Crunchyroll returns to NYCC with a host of exclusive first looks and announcements during the Crunchyroll Showcase panel. The panel featured the world premier of trailers for Sekiro: No Defeat, Ghost of Tsushima: Legends, The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn’t a Guy at All, and many more. The panel also announced new additions to the Crunchyroll Manga platform and a partnership with WEBTOONS to develop select titles to animation.
The panel began with a sneak peek at Sekiro: No Defeat, based on the FromSoftware video game, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. The adaptation by Kadokawa features full hand drawn animation and will begin streaming as an eight episode series in January. Ghost of Tsushima: Legends is also based on a Playstation-developed video game and is set to release in 2028. Ghost of Tsushima features director Takanobu Mizuno, with Gen Urobuchi (NITRO PLUS) handling series composition/script, Satoshi Maejima (NITRO PLUS) as scriptwriter, 2026 Emmy Award winner Takashi Okazaki as character designer, Keiji Inai (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Star Wars Visions: The Duel) as composer, and Yoshikazu Iwanami (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure,Batman Ninja) as sound director. The showcase announced that Mayumi Saco and Shinya Fukumatsu will be among the voice cast.
The panel also announced that HAYATE, LINE Digital Frontier Corporation, and Crunchyroll have entered into an agreement to develop 15 anime adaptations based on WEBTOON series. The trio shared first looks at The Remarried Empress, Teenage Mercenary, and The Boxer.
The panel, and subsequent press release, also shared first looks at these upcoming anime projects:
- Kagurabachi:Following the announcement that the highly anticipated anime adaptation of Kagurabachi is coming to Crunchyroll next year, fans at the Showcase got exclusive in-room access to brand new character art from the upcoming series. The series follows Chihiro Rokuhira, a boy who aspires to become a swordsmith and took daily training under his father Kunishige, a renowned swordsmith. Their days, once filled with laughter, are brutally torn apart by an attack from the mysterious sorcerer organization, the Hishaku. From that day on, everything changed. In a world engulfed in darkness, Chihiro takes up Enten, the seventh Enchanted Blade left behind by his father, and sets out on a blood-soaked path of revenge.
- EAT-MAN:Crunchyroll revealed the first look of EAT-MAN,a new anime adaptation of the 1997 series, following Bolt Crank, an enigmatic “explorer”- a mercenary who takes on dangerous jobs that meet his own moral standards. Known as one of the best explorers around, Bolt has a unique ability: he can eat anything and later reproduce it completely intact and functional.
- Here U Are:The worldwide premiere trailer for Here U Aremade its debut at the Showcase. The series follows Yang Yu, a university upperclassman who’s loved by everyone, and Huan Li, a quiet, antisocial new student. The two of them get off on the wrong foot, but despite clashing and repelling one another at times, they are still drawn to each other.
- Everyone’s Darling Has a Secret:Marked for a January 2027 premiere, Everyone’s Darling Has a Secretmade its next big reveal with the world premiere trailer at the Showcase. Previously announced alongside thekey art, the romantic comedy follows Hizashi Hiruno, a freshman at a super-elite high school, who has just finished his first academic proficiency test of the year. He anxiously awaits the results, which will set the tone for his next three years at school. But due to a mistake on his answer sheet, he receives an abysmal score and gets sent to remedial lessons! If there’s one silver lining, he’s not the only one—and his comrade could be the girl of his dreams?!
- Magical Buffs: The Support Caster is Stronger Than He Realized!:A new trailer and key art offered fans a closer look at Magical Buffs,arriving next year. The anime is produced by J.C. Staff (Toradora!, Honey Lemon Soda), with music by Yuki Hayashi (My Hero Academia, Haikyu!!), Luke Standridge, and Asa Taylor. The showcase also delivered a special surprise for fans, revealing that global music powerhouse LiSA will perform the anime’s opening theme song. The series follows Wim Strauss, a skilled support mage, who, after being expelled from his guild for overshadowing its leader, gets a second chance when his childhood friend invites him to join her A-rank guild, Nachtibelle.
- Berserk of Gluttony Season 2: Fate Graphite is back! Fans at New York Comic Con got asneak peek into season 2 where Fate continues to wield the unparalleled power of Gluttony, the ability to devour the skills and stats of anyone he kills. After surviving countless deadly battles alongside Greed, his black sword and trusted companion, Fate finally returns to the royal capital. Once one of the have-nots, shunned and looked down upon, Fate has never forgotten what it was like to live at the very bottom. Now, he takes a new step forward as a Holy Knight. But an even greater battle awaits him—one that will lead him closer to the truth behind their world. Now, Fate’s destiny begins to move once more.
- The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn’t a Guy at All:Crunchyroll unveiled a world premiere trailer for The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn’t a Guy at All, giving fans another look at the acclaimed series. The story follows a fashionable, rock-music-loving high schooler who falls for a mysterious worker at a local CD shop. Directed by the director of Horimiya, with character designs by the character designer of Oshi no Ko; cast includes Mariya Ise (Killua, Hunter x Hunter) and Akari Kito (Nezuko, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba). The first two volumes are available to read now on Crunchyroll Manga.
The panel also announced these titles will be coming to the Crunchyroll Manga platform:
- The Cursed Princess and the Sun Prince: I Will Melt Your
- Frozen Heart
- The House of the Nurarihyon
- Colori Colore Creare
- High Elf With a Long Life
- Record Journey
- Strange Pictures
Additionally, several existing titles will find receive new chapter updates, including
- ATOM: The Beginning
- Saint Seiya: Dark Wing
- Three Exorcism Siblings
- Maiden of the Dragon: Falling for the Demon’s Lies
- Eko Eko Azarak Reborn
- Working for God in a Godless World
The panel ended with the announcement of a special one-day screening of Yuri!!! On ICE for its 10th anniversary, as well as a theatrical release of Witch on the Holy Night starting January 29th.
Stay tuned to The Beat for more coverage fromNYCC ’26.
