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The Spring 2020 Anime Season Guide

Like some Hollywood films, many anime started off as an entirely different form of media. From graphic novels to light novels and games, there are tons of ways to enjoy this season's new shows. So, if you want to catch up on an older series or read ahead of the show, these are the books, manga, and movies you'll want to check out! #indyplteens

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  • My Next Life as a Villainess

    All Routes Lead to Doom! Vol. 1

    Yamaguchi, Satoru,
    Blending the recent trends of isekai stories, villain protagonists, and women-oriented dating games, My Next Life as A Villainess pits Katarina Claes against a game that is determined to see her exiled from her kingdom or worse--dead.
    Graphic Novel, 2019[Los Angeles, Calif.] : Seven Seas Entertainment, [2019] — TEEN GN YAM
  • Determined to inherit his family's restaurant and become one of the world's greatest chef's to spite his old man, Yukihira Soma throws himself headlong into the dog-eat-dog mentality of the prestigious culinary school, Totsuki Academy.
    Graphic Novel, 2014San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, LLC, [2014] — TEEN GN TSU
  • After battling it out with Totsuki's Elite 10 and taken his place at the top, the 5th season of Food Wars! will see Yukihira work to keep that title and set his sights on even bigger prizes. If you want to catch up or read ahead, Volume 31 is the…
    Graphic Novel, 2019San Francisco : VIZ Media LLC, 2019. — TEEN GN TSU
  • A classic of the shoujo romance manga world, Fruits Basket follows the life of Honda Tohru as she is rescued from being homeless by the prince of her school, Sohma Yuki. Now indebted to Yuki and his family, Tohru is determined to find a way to…
    Graphic Novel, 2016New York, NY : Yen Press, [2016] — TEEN GN TAK
  • With the true nature of Sohma Kyo's curse as the Zodiac Cat revealed, Tohru is shaken by how truly broken and cruel the Souma family can be. Of course, that doesn't mean she's going to ever give up on the Sohma's, especially now that she's been…
    Graphic Novel, 2016New York, NY : Yen Press, 2016. — TEEN GN TAK
  • Pride and love are two things that go together about as well as oil and vinegar but watching the reaction in action is just as fun. Too prideful to confess their feelings for one another, Shinomiya Kaguya and Shirogane Miyuki show their affection…
    Graphic Novel, 2018San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, LLC, [2018] — SHARED SYSTEM
  • Praised as being one of the most hilarious romantic comedies of the last decade, the bumbling battle between Kaguya snd Miyuki rages on into a second, nonsensical season. The laughs and gags of said season will likely cover the manga's 6th volume…
    Graphic Novel, 2019San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, [2019] — TEEN GN AKA
  • Cynical and spiteful toward the idea of living a "happy, normal life" Hachiman Hikigaya sets himself up as an enemy to love conventional thinking, landing him a position on the school's Volunteer Service Club as punishment. With the club's only…
    Book, 2016New York : Yen On, [2016] — TEEN FIC WAT
  • Having won a lot of acclaim for twisting the standard rom-com formula into something legitimately thoughtful and engaging, the series' long-anticipated 3rd season is finally here. If you want to catch up or read ahead, Volume 12 is where the series…
    Graphic Novel, 2019New York, NY : Yen Press, [2019] — TEEN GN WAT
  • Ascendance of a Bookworm

    I'll Do Anything to Become a Librarian. Part 1, Daughter of a Soldier. Vol. 1

    Kazuki, Miya,
    An isekai for librarians and book-lovers everywhere. After the "soon-to-be librarian" Urano is killed in an earthquake, she finds herself reincarnated in another world. While she might be young, poor, and powerless, the worst thing about this new…
    Book, 2019[United States] : J Novel Club, [2019] — TEEN FIC KAZ
  • Misaki City is a world unto itself where Science and the "espers" who wield it are functionally indistinguishable from magic and magicians. Railgun follows the often chaotic and destructive life of Misaka Mikoto, gifted with the power to control…
    Graphic Novel, 2019New York, NY : Seven Seas Entertainment, 2019. — TEEN GN KAM
  • The series that got this whole "trapped in another world" genre off the ground, Sword Art Online remains one of the most popular anime series to come to the States. Want to learn what the hype's all about or quickly catch up to the series? The manga…
    Book, 2014New York : Yen Press, 2014. — TEEN FIC KAW
  • Lauded as the best Sword Art Online story yet, the anime franchise has recently begun the Alicization Arc of the light novel series. Want to read ahead or catch up? This is the first book of the new arc that's gotten everyone excited.
    Book, 2016New York, NY : Yen On, 2016. — TEEN FIC KAW
  • Written several decades ago at this point, author Kawahara Reki decided recently to offer up some rewrites and characterization on the original SAO story. If you haven't gotten into this long-running light novel series or the anime, this manga is…
    Graphic Novel, 2015New York : Yen Press, 2015. — TEEN GN KAW