This Season's Anime: Rankings and Episode Buzz — 2026-09-24
With the Fall 2026 season just days away, this week's news centered on Crunchyroll's confirmed lineup, new cast and episode-count details, and a surprise full-sequel announcement for a classic food manga. Meanwhile, Summer 2026 weekly rankings wrapped up with late-season shakeups at the top.
This Season's Anime: Rankings and Episode Buzz — 2026-09-24
Top developments
Shin Oishinbo sequel greenlit for 2027
A full continuation of the classic anime "Oishinbo," titled "Shin Oishinbo" (New Oishinbo), was announced on September 24 for broadcast in 2027. Yōhei Azakami will voice Yōzan Shiro, Sasaki Kome voices Yūko Kurita, and Akio Ōtsuka voices Yūzan Kaibara. It's a rare full sequel for a decades-old property and one of the biggest Japanese announcements of the week.
Iceblade Sorcerer 2nd season adds cast, October 8 debut
On September 24, Anime News Network reported that "The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World" 2nd season has cast Shiki Aoki and Kazuyuki Okitsu, with the season set to premiere on October 8 — another sequel joining an already crowded Fall slate.
Magic Knight Rayearth reboot confirmed at 24 episodes
The Rayearth remake will run as a two-cour, 24-episode series, premiering October 7, with new cast details confirmed just days before launch — positioning it as one of the Fall season's biggest new debuts.
Slime finale buzz
Crunchyroll's "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime" shared a first look and synopsis for its big 2026 finale — one of the streamer's top-performing isekai franchises closing out the year.
Summer rankings: last-week wrap
ANN's weekly rankings for Sep 9–15 saw Goodbye, Lara finally take #1 after hovering near the top all season, with Iruma-kun and Iron Wok Jan finishing strong. Anime Trending's Week 11 chart put Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia at the top.
Local view
Japanese fansite ranking.net launched a user-voted "pre-broadcast hype ranking" for Fall 2026 anime, updated September 20. Anime Atsumeto (Animate Times) published its interim "hachiken" (season-champion) poll on September 23, highlighting heavily anticipated continuations including "Kōri no Jōheki (Ice Wall) 2nd season," "The Apothecary Diaries Season 3," "Tokyo Revengers:展開編," "A no Hako Season 2," and "My Happy Marriage."
Context & numbers
- Rayearth reboot: 24 episodes, two cours, October 7 premiere.
- Crunchyroll's Fall 2026 slate features near-daily subtitled simulcasts starting September 26, including Overgeared, FX Fighter Kurumi-chan, Dreamland, plus carryovers Red River and Star Detective Precure!.
- Anime Corner's Week 12 Summer voting ran September 18–25.
On the radar
- Anime Corner's final Week 12 poll results will land right as the Fall season begins.
- GIGAZINE compiled a running list of all Fall 2026 new anime premieres (September 22).
- Kotaku flagged Suikoden: The Anime, the Magic Knight Rayearth remake, and Fool Night as the Fall highlights to watch.
- Crunchyroll ran a five-series Fall 2026 sneak peek on September 21, preceded by a Bananya short.
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