Fall 2026 Anime Season: The Most Anticipated New and Returning Titles

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As summer 2026's anime wraps up, the fall lineup is shaping up to be one of the busier seasons in recent memory — heavy on sequels fans have been waiting on, plus at least one genuinely unexpected new entry.

The Big Returns

Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 continues adapting the manga's Culling Game arc, a shift into battle-royale-style stakes following the Shibuya Incident. The Apothecary Diaries, Black Clover, and Blue Box Season 2 all return as well — a notably dense slate of established, already-popular series picking back up in the same season.

The Wildcard: A New Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

Studio Trigger is returning to the Cyberpunk universe with a new, standalone 10-episode series — a direct follow-up to 2022's widely acclaimed Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, but built around an entirely new cast rather than continuing David and Lucy's story. It's one of the season's most closely watched titles given the original's crossover success outside traditional anime audiences.

What To Know

A season with this much sequel density (Jujutsu Kaisen, Apothecary Diaries, Black Clover, Blue Box all returning at once) means international fans get to pick back up several ongoing stories in the same few months, rather than waiting on a single flagship release — useful for planning what to actually keep up with as the season starts.

Japan's anime industry organizes its entire release calendar around four seasonal "cours" (roughly 12-13 episode blocks) per year — Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall — a scheduling rhythm distinct from how most Western TV handles seasons, and one reason "what's airing this season" is such a persistent, recurring conversation in anime fandom specifically.

What Fans Are Saying

• "This might be the most sequel-heavy season in a while — so much to catch up on."
• "A new Edgerunners story with a fresh cast is a bold choice, but Trigger has earned the trust."
• "Jujutsu Kaisen hitting the Culling Game arc is going to be intense."

Original Japanese

• 「続編がこれだけ集まる季節も珍しい」
• 「新キャストでのエッジランナーズは大胆だけど、トリガーなら信頼できる」
• 「呪術廻戦が死滅回游編に入るのは見応えがありそう」

Easy Japanese

2026年秋に、注目のアニメが多く放送される予定です。『呪術廻戦』第3期や、新しい『サイバーパンク エッジランナーズ』などがあります。