Alright, here’s the deal about this website.
My name is Jan Varga (but you can call me MaskaThor). AnimeNextSeason is basically my life’s obsession turned into a webpage, fueled by a deep frustration with the dumpster fire the internet has become.
The IRL Backstory (aka The Grind)
IRL, I’m from Bratislava, the capital city of Slovakia, and as the youngest of five siblings, my childhood was a grind. We were poor, which meant I didn’t get my own PC until I was 18.
Before that, my gaming life was spent on my brother’s computer or in local LAN cafes, fueled by hundreds of games like Starcraft, Diablo 2, Fallout 2, and Counter-Strike.
I was constantly inhaling gaming magazines like SCORE, trying to get any info I could and, of course, for the CDs with free games it came with.
After finally getting my own rig, I poured years into games like Guild Wars 2 and Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. Great games, but they’re pretty much dead now. Naturally, that obsession eventually bled over into anime.
My gateway was the little anime that could: Neon Genesis Evangelion. That, and Gundam Seed later in 2008. I still remember the nights spent downloading all 50 episodes and the sequels to Gundam Seed.
The moment I was done, I jumped right into D.Gray-man.
Fast forward to today, and I’ve somehow watched over 1,000 different anime series. I’ve played hundreds of games and became a gacha player… and you really don’t want to know the money I’ve spent on Genshin Impact.
These days, I’m mostly watching currently airing anime and keeping up with my gacha accounts in Genshin, Wuthering Waves, Honkai: Star Rail, and ZZZ. Most importantly, I track all the news and info about this stuff, so you don’t have to.
But being this deep in the fandom, I started to notice a huge problem.
The Villain Origin Story (Why This Site Exists)
So, why start a whole website?
Honestly? I got pissed off.
Back in 2018, I was desperately searching for any real news about Accel World Season 2. The top result on Google was a fake Amazon Prime listing claiming they had it. It was insulting. I was completely fed up with the clickbait and misinformation.
That same night, I registered the domain for AnimeNextSeason.
The sad thing is, it’s only gotten worse. Today, the top of Google is often AI-generated slop with wrong info, followed by a Youtube “AI voice video,” and then, still, that same fake Amazon listing. It’s a mess.
This site is my stand against that.
About The Mission (aka The TL;DR)
The internet is full of clickbait, low-effort listicles, and straight-up misinformation designed to waste your time.
My mission here is simple: to help you “skip to the good stuff.”
This site is my personal answer to that garbage. I do the obsessive, spreadsheet-level research so you don’t have to. I deliver straight-up news and info on anime, gacha, and gaming.
That way, you can spend less time searching and more time watching and playing. Simple as that. If you have any questions, you can always reach out to me directly.