The new Anime season starts directly in January 2026. There are so many hits in winter that fans don’t even know when to watch it all.
What hits are coming? Right at the beginning of the year, several sequels of popular animes are available that fans can look forward to. Even though the rest of the year has more hits in store, some good series start right in January. These include:
But Oshi no Ko, Pokémon Horizons, and Fire Force are also part of the sequels. In addition, there are numerous new animes like Sentenced to Be a Hero, which will start in the Winter Season 2026. Fans reasonably ask themselves: When should we watch all of this?
Tight schedule in January for anime viewers
What do fans say about this? Since so many good series are starting simultaneously, many users on Reddit think that the season from January will be very packed. According to them, the current season was “starving”, while the upcoming season would lead to “forced feeding”.
This means, the users feel that after a long drought, suddenly too many good series are appearing. For example, One-Punch Man was one of the highlights in autumn, but disappointed with its animations.
By the way, some users don’t find the drought in the current period bad at all: They were able to catch up on rewatches of past seasons to prepare for Winter 2026.
The fact that the next season seems so full is also because it caters to every fan genre-wise. In the comments, there are all sorts of animes that users are looking forward to. There is no clear favorite.
- User Cipher-IX receives a lot of support: “Frieren, JJK, and Hell’s Paradise. I’m in heaven.”
- User Lodju replies to his post: “For me, there’s much more, Oshi no Ko, Golden Kamuy, and Tis Time for Torture Princess, to name a few. And I will watch all the new non-sequels that have piqued my interest.”
- User xenon2456 keeps it short with his favorite: “My Hero Academia: Vigilantes.”
Therefore, a tight schedule is needed to largely cover all your interests in the upcoming season. Do you have a method for efficiently binge-watching many animes? Or are you perhaps not interested in many animes in Winter 2026? Feel free to let us know in the comments!
If you don’t know the difference between season, cour, and episode, MeinMMO has an overview of the most important terms for you. This way, you also understand what other anime fans are talking about and have acquired important basic knowledge: The year is divided into 4 anime seasons – What do terms like cour, season, and episode mean?
