The latest anime news, as it happens — new series announcements, season renewals, cast and staff reveals, trailers, delays and industry updates out of Japan, explained without the filler.
Black Clover Season 2 has a new pre-premiere visual, released ahead of the anime’s October 3, 2026 premiere. The show also confirmed the title and synopsis of its first episode, which is called “War Begins,” along with a set of…
The Liar Game anime is getting a second season. The official website for the television anime announced the renewal after the first season wrapped, and it marked the news with a commemorative illustration from character designer Kei Tsuchiya. The timing…
Netflix has confirmed its October 2026 anime line-up for U.S. subscribers, and it is one of its busiest months this year. Two returning seasons premiere on the same weekend, a long-awaited cyberpunk sequel drops all at once, and the second…
The new Naruto anime that Viz teased in September is a crossover, and it finally has details. At the “NARUTO: What’s Next?” panel at New York Comic Con, the franchise revealed that the previously announced “limited” television series is NARUTO…
Future GPX Cyber Formula is returning to theaters, and it is bringing a brand-new short with it. Bandai Namco Filmworks announced on September 26 that its planned new anime short will screen alongside a new HD-remastered “movie edition” of the…
The Monster Strike franchise is getting another anime. MIXI announced on September 27 a new series titled Mera×Death: Shinigami to Boku no Ijō na Koi — roughly, Mera×Death: The Unusual Love Between Me and the Grim Reaper — which will…
Kashiko Amane’s Everyone’s Darling Has a Secret manga is getting a television anime, and it now has a window. A new X account for the adaptation opened on Monday to announce that the series will premiere next April — placing…
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation is not finished with Season 3. The staff announced on September 27 that the season’s second cour will premiere in 2027, confirming the continuation after the first cour’s Episode 14 aired. The announcement came with a…
The One Piece anime has closed out its 2026 broadcast year. Episode 1180, titled “Elbaph in Despair – Diabolical Covenant, ‘Domi Reversi’,” aired on September 27 as the show’s final episode of the year, and the production has confirmed the…
The Katekyo Hitman Reborn! anime has released the creditless version of its sixteenth and final ending sequence, set to “Canvas” by +Plus. The song was used across Episodes 191 to 203, and the video is being published online as part…
Netflix is facing a fresh wave of criticism over STEEL BALL RUN JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, this time aimed at the ending theme rather than the release schedule. Some fans are calling for the song to be replaced after discovering that…
Hiroya Oku, the creator of Gantz, Inuyashiki and GIGANT, has confirmed that he wrote and drew the manga Thunder 3 under the pen name Yuki Ikeda. Oku made the confirmation on social media on Thursday. His reason was straightforward: he…