One Piece Chapter 1183 arrives on May 24 with a Weekly Shonen Jump lead cover and a new colorspread by Eiichiro Oda, as the Elbaf arc races toward its midpoint.
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 Episode 4 earned a franchise-record 9.8 on IMDB but ignited a fierce cultural divide between Japanese and Western fans over its Kill Bill-inspired direction.
Re:ZERO Season 4 retook the top spot in Spring 2026's Week 6 fan poll with 8.24 percent of over 5,000 votes, while Agents of the Four Seasons surged ten places to third.
Bandai Namco announced a new visual project for Mobile Suit Gundam Wing at the Gundam Conference Spring 2026, with the producer confirming it will be something long in format.
Netflix revealed the full English dub cast for Akane-banashi, with Abby Trott voicing lead Akane Osaki ahead of the anime's May 17 streaming premiere.
Witch Hat Atelier adds four new cast members as the Knights Moralis, with Junichi Suwabe, Yui Ishikawa, Jun Kasama, and Hiroki Yasumoto debuting in episodes 7 and 8.
Kakao's Piccoma platform will launch an AI-assisted short-form anime category in late May 2026, adapting six webtoon and web novel titles into episode-based animated content.
Crunchyroll is offering its Fan tier at $1.99 per month and Mega Fan at $2.99 per month for three months across 35-plus countries as part of its annual Ani-May celebration.
Science SARU's The Ghost in the Shell anime released its third trailer on May 10, confirming a July 7 premiere on Prime Video with the Puppet Master arc taking center stage.
Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo Vol. 3 debuted at No. 1 on the Oricon weekly manga chart for May 11 with over 134,000 copies sold in its first week.
Patlabor EZY, the franchise's first new anime in over a decade, opens in Japanese theaters on May 15 as an eight-episode series released across three theatrical installments.
AnimeKai, one of the largest remaining anime piracy streaming sites, permanently shut down on May 10 after a data center fire in the Netherlands rendered its infrastructure unusable.
Netflix has reportedly renewed Devil May Cry for a third season before Season 2 even premieres, with production already ramping up at Studio Mir.
Kyoto Animation will adapt John Tarachine's award-winning manga Credits Roll Into the Sea into an anime film directed by Taichi Ishidate, set for a 2027 theatrical release.
Yuji Ohno, the jazz pianist who defined the sound of Lupin III for nearly five decades, died peacefully in his sleep on May 4 at the age of 84.
Fairy Tail's new manga miniseries by creator Hiro Mashima will debut in Weekly Shonen Magazine on July 29, moved up one week after Mashima finished the draft ahead of schedule.
The second season of Medaka Kuroiwa Is Impervious to My Charms unveiled its teaser video, returning cast, and updated staff roster on its newly launched official website.
Original mecha anime Vertex Force from SMDE Animation Studio will premiere in October 2026 with Strike Witches director Kazuhiro Takamura at the helm.
Mamoru Oshii's Armored Trooper Votoms: Die Graue Hexe confirms a two-film theatrical rollout with the first part opening on November 20 in Japanese theaters.
Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe arrives in US theaters on May 15 after a record-breaking Japan run that surpassed 2.3 billion yen.
Studio Bones' Marriagetoxin adaptation has earned strong critical praise for blending dark assassin action with romantic comedy absurdity across its spring 2026 debut on Crunchyroll.
Mamoru Hosoda's Hamlet-inspired anime film Scarlet begins streaming on Netflix India on May 17, roughly three months after its Indian theatrical debut.
Summer 2026 brings a stacked anime season featuring Bleach's climactic finale, a Ghost in the Shell remake by Science SARU, Mushoku Tensei Season 3, and several high-profile debuts.
Eight anime production studios exited the Japanese market between January and September 2025, marking a third consecutive year of rising closures despite the industry reaching record revenue.