Frieren Season 2 , Oshi no Ko Season 3 , Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 , Trigun Stargaze , Hana-Kimi , more anime Crunchyroll announced on Tuesday that it is streaming the following anime ( dub languages streaming at later date in parentheses) for the winter 2026 season: December 20 Blue Miburo Season 2 December 31 Tamon’s B-Side Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None (English, Arabic) January 2 Hitori no Shita - the outcast Season 6 January 3 Sentenced to Be a Hero (English, La

Beyblade Burst 's Hiro Morita draws manga The Japan Professional Basketball League (also known as B.LEAGUE) announced on December 9 a basketball manga titled Stray5 that will launch on Shogakukan 's CoroCia o new manga magazine on December 19. The series will then continue on Shogakukan's Monthly Coro Coro Comics magazine starting in its February 2026 issue, which will ship on January 15. Hiro Morita ( Beyblade Burst ) is drawing the manga with supervision by B.LEAGUE. T

Web manga by artist Con8B launched on December 14 Sunrise revealed on December 11 a new project for its "Mechagurumi" series featuring characters of the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury series in mecha costumes. The new project includes a web manga series, which launched on the anime's official X (formerly Twitter ) account on December 14. Artist Con8B is drawing the manga, with scenario by Kō Yoneyama ( Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury—Vanadis Heart m

New key visual also revealed for anime premiering in April 2026 Shueisha revealed on Tuesday a trailer, more cast and staff members, and a new key visual for the television anime for Jōmyaku and artist Mizuki Yoda 's Marriage Toxin manga. The newly announced cast members include: Anna Nagase as Kyoko Himekawa, who works to recover art that has been unjustly taken and return it to its rightful owners Mariya Ise as Shizuku Ushio, a businesswoman of the underworld and a Wate

Kenshō Ono , Robert Waterman join cast of February 6 film The staff for  Ginga Tokkyū Milky☆Subway Kakueki Teisha Gekijō Iki  ( Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express : Local Train to the Theater), the re-edited film  for  Yōhei Kameyama 's  Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express ( Ginga Tokkyū Milky☆Subway ) anime, revealed the film's key visual drawn by Kameyama, a new trailer, and two more cast members on Tuesday.  The newly announced cast are: Kenshō Ono as Asa

Switch version launched in Japan on February 13 East AsiaSoft announced in a new trailer on Sunday a a physical and digital English language release in Asia in spring for the Nintendo Switch version of Idea Factory 's Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart game. The game's Switch version originally launched in Japan on February 13. Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart shipped for PlayStation Vita in February 2015 in North America and Europe. The game was released fo

Infinity Castle Zenitsu launched on December 2 Aniplex began streaming on Monday a trailer for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles 2, the sequel game to the 2021 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles game, and it reveals that the third DLC character for the "Infinity Castle Part 1 Character Pass," the Infinity Castle version of Akaza, will launch on Friday. A paid Character Pass DLC allows players to use characters who appeared in t

Kei Saikawa , Kotaro Shono debuted manga on February 10 The 21st chapter of Hero Organization writer Kei Saikawa and World’s End Harem artist Kotaro Shono 's Eunuch of Empire ( Mekkoku no Kangan ) manga revealed on Monday that the series will end in three chapters. The next chapter will be published on December 29. Shueisha 's MANGA Plus service is releasing the manga in English, and it describes the story: Eunuchs, the only men allowed to serve in the secret garden kn

New film takes place in "land of yōkai" TOHO revealed the latest anime film in the Crayon Shin-chan series on Saturday. The film is titled Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Kikikaikai! Ora no Yōkai Bake-shon (Crayon Shin-chan The Movie Super Strange! My Yōkai Monster Vacation) (the pun in the title is the word "bake" for monsters sounding the same as the starting katakana used to write the word "vacation"). The film will open during summer vacation 2026. The film will be the 33rd 2D a

TV series starring Chiyuki Miura debuts on January 7 with 60-minute 1st episode Kadokawa revealed on Saturday that Chiai Fujikawa will perform the ending theme song "Inori" (Prayer) for SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table , the television anime of writer Yūshi Ukai and artist Nekometal 's Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table ( Shibō Yūgi de Meshi o Kuu ) light novel series. Fujikawa wrote the lyrics, and Seima Kondō from Elements Garden com

Yūichi Nakamura , Saori Ōnishi join cast; new Couveunge Forest "location visual" also revealed The staff of the television anime of Rocket Shokai 's Sentenced to Be a Hero: The Prison Records of Penal Hero Unit 9004 ( Yūsha-kei ni Shosu: Chōbatsu Yūsha 9004-tai Keimu Kiroku ) light novel series revealed the main promotional video, January 3 debut, more cast, and theme song information on Saturday. SPYAIR will perform the theme song "Kill the Noise." The above video previe

Penultimate episode of My Hero Academia earns 3.4% rating, Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray earns 2.0% rating Masami Hata and Sanrio 's Ringing Bell anime film aired on NHK Educational on Saturday, December 6 at 4:00 p.m. and earned a 0.6% rating. Title Station Date Time Length Average Household Rating Sazae-san Fuji TV December 7 (Sun) 18:30 30 min. 7.4 Detective Conan NTV December 6 (Sat) 18:00 30 min. 6.0 Chibi Maruko-chan Fuji TV December 7 (Sun) 18:00 30 min. 5.9 My Hero

Octopath Traveler 0 Switch version debuts at #5, PS5 version at #8, Switch 2 version at #9 Japan's Game Ranking: December 1-7 Rank System Title Publisher Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 1 NSw 2 Mario Kart World Nintendo June 5 102,435 2,354,146 2 NSw 2 Kirby Air Riders Nintendo November 20 46,737 288,618 3 NSw 2 Pokémon Legends: Z-A Nintendo October 16 44,331 862,377 4 NSw Pokémon Legends: Z-A Nintendo October 16 40,441 1,347,242 5 NSw Octopath Traveler 0 Square Enix

Fumi Yoshinaga 's What Did You Eat Yesterday? , Yūta Tsukada 's RIOT round out top 3 The January 2026 issue of Kadokawa Media Factory 's literary news magazine Da Vinci unveiled its 25th annual "Book of the Year" list last Friday. The magazine's top 30 manga titles are: Ao Kojima 's Hon Nara Uru Hodo (volumes 1-2) Fumi Yoshinaga 's What Did You Eat Yesterday? (volumes 1-24) Yūta Tsukada 's RIOT (volumes 1-3) Maro and Hirochi Maki 's Ohitori-sama Hotel (volumes 1-7) Tsub

Company plans to leverage capital mostly on acquiring Bitcoin, other crypto assets Japanese game developer KLab Inc. announced last Friday that the company has entered into a capital and business alliance with Ultimate Classic Investment (UCI), a United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based investment firm whose investors include members of the UAE royal family. UCI has acquired shares of KLab through third party allotment. In a supplemental document, KLab outlined that UCI now owns 79.

Crunchyroll to stream anime The official website for the television  anime  of Shinya Misu 's You Can't Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! ( Osananajimi to wa LoveCom ni Naranai ) manga began streaming the anime's second main promotional video on Tuesday. The video announces and previews the anime's opening theme song "I Love You♡" by HoneyWorks and the main cast members Rin Kusumi , Yū Serizawa , Sae Hiratsuka , and Yūki Yamamoto . The video also announces the a

Masayuki Suzuki feat. Aoi Koga performs opening song "Abunai Kioku" The staff for the anime of Aka Akasaka 's Kaguya-sama: Love is War manga unveiled the full promotional video, returning cast and staff, and December 31 premiere of Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Otona e no Kaidan  (The Steps to Become an Adult), the anime's new television special ,  on Tuesday. The trailer announces and previews the special's opening theme song "Abunai Kioku" (Dangerous Memory) by Masayuki Su

Girl group HANA performs opening song "Cold Night" The staff for the television anime of Tsurumaikada 's Olympic ice-skating manga Medalist revealed on Tuesday the second season's first full promotional video, new visual, 10 more cast members, and January 24 premiere. The video reveals and previews the opening song "Cold Night" by girl group HANA. The newly announced cast members are: Natsuko Abe as Yūna Yagi, a sixth-grader signed to Meikoh Wind FSC Mao Itou as Rinna Saru

Reo Tatsumori , Maaya Torigoe , Yūya Hirose join anime's cast The official website for the "light anime" adaptation of Tenma Asahi 's Saioshi no Gikei o Mederu Tame, Nagaikishimasu! (In Order to Love My Most Beloved Step-Brother, I'll Live a Long Life!) light novel series started streaming the anime's second promotional video on Tuesday. The video reveals more cast, additional staff, the ending theme song "Endless You" by Shōta Aoi (voice of Orsis), and the anime's Januar

1st 11 chapters available on Viz Viz Media announced on Monday that it is releasing Inoue's #Gal x Gal Yuri (#Gyaru to Gyaru no Yuri) manga as a simulpub. The first 11 chapters are now on the company's website. Viz teases that the story is about two gals who "decide to be more than pals." Inoue, also known as Koharu Inoue , debuted the manga in Shogakukan 's Sunday Webry service on June 10. The first compiled book volume is scheduled to launch on December 26. Inoue launched