During AnimeJapan 2026, Kadokawa revealed that the upcoming Made in Abyss: Mezameru Shinpi anime film will premiere in theaters on October 23. It has also revealed a new key visual for the film.
Masayuki Kojima is returning to direct the new Made in Abyss anime at the studio Kinema Citrus. What’s more, Hideyuki Kurata is in charge of series composition, and Kazuchika Kise and Yuka Kuroda are returning as character designers. The other staff members include:
Design Leader: Takeshi Takakura
Art Directors: Osamu Masuyama, Teru Sekiguchi, Asaki Nakamura (Inspired)
Color Key Artist: Miyao Yamashita
Compositing Director of Photography: Tsunetaka Ema (T2 Studio)
Editing: Masayuki Kurosawa
Sound Director: Haru Yamada
Sound Effects: Tōru Noguchi
Music: Kevin Penkin
Music Producer: Hiromitsu Iijima
Music Production: IRMA LA DOUCE
Music Production Collaboration: Kadokawa
The returning cast members are as follows:
Mariya Ise as Reg
Miyu Tomita as Riko
Shiori Izawa as Nanachi
Misaki Kuno as Faputa
Check out the new key visual for Made in Abyss: Mezameru Shinpi below:
In January 2023, Kadokawa announced that a third season of the Made in Abyss anime series was in the works, continuing from where the second season, Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun, left off. Moreover, Made in Abyss Season 3 will likely feature the Capital of the Unreturned and Curse Fleet arcs.
Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun premiered in July 2022. The anime aired weekly into September 2022, covering Riko and the crew’s journey in the sixth layer of the Abyss. HIDIVE currently streams the first two seasons of Made in Abyss in English, and the anime was previously streamed on Crunchyroll.
The teaser showcases its main antagonist; a mysterious force known as the “Fallen.” Check out the new teaser trailer for Rakuen Tsuihō -Expelled from Paradise- Kokoro no Resonance below:
The main cast includes:
Ayane Sakura as Gabriel
Saori Hayami as Alma
Yoshino Aoyama as Danel
Sally Amaki as Raguel
Further, the staff of Rakuen Tsuihō -Expelled from Paradise- Kokoro no Resonance includes director Seiji Mizushima and scriptwriter Gen Urobuchi of Nitroplus. It also includes character designer Masatsugu Saitō and composer NARASAKI. Additional staff members are as follows:
The film is a sequel to the Expelled from Paradise anime film from November 2014. Moreover, in 2014, the film re-released in theaters in 4K format. Lastly, here’s an overview of the original film, via MyAnimeList:
In a future where a massive disaster has devastated Earth, most of humanity has abandoned their physical bodies and relocated in digital form to DEVA, an advanced space station orbiting the ravaged planet. Free from the limitations of traditional existence, such as death and hunger, the inhabitants of this virtual reality reside in relative peace until Frontier Setter, a skilled hacker, infiltrates the system and spreads subversive messages to the populace.
Labeled a threat to security by authorities, Frontier Setter is pursued by Angela Balzac, a dedicated member of DEVA’s law enforcement. When the hacker’s signal is traced to Earth, Angela takes on physical form, transferring her consciousness to a clone body and traveling to the world below in order to deal with the menace. On Earth, she is assisted by Dingo, a charismatic agent, and during her journey to uncover the mystery behind Frontier Setter, she gradually discovers startling realities about the wasteland some of humanity still refers to as home, as well as the paradise above.
A small girl is able to peer into what lies on the other side of humanity in the TV anime adaptation of Yuritaro’s Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary horror action manga series. Final Weapon has everything you need to know about Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary, including the release dates and schedule for all episodes of the anime.
In the story of Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary, Kaya-chan is a problem child in kindergarten, and no one seems to know why until Chie-sensei steps in. Chie-sensei learns about Kaya-chan’s ability to see evil spirits and vanquish them. The five-year-old is quite skillful, but of course, she will need to stay out of trouble to do well in school.
Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary Release Dates, Exact Premiere Time and Schedule
New episodes of Kaya-chan Isn’t Scarywill release on Sundays at 2:00 a.m. PT / 5:00 a.m. ET on Crunchyroll. Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary will run for 12 episodes with English subtitles and an English dub.
Here are the release dates and schedule for Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary (subject to change):
Episode 1 – January 11 – OUT NOW
Episode 2 – January 18 – OUT NOW
Episode 3 – January 25 – OUT NOW
Episode 4 – February 1 – OUT NOW
Episode 5 – February 8 – OUT NOW
Episode 6 – February 15 – OUT NOW
Episode 7 – February 22 – OUT NOW
Episode 8 – March 1 – OUT NOW
Episode 9 – March 8 – OUT NOW
Episode 10 – March 15 – OUT NOW
Episode 11 – March 22 – OUT NOW
Episode 12 – March 29 – OUT NOW
New episodes of Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary will premiere at the following times (subject to change):
Pacific Daylight Time: 2:00 a.m. PDT
Mountain Daylight Time: 3:00 a.m. MDT
Central Daylight Time: 4:00 a.m. CDT
Eastern Daylight Time: 5:00 a.m. EDT
Greenwich Mean Time: 9:00 a.m. GMT
OP/ED, Cast and Staff
Isekaijoucho
SAK
TAO
Isekaijoucho performs the opening theme song “Maboroshi no Yukue (The Phantom’s Destination)” and SAK and TAO perform the ending theme song “Playmour feat. Kaya-chan (Azusa Tachibana).”
Cast members for Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary include:
Azusa Tachibana as Kaya-chan
Maaya Uchida as Chie-sensei
Yūki Kaji as Namu
Fukushi Ochiai as Mobuo
Azusa Tadokoro as Akira-sensei
Shiori Izawa as Chihiro-sensei
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Kaya-Papa (Shizuo Satō)
Mamiko Noto as Kaya-Mama (Mirai Satō)
Haruka Tomatsu as Nana Ebisumori
Yoshiko Sakakibara as Mutsu Ebisumori
Misaki Kuno as Saku-chan
Mutsumi Tamura as Kenken
Chiemi Tanaka as Yuzu-chan
Hiroshi Ikehata directs the Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary anime at East Fish Studio. Tarō Yamada and Hiroyuki Moriguchi are the character designers, and Shigeru Murakoshi handles the series scripts. Yukio Nagasaki is the sound director, and Kohta Yamamoto and Shun Narita are composing the music.
Additional staff members include:
Art Setting/Art Director: Ayumi Satō
Color Design: Ritsuko Utagawa
Compositing Director of Photography: Natsuki Yoshizawa
The Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary anime is airing on TV Tokyo and its affiliate channels, AT-X, and WOWOW in Japan, and Crunchyroll is streaming the anime worldwide, excluding Japan, China, Korea, Mongolia and Timor-Leste.
What is Kaya-chan Isn’t ScaryAbout?
Yuritaro first launched the Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary manga Shinchosha’s Kurage Bunch website in April 2022.
Are you braver than a kindergartner? Find out with this horror manga that takes place in the most unlikely of places–and don’t miss the upcoming anime!
Kaya-chan is a notorious problem child in her kindergarten, but none of the adults know her secret–till Chie-sensei is put in charge and learns of Kaya-chan’s hidden ability to see evil spirits and vanquish them with a punch! What will happen to this five-year-old who gets in trouble when she’s only trying to help?
This morning, Square Enix released a new piece of artwork from Tetsuya Nomura featuring Young Xehanort and a new message. In the artwork, Nomura writes that the team is working towards the 25th anniversary of the series, which is set to occur in 2027.
Young Xehanort is seen holding a clear umbrella, surrounded by flowers, and looking on in the distance. Nomura has previously drawn artwork featuring Young Xehanort with a similar outfit and umbrella following KINGDOM HEARTS Union χ DARK ROAD. Many fans speculate that the character may appear in Kingdom Hearts IV, especially following the events that occurred at the end of Kingdom Hearts III. You can view the new artwork below:
Kingdom Hearts IV is currently in development at Square Enix. The title is set to take place in Quadratum following Sora after the events of Kingdom Hearts III. Tetsuya Nomura has confirmed that Quadratum will act as the “hub” for the early portions of the game and that there will be a “Lost Masters” antagonist group. You can check out the reveal trailer here.
While there has largely been no news regarding the development of the game, a development update was shared in May 2025, revealing new screenshots of the game and promising fans more information in due time.
Yoi Takiguchi meets a senpai that finally sees through her boyish charms in the anime adaptation of Mika Yamamori’s In the Clear Moonlit Dusk manga series. Final Weapon has everything you need to know about In the Clear Moonlit Dusk, including the release dates and schedule for all episodes.
The story of In the Clear Moonlit Dusk focuses on Yoi Takiguchi, a girl with long legs, a deep voice, and a handsome face. Her looks have earned her the nickname “Prince” for as long as she remembers. Her outlook on herself begins to change when she meets Ichimura-senpai, the only person who can see her for herself. Her new friend is a prince himself, and the story of their high school lives together will unfold in the anime.
In the Clear Moonlit Dusk Release Dates, Exact Premiere Time and Schedule
New episodes of In the Clear Moonlit Duskwill release on Sundays at 1:00 a.m. PT / 4:00 a.m. ET on Crunchyroll. In the Clear Moonlit Dusk will run for 12 episodes with English subtitles and an English dub.
Here are the release dates and schedule for In the Clear Moonlit Dusk (subject to change):
Episode 1 – January 11 – OUT NOW
Episode 2 – January 18 – OUT NOW
Episode 3 – January 25 – OUT NOW
Episode 4 – February 1 – OUT NOW
Episode 5 – February 8 – OUT NOW
Episode 6 – February 15 – OUT NOW
Episode 7 – February 22 – OUT NOW
Episode 8 – March 1 – OUT NOW
Episode 9 – March 8 – OUT NOW
Episode 10 – March 15 – OUT NOW
Episode 11 – March 22 – OUT NOW
Episode 12 – March 29 – OUT NOW
New episodes of In the Clear Moonlit Dusk will premiere at the following times (subject to change):
Pacific Daylight Time: 1:00 a.m. PDT
Mountain Daylight Time: 2:00 a.m. MDT
Central Daylight Time: 3:00 a.m. CDT
Eastern Daylight Time: 4:00 a.m. EDT
Greenwich Mean Time: 8:00 a.m. GMT
OP/ED, Cast and Staff
Unison Square Garden
Rock band Unison Square Garden performs the opening song “Uruwashi” (Beautiful) and the ending theme song “Azalea no Kaze” (Azalea Wind).
The Japanese cast includes:
Rei Ichinomiya as Yoi Takiguchi
Ryōta Suzuki as Kohaku Ichimura
Aya Yamane as Nobara Tone
Momoko Seto as Kotobuki Hibiya
Shōta Hayama as Sentarо̄ Akane
Kentarō Kumagai as Shun Kuwabatake
Kenshō Ono as Takuto Ohji
Kenjirō Tsuda as Yoi’s father
The English dub cast includes:
Michelle Rojas as Yoi
Joshua A. Waters as Kohaku
Bev Mageto as Kotobuki
Chris Long as Sentaro
Eli Farmer as Shun
Mikaela Krantz as Nobara
The English dub cast includes:
Voice Director: Helena Walstrom
Producer: Samantha Herek
Adaptation: James Cheek
Mixer: Andrew Tipps
Engineer: Zachary
Yūsuke Maruyama is directing the anime at East Fish Studio. Ayumu Hisao is credited with series composition. Yuki Fukuda is handling the character design, while Tsubasa Ito is composing the music.
The In the Clear Moonlit Dusk anime will be airing on 28 TBS affiliate channels in Japan, and Crunchyroll will stream the anime worldwide, excluding Japan, China and Korea.
What is In the Clear Moonlit Dusk About?
Mika Yamamori launched the manga in the Dessert magazine in 2020. Kodansha publishes the series, and volumes are available to purchase via Kodansha’s official website.
Kodansha describes the manga as follows:
Yoi Takiguchi has long legs, a deep voice, and a handsome face…in other words, Yoi is such a good-looking guy that most people don’t notice or care that she is, in fact, a girl. Indeed, she’s had the nickname “Prince” for as long as she can remember. That is, until she met Ichimura-senpai…the only person who really seemed to see her for herself. To her surprise, she’s not sure how to handle this new relationship, especially when her newfound friend is a prince himself (and a guy prince, at that). The story of the two high school princes starts here!
Mariya Ise is joining the cast of the anime as Senju Kawaragi.
Additional new cast members include:
Naoyuki Shimozuru as Takeomi Akashi
Shinnosuke Tachibana as Wakasa Imaushi
Takanori Hoshino as Keizo Arashi
Hiroki Yasumoto as South Terano
Maki Kodaira directs the Tokyo Revengers: War of the Three Titans anime at LIDEN FILMS. Hatsumi is credited as a collaborator for the series scripts. Airi Tsuyuki and Kae Takakura are the character designers alongside Keiko Ōta and Kenichi Ōnuki. Yoshitomo Hara and Hideki Fukushima are bike and prop designers. Kōji Ietaka is the compositing director of photography, and LIDEN FILMS is handling 3D CG work.
Additional staff members include:
Art Directors: Yasuyuki Mutō and Rumi Matsumoto
Color Key Artist: Kunio Tsujita
Sound Director: Satoki Iida
Music Composer: Hiroaki Tsutsumi
The previous arc, Tokyo Revengers: Tenjiku Arc, premiered in October 2023 in Japan. Disney+ exclusively streamed the anime worldwide with the exception of China. Kodansha publishes Ken Wakui’s original manga series, which ended in November 2022.
Here’s an overview, via Kodansha:
Watching the news, Takemichi Hanagaki learns that his girlfriend from way back in middle school, Hinata Tachibana, has died. The only girlfriend he ever had was just killed by a villainous group known as the Tokyo Manji Gang. He lives in a crappy apartment with thin walls, and his six-years-younger boss treats him like an idiot.
Plus, he’s a complete and total virgin… At the height of his rock-bottom life, he suddenly time-leaps 12 years back to his middle school days!! To save Hinata, and change the life he spent running away, hopeless part-timer Takemichi must aim for the top of Kanto’s most sinister delinquent gang!!
REMOW has announced TOUGEN ANKI: Nikko Kegon Falls Arc. anime will premiere in October 2026, and two new cast members were announced. Nobuhiko Okamoto and Kent Ito are joining the cast as Hagure Nekosaki and Yu Innami, respectively.
The first season of Tougen Anki ran from July 11 to December 26, adapting the Kyoto and Nerima Arcs. The anime is available on various streaming services outside Japan, including Crunchyroll, Netflix (worldwide except Japan and Mainland China), Prime Video (worldwide outside Japan), and many more.
THE ORAL CIGARETTES perform the first opening theme song “OVERNIGHT,” and BAND-MAID performed the first ending theme song “What is justice?”. CHOGAKUSE performs the second opening theme song “AMIDAKUJI,” and eill performed the second ending theme song “ACTION.”
The previously announced cast members for Suikoden: The Anime include:
Taku Yashiro as Luca Blight
Chika Anzai as Jillia Bright
Akihiro Mine as Rowd
Tsukino Chikasada as Pilika
Ayumu Murase as Luc
Takeo Otsuka as Shu
Yoshino Aoyama as Apple
Masato Niwa as Mukumuku
Toshiki Kumagai as Riliu
Shimba Tsuchiya as Jowy
Ayumi Hinohara as Nanami
Katsuyuki Konishi as Viktor
Yuichi Nakamura as Flik
Yūzō Satō directs Suikoden: The Anime at Konami animation. NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan anime and music production department member Ryō Hino is the anime’s producer and production manager. Michihiro Tsuchiya oversees the series scripts.
The cast of Suikoden: The Anime:
Toshiki Kumagai as Riliu
Shimba Tsuchiya as Jowy
Ayumi Hinohara as Nanami
Katsuyuki Konishi as Victor
Yūichi Nakamura as Flik
Fumi Ishikawa is the game character designer, and Arata Suzuki is credited for the original drafts of the anime character designs. What’s more, Ryō Yamauchi is the anime character designer. Yoshikazu Iwanami is the sound director, and Kōji Nakamura is composing the music.
Aki Shimizu’s Suikoden Star Leap: Trails of the Stars manga is being serialized in English on Kadokawa’s Comic Walker website. Shimizu previously worked on the Suikoden III manga, and she is also working on the ongoing The Mononoke Lecture Logs of Chuzenji-sensei manga series.
The Suikoden: Star Leap mobile game is coming soon to Android, iOS, and PC via Steam. The new game features gacha elements and events, but the new title retains the Suikoden franchise’s signature combat system. Out of 108 stars, players can assemble a “dream team” of their favorite Suikoden heroes for battle.
Kadokawa has announced Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend, the anime film based on Hajime Kamoshida’s Rascal Does Not Dream novel series, will open on October 16 in Japanese theaters. An updated key visual for the Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend anime film was revealed alongside a new trailer.
Sōichi Masui directs the new film at CloverWorks. Masahiro Yokotani oversees and writes the script, and Satomi Tamura is the character designer. fox capture plan will compose the music, and Aniplex is distributing the film. Aniplex describes the film as taking the story toward its finale.
The previous part of the story, Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus, premiered on July 5, 2025, and Crunchyroll is streaming the series outside Japan. The English dub premiered a few weeks later on July 26 on Crunchyroll. Conton Candy performs the opening theme song “Snowdrop.” The cast members for Uzuki Hirokawa, Ikumi Akagi, Sara Himeji, and Tōko Kirishima perform the ending theme song “Suiheisen wa Boku no Furukizu (The Horizon Is My Old Wound).”
Kyoto Animation has announced the TV anime adaptation of Hiro Yūki’s Sparks of Tomorrow novel will premiere on July 5 on Tokyo MX, BS11, and other affiliated channels in Japan. Netflix will be streaming the Sparks of Tomorrow anime worldwide, and a new trailer and key visual were revealed alongside a world premiere tour.
Sparks of Tomorrow World Premiere Tour has been confirmed, with events to be held in Japan, the UK, Thailand, and North America! 🇯🇵🇬🇧🇨🇷🇺🇸 Additional details will be announced in April! Stay tuned⚡#sparks_of_tomorrow#二十世紀電氣目録pic.twitter.com/2gWzrVAzzF
Minoru Ōta directs the anime as his first directorial project, and Tatsuhiko Urahata oversees the series scripts. Kohei Okamura is the chief animation director and character designer. What’s more, Takaaki Suzuki is in charge of the worldview setting, and Hitomi Kotō is the music composer.
A Tale of Adventure for Boys and Girls Who Dreamed of the Age of Electricity in a World Shrouded in Smoke!
──This was a little while ago. Kyoto in the early 20th century, having evolved differently from the history we know today. In a world where only steam engines had advanced, the city was shrouded in smoke.
A boy who lost his brother, with whom he had dreamed of the “Age of Electricity,” and
now lives with deep suspicion.
A girl who keeps her dreams for the future and her regrets for her deceased mother
hidden in her heart, now living a devout life.
The boy and girl meet while seeking the secret of the “20th Century Electrical Catalog,”
which depicted their dreams.
Surpass who you are now and break through the dreams you once had!
