Following the highly anticipated summer of 2023, the winter 2024 anime season will kick off in January, with Crunchyroll and a few other streaming platforms/networks showcasing over 40 new, returning and ongoing series to a global audience.

Expected highlights include the anime adaptation of Solo Leveling, the Egghead Island arc in One Piece, and the debut of Studio Bones’ original sci-fi series Metallic Rouge. And that’s before we get into Netflix’s lineup and the anime releases without an international release yet to be scheduled (though we’ll update our selections if that changes).

Discover below some of the most anticipated series to watch out for:

In a world where humans coexist with androids called Neans, a group known as the Immortal Nine rebel against society. Tasked with taking down the rebels, a Nean named Rouge Redstar (aka Metal Rouge) and researcher Naomi Orthmann head to Mars to track them down…but first, Rouge wants some chocolate.