2026 in anime

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Events in 2026 in anime .

Releases

Films

A list of anime films that will be released in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2026.

Contents

Release dateTitleStudioDirector(s)Running time (minutes)Ref
January 1 Meikyū no Shiori Sanzigen Shōji Kawamori [1]
January 9 All You Need Is Kill Studio 4°C Kenichiro Akimoto [2]
January 30 Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! – Act 2 Masami Shimoda [3]
Kusunoki no Bannin
Tomohiko Itō [4]
Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe Bandai Namco Filmworks Shūkō Murase [5]
February 13 Shin Gekijōban Gintama: Yoshiwara Daienjō Bandai Namco Pictures Naoya Ando [6]
The Dangers in My Heart: The Movie Shin-Ei Animation Hiroaki Akagi [7]
February 20 Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199: Part 5: The Incandescent Galactic War Satelight
  • Harutoshi Fukui (Chief)
  • Naomichi Yamato
[8]
February 27 Doraemon: Nobita and the New Castle of the Undersea Devil Shin-Ei Animation Tetsuo Yajima [9]
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Tears of the Azure Sea Eight Bit [10]
February Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Walpurgisnacht: Rising Shaft
  • Akiyuki Shinbo
  • Yukihiro Miyamoto
[11]
March 6A New Dawn
Yoshitoshi Shinomiya [12]
Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! – Act 3 Masami Shimoda [3]
March 13 Paris ni Saku Étoile Arvo Animation Gorō Taniguchi [13]
March 20 Gekijōban Ansatsu Kyōshitsu: Minna no Jikan Lerche Masaki Kitamura [14]
April 10 Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! – Act 4 Masami Shimoda [3]

Television series

A list of anime television series that will debut between January 1 and December 31, 2026.

First run start and end datesTitleEpisodesStudioDirector(s)Original titleRef
January 3 Fate/strange Fake A-1 Pictures
  • Shun Enokido
  • Takahito Sakazume
[15]
January 8 The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife Project No.9 Mitsuho SetaTōmei Otoko to Ningen Onna: Sonouchi Fūfu ni Naru Futari [16]
January 10 Fire Force (season 3, part 2) David Production Tatsuma MinamikawaEn'en no Shōbōtai [17]
January 16 Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (season 2) Madhouse Tomoya KitagawaSōsō no Frieren [18]
January A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation SynergySP Kenta NodaOdayaka Kizoku no Kyūka no Susume [19]
January A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans Asread Akira IwanagaJingai Kyōshitsu no Ningen-girai Kyōshi [20]
January Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You (season 2) Typhoon Graphics Junichi YamamotoDōse, Koishite Shimaunda [21]
January Chained Soldier (season 2)
Masafumi TamuraMato Seihei no Slave [22]
January Champignon no Majo Yōsuke Kubo [23]
January Dark Moon: The Blood Altar Troyca Shōko ShigaDark Moon: Kuro no Tsuki – Tsuki no Saidan [24]
January Dead Account SynergySP Keiya Saitō [25]
January Does It Count If You Lose Your Virginity to an Android? Nyan Pollution-ω-Neko BAndroid wa Keiken Ninzū ni Hairimasu ka?? [26]
January Golden Kamuy (season 5) Brain's Base Shizutaka Sugahara [27]
January Hana-Kimi Signal.MD Natsuki TakemuraHanazakari no Kimitachi e [28]
January Hell Mode: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing Yokohama Animation Laboratory Masato TamagawaHell Mode: Yarikomizuki no Gamer wa Hai Settei no Isekai de Musō Suru [29]
January Hell's Paradise (season 2) MAPPA Kaori MakitaJigokuraku [30]
January Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube (part 2) Studio Kai Yasuyuki ŌishiJigoku Sensei Nube [31]
January Hikuidori SynergySP [32]
January Ikoku Nikki Shuka Miyuki Oshiro [33]
January In the Clear Moonlit Dusk East Fish Studio Yūsuke MaruyamaUruwashi no Yoi no Tsuki [34]
January Jujutsu Kaisen (season 3, part 1) MAPPA [35]
January Kaya-chan Isn't Scary East Fish Studio Hiroshi IkehataKaya-chan wa Kowakunai [36]
January Kunon the Sorcerer Can See Platinum Vision Hideaki ŌbaMajutsu-shi Kunon wa Mieteiru [37]
January Medalist (season 2) ENGI Yasutaka Yamamoto [38]
January MF Ghost (season 3) Felix Film [39]
January My Hero Academia: Vigilantes (season 2) Bones Film Kenichi SuzukiVigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals [40]
January Noble Reincarnation: Born Blessed, So I'll Obtain Ultimate Power CompTownMichio FukudaKizoku Tensei: Megumareta Umare kara Saikyō no Chikara o Eru [41]
January Oshi no Ko (season 3) Doga Kobo Daisuke Hiramaki [42]
January Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table Studio Deen Souta UenoShibō Yūgi de Meshi o Kū [43]
January Saioshi no Gikei o Mederu Tame, Nagaikishimasu!
  • Imagica Infos
  • Imageworks Studio
Yūsuke Morishita [44]
January Scum of the Brave OLM Shinji UshiroYūsha no Kuzu [45]
January Sentenced to Be a Hero Studio Kai Hiroyuki TakashimaYūsha-kei ni Shosu: Chōbatsu Yūsha 9004-tai Keimu Kiroku [46]
January Tamon's B-Side J.C.Staff Chika NagaokaTamon-kun Ima Dotchi!? [47]
January The Case Book of Arne Silver Link Keisuke InoueArne no Jikenbo [48]
January The Daily Life of a Single 29-Year-Old Adventurer HornetsRiki Fukushima29-sai Dokushin Chūken Bōkensha no Nichijō [49]
January The Darwin Incident Bellnox FilmsNaokatsu TsudaDarwin Jihen [50]
January The Holy Grail of Eris Ashi Productions Morita to JunpeiEris no Seihai [51]
January The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter Studio Deen Shinji Ishihara Isekai no Sata wa Shachiku Shidai [52]
January The Villainess Is Adored by the Prince of the Neighbor Kingdom Studio Deen Takayuki Hamana Akuyaku Reijō wa Ringoku no Ōtaishi ni Dekiai Sareru [53]
January 'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess (season 2) Pine Jam Hime-sama "Gōmon" no Jikan desu [54]
January Trigun Stargaze Orange Masako Satō [55]
January Wash It All Away Okuruto Noboru Kenta ŌnishiKirei ni Shite Moraemasu ka [56]
January Yoroi Shinden Samurai Troopers Sunrise Yōichi Fujita [57]
January You and I Are Polar Opposites Lapin Track Takakazu NagatomoSeihantai na Kimi to Boku [58]
January You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! Tezuka Productions Osananajimi to wa LoveCom ni Naranai [59]
January Yūsha Party o Oidasareta Kiyōbinbō: Party Jijō de Fuyojutsushi o Yatteita Kenshi, Bannō e to Itaru animation studio42Hiroyuki Kanbe [60]
April A Tale of the Secret Saint Felix Film Tomoe MakinoTensei Shita Daiseijo wa, Seijo de Aru Koto o Hitakakusu [61]
April Daemons of the Shadow Realm Bones Film Masahiro AndōYomi no Tsugai [62]
April Kamiina Botan, Yoeru Sugata wa Yuri no Hana SoigneTakashi Sakuma [63]
April Scenes from Awajima Madhouse Morio Asaka Awajima Hyakkei [64]
April The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten (season 2) Project No.9 Chihiro KumanoOtonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsu no Ma ni ka Dame Ningen ni Sareteita Ken [65]
April The Barbarian's Bride Jumondou Takayuki TanakaHimekishi wa Barbaroi no Yome [66]
April The Beginning After the End (season 2) Studio A-Cat Keitaro MotonagaSaikyō no Ōsama, Nidome no Jinsei wa Nani o Suru? [67]
April The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior (season 2) OLM Team Yoshioka Norio NittaHigeki no Genkyō to naru Saikyō Gedō Last Boss Joō wa Min no tame ni Tsukushimasu [68]
April The Ramparts of Ice Studio Kai MankyūKoori no Jyōheki [69]
April Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun (season 4)Mairimashita! Iruma-kun [70]
April Wistoria: Wand and Sword (season 2)
  • Tatsuya Yoshihara (Chief)
  • Hideaki Nakano
Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria [71]

Original video animations

A list of original video animations that will debut between January 1 and December 31, 2026.

First run start and end datesTitleEpisodesStudioDirector(s)Original titleRef
March 27 The Idolmaster Million Live! 1 Shirogumi Shinya Watada [72]

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