Dark Moon: The Blood Altar Anime Premieres in January 2026

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Dark Moon: The Blood Altar

The Aniplex Online Fest event revealed the trailer, cast, staff, and key visual for the anime adaptation of HYBE and ENHYPEN’s Dark Moon: The Blood Altar webtoon, which airs in January 2026. The anime adaptation was first announced at last year’s Aniplex Online Fest.

Check out the trailer below:

The cast and staff of the anime include

  • Kikunosuke Toya as Heli
  • Shugo Nakamura as Jino
  • Shunichi Toki as Shion
  • Chiaki Kobayashi as Noa
  • Hiroto Shimizu as Jaan
  • Jin Ogasawara as Solon
  • Yūto Uemura as Jukah
  • Fūka Izumi as Sooha

Shōko Shiga is directing the Dark Moon: The Blood Altar anime at TROYCA. Tōko Machida is handling the series scripts, Masami Inomata is designing the characters, and Naoki “naotyu-” Chiba is composing the music. Takatoshi Hamano is directing the sound. Crunchyroll will be streaming the anime.

The webtoon launched in English in January 2022 and ended in October 2023 with the 71st chapter. Ize Press will release HYBE’s original novel in English in print on December 2. The webtoon features the members of the South Korean K-pop group ENHYPEN.

Yen Press licenses the series, and it describes the story as follows:

The seven most popular boys at Decelis Academy all share a secret—they’re vampires. Keeping their identities concealed and dealing with their werewolf rivals is trouble enough, but the appearance of a mysterious new student only further complicates things. The girl, Sooha, also has hidden powers, and the boys can’t help but feel an inexplicable attraction to her. As Sooha and the vampires find themselves increasingly drawn toward each other, murky pasts and intertwined futures threaten to turn their world upside down. Just what fate awaits them under the dark moon…?

Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider Anime Reveals Additional Cast Members

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Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider

During Aniplex Online Fest 2025, Aniplex revealed four more cast members, the third promotional video, and a new key visual for the anime adaptation of Shibata’s Tojima Wants to be a Masked Rider, which premieres on October 4.

Check out the trailer below:

The cast of Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider anime includes:

  • Katsuyuki Konishi as Tanzaburō Tōjima
  • Ai Kayano as Yuriko Okada
  • Kenichi Suzumura as Ichiyo Shimamura
  • Sōma Saitō as Mitsuha Shimamura
  • Fairouz Ai as Yukarisu
  • Satoshi Tsuruoka as Satoshi Itō (new)
  • Fukushi Ochias as Fukushi Ishige (new)
  • Daisuke Sakaguchi as Daisuke Sato (new)
  • Kenjirō Tsuda will voice Hachirō Nakao (new)

Takahiro Ikezoe is the director of the Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider anime. Touko Machida is the series composition writer, and Cindy H. Yamauchi is the character designer. TeddyLoid is the composer, and LIDENFILMS is producing the anime. The opening theme “Wanna Be” will be performed by Teddyloid feat. Shigeru Matsuzaki accelerated by TOPHAMHAT-KYO.

Additional staff members include:

  • Key Animator: Shintarō Shimizu
  • Prop Design: Yoshihiro Ujiie
  • Art Director: Yukihiro Shibutani (Ishigaki Pro), Ayano Aizu (Ishigaki Pro)
  • Art Supervision: Masaru Satō (Ishigaki Pro)
  • Art Director Assistant: Kanae Kawasaki (Ishigaki Pro)
  • Art Setting: Yūho Taniuchi
  • Color Key Artist: Ryoko Oka
  • Compositing Director of Photography: Junpei Takatsu
  • Compositing Director Assistant of Photography : Tomoaki Suzuki
  • Editing: Kumiko Sakamoto
  • Sound Director: Takayuki Yamaguchi (movwav)
  • Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama
  • Animation Producer: Kōsuke Yokota

Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider will air on Tokyo MX and other channels, as indicated on the official website.

Shibata first launched the manga with cooperation from Ishimori Productions and Toei in the Monthly Hero’s magazine in 2018. The manga later moved to the Comiplex website, where it is still ongoing. Lastly, Hero’s published the 16th compiled volume on April 4.

The Irregular at Magic High School: Yotsuba Succession Arc Anime Film Airs in 2026

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The Irregular at Magic High School

During the Aniplex Online Fest 2025 event on Saturday, the staff and additional cast members were revealed for the upcoming The Irregular at Magic High School THE MOVIE Yotsuba Succession Arc anime. The event also unveiled a new teaser, which confirmed the anime’s 2026 release window.

Check out the video below:

The cast and staff for the upcoming movie include:

  • Yūichi Nakamura as Tatsuya Shiba
  • Saori Hayami as Miyuki Shiba
  • Chiwa Saitō as Maya Yotsuba
  • Emiri Katō as Fumiya Kuroba
  • Daisuke Ono as Katsushige Shibata (new)
  • Ai Kayano as Yuuka Tsukuba (new)

Staff

  • Original Story: Tsutomu Sato (Published in Dengeki Bunko)
  • Character Design: Kana Ishida
  • Animation Production: Eightbit
  • Director: Jimmy Stone
  • Music: Taku Iwasaki

Tsutomu Satou’s hit light novel series debuted in 2008 and concluded with the 32nd volume in September 2020. Yen Press publishes the original light novel series and Yu Mori’s The Honor Student at Magic High School spinoff manga.

The Irregular at Magic High School anime first aired in April 2014 and consisted of 26 episodes. A second season, titled The Irregular at Magic High School: Visitor Arc, premiered in October 2020 and ran for 13 episodes. Meanwhile, the third season premiered in April 2024.

Additionally, the anime franchise also includes The Irregular at Magic High School: The Movie- The Girl Who Summons the Stars, which aired in 2017. Moreover, The Honor Student at Magic High School manga inspired an anime adaptation, which aired in 2021.

The Ogre’s Bride Anime Premieres in 2026

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The Ogre's Bride

During the Aniplex Online Fest, Aniplex revealed the cast, staff, teaser video, and key visual for the upcoming anime adaptation of Kureha’s The Ogre’s Bride (Oni no Hanayome) light novels. According to the teaser video, the anime will air in 2026.

Check out the video below:

Saori Hayami will star as the protagonist Yuzu Shinonome, and Yūichirō Umehara will play Reiya Kiryuin. Kazuhito Ōmiya is directing the anime at Colored Pencil Animation Japan. Yumi Kamakura is handling the series composition, while Hikari Tanaka is designing the characters. Masaru Yokoyama is composing the music.

Kureha first released the light novel series on Starts Publishing’s Novema! Platform in 2019. The sixth volume was published on January 10. Jun Togashi launched the manga adaptation in December 2021 on Starts Publishing’s Noicomi magazine. The manga adaptation won Noicomi’s annual comic ranking in the girl comics category in 2022 and 2023. Together, the light novel series and its manga adaptation have over 5.8 million copies in circulation.

Lastly, here’s an overview of the series via MyAnimeList:

“You’re the bride I’ve been searching for all this time.”

A Japanese-style ayakashi Cinderella story! The ayakashi and humans coexist in harmony. The ayakashi, having superior abilities and beautiful appearances, sometimes find their partner among human women, making them their “bride.” The bride, in exchange for bringing prosperity, receives absolute love from the ayakashi.

Yuzu is constantly compared to her sister, a bride of a demon fox, and is resented by her family every day. One day, when Yuzu just couldn’t take things anymore, a man appeared before her on a bridge. This man is the most beautiful man Yuzu has ever seen… and he’s calling her his wife?!

“Just be quiet and let me hold you.” The most powerful, “cold-hearted” ayakashi is pouring his heart out for Yuzu?!

Daemons of the Shadow Realm Anime Trailer Reveals Main Cast

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Daemons of the Shadow Realm

During the Aniplex Online Fest event, Aniplex revealed the main cast for the anime adaptation of Hiromu Arakawa’s Daemons of the Shadow Realm (Yomi no Tsugai) manga. Additionally, Aniplex also released a new teaser video.

The cast and staff of the anime includes:

  • Kenshō Ono as Yuru
  • Yume Miyamoto as Asa
  • Yūichi Nakamura as Dera
  • Misaki Kuno as Gabu-chan

Masahiro Andō, known for his work on Sword of the Stranger, is directing the anime at Bones Film. Noboru Takagi is handling the series scripts, and Nobuhiro Arai is in charge of character design. Kenichiro Suehiro is composing the music. Crunchyroll will stream the anime.

Hiromu Arakawa launched the Daemons of the Shadow Realm manga in Square Enix’s Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine in December 2021. Square Enix published the manga’s 10th volume on July 11.

Lastly, here’s an overview of the manga series, via Square Enix:

Hiromu Arakawa, award-winning manga creator of the best-selling smash hit Fullmetal Alchemist, draws readers into an intricate new web of magic, intrigue, and life-or-death stakes! In a world where certain humans command mighty supernatural duos called Daemons, it is the birthright of “the children who sunder day and night”—twins Yuru and Asa—to rule over these powerful entities.

Separated from a young age and unaware of the truth of their birth, brother and sister must fight to make their way back to each other, claim their birthright, and save the world…

Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle Anime Premieres October 7

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Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle

The official website for the upcoming anime adaptation of Hiromu and Raemz’s Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle (Chitose-kun wa Ramune Bin no Naka) light novel has released the main promotional video. The video reveals additional staff, theme song details, and confirms the anime’s October 7 release date.

Kucci will perform the opening theme song “Liar,” and Cider Girl will perform the ending theme song “Kagerō” (Heat Haze). According to the website, the anime is set to air for two cours (quarters of a year).

Check it out below:

The cast and staff of the anime includes:

  • Saku Chitose voiced by Shogo Sakata
  • Yuko Hiiragi voiced by Manaka Iwami
  • Yua Uchida voiced by Hina Youmiya
  • Yuzuki Nanase voiced by Ikumi Hasegawa
  • Haru Aomi voiced by Rumi Okubo
  • Asuka Nishino voiced by Chika Anzai
  • Yōhei Azakami voiced by Kuranosuke Iwanami (new)
  • Masaya Miyazaki voiced by Kenta Yamazaki (new)

Staff

  • Director: Yuji Tokuno
  • Animation Production: feel.
  • Original Character Design: raemz
  • Series Structure: Naruhisa Arakawa
  • Script: Hiromu, Naruhisa Arakawa
  • Character Design: Sumie Kinoshita
  • Original Work: Hiromu “Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle” (Published by Shogakukan under Gagaga Bunko label)

Hiromu and raemz released Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle light novel series in June 2019. The ninth novel volume shipped on August 20, 2024, and Yen Press is publishing the light novels and Bobcat’s manga adaptation. Square Enix’s Manga UP! also publishes the manga digitally. Square Enix published the seventh compiled book volume back on August 19, 2024.

Here’s an overview of the light novel series’ first volume, via Yen Press:

Being popular isn’t easy. It’s hard to beat Saku Chitose. The most popular kid in his high school? Check. An ironclad reputation that can weather even vicious online attacks? Check. A group of friends as attractive on the outside as they are inside? Check. But when a teacher asks for his help bringing back a student who has been shut away in his room for months, Saku’s perfect world will never be the same. What is this, some kind of normie harem story…?

Scum of The Brave Anime Premieres in January 2026

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Scum of the Brave

The official website for the upcoming anime adaptation of Rocket Shokai and artist Nakashima723’s Scum of the Brave (Yūsha no Kuzu) manga released a teaser video, which confirmed that the anime will air in January 2026. In addition to that, the website also revealed the full staff list.

Check out the video below:

Shinji Ushiro is directing the anime at OLM. Yoichi Kato is writing and overseeing the series scripts, Rika Murakami is designing the characters, and Kenichiro Suehiro is composing the music.

Other staff members include:

  • Color Design: Naoto Kondō
  • Art Director: Kazuhiro Inoue
  • Director of Photography: Tsunetaka Ema
  • Editing: Naoki Watanabe
  • Sound Director: Takahiro Enomoto

Rocket Shokai initially released the story in 2016. The update will get re-published into novel formats with revisions. Further, a manga adaptation released in 2018 and its seventh volume will launch on March 21. Manga Planet, the English digital publisher of the manga, describes the series as follows:

In an alternate 21st century, rich mafia members can turn into “Demon Kings” through increasingly popular ether-enhancement surgery, and the bounty hunters called “Braves” are the ones called upon to take them down. Yashiro only wants the simple pleasures in life – pizza, beer, and card games. When three young Braves offer him a majestic sum to be their private tutor, he agrees solely for the money – but is it worth what he’s getting himself into?

Kazutaka Kodaka is Working on Danganronpa 2×2, Staff Also Includes Too Kyo Games and Gemdrops

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Danganronpa creator Kazutaka Kodaka confirmed that he’s working on Danganronpa 2×2 alongside developers from Too Kyo Games, Spike Chunsoft, and Gemdrops. Character designer Rui Komatsuzaki and composer Masafumi Takada also return to the staff of Danganronpa 2×2 alongside Kazutaka Kodaka.

The staff of Danganronpa 2×2 includes: 

  • Developer – Gemdrops, Inc.
  • Supervision – Kazutaka Kodaka (Tookyo Games)
  • Original Concept and Trick Ideas – Takekuni Kitayama, Kazutaka Kodaka
  • Scenario – Yoichiro Koizumi (Tookyo Games)
  • Sound – Masafumi Takada, Jun Fukuda (Tookyo Games)
  • Design – Rui Komatsuzaki (Tookyo Games)

Danganronpa 2×2 launches in 2026 for Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. Danganronpa 2×2 is an enhanced version of the original Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair with a revamped story and and all-new scenario. 

Before launch, a fan-participation anniversary event will be held on Saturday, November 29, 2025 (JST), at Belle Salle Tokyo Nihonbashi. This event will feature the first trial play of Danganronpa 2×2.

Here’s an overview of the game, via Steam:

A brand-new scenario for fans to enjoy!

This latest installment features an all-new storyline built on the foundation of “Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair“. The original setting and cast of characters are back, but a single incident sets off a completely different chain of events! New victims, new culprits, and brand-new tricks await. The new scenario offers the same volume of content as the original, delivering a complete and immersive experience.

The original scenario, now powered up!

Also included is the original “Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair” scenario, newly enhanced for modern platforms with updated visuals and refined presentation.

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Jabberwock Island – once a popular tourist destination, this now uninhabited island remains oddly pristine. You and your classmates at the elite Hope’s Peak Academy have been brought to this island by your super-cute teacher for a “lovey-dovey, heart-throbbing school trip.” Everyone seems to be having fun in the sun…until Monokuma returns to restart his murderous game! Trapped on this island of mutual killing, your only hope of escape rests in solving the island’s mysteries. But be warned—sometimes the truth can be its own despair…

Game Overview

The story unfolds in chapters and each is divided into three main parts:

      • Daily Life – Experience the Ultimate Students’ lives inside the academy via interactive conversation with your fellow classmates and exploration of the academy. During this part, major events take place, such as escape attempts and Monokuma presenting the students with motives to kill.
      • Investigation – When a murder occurs and a body is discovered, an investigation begins. You’ll examine the crime scene, talk to other Ultimate Students, and collect evidence needed to solve the case.
      • Class Trial – Using the evidence you’ve gathered, you’ll join the Class Trial. The Ultimate Students will use their unique talents to debate the case from different angles. Your goal is to expose any contradictions and reveal the true culprit.

Hokuto no Ken -Fist of the North Star- Anime Reveals New Cast Members for Jagi, Toki and Raoh

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Hokuto no Ken Fist of the North Star 2026 Raoh

During the “It’s Fist of the North Star DAY! Gather Around, All Four Brothers!!” livestream, Warner Bros. Japan announced new cast members for the Hokuto no Ken -Fist of the North Star- anime, which premieres in 2026. The new cast members for Hokuto no Ken -Fist of the North Star- include Wataru Takagi as Jagi, Tsuguo Mogami as Toki, and Taiten Kusunoki as Raoh.

The previously announced cast includes:

  • Shunsuke Takeuchi as Kenshiro
  • Daiki Yamashita as Bat
  • M.A.O as Rin

In addition, it was announced that Hiroshi Kurao’s Fist of the North Star: Elegy of Ken-Oh’s Army Grunts spinoff manga will receive a short anime in January 2026.

Buronson and Tetsuo Hara’s original Fist of the North Star manga was serialized from 1983 to 1988 in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. In 1984, a TV anime adaptation began and popularized the franchise. Fist of the North Star influenced and inspired many popular anime and manga works over the many decades. In Japan, September 13 was declared “Fist of the North Star Day” by the Japan Anniversary Association. 

Finally, the Fist of the North Star manga is available to purchase both physically and digitally at VIZ Media. Here’s an overview of the prolific series:

One day, a wanderer appears out of the wasteland to bring justice to the guilty and hope to the people—a warrior named Ken, a man who bears seven scars upon his chest and holds the secret of a mysterious martial art known as Hokuto Shinken, the Divine Fist of the North Star!

Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus Reveals New Visual for Episode 11

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The staff of the ongoing Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus anime released a new key visual to preview episode 11, which releases on September 13. The key visual for Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus episode 11 features the tagline “I have no choice but to become Toko Kirishima.”

Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus episode 11 visual
©2024 鴨志田 一/KADOKAWA/青ブタ Project

Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus premiered on July 5, 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 voice 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).”

The Japanese staff and cast of the Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus anime series includes:

Staff

  • Original Work: Hajime Kamoshida (“Seishun Buta Yaro” series published by Dengeki Bunko)
  • Original Illustration: Keji Mizoguchi
  • Director: Soichi Masui
  • Series Composition: Masahiro Yokotani
  • Character Design: Satomi Tamura
  • Prop Design: Kota Michishita
  • Art Setting: Yoshinori Shiozawa
  • Art Supervisor: Satoshi Okubo
  • Art Director: Hirofumi Sakagami
  • Color Design: Asuka Yokota
  • 3D Directors: Kengo Oda, Hazuki Tanaka
  • Director of Photography: Xiaomu Yang
  • Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
  • Editor: Akinori Mishima
  • Music: fox capture plan
  • Animation Production: CloverWorks
  • Produced by: AOBUTA Project

Cast

  • Sakuta Azusagawa: Kaito Ishikawa
  • Mai Sakurajima: Asami Seto
  • Uzuki Hirokawa: Sora Amamiya
  • Ikumi Akagi: Aya Yamane
  • Sara Himeji: Konomi Kohara
  • Miori Mito: Manaka Iwami
  • Miniskirt Santa: Reina Ueda
  • Kaede Azusagawa: Yurika Kubo
  • Tomoe Koga: Nao Toyama
  • Rio Futaba: Atsumi Tanezaki
  • Nodoka Toyohama: Maaya Uchida
  • Shoko Makinohara: Inori Minase
  • Konomi Kohara as Sara Himeji
  • Manaka Iwami as Miori Mitō
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