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.
Image courtesy of Grand Blue Dreaming Production CommitteeImage 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.
Seven new titles just landed in Crunchyroll’s confirmed Summer 2026 lineup for Southeast Asia — and this second wave is headlined by a brand-new One Piece spinoff, the long-awaited anime adaptation of cult cooking manga Iron Wok Jan!, and the return of Grand Blue Dreaming for a third season. Here’s everything arriving on the platform across the first two weeks of July, including what Singapore fans can stream with Bahasa Melayu and Chinese subtitle support.
One Piece Heroines Arrives 5 July — Nami Gets Her Own Story
The most eye-catching addition to the Crunchyroll Summer 2026 anime calendar for SEA is ONE PIECE HEROINES, a spinoff from Toei Animation that puts the spotlight on the women of the Straw Hat crew. The first story centres on Nami: after buying a pair of shoes that hurt her feet, she tracks down designer Lebno — who offers to craft her a bespoke pair, but only if she will model for him. Artisan Miucha completes the trio in what sounds like a character-driven style adventure sitting apart from the main Elbaph arc. It premieres on 5 July with a Thai dub, plus subtitles in Bahasa Indonesia, Thai, and Vietnamese.
ONE PIECE HEROINES | Official Trailer — via Crunchyroll on YouTube
Iron Wok Jan! Is Finally an Anime — Crunchyroll-Exclusive for SEA
Image courtesy of NBCUniversal Anime/Music / TROYCA
If one announcement from this wave deserves its own headline, it is Iron Wok Jan! The original manga ran from 1995 to 2000 and has sold over 10 million copies — a ferocious Chinese-cuisine battle story following Jan Akiyama, a devilish chef who treats every cook-off like armed combat. It is the kind of series that defined a generation of cooking-manga fans, and an anime adaptation has been a long time coming. TROYCA, the studio behind Re:CREATORS and Aldnoah.Zero, is handling it, and even the teaser PV radiates the unhinged energy of the source material.
This one is a Crunchyroll exclusive for SEA, premiering on 5 July with subtitles in Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Melayu, Thai, Vietnamese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese — solid coverage for Singapore viewers, including the bilingual and Mandarin-reading crowd that the original manga spoke directly to.
Iron Wok Jan! Teaser PV — via NBCUniversal Anime/Music on YouTube
Let’s Go KAIKIGUMI and 100 Girlfriends Also Hit on 5 July
Image courtesy of TBS Anime / C-Station
Two more titles round out the Sunday 5 July drop. Let’s go KAIKIGUMI (C-Station) is a Crunchyroll exclusive supernatural comedy about a man described as being six times more afraid of ghosts than the average person, who gets roped in by the fearless Mechako to help revive her ghost-policing organisation. Subs cover Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Melayu, Thai, Vietnamese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.
Also returning that same day: The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You Season 3 (Bibury Animation Studios). Rentaro’s school life continues — and so does the show’s commitment to somehow adding more characters to an already packed ensemble. This one streams with a Thai dub alongside the full multilingual sub lineup.
Image courtesy of Bandai Namco Filmworks / Bibury Animation Studios
Grand Blue Dreaming Season 3 Goes to Palau — Starting 6 July
Image courtesy of NBCUniversal Anime/Music / Zero-G and Liber
Monday 6 July brings Grand Blue Dreaming Season 3 (Zero-G and Liber), and Iori’s diving-club chaos now has an international venue: Palau. Just as he is getting his head around university life, his cousin drags him off to help run a dive shop on the island. If you have seen seasons one and two, you already know what “help run a dive shop” means in this show. Streams with a Thai dub and subs in Bahasa Indonesia, Thai, Vietnamese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.
Joining it on 6 July is A Livid Lady’s Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty Grimoires (Comet), a Crunchyroll exclusive revenge fantasy in which noblewoman Elizabeth escapes prison — after being publicly betrayed by a crown prince — armed with seven legendary grimoires and a burning grudge to settle. Subs: Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Melayu, Thai, Vietnamese, SC, TC.
Grand Blue Dreaming Season 3 Full PV — via NBCUniversal Anime/Music on YouTube
The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects on 10 July
Closing out the wave on 10 July is The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects (animation studio42). Veteran soldier Dias returns from war expecting a reward, gets gifted a domain that turns out to be empty plains with a population of literally zero, and has to figure out how to build a thriving territory from nothing — with the help of a horned girl named Alna who knows the land better than she lets on. A kingdom-building fantasy with an unusually grounded hook, streaming with Thai dub and subs in Bahasa Indonesia, Thai, Vietnamese, SC, and TC.
For the full confirmed Summer 2026 anime schedule on Crunchyroll — including continuing titles like ONE PIECE Elbaph Arc Part 2, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4, and more — the seasonal lineup page has the complete calendar. Browse more of our anime and manga coverage for the rest of what is streaming this season.
The lazy, dive-mad degenerates are back — and this time they’re getting on a plane. Grand Blue Dreaming Season 3 has a confirmed premiere date of 6 July 2026, and the official main PV from the NBCUniversal Anime/Music channel dropped today with the full ending theme reveal.
TVアニメ「ぐらんぶる」Season 3 本PV — via NBCUniversal Anime/Music on YouTube
Official Main PV — Ending Theme Revealed
The new PV is the first proper full-cut trailer for Season 3, and it confirms what fans have been waiting to hear: the ending theme is “Hadaka no Mermaid” (裸のマーメイド) performed by MAMESHiBA NO TAiGUN, with comedy legend and actor Kuro-chan on production duties. The song suits the summer beach-trip energy perfectly.
The opening theme “Natsuko” by FUNKY MONKEY BΛBY’S — first announced on 24 May — is also previewed in the new PV, and it hits exactly the same nostalgic summer-pop note you’d want from a show about college students living in swim trunks.
Image courtesy of Grand Blue Dreaming / Kodansha
The Gang Goes to Palau
Season 3 takes Iori Kitahara and company overseas for the first time in the series — the story is set in Palau, the Pacific island nation famous for its crystal-clear diving waters and marine biodiversity. It’s a huge change of scenery from the Izu Coast, and the PV leans hard into the tropical vibe: turquoise water, sunlit reefs, and the gang looking adequately underprepared for international travel.
Production continues at studios ZERO-G and Liber under returning director Shinji Takamatsu, with character design by Hideoki Kusama and music by Yukari Hashimoto. The creative core from Seasons 1 and 2 is intact, which should reassure fans who loved the show’s comedic rhythm.
Cast: Old Faces and New
The returning core is all present: Yuma Uchida as Iori, Ryohei Kimura as Kohei, and Chika Anzai as Chisa. New to Season 3 are some strong additions — Sayaka Ohara (the great Erza Scarlet, Beatrice from Re:ZERO) plays Sayaka Kotegawa, Asami Seto voices the Chief of the Palau dive shop Dolphin, Aya Suzaki voices Maki, and M·A·O (Iris from Fire Force) joins as Carina.
Advance Screening and Broadcast Schedule
Before the TV premiere, an advance screening of Episode 1 will be held on 19 June 2026 at 6:00 PM JST at Shinjuku Baltic 9 in Tokyo. The regular broadcast begins 6 July 2026 on TOKYO MX and BS11, airing Mondays at 24:00 JST (which is technically 12:00 AM Tuesday morning in Japan).
Where to Watch in Singapore
Crunchyroll carried both Season 1 (2018) and Season 2 (2025) for Singapore and Southeast Asia, and while Crunchyroll SEA streaming for Season 3 has not been officially confirmed at time of writing, it would be a significant surprise if they didn’t simulcast it given the track record. Keep an eye on the News section — we’ll update when streaming details land.
Last words
Grand Blue Dreaming occupies a rare spot in the anime world: it’s a pure comedy that gets genuinely funnier with each rewatch, and the manga — over 10 million copies worldwide — has been building toward the Palau arc for years. For Singapore fans who’ve followed the series on Crunchyroll, July 6 is a date to mark. The main PV is out now on YouTube if you want to experience the Palau colours yourself before the season kicks off.
