclassman who is also famous for his good looks (and wealthy family). One day, the two bump into each other and an unlikely friendship begins to bloom between them, but could it even blossom into a sparkling romance? The kind that Yoi believes could never happen to someone like her?
This is a charming romance series that is proving to be a far better anime than I feared it would be. The only real issue I have with it right now is that Yoi’s design feels a bit more girly than in the manga, where she’s drawn to be androgynous. And it’s not that anything has drastically changed for the anime, but it feels a bit softer, and I think that ultimately takes away from what the narrative is trying to express with her being regarded as a ‘prince’ and her inner feelings about being more hero than heroine. I’m hoping it won’t prove an issue once we get to the more emotional scenes, but we’ll have to wait and see.
Still, for now, my complaints aren’t enough to put me off, and I think any fans of shojo manga should be tuning in. It may seem somewhat generic to start with, but the original manga has had a lot of interesting things to say about society and how people are perceived, as well as all round just being a really compelling read. And so far, the anime is managing to convey most of what makes this so special.
Hidden Diamond
Despite the manga being available for several years in English, Tamon’s B-Side is a series that had completely passed me by until this anime adaptation began airing. And I’m sorry to have taken so long to experience it, given this has quickly become my favourite show of the season (alongside Journal With Witch).
Our story follows high school student Utage Kinoshita, who works a part-time housekeeping job to fund her idol activities. She’s a major fan of the idol group F/ACE, and as we anime fans know from buying merch, etc., it takes a lot of money to go to live shows and support your favourite. One day, Utage is assigned a new client when a coworker is out sick, and to her surprise, the client is none other than Tamon, the centre of F/ACE and Utage’s ‘oshi’. However, the Tamon she meets is nothing like his on-stage presence. He’s anxious, gloomy, pessimistic and self-deprecating.
Rather than be put off by the difference between his real self and ‘sexy and wild’ idol persona, Utage vows to support him however she can. Even if that means reminding him that he’s ‘a god’ and that his fans truly love him no matter what. She’ll do whatever she can for this boy, and Tamon will, hopefully, come to realise that he’s lovable even when he’s not out there on stage.
The first episode of this reminded me of My Dress-Up Darling. There’s an immediate sense that the team at J.C. Staff understands not only Yuki Shiwasu’s original manga but also the realities (and tropes) of idol culture. More than a romance or a comedy (of which this is certainly both), this is a series about what it means to be both an idol and the fan who supports their oshi no matter what. That over-the-top devotion comes through perfectly from Utage, while being counterbalanced by Tamon’s non-idol side who questions some of the logic she so readily spouts but ultimately finds he can’t argue with her. It’s over the top, but rooted in realism.
Ultimately, this is a little more unhinged than something like My Dress-Up Darling, and I think if you’re not already into or at least understand idol culture to some degree, you’re liable to be turned off simply due to how hard it goes. However, this is a show that has a lot of love for the subject matter and much like [Oshi no Ko], there’s a growing sense that the story has a lot to say about idols and fandom. Especially through Tamon, who dreams of making his fans smile, but has had this persona pushed upon him by the agency, which is creating a really difficult mental divide for him. And we still have the rest of F/ACE to meet, who no doubt have their own struggles to contend with…
Certainly a must-watch if you’re even remotely interested in the premise. It looks and sounds amazing and is clearly building upon an excellent manga. Existing fans won’t be disappointed, and newcomers like me will be eager to stick around for the rest of the season.
Returning Champion
There are a lot of shows I could choose for this category this year, but in the end, I’ve chosen ‘Tis Time for “Torture,” Princess, which returns for a second season after the first aired in Winter 2024. And even the manga has reached its conclusion since then!
If you’ve watched or read this one before, then you know what you expect here. Princess is still being held captive by the Hellhorde and being subjected to daily ‘torture’, which is never what we’d traditionally think of as torture! It’s a warm-hearted comedy that ends with Princess being pampered most of the time, and occasionally, there’s even some meaningful character development for her or the demons.
From the two episodes we’ve seen so far, it doesn’t seem like there’s going to be any real change in structure. Which is absolutely fine since the team at Pine Jam are delivering a delightful adaptation, and much like J.C. Staff with Tamon’s B-Side, this is a team that clearly understands what makes it fun. I absolutely love the new opening that showcases all of the cast making a movie together. It’s very meta in all the right ways and super imaginative. I’m looking forward to spending another season with this one!
In the Clear Moonlit Dusk, Tamon’s B-Side and ‘Tis Time for “Torture” Princess are all streaming on Crunchyroll
Sarah
Hotly Anticipated #1, the anime of Isekai Office Worker: The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter is based on the light novels by Yatsuki Wakatsu, but better known over here for the excellent manga version by Kazuki Irodori. Workaholic accountant Seiichirou Kondou goes to the aid of a high school girl and ends up being dragged with her into another world. Yua has been summoned to be the kingdom’s Holy Maiden – but Seiichirou’s presence is a mistake and there’s no way back. Yua has powers and is protected from the magicules of this other world by her holy status but Seiichirou has no god-given protection. He asks to be given a job and is made part of the Royal Accounting Department where he’s horrified at the lax attitude of the other staff and sets to work to put things to rights, soon catching the attention of Camile Karvada, the suave and calculating Prime Minister. But Seiichirou’s health begins to deteriorate so he drinks restorative tonics to boost his energy – leading to his collapse from magic poisoning. Which is when stern young Knight Captain Aresh Indolark (a magic wielder) comes to his rescue. The only way to save the off-worlder from certain death is to perform a ‘mana exchange’ (a euphemism for physical contact of a sexual nature).
Yes, it’s a Boys’ Love isekai anime, but it seems that oblivious watchers who are not fans of BL felt short-changed when scenes of an intimate nature began to unfold on their screens and review-bombed the series which seems unfair as it never pretended to be anything other than what it is. It’s not a big-budget production (when is a BL anime ever given a big budget?) but Studio DEEN have done a pretty decent job so far with the adaptation which is unfolding in an engaging and involving way. The voice actors, especially Kent Itou (Seiichirou) and Tomoaki Maeno (Aresh) are convincing and, thanks to the source material, it feels like a refreshing take on over-familiar isekai tropes.
There are some nice romantic confusions and complications bubbling under: Holy Maiden Yua definitely fancies Aresh (her magic instructor) but the crown prince Yurius fancies Yua, whereas Aresh is obsessed with Seiichirou. As Yua is only sixteen, Seiichirou finds himself insisting that he was not stalking her in Japan as he’s definitely not interested in pursuing anyone younger than he is in a romantic way. Aresh, hearing this, silently freaks out – because Seiichirou hasn’t realized that he’s only twenty-two. How will this all turn out?
We’ve become accustomed to the high quality of Irodori’s drawings in the manga and the vital spark/vitality she injects into her interpretations of the characters – so it’s a more than a little disappointing to find that the character designs for the anime are based on the original character designs by Kikka Ohashi which I find to be rather wooden/inexpressive and lacking in life (see below to compare).
This is ostensibly the only out and proud BL anime this season, but the charming A Gentle Noble’s Vacation Recommendation (Crunchyroll) has a number of similarities, even though the author has insisted that it’s not Boys’ Love! I’ll be returning to this series in our Overview – but just to say it’s a delightful watch with some very pleasing dry humour set in the isekai-style world with dungeons (but no dragons yet…) so do give it a try!
Hotly Anticipated #2
Journal with Witch (based on Tomoko Yamashita’s as-yet untranslated manga Ikoku Nikki) is quite possibly the anime of the year for me. Makio is a thirty-something fantasy novelist. She learns that her estranged sister Minori has died alongside her husband in a car crash, leaving their fifteen-year-old daughter Asa an orphan. Makio is used to living on her own but realizing that Asa has nowhere to go, she takes her shell-shocked niece home with her to her tiny flat. She has some wise words for Asa and suggests that she keeps a journal (the diary in the title) in which she can record her thoughts and feelings.
Asa feels at first as if she’s been abandoned in a desert with nothing but shifting sands but gradually her aunt’s unconventional lifestyle and supportive attitude begin to help her to come to terms with her traumatic situation. When Nana Daigo, one of Makio’s friends since school, comes around, they make gyoza together and Asa feels as if she’s arrived at an oasis in the desert. But there’s still her family’s apartment to be sorted and she and Makio have to face up to sorting out her dead parents’ belongings. But it’s not until Asa goes back to her middle school for the graduation ceremony that her best friend Emiri tells her, crying, that her mother has informed the school of the accident and Asa falls apart. She had hoped to get her certificate and leave without everyone knowing her situation and pointing and whispering. Emiri is mortified – and Asa runs out of the school, not knowing or caring where she is going. It’s only a while later that she realizes she doesn’t know how to get home. Because ‘home’ isn’t her old home anymore.
Meanwhile, Makio is trying to reconcile her solitary writing life with the arrival of Asa. And there’s unfinished business with her sister that can never be resolved face-to-face.
The adaptation quietly does justice to the subtlety and poetry of Tomoko Yamashita’s art – and her meaningful insights as a writer. It’s impossible not to watch and not be moved at one stage or another even though everything is understated and not in any way mawkish, in spite of the sombre subject matter. The character designs and the water colours of the original manga cover art are very well rendered into animation and both OP “Sonare” by TOMOO and ED are not only apt but moving in their simplicity. Miyuki Sawashiro as Makio Kōdai (Fujiko Mine in Lupin III) is superb and is well matched by Fūko Mori as Asa Takumi (in her first major role). My advice? Just watch it! It will linger in the mind long after the episode has come to an end.
My Returning Champion will be the second season of Medalist (Disney+) but it’s only just started (January 24th) and is rumoured to only have nine episodes so it will end about the same time as the other Winter series. Thus far it’s looking good…
Hidden Diamond (out of many this season, including the delightful You and I Are Polar Opposites and The Invisible Man and His Soon-To-Be Wife) is Champignon Witch, based on the fantasy manga by Tachibana Higuchi, probably best known for Gakuen Alice. Luna, the Champignon Witch, lives in the forest with her talking animal companions Minos and Merino, watched over by Claude, a crow boy. Luna is an expert on mushrooms and fungi but exudes deadly poison from her body so if she touches anyone, they will probably die. Wherever she walks, a trail of little mushrooms spring up behind her. She is spurned by the humans in the local town and yet she makes medical remedies which she sells in secret to an apothecary’s. She is known as a black magician and her kind are persecuted, even burned at the stake. In spite of this, she falls in love with a popular young man in the town, Henri, and all goes well for a while… until he begins to waste away. Realizing that she is the cause of his rapid decline, she steels herself to heal him and cut off all ties so he’ll forget she ever existed. It’s when she’s trying to recover from this experience that she finds a beautiful young man lying in a forest stream, a sword plunged into his body. Is he dead… or can he be saved? And who has tried to kill him?
From the ethereal OP “Maho Tsukai no Nikki” (Magician’s Diary) by ROSU, you can tell that Champignon Witch is a very different kind of fantasy from many of the magic-related anime we’ve seen recently. The mangaka’s world-building is detailed and intricate; at first glance, the sight of brightly coloured fungi and a little house that resembles a collection of toadstools peopled by talking animals, might give the impression that we’re in for a whimsical and clichéd fairy story. But that would be so wrong; the stakes are high here and the tone is surprisingly dark. Luna is an interesting and enigmatic protagonist with a troubled past and even though there are moments of quirky humour (mostly associated with the animals) the plot is promising to be quite complex (in a good way).
Isekai Office Worker: The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter, Journal with Witch and Champignon Witch are all streaming on Crunchyroll.
Cold Cobra
Returning Champions
This season I thought I’d change things up a bit by… okay, by picking two returning shonen adaptions. Oh well, let’s take a look at them!
Jujutsu Kaisen is among the most popular of the Shonen Jump! adaptations at the moment, both at home in Japan and in English-speaking territories, so this third season has a lot of momentum behind it. The series focuses on the old humans vs. demons (or “curses”) story with a distinct shonen battle manga vibe as the techniques to destroy the Curses are often rather flashy and more physical than your traditional spells. Our main character Yuji Itadori and his new friend/human-Curse Choso start the arc off still fighting endless waves of Curses in the shut-off area of Tokyo after the disaster that happened at the end of the previous arc. As they do this, popular side character Megumi Fushiguro is named head of the Zen’in clan, so the arrogant Naoya, who assumed it would be him, heads to Tokyo to kill him, and Jujutsu Kaisen 0 protagonist Yuta Okkotsu has been given the job of killing Yuji as he still harbours the all-powerful Curse Sukuna inside him and that caused part of the disaster mentioned previously. To put it another way, it didn’t take long for Jujutsu Kaisen’s famed buttery smooth animation and fight scene choreography to kick in!
I mentioned in the my recap of Season 2 that by the end there were just so many high-velocity fight scenes that I was drained by the end and, while that may still happen, it’s been long enough that the fights in the first two episodes were really entertaining once again. By Episode 3, though, we settle down into an episode that is essentially a 20-ish minute PowerPoint presentation about the “Culling Game” that main villain Kenjaku has arranged: how the rules work, how to gain points, how to add new rules to the game… it was overcomplicating what will almost certainly be another arc of powerful characters in well animated battles in the middle of a city again. One of their goals is to rescue fan-favourite character Satoru Gojo from the prison dimension he was sealed in and protect Master Tengen, the head sorcerer, who has been keeping himself alive by absorbing a specific soul every so many years, but was stopped from doing so in the flashback arc last season and therefore is now weak and vulnerable.
It was good that the first two episodes had so much trademark high-octane action as the pace stopped to do some setting up shortly afterwards. I’m looking forward to watching more, but am weary that the arc certainly seems like it’s just another excuse for back-to-back eye-watering combat for its majority, which is fine in small doses but did overstay its welcome last time without at least a little bit of story to break it up…
The second show is My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, the spin-off prequel show/manga to the main My Hero Academia that only just ended its run in the previous season.
The show doesn’t waste any time with its blend of comedy and comic book action as our lead protagonists and titular vigilantes Koichi “The Crawler” Haimawari and Kazuho “Pop” Haneyama are heading to a convention of store mascot idols so Pop can perform her local supermarket song with Koichi as her manager, but wouldn’t you know it the convention is also where a criminal group are smuggling drugs. After Kouchi finds out his “Slide and Glide” quirk (superpower) can also allow him to cling onto surfaces, our duo meet fellow idol Monika Kaniyashiki, who turns out to be an undercover detective, and occasionally seen Hero “Fatgum” is also there to help the investigation alongside quirkless Detective Tsukauchi. A mysterious scarred man with speed powers shows up as a villain to further complicate matters by setting some robot crab suits to go berserk, leading to a fun and chaotic Episode 2.
Episode 3 actually focuses mostly on Detective Tsukauchi and his frustrations with the case and others around him and highlights his relationship with all-time greatest hero All Might, which was fun. The episode did reveal Koichi finding out yet another new aspect to his power: the ability to repel objects away from himself, which he does to the point of accidentally breaking one of his own windows. Pop chastises him for it, saying they don’t want to end up like their previous mentor Knuckleduster, clearly reminding viewers of the quirkless vigilante for a return appearance…
Overall the series doesn’t feel like it left, it just picked the story right back up and continued running with its fun blend of comedy slice-of-life and vigilante/superhero crime-fighting, and for that reason I’m looking forward to more across the season.
Both Jujutsu Kaisen and My Hero Academia: Vigilantes are streaming on Crunchyroll.
Onosume
Hotly Anticipated
Experiencing the ending of Golden Kamuy as an anime-only viewer has been an excruciating wait, but finally after around two-and-a-half years, it is time to see who comes out on top in this adaptation of Satoru Noda’s epic seinen series.
If you’re not familiar with the series, it tells the story of the battle for a stash of Ainu gold, which was stolen and hidden by the notorious criminal, Nopperabo. With the map to the gold tattooed on the skin of escaped convicts from Abashiri prison, the lure of the gold triggers one of the greatest manhunts of the early 20th Century.
At this late point in the game, most of the tattooed skins are split between Lieutenant Tsurumi’s faction and Hijikata Toshizou’s faction, while our heroes, Sugimoto and Asirpa, have formed a delicate alliance with the latter, not wanting for the gold to end up in the hands of a man who only wants it for war and domination. Yet Asirpa, who is the only one that can break the code, still hasn’t quite got the location with the skins the group has. The trail for the final few leads everyone to the Sapporo Beer Factory, where a showdown with Jack the Ripper might just decide Hokkaido’s fate.
While the first part of this final season splits up the 2-part theatrical release of the Sapporo Beer Factory arc that Japan got last year into episodes, it’s definitely lost none of its impact, as this has all the kinda-gross comedy and violent action that the series has become known for and then some. There’s a bit of scene-setting to do, which is fascinating to follow if you’re trying to work out the gold’s location in your own head, but once we arrive at the factory it’s not long before fists, swords and bullets start to fly. It’s a shocking and pivotal moment, but I do wonder if some of the violence is going a bit overboard at this point.
It’s all about desperation though as the gold is in touching distance, and the key moments are mounting up for several of the long-standing supporting characters, who err.. don’t look like they are going to be standing by the end. And that’s the beauty of the series I guess. You’ve got so many outlandish characters who, after four seasons, you have built up an attachment to, that it’s hard to let any of them go. Even the villains!
So, if you have been watching the series, please do stick around for the end. It’s going to get messy, but I’m rooting for a Sugimoto and Asirpa victory, because after everything they’ve been through, that would be just right.
Returning Champion
[Oshi no Ko] returns for its third season this winter, and after the revelations from the end of Season 2, you can feel that everyone is still reeling from those events even if things seem on the up career-wise for Aqua, Ruby, and the fledgling B-Komachi idol group. “POP IN 2” has led to the group getting a lot more work, while Aqua’s cynicism has found a home on the Dig Deep! Chase the Impawsible variety show. Yet on a personal level things aren’t all hunky-dory. Aqua is avoiding Kana now his relationship with Akane is official, yet Akane believes she’s not the one he wanted. Meanwhile, dark Ruby picks up her brother’s previous fervour on finding their mother’s killer as she manipulates the former head of their agency to teach her how to make it big in the industry in order to uncover the truth.
With the show’s second season focusing so much on Aqua, I’m now glad Ruby gets a chance to shine as it feels like she has been left out of the action a bit, and I thought that was a massive shame after the end of Season 1 cemented her as one of my favourite characters. Aqua has his own style, but Ruby is so much fun and her love of idols and her own mother’s idol activities were so infectious. Now in her dark mode (I love how the eye effects show off the mood of the characters, by the way), she’s like a venomous snake and I love how she has a different vibe from her brother. Aqua is cold, calculating and decisive, but Ruby in turn feels like she’s actually enjoying toying with people which is probably the more dangerous thought.
It’s still early doors so I can’t see exactly how this will go yet, but I hope Ruby can wake Aqua up a bit and remind him what he’s doing all this for, because as we know the mystery isn’t solved by a long shot and it’s so frustrating watching him be all passive and well.. going around on automatic.
It’s so far so good though, and I think there’s enough that gets set up in these first couple of episodes to make up for a very interesting season. Let’s hope it can continue the show’s good form!
Unexpected Diamond
The opening animation of Shiboyugi: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table is weird, zooming into a road until the headlights of a car crashes into the camera. This tells you nothing about the series, but it does set the tone: a beautiful car crash that wrecks its occupants with a slow and painful end.
Okay, that’s probably a really morbid start but this show is absolutely morbid in its themes. The double-length first episode introduces us to Yuki, a teenage girl awakening in a mansion dressed as a maid. Nothing unusual about that right? Maybe she is a maid? Wrong.
The mansion is a set-up for one of a variety of death games, where people can sign up and, as long as they get to the end, receive a pay-out of money in reward. For most people, participating is a sign of desperation, of someone being at the end of their road and being willing to do anything for money. For Yuki, her goal is a little different – she wants to clear the death game 99 times, and the mansion is her ninth attempt.
While the phrase “death game” might instantly make you think of Battle Royale, Shiboyugi focuses more on being a horror series, mixing elements such as psychological horror, survival horror and splatter as it puts its (so far) all female cast through the absolute wringer. So far we’ve seen various traps which can eliminate you in a single move, mind games and manipulation between the players as the paranoia gets into their heads, and more elaborate set pieces where you just know it’s going to be curtains for someone.
Going in completely blind, I was surprised how gripped I was by it all, and while I think it does the horror bits well, it’s the atmosphere that sells it. It is slow, laboriously so, but by stringing you along it keeps the tension high, resulting in some nail-biting sequences as the characters peek around corners or creep down corridors, terrified to take the next step. The way it’s cut and divided into numbered segments, and indeed a lot of the vibe feels quite Shaft-like, particularly emulating the pacing in the Monogatari series, but there’s also an ethereal and mysterious feel to the entire thing that makes it stand out. There’s no blood, with people often exploding into fluffy clouds, part of a system that masks injuries and pain if something’s not fatal. Whoever came up with this is an absolute nutty genius, and I guess getting an answer to that is one of the series’ goals?
It’s also interesting we don’t know much about Yuki yet either. We know what she is trying to achieve, but we don’t know what her motivations are, nor why she seems insistent on getting as many players through the games as possible. Is it survivor guilt? Getting revenge on someone? I don’t know, but she does seem to have a massive secret up her sleeve.
So far then, this has been a complete surprise, giving us a creepy dose of horror with so many questions to find the answers to. Studio Deen has always had a bit of a mixed reputation, but could this be their next big hit? I can’t wait to find out what other horrors are in store as this progresses!
Golden Kamuy Final Season and Shiboyugi: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table are both airing on Crunchyroll, while [Oshi no Ko] Season 3 is airing on both Crunchyroll and HIDIVE.
