The Summer 2021 Preview Guide

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Welcome to Anime News Network's Summer 2021 Preview Guide! Here's how it goes: our team of critics write up their impressions instantly, to be posted here as they go along. Each critic will cover as many shows as they can handle, giving you alternate takes on most every show.

The guide is ongoing, organized by series and updated multiple times a day. Throughout the next week or two, we'll be updating as often as possible with new perspectives on new episodes from our team of critics. New reviews will be posted as soon as they're written, with each critic's name being added to the roster beneath the show's title. Check back a couple of times every day during the guide, and you're likely to see new shows pop up with multiple takes to enjoy!

Please remember that this is a preview guide. It is designed to give you a taste of the first episode of a show with a preliminary opinion and a few thoughts on whether or not the show has potential. These are not intended to be blanket judgments of these series as a whole. All reviews use the same ratings scale: 1-5, with 1 being the lowest.

Click on the survey at the top of each show's page to vote for your personal score and see how other people scored the show!

Scarlet Nexus Rebecca Silverman, Richard Eisenbeis James Beckett, Kim Morrissy Caitlin Moore, Nicholas Dupree	IDOLiSH7 Third Beat! Rebecca Silverman	Sonny Boy Rebecca Silverman, Richard Eisenbeis James Beckett, Nicholas Dupree Caitlin Moore
Peach Boy Riverside Nicholas Dupree, Rebecca Silverman James Beckett, Caitlin Moore Kim Morrissy, Richard Eisenbeis	Higurashi: When They Cry – SOTSU Rebecca Silverman, Lynzee Loveridge	The Case Study of Vanitas Rebecca Silverman, Nicholas Dupree James Beckett, Caitlin Moore Richard Eisenbeis
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X James Beckett, Nicholas Dupree Rebecca Silverman, Caitlin Moore Richard Eisenbeis	Girlfriend, Girlfriend Nicholas Dupree, James Beckett Rebecca Silverman, Caitlin Moore Richard Eisenbeis	Remake Our Life! Caitlin Moore, James Beckett Rebecca Silverman, Nicholas Dupree Richard Eisenbeis
The Honor Student at Magic High School Rebecca Silverman, Richard Eisenbeis	Kageki Shoujo!! James Beckett, Nicholas Dupree Rebecca Silverman, Caitlin Moore Richard Eisenbeis	How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom Nicholas Dupree, Rebecca Silverman James Beckett, Caitlin Moore Richard Eisenbeis
RE-MAIN Nicholas Dupree, Rebecca Silverman James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis	The Duke of Death and His Maid James Beckett, Nicholas Dupree Rebecca Silverman, Caitlin Moore Richard Eisenbeis	Getter Robo Arc James Beckett, Nicholas Dupree Rebecca Silverman
The Detective Is Already Dead Nicholas Dupree, Rebecca Silverman James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis Caitlin Moore	Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan James Beckett, Lynzee Loveridge Nicholas Dupree, Rebecca Silverman Caitlin Moore, Richard Eisenbeis	Seirei Gensouki - Spirit Chronicles Nicholas Dupree, Rebecca Silverman James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2 Part 2 Richard Eisenbeis	Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy- Nicholas Dupree, Rebecca Silverman James Beckett, Caitlin Moore Richard Eisenbeis	Drug Store in Another World - The Slow Life of a Cheat Pharmacist Caitlin Moore, Nicholas Dupree Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett Richard Eisenbeis
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S James Beckett, Rebecca Silverman Richard Eisenbeis, Caitlin Moore	The aquatope on white sand James Beckett, Rebecca Silverman Nicholas Dupree, Richard Eisenbeis	The Dungeon of Black Company Rebecca Silverman, Nicholas Dupree James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis Caitlin Moore
D_Cide Traumerei the Animation James Beckett, Rebecca Silverman Richard Eisenbeis, Caitlin Moore	Battle Game in 5 Seconds Nicholas Dupree, James Beckett Rebecca Silverman, Caitlin Moore Richard Eisenbeis	Love Live! Superstar!! James Beckett, Nicholas Dupree Caitlin Moore
Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory Preview Nicholas Dupree, James Beckett Rebecca Silverman, Richard Eisenbeis Caitlin Moore	Night Head 2041 Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett Nicholas Dupree, Richard Eisenbeis Caitlin Moore	BEASTARS Season 2 Richard Eisenbeis, Nicholas Dupree James Beckett
The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace Richard Eisenbeis, James Beckett Nicholas Dupree	The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated James Beckett, Nicholas Dupree Richard Eisenbeis, Rebecca Silverman	Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Season 2 Richard Eisenbeis