Guides
Hand-written guides from the team behind the calendar: season previews, watch lists and practical how-tos.
How-to guides
How to choose a show tracker you won't regret (a post-TV Time checklist)
After TV Time's shutdown stranded millions of watchlists, picking a tracker is really about trust. Six questions to ask any tracking app before you pour years of watch history into it.
Published August 13, 2026
Simulcast and time zones: when does a new episode actually come out for you?
Why a “Saturday anime” can land on Friday night or Sunday morning depending on where you live, what simulcast really means, and how to read any release time correctly in your own time zone.
Published August 6, 2026
Put your release schedule in Google Calendar or your phone (iCal guide)
Step-by-step: turn the shows you follow into a live feed inside Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook with the free iCal subscription — episodes appear automatically, in your time zone, and stay up to date.
Published August 6, 2026
Where to watch anime legally: a 2026 streaming guide
The major legal anime streaming platforms in 2026 — what each is good for, why watching officially matters, and the fastest way to find exactly where any given title streams.
Published July 21, 2026
TV Time shut down — what to do now (and how to never lose your watchlist again)
TV Time went offline on 15 July 2026 and took its export portal with it. What that means for your watch history, how to rebuild your list in minutes, and how to make sure no app can ever lock it in again.
Published July 21, 2026
Discover & seasons
Fall 2026 anime season guide: premiere dates and where to watch
Fall 2026 anime at a glance: the big returns, the sequels worth catching up on and the new series — with premiere dates and official streaming platforms.
Published September 30, 2026
What is donghua, and how do you actually keep up with it?
Chinese animation shows up on every anime calendar now, usually under three different names and sometimes with 448 episodes. Here is what donghua is, why it is hard to follow, and how to track it.
Published August 22, 2026
“It's out!” — but where? Theatrical, digital and streaming dates, untangled
A movie can have five different release dates and all of them are real. What premiere, theatrical, digital and streaming dates actually mean, why they differ by country, and how to track the date that matters to you.
Published August 20, 2026
Cancelled, on break, or just slow? How to read the gap between seasons
A show disappears from the schedule and the waiting begins. How renewals actually work for TV and anime, which silences are normal, the few signals that mean something — and how to stop checking manually.
Published August 18, 2026
Slice of life anime: what it is, why it works, and where to start in 2026
The genre where “nothing happens” — and that's the point. What slice of life actually is, why it became the internet's comfort food, and current, airing-now starting points from our schedule data.
Published August 15, 2026
Summer 2026 by the numbers: what one release calendar's data says about the season
87 summer anime, roughly 500 tracked releases a week, mid-week busier than the weekend — a data snapshot of the Summer 2026 season straight from our own schedule database.
Published August 10, 2026
The best returning anime of Summer 2026, ranked by viewer scores
Sequels dominate Summer 2026. Using our own schedule data, here are the returning series actually worth jumping back into — from Bleach's new cour to Grand Blue's long-awaited third season — and what to know before each.
Published August 8, 2026
Cour, split-cour, OVA, “Final Season”: the release-calendar glossary
What a cour actually is, why “Part 2” is not the same thing as “Season 2”, what OVA/ONA/special mean, and how each of these shows up on a release calendar — a plain-language glossary for schedule watchers.
Published August 6, 2026
Summer 2026 anime season guide: what to watch
The Summer 2026 anime season at a glance: the highest-rated shows, the big returning franchises and the newcomers worth a look — each with its official streaming platform.
Published July 21, 2026
This week on screen — the weekly tour
What's on this week (2–8 November 2026): Black Clover tops anime scores, Dexter: Resurrection leads TV again
The week of 2–8 November 2026 on one page: Black Clover Season 2 posts the week's highest anime score, Dexter: Resurrection tops the TV scores for a second week running, and Ramayana: Rise of a Legend leads movie popularity and score alike — plus the rest of the week's episodes and premieres.
Published November 2, 2026
What's on this week (26 October – 1 November 2026): Bleach closes its cour, Dexter: Resurrection tops the TV scores
The week of 26 October – 1 November 2026 on one page: BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War's The Calamity closes out its ten-episode cour as the week's highest-scored anime, Dexter: Resurrection posts the week's top TV score, and The Mongoose leads movie popularity without a score yet — plus the rest of the week's episodes and premieres.
Published October 26, 2026
What's on this week (19–25 October 2026): Bleach heads into its final stretch, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners drops a full season
The week of 19–25 October 2026 on one page: BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War's The Calamity posts the week's highest anime score as it nears its finale, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 drops all 10 episodes of its new season at once, four TV shows tie for the week's top score, and Clayface leads a quiet week for movie scores — plus the rest of the week's episodes and premieres.
Published October 19, 2026
What's on this week (12–18 October 2026): Black Clover posts the week's top anime score, South Park leads TV
The week of 12–18 October 2026 on one page: Black Clover Season 2 posts the week's highest anime score, The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run tie for second, South Park tops this week's TV scores on a Thursday it shares with Chicago P.D., and Tom Clancy's Without Remorse is the only new movie with a score so far — plus the rest of the week's episodes and premieres.
Published October 12, 2026
What's on this week (5–11 October 2026): Murdoch Mysteries, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. open new seasons
The week of 5–11 October 2026 on one page: Murdoch Mysteries, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. all open new seasons, Black Clover Season 2 posts the week's highest anime score, The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 keeps pace a week into its own season, and Tenzing is the only new movie with a score so far — plus the rest of the week's episodes and premieres.
Published October 5, 2026
What's on this week (28 September–4 October 2026): The Apothecary Diaries and Black Clover open new seasons as Re:ZERO wraps up
The week of 28 September–4 October 2026 on one page: The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 and Black Clover Season 2 both premiere, Re:ZERO Season 4 airs its finale, ONE PIECE passes episode 1181, Futurama holds the week's top TV score, and Digger leads a quiet week for movies — plus the rest of the week's episodes and premieres.
Published September 28, 2026
What's on this week (21–27 September 2026): five anime hit their season finale, Futurama tops TV
The week of 21–27 September 2026 on one page: five anime — Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You, Saga of Tanya the Evil, and Chainsmoker Cat — all air their season finale, ONE PIECE passes episode 1180, Futurama holds the week's top TV score, and The Love Hypothesis leads movies with a perfect rating — plus the rest of the week's episodes and premieres.
Published September 21, 2026
What's on this week (14–20 September 2026): Daemons of the Shadow Realm's finale airs, Slow Horses opens a new season
The week of 14–20 September 2026 on one page: Daemons of the Shadow Realm airs its 24th and final episode, four more anime sit one episode from their own finale, Slow Horses opens a new season on TV, and Resident Evil debuts with a perfect score in movies — plus the rest of the week's episodes and premieres.
Published September 14, 2026
What's on this week (7–13 September 2026): seven anime finales are within three episodes, Daemons of the Shadow Realm closest of all
The week of 7–13 September 2026 on one page: Daemons of the Shadow Realm sits one episode from its finale, Re:ZERO and BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War tie for the week's highest anime score, Futurama leads a premiere-free TV board — plus the rest of the week's episodes and movie premieres.
Published September 7, 2026
What's on this week (31 August – 6 September 2026): The Grand Tour opens a new season, anime finales edge closer
The week of 31 August – 6 September 2026 on one page: The Grand Tour returns for a new season, The Gentlemen drops its whole season at once, ONE PIECE and Re:ZERO keep leading the anime board — plus the rest of the week's episodes and movie premieres.
Published August 31, 2026
What's on this week (24–30 August 2026): four hit anime head into their final stretch
The week of 24–30 August 2026 on one page: Mushoku Tensei, Slime, Saga of Tanya and Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You are all four episodes from their season finales, ONE PIECE climbs to episode 1176, Re:ZERO still holds the calendar's top score at 90% — plus Futurama leads TV and movies bounce back with eight premieres.
Published August 24, 2026
What's on this week (17–23 August 2026): Re:Zero's high score holds, One Piece hits episode 1175
The week of 17–23 August 2026 on one page: Re:ZERO Season 4 holds the calendar's top score for a second straight week at 90%, ONE PIECE reaches episode 1175, HBO's Lanterns is the week's best-rated TV pick — plus a quiet week for movie premieres, none scored yet.
Published August 17, 2026
What's on this week (10–16 August 2026): Re:Zero posts the week's top score, Reacher drops three episodes at once
The week of 10–16 August 2026 on one page: Re:ZERO Season 4 posts the single highest score anywhere on the calendar this week, ONE PIECE keeps its usual lead in followers, Reacher's new season lands three episodes at once — plus a quiet week for movie premieres.
Published August 10, 2026
What's on this week (3–9 August 2026): One Piece stays on top, an indie horror film posts the week's best score
The week of 3–9 August 2026 on one page: ONE PIECE keeps leading the anime chart by a wide margin, Futurama posts the best-reviewed TV hour, and the calendar's single highest score belongs to a little-known horror movie — plus a quiet week for wide theatrical releases.
Published August 3, 2026
What's on this week (27 July – 2 August 2026): One Piece tops the chart, Lioness opens a new season
The week of 27 July – 2 August 2026 on one page: ONE PIECE is the calendar's most-followed release, Lioness opens a new season, Rick and Morty and House of the Dragon keep rolling — plus the week's other anime episodes and movie premieres.
Published July 27, 2026
What's on this week (20–26 July 2026): Bleach is back, Star Trek opens a new season
The week of 20–26 July 2026 on one page: the new BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War cour premieres, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds opens a new season, House of the Dragon and Silo roll on — plus the week's anime episodes and movie premieres.
Published July 21, 2026