2026 Fall Anime Season Swells to Nearly 100 Titles — 5ch: ‘Who’s Actually Watching All This? lol’

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Animatetimes published its lineup of anime premiering in October 2026, and on 5ch’s Entertainment/Sports News+ board, users reacted to a rundown spanning new titles and reruns. Some shared what they’re planning to watch — Blue Box, The Apothecary Diaries, the To Aru (“A Certain…”) series — while others were stunned that the list swells to nearly 100 titles once reruns are included, asking “who’s actually watching all this?” Others vented over the Medalist rerun, demanding “just hurry up and give us new episodes already.” The thread also filled in extra details along the way, like confirmation that The Fable Season 2 starts in January 2027.

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Source: animatetimes.com / original article here

What people said

3AnonymousSep 30, 2026 19:40
You guys always trash-talk Japanese dramas and movies, but you're watching this stuff lol
13AnonymousSep 30, 2026 19:47
Tank Chair looks interesting
Gives off Dorohedoro vibes
14AnonymousSep 30, 2026 19:47
Tell me which summer anime were actually worth watching
15AnonymousSep 30, 2026 19:47
There's a ton of reincarnation/isekai shows lined up
Is this actually on the low end compared to usual seasons?
20AnonymousSep 30, 2026 19:52
Nostalgic! Didn't know Genso Suikoden was getting an anime
I remember playing the original on the first PlayStation
21AnonymousSep 30, 2026 19:52
For now I'm planning to watch Ao Ashi, The Apothecary Diaries, and To Aru
Romelia Senki has my interest but I couldn't watch it since it was a streaming exclusive
22AnonymousSep 30, 2026 19:53
With this many shows on the list, Sasaki and Peeps is the only one I've actually read as a manga
23AnonymousSep 30, 2026 19:54
I've read the source material for Hotaru so I'll probably watch it
25AnonymousSep 30, 2026 19:55
Didn't know Kamen Rider Meiss was getting an anime too
27AnonymousSep 30, 2026 19:57
Oh nice, they're doing A Certain Scientific Railgun
33AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:03
Re: #1
Here's a roundup of PVs for the ones that look most interesting out of this lineup
https://youtu.be/gNX-cn49y_4

https://youtu.be/4UGOafhGQeU
36AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:05
Re: #33
That top one is the Frieren video that got announced two days ago

*Note: that's not a fall anime, don't get fooled
34AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:03
Looking forward to tomorrow's FX Warrior Kurumi-chan!
First anime I'll have watched since Chiikawa
35AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:04
Don't know any of these

Wait, is this SIREN based on the game?
78AnonymousSep 30, 2026 21:00
Re: #35
It's based on a manga that ran in Weekly Shonen Jump a long time ago
37AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:09
Nearly 100 shows once you count reruns
Who's actually watching all this lol
39AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:11
Ace of the Diamond is basically the only normal-looking anime on this list
40AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:11
Wonder how Keroro (Sgt. Frog) will be with the全 new cast
What were you all even doing 20 years ago?
42AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:16
Kurumi-chan's probably the only one I'll watch
44AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:18
Watching:
Romelia
Blue Box
Ranma
Tank Chair
Blue Box and Ranma are safe bets — curious whether Tank Chair and Romelia turn into sleeper hits
45AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:19
Terrifying number of titles, gonna have to drop half of them after episode one
No way anyone can keep up with checking all of these
47AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:20
Girls und Panzer: More Love Love Operation!
Is this a new one?
49AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:21
What are us Kirara-starved fans supposed to do
50AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:23
Re: #49
Tetsudou Musume kind of has that Kirara vibe
51AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:24
Shirotan
The Tanuki and the Fox
Nice and wholesome.
53AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:26
My dark horse pick is Dark Summoner
That one's a solid ecchi comedy
54AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:27
I'm here for Kinnikuman
I'm here for Rurouni Kenshin
63AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:40
Genso Suikoden's about the only one I'm planning to watch
When's the Fable sequel finally coming
64AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:42
Re: #63

>TV anime The Fable Season 2 is scheduled to begin airing on Nippon TV in January 2027
65AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:43
Re: #63
Fable Season 2 starts next January
69AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:46
Feels like the Hotaru no Yomeiri manga just keeps getting less interesting
Let's get Nezumi no Hatsukoi (A Rat's First Love) adapted instead
76AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:56
Re: #69
I mean, it's already finished anyway
77AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:56
A Medalist rerun? Are they kidding? Hurry up with new episodes already, how many years are they gonna make us wait
84AnonymousSep 30, 2026 21:11
Re: #77
There's a movie coming out in February, so there's a spinoff planned for the January season

Background and Points of Discussion

This roundup is based on the broadcast list that major anime news site animatetimes publishes every season, which by tradition includes not just new titles but reruns and spinoffs of past works as well. That’s why the Medalist rerun might look like a halfhearted move, but as the thread itself points out, it’s actually tied to a spinoff rollout timed with the theatrical film releasing in February — not simply filler. It’s also easy to overlook that shows like “Kamen Rider Meiss,” a tokusatsu series, get slotted into the anime programming block, blurring the line between genres. In recent years the number of titles airing in a single broadcast season (cour) has been trending upward, and the growing burden on viewers to decide what to actually keep up with underlies a lot of the reaction in the thread.

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread “[Anime] 2026 Fall Anime Roundup | Shows Premiering in October — New and Rerun Anime Info / 2026-09-29 edition.”

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