Highlights
- Crunchyroll has announced a Summer 2026 lineup featuring 41 confirmed new anime premieres.
- Most anticipated adaptations include Black Torch, Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia, and KAIJU GIRL CARAMELISE.
- Returning franchises, including The Elusive Samurai season 2 and Clevatess season 2, will headline the platform’s seasonal catalog.
Crunchyroll has unveiled its Summer 2026 anime season lineup, outlining a slate of 41 confirmed new premieres that will roll out across July. The announcement, published on June 17, also outlined a substantial roster of continuing series from the Spring 2026 season.
The latest Crunchyroll Summer 2026 anime lineup highlights both major franchise sequels and new adaptations. Highly anticipated new anime adaptations, such as Black Torch, Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia, and KAIJU GIRL CARAMELISE, will start airing in the first week of July.
Popular franchises The Elusive Samurai season 2, Clevatess season 2, and Mushoku Tensei season 3, amongst others, are also confirmed to return. Several additional titles remain listed as “to be announced,” indicating the Crunchyroll anime schedule 2026 will expand further ahead of the season’s start.
Breakdown of Crunchyroll’s Summer 2026 Anime Lineup
Crunchyroll’s Summer 2026 anime season mixes established franchises with new manga and light novel adaptations. There is genre diversity, but action and fantasy remain dominant genres, reflecting broader market trends across Japanese television anime and international streaming catalogs.
New anime coming to Crunchyroll in Summer 2026 are:
| Anime Name | Release Date (Sub) | Animation Studio |
| Heroine? Saint? No, I'm an All-Works Maid (And Proud of It)! | June 24, 2026 | EMT Squared |
| From Overshadowed to Overpowered: Second Reincarnation of a Talentless Sage | June 25, 2026 | EMT Squared |
| The Oblivious Saint Can't Contain Her Power | June 30, 2026 | Magic Bus, Picante Circus |
| Hana-Kimi Season 2 | July 1, 2026 | Signal.MD |
| The Villager of Level 999 | July 1, 2026 | Brain's Base |
| Bungo Stray Dogs WAN! 2 | July 2, 2026 | bones, NOMAD |
| Dara-san of Reiwa | July 2, 2026 | Asahi Production |
| KAIJU GIRL CARAMELISE | July 2, 2026 | LIDENFILMS |
| The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System | July 2, 2026 | GoHands |
| I Became a Legend after My 10 Year-Long Last Stand | July 3, 2026 | GEKKOU |
| Sorry About My Little Brothers | July 3, 2026 | Lay-duce |
| BLACK TORCH | July 4, 2026 | 100studio |
| GROW UP SHOW -Sunflower Circus- | July 4, 2026 | A-1 Pictures |
| Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia | July 4, 2026 | Science SARU |
| Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance | July 4, 2026 | Seven Arcs |
| Rich Girl Caretaker: I'm Secretly the Caregiver of the Most Popular Girl in This Rich Kid School | July 4, 2026 | Brain's Base |
| Skeleton Knight in Another World Season 2 | July 4, 2026 | Aura Studio |
| The Cat and the Dragon | July 4, 2026 | OLM |
| The Duke's Son Claims He Won't Love Me Yet Showers Me with Adoration | July 4, 2026 | ZERO-G, GRASS |
| The Ogre's Bride | July 4, 2026 | Colored Pencil Animation Japan |
| AzurLane: Slow Ahead! Season 2 | July 5, 2026 | studio CANDY BOX |
| Goodbye, Lara | July 5, 2026 | Kinema Citrus |
| Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 | July 5, 2026 | Studio Bind |
| The World's Strongest Rearguard | July 5, 2026 | MAHO FILM |
| You and I Are Polar Opposites Season 2 | July 5, 2026 | Lapintrack |
| Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky | July 6, 2026 | Makaria |
| The Insipid Prince's Furtive Grab for the Throne | July 6, 2026 | MAHO FILM |
| I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day | July 7, 2026 | ROLL2 |
| Victoria of Many Faces | July 7, 2026 | Studio DEEN |
| Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers Cour 2 | July 7, 2026 | SUNRISE |
| Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games | July 7, 2026 | diomedea |
| Clevatess Season 2 | July 8, 2026 | Lay-duce |
| Saga of Tanya the Evil Season 2 | July 8, 2026 | NUT |
| Tomb Raider King | July 8, 2026 | Studio EEK |
| Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs Season 2 | July 8, 2026 | ENGI |
| MEBIUS DUST | July 9, 2026 | Doga Kobo |
| Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You | July 9, 2026 | Asahi Production |
| Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life | July 11, 2026 | LIDENFILMS |
| Though I Am an Inept Villainess | July 12, 2026 | Doga Kobo |
| Oh Boy, Was I Wrong About Her | July 2026 (Date TBA) | project No.9 |
| The Elusive Samurai Season 2 | July 2026 (Date TBA) | CloverWorks |
Most of these anime will be released on Crunchyroll globally, except in Japan and China. Some titles will also not be available in Korea and Mongolia. A few titles will not receive a global rollout and will instead have region-specific launches.
Apart from the confirmed titles, 13 more titles will be announced eventually. Specific release timings for the new Summer anime are yet to be confirmed by Crunchyroll.
Continuing Summer 2026 Simulcasts Include Major Franchises
During the Summer 2026 season, several major Spring and other continuing anime series will air on Crunchyroll. Notably, the second cour or the Reclamation Arc of Re: ZERO -Starting Life in Another World season 4 will air in August. Re: ZERO season 4 Loss Arc premiered on April 8.
Apart from the popular iseaki, acclaimed Spring releases including Daemons of the Shadow Realm, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4, and ONE PIECE Elbaph Arc will continue with their weekly schedule.
Continuing Summer 2026 simulcasts on Crunchyroll are:
| Anime Name | Release Time (Sub) | Animation Studio |
| Ascendance of a Bookworm: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke | Saturdays at 2:30 am PT | WIT STUDIO |
| Detective Conan | Saturdays at 4:30 am PT | TMS Entertainment |
| Daemons of the Shadow Realm | Saturdays at 9:00 am PT | bones film |
| DIGIMON BEATBREAK | Saturdays at 7:00 pm PT | Toei Animation |
| LIAR GAME | Mondays at 9:00 am PT | MADHOUSE |
| ONE PIECE | Sundays at 9:00 am PT | Toei Animation |
| Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4 | August 12, 2026 | WHITE FOX |
| RILAKKUMA | Fridays at 6:00 pm PT | Production I.G |
| Star Detective Precure! | Saturdays at 5:30 pm PT | Toei Animation |
| That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4 | Fridays at 8:00 am PT | eightbit |
| The Classroom of the Black Cat and a Witch | Sundays at 8:00 am PT | LIDENFILMS |
| The Drops of God | Fridays at 8:30 am PT | Satelight |
| Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 4 | Saturdays at 3:25 am PT | Bandai Namco Pictures |
The breadth of the Crunchyroll Summer anime releases demonstrates Sony and the platform’s continued investment in simulcast distribution as competition for anime streaming intensifies. During the summer season, Crunchyroll will also start simulcasting in Taiwan, deepening its foothold in South Asian markets.
