{"id":359914,"date":"2026-07-31T09:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T09:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/anime\/summer-2026-first-episode-awards\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T09:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T09:33:12","slug":"summer-2026-first-episode-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=359914","title":{"rendered":"Summer 2026 First Episode Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Wooper:<\/b><\/span> This has turned out to be a deeper season than I initially predicted. In addition to all the shows we\u2019ll be recognizing after the jump, some of which weren\u2019t even on my radar a month ago, there are promising titles like Sayonara Lara (one of Mario\u2019s top picks), Smoking Behind the Supermarket (one of Amun\u2019s), and The World is Dancing (one of Lenlo\u2019s). Personally, I\u2019ll be keeping up with a handful of summer series over the next few months, but I\u2019m not sure what kind of coverage they\u2019ll receive, if any. There\u2019s a final spring post I need to make, and I want to check in on midseason debuts like Jiyi Guanli Ju and The Ninth Jedi, but that\u2019s all I can promise at the moment. Maybe some of our other writers will spring into action while I\u2019m gone, though \u2013 summer seems as good a season as any to do so!<\/p>\n

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Best First Episode<\/b> (The Death Note Award)<\/i><\/p>\n

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Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n

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Spent All Their Efforts on the First Episode<\/b> (The Kyoukai No Kanata Award)<\/i><\/p>\n

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Kore Kaite Shine<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n

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Best Animation<\/b> (The Samurai Champloo Award)<\/i><\/p>\n

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The Ghost in the Shell<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n

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Season Sleeper<\/b> (The Gargantia Award)<\/i><\/p>\n

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Flaming Dodgeball Girl Danko<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n

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Worst First Episode<\/b> (The Bleach Award)<\/i><\/p>\n

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Mebius Dust<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n

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Exceeded Expectations<\/b> (The Hyouka Award)<\/i><\/p>\n

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Iron Wok Jan<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n

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Best Continuation<\/b> (The Natsume Book of Friends Award)<\/i><\/p>\n

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Polar Opposites S2<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n

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Most Disappointing First Episode<\/b> (The Berserk Award)<\/i><\/p>\n

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Red River<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n

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Best Background Art<\/b> (Made in Abyss Award)<\/i><\/p>\n

Sparks of Tomorrow<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n

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