English Dub Season Review: Spy x Family Season One

Overview:

A spy on an undercover mission gets married and adopts a child as part of his cover. His wife and daughter have secrets of their own, and all three must strive to keep them together.

Our Take:

Not only welcome to the best anime family in years but welcome to one of the best anime of 2022. It was such a fantastic anime that I was so nervous about. Spy x Family is one of my favorite manga to read and I wasn’t even sure it was going to get an anime. When it was finally announced I was hesitant because that was going to bring it to an even bigger audience. I am very happy to inform you that not only was it a smash hit but it made the manga even better.

I’ve always been a fan of Studio Wit so I had a feeling they would do it justice. The animation was stellar and the voice cast was so phenomenal that if you vote in the Crunchyroll Awards basically every VA from this is nominated for the Japanese side of things as well. Natalie Van Sistine and Megan Shipman did fantastic as Yor and Anya respectively. Alex Organ as Loid was also fantastic but his costars just did so great.

What makes this anime such a hit is how wide encompassing it is. There is a little bit of everything to be found in this series. While it’s predominantly a comedy there are some very serious parts. Loid is trying to stop a cold war after all. This anime takes place in as close to 80’s Berlin as possible but makes it ya know… “anime”.

I cannot recommend Spy x Family to you enough. When I voted for the Crunchyroll Awards I noticed that I had voted for this at least seven times. There’s only one anime of 2022 that I would say was better but was such a fantastic anime that I cannot wait for season two and the movie.