Today, July 8th, 2026, marks 10 years since S1E1 of Thunderbolt Fantasy first aired. In honor of this day, we have now made the digital version of our fanzine available for free! Read it in flipbook form online via HeyZine, or download the PDF via Ko-Fi or BOOTH.

See our Carrd site for more details: https://tbfantazine.carrd.co/#digital-en

2025 brought us multiple passion projects from talented women across the anime industry, and we only hope to be as lucky in 2026.

How did we choose our recs?

Participating staff members picked five titles and ranked them. The only rule was that the series or season had to be complete as of December 2025 or been on the air without a break for over a year. This meant that split-cours and ongoing shows that began in 2025 and are still airing were NOT eligible. They’ll be rolled onto any 2026 lists. We did not have enough film recommendations for a stand-alone post this year, so our Mononoke shout-out has been included at the bottom of this list. .

We always want to emphasize that our recommendations are not meant as a rubber-stamp of “Feminist Approval.” Rather, we aim to highlight shows we found valuable and think might appeal to our readers as well, with any content warnings or caveats that might apply.

How are they ranked? 

They’re not, really. We’ve highlighted our “top picks” that received the most staff member votes, but otherwise they’re just organized alphabetically. The team has varying tastes, as do our readers, and we didn’t want to try to put those tastes in a hierarchy.

Hey, you didn’t list my favorite show!

That’s okay! Like we said, we limited ourselves to a Top Five, and everyone has different tastes. If there’s something that slipped under our radar and you think it’s a series other feminist-minded viewers would enjoy, please let us and your fellow readers know in the comments!