It's that time of year again. As fans finish up the last of their big winter anime shows, the spring season is on its way. While last year had some of the biggest anime in its winter and spring seasons, 2022's newest anime looks just as promising.

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This season has some popular returning anime that fans have been begging for. Some of them have only been gone a year, while others have been gone for several. This season has plenty of slice-of-life and romance, but also popular fantasy series and plenty of isekai anime.

10 Skeleton Knight In Another World Is About A Guy Doing His Best To Save People

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By now, most fans are tired of anime about characters stuck inside of a video game. Still, there's always room for a series that's not afraid of being creative. Skeleton Knight is about a character who finds themselves transported into the MMO they love playing.

In that MMO, Arc has been transformed into his character: a literal Skeleton Knight. But rather than attempt to abuse his abilities, Arc goes around fighting injustice and saving people.

9 Shikimori's Not Just A Cutie Is A Great Role-Reversal Romance

Shikimori and Izumi looking into each other's eyes in Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie

Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie is a romantic comedy series based on a manga that began in 2019. The lead protagonist is Shikimori, a sweet young girl going out with the unlucky Izumi.

The story is more of a role reversal romance, where Shikimori seems like your everyday teenager until her boyfriend is in trouble. When that happens, her personality completely changes and she becomes a cool hero-type to protect her boyfriend. One of the cutest shonen romance books, this anime is sure to be a success.

8 Komi Can't Communicate's Second Season Continues Komi's Search For Friends

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Komi Can't Communicate was one of the biggest series of fall 2021. The story centered around Shoko Komi, a beautiful and popular girl who's actually terrible at communicating with people because of her anxiety.

But when Hitohito Tadano comes along, he makes it a point to help her make as many friends as possible. Komi Can't Communicate was one of the funniest and sweetest series last year. It was impossible not to root for Komi.

7 Love After World Domination Brings Together The Leaders Of Two Opposite Organizations

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Fudo Aikawa is in love. There's one problem: he's the Red Ranger of the superhero group Gelato 5, and he's in love with Desumi Magahara, the leader of a supervillain organization. But that doesn't stop the two of them from falling in love with each other.

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Though the entire world would never approve and they both want completely different things, both of them refuse to give up on the other. This is exactly the kind of romantic comedy humor that turns a series into a fan favorite.

6 Kaguya-Sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic- Continues The Most Successful Seinen Romance

Miyuki Shirogana and Kaguya Shinomiya from Kaguya-sama: Love Is War.

Kaguya-sama: Love Is War is the rare combination of a mega-successful seinen and romance. The third season, Ultra Romantic, brings viewers back to the lives of Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane.

The two of them have struggled for several seasons to avoid showing weakness by admitting feelings for the other first. Will this season finally give fans everything they're looking for in the halls of the Shuchiin Academy Student Council?

5 Tiger & Bunny's Second Season Sees The Original Heroes Continuing To Protect Their City

Kotetsu and Barnaby from Tiger and Bunny.

Tiger & Bunny was a super popular anime at the start of the 2010s. The storyline feels even more relevant in a social media world.  In Tiger & Bunny, all the superheroes have sponsorships and compete to be the best hero.

Both Kotetsu T. Kaburagi and Barnaby Brooks are two such heroes, aiming to keep the peace in Sternbild City. For those who haven't seen it in a while, they might want to go back and rewatch the original series as a refresher. And My Hero Academia fans should give this series a try while their favorite series is on break.

4 Ascendance of a Book Worm Season 3 Brings Back Everyone's Favorite Librarian

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Ascendance of a Bookworm is almost an anti-isekai. Its protagonist doesn't dream of anything more than having her own library. Impossibly, despite bucking the trend of most major isekai, that hasn't put a dent in this series' popularity.

The anime is entering its third season and shows no sign of slowing down in popularity or running out of source material. As exciting as it is to have this series back, it's hard not to be concerned about whether the anime will keep running until the end of the light novels.

3 Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough For Mobs Makes A Side Character Into A Lead

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Trapped in a Dating Sim is another isekai anime that doesn't quite feel like an isekai. The protagonist is a former office worker who's been transported into an otome game he'd already beaten in his original life.

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Though his status is low-born and he's considered nothing more than an NPC, Leon has plans to earn the respect of those around him. And when it's all over, he can relax in a house in the countryside.

2 Rising Of The Shield Hero Season 2 Brings The Heroes Against A New Threat

The main cast of Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2 posing in front of a giant dinosaur monster.

Rising of the Shield Hero was one of the most popular anime the year it was released. The world-building that went into that show and Naofumi's complex nature made the series an easy watch.

But despite the series' popularity and getting a second and third season greenlit almost immediately, there had been no announcement of when it would actually air until recently. The new Spirit Tortoise arc is one of the most important parts of the light novel. Hopefully, the anime can match up.

1 Spy X Family Shows A Spy & An Assassin Bonded Together By A Psychic Child

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Spy x Family has been one of the most popular shonen on the market in Japan for a while now, and an anime feels long past due. The story takes place around a fake family made up of Loid Forger, Yor, and their adopted daughter Anya.

Though both Loid and Yor are meant to be keeping their identities a secret for the sake of gathering intel, there's one problem: Anya is a mind-reader. It takes her no time to figure out who both of her parents are. Of course, she doesn't want to spoil it by letting anyone know that she knows. This adorable show has the potential to be the big hit of the year.r.

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