With the Winter season of anime behind us, we can look forward to the new Spring 2020 Crunchyroll season of anime. For me, I think the Winter season was amazing and it will be hard for any season to compare. Let’s take a look at what Crunchyroll has to offer us for the Spring 2020 season.
I am going to list the category the anime falls under and a short thought. Some shows are listed multiple times under different categories so I am going to list it only once under the category that I think it should fall under.
New Season Picks
Tower of God – A boy enters a mysterious tower and must face the challenges each floor brings. The hugely popular WEBTOON comes to life in April! – This one looks pretty good. This show might be my most anticipated new shows of all Spring 2020.
My Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! – An otome game loving girl gets reincarnated into her favorite game, but as the villain. Now she has to avoid all of the Bad Endings! – Not really sure about this one. I might give it a try.
The 8th Son? Are You Kidding Me? – A salaryman wakes up inside the body of a young, magically gifted boy. Will his newly discovered powers bring him fortune or ruin? – This does not look that interesting and I’ll probably pass.
Food Wars! The Fifth Plate – In the heated final season of Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, Yukihira Soma and the Totsuki Academy compete in The Blue! – The last season of Food Wars started to bother me a bit as they were more focused on the action and dramatic art scenes then the food and characters. There was no real story to begin with but it was getting even worse. I might go back to this one but not sure.
Woodpecker Detective’s Office – In 1909, a poet starts a detective agency to support his family and begins investigating a series of ghost appearances with his friend. – The setting seems interesting but the plot does not catch my attention. Not sure about this one as well.
New Simulcasts
IDOLiSH7 Second Beat! – The Takanashi Productions idols continue their quest to save the company’s future! – I have not seen the first season.
Fruits Basket: 2nd Season – Tohru Honda and the Sohma family return for Season 2 of the adaptation of the classic shojo manga! – I watched the first season when it was airing and I really liked it. I am looking forward to this one.
Dropkick on My Devil!! Dash – A gothic lolita with delusions of grandeur summons a demon girl with a half-snake body, going on to have a strange, violent life together. – I heard some good things about this one. It seems as this might be season two so I might give this one a try from season one.
MAJOR SECOND Season 2 – One young boy aims to become the best baseball catcher on his middle school team! – I have not seen season one.
Princess Connect! Re: Dive – A young man wakes up in a fantasy world where three girls become his guide in this new land. – This might be interesting. If I have time, I’ll get to this one.
Tsugumomo2 – Kazuya Kagami’s life takes a turn when a treasured keepsake from his late mother becomes a beautiful girl who saves his life! – Really not sure about this one either.
SING “YESTERDAY” FOR ME – Four young adults who live near Shinjuku try to live their best lives through hardship in this story of love and humanity. – This one looks really good and am excited. The synopsis looks good.
Digimon Adventure: – A brand new Digimon adventure begins with the classic DigiDestined cast! – I’ve seen parts of Digimon but not really sure I know or remember what it was about. I might watch this one.
Re:ZERO – The Frozen Bond – Watch the story of how Emilia met Puck in this special Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- OVA! – I am really excited for this one as I really liked Re:ZERO but I heard this one might be delayed till Summer.
Shadowverse – A young boy fights in intense card battles based on the digital smartphone game “Shadowverse”! – I think I will pass on this one. I’ve got enough kid shows that I haven’t seen yet.
Gundam Build Divers Re:RISE 2nd Season – The next great battle for the Build Divers begins in the second season of Gundam Build Divers Re:RISE! – The Gundam world is confusing for me and I don’t really understand it. I would need to start Gundam from a good starting point.
The House Spirit Tatami-chan – A countryside ghost heads to Tokyo and takes in other monster roommates to afford the city life. – Not really sure about this one.
Welcome to the JAPARI PARK S2 – All your favorite animal pals from Kemono Friends return for the second season of mini-series, Welcome to JAPARI PARK! – I have not seen Kemono Friends so I will pass on this.
Wacky TV Nanana Chase the Kraken Monster! – The TV Nanana crew slip into the third season of network high jinks that will split your sides. – I have not seen the first season and this does not sound that good to me.
Continuing Simulcasts
One Piece – Luffy and the Straw Hats continue their adventures in the vast and secluded land of Wano! – One Piece is amazing and Wano might be one of my top five favorite arcs of One Piece.
Ahiru no Sora – Sora vows to dominate his first high school basketball tournament, but he must take on the whole school to get there. – I have not seen this one.
Case Closed – Ace teen detective Shinichi Kudo solves cases after becoming trapped in the body of a ten-year-old. – I have not seen this one.
Black Clover – Asta and the Black Bulls begin to uncover the secrets behind the devils and curse magic across the kingdoms! – Asta’s voice annoys me on this show. I might give the dub a try and see if I like that one instead.
BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS – Boruto continues his adventures to become the ultimate ninja with Team 7 and all your favorite ninja from the Hidden Leaf Village! – I’m very conflicted in this one as I really love Naruto. I might give this one another shot.
A Certain Scientific Railgun T – Misaka’s electro-manipulation abilities make her popular in Academy City in the 3rd season of A Certain Scientific Railgun! – I was not that into A Magical Index and I think this is a continuation.
Out of 26 shows, 4 I really want to watch, 5 will try out and 3 are maybe’s. 1 has also probably been postponed.
Compared to Winter 2020 which had 34 shows. There were 11 shows I wanted to watch and 5 I might try out.
Honestly, it’s not that bad of a lineup in my opinion. I’m only watching one of the continuing simulcasts and the lineup for that is pretty good. Black Clover and Boruto are solid. I also know a few people watching the Certain Scientific series but I just never go into it. I’m not sure about the others but they must be good enough if Crunchyroll is keeping them on.
The shows that I am excited for, I am really excited for. One Piece and Fruits Basket as continuing shows. Tower of God and Sing “Yesterday” for me look really good. With Covid happening, it is to bad for Re:ZERO, but I know it will come back at some point.
As I said before, I think the Winter 2020 lineup was just really really good. I might use this time to catch up on shows that I missed as I think I will have time. I went into Kaguya-sama: Love is War with the wrong mindset so I am going to give that one another try. I also missed Fate/Grand Order and I’m pretty sure I should watch that one. And, I’ve been re-watching shows and I want to see Yowamushi Pedal and Akame ga Kill! again.
What are you excited for in Spring 2020? Leave a comment below.