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The second Mononoke film, Chapter II: The Ashes of Rage, opens in Japanese theaters, continuing the Medicine Seller's story as he is drawn into a spirit-haunted Edo-era harem consumed by rivalry and hidden rage.

Paper Plane Animation Studio's original series To Be Hero X begins streaming, set in a world where public trust is quantified and channeled into ordinary people's superpowers.

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.

Ling Long 2, a Chinese ONA continuing the original series, begins release, following former Wilderness Hunter Commander Marc as he confronts a lighthouse-destroying apocalypse guided by the mysterious Bai Yuekui.

Lost in Starlight premieres on Netflix, a South Korean animated science-fiction romance following astronaut hopeful Nan-young and musician Jay as a chance meeting draws them together across very different dreams.

HMCH's The Legend of Hei 2 opens in Chinese theaters, continuing spirit-cat Hei's adventures as he and fellow disciple Luye uncover a conspiracy threatening the human and spirit worlds.

Wit Studio's My Melody & Kuromi begins streaming on Netflix, a Sanrio series following the two rival mascots as they open competing sweet shops in the town of Mariland.

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.

Monster's Egg's bite-sized web anime brings the mofusand cat illustrations to life, following Shark Meow, a clumsy tabby in a shark costume, and friends through cozy seasonal moments.

Right after the Stairway to Adulthood TV special aired, the Kaguya-sama: Love Is War anime announced a theatrical finale built on a new original story by creator Aka Akasaka.

The Netflix original anime Love Through A Prism (Prism Rondo) begins streaming, a Wit Studio-produced coming-of-age drama set at a London art academy in the early 1900s.

Cosmic Princess Kaguya!, a Studio Colorido and Studio Chromato reimagining of The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, streams on Netflix, blending Japan's oldest folktale with music and modern animation.

Studio Gohan's Playing Sister begins streaming, a psychological thriller about a middle schooler who comes to suspect the sister just discharged from the hospital isn't really her sister at all.

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.

Studio Khara debuts a new short Evangelion animation at the "EVANGELION:30+" 30th-anniversary fan event in Yokohama Arena, marking three decades since Neon Genesis Evangelion's original broadcast.

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.

EXCEEDS: Gun Blaze Vengeance is Seven Arcs’ newest entry in the long-running Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha franchise, but it's a fresh original story rather than a continuation of Nanoha's own arc: thirty years after mysterious "invasive alien species" nearly destroyed the world, a UN agency called EXCEEDS fights to contain the ongoing fallout. It centers on Shina Hisase, a young extermination hunter on the remote island nation of Mizuho, trying to protect her younger sister Setsuna as the agency pulls her deeper into its operations.

Set during Japan's postwar economic boom, Grow Up Show follows the struggling Sunflower Circus troupe as ringmaster Maria and her performers try to keep the show running on a shoestring budget. Everything changes when they take in Mizuka Tsurumaki, a natural-born circus prodigy, and set their sights on a spot at the prestigious nationwide Circus Collection festival. Animated by A-1 Pictures, it is an original coming-of-age story built around the discipline and spectacle of circus performance.

Kinema Citrus's Goodbye, Lara premieres, a TV anime in which a mermaid princess who traded her voice for a chance at human love wakes at Lake Biwa two centuries later for one final chance to break the witch's curse.

Shenman Entertainment’s Yi Zhan Cangqiong begins streaming, a Chinese donghua following Gu An, a crippled young man who seizes the power of an ancient god at his lowest moment and turns it against the enemies who wronged him. The 26-episode ONA leans into a familiar but reliably popular power-fantasy setup — a written-off protagonist ascending to godlike strength to settle old scores.

False Memory (2026), a Chinese donghua original streamed on Bilibili, follows Guan Chao's search for the "Burning Stone" needed to power his Time Gun, an accidental fall into the Memory Administration Bureau, and the fights to recover corrupted memories with fellow administrators.

Studio LAN's third season of Link Click (Shiguang Dailiren) resumes the story of Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang, two friends running Time Photo Studio, where Xiaoshi can enter a client's photograph and relive the pictured moment to help solve their problems.

Production I.G spins Kaiju No. 8's eccentric Division 1 captain Gen Narumi off into a short original anime about his days off the battlefield.

TOHO animation STUDIO's The Apothecary Diaries: The Deceased Empress' Treasure, an original film story by Natsu Hyuuga, opens in Japanese theaters.

Sword Art Online returns to cinemas with Integral Domain, an original movie from A-1 Pictures and Psyde Kick Studio that brings Kirito and Asuna back, due in Japanese theaters in 2028.