With January halfway over, the Winter anime season is well underway. 2019 introduces a bunch of series to watch on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Crunchyroll, Funimation, and Hidive, as well as several movie premieres to see in theaters. Below, you`ll find our top five recommendations for the season, as well as a list of every other anime we know about that`s coming out in the United States between January and March. Keep in mind, these recommendations have been made based on these series` first few episodes and--if available--corresponding source material.Be sure to check out our recommendations of what to watch from last season if you`re looking for an older show to binge. And if you haven`t already, submit your votes for Crunchyroll`s third annual Anime Awards. The deadline is January 18.On its first episode alone, The Promised Neverland is set to be one of the best series of the season. The anime brings to life one of the greatest Shonen Jump manga from the past few years and implements minor changes that up the tension of an already fairly pulse-pounding thriller. I really don`t want to spoil anything about this show, as its suspenseful twists are best experienced without any prior knowledge. However, it`s worth noting that the anime reworks the beginning of the manga`s story for the better by implementing details from later narrative arcs to improve the portrayal and growth of its characters. Hopefully this decision to tweak important people continues throughout the season--the manga has a problematic portrayal of black women that definitely should be improved in some way--without too much being done to Emma, the best female protagonist that Shonen Jump has ever seen. As is, the show`s animation already perfectly captures the abrupt shifts in the characters` state of mind, and the use of sound really hammers home those transitions.The Promised Neverland is available on Crunchyroll, Funimation, Hulu, and Hidive.Also this Winter, there`s Mob Psycho 100 I ...
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