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There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless… ~Next Shine~ premieres on Japanese television, continuing studio MOTHER's light-novel adaptation about a reinvented high schooler juggling confessions from two of her school's most popular students.

A new theatrical anime film of Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina is announced, bringing Jougi Shiraishi's traveling witch Elaina back to the screen for the first time since C2C's 2020 TV series.

A second season of The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows, about an exiled slum-born healer who opens an underground clinic, was announced during the GA FES 2026 livestream.

The DanMachi franchise confirmed a sixth anime season of Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? at its "Aedes Vesta" 10th anniversary event, following the Goddess of the Harvest arc of season 5.

Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None, animation studio42's adaptation of the fantasy about an enchanter cast out of the hero party, announced a second season after its final episode aired.

A second season of the Iseleve anime, based on Miku's light novel about a bullied teen who levels up in another world and brings his new powers home, was announced on the AnimeJapan 2026 stage.

Studio KAI's grim fantasy Sentenced to Be a Hero, about convicts forced to fight demons as expendable 'heroes', was renewed for a second season at AnimeJapan 2026, days after its first season ended.

8-bit begins broadcasting That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4, continuing Rimuru Tempest's story as his push for a human-monster alliance draws resistance from rival demon lords.

Wit Studio begins broadcasting Ascendance of a Bookworm: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke, continuing the light novel adaptation as Myne is adopted into Ehrenfest's ruling family under a new name and thrown into brutal noble training.

A third season of How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord, subtitled ULT, was announced for the ecchi isekai comedy about a socially awkward gamer summoned into his MMO world as its overpowered demon-lord avatar.

White Fox's Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4 begins broadcast, continuing Subaru's search for a way to save Rem, Crusch, and Julius after the costly battle at Priestella.

Studio PuYUKAI's Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Kyuukei Jikan (Break Time) 4th Season begins streaming, the latest run of chibi-style comedy shorts spun off from the Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- franchise.

The final episode of Classroom of the Elite's fourth season closed with the news that a fifth season of the Lerche-animated school thriller is on the way.

The third TV season of Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation begins airing, continuing reincarnated protagonist Rudeus Greyrat's life in a fantasy world built on the light novel series by Rifujin na Magonote.

Publisher Overlap announced a second season of Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers, the laid-back isekai romance about a stranded would-be hero.

Yokohama Animation Lab's Hell Mode: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing Season 2 premieres, continuing the isekai comedy about a min-maxing gamer whose hardcore-mode habits make him overpowered in a poorly balanced fantasy world.

Adapted from the light novel series by Brain's Base, this romantic comedy follows Itsuki Tomonari, an ordinary student secretly recruited to look after Hinako Konohana — the most admired girl at a prestigious academy, whose flawless public image hides a near-total inability to handle basic chores. The show plays the gap between Hinako's polished reputation and her private disasters for laughs while nudging the pair toward an unlikely romance.

Colored Pencil Animation Japan animates Kureha's ayakashi Cinderella romance The Ogre's Bride, following its live-action film earlier in 2026.

Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky premieres, a light-novel adaptation from studio Makaria about a withdrawn university freshman who befriends a blind classmate determined to see fireworks.

Project No.9 adapts Yu Hibari's romantic comedy about a boy whose rough-and-tumble childhood pal turns out to be a demure beauty at his new school.

Saga of Tanya the Evil Season 2 continues the story of the ruthless military officer Tanya Degurechaff as her campaigns for the Empire, and her long defiance of the god-like Being X, escalate.

ENGI returns with the same staff and cast for the long-awaited second season of Yomu Mishima's isekai, as Leon's meddling in the otome game's plot drags him into a kingdom-shaking conspiracy.

The second season of From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman follows Beryl Gardenant settling into his new roles as a special instructor for the Royal Order of Knights and guardian to an orphaned child. That relative calm does not last: the season sends him back to the magic institute, his hometown, the kingdom’s border and a foreign land as new threats surface. Produced by Passione, it continues the light novel adaptation's blend of understated swordplay and fantasy world-building.

Doga Kobo begins broadcasting Though I Am an Inept Villainess: Suuguu Chouso Torikae Den, a light-novel adaptation in which rival noblewomen Keigetsu and Reirin swap bodies through forbidden magic and must survive the political fallout together.

The third season of the reincarnation fantasy moves to GeyeG Pictures, and its first episode airs at midnight on September 28, 2026 in the CBC/TBS Agaru Anime block.

The third season of The Apothecary Diaries begins airing, continuing Maomao's palace intrigue in the wake of the Shi clan's fall as Jinshi confronts his new role and a warning of coming disaster.

ENGI's second season of The Detective Is Already Dead continues Kimihiko Kimizuka's story after the death of the detective who once relied on him.

Silver Link returns with a second season of Sasaki and Peeps, the comedy about a weary salaryman whose pet sparrow turns out to be a reincarnated sage from another world.

C2C's second season of Reincarnated as a Sword continues the story of the sentient sword Teacher and the catgirl Fran as they journey together.

The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World II premieres, Zero-G's second season of the magic-academy fantasy that pits Ray White and his classmates against rival schools and a darker hidden threat.

feel.'s adaptation of the Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle light novels returns for its second cour on October 13, 2026, picking up the popular Chitose's high-school drama.

CloverWorks' Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend, the latest film in the Bunny Girl Senpai series, opens in Japanese theaters.

Shaft continues Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season with a new episode, Wazamonogatari: Karen Ogre, adapting a story from NisiOisin's Off Season novels.

Silver Link's second season continues the story of an assassin reincarnated as Lugh, an aristocrat raised to become an even deadlier killer in his new world.

Doga Kobo's second season of Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian, the romantic comedy about a classmate who flirts in a language she thinks he can't understand, is set to premiere in 2027.

Nexus's The Eminence in Shadow: Lost Echoes, a theatrical sequel to the anime's second season based on Daisuke Aizawa's light novels, is set to open in Japan in 2027.

ENGI's fourth season of the fantasy-parody KonoSuba brings Kazuma's disaster party back for another run, slated for 2027 after being confirmed at the franchise's tenth-anniversary livestream.

The second half of The Apothecary Diaries' third season is announced for April 2027, continuing directly from the season's first part.

Berserk of Gluttony, the fantasy about a gatekeeper whose hunger skill devours his foes' power, returns for a second season set to air in 2027.

Passione's remake of Spice and Wolf returns for a second season in 2027, continuing peddler Lawrence and wolf deity Holo's trade-route journey north.

Gate 2: Tides of Conflict, Studio M2's adaptation of Takumi Yanai's sequel light novels, sends the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force into the Special Region's seas and is due in 2027.

Kinema Citrus brings The Rising of the Shield Hero back for a fifth season in 2027, continuing Naofumi's isekai tale as the shield-wielding hero.