Spring 2021 anime started airing on Japanese TV this April. The lineup includes everything from sequels to beloved series to completely original anime! We’ve complied the key visuals and cast lists of upcoming anime for you in this article. Keep reading for more details on the 2021 spring anime lineup!

2021 Spring Anime Series

Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro

Cast:
Nagatoro-san: Sumire Uesaka
Senpai: Daiki Yamashita
Gamo-chan: Mikako Komatsu
Yosshi: Aina Suzuki
Sakura: Shiori Izawa
Art Club President: Nana Mizuki

Original Manga: Nanashi (Serialized in KODANSHA’S Magazine Pocket)
Director: Hirokazu Hanai
Series Composition/Script: Taku Kishimoto
Character Designer: Misaki Suzuki
©Nanashi/Kodansha/Don’t Toy with Me, Ms. Nagatoro Production Committee

How Not to Summon a Demon Lord Ω

Cast:
Diablo: Masaaki Mizunaka
Shera L. Greenwood: Yu Serizawa
Rem Galeu: Azumi Waki
Lumachina Weselia: Miki Ito
Rose: Aoi Koga
Horn: Fumiko Uchimura
Fanis Laminitus: Chinatsu Akasaki
Alicia Cristela: Yumi Hara
Sylvie: Rumi Okubo
Edelgard: Emiri Kato
Klem: Atsumi Tanezaki
Mei: Yuuka Morishima
Celestine Bordorel: Sayaka Senbongi
Emile: Ryotaro Okiayu
Gewalt: Kazuyuki Okitsu
Tria: Maki Kawase

Staff:
Original Story: Yukiya Murasaki
Original Character Designs: Takahiro Tsurusaki
Director: Satoshi Kuwabara
Series Composition: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Character Designer: Shidue Kaneko
Music: Yuusuke Kato, Yousuke Yamashita
Animation Production: Tezuka Production)×Okuruto Noboru Inc.
© Yukiya Murasaki/Kodansha/ How Not to Summon a Demon Lord Ω Production Committee

GLOOMY The Naughty Grizzly

新規ビジュアル２種も発表されました✨ pic.twitter.com/4caJl4fWOz

— 【公式】いたずらぐまのグル〜ミ〜（グルーミー ） (@official_gloomy) December 28, 2020

 
Cast:
Gloomy: Koichi Yamadera
Pitty-ku: Natsuki Hanae

©2000-2020 MORI CHACK All Rights Reserved.

Vivy -Fluorite Eyeʼs Song-

 
Cast:
Vivi: Atsumi Tanezaki/Kairi Yagi (singing voice)
Matsumoto: Jun Fukuyama
Estella: Yoko Hikasa/Rikka (singing voice)
Grace: Satomi Akesaka/Hikari Codama (singing voice)
Ophelia: Rina Hidaka/acane_madder (singing voice)

Staff:
Original Story: Vivy Score
Director: Shinpei Ezaki
Assistant Director: Yusuke Kubo
Series Composition/Script: Tappei Nagatsuki/Eiji Umehara
Original Character Design: loundraw (FLAT STUDIO)
Character Designer: Yuichi Takahashi
Chief Animation Director: Yuuichi Takahashi, Takuma Ebisu
Music: Satoru Kousaki (MONACA)
Animation Production: WIT STUDIO
©Vivy Score/Aniplex/WIT STUDIO

86

Cast:
Nouzen Shinei: Shoya Chiba
Vladilena Mirizé: Ikumi Hasegawa
Raiden Shuga: Seiichiro Yamashita
Rikka Theoto: Natsumi Fujiwara
Emma Anju: Saori Hayami
Kurena Kukumila: Sayumi Suzushiro
Kaie Tanya: Haruka Shiraishi
Daiya Irma: Haruki Ishiya
Hart Keets: Daiki Yamashita

Staff:
Original Story: Asato Asato (Dengeki Bunko)
Original Story Illustrations: Shirabi
Mechanical Designs: I-IV
Director: Toshimasa Ishii
Series Composition: Toshiya Oono
Character Designer/Chief Animation Director: Tatsuya Kawakami
Art Director: Masanobu Nomura/Yumi Horikoshi
Backgrounds: Bihou
Color Design: Nagisa Abe
CG Director: Hiroyuki Yoshida
CG Production: Shirogumi
Director of Photography: Masaharu Okazaki
Editor: Akinori Mishima
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Music: Hiroyuki Sawano/KOHTA YAMAMOTO
Production: A-1 Pictures
©2020 Asato Asato/KADOKAWA/Project-86

Eden

Cast:
Sara: Marika Takano
E92: Kentaro Ito
A37: Kyoko Hikami
Zero: Koichi Yamadera

Staff:
Director: Yasuhiro Irie
Character Designer: Toshihiro Kawamoto
Script: Kimiko Ueno
Concept Design: Christophe Ferreira
Art Director: Clover Xie
Music: Kevin Penkin
Producer: Justin Leach
Animation Production: CGCG

EDENS ZERO

Cast:
Shiki Granbell: Takuma Terashima
Rebecca Bluegarden: Mikako Komatsu
Happy: Rie Kugimiya
Weisz Steiner: Hiromichi Tezuka
E.M. Pino: Shiori Izawa
Homura Kogetsu: Shiki Aoki
Elsie Crimson: Sayaka Ohara
Ziggy: Hochu Otsuka
Mother: Kikuko Inoue

Staff:
Chief Director: Shinji Inoue
Director: Yushi Suzuki
Series Composition: Mitsutaka Hirota
Animation Character Designer: Yukari Sako
Sub-Character Designer: Junya Kikuchi
Editor: Masahiro Goto (REAL-T)
Music: Yoshihisa Hirano
Music Production: Nippon Television Music
Animation Production: J.C.Staff
Production: Kodansha/Nippon Television

Osamake: Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won't Lose

Cast:
Sueharu Maru: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Kuroha Shida: Inori Minase
Shirokusa Kachi: Ayane Sakura
Maria Momosaka: Saori Onishi
Tetsuhiko Kai: Nobunaga Shimazaki
Mitsuru Abe: Takuma Terashima

Staff:
Original Story: Shuichi Nimaru (Dengeki Bunko)
Original Story Illustrations: Ui Shigure
Director: Takashi Naoya
Series Composition: Yoriko Tomita
Character Designer: Takashi Naoya
Sub-Character Designer: Atsushi Soga
Animation Production: DOGA Kobo
Production: Osamake Production Committee
©2021 Shuichi Nimaru/KADOKAWA/Osamake Production Committee

Oshiete Hokusai! -The Animation-

Cast:
Tenkorin Okakura: Azumi Waki
Raijin: Katsuyuki Konishi
Kanon Kano: Yuki Iwai
Kourin Ogata: KENN
Yuichi Takahashi: Hidenori Takahashi
Eitoku Kanou: Daisuke Hirakawa
Ekaku Hakurin: Junichi Suwabe
Kuniyoshi Utagawa: Yu Hayashi
Ryuusei Kishida: Daisuke Ono
Shouen Uemura: Ryoko Shiraishi
Seiki Kuroda: Ayumu Murase
© Naoto Iwakiri /CWF

Odd Taxi

Cast:
Odokawa: Natsuki Hanae
Shirakawa: Riho Iida
Goriki: Ryohei Kimura
Kakihana: Kappei Yamaguchi
Rui Nikaido: Suzuko Mimori
Shiho Ichimura: Moeka Koizumi
Yuki Mitsuya: Manatsu Murakami
Daimon (Elder): Kousei from Miki
Daimon (Younger): Asei from Miki
Shibagaki: Yusuke from DAIAN
Baba: Atsuhiro Tsuda from DAIAN
Kabasawa: Takashi from Trendy Angel
Taeko: Tomoko Murakami from Mori-San-Chu
Fukumoto: Keisuke Takai from Girly Record
Kondo: Phoenix from Girly Record
Dobu: Kenji Hamada
Imai: Kodai Sakai
Tanaka: Soma Saito
Yamamoto: Makoto Furukawa
Sekiguchi: Chado Horii
Kuroda: Takaya Kuroda
Kanon: Amane Shiomiya
Reina: Chika Kagura
Yano: METEOR
Satoshi Nagashima: ???

Staff:
Planning/Original Story: P.I.C.S.
Script: Kazuya Konomoto (P.I.C.S. management)
Director: Mugi Kinoshita (P.I.C.S.)
Character Designer: Mugi Kinoshita/Yumi Nakayama
Art Director: Kenji Kato
Color Design: Tatsue Ozaki
Music: PUNPEE, VaVa, OMSB
Music Production Cooperation: SUMMIT, Inc.
Music Production: Pony Canyon
Animation Production: P.I.C.S. x OLM
©P.I.C.S./Oedogawa Transportation Partners

Card Fight!! Vanguard overDress

【#ヴァンガード】
TVアニメ「カードファイト!! ヴァンガード overDress」

CLAMP×キネマシトラス

ようこそー。新しいヴァンガードの世界へ。https://t.co/ktNWB3GUc3#ヴァンガード発表会 #VGD #ヴァンガードoverDress pic.twitter.com/dmMRZwzh9r

— カードファイト!! ヴァンガード公式 (@cfvanguard_PR) January 19, 2021

Cast:
Yuyu Kondo: Shota Aoi
Danji Momoyama: Yuki Ono
Touya Ebata: Yuma Uchida
Megumi Okura: Amane Shindo
Zakusa Ishigame: Masahiro Ito
Tomai Seto: Hikaru Tono
Masanori Iseki: Shuta Mizushima
Mirei Minae: Yuki Nakajima

Original Story: Bushiroad/Akira Ito
Chief Producer/Original Story: Takaaki Kitani
Director: Satoshi Mori
Original Character Designer: CLAMP
Character Designer/Chief Animation Director: Hiroyuki Saita
Animation Production: Kinema Citrus/Gift Animation/STUDIOJEMI
©VANGUARD overdress Character Design ©2021 CLAMP ST

 Full Dive: The Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier than Real Life!

Cast:
Hiroshi Yuki: Daiki Yamashita
Reona Kisaragi: Ayana Taketatsu
Alicia: Ai Fairouz
Miseria: Shiori Izawa
Kaede Yuki: Aoi Koga
Martin: Haruki Ishiya
Ginji: Katsuyuki Konishi
Tesla: Satoshi Hino
Soichiro Kamui: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Staff:
Original Story: Tsuchihiraito (Full Dive: The Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG is Even Shittier than Real Life!/KADOKAWA MF Bunko J)
Original Character Designer: Youta
Director: Kazuya Miura
Series Composition/Script: Kenta Inohara
Character Designer: Yuta Kevin Kanmotsu
Animation Production: ENGI
©Tsuchihiraito/KADOKAWA Co., Ltd./ Ultimate Next-Gen Production Committee

Kingdom (Season 3)

Cast:
Xin Li: Masakazu Morita
Zheng Ying: Jun Fukuyama
Diao He Liao: Rie Kugimiya
Lu Buwei: Tessho Genda
Chang Pin Jun: Junichi Suwabe
Chang Wen Jun: Yutaka Nakano
Yi Huan: Kentaro Ito
Wu Meng: Taiten Kusunoki
Zhang Tang: Jin Urayama
Teng: Akio Kato
Biao Gong: Shiro Saito
Jian Wang: Kenyu Horiuchi
Meng Ao: Kazuaki Ito
Ben Wang: Yoshimasa Hosoya
Tian Meng: Hirofumi Nojima
Mu Li: Tomoyuki Morikawa
Chun Shen Jun: Yuya Uchida
Ming Han: Mio Tanaka
Orudo: Hiroyuki Kinoshita
Fen Ming Wu: Daisuke Namikawa
Cheng Hui: Kosuke Toriumi
Qing She: Daisuke Hirakawa
Lin Wa: Atsuko Tanaka
Yi Xiang: Tatsuhisa Suzuki
Li Bai: Yuto Uemura

Staff:
Original Story: Yasuhisa Hara (Published in Shueisha’s Weekly Young Jump)
Director: Kenichi Imaizumi
Series Composition: Noboru Takagi
Character Designer: Hisashi Abe
Art Director: Yusuke Mizuno
Color Design: Miyuki Abe
Director of Photography: Daichi Nogami
3DCG Production: Dandelion Animation Studio
Editing: Keisuke Yanagi
Music: Hiroyuki Sawano/KOHTA YAMAMOTO
Music Production: avex Pictures
Sound Director: Kisuke Koizumi
Sound Production: Jinnan Studio
Animation Production: Pierrot/ Studio Signpost
© Yasuhisa Hara/Shueisha/Kingdom Production Committee

So I'm a Spider, So What?

Cast:
I (Kumoko): Aoi Yuuki
Schlain (Shun): Shun Horie
Karnatia (Katia): Nao Higashiyama
Hugo: Kaito Ishikawa
Sue: Yui Ogura
Fei: Eri Kitamura
Filimos: Kaya Okuno
Yuri: Aimi Tanaka
Julius: Junya Enoki
Hyrince: Kazuyuki Okitsu
Balto: Yuichiro Umehara
Demon Lord: Sumire Uesaka
Sophia: Ayana Taketatsu
Wrath: Ryota Osaka
Black: Daisuke Namikawa
Voice: Kikuko Inoue

Staff:
Original Story: Okina Baba "So I'm a Spider, So What?" (KADOKAWA BOOKS Published)
Original Story/Illustration: Tsukasa Kiryu
Director: Shin Itagaki
Series Composition: Okina Baba, Yuichiro Momose
Character Designer: Kie Tanaka
Monster Designer: Masahiko Suzuki, Ryo Hirata, Hiromi Suzuki
Chief Animator: Tomohiro Yoshida
Art Director: Shinji Nagaoka
Color Design: Chieko Hibi
Director of Photography: Hideki Imaizumi
Editor: Takashi Sakurai
CG Director: Kazuo Yamaguchi
CG Animation Product: exsa (Production Cooperation ENGI)
Music: Shuji Katayama
Sound Director: Yuichi Imaizumi, Shin Itagaki
Assistant Director: Shinichiro Ueda
Animation Production: Millepansee
Production: So I'm a Spider, So What? Production Committee
©Okina Baba/Tsukasa Kiryu/KADOKAWA/So I'm a Spider, So What? Production Committee

I Became a Kuro Gyaru So I F*cked My Best Friend

Cast:
Rui Chihaya: Makoto Furukawa
Shion Chihara: Kazuomi Yamamoto
Hajime Tsuzuki: Yoshiyuki Shimoduma
Mayu Uehara: Marin Mizutani

Staff:
Original Story: Yupopo Orishima
Director: Chokkou
Script: Eyo Kurosaki, Rei Ishikura
Character Designer/Chief Animation Director: McQ1
Sound Director: Misawaayako
Sound Production: Blackflag
Animation Production: Iraiasu
Production: Seiseisha
©Yupopo Orishima/Suiseisha Inc.

Koikimo - It's Disgusting to Call This Love

Cast:
Ichika Arima: Yurie Kozakai
Ryo Amakusa: Toshiyuki Toyonaga
Rio Amakusa: Rena Hasegawa
Kai Tamaru: Junya Enoki
Arie Matsushima: Kana Hanazawa
Masuda: Ryohei Kimura

Staff:
Original Story: Mogusu (comic POOL/published by Ichijinsha)
Director: Naomi Nakayama
Assistant Director: Suguru Yamada
Series Composition: Yuko Kakihara
Character Designer/Chief Animation Director: Mariko Fujita
Art Director: Masakazu Miyake
Color Design: Naoko Kodama
Director of Photography: Shinya Matsui
Offline Editor: Chinami Watanabe
Sound Director: Kisuke Koizumi
Music: Hiroaki Tsutsumi
Sound Production: Sonilude/BloomZ
Animation Producer: Toru Kinugawa
Animation Production: NOMAD
Producer: Shunsuke Saito
Chief Production Advisor: Koichiro Natsume
Production: Koikimo Production Committee
©Mogusu/Ichijinsha/Koikimo Production Committee

The Way of the Househusband

Cast:
Tatsu: Kenjiro Tsuda
Miku: Shizuka Ito
Masa: Kazuyuki Okitsu
Torajiro: Yoshimasa Hosoya
Hibari Torii: Atsuko Tanaka
Gin: M・A・O
Yakuza: Jun Fukushima
President of the Neighborhood Association: Kimiko Saito
Police Officer: Masashi Nogawa
Police Officer 2: Junichi Yanagida
Yakuza Boss: Houchu Otsuka

Staff:
Original Story: Oonokosuke
Director: Chiaki Kon
Series Composition: Susumu Yamakawa
Animation Production: J.C.Staff:
©Kosuke Ono/ Shinchosha

Godzilla S.P (Singular Point)

Cast:
Mei Kamino: Mei Miyamoto
Yun Arikawa: Shoya Ishige
Pero2: Misaki Hisano
Yung: Rie Kugimiya
Haberu Kato: Taro Kiuchi
Goro Otaki: Wataru Takagi
Satomi Kanehara: Ayako Takeuchi
Shunya Sato: Yohei Azakami
Tsunetomo Yamamoto: Jin Urayama
Kanoko Yukie: Kotori Koiwai
Takehiro Kai: Kenichi Suzumura
Lee Keiei: Kaho Koda
Makita K. Nakagawa: Hiromichi Tezuka

Staff:
Director: Atsushi Takahashi
Series Composition/Script: Tou Enjo
Character Designer: Kazue Kato
Character Designer: Satoshi Ishino
Kaiju Design: Eiji Yamamori
Music: Kan Sawada
CG Director: Ryuichi Ikeuchi, Yuji Koshida, Masashi Suzuki
VFX Director: Kensuke Yamamoto
Military Researcher: Keigo Koyanagi
Art Design: Akihiro Hirasawa
Art Director: Norihiko Yokomatsu
Color Design: Azusa Sasaki
Director of Photography: Yu Wakabayashi
Editor: Rie Matsubara
Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Animation Production: BONES x ORANGE
Production: TOHO
©2020 TOHO CO., LTD.

Thunderbolt Fantasy (Season 3)

Cast:
Lin Xue Ya: Kosuke Toriumi
Shang Bu Huan: Junichi Suwabe
Lang Wu Yao: Takanori Nishikawa
Ryouga: Katsuyuki Konishi
Juan Can Yun: Kenichi Suzumura
Dan Fei: Mai Nakahara
Xing Hai: Sayaka Ohara
Wan Jun Po: Akio Otsuka
Yi Piaomiao: Natsuki Hanae
Lou Zhen Jie: Akira Ishida
Chao Feng: Rie Kugimiya
Gui Duo Tian Gong: Yoji Ueda
Narrator: Atsuko Tanaka

Staff:
Original Story: Thunderbolt Fantasy Project
Draft/Script/Overall Supervisor: Gen Urobuchi (Nitroplus)
Practical Effects/Photography: Pili International Multimedia
Character Designer: Nitroplus (Shinov Mimori/Namaniku ATK/Nekokan Masshigura)
Weapon Design: Pili International Multimedia
Molding Advisor: Good Smile Company
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
Production: Thunderbolt Fantasy Project
©Thunderbolt Fantasy Project

SHAMAN KING

Cast:
Yo Asakura: Yoko Higasa
Amidamaru: Katsuyuki Konishi
Anna Kyoyama: Megumi Hayashibara
Hao: Minami Takayama
Manta Oyamada: Inuko Inuyama
Tao Ren: Romi Paku
Bason: Kosuke Takaguchi
Ryunosuke Umemiya: Masahiko Tanaka
Holoholo: Yuji Ueda
Kororo: Megumi Nakajima
Tao Jun: Michiko Neya
Tokagerou: Wataru Takagi
Tamao Tamamura: Nana Mizuki
Lee Pairon: Toru Sakurai
Ponchi: Takumu Miyazono
Konchi: Noriaki Kanze
Faust VⅢ: Takehito Koyasu
Mosuke: Masakazu Morita
Lyserg Diethel: Yoko Soumi
Chocolove McDonell: Motoko Kumai
Iron Maiden Jeanne: Yui Horie
Marco: Yuichi Nakamura
Silva: Hikaru Midorikawa
Kalim: Eiji Hanawa


Staff:
Director: Joji Furuta
Series Composition: Shoji Yoneyama
Character Designer: Akihiko Sano
Prop Designer: Yuji Shibata
Art Director: Jinya Kimura
Art Manager: Masaaki Kawaguchi
Color Design: Natsuko Otsuka
Director of Photography: Teruyuki Kawase
Editor: Kumiko Sakamoto
Music: Yuuki Hayashi
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Music Production: Kingrecord
Animation Production: Bridge
©Hiroyuki Takei/Kodansha/SHAMAN KING Project/TV Tokyo

Burning Kabaddi

Cast:
Tatsuya Yoigoshi: Yuma Uchida
Masato Oujo: Nobuhiko Okamoto
Soma Azemichi: Gen Sato
Kei Iura: Makoto Furukawa
Kyohei Misumi: Tatsuhisa Suzuki
Shinji Date: Shunsuke Takeuchi
Nobutaka Ban: Shinichiro Kamio
Ryuta Seki: Wataru Komada
Yuki Hitomi: Ayumu Murase
Ayumu Rokugen: Hirotaka Yasumoto
Ren Takaya: Kenichi Suzumura
Shintaro Kizaki: Taku Yashiro
Yu Eikura: Shu Uchida
Daisuke Muroya: Junichi Yanagita
Manabu Sakura: Natsuki Hanae
Hiromoto Uto: Soma Saito

Staff:
Original Manga: Hajime Musashino (Serialized in Manga One  - Shogakukan App)
Director: Kazuya Ichikawa
Character Designer: Mari Takada
Sound Director: Shouji Hata
Series Composition: Yuko Kakihara
Script: Yuko Kakihara, Midoro Goto
Music: Ken Ito
Anime Production Cooperation: domerica
Animation Production: TMS ENTERTAINMENT
Production: TV Animation Burning Kabaddi Production Committee
©Hajime Musashino, Shogakukan/Burning Kabaddi Production Committee

Spring 2021 Anime List (Part 2 of 3)

Spring 2021 Anime List (Part 3 of 3)