Anime
Two of autumn 2026 biggest anime sequels swapped studios on the same Sunday
Autumn belongs to The Apothecary Diaries, which returns on 2 October as the only Fall sequel whose last season cracked MyAnimeList's all-time top thirty. Everything else is fighting for second — and two of the season's biggest names changed animation studio on the same Sunday.
September 6, 2026 5:15 pm
The two biggest anime polls disagree about who won Summer 2026
The Summer 2026 season has three weeks left, and the two biggest fan polls cannot agree on what won it. Anime Trending says Goodbye, Lara. Anime Corner says Bleach. Both are defensible, and the disagreement is the most interesting thing about the season.
September 5, 2026 5:10 pm
Pokemon is making a movie about the card game, and OLM is not animating it
Pokémon: Wild Card was announced on Monday at the World Championships in San Francisco — the franchise's first new animated feature since 2020, arriving in 2027. Two things about it break with 29 years of precedent: it is animated by CloverWorks, not OLM, and it is about the card game.
September 4, 2026 4:50 pm
One-Punch Man is going free with its dub for the first time, and Pluto TV is adding 1,300 hours of anime
Pluto TV is adding more than 1,300 hours of anime and launching two new channels in September. The headline for most people: One-Punch Man and Kenichi arrive free with English dubs for the first time anywhere.
September 3, 2026 5:00 pm
My Happy Marriage drops all three special episodes on October 25
Kadokawa confirmed on Monday that all three episodes of the My Happy Marriage anime special drop on October 25 — TV Tokyo at 7:00 p.m. JST, Netflix and other services at 8:30 p.m. the same night. There is a new teaser, a new cast member and an ending theme.
September 1, 2026 4:05 pm
Spice & Wolf: merchant meets the wise wolf season 2 lands in 2027
The official site for Spice & Wolf: merchant meets the wise wolf dropped a second teaser visual on Monday along with the season 2 window: 2027. Passione is animating again, and Kevin Penkin is back on the score.
August 31, 2026 4:40 pm
The Irregular at Magic High School movie is getting a North American theatrical run
The Yotsuba Succession Arc film has been confirmed for cinemas in the United States and Canada this November, after opening across Asia earlier in the year.
August 27, 2026 2:04 pm
Fool Night arrives for Thanksgiving, and it's about a man who wants to become a flower
Kasumi Yasuda's manga gets its adaptation on November 26, animated by Sunrise and Shaft — a pairing that looks wrong on paper and looks extremely correct in motion. The Anime NYC drop included a new trailer plus additional voice cast, and a making-of featurette that has since gone public.
August 26, 2026 3:58 pm
LEGO One Piece drops September 29, narrated by Usopp, and it's canon now
The convention crowd was handed mystery minifigure packs at the door and instructed to hold their Straw Hat aloft. That's how Netflix brought out Jacob Romero — the live-action Usopp — to present LEGO One Piece.
August 25, 2026 9:25 am
Sakamoto Days Season 2 hits January 2027, and the assassins brought reinforcements
TMS Entertainment's adaptation returns in January 2027. Fans got a first teaser back at Annecy in June; the Anime NYC drop was a character trailer, formally introducing three figures from the manga now making it to screen.
August 23, 2026 4:10 pm