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Black Bullet: New World OrderPublisher

Black Bullet returns after twelve years with rewritten volumes and a new story arc

KADOKAWA will relaunch the series as Black Bullet: New World Order, publishing two books per month on November 10, December 10, January 8 and February 10. The eight-book schedule rewrites the material through the former volume seven with new cover art by Saki Ukai, then leads into a new arc. ABEMA will marathon all twelve anime episodes on October 3 and keep them free for two weeks. The publisher has not dated the first wholly new story after February.

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Dengeki Bunko Autumn Festival Online 2026Dengeki Bunko publisher and event organizer

Dengeki Bunko sets an October 3 online festival with early 2027 anime footage and franchise updates

Dengeki Bunko Autumn Festival Online 2026 will stream through ABEMA on October 3 from 4 p.m. Japan time. The timetable promises advance footage from the January 2027 anime Himekishi-sama no Himo, a discussion of Spice and Wolf's second season, Sword Art Online game news, a look at the October Rascal Does Not Dream film and a final Dengeki Bunko block for new media-mix reveals. The notice does not guarantee announcements beyond those named categories.

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KADOKAWA Studio One Base mergerParent company

KADOKAWA merges five anime studios into the 310-person Studio One Base

ENGI, Studio KADAN, Chiptune, Bellnox Films and Raging Bull will merge into Studio One Base in November 2026. The wholly owned KADOKAWA company will have about 310 employees at Sunshine City in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. KADOKAWA says the five labels and their production lines will continue while management, back-office, recruitment and training functions are consolidated. The release announces no layoffs, cancellations or title-specific production changes.

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Dengeki Bunko Autumn Festival Online 2026Dengeki Bunko publisher and event organizer

Dengeki Bunko sets an October 3 online festival with early 2027 anime footage and franchise updates

Dengeki Bunko Autumn Festival Online 2026 will stream through ABEMA on October 3 from 4 p.m. Japan time. The timetable promises advance footage from the January 2027 anime Himekishi-sama no Himo, a discussion of Spice and Wolf's second season, Sword Art Online game news, a look at the October Rascal Does Not Dream film and a final Dengeki Bunko block for new media-mix reveals. The notice does not guarantee announcements beyond those named categories.

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KADOKAWA Studio One Base mergerParent company

KADOKAWA merges five anime studios into the 310-person Studio One Base

ENGI, Studio KADAN, Chiptune, Bellnox Films and Raging Bull will merge into Studio One Base in November 2026. The wholly owned KADOKAWA company will have about 310 employees at Sunshine City in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. KADOKAWA says the five labels and their production lines will continue while management, back-office, recruitment and training functions are consolidated. The release announces no layoffs, cancellations or title-specific production changes.

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Black Bullet: New World OrderPublisher

Black Bullet returns after twelve years with rewritten volumes and a new story arc

KADOKAWA will relaunch the series as Black Bullet: New World Order, publishing two books per month on November 10, December 10, January 8 and February 10. The eight-book schedule rewrites the material through the former volume seven with new cover art by Saki Ukai, then leads into a new arc. ABEMA will marathon all twelve anime episodes on October 3 and keep them free for two weeks. The publisher has not dated the first wholly new story after February.

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Even Though I'm a Super Timid Noble Girl animePublisher and music producer

Even Though I'm a Super Timid Noble Girl anime starts October 4 with new cast and theme songs

The production confirmed a Japanese television premiere on October 4 across 23 stations, followed by fastest streaming that night on d Anime Store, Hulu, U-NEXT and Animehodai. A new trailer adds Haruka Shiraishi, Shogo Sakata and Shoya Ishige to the cast; Konomi Suzuki performs the opening and Miku Ito the ending. The episode count and international licensing remain unannounced.

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The World's Finest Assassin season twoOriginal light-novel publisher

The World's Finest Assassin season two sets January 2027 broadcast and adds Epona and Neusch

The production released its first main trailer on September 4 and scheduled season two for Japanese television in January 2027. Masafumi Tamura directs at SILVER LINK., with Katsuhiko Takayama handling series composition and scripts. Sumire Uesaka joins as Epona and Yusuke Tonozaki as Neusch. The exact premiere date, episode count and international streaming plan remain unannounced.

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Haganai 15th-anniversary streamingRights holder and anniversary-project partner

Haganai's two television seasons receive a free ABEMA marathon in Japan on October 7

Animate Times reported September 1 that ABEMA will stream all 12 first-season episodes free from noon to 6 p.m. JST on October 7, followed by all 12 Haganai NEXT episodes through midnight. An anniversary shop also runs at Animate Akihabara Building 2 from September 5 to 27; access outside Japan, replay duration and subtitle availability remain unconfirmed.

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My Happy Marriage three-episode specialPublisher and production partner

My Happy Marriage starts its three-episode anime special on Japanese television and Netflix October 25

The official production site announced on August 31 that the three-part special will begin on TOKYO MX and other Japanese channels at 7 p.m. JST on October 25, followed by Netflix and other streaming services at 8:30 p.m. The special adds M.A.O. as Miyo's former classmate Kimio Nagaba and an ending song by Kashitaro Ito; the full territory list and release cadence for episodes two and three remain unspecified.

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