Made in Abyss: Mezameru Shinpi Anime Fall 2026 - Made in Abyss: Mezameru Shinpi, the first installment of the new Made in Abyss theatrical anime series, will begin screening this fall. A teaser video has been released. The anime began in 2017 with a TV series, which was followed by 2020’s Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul anime movie and the 2022 second season Made In Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun. The existence of another new anime was announced in 2024.
The Made in Abyss manga debuted n 2012 and has 14 volumes as of August 2025, It is serialized on Web Comic Gamma. Made in Abyss is inspired by the Takeshobo-published dark fantasy adventure manga by Akihito Tsukushi.
Ichijyoma Mankitsu Gurashi TV Anime Reveals Teaser - A teaser trailer and main voice cast have been revealed for the upcoming Ichijyoma Mankitsu Gurashi TV anime series. The anime will premiere in Japan in April 2026. REMOW announced that it has licensed the anime for global streaming, with more information on platform releases to be revealed at a later date. The company also unveiled an English-subtitled version of the teaser trailer.
Toshinori Watabe (Ninja Vs. Gokudo, Fairy Tail 100 Years Quest, Edens Zero Season 2) is directing the anime series, with Fumiya Uehara as the character designer and MONACA (Aharen-san wa Hakarenai) as music composer. PRA is in charge of the animation production.
Meiko Morita, a high schooler living in Akita, is suddenly selected as a special transfer student to the prestigious girls’ school Amamiya Girls’ Academy. With both excitement and nerves, she heads to Tokyo to begin her new life.
But what awaits her isn’t a typical student dorm it’s a manga café called “Hedgehog”, which also functions as a shared dormitory! Living in a tiny one-tatami room and working at the café as part of her daily duties, Meiko finds herself surrounded by quirky fellow residents and so begins her slightly strange, manga-filled Tokyo life!
Dorohedoro Season 2 April Premiere - A new key visual has been revealed for the upcoming second season of Dorohedoro, which will premiere worldwide via streaming on April 1, 2026. It has not yet been announced which international streaming platforms will release the second season.
TOHO Animation’s official English Twitter/X account unveiled an English version of the new visual. It also announced that the first season will be available on “even more platforms” starting on March 8, 2026. More details will be confirmed at a later date.
Yuichiro Hayashi (Attack on Titan Final Season) returns to direct the second season, with Hiroshi Seko (Attack on Titan Final Season) as series composer, Tomohiro Kishi (Attack on Titan: The Last Attack) as character designer, and Fuminori Nomoto as 3DCG director. MAPPA is handling the animation production, having previously worked on season one.
The anime is based on the dark fantasy action manga series by Q Hayashida, which debuted in the now-defunct Monthly IKKI magazine on November 30, 2000 and was serialized there until September 25, 2014. It later moved to the magazine Hibana, which also ceased publication, where it ran from March 6, 2015 to August 7, 2017. The series was then transferred to Shogakukan’s Monthly Shonen Sunday on November 10, 2017, where it ran until September 12, 2018. Twenty-three tankobon volumes have been released in total.
Synopsis:
In a city so dismal it’s known only as “the Hole,” a clan of Sorcerers have been plucking people off the streets to use as guinea pigs for atrocious “experiments” in the black arts. In a dark alley, Nikaido found Caiman, a man with a reptile head and a bad case of amnesia. To undo the spell, they’re hunting and killing the Sorcerers in the Hole, hoping that eventually they’ll kill the right one. But when En, the head Sorcerer, gets word of a lizard-man slaughtering his people, he sends a crew of “cleaners” into the Hole, igniting a war between two worlds.
The original manga series was serialized in August 2018 in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine. It has released 37 manga volumes as of February 2026. The series inspired an anime adaptation, a spin-off manga, a stage play adaptation, books, and novels.
To You in the Beyond Anime Film October Release - The anime film To You in the Beyond (Doko yori mo Toi Basho ni Iru Kimi e), an adaptation of the novel by Akiko Abe, has received a super teaser video and an October 9 release date. Junichi Wada (High Card, Caligula, WorldEnd) is directing the movie, which sees a boy with a secret discovering a mysterious girl as she’s downed on a beach. Sayaka Kuwamura is the scriptwriter, while illustrator hechima ( Cosmic Princess Kaguya! Tsukuyomi character designer) is the character designer and chief animation director. The animation production is handled by TMS Entertainment Studio 6.
There will be an insert song from the artist Tota with the title “Balsam.” Last month, To You in the Beyond was reported to be part of distributor and co-producer (the business type) Shochiku‘s 2026 slate, with a release window of fall 2026. The original novel was released in 2017 under the Shueisha Orange Bunko label and won the 22nd Honya Taisho Award.
Observation Records of My Fiancée 1st Character Trailer - The first character trailer for the upcoming Observation Records of My Fiancée: The Misadventures of a Self-Proclaimed Villainess TV anime series has been revealed spotlighting the heroine Bertia. The anime is scheduled to premiere in Japan sometime in 2026.
Junichi Yamamoto (Maebashi Witches, More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers) is directing the anime series, with Miki Matsumoto (Summer Time Rendering) as character designer and Akiko Inoue (GeGeGe no Kitaro Season 6 and One Piece co-scriptwriter) as series composer and scriptwriter. Ashi Productions is in charge of the animation production for the series.
Meanwhile, the main voice cast stars Miyu Tomita as Bertia Ibil Noches and Yusuke Kobayashi as Prince Cecil Glo Alphasta.
The romance fantasy light novel series is written by Shiki and illustrated by Wan Hachipisu. It was published under AlphaPolis’ Regina Books imprint with the Japanese title Jisho Akuyaku Reijo na Konyakusha no Kansatsu Kiroku from May 4, 2017 to September 5, 2017. A total of two volumes were released in Japan. The series began as a web novel on Shosetsuka ni Naro from 2016 to 2017.
A manga adaptation by Natsume Hasumi ran on AlphaPolis’s Regina magazine from May 7, 2018 to August 6, 2021. It was also digitally released in English on the Alpha Manga website.
An ongoing sequel light novel series titled Jisho Akuyaku Reijo na Tsuma no Kansatsu Kiroku was launched on April 5, 2022. Five volumes have been published as of June 2025. A manga adaptation of the sequel series was launched in March 2022, and is also available on Alpha Manga.
Synopsis:
Exceptionally gifted to his own detriment, Prince Cecil had always found life effortlessly mundane. One ordinary day, his life took an unexpected turn when he became engaged to Miss Bertia, the Chancellor’s daughter. This engagement, however, was anything but typical.
“Prince Cecil! I must confess I am the villain of this story!” Bertia’s declaration was startling. She claimed to have memories of her former life, where she had been the antagonist in a “Otome game”. Her lofty ambition was to excel as a villainess and thus have her engagement annulled. However, despite her plans for various misdeeds, her attempts have always been unsuccessful.
Is her fiancé, who aspires to master villainous finesse, simply misguided in his endeavours?
Titan Manga Previews Gizmo Riser Volume 1 Art & Cover - Titan Manga has released an exclusive preview of select art pages and the front cover for the first volume of Roku Souna’s Gizmo Riser. The upcoming first volume will be available at bookstores, comic shops, and digital retailers on February 17, 2026. Souna serialized the manga on Mag Garden’s MAGCOMI website from May 30, 2024 to May 2, 2025. A total of two tankobon volumes were released in Japan.
Synopsis:
In the towering kingdom of Urunaria, society is literally built on inequality. The wealthiest reside at the top, while the poor are confined to the dark, crumbling depths below.
For Kuro, a young slave raised by his uncle in the lowest levels, life offers no future – only labor, loss, and silence. But when his uncle is executed by the state, Kuro inherits a mysterious device: Gizmo – a pair of mechanical gloves with the power to grip, scale, and defy the very system built to crush him.
Armed with nothing but this outlawed tool and his burning desire for freedom, Kuro begins his ascent, both up the tower and against a society that deems him worthless.
Grow Up Show Previews New Visual - The upcoming circus-themed original anime Grow Up Show has gotten its first character visual of the year (the fourth in the series). It highlights Svetlana and Shizuku Sakawa, who appear to be aerialists based on the visual and some of the lines in the accompanying X/Twitter caption.
Grow Up Show (Grow Up Show ~Himawari no Circus-dan) is scheduled to begin airing this year. The anime is produced by A-1 Pictures and its new Psyde Kick Studio label, with Saekano -How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend‘s Kanta Kamei (director of the series and chief director of the movie) directing.
Takeshi Kikuchi (Skeleton Knight in Another World) is the series composer and scriptwriter, while Kurehito Misaki (Saekano light novels’ illustrator) is the original character designer. Misaki has been the artist for the character visuals so far.
The Vermilion Mask Anime Premieres in 2026 - An update for The Vermilion Mask TV anime adaptation reveals that the show will begin airing this year. The Vermilion Mask is based on the manga written by Dr. Poro and drawn by Nabana Naba. The manga started serialization in Shonengahosha’s YOUNGKING Ours in 2021 and has eight volumes as of July 2025. The emaqi manga e-store from manga localization company Orange Inc., which includes AI in its workflow, has The Vermilion Mask in English.
Synopsis:
The Mask of the Warrior God, the Mask of the Spider, the Mask of the Flame Dragon, the Mask of Courage, the Vermilion Mask “The “masks” grant power to those who wear them. Sometimes they unlock limitless potential other times, they unleash unimaginable calamity. Peru, apprentice to the legendary mask artisan Gaston Lou, loses control when possessed by the “Mask of the Warrior God.”
In his frenzied state, he accidentally kills both his companions and his master. Crushed by despair, Peru resolves to destroy every mask crafted by his late master, now scattered across the world. He embarks on a journey of atonement, confronting the weight of his sins. “Calling it atonement probably makes it sound noble, but let’s be real it’s nothing that fancy.” Encounters with friends, clashes with formidable foes. The Mask Battle Fantasy Begins!
