The Quintessential Quintuplets franchise unveiled two new anime projects at a May 2 Tokyo event, including a TV adaptation of Hajime Asano's Four Seasons sequel novels and a separate original OVA.
Netflix's Stage 2 pivot to weekly Steel Ball Run episodes in fall 2026 was supposed to end the uproar. The JoJo fandom has other ideas, and the cursed Johnny Joestar memes keep coming.
Jyura's romance manga Kanojo no Tomodachi will receive a TV anime adaptation in 2026 under WWWave Corporation's Deregula short-form anime label.
The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 closed its 24-episode run as the highest-rated TV anime of 2025 on MAL, with critics praising its political depth and Aoi Yuki's central performance even as a few flagged pacing.
Cygames has acquired all shares of veteran 3DCG and VFX studio Griot Groove, whose credits span Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Ninja Gaiden 4, Attack on Titan and Chainsaw Man.
Mochimaru Sakaki's SQEX Novel fantasy series The World's Strongest Witch is heading to TV in October 2026, with Joji Furuta directing at Bridge and Aisle and Azusa Tachibana voicing Lorna.
Netflix's June 2026 anime lineup brings Shangri-La Frontier Season 2, Assassination Classroom Season 2, and One Piece Season 33 on June 1, plus weekly episodes of One Piece: Elbaf Arc and Kill Blue.
Netflix will release the second seasons of My Dress-Up Darling, Blue Lock, and Mushoku Tensei on May 25, 2026, though Mushoku Tensei remains unavailable in the United States.
MAPPA's Chainsaw Man The Movie: Reze Arc earned a Best Foreign Animation/Family nomination at the 26th Golden Trailer Awards, with the ceremony set for May 28 in Beverly Hills.
Newtoki, Manatoki, and Booktoki permanently shut down in late April 2026 ahead of South Korea's emergency copyright blocking law taking effect on May 11.
Netflix India added a Hindi dub for the Witch Hat Atelier anime on May 1, streaming episodes simultaneously alongside the Japanese broadcast.
Takeru Hokazono's Shonen Jump hit Kagurabachi will receive a TV anime adaptation in April 2027 from Studio Cypic, with a global world tour screening the first 20 minutes of episode one starting summer 2026.
Netflix's May 2026 anime lineup drops over a dozen titles across the month, from Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 and One Piece batch episodes on day one to Devil May Cry Season 2 and a late-month sequel triple-header.
Studio Bones' adaptation of Hiromu Arakawa's Daemons of the Shadow Realm has surged to third in weekly anime polls and pushed all 12 manga volumes onto Oricon charts within weeks of its April premiere.
Netflix and Twin Engine will release The Ribbon Hero, a new anime film adapting Osamu Tezuka's Princess Knight, directed by Yuuki Igarashi at studio OUTLINE in August 2026.
Crunchyroll is streaming Hindi, Tamil and Telugu simulcast dubs for four Spring 2026 anime in India, including Liar Game, Marriage Toxin, Eren the Southpaw and The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King.
Crunchyroll brings its biggest-ever India activation to Mumbai Comic Con on May 9-10, headlined by Solo Leveling voice actor Taito Ban and A-1 Pictures producer Atsushi Kaneko.
WIT Studio's The One Piece remake will premiere globally on Netflix in February 2027, delivering all seven episodes and roughly 300 minutes of reimagined East Blue saga content at once.
Sentenced to Be a Hero is officially returning for a second season at Studio KAI, with Crunchyroll locking in worldwide streaming and a companion game project also revealed at AnimeJapan 2026.
Crunchyroll will bring Attack on Titan: The Last Attack back to more than 280 theaters across the United States and Canada for a one-night 4K presentation on May 18.
A new My Hero Academia anime short adapting Kohei Horikoshi's 'I am a hero too' will arrive in summer 2026, following an adult Eri eight years after Deku's U.A. graduation.
Takaya Kagami, Yamato Yamamoto and Daisuke Furuya's vampire saga Seraph of the End will conclude with its 37th tankobon, with roughly four to five chapters left to publish in Jump SQ.
SHAFT's Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Walpurgisnacht Rising drops a third trailer introducing two new magical girls voiced by Shion Wakayama and Tomoyo Kurosawa, with the film opening in Japan on August 28.
Muse India has added free Hindi, Tamil and Telugu dubbed episodes of the One Punch Man anime to its streaming service, opening up Saitama's adventures to a wider Indian audience.