The long wait is over. Grand Blue Dreaming Season 3 premiered today on Crunchyroll — and for the first time in the series’ history, Iori Kitahara and the Peek-a-Boo diving club are leaving Japan behind, taking their particular brand of chaotic, half-dressed energy all the way to the Republic of Palau.
The Peek-a-Boo Club Takes Their First International Trip
The Palau Arc is a setting change the manga’s long-term readers have been waiting for. Iori, Kohei, Chisa, and the gang arrive in Palau for their first overseas diving adventure — with eccentric new faces, crystal-clear reef diving, and the kind of unhinged situations the show has always excelled at. Palau’s real-world reputation as one of the premier dive destinations on the planet makes it a fitting playground, and Season 3 looks to lean into the open-water, sun-drenched backdrop as a contrast to the university-town chaos of earlier seasons.
TV Anime Grand Blue Dreaming Season 3 Teaser PV — via NBCUniversal Anime/Music on YouTubeImage courtesy of Grand Blue Dreaming Production Committee
New Cast, New Music — Same Grand Blue Energy
Director Shinji Takamatsu returns alongside studios Zero-G and Liber. The core voice cast is back — Yuma Uchida as Iori, Ryohei Kimura as Kohei, and Chika Anzai as Chisa — joined by a strong lineup of newcomers for the Palau arc. Sayaka Ohara, Asami Seto, and Aya Suzaki take on key new roles, while M·A·O voices Carina, who looks set to make an impression as a standout character in the arc.
The opening theme is “Natsuko” by Funky Monkey Babys, while the ending “Hadaka no Mermaid” is performed by Mameshiba no Taigun — both acts that fit the show’s sun-soaked, high-energy mood perfectly.
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How to Watch Grand Blue Dreaming Season 3 in Singapore
Season 3 is on Crunchyroll now, with new episodes every Monday at 8:30 AM Pacific Time — that is 11:30 PM SGT Monday nights, so Singapore fans can catch each episode late that evening. If you have not seen the earlier seasons, both Season 1 and Season 2 are already on Crunchyroll; the series is easy to dive into and rewards every episode. Crunchyroll is available in Singapore via web browser and mobile app.
Grand Blue has always thrived on cast chemistry and its commitment to absolute, loveable chaos — the Palau setting gives Season 3 a fresh sandbox without changing what makes it work. For more on what is streaming this anime season, see our anime coverage.
Twenty years of serialisation, four anime arcs — and now the finish line. BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 4 — The Calamity premieres on 25 July on Disney+ internationally and Hulu in the US, bringing Ichigo Kurosaki’s saga to its definitive end across 13 final episodes. The full final trailer dropped at Anime Expo 2026 via VIZ Media, and it is everything fans have been building up to.
Final Trailer | BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Final Part – The Calamity | INTL SUBS | VIZ — via vizmedia on YouTube
Ichigo vs Yhwach — The War Ends Here
Part 4 picks up in the direct aftermath of the Soul King’s fall. With Yhwach having breached the Soul King Palace and unleashed his Almighty power across the Three Worlds, reality itself begins to fracture. The Thirteen Court Guard Squads, surviving Quincy warriors, and Ichigo’s closest allies converge on the Wahr Welt — Yhwach’s transformed Royal Palace — for a series of decisive confrontations, revelations about Uryu’s true allegiance, and one final stand against a being who can rewrite fate itself. The arc adapts manga chapters 664–686, covering the complete endgame of Tite Kubo’s story.
Image courtesy of Pierrot Films
Theatrical screenings of the first three episodes — in both Japanese with subtitles and English dub — ran in select countries last month, giving some fans an early look. The Disney+ simulcast on 25 July marks the first chance for most of the world, including Singapore, to watch the arc unfold week by week.
Studio Pierrot Returns — With Two New Artists on the Soundtrack
Studio Pierrot continues under director Taguchi Tomohisa, who has helmed every part of the TYBW run since Part 1. Composer Sagisu Shiro returns to score the finale, and Tite Kubo maintains his direct supervisory role over the adaptation — the same combination that earned the series praise for matching and in many scenes exceeding the source material.
The opening theme “I-BULL” is performed by jo0ji, with “Rasen” by 9Lana as the ending. As reported by CBR, Kubo has spoken about his approach to casting theme song artists throughout the run: “I wanted to have as many new artists as possible, hoping audiences would discover musicians through the adaptation.” Both new acts continue that philosophy.
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How Singapore Fans Can Stream The Calamity
BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 4 streams on Disney+ internationally from 25 July 2026, with new episodes dropping weekly. The premiere goes live at 7:30 AM Pacific Time — 10:30 PM SGT on 25 July — so Singapore fans can settle in that Saturday evening for the opening episode. Disney+ is available in Singapore; if you have been keeping up with earlier TYBW parts on the platform, nothing changes on your end.
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With 13 episodes confirmed, The Calamity is a tight, focused sprint to the finish of a story that began in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2001. The Thousand-Year Blood War adaptation has consistently been praised for its cinematic quality and fidelity to Kubo’s vision — expectations going into this final run are as high as they get. Keep an eye on our anime section for coverage as each episode drops.
Singapore just made animation history. The Violinist, a hand-drawn feature more than a decade in the making, has won the Cristal for Best Feature Film — the top honour — at the 2026 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the most prestigious event on the animation calendar. It is the first Singaporean feature ever to compete at Annecy, and it walked away as the biggest winner of them all.
The Violinist teaser — via CartoonBrew on YouTube
What is The Violinist?
The Violinist is a sweeping, hand-drawn period drama that traces the intertwined history of Singapore and Malaya from 1929 to the present day. At its heart are two childhood friends and gifted violinists, Fei and Kai, whose lives are torn apart by World War II and the Japanese Occupation — one drawn into the Resistance in Malaya, the other left to survive in occupied Singapore. Across the decades that follow, the story follows a musician’s search for a lost friend, and a shared dream of one day performing a two-violin sonata together.
It is a proudly local story told at a scale Singapore animation has never attempted before. The film is produced by home-grown studio Robot Playground Media, in co-production with Spain’s TV ON Producciones and Italy’s Altri Occhi, with France tv distribution handling worldwide sales.
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A decade in the making — from an SG50 short
The Violinist didn’t appear out of nowhere. It grew out of “The Violin” (小提琴), an award-winning animated short Robot Playground Media made in 2015 for the Singapore Memory Project, marking the nation’s 50th birthday. That small, personal film about music and wartime resilience struck a chord, and over the following decade it was reworked and expanded into a full feature — Singapore’s first animated feature in close to 15 years.
Directing duties are shared between two very different talents. Ervin Han, co-founder of Robot Playground Media, is a veteran of Singapore’s animation scene making his feature directorial debut. His co-director is Raúl García, a Spanish animation veteran who spent years in Disney’s animation department on classics including Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King and Hercules — a lecturing stint at Singapore’s LaSalle College of the Arts first brought him to the city and to this project.
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Two trophies at Annecy, including the music prize
The Violinist didn’t just take the Cristal. It also picked up the SACEM Award for Best Original Soundtrack — a fitting double for a film built around music. The score is the work of Golden Horse Award-winning Singaporean composer Ricky Ho, in collaboration with Spanish composer Isabel Latorre, while the lead violin performances heard on the soundtrack were played by acclaimed Singaporean violinist Joy Yong.
Winning two awards on debut, in competition, at Annecy is a genuine landmark for the region. Speaking after the win, director Ervin Han said the recognition was “beyond anything we imagined” when the journey began. In an interview with Variety, Han framed the achievement as bigger than one country, noting the film “isn’t simply representing Singapore, it’s representing Southeast Asia” — a part of the world that, in his words, has “historically had fewer opportunities to tell its own stories” at this scale.
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Could this be Singapore’s first true Oscar contender?
Here’s the part that has film watchers excited: Singapore has never received an Academy Award nomination in any category, ever. An Annecy Cristal is exactly the kind of pedigree that turns a small national film into an awards-season talking point, and The Violinist is now being openly discussed as the country’s best shot at Best Animated Feature in years.
There’s a catch, though. To qualify for the Oscars, a film generally needs a qualifying theatrical run — and as of its Annecy win, The Violinist did not yet have a US distributor or a US release date locked in. A high-profile Cristal win helps enormously on that front, but the road to the 2027 ceremony runs straight through the crowded field of big-studio animation. Nothing is guaranteed. Still, for a hand-drawn Southeast Asian story with no franchise behind it, simply being in the conversation is remarkable.
When can you watch it in Singapore?
The Violinist had its world premiere at Annecy, which ran from 21 to 27 June 2026, ahead of a planned international theatrical rollout. A Singapore cinema release is reported to be slated for September 2026 — so local audiences shouldn’t have long to wait to see it on the big screen. No confirmed streaming details have been announced yet, so for now this is one to catch in theatres.
Executive producer Justin Deimen called the film “a proud global co-production” — and that’s exactly what makes this such a milestone. A story rooted in Singapore’s own wartime memory, made by a Singapore studio, has just been crowned the best animated feature in the world. Whatever happens at the Oscars, that’s already history.
For more animation and anime coverage, check out our Manga & Anime section, and keep an eye on Annecy’s official page for the film as its release rolls out.
It’s happening, Dungeon Meshi fans — the gang is heading back underground. Studio TRIGGER officially announced Delicious in Dungeon Season 2 at Anime Expo 2026 on July 4 (July 5, 5am SGT), confirming an October 2027 premiere exclusively on Netflix. After Season 1 swept through the anime community like Laios discovering a new monster to cook, the follow-up has been one of the most anticipated continuations in recent memory.
Season 1 set the bar impossibly high for both world-building and food photography.
The official teaser trailer dropped alongside the announcement, giving us our first look at what’s to come as the story continues from Chapter 53 — the Falin chimera arc, where the dungeon’s darkest chapter truly begins. If you haven’t watched Season 1 yet, no spoilers here, but let’s just say the stakes get very real.
Same Core Team, Epic New Chapter
The core production team returns, ensuring the show’s stunning visual identity is intact. Yoshihiro Miyajima returns as series director, Kimiko Ueno continues as series composer, and Naoki Takeda reprises the character design role. The music baton passes to legendary composer Yasunori Mitsuda — yes, the man behind Chrono Trigger and Xenogears — which is an absolutely massive get for the soundtrack department.
Season 2 promo art teasing the darker tone ahead. Falin’s chimera transformation looms large.
The opening and ending themes have also been revealed via the official Japanese site, though English confirmation is still pending. sumika — the beloved J-pop group known for Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso’s soundtrack contributions — performs the opening theme 運命 (Fate). Legal Lily handles the ending with キラキラの灰 (Glittering Ash). Both picks feel tonally spot-on for what Season 2’s narrative demands.
Why This Season Matters
Ryoko Kui’s manga ran 14 volumes and sold over 14 million copies worldwide. Season 1 adapted the first half beautifully — the world-building, the food, the surprisingly deep lore about the dungeon’s ecosystem. Season 2 dives into the payoff of everything that was carefully set up. The chimera storyline is where the series shows its emotional teeth, and with Mitsuda scoring it, expect to feel things.
For Singapore fans, Netflix carries Delicious in Dungeon regionally, so Season 2 will be right there in your queue when October 2027 rolls around. No hunting for streams or waiting on regional delays.
KADOKAWA Anime’s radio show tied to the series also resumes on July 5 at 21:00 JST on the KADOKAWA Anime YouTube channel, so there’s more content incoming almost immediately.
Two thousand-plus years of dungeon lore, one incredibly good anime adaptation, and now a confirmed second season with a legendary composer on board. October 2027 can’t come soon enough.
Bandai Namco has opened Closed Beta Test applications for BLEACH Mirrors High today at Anime Expo 2026 — and the headline is not just a new mobile game, but two entirely original Soul Reaper characters designed by series creator Tite Kubo himself. If you want in on the beta, you have until 13 July to apply.
What Is BLEACH Mirrors High?
BLEACH Mirrors High is a free-to-play mobile action RPG for iOS and Android, published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Set after the events of the Thousand-Year Blood War arc — the last chapter of the main BLEACH saga — the game tells an original story within the universe, with players stepping into Karakura Town as a Soul Reaper protagonist. The playable roster includes returning fan favourites: Ichigo Kurosaki, Rukia Kuchiki, Renji Abarai, Kisuke Urahara, Byakuya Kuchigi and Tōshirō Hitsugaya.
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Two New Soul Reapers — Straight from Tite Kubo’s Pen
The biggest announcement at the AX reveal is that Kubo was not just a licensor on this project. He participated in the kickoff meetings, wrote the original story title and scenario, designed the game’s logo, and attended voice actor auditions and recording sessions. Most strikingly, he created two brand-new protagonist Soul Reapers specifically for this game: Shirin Migishima and Shirane Sanari. These are not adapted from manga or anime — they are original characters existing only in Mirrors High, making this a genuine expansion of the BLEACH universe, not a simple retread.
BLEACH Mirrors High – 2nd Trailer — via [Global] Bandai Namco Entertainment – Mobile Games on YouTube
Gameplay and Platforms
The game is described as “immersive 13 Court Guard Squads action” — Bandai Namco’s shorthand for fast-paced Soul Reaper combat. It is free to download on the App Store and Google Play, with in-app purchases. Device requirements are iOS 17.0 or above (minimum 4 GB RAM) and Android 12.0 or above (minimum 6 GB RAM); tablets are not supported. The game will launch in multiple languages including Japanese, English, French, German, Traditional Chinese and Korean — so Singapore and Taiwan players will have a native-language option at launch.
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How to Join the Closed Beta Test
CBT applications are open from 4 July through 13 July 2026 at 2:59 AM UTC. The actual test runs from 22 July 11:00 PM to 29 July 10:59 PM PDT (that is 23 July 2:00 PM to 30 July 1:59 PM SGT). Sign up via the official site at bleach-mh.bn-ent.net. No confirmed global launch date has been announced yet, though Bandai Namco has described the title as coming to iOS and Android worldwide. Keep an eye on their channels — and check out our other mobile and console game news in the meantime.
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha EXCEEDS: Gun Blaze Vengeance premiered in Japan tonight with an extended 60-minute first episode — the franchise’s first new TV anime since ViVid in 2015 and the first fully original TV series since the original trilogy. Original creator Maki Tsuzuki wrote the story. Studio Seven Arcs — which built the franchise from the ground up — is back. And Nana Mizuki is both reprising her iconic role and singing the opening theme. This is the real thing.
A Ruined World, A New Fighter
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EXCEEDS is set thirty years after an alien invasion almost wiped out civilisation. Humanity and the “invasive species” share a fragile, contested world — and the United Nations agency EXCEEDS exists to counter the worst of it. The new protagonist is Kuze Shiina, a teenage hunter eliminating invasive creatures on a remote island, fiercely protective of her younger sister Setsuna. When a mysterious man attacks them both and Shiina is drawn into EXCEEDS’ operations, she’s no longer fighting just for her sister — she’s fighting for what’s left of the world.
It’s a darker, more grounded premise than the original series’ warmly-lit magical academies. But the DNA is unmistakeable: fierce girls, enormous power, and the weight of protecting the people you love. The episode 1 synopsis (Japanese) sets up Shiina’s origin and her first collision with a world much larger than island life.
Original Creator, Original Studio — and a Familiar Cast
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This is not a reboot assembled by outside hands. Famitsu confirms (Japanese) that Maki Tsuzuki — who has written every Nanoha entry since the 2004 original — authored the story and scripts. Seven Arcs returns as the producing studio, with Takayuki Hamana directing and Issei Arigaki on character design. Veteran cast members including Yukari Tamura and Nana Mizuki are back, reprising the roles that defined the franchise, alongside a new set of voices for the new generation of characters.
Nana Mizuki Sings “CRIMSON BULLET”
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Nana Mizuki voices Fate Testarossa and sang tracks like “Innocent Starter” and “ETERNAL BLAZE” across the original trilogy — songs that defined what Nanoha sounded like for a generation of fans. She’s providing the EXCEEDS opening theme too: “CRIMSON BULLET”. The title alone should tell you the register this show is going for.
PV第2弾 (Trailer 2) — via 魔法少女リリカルなのは YouTube OFFICIAL CHANNEL
How to Watch from Singapore
EXCEEDS is currently airing in Japan on TOKYO MX and BS11 (Saturday late-nights at 25:00 JST) with simultaneous streaming on dAnime Store, U-NEXT, and Anime Houdai within Japan. No international streaming platform has been announced as of writing — availability for Singapore and the rest of Southeast Asia is to be confirmed. Keep an eye on the official Lyrical Nanoha YouTube channel for the latest PVs and announcements, and check back here for streaming news as it breaks. For more anime premiering this season, we’ve got you covered.
Nirvana’s 1991 grunge anthem “Breed” is officially the opening theme for the anime adaptation of Sumiko Arai’s manga The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn’t a Guy at All — and Dave Grohl himself helped break the news. Announced at Crunchyroll’s Anime Expo 2026 showcase in Los Angeles, the series premieres in January 2027 on Crunchyroll worldwide, including Singapore.
Meet Green Yuri: The Manga That Sold 1.6 Million Copies
Nicknamed “Green Yuri” by fans for its unmistakeable lime-green colour palette, the series follows Aya Osawa — a fashionable high schooler with a deep love for Western rock — who develops a crush on the cool, enigmatic clerk at her local CD shop. The twist: that clerk is Mitsuki Koga, a girl who attends Aya’s school and has been hiding in plain sight all along. As the two circle each other through shared playlists and stolen glances, a case of mistaken identity slowly deepens into something real.
Originally a Twitter short story (2021), the manga graduated to Pixiv Comics serialisation before landing a print run through KADOKAWA’s Kitora label. It took first place in the web manga category at the Next Manga Award 2023 and has since sold over 1.6 million copies worldwide — numbers that made an anime feel not just possible but necessary.
The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy At All | Official Teaser — via Crunchyroll on YouTube
CloverWorks Takes the Helm
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Studio CloverWorks — whose recent track record includes Oshi no Ko and The Dangers in My Heart — is handling animation. Anime News Network confirms Masashi Ishihama in the director’s chair, with Rino Yamazaki on series composition and Kanna Hirayama designing the characters. Voicing the leads are Mariya Ise as Mitsuki Koga and Akari Kito as Aya Osawa — both seasoned performers with strong track records in character-driven drama.
That Nirvana Moment
Image courtesy of Crunchyroll / Sumiko Arai (KADOKAWA)
“Breed”, from Nirvana’s landmark 1991 album Nevermind, has been officially licensed as the opening theme — the first time a Nirvana track has been officially used in a Japanese animated production. The announcement drew an audible reaction from the Anime Expo crowd, made all the more striking when a pre-recorded video message from Dave Grohl played on the AX screens.
“[This series is] the same message and aesthetic… the vibe, you know? It’s cool,” Grohl said in the message, as reported by Red Bean Anime. That Nirvana’s surviving members would pick this series — a story about two girls finding each other through music — to carry the band’s legacy into anime says something about how far the medium has reached.
Singapore Fans: Mark Your January 2027 Calendar
Crunchyroll is streaming the series globally, which means Singapore fans will be able to watch from the January 2027 premiere date. Four volumes of the manga are already available in English from Yen Press, giving you plenty of time to catch up before episode one drops. For yuri and romance anime fans in Singapore, this is shaping up to be the stand-out pick of that winter season.
If you have spent any time on anime YouTube over the past three years, you have almost certainly been caught by the Alien Stage algorithm. The South Korean animated web series — eight episodes, 200-plus million views, a fanbase that crosses every SEA border — is now officially getting a full anime adaptation. Creators VIVINOS and QMENG announced the series is in production at their Anime Expo 2026 panel in Los Angeles on 3 July.
What Is Alien Stage?
Created by animator Soyeon Kim (VIVINOS) and collaborator QMENG through their Korean production team Forma+9, Alien Stage launched on YouTube in September 2022. The premise is as bleak as it is compelling: colonising aliens have subjugated humanity, raising humans as pets, and the Alien Stage is the brutal singing competition that determines who lives and who does not. Each episode is structured around an original song, performed by human contestants whose chemistry — and survival — is anything but guaranteed.
The eight-episode run wrapped in June 2025 with the aptly titled finale “Karma,” and by that point the series had logged over 200 million total views, with the final episode alone drawing more than 44 million. Its raw emotional storytelling, high-quality animation, and original music found a particularly passionate following in Singapore and across Southeast Asia. A spin-off alternate universe, Zombie Stage, launched just before Anime Expo in June 2026.
Image courtesy of VIVINOS
The Anime Is in Production at Studio Lico
The Anime Expo announcement confirmed that the Alien Stage anime is now in production at Studio Lico, the animation studio involved in the original web series. A teaser visual unveiled at the convention showed the cast reimagined in what appears to be a school setting — a strikingly ordinary backdrop compared to the alien competition arena of the source material, suggesting the anime may explore a new angle on the Alien Stage world rather than a straight retelling.
No release window, full staff list, or cast details have been announced yet. What is clear is that this will be the franchise’s first fully serialised anime, moving beyond the eight music-video episodes into proper series territory. For a fandom that has been hungry for more story since the finale, that is a significant step.
Image courtesy of VIVINOS / Studio Lico
Catch Up on the Original Before the Anime Drops
If you have not seen Alien Stage yet, now is genuinely the right time — every episode is free on the official VIVINOS YouTube channel. Round 6 is often cited as the most emotionally devastating entry point, building on everything that came before and sending fan communities into full meltdown. All eight rounds are available in order on the channel, and at roughly six to eight minutes per episode the whole series fits comfortably into an afternoon.
R O U N D 6 ｜ Alien Stage — via VIVINOS on YouTube
The 2027 World Tour — and What It Means for Asia
Alongside the anime confirmation, Frontier Works announced a 3D LIVE ALIEN STAGE Museum in 2372 world tour for 2027, with planned stops in Seoul, Tokyo, and Los Angeles. A preview event runs 30 October to 1 November 2026 at Shinagawa Stellar Ball in Tokyo, staging characters Sua, Ivan, and Luka through projection and CG technology. Tickets are available via eplus.jp for the Tokyo preview.
No Singapore or broader Southeast Asia tour date has been confirmed. Given the scale of the regional fanbase, it would be a missed opportunity not to extend the tour to this part of the world — keep an eye on official announcements from VIVINOS and Frontier Works for any updates. For more anime news from Anime Expo 2026, check the rest of this week’s coverage.
The wait is finally over. Crunchyroll confirmed at Anime Expo 2026 in Los Angeles that Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle will stream on July 28, 2026 — nearly a year after it became one of the highest-grossing anime films ever at its Japanese theatrical debut. The announcement dropped on July 4 during Anime Expo’s panels, finally giving streaming subscribers a date to mark in their calendars.
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How to Watch Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle in Singapore
Singapore fans have two legitimate ways to stream the film from July 28. Netflix has confirmed availability across Asia — excluding Japan, Mainland China, and India — which puts Singapore squarely in the coverage zone. Crunchyroll is streaming it worldwide at 8:00 AM PT (that’s 11:00 PM SGT on July 28) in both original Japanese audio with English subtitles and the English dub produced for the North American theatrical run.
Crunchyroll has cautioned that regional availability may vary, so it’s worth checking your local library as the date approaches. For most Singapore subscribers, Netflix should be the more straightforward option — and given that both services have carried the Demon Slayer TV seasons here, you likely won’t need to sign up for anything new. Browse more anime news and releases on GameTrader if you’re looking to fill the wait.
This is Part 1 of the Infinity Castle trilogy. If you haven’t started the series, catch up on the full Demon Slayer TV run and the Mugen Train film first — all currently available on both platforms in Singapore.
Watch the Official Trailer
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle | Official Trailer — via Crunchyroll on YouTube
What Is Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle?
Infinity Castle kicks off the endgame of the Demon Slayer story. Set after the Swordsmith Village arc, it follows Tanjiro Kamado and the remaining Hashira as they are pulled into Muzan Kibutsuji’s supernatural stronghold — a labyrinthine, ever-shifting castle — for a cascade of life-or-death battles against the most powerful of the Twelve Kizuki. Studio ufotable’s animation is operating at a level that made critics and audiences alike describe the theatrical experience as overwhelming in the best possible sense.
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The film picked up Film of the Year at the Anime Awards earlier in 2026, a title that felt almost inevitable given how it dominated conversation throughout its theatrical run. Its two theme songs — performed by LiSA and Aimer — have been circulating widely, so if you’ve been avoiding them as spoiler-adjacent, consider yourself on a countdown. The film’s Japanese Blu-ray release is set for July 29, which aligns closely with the international streaming window.
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Parts Two and Three Are Still in the Works
July 28 is only the beginning of the end. Infinity Castle is Part 1 of a planned three-film arc that will conclude the entire Demon Slayer saga, and neither a theatrical release date nor a streaming window for Part 2 has been announced yet — with 2027 the earliest realistic guess based on production timelines. For now, set your reminder for July 28 and decide whether you’re team Netflix or team Crunchyroll — you’ll want the biggest screen you can find either way.
