Following its Showcase panel at Anime Expo 2026, Crunchyroll announced several new and upcoming anime series coming to the platform. Highlights include The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 5, Aoashi Season 2, and more titles set to stream in the future.

Aoashi Season 2
Release Date: October 2026
Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS and India
Season 1 Synopsis: After a loss in his last junior high school soccer tourney, Ehime Prefecture’s ace player, Ashito Aoi, is devastated but in every loss there’s a victory. Tatsuya Fukuda, manager of an organization that trains students for one of the leading clubs in the J-League, sees Ashito’s raw talent and offers a tryout to his group. Together they’ll bring the youth club and Aoshi’s talents to new heights!

Dengeki Daisy
Release Date: October 2026
Release Date: 2027
Synopsis: One day at school, Teru accidentally breaks a window and agrees to pay for it by helping Kurosaki with chores around school. Kurosaki is an impossible taskmaster though, and he also seems to be hiding something important from Teru…
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Fate Rewinder
Release Date: April 2027
Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS and India
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Gacha Girls Corps
Release Date: January 2027
Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, India and Southeast Asia
Synopsis: UR-GUARANTEED—TO HAVE THE ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME!
Ready for an adventure that’s out of this world? We’ve gacha covered.
Norl’s a cutting-edge cutie with a cutting edge who’s a cut above the rest. Heihachi’s just your average mobile game addict with a whale-sized hole in his wallet.
But one day, he pulls an item that pulls him into another world, spinning his life around with a spin of the gacha.
Attacked by monsters, and left without options, Heihachi does what he knows best—roll gacha! To his surprise, he watches his unit materialize before his eyes. Heihachi’s used to seeing cute girls pop up on his phone, but he’s never seen one pop out of his phone!
Join him on his quest to collect OP UR QTs! (That’s Overpowered Ultra Rare Cuties.)
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Magical Buffs: The Support Caster is Stronger Than He Realized!
Release Date: January 2027
Territories: Worldwide excluding Japan, China and Korea
Synopsis: Wim Strauss isn’t a flashy fighter—he’s a granting caster, a support mage who boosts his allies’ strength in battle. His magic keeps the party alive. But when his quiet power starts to overshadow the wrong person, the team’s prideful leader has him unceremoniously kicked out.
Enter his slightly clingy childhood friend Heidemarie, now a member of Nachtlibelle, a renowned A-rank guild counted among the strongest in the land. She offers Wim a chance to join her team—a fresh start among allies who actually value his skills. His magic may not dazzle, but with the right party behind him, he just might prove that the back line was never where he truly belonged.
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The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 5
Release Date: 2027
Synopsis: Iwatani Naofumi, a run-of-the-mill otaku, finds a book in the library that summons him to another world. He is tasked with joining the sword, spear, and bow as one of the Four Cardinal Heroes and fighting the Waves of Catastrophe as the Shield Hero. Excited by the prospect of a grand adventure, Naofumi sets off with his party. However, merely a few days later, he is betrayed and loses all his money, dignity, and respect. Unable to trust anyone anymore, he employs a slave named Raphtalia and takes on the Waves and the world. But will he really find a way to overturn this desperate situation?
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Source: Press Release
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