The Winter 2026 anime season is here, bringing a new wave of highly anticipated series and returning favorites!
In this guide, we have compiled a comprehensive list of anime airing this season, including brand-new titles, sequels, and re-runs. Each entry features the latest key visuals along with confirmed Japanese broadcast information, making it easy to check when and where each series will air.
Whether you are planning your seasonal watchlist or keeping an eye on upcoming trends, this overview will help you navigate everything the Winter 2026 anime season has to offer.
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Winter 2026 Anime List
- A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation
- A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans
- Akuma-kun
- An Adventurer's Daily Grind at Age 29
- Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You Season2
- BAKI-DOU: The Invincible Samurai
- Blue Miburo: Serizawa Assassination Arc
- Cardfight!! Vanguard: Divinez Parallactic Clash Arc
- Chained Soldier Season 2
- Champignon Witch
- CHOPPER’s
- Dark Moon: The Blood Altar
- Dead Account
- Does It Count If You Lose Your Virginity to an Android?
- Duel Masters LOST: Boukyaku no Taiyou
- Eagle Talon XX
- Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord
- Elegy for the Henchmen: Fist of the North Star
- Fate/strange Fake
- Fire Force Season 3 Cour 2
- Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2
- GARO: The Eastern Realm Tower
- GelPiyo
- Golden Kamuy: The Final Chapter
- Hana-Kimi
- Hell Mode: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World With Garbage Balancing
- Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube Cour 2
- Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku Season 2
- High School! Kimengumi
- Holo no Graffiti
- Hoppe-chan: Sun Ookoku to Kuro Hoppe-dan no Himitsu
- Ichigo Aika: Strawberry Elegy
- I'll Live a Long Life to Dote on My Favorite Stepbrother!
- In the Clear Moonlit Dusk
- Isekai Office Worker: The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter
- Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None
- Journal with Witch
- Jujutsu Kaisen: The Culling Game Part 1
- Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War - The Stairway to Adulthood
- Kanagawa Elves
- Kaya-chan Isn't Scary
- Kunon the Sorcerer Can See
- Link Click: Bridon Arc
- Love Through a Prism
- Medalist Season 2
- MF Ghost 3rd Season
- mofusand
- My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Season 2
- Noble Reincarnation: Born Blessed, so I'll Obtain Ultimate Power
- Oedo Fire Slayer: The Legend of Phoenix
- Oshi no Ko Season 3
- Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table
- Record of Ragnarok Season 3
- Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling
- Ren Arisugawa Is Actually a Girl
- Roll Over and Die: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword!
- Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin Kokorowa Rice Cultivation Diary
- Scum of the Brave
- Sentenced to Be a Hero
- Star Detective Precure!
- Super Space Sheriff Gavan Infinity
- Tamon's B-Side
- The Case Book of Arne
- The Daily Life of a Part-time Torturer
- The Darwin Incident
- The Demon King's Daughter is Too Kind!!
- The Holy Grail of Eris
- The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife
- The Irregular at Magic High School Season 3 (Re-run)
- The Villainess Is Adored by the Prince of the Neighbor Kingdom
- There was a Cute Girl in the Hero's Party, so I Tried Confessing to Her
- Tis Time for "Torture," Princess Season 2
- TRIGUN STARGAZE
- Tune In to the Midnight Heart
- Undead Unluck: Winter Arc
- Wash It All Away
- Yami Shibai Season 15
- Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers
- You and I Are Polar Opposites
- You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!
- You Don't Know Gunma Yet: Reiwa Version
- Your Saint Is In Another Country: One State's Loss Is Another State's Gain Season 2
A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation
Schedule: Starts January 7 2026 (Wed) JST
(C) 岬・TOブックス／穏やか貴族製作委員会
A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans
Schedule: Starts January 10 2026 (Sat) JST
(C)来栖夏芽/KADOKAWA/不知火高校製作委員会
Akuma-kun
Schedule: Starts January 9 2026 (Fri) JST
(C)水木プロ・東映アニメーション
An Adventurer's Daily Grind at Age 29
Schedule: Starts January 7 2026 (Wed) JST
(C)奈良一平・講談社／コマイ村自治会
Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You Season 2
Schedule: Starts January 8 2026 (Thu) JST
(C)満井春香・講談社／アニメ「どうせ、恋してしまうんだ。」製作委員会
BAKI-DOU: The Invincible Samurai
Schedule: Starts February 26 2026 (Thu) JST
(C)板垣恵介(秋田書店)／刃牙道製作委員会
Blue Miburo: Serizawa Assassination Arc
Schedule: Starts December 20 2025 (Sat) JST
(C)安田剛士・講談社／「青のミブロ」製作委員会
Cardfight!! Vanguard: Divinez Parallactic Clash Arc
Schedule: Starts January 10 2026 (Sat) JST
(C)VANGUARD Divinez Character Design (C)2021-2026 CLAMP・ST
Chained Soldier Season 2
Schedule: Starts January 8 2026 (Thu) JST
(C)タカヒロ・竹村洋平／集英社・魔防隊第2広報部
Champignon Witch
Schedule: Starts January 8 2026 (Thu) JST
(C)樋口橘・白泉社／「シャンピニオンの魔女」製作委員会
CHOPPER’s
Schedule: Starts January 5 2026 (Mon) JST
(C)CHOPPER's Friends
Dark Moon: The Blood Altar
Schedule: Starts January 9 2026 (Fri) JST
(C)HYBE/Project DARK MOON
Dead Account
Schedule: Starts January 10 2026 (Sat) JST
(C)渡辺静・講談社／「デッドアカウント」製作委員会
Does It Count If You Lose Your Virginity to an Android?
Schedule: Starts January 9 2026 (Fri) JST
(C)焼肉定食・一迅社／ウェイブ
Duel Masters LOST: Boukyaku no Taiyou
Schedule: Starts February 6 2026 (Fri) JST
TM and (C)2025 Wizards of the Coast/Shogakukan/WHC/ShoPro
Eagle Talon XX
Schedule: Starts January 6 2026 (Tue)
(C)DLE/KDDI
Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord
Schedule: Starts January 10 2026 (Sat) JST
(C)赤池宗・オーバーラップ／お気楽製作委員会
Elegy for the Henchmen: Fist of the North Star
Schedule: Starts January 5 2026 (Mon) JST
(C)武論尊・原哲夫／コアミックス 1983,(C)ザコたちの挽歌製作委員会
Fate/strange Fake
Schedule: Starts January 3 2026 (Sat) JST
(C)成田良悟・TYPE-MOON/KADOKAWA/FSFPC
Fire Force Season 3 Cour 2
Schedule: Starts January 9 2026 (Fri) JST
(C)大久保篤・講談社／特殊消防隊動画広報課
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2
Schedule: Starts January 16 2026 (Fri) JST
(C)山田鐘人・アベツカサ／小学館／「葬送のフリーレン」製作委員会
GARO: The Eastern Realm Tower
Schedule: Starts January 29 2026 (Thu) JST
(C)2026「東ノ界楼」雨宮慶太／東北新社
GelPiyo
Schedule: Starts January 21 2026 (Wed) JST
Golden Kamuy: The Final Chapter
Schedule: Starts January 5 2026 (Mon) JST
(C)野田サトル／集英社・ゴールデンカムイ製作委員会
Hana-Kimi
Schedule: Starts January 4 2026 (Sun) JST
(C)中条比紗也・白泉社／「花ざかりの君たちへ」アニメ製作委員会
Hell Mode: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World With Garbage Balancing
Schedule: Starts January 9 2026 (Fri) JST
(C)ハム男/アース・スター エンターテイメント/ヘルモード製作委員会
Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube Cour 2
Schedule: Starts January 7 2026 (Wed) JST
(C)真倉翔・岡野剛／集英社・童守小学校卒業生一同
Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku Season 2
Schedule: Starts January 11 2026 (Sun) JST
(C)賀来ゆうじ/集英社・ツインエンジン・MAPPA
High School! Kimengumi
Schedule: Starts January 9 2026 (Fri) JST
(C)新沢基栄／集英社・奇面組
Holo no Graffiti
Schedule: Starts February 1 2026 (Sun) JST
(C) COVER
Hoppe-chan: Sun Ookoku to Kuro Hoppe-dan no Himitsu
Schedule: Starts January 10 2026 (Sat) JST
(C)サン宝石／ほっぺちゃん製作委員会
Ichigo Aika: Strawberry Elegy
Schedule: Starts January 4 2026 (Sun) JST
(C)神馬耶樹 ひらふみ／Suiseisha Inc.
I'll Live a Long Life to Dote on My Favorite Stepbrother!
Schedule: Starts January 6 2026 (Tue)
(C)朝陽天満・辻本嗣・アルファポリス/「最推し」製作委員会
In the Clear Moonlit Dusk
Schedule: Starts January 11 2026 (Sun) JST
(C)やまもり三香・講談社／うるわしの宵の月製作委員会
Isekai Office Worker: The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter
Schedule: Starts January 6 2026 (Tue)
(C)2026 八月八・大橋キッカ／KADOKAWA／「異世界の沙汰は社畜次第」製作委員会
Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None
Schedule: Starts January 4 2026 (Sun) JST
(C)都神樹・講談社／勇者パーティを追い出された製作委員会
Journal with Witch
Schedule: Starts January 4 2026 (Sun) JST
(C)ヤマシタトモコ・祥伝社／アニメ「違国日記」製作委員会
Jujutsu Kaisen: The Culling Game Part 1
Schedule: Starts January 8 2026 (Thu) JST
(C)芥見下々／集英社・呪術廻戦製作委員会
Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War - The Stairway to Adulthood
Schedule: Starts December 31 2025 (Wed) JST
(C)赤坂アカ／集英社・かぐや様は告らせたい製作委員会
Kanagawa Elves
Schedule: Starts December 4 2025 (Thu) JST
(C)鎧田／マイクロマガジン社／アニメ「#かなエル」製作委員会
Kaya-chan Isn't Scary
Schedule: Starts January 11 2026 (Sun) JST
(C)百合太郎・新潮社／カヤコワ製作委員会
Kunon the Sorcerer Can See
Schedule: Starts January 4 2026 (Sun) JST
(C)南野海風・Laruha/KADOKAWA/「魔術師クノンは見えている」製作委員会
Link Click: Bridon Arc
Schedule: Starts February 4 2026 (Wed) JST
(C)bilibili/BeDream
Love Through a Prism
Schedule: Starts January 15 2026 (Thu) JST
Medalist Season 2
Schedule: Starts January 24 2026 (Sat) JST
(C)つるまいかだ・講談社/メダリスト製作委員会
MF Ghost 3rd Season
Schedule: Starts January 4 2026 (Sun) JST
(C)しげの秀一・講談社／MFゴースト製作委員会
mofusand
Schedule: Starts January 7 2026 (Wed) JST
(C) mofusand
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Season 2
Schedule: Starts January 5 2026 (Mon) JST
(C) 古橋秀之・別天荒人・堀越耕平／集英社・ヴィジランテ製作委員会
Noble Reincarnation: Born Blessed, so I'll Obtain Ultimate Power
Schedule: Starts January 7 2026 (Wed) JST
(C)三木なずな・SBクリエイティブ／貴族転生製作委員会
Oedo Fire Slayer: The Legend of Phoenix
Schedule: Starts January 11 2026 (Sun) JST
(C)今村翔吾／祥伝社／ぼろ鳶組一同
Oshi no Ko Season 3
Schedule: Starts January 14 2026 (Wed) JST
(C)赤坂アカ×横槍メンゴ／集英社・【推しの子】製作委員会
Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table
Schedule: Starts January 7 2026 (Wed) JST
(C)鵜飼有志・ねこめたる/KADOKAWA/「死亡遊戯で飯を食う。」製作委員会
Record of Ragnarok Season 3
Schedule: Starts December 10 2025 (Wed) JST
(C)アジチカ・梅村真也・フクイタクミ／コアミックス, 終末のワルキューレⅢ製作委員
Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling
Schedule: Starts January 10 2026 (Sat) JST
(C)猫子・NAJI柳田／SQUARE ENIX・ドラたま製作委員会
Ren Arisugawa Is Actually a Girl
Schedule: Starts January 4 2026 (Sun) JST
(C)浅月のりと／Suiseisha Inc.
Roll Over and Die: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword!
Schedule: Starts January 8 2026 (Thu) JST
(C)kiki・キンタ・kodamazon／マイクロマガジン社／おまごと製作委員会
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin Kokorowa Rice Cultivation Diary
Schedule: Starts February 15 2026 (Sun) JST
(C)えーでるわいす／「天穂のサクナヒメ」製作委員会 (C)安藤敬而／集英社
Scum of the Brave
Schedule: Starts January 10 2026 (Sat) JST
(C)ナカシマ723／ロケット商会／リイド社・製作委員会のクズ
Sentenced to Be a Hero
Schedule: Starts January 3 2026 (Sat) JST
(C)2024 ロケット商会/KADOKAWA/勇者刑に処す製作委員会
Star Detective Precure!
Schedule: Starts February 1 2026 (Sun) JST
(C)ABC-A・東映アニメーション
Super Space Sheriff Gavan Infinity
Schedule: Starts February 15 2026 (Sun) JST
(C)テレビ朝日・東映AG・東映
Tamon's B-Side
Schedule: Starts January 3 2026 (Sat) JST
(C)師走ゆき・白泉社／多聞くん今どっち！？製作委員会
The Case Book of Arne
Schedule: Starts January 6 2026 (Tue)
(C)春紫/Vaka, Inc. (C)春紫／バカー／アルネ探偵事務所
The Daily Life of a Part-time Torturer
Schedule: Starts January 4 2026 (Sun) JST
(C)次見やをら・白泉社／「拷問バイトくんの日常」製作委員会
The Darwin Incident
Schedule: Starts January 6 2026 (Tue)
(C)2026 うめざわしゅん・講談社／「ダーウィン事変」製作委員会
The Demon King's Daughter is Too Kind!!
Schedule: Starts January 7 2026 (Wed) JST
(C)坂本遊也・白泉社／「魔王の娘は優しすぎる!!」製作委員会
The Holy Grail of Eris
Schedule: Starts January 8 2026 (Thu) JST
(C)常磐くじら・ドリコム／エリスの聖杯製作委員会
The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife
Schedule: Starts January 8 2026 (Thu) JST
(C)岩飛猫／双葉社・「透明男と人間女」製作委員会
The Irregular at Magic High School Season 3 (Re-run)
Schedule: Starts January 4 2026 (Sun) JST
(C)2023 佐島 勤/KADOKAWA/魔法科高校3製作委員会
The Villainess Is Adored by the Prince of the Neighbor Kingdom
Schedule: Starts January 11 2026 (Sun) JST
(C)ぷにちゃん・成瀬あけの/KADOKAWA/「悪役令嬢は隣国の王太子に溺愛される」製作委員会
There was a Cute Girl in the Hero's Party, so I Tried Confessing to Her
Schedule: Starts January 6 2026 (Tue)
(C)水星・海李／双葉社・「ゆうかわ」製作委員会
Tis Time for "Torture," Princess Season 2
Schedule: Starts January 12 2026 (Mon) JST
(C)春原ロビンソン・ひらけい／集英社・国王軍第三騎士団
TRIGUN STARGAZE
Schedule: Starts January 10 2026 (Sat) JST
(C) 2026 内藤泰弘・少年画報社／「TRIGUN STARGAZE」製作委員会
Tune In to the Midnight Heart
Schedule: Starts January 6 2026 (Tue)
(C)五十嵐正邦・講談社／「真夜中ハートチューン」製作委員会
Undead Unluck: Winter Arc
Schedule: Starts December 25 2025 (Thu) JST
(C)戸塚慶文／集英社・アンデッドアンラック製作委員会
Wash It All Away
Schedule: Starts January 5 2026 (Mon) JST
(C)Mitsuru Hattori/SQUARE ENIX (C)はっとりみつる／SQUARE ENIX・「綺麗にしてもらえますか。」製作委員会
Yami Shibai Season 15
Schedule: Starts January 11 2026 (Sun) JST
(C)YAM
Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers
Schedule: Starts January 6 2026 (Tue)
(C)SUNRISE
You and I Are Polar Opposites
Schedule: Starts January 11 2026 (Sun) JST
(C)阿賀沢紅茶/集英社・「正反対な君と僕」製作委員会
You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!
Schedule: Starts January 5 2026 (Mon) JST
(C)三簾真也・講談社／幼馴染とラブコメになりたい製作委員会
You Don't Know Gunma Yet: Reiwa Version
Schedule: Starts January 10 2026 (Sat) JST
(C)井田ヒロト／新潮社／「おまグン」製作委員会
Your Saint Is In Another Country: One State's Loss Is Another State's Gain Season 2
Schedule: Starts January 9 2026 (Fri) JST
