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CloverWorks' Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid opens in Japanese theaters, the latest film in the Seishun Buta Yarou series as Sakuta Azusagawa confronts a new bout of 'puberty syndrome' tied to his girlfriend Mai's estranged family history.

CloverWorks' BOCCHI THE ROCK! Recap Part 1 opens in Japanese theaters, a compilation film revisiting the TV series' story of socially anxious guitarist Hitori "Bocchi" Gotou joining a high-school rock band, framed with newly animated footage.

Madhouse's adaptation of Chi. Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite begins airing, a historical drama following generations of scholars risking their lives to prove heliocentrism in a fictionalized 15th-century Europe hostile to the idea.

One Piece Fan Letter premieres, a one-off Toei Animation special adapting a chapter of the One Piece novel Mugiwara Stories to mark the 25th anniversary of the One Piece anime, set as the Straw Hats reunite on the Sabaody Archipelago.

MAPPA recuts the Final Chapters specials into a single theatrical feature, Attack on Titan: The Last Attack, adding new footage to close out the anime adaptation of Hajime Isayama's manga on the big screen.

A second season of CloverWorks' Bocchi the Rock!, adapting Aki Hamaji's four-panel manga about a painfully shy guitarist, is announced at a Kessoku Band live event.

Koupen-chan begins broadcast, a one-minute-per-episode slice-of-life anime starring the plush, dumpling-shaped baby emperor penguin character of the same name.

MAPPA recuts the "Hidden Inventory/Premature Death" arc from Jujutsu Kaisen's second season into a standalone theatrical film, adding new footage of Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto's school days before their friendship curdled into rivalry. The arc follows the two strongest sorcerers as they're assigned to protect Riko Amanai, the Star Plasma Vessel, from a cult intent on completing her sacrifice - the mission that ultimately sets both men on their opposing paths.

Takopi's Original Sin follows a cheerful alien named Takopi who lands on Earth to bring happiness to a bullied, lonely fourth-grader, Shizuka, only to confront how much darker her life is than his gadgets can fix.

MAPPA's Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc opens in Japanese theaters, adapting the manga's Reze arc as Denji, now working as a Special Division 4 devil hunter, meets a mysterious café worker with a hidden connection to a Bomb Devil.

The newest mainline entry in the Digimon franchise, Beatbreak imagines a world running on e-Pulse — human thoughts and emotions harvested to power AI devices called Sapotama. When Digimon start materializing out of these devices and feeding on the e-Pulse that powers them, protagonist Tomoro Tenma joins Glowing Dawn, a task force investigating the rogue creatures and the system's darker workings. Animated by Toei Animation, it positions itself as a narrative descendant of the original 1999 Digimon Adventure while building its own emotion-driven premise.

MAPPA's Zombie Land Saga: Yumeginga Paradise opens in Japanese theaters, sending the zombie idol group Franchouchou into a battle to save Saga prefecture from an alien invasion.

MAPPA's follow-up to the Reze Arc film was unveiled at Jump Festa '26, confirming that Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man would continue on screen with an adaptation of the manga's Assassins arc.

MAPPA's third season of Jujutsu Kaisen begins airing, opening the Culling Game arc as Yuji Itadori, wary of returning to Jujutsu High, teams with Choso against cursed spirits unleashed by Noritoshi Kamo across Japan.

Madhouse returns with a second season of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, following the elf mage Frieren and her party through the perilous Northern Plateau on their way to the ancient capital of Aureole.

Star Detective Precure! begins broadcast, the 23rd entry in Toei's long-running magical-girl franchise, following student Anna Akechi after a mysterious pendant flings her back nearly three decades to team up with an aspiring detective and transform into a Precure.

Khara and CloverWorks revealed a brand-new Evangelion anime series at the close of the franchise's 30th anniversary festival, with NieR creator Yoko Taro writing and Kazuya Tsurumaki and Tōko Yatabe directing.

MAPPA confirmed a fourth season of Jujutsu Kaisen, subtitled The Culling Game Part 2, off the back of the third season's finale, continuing Gege Akutami's sorcerer death-game arc.

Dorohedoro's second season streams on Netflix, with MAPPA continuing the story of the amnesiac, lizard-headed Caiman as he closes in on the sorcerer responsible for his cursed appearance.

MAPPA confirmed a third season of Dorohedoro at the end of Season 2's finale, keeping Caiman's grimy hunt through the Hole and the sorcerers' realm going.

Bug Films' adaptation of Kamome Shirahama's Witch Hat Atelier was renewed for a second season right after its first season finished, with Crunchyroll again streaming.

I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day begins airing, a dark fantasy TV anime adapting a Kodansha manga about Sheena, a girl raised in a wartime orphanage that trains its residents as killers, and her uneasy bond with Mimi, an immortal new arrival who cannot die.

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 Elusive Samurai returns for a second season, continuing CloverWorks' TV adaptation of Yusuke Suzuki's manga about the young shogun's heir Hojo Tokiyuki, who survives the fall of the Kamakura shogunate by mastering the art of running away.

MAPPA's remake of Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma ½ returns for a third season on Nippon TV, bringing in new faces such as the Furinkan headmaster voiced by Masako Nozawa.

Aoashi returns after four years with TMS Entertainment taking over from Production I.G, as Ashito Aoi steps up to Tokyo City Esperion's elite A team.

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.

Toei Animation's Dragon Ball Super: Beerus is an enhanced re-edit of Dragon Ball Super with redrawn scenes and new cuts, retelling the story from the God of Destruction's awakening onward.

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

TMS Entertainment's second season of Sakamoto Days continues former legendary hitman Taro Sakamoto's quiet life as a shopkeeper, constantly interrupted by his past.

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.

CloverWorks adapts Sumiko Arai's music-loving girls' love manga Kinioto, in which a trendy high schooler falls for a record-shop clerk without realising the 'guy' is her quiet classmate, with Nirvana's "Breed" as the opening theme.

Madhouse's third season of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, adapting the manga's Golden Land arc, is announced for October 2027.