[00:01] dropped this spring that nobody's hyping enough. Number five, Kill Blue. A 39-year-old legendary hitman gets stung by a weird wasp and wakes up in the body send him undercover into a middle school. It's by the good old basketball
[00:15] finished, so the anime has [music] a full story to draw from. Number four, Mao. Rumiko Takahashi is back. The legend behind Inuyasha and Ranma. A cursed [music] onmyoji who hasn't aged in centuries crosses paths with a modern
[00:29] schoolgirl pulled back through time and they're [music] both tangled in the same ancient curse. If you grew up on Sunday morning Inuyasha, this feels like coming [music] Forget the historical Three Kingdoms
[00:42] angle. This is near future Japan after nuclear war and collapse of regressed the country into a Sangokushi style warring state. [music] Three nations carve up the ruins fighting with whatever survived. Crossbows, rifles,
[00:54] and katanas all at once. [music] Kevin Penkin, the Made in Abyss composer, is on the music, so you already know how dread-soaked the score is. Number two, Demons of the Shadow Realm. The Fullmetal Alchemist author, Hiromu
[01:06] Arakawa, has a new manga about a boy raised in an isolated village with his twin sister whose whole life unravels the moment outsiders [music] arrive. It's confirmed for a full 24 episodes, so this isn't a tease run. Number one,
[01:19] Witch Hat [music] Atelier. Possibly the most beautiful manga running right now magic works. Coco stumbles into forbidden magic and ends up apprenticed treats it with the reverence it deserves, this could be the best show of
[01:33] 2026. Full rankings on my YouTube channel. Which one's going on your list?