Welcome to
Anime News Network's Summer 2016 Preview Guide! Here's how it goes: our team of critics write up their impressions instantly and they get posted as they go along. Each critic will cover as many shows as they can handle, resulting in alternate takes on most every show. Check back a couple of times every day during the guide and you're likely to see something new!
The guide is now organized by show. As our critics write up each new premiere, their name will be added to the roster beneath the show's title. Check back every day for multiple takes on every series!
This is an ongoing guide. Throughout the next week or two we'll be updating as often as possible with new perspectives on new episodes from each of our team of critics. New reviews will be posted as soon as they're written.
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 ratings scale: 1-5, with 1 being the lowest. Shows that are available streaming online will be indicated as such with links.
The newest reviews will always appear at the TOP of each show's page, so if you're wondering what's new, just click the show name and the latest preview will pop right up. Scroll down to see earlier previews. New shows will be added to the top of the Preview Guide hub page here. We have a total of six writers contributing this time; not every writer will write up every show, but you'll be able to see who's done what beneath each show's title.
Click on the survey at the top of each show's page to vote for your personal score and see how other people scored the show!
Berserk
Jacob Chapman, Zac Bertschy
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Momokuri
Theron Martin, Nick Creamer Paul Jensen, Rebecca Silverman
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ReLIFE
Theron Martin, Rebecca Silverman Paul Jensen, Nick Creamer
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Food Wars! The Second Plate
Jacob Chapman
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First Love Monster
Jacob Chapman
Theron Martin, Paul Jensen
Nick Creamer, Rebecca Silverman
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Rewrite
Jacob Chapman
Nick Creamer, Theron Martin
Paul Jensen, Rebecca Silverman
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B-PROJECT
Jacob Chapman
Rebecca Silverman, Paul Jensen
Nick Creamer, Theron Martin
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Love Live! Sunshine!!
Jacob Chapman, Rebecca Silverman
Paul Jensen, Nick Creamer
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DAYS
Jacob Chapman, Paul Jensen
Rebecca Silverman
Nick Creamer, Theron Martin
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Orange
Zac Bertschy, Nick Creamer
Rebecca Silverman, Paul Jensen
Theron Martin
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Tales of Zestiria the X
Paul Jensen, Theron Martin
Rebecca Silverman, Nick Creamer
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The Morose Mononokean
Jacob Chapman, Paul Jensen
Rebecca Silverman
Nick Creamer, Theron Martin
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sweetness & lightning
Jacob Chapman
Paul Jensen, Nick Creamer
Theron Martin, Rebecca Silverman
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Taboo Tattoo
Zac Bertschy, Nick Creamer
Paul Jensen, Theron Martin
Rebecca Silverman
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Cheer Boys!!
Jacob Chapman
Theron Martin, Paul Jensen
Rebecca Silverman, Nick Creamer
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SERVAMP
Jacob Chapman
Paul Jensen, Theron Martin
Rebecca Silverman, Nick Creamer
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New Game!
Jacob Chapman, Paul Jensen
Nick Creamer, Theron Martin
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Scar-red Rider XechS
Jacob Chapman
Nick Creamer, Theron Martin
Paul Jensen, Rebecca Silverman
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Hybrid x Heart Magia
Academy Ataraxia
Theron Martin, Nick Creamer
Rebecca Silverman, Jacob Chapman
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TSUKIUTA.
The Animation
Paul Jensen, Theron Martin
Rebecca Silverman, Nick Creamer
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PUZZLE&DRAGONS X
Theron Martin, Nick Creamer
Rebecca Silverman
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Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 3rei!!
Theron Martin
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Regalia: The
Three Sacred Stars
Theron Martin
Rebecca Silverman, Paul Jensen
Nick Creamer, Zac Bertschy
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planetarian
Paul Jensen
Rebecca Silverman
Nick Creamer, Jacob Chapman
Theron Martin
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Cute High Earth Defense
Club LOVE! LOVE!
Rebecca Silverman
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This Art Club
Has a Problem!
Nick Creamer
Rebecca Silverman
Paul Jensen, Theron Martin
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Amanchu!
Jacob Chapman, Theron Martin
Rebecca Silverman
Paul Jensen, Nick Creamer
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Alderamin on the Sky
Jacob Chapman, Nick Creamer
Theron Martin, Paul Jensen
Rebecca Silverman
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91 Days
Jacob Chapman
Theron Martin, Paul Jensen
Nick Creamer, Rebecca Silverman
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Thunderbolt Fantasy
Nick Creamer, Jacob Chapman
Rebecca Silverman
Paul Jensen, Theron Martin
Zac Bertschy
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Time Travel Girl
Nick Creamer, Paul Jensen
Theron Martin, Rebecca Silverman
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Handa-kun
Jacob Chapman
Nick Creamer, Paul Jensen
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hitorinoshita The Outcast
Rebecca Silverman
Theron Martin
Paul Jensen, Nick Creamer
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Qualidea Code
Paul Jensen, Nick Creamer
Theron Martin, Rebecca Silverman
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Ange Vierge
Nick Creamer, Paul Jensen
Theron Martin, Rebecca Silverman
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Active Raid Second
Theron Martin, Nick Creamer
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The Disastrous Life
of Saiki K.
Theron Martin, Nick Creamer
Jacob Chapman, Rebecca Silverman
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Mob Psycho 100
Paul Jensen, Rebecca
Silverman, Theron Martin
Jacob Chapman, Nick Creamer
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Danganronpa 3:
Future Arc
Jacob Chapman
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Summer 2016 Shorts
Nick Creamer, Paul Jensen
Theron Martin, Rebecca Silverman
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Battery the Animation
Rebecca Silverman
Nick Creamer, Theron Martin
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