AnimeJapan 2026 Stage Lineup, Featured Anime and Schedule Revealed

The AnimeJapan staff have revealed the stage lineup, featured anime titles, and schedule for AnimeJapan 2026, which will be held from March 28 to March 31 at the Tokyo Big Sight. AnimeJapan 2026 will follow a similar format to AnimeJapan 2025, with the first two days being reserved for the public and the latter two days being reserved for business.

The first two days of AnimeJapan 2026 will feature various stage programs highlighting some of the year’s biggest anime releases, including One Piece, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Steel Ball Run, and Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3, to name a few. A “KICKOFF” video was released to unveil the fill lineup.

AnimeJapan 2026 Stage Lineup and Schedule

Here’s the schedule and stage lineup for AnimeJapan 2026 (all times in JST, subject to change), via the official website:

Day 1 – March 28

Red Stage

• 09:35 〜 10:10 – Is the Order a Rabbit? the Movie Rabbit House Talk Party ＠ AJ2026
• 10:55 〜 11:30 – “My Hero Academia” x “Vigilantes” AnimeJapan ULTRA STAGE 2026
• 12:15 〜 12:50 – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Special Stage
• 13:35 〜 14:10 – Inherit the Winds Special Stage
• 14:55 〜 15:30 – JUJUTSU KAISEN Special Stage
• 16:15 〜 16:50 – Magic Knight Rayearth Special Stage
• 17:50 〜 18:25 – JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Steel Ball Run Race Start Celebration Special Stage
• 19:10 〜 19:45 – ONE PIECE: Elbaf Arc Special Stage

Green Stage

• 10:15 〜 10:50 – Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 Special Stage
• 11:35 〜 12:10 – Ascendance of a Bookworm: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke TV Anime Special Stage
• 12:55 〜 13:30 – Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Anime Series AnimeJapan 2026 Special Stage
• 14:15 〜 14:50 – Witch Hat Atelier Special Stage
• 15:35 〜 16:10 – BS11 presents I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too TV Anime AnimeJapan Special Stage
• 17:10 〜 17:45 – Fate/Grand Order Special Stage
• 18:30 〜 19:05 – Mission: Yozakura Family Season 2 Special Stage

Blue Stage

• 0:45 〜 11:15 – Medalist Anime Special Stage
• 11:45 〜 12:15 – Sentenced to Be a Hero Special Stage
• 12:45 〜 13:15 – Netflix Special Stage
• 14:05 〜 14:35 –  Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You TV Anime Special Stage
• 15:05 〜 15:35 – Rumiko Takahashi’s Latest Work, TV Anime “MAO” Pre‑Broadcast Premiere Event
• 16:05 〜 16:35 – AnimeJapan New Creator Award 2026 Ceremony

White Stage

• 10:15 〜 10:45 – Blue Box Season 2 TV Anime Special Stage
• 11:15 〜 11:45 – PSYREN Anime Special Stage
• 12:15 〜 12:45 – Fist of the North Star: Hokuto no Ken Anime Special Stage
• 13:15 〜 13:45 – Black Torch Anime Special Stage
• 14:35 〜 15:05 – Magical Girl Lyrical NANOHA EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance Special Stage
• 15:35 〜 16:05 – That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4 Special Stage

Day 2 – March 29

Red Stage

• 09:35 〜 10:10 – OSHI NO KO Special Stage
• 10:55 〜 11:30 – Re:ZERO Anime Series Special Stage
• 12:15 〜 12:50 – The Irregular at Magic High School THE MOVIE – Yotsuba Succession Arc – Special Stage
• 13:35 〜 14:10 – Daemons of the Shadow Realm TV Anime – Pre-Broadcast Special Stage: Opening Rite –
• 14:55 〜 15:30 – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 Special Stage
• 16:15 〜 16:50 – Sound! Euphonium The Final Movie Special Stage

Green Stage

• 10:15 〜 10:50 – The Eminence in the Shadow Project Special Stage
• 11:35 〜 12:10 – The Ramparts of Ice TV Anime Special Stage
• 12:55 〜 13:30 – MARRIAGETOXIN TV Anime Special Stage
• 14:15 〜 14:50 – Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend Special Stage
• 15:35 〜 16:10 – Dr.STONE SCIENCE FUTURE Special Stage

Blue Stage

• 10:45 〜 11:15 – Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers Special Stage
• 11:45 〜 12:15 – The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Season 2 Special Stage
• 12:45 〜 13:15 – BAKI-DOU Special Stage
• 14:05 〜 14:35 – Sparks of Tomorrow TV Anime Special Stage
• 15:05 〜 15:35 – Magical Sisters Lulutto Lilly Special Stage
• 16:05 〜 16:35 – Sgt. Frog Anime Special Stage

White Stage

• 10:15 〜 10:45 – Kindergarten Wars TV Anime Special Stage
• 11:15 〜 11:45 – Gals Can’t Be Kind to Otaku!? Special Stage
• 12:15 〜 12:45 – You and I Are Polar Opposites Special Stage
• 13:15 〜 13:45 – NTV FRIDAY ANIME NIGHT Special Stage – SNOWBALL EARTH and Draw This, Then Die!
• 14:35 〜 15:05 – Suikoden: The Anime Special Stage 
• 15:35 〜 16:05 – Akane-banashi TV Anime Special Stage

Sales for AnimeJapan 2026 admission (with stage lottery) tickets are available now through for February 24 at 23:59 JST for 2,800 yen (tax included) per day. There’s free entry for children under 12 years old, but they’re required to purchase the stage lottery ticket to view AnimeJapan stages. The application period lasts from February 27 at 10:00 JST through March 5 at 23:59 JST.

More than 120 exhibitors will participate in AnimeJapan 2026, including Good Smile Company, TBS, Netflix, Fate/Grand Order, Marvelous, MAPPA, Bandai Namco, Square Enix, Kadokawa, Toei Animation, Bushiroad, and much more. The stage schedule for AnimeJapan 2026 will be revealed on January 16 at 20:00 JST during the AnimeJapan KICKOFF 2026 livestream on YouTube.