Over the weekend Crunchyroll, the ultimate home for anime worldwide, announced a number of acquisitions during their panel at AnimagiC 2026 in Mannheim, Germany, on Saturday, 1st August.
Anime fans can look forward to the following shows launching on the platform in the near future:
- FX Fighter Kurumi-chan | October 2026
Synopsis: University student Kurumi Fukuga has finally fulfilled her long-held desire of starting foreign exchange (FX) trading, motivated by recouping the 20 million yen her late mother lost in trading. “I’ll easily make it back,” she thought, but the world she enters can become heaven or hell in an instant. Unrealized losses, loss-cutting, unstoppable fluctuations… but she still wants to buy, sell and make money! With fellow FX addicts Mochiko, Mebuki and Yasuko along for the ride, the market heats up! Joy, despair, joy, despair — this is an endearing, yet slightly risky money game. Can Kurumi and her friends survive this turbulent world?
- The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World II | October 2026
Synopsis (Season 1): The Arnold Academy of Sorcery for society’s most elite has just received their first commoner student: Ray White. Despite the contempt he’s received, Ray’s managed to befriend an eclectic group of classmates that get him into all sorts of schemes. But the pressures of maneuvering teenage drama is half his worries, as he secretly is the most powerful sorcerer…the Iceblade Sorcerer!
- The Laid-Off Cheat-Granting Mage Enjoys a Second Lease on Life | October 2026
Synopsis (from K-Manga): Rein the Enchanter is a support mage with the ability to enhance weapons and armor. But when he gets fired from his guild for the simple reason that he’s already enchanted everything they own, he decides to take the power back into his own hands—literally! Rein recalls every enchantment he ever put on his guildmates’ gear, retrieving the bonus points for himself. But does he really not have anything better to enchant with them than some Plain Clothes and a Copper Sword…? Come along on a cheat-tier journey from the most common of common origins!
- Uncle’s Obsession with Cute Things | October 2026
Synopsis: Focusing on Mitsutaka Oji, a cool and capable middle-aged man hiding his adorable secret, the heartwarming comedy celebrates adults who embrace their love for cute things.
- Shangri-La Frontier (Season 3) | January 2027
Synopsis: “When was the last time I played a game that wasn’t crap?” This is a world in the near future where games that use display screens are classified as retro. Anything that can’t keep up with state-of-the-art VR technology is called a “crap game,” and you see a large number of crap games coming out. Those who devote their lives to clearing these games are called “crap-game hunters,” and Rakuro Hizutome is one of them. The game he’s chosen to tackle next is Shangri-La Frontier, a “god-tier game” that has a total of thirty million players. Online friends… An expansive world… Encounters with rivals… These are changing Rakuro and all the other players’ fates! The best game adventure tale by the strongest “crap game” player begins now!
- ELECEED | Early 2027
Synopsis (From Webtoon): Jiwoo is a kind-hearted young man who harnesses the lightning quick reflexes of a cat to secretly make the world a better place – one saved little child or foster pet at a time. Kayden is a secret agent on the run, who finds himself stuck in the body of a…um…decidedly fat old fluffy cat. Together, armed with Jiwoo’s super powers and Kayden’s uber-smarts, they’re out to fight those forces who would let evil rule this world. That is, if they can stand each other long enough to get the job done.
ANIMANIA AWARDS
Crunchyroll’s anime won 4 awards during the 2026 AnimaniA Awards:
- Best Online Series: Gachiakuta
- Best Movie: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
- Best Sequel Series Online: The Apothecary Diaries (Season 2)
- Best Disc-Release: The Apothecary Diaries (Season 1)
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