The 10 Upcoming Summer 2026 Anime You Should Be Most Excited For
The upcoming Summer 2026 anime season is set to be packed with exciting new titles and returning favorites. Notable series include a new adaptation of Ghost in the Shell and the return of popular shows like Bleach and Skeleton Knight. Fans are bracing for another intense season with little time to catch up on previous releases.
- ▪Summer 2026 will feature a stacked anime lineup with both new and returning series.
- ▪Ghost in the Shell is getting a new adaptation that aims to be more faithful to the original manga.
- ▪Returning favorites include Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War and Skeleton Knight in Another World.
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The 10 Upcoming Summer 2026 Anime You Should Be Most Excited For If you're an anime fan, I hope you weren't looking forward to having any free time in July AnimeCapcomCrunchyrollNetflix By Lewis Parker Published May 27, 2026 | Comments (0) | 𝕏 Copied! © Crunchyroll / Netflix I’m on the verge of a breakdown, man. I barely survived the Winter 2026 anime season. There aren’t enough hours in the day to keep up with the current Spring 2026 lineup. And now, Summer 2026 is almost upon us. But hey, surely it’s fine, right? There’s no way Summer 2026 could be on par with the last two seasons. It was just a coincidence that the previous six months of anime have been chock-full of back-to-back bangers.
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