Naledi Ramphele

The Winter anime season draws to a close in March, so the various titles that began airing in January are beginning to wrap up. Now that we’re at the end of the season, it’s time for reviews and to look back on what has been a much better introduction to 2026 than I was expecting. As exciting as this year is for anime, the winter season was big for returning anime titles, and the aspect of the 2026 release window that I’m most excited about is the new titles.

If you’re someone who loves anime and manga and stays up-to-date with developments in the medium and the community, you might be aware of the current moment in which scores of classic anime titles are being revived. While I refer to it as a time of “reboots”, it is also an interesting period in which classic anime titles, or those that we colloquially say “the streets will remember” (because they had an understated, less mainstream but undeniable reach or impact), have been revived.

Sometime last year, I looked into rumours of the latest manga by Fullmetal Alchemist creator and manga legend, Arakawa Hiromu, getting an anime adaptation. Not long after reading the first chapter, it was confirmed that Studio BONES (My Hero Academia; MARRIAGETOXIN) would be producing the series.