NextAni Database
SUMMER 2026
ONA • Trend Score: 193Luck, an S-rank mage in the hero’s party, makes a last stand against the Demon King to save his companions. When he finally returns victorious, ten years have passed, and the world praises him as a legendary hero who died in battle. Unable to reclaim his former life, Luck conceals his identity and begins again as “Lock,” an F-rank adventurer forging a future in a world that moved on without him.
(Source: Crunchyroll)
Note: Koko wa Ore ni Makasete Saki ni Ike to Ittekara 10-nen ga Tattara Densetsu ni Natteita is streaming 3 days in advance of the TV broadcast on Prime Video beginning July 3rd, 2026. Regular broadcasting begins on July 6th, 2026.- Action
- Adventure
- Fantasy
SUMMER 2026
TV Show • 13 episodes • Trend Score: 182The second season of Hell Mode.
- Action
- Adventure
- Fantasy
SUMMER 2026
ONA • Trend Score: 175Dias finally returns home after decades of war. He's hailed as a hero and promptly rewarded with his own domain...which turns out to be little more than empty plains. Population: zero. Dias, who has only ever known battle, finds himself at a loss. How is he supposed to survive, let alone cultivate his territory into a thriving, prosperous dominion when there's nothing but grass as far as can see?
Fortunately for Dias, a horned girl by the name of Alna is about to show him there's more to the plains than meets the eye!
(Source: J-Novel Club)
Note: Ryoumin 0-Nin Start no Henkyou Ryoushu-sama is streaming a week advance of the TV broadcast on Prime Video beginning July 3rd, 2026. Regular broadcasting begins on July 10th, 2026.- Action
- Comedy
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Romance
- Slice of Life
SUMMER 2026
TV Show • Trend Score: 127Yani is a catgirl with a seriously bad smoking habit. She smokes so much that her apartment smells like ash and is littered with cigarette butts—and plenty of other trash! Every time she tries to quit, she becomes weak to the cravings and gives in almost instantly. Will she ever get her life together, or is she doomed to live as a chainsmoking slob forever?
(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)- Comedy
- Slice of Life
SUMMER 2026
TV Show • 26 episodes • Trend Score: 120Born into a prestigious family of master swordsmen, Elymas Edvaughn’s future shatters when he awakens the so-called “defective” Heavy Knight class. Disowned and cast out, he regains memories of another life—and realizes this world mirrors a VR game he once mastered. Armed with knowledge no one else possesses, he sets out to rewrite his fate and prove the strength of the “weakest” class.
(Source: Crunchyroll)- Action
- Fantasy
SUMMER 2026
TV_SHORT • 12 episodes • Trend Score: 82This exorcism is OMFFFFFFFFF!!!! Shizuka is a self-proclaimed ordinary high school girl who "only" sees ghosts. Using her unique ability to attract spirits, she works as an assistant to the famous psychic, Kamui. Though Kamui boasts overwhelming spiritual power, his exorcism methods are unprecedented...?! Will Shizuka, tossed about by supernatural disturbances, ever find peace? The curtain rises on "supreme" exorcism!! OMFFFFFFFFFG ALMIGHTY!!
(Source: OceanVeil)- Comedy
- Ecchi
- Supernatural
SUMMER 2026
ONA • Trend Score: 78Ephtal is reincarnated as a human, coming from modern Earth. In this new world where magic is real, he decides to devote the entirety of his life in the pursuit of magic. Despite his efforts, though, he discovers that he is absolutely talentless in magic, and breathed his last in anguish....But it isn't the end for him just yet! He reincarnates once again bearing the same name, Ephtal, 400 years later. Having retained his knowledge and power, he steals his resolve and once again sets his sights for the peak of magic!
(Source: Comikey)
Note: Rakudai Kenja no Gakuin Musou: Nidome no Tensei, S-Rank Cheat Majutsushi Boukenroku is streaming a week in advance of the TV broadcast on dAnimeStore, ABEMA, U-NEXT, and Anime Hodai beginning June 26th, 2026. Regular broadcasting begins on July 2nd, 2026.- Action
- Adventure
- Fantasy
SUMMER 2026
TV Show • Trend Score: 72Kuroe Akaishi just wants a normal high school life—but that’s impossible with a rare condition that turns her into a giant kaiju whenever her emotions spike! Things get even worse when she falls for Arata Minami, the most popular boy in class. Now every blush, heartbeat, and crush could trigger a monster transformation. Can Kuroe survive high school love before it destroys everything around her?!
(Source: Crunchyroll)- Comedy
- Romance
- Supernatural
SUMMER 2026
ONA • 12 episodes • Trend Score: 52Monsters did not always exist in the island country of Hexaldoria, once known as Japan. But, once monsters appeared, their numbers grew in an instant. Eighty percent of the world is now too dangerous for people to live in. With the monsters' arrival, the world bestowed "Classes" upon its people.
Classes are assigned at birth, and most people live according to them. There are eight COMPETENT classes: FIGHTER, HUNTER, CLERIC, WARRIOR, MAGE, MERCHANT, THIEF. And three special ORACLE classes: KING, SAGE, HERO.
The weakest Class of all is VILLAGER.
However, Kouji Kagami became "LEVEL 999"--the highest level that no one had reached before.
When he met the daughter of the Demon King, the world started to change!
(Source: BookWalker)- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Fantasy
SUMMER 2026
TV Show • Trend Score: 51At age forty-five, office worker Sasaki has had enough of the corporate grind. His only solace is smoking-and the friendly smile of supermarket cashier Yamada. When Sasaki can't find Yamada after a particularly trying day, a striking woman invites him to smoke with her. The despondent man thinks he's made a new smoking buddy in the cool, teasing Tayama, but Sasaki doesn't realize he already knows her!
(Source: Square Enix)
Note: Episodes 1-6 had an early release by ABEMA and Crunchyroll on June 3rd, 2026 in a mini-episode batch format that splits 6 episodes into 12, ahead of the TV broadcast which starts on July 9th, 2026.- Comedy
- Romance
- Slice of Life
