[LIVE > AnimeJapan 2026] Today’s Must-See Anime Updates | 28/03/2026, Part 3
Arunava Ghosh 
On this 28/03/2026, as usual, we bring you the latest and greatest in the world of anime. From fresh episode releases to new announcements, to exciting upcoming series, we’ve got you covered with everything happening in the anime world today. Check out today’s updates below!
This is Part 3
“Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You” TV anime main visual and main PV revealed!
In Japan, ABEMA will exclusively stream a version of the anime early starting in June.
Regular broadcasting begins in July.
[Theme songs]
OP: ZUTOMAYO
ED: “Fiction” by imase
[Cast (previously announced)]
Sasaki (CV: Takuya Sato)
Yamada / Tamaya (CV: Seena Hoshiki)
Suzuki (CV: Shinya Takahashi)
[Staff]
・Directors: Masato Suzuki, Aoi Mori
・Series Composition: Mio Inoue
・Character Design: Yasuka Otaki
・Music: Shin Kono, SAYAKO AOKI
・Sound Director: Kohei Yoshida
・Animation Production: Asahi Production
Image © Jinushi/SQUARE ENIX,Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You Production Committee
“KAIJU GIRL CARAMELISE” TV anime main visual, main PV, and July debut revealed!
Teruyuki Omine is directing the series at LIDENFILMS.
Image © Spica Aoki/KADOKAWA/Project KAIJU GIRL CARAMELISE
“Little Shark’s Day Out” Season 2 key visual unveiled!
[New cast members]
Yoko Tamamo (CV: Shiori Izawa)
Durandal (CV: Ryota Suzuki)
Chihiro Kumano is continuing to direct the series of shorts at ENGI for an April 12 [Sun] (※April 11 in many time zones) debut.
Images © PENGUINBOX,KADOKAWA,Little Shark’s Day Out
“The Neat and Pretty Girl at My New School Is a Childhood Friend of Mine Who I Thought Was a Boy” TV anime main PV revealed!
Chuanfeng Xu is directing the 12-episode series at project No.9 for a July 2026 debut.
[Opening theme song artist]
DIALOGUE+
© Hibariyu/KADOKAWA/TENBIN Production Committee
“Magical Girl Lyrical NANOHA EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance” begins on July 4 [Sat] with an extended 60-minute special premiere!
Takayuki Hamana is directing the brand-new TV anime at Seven Arcs.
© NANOHA EXCEEDS PROJECT
“From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman Ⅱ” new PV revealed!
Akio Kazumi is continuing to direct the series at studios Passione and Hayabusa Film for a July 2026 Season 2 debut.
Season 2 will stream exclusively on Prime Video worldwide.
© Shigeru Sagazaki,Tetsuhiro Nabeshima/SQUARE ENIX, From Old Country Bumpkin to Master SwordsmanⅡ Project
“JUJUTSU KAISEN” anime 5th Anniversary connected visual unveiled!
Image © Gege Akutami/Shueisha, JUJUTSU KAISEN Project
“Fate/strange Fake” digest PV released prior to today’s season finale (episode 13)!
© Ryohgo Narita,TYPE-MOON/KADOKAWA/FSFPC
“Uchi no Otouto-domo ga Sumimasen” TV anime key visual, PV, 24-episode length / consecutive 2 cour broadcast, and July 3 [Fri] debut revealed!
Hitoshi Nanba is directing the series at Lay-duce.
[Cast]
Ito Narita (CV: Naomi Ozora)
Gen Narita (CV: Toshiki Masuda)
Raku Narita (CV: Taku Yashiro)
Syu Narita (CV: Kensho Ono)
Rui Narita (CV: Momoka Terasawa)
Image © オザキアキラ／集英社・「うちの弟どもがすみません」製作委員会
New key visual for Kinema citrus‘ 15th Anniversary original TV anime “Goodbye, Lara“!
Takushi Koide is directing the series for a July debut.
▼ Limited-time preview of footage from episode 1
Image © キネマシトラス／「さよならララ」製作委員会
“Ore to Yu nii!” TV anime character designs released!
Tsubaki Sawashiro (CV: Shinnosuke Tokudome)
Yu Shimizu (CV: Shuichiro Umeda)
Directed by Noriko Hashimoto, this is an adaptation of Shota × Oni.
Additional information about the anime, such as the studio and premiere date, have not been announced.
Images © 中山幸／SQUARE ENIX・俺と悠兄！製作委員会
“The Drops of God” TV anime additional cast announced!
Sarah (CV: Lynn)
Kawarage (CV: Akihiko Ishizumi)
Chosuke Honma (CV: Soshiro Hori)
Loulan (CV: Konomi Kohara)
Kenji Itoso is directing the two-cour series at Satelight for an April 10 [Fri] debut, and Crunchyroll will stream the anime.
Crunchyroll has also confirmed an English dub, schedule/details not yet announced.
Image © Tadashi Agi/Shu Okimoto, Kodansha /The Drops of God Anime Production Committee
“I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in The Real World, Too” TV anime Season 2 announced with a teaser visual!
The previously announced TV special streams early in Japan this Sunday, March 29, followed by a TV broadcast on Monday.
ABEMA lists the special in a 1-hour time slot.
Image © Miku, Rein Kuwashima/KADOKAWA/Cheat Skill2 Production Committee
“A certain dark Item” (spin-off of “A Certain Magical Index“) new cast member + updated teaser PV: Choubi Hanano (CV: Hana Hishikawa)!
Tatsuyuki Nagai is directing the series at J.C.STAFF for a fall 2026 debut.
Image © Kazuma Kamachi/KADOKAWA/PROJECT-ITEM
“Saga of Tanya the Evil” Season 2 begins this July!
[New cast members]
Mikel (CV: Tomokazu Sugita)
Lilya (CV: Yoko Hikasa)
Takayuki Yamamoto is directing Season 2 at NUT.
Image © Carlo Zen,PUBLISHED BY KADOKAWA CORPORATION/Saga of Tanya the Evil2 PARTNERS
