Winter 2026 Anime

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2 continues elf mage Frieren's slow journey north with her apprentice Fern and the young warrior Stark. Its 10 episodes aired from January to March 2026, bringing the anime to 38 episodes in total. The party is travelling toward Aureole, the land where souls rest, so that Frieren can speak once more with Himmel, the hero she never understood in time. Season 2 keeps the first season's gentle rhythm: quiet inns and small villages, spells collected for almost no reason, and memories of the old hero party surfacing at every stop. But the Northern Plateau is dangerous country. Demons still haunt the roads, and this season brings the party face to face with the divine warrior Revolte, and with two very different first-class mages, Methode and Genau. Made by Madhouse with Evan Call's score and a new director, Tomoya Kitagawa, Season 2 is a shorter, calmer cour than the first, ten episodes that trust silence, scenery and small kindnesses to do the heavy lifting, and land all the harder for it.

Jujutsu Kaisen: The Culling Game Part 1 is the first half of the anime's third season, made by MAPPA. Its 12 episodes aired from January to March 2026, taking the overall series to 59 episodes. After the Shibuya Incident, Yuji Itadori is a wanted man: his death sentence is back, and special grade sorcerer Yuta Okkotsu has been sent to carry it out. Behind the chaos stands Kenjaku, the ancient sorcerer wearing Suguru Geto's body, who has forced thousands of people into the Culling Game, a battle royale fought inside barriers across Japan, where players kill for points under strict, changing rules. With Satoru Gojo still sealed away, Yuji, Megumi, Maki, Panda and Yuta enter the colonies to find a way to bend the rules, free Gojo and stop Kenjaku's plan. Part 1 is wall-to-wall battles with brains behind them: a gambler whose technique runs on pure luck, a lawyer who puts sorcerers on trial, and an ancient warrior hunting Sukuna himself. It ends mid-game, with Part 2 still to come.