Anniversary
Your Name turns ten
Makoto Shinkai's film opened in Japanese cinemas on 26 August 2016 and became the highest-grossing anime film in the world until Demon Slayer overtook it.
Anime Calendar: Premieres, Films and Anniversaries
The dates worth knowing for the series this site covers, each one taken from a public announcement and linked to it. Where only a month has been announced, only a month is listed. When the day comes, the guide next to it is the one we update.
August 2026
Film release
Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Walpurgisnacht Rising opens in Japan
The sequel to Rebellion, delayed from winter 2024, then winter 2025, then February 2026. Same staff as the series: Shaft, Akiyuki Simbo, Gen Urobuchi, Yuki Kajiura. IMAX screenings from opening day. No international date has been announced.
September 2026
Season premiere
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run, second stage begins
Part 7 resumes on Netflix with weekly Friday episodes after the March opener. Warner Bros. Japan announced the date at Anime Expo; the second and third stages run eleven episodes between them.
October 2026
Season premiere
Black Clover season 2 premieres on TV Tokyo
Studio Pierrot returns, with Ayataka Tanemura directing. Crunchyroll streams it. Only the month has been announced; this entry gains a day when one is.
Anniversary
Death Note's anime turns twenty
The Madhouse adaptation first aired on Nippon Television on 4 October 2006 and ran 37 episodes to June 2007.
December 2026
Anniversary
Sailor Moon's manga turns thirty-five
Naoko Takeuchi's manga began in Kodansha's Nakayoshi on 28 December 1991; the anime followed on TV Asahi in March 1992.
January 2027
Anniversary
Puella Magi Madoka Magica turns fifteen
The series debuted on MBS, TBS and CBC on 7 January 2011, and was interrupted by the March earthquake before its last two episodes aired together in April.