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Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle I Hits Crunchyroll on 28 July

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The wait is finally over. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle I — the record-breaking finale that smashed anime box-office history — begins streaming on Crunchyroll on 28 July 2026, bringing Tanjiro and the Demon Slayer Corps to your screen at long last.

Giyu Tomioka in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle I
Image courtesy of Aniplex / ufotable

When and Where to Watch Infinity Castle I on Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll confirmed the date officially: 28 July at 8:00 a.m. PT, which lands at 11:00 p.m. SGT the same night. Set your alarms. The film will be available worldwide — excluding Japan and Mainland China — in both Japanese with English subtitles and an English dub. For viewers across Singapore and Southeast Asia, Crunchyroll is also providing subtitles in Thai, Chinese (Traditional), Indonesian, and Melayu, making this one of the most accessible anime film releases for the region to date.

The film is also slated for digital purchase in North America on the same date via Apple TV, Prime Video, Google Play, YouTube, and Fandango. Singapore digital availability is to be confirmed.

The Battle That Broke Records

Tanjiro Kamado in a fight scene in Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle
Image courtesy of Aniplex / ufotable

Infinity Castle I is the first chapter of a three-part cinematic trilogy marking the final showdown of the Demon Slayer saga. Following the Hashira Training Arc, Tanjiro and the Corps are plunged into Muzan Kibutsuji’s stronghold — the Infinity Castle — where the long-anticipated war between Demon Slayer Corps and demons ignites in full.

The film became the highest-grossing anime film of all time upon its theatrical run, earning a Golden Globe nomination for Best Animated Motion Picture, a Producers Guild of America nomination, and a BAFTA longlist spot. Directed by Haruo Sotozaki and animated by ufotable — the same creative team behind the entire TV series — the film is the culmination of over a decade of anime storytelling that began with Tanjiro’s sister Nezuko being turned into a demon.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle | Dub Trailer — via Crunchyroll on YouTube

What Singapore Fans Need to Know

Scene from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
Image courtesy of Aniplex / ufotable

If you have not caught up, now is the perfect time: all episodes of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and the Mugen Train film are already streaming on Crunchyroll. Part I runs roughly two and a half hours, so clear your 28 July evening — or catch it just after midnight if you’re staying up for that 11pm SGT premiere. For a look at other anime streaming on the platform, browse our Manga & Anime coverage.

The film is credited: Original story by Koyoharu Gotoge (JUMP COMICS / SHUEISHA). Directed by Haruo Sotozaki. Screenplay and animation production by ufotable. Produced by Aniplex.

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Grand Blue Dreaming S3 Is Live on Crunchyroll — The Crew Hits Palau

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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 YouTube
The Grand Blue Dreaming cast leap off a boat into the clear Palau ocean in Season 3
Image 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.

The Grand Blue Dreaming Season 3 cast raise their glasses in a beachside toast against a bright summer sky
Image courtesy of Grand Blue Dreaming Production Committee
Promotional art featuring Chisa Kotegawa with the Grand Blue Dreaming Season 3 logo
Image courtesy of Grand Blue Dreaming Production Committee

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.

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Ghost of Tsushima: Legends Anime Reveals First Characters at AX 2026

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The Ghost of Tsushima: Legends anime stepped out of the shadows at Anime Expo 2026 this week, with Crunchyroll dropping the first official character posters for the 2027 series. The images — produced in a striking sumi-e ink style by character designer Takashi Okazaki — introduce three of the four warrior classes from the game’s supernatural co-op mode: the Ronin, the Hunter, and the Assassin, alongside a group visual. For Singapore PlayStation fans who spent dozens of hours on Tsushima Island, this is the anime we have been waiting for.

Ghost of Tsushima Legends anime Ronin character poster by Takashi Okazaki
Image courtesy of Crunchyroll / PlayStation Productions

The Dream Team Behind Ghost of Tsushima: Legends

The creative lineup for this anime is legitimately exciting. Director Takanobu Mizuno leads at studio KAMIKAZE DOUGA — Mizuno is best known internationally for directing Star Wars: Visions The Duel, the stunning monochrome sumi-e short on Disney+, which makes him essentially the ideal choice for this exact project. Series composition and script are handled by Gen Urobuchi and Satoshi Maejima of Nitro Plus — and if you have seen Fate/Zero, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, or Psycho-Pass, you know exactly what Urobuchi’s involvement signals: sophisticated, mythology-layered storytelling with genuine stakes.

Character design comes from Takashi Okazaki, creator of Afro Samurai, and one look at the posters released this week confirms he was born for this job. The Ronin is rendered in dense, almost claustrophobic ink — chains, skulls, wrapped bandages forming something that reads as much oni as warrior. The Assassin wears a fox-kitsune mask straight from Japanese folklore, armed with twin blades. The Hunter is a spectral archer, hair flowing like smoke. All three are instantly iconographic.

The series is produced in partnership with Aniplex, Sony Music, and PlayStation Productions.

Ghost of Tsushima Legends anime group character poster — Ronin, Hunter and Assassin
Image courtesy of Crunchyroll / PlayStation Productions

This Is Legends, Not Jin Sakai’s Story

It is worth clarifying for those who may not have dipped into the Legends mode: this anime adapts Ghost of Tsushima: Legends, the cooperative multiplayer experience added to the original game, not the main campaign following Jin Sakai. Legends drew on Japanese folklore and mythology rather than the historical Mongol invasion — its warriors possess supernatural abilities, face yokai and oni, and operate in a more mythologised, spiritual version of feudal Japan.

That separation is arguably what makes the anime adaptation so interesting. The setting gives Urobuchi and Okazaki room to build something genuinely new rather than just retelling Jin’s story — and with KAMIKAZE DOUGA’s ink-and-shadow visual language, the supernatural material has a canvas it deserves.

Ghost of Tsushima Legends anime Assassin character poster — fox mask kitsune warrior
Image courtesy of Crunchyroll / PlayStation Productions

When and Where to Watch

Ghost of Tsushima: Legends premieres exclusively on Crunchyroll in 2027 — no precise date has been announced yet. Crunchyroll is widely available in Singapore, so assuming a standard release the series should be accessible locally on day one. A fourth character class — the Samurai — has been confirmed but not yet shown in full poster form.

This is the first meaningful visual update since the anime was announced at CES 2025 by Sony Group, and the quality of Okazaki’s character art strongly suggests the production is progressing well. For more anime news as it drops, head to our Manga Anime section.

Manga Anime

Here U Are Gets an Anime — D JUN’s BL Manhua Is Coming to Crunchyroll

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D JUN’s Here U Are has been earning quiet devotion for years. The Chinese BL manhua ran from 2017 to 2020 across 134 episodes and has since accumulated 27.5 million views on WEBTOON — and now, at last, it is getting the anime treatment. Crunchyroll dropped the announcement at its panel during Anime Expo 2026, revealing studio Rouseact as the production house and releasing an official teaser that sent the existing fanbase into a very good mood.

Yu Yang smiling and waving in the Here U Are anime
Image courtesy of Here U Are Animation Project

The Story: Two Students, One Slow Burn

Here U Are follows two university students whose paths collide in the way these things tend to: badly at first. Yu Yang is the cheerful, well-liked upperclassman whose easy warmth conceals real emotional pain he has never let anyone close enough to see. Li Huan is the quiet, standoffish new student who would rather everyone just left him alone. They clash, they pull apart, and they keep finding their way back to each other — slowly, genuinely, with the kind of patience in the storytelling that makes the payoffs land.

That unhurried approach, combined with D JUN’s expressive, clean art, is what built the series’ devoted following among readers who found it on WEBTOON. The manhua is available in English digitally on WEBTOON, and Aloha Comics has a print edition for collectors who want it on a shelf. If you want to catch up before the anime lands, the full run is there waiting.

The Anime Team

Rouseact is producing the adaptation under director Tomoe Makino. Aiki Kawamura handles series composition, Asami Hayakawa designs the characters, and Shinya Kiyozuka composes the music. The voice cast announced so far: Yuki Inoue as Yu Yang and Ryota Suzuki as Li Huan — two actors with the range the story needs.

Here U Are | Official Teaser — via Crunchyroll on YouTube

No premiere date has been announced. Crunchyroll has confirmed it will stream the series, which means Singapore fans are covered — Crunchyroll is fully available here, and with a simulcast pickup this large, subtitles will be ready from launch.

Part of a Growing Wave

Here U Are promotional illustration showing Yu Yang and Li Huan with heart-shaped balloons
Image courtesy of Here U Are Animation Project

Here U Are arrives at a moment when BL adaptations are reaching genuinely mainstream streaming audiences rather than being confined to niche platforms. Crunchyroll picking this up globally — rather than it being region-locked or relegated to a smaller service — means Singapore’s anime community, which has a vocal and enthusiastic BL following, gets it on the same terms as every other market. The announcement drew a strong reaction at Anime Expo, a signal of just how much appetite there is for well-made BL anime beyond the genre’s traditional core audience.

More details — premiere window, opening and ending themes, additional cast — are expected as production news comes through. Keep an eye on Crunchyroll’s official channels for updates. For more manga and anime announcements from Anime Expo 2026, see our other coverage from this week.

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Frieren Season 3: Golden Land Arc Premieres October 2027

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Frieren fans, the wait for the next chapter has a timestamp. At Anime Expo 2026 this weekend, Madhouse confirmed that Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 3 — subtitled the Golden Land Arc — premieres in October 2027, and unveiled both the returning creative team and an exclusive new illustration of the arc’s formidable central villain, Macht.

The Golden Land Arc — What Season 3 Adapts

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 3 Golden Land Arc first poster
Image courtesy of Madhouse / Nippon TV

Season 3 picks up from Chapter 81 of the manga, diving into the Golden Land Arc (chapters 81–104), a stretch widely regarded by fans of Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe’s original work as among the series’ most visually and emotionally ambitious. Frieren, Fern, and Stark continue their journey toward Aureole — the resting place of souls — but the path now runs straight through the domain of Macht of El Dorado, described as the last surviving member of the Demon King’s Seven Sages of Destruction and the most powerful demon still standing.

The arc promises to push Frieren into her hardest fight since the First Class Mage Exam, and to finally answer questions about the demon sages’ history that the series has been quietly building toward since Season 1.

Official Announcement Video

Frieren Season 2 short PV & Season 3 announcement — via TOHO animation チャンネル on YouTube (Japanese)

Macht — The Final Sage of Destruction

Macht of El Dorado — Frieren Season 3 villain, the last Sage of Destruction
Image courtesy of Madhouse / Nippon TV

The exclusive Macht illustration unveiled at Anime Expo 2026 gives fans their clearest look yet at the antagonist who will define Season 3. Macht rules over the Golden Land and is the sole survivor of the Demon King’s most elite circle — the Seven Sages of Destruction. Unlike the demons Frieren has faced before, Macht operates from an entrenched position of near-absolute magical power, and the arc builds toward a confrontation that will test not just Frieren’s strength but her understanding of what the Demon King’s era truly cost the world.

The Full Creative Team Returns to Madhouse

The production announcement from Anime Expo confirmed that the entire key creative team from Season 2 is returning alongside the animation studio Madhouse:

  • Director: Tomoya Kitagawa (directed Season 2)
  • Director Cooperation: Keiichiro Saito (Season 1 director)
  • Assistant Director: Daiki Harashina
  • Series Composition: Tomohiro Suzuki
  • Character Design: Takase Maru and Keisuke Kojima
  • Music: Evan Call

Evan Call’s score has been one of the series’ signature elements from the beginning — his restraint with the music, letting silence carry weight just as much as the orchestral swells, has matched the story’s tone perfectly. Knowing the full team is intact means Season 3 should feel continuous with everything that came before it, rather than requiring a re-acclimatisation period.

Where Singapore Fans Can Watch

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Seasons 1 and 2 are currently available on both Crunchyroll and Netflix for Singapore subscribers. Season 3 streaming arrangements for Southeast Asia are yet to be officially confirmed — expect the same platform partners to announce simulcast details closer to the October 2027 premiere.

With 15-plus months until it airs, now is the perfect time for newcomers to start from the beginning, and for those who haven’t touched the manga past Season 2 to catch up with the Golden Land Arc before it hits screens. For more manga and anime news, check our latest updates.

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Magic Knight Rayearth 2026 Anime Sets October 7 Premiere

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CLAMP’s classic 90s isekai fantasy is making its long-awaited comeback. The new Magic Knight Rayearth anime has officially locked in an October 7, 2026 premiere, with a second main trailer and brand-new key visual unveiled this weekend at Anime Expo 2026 in Los Angeles — along with three more cast members to complete the ensemble.

Three Magic Knights, Three All-Star Voices

Magic Knight Rayearth 2026 anime key visual revealed at Anime Expo 2026
Image courtesy of TMS Entertainment

The three Magic Knights are voiced by some of the biggest names working in anime today. Ayane Sakura (Ochako in My Hero Academia, Yor in Spy x Family) takes the lead as Hikaru Shidō; Rumi Ōkubo voices Umi Ryūzaki; and Rie Takahashi — Emilia in Re:ZERO and Megumin in KonoSuba — voices Fū Hōōji. Princess Emeraude is voiced by Saori Hayami, with Yuki Ono as the antagonist Zagato and Mika Kikuchi as the magical creature Mokona.

The three cast additions announced at Anime Expo complete the core group: Yuki Kaji as the mage Clef, Emiri Katō as Presea, and Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Ferio. It is a near-unprecedented concentration of top-tier voice talent for a single series, and it signals that TMS is treating this revival as a prestige production from the ground up.

Magic Knight Rayearth 2026 character key visual
Image courtesy of TMS Entertainment

Watch the New Main Trailer

TVアニメ『魔法騎士レイアース』メインPV — via TMSアニメ公式チャンネル on YouTube

The main PV showcases the three girls mid-battle in Cephiro, their armour designs faithfully updated from the original CLAMP artwork. Magic sequences, giant robot silhouettes, and an emotionally rich orchestral score that is unmistakably Kajiura all make their presence felt in just a few minutes of footage. For fans who grew up with the 90s series, it is a genuinely exciting first proper look at what this revival will deliver.

Yuki Kajiura on Music — The Score Singapore Fans Have Been Waiting For

Magic Knight Rayearth 2026 character artwork
Image courtesy of TMS Entertainment

The production team is stacked. Yuki Kajiura — the composer whose name alone is enough to guarantee sweeping, emotionally devastating music — is scoring the series alongside Takumi Ozawa and Shiho Terada. Singapore fans who followed Kajiura’s work on Sword Art Online, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Fate/Zero, and the Kara no Kyokai films know exactly the kind of atmospheric, orchestral magic she brings to fantasy settings.

Directing the series is Yui Miura, making his series directorial debut after serving as episode director on Ninja Kamui and Bullet/Bullet. Shigeru Murakoshi handles series composition, with character design by Satomi Watanabe. Animation production is by E&H production, with planning and production overseen by UNLIMITED PRODUCE by TMS.

The Story — and Why It Still Hits in 2026

Magic Knight Rayearth 2026 Cephiro world artwork
Image courtesy of TMS Entertainment

Magic Knight Rayearth follows three middle-school girls — Hikaru, Umi, and Fū — who are magically transported from Tokyo Tower to the fantasy world of Cephiro while on separate school trips. There, the mage Clef tells them that the world is dying: its Pillar, Princess Emeraude, has been kidnapped by the high priest Zagato, and only three fated Magic Knights can summon the legendary Rune-Gods (giant mechanical spirits) and save her.

Originally serialised by CLAMP in Monthly Shōnen Magazine from 1993 to 1995 and adapted into an anime by TMS in 1994, the series was groundbreaking — one of the earliest isekai to feature magical-girl protagonists who also pilot giant mecha, a combination that still feels fresh decades on. Many Singapore fans in their 30s and 40s caught the original on local TV, and the emotional gut-punch of the story’s mid-series twist remains legendary among those who experienced it unspoiled. This new version, with CLAMP’s involvement as original creators, promises to honour that legacy while bringing it to a new generation.

When and Where Singapore Fans Can Watch

Magic Knight Rayearth 2026 anime characters
Image courtesy of TMS Entertainment

The new anime premieres in Japan every Wednesday from October 7 at 11:45 PM on TV Asahi’s nationwide IM Animation W block. International streaming rights have not yet been officially announced for Southeast Asia, so Singapore fans should watch streaming platforms like Crunchyroll and Disney+ for updates as October approaches. If you want to get ahead of the premiere, the original 1994–1996 series is currently available to stream on Crunchyroll — fair warning that the ending hits hard even on a rewatch.

For more upcoming anime check our manga and anime news for the latest.

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Dengeki Daisy Anime Reveals Cast at Anime Expo 2026 — Crunchyroll Pickup Confirmed

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Fifteen years after its final chapter, Dengeki Daisy is finally getting its anime adaptation — and Anime Expo 2026 just gave us the first look at the full cast, a teaser PV, and confirmation that Crunchyroll will stream it worldwide. If you grew up reading Kyousuke Motomi’s hacker-romance shojo series in Betsucomi, this one’s for you.

A Fan Favourite That Waited Long Enough

Dengeki Daisy ran in Shogakukan’s Betsucomi from 2007 to 2013, spanning 16 volumes. The story follows Teru Kurebayashi, an orphaned high school student who carries a phone given to her by her late brother. It receives messages from a mysterious contact called DAISY — warm, supportive, and always watching over her. The catch: the gruff, frequently-aggravating school janitor Tasuku Kurosaki is keeping a very big secret about who DAISY really is. The manga was a hit for its mix of sweet romance, cyber-thriller tension, and a lead couple who actually talked to each other rather than misunderstanding their way to a resolution.

Cast Revealed — Yoshino Aoyama and Taku Yashiro Lead

The teaser PV unveiled at AX confirms the two main voice actors. Yoshino Aoyama — known to Singapore fans from roles in Kaguya-sama: Love is War — plays Teru Kurebayashi. Opposite her is Taku Yashiro as Tasuku Kurosaki. The teaser focuses on close-up character animation that emphasises the emotional expressiveness the source material is known for.

Tasuku Kurosaki from the Dengeki Daisy anime official teaser
Image courtesy of Aniplex / Studio DEEN
Dengeki Daisy | Official Teaser — via Crunchyroll on YouTube

Studio DEEN, and Masaru Yokoyama on Music

The production is helmed by director Sōta Ueno at Studio DEEN, the veteran studio behind adaptations of Rurouni Kenshin and Fruits Basket (the original 2001 run). Series composition is handled by Sawako Hirabayashi, with Ayaka Murakami as character designer. The most exciting staff credit for music fans: Masaru Yokoyama is composing the score. Yokoyama is the name behind Violet Evergarden, Your Lie in April, and Classroom of the Elite — soundtracks that hit hard emotionally. That pedigree is a very good fit for this story.

Teru Kurebayashi in her school uniform from the Dengeki Daisy anime teaser
Image courtesy of Aniplex / Studio DEEN

2027 Premiere on Crunchyroll

The anime will premiere in 2027 — no specific season or date confirmed yet — and will stream on Crunchyroll worldwide. Crunchyroll is available in Singapore, so local fans will be able to watch it without jumping through import hoops. No MUSE Asia partnership has been announced so far, meaning the primary streaming home for Southeast Asia is currently Crunchyroll. A full broadcast schedule is expected closer to the premiere.

Worth mentioning for newer fans: the manga’s 16 volumes are available in English and are worth reading ahead of the series. Catch up on more upcoming anime and manga news while you wait.

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Fate Rewinder Anime Premieres April 2027 on Crunchyroll — Bones Film’s Next Hit

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When Bones Film puts its name on a new series, Singapore’s anime community pays attention. The studio behind Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Mob Psycho 100, and Blood Blockade Battlefront has just confirmed its next project: Fate Rewinder (Unmei no Makimodoshi), the Shogakukan Award-winning time-travel manga by Fūta Kimura, is heading to Crunchyroll in April 2027. The studio dropped the first official teaser trailer at Crunchyroll’s showcase panel during Anime Expo 2026 on 3 July.

What Is Fate Rewinder?

Fate Rewinder is a time-travel action manga serialized in Monthly CoroCoro Comic by Shogakukan. It launched as a one-shot in January 2022 and moved straight into regular serialization the following month — a rapid greenlight driven by immediate reader response. Since then it has ranked first in the magazine’s popularity polls for 12 consecutive months and has collected 12 tankōbon volumes as of April 2026.

The story follows Chrono, a 14-year-old with a single unshakeable vow: to never abandon anyone. After a personal tragedy claims his sister, Chrono is recruited into the Space-Time Strategic Enforcement Unit (SSEU) — the Fate Rewinders. Every agent carries a Retry Eye: a micro-time machine implanted directly in their eye socket that lets them rewind to the moment before a fatal event and try again, as many times as it takes. Chrono’s photographic memory, analytical instincts, and extraordinary mental durability make him a fast riser in the unit, but his real goal is cracking Case 999 — his sister’s death — and bringing down the terrorist network known as the Clock Hands.

Fate Rewinder key visual showing Chrono and the full team of Rewinders
Image courtesy of Fate Rewinder Project / Shogakukan

The manga won the 71st Shogakukan Manga Awards in 2026, the same year as fellow winner Dandadan — whose anime was one of 2025’s biggest breakouts. Yen Press has licensed the English edition, with the first volume pencilled for October 2026, giving new readers a head start before the anime premiere.

The Creative Team Behind It

The production line-up is the kind that turns anime into cultural events:

  • Director: Rie Matsumoto — Best known for directing the visually adventurous Kyousogiga and the fan-favourite Blood Blockade Battlefront on Crunchyroll. Matsumoto’s kinetic, character-driven direction is a strong match for a series built on rapid-fire time loops and high-stakes action.
  • Character Designer: Toshihiro Kawamoto — Kawamoto’s credits include Cowboy Bebop and Wolf’s Rain. Seeing that design sensibility applied to Fūta Kimura’s angular, expressive character art is a genuine reason to be excited.
  • Series Composition: Kimiko Ueno
  • Music: Satoshi Murai
  • Animation Production: Bones Film

Voice Cast

Four lead roles have been confirmed:

  • Chrono — Sho Komura
  • Shirai — Kōki Uchiyama (Tomura Shigaraki in My Hero Academia, Xiao in Genshin Impact)
  • Akaba — Kohei Amasaki
  • Lemon — Reina Ueda (Himeno in Chainsaw Man, Vivy in Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song)

Watch the Official Teaser

Fate Rewinder | Official Teaser — via Crunchyroll on YouTube
Fate Rewinder official teaser — Shirai, voiced by Kōki Uchiyama
Image courtesy of Crunchyroll

When and Where Singapore Fans Can Watch

Crunchyroll confirmed it will stream Fate Rewinder in all territories outside Japan, Mainland China, North Korea, and South Korea — Singapore is squarely included. Expect the show to follow Crunchyroll’s standard simulcast pattern for TV Asahi titles, with episodes dropping weekly from the April 2027 premiere window. A more specific premiere date has not yet been announced.

On the manga side, Yen Press’s English licence means the series should reach local comics and book retailers once volumes start shipping from October 2026. With 12 volumes already in print in Japanese, there is more than enough source material to read ahead of the anime.

Bones Film’s track record in Singapore — Mob Psycho 100, My Hero Academia, FMA: Brotherhood — suggests Fate Rewinder will find its audience here quickly once the full trailer drops. April 2027 is the date to mark.

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Green Yuri Anime: CloverWorks, Nirvana Opening Theme, January 2027

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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

Aya Osawa in the Green Yuri anime by CloverWorks
Image courtesy of Crunchyroll / CloverWorks

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

Green Yuri manga key visual at Anime Expo 2026
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.