{"id":344225,"date":"2025-08-06T01:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T08:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=392250"},"modified":"2025-08-06T01:10:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T08:10:37","slug":"the-most-anticipated-new-anime-for-2026-is-another-adaptation-of-shonen-jump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-most-anticipated-new-anime-for-2026-is-another-adaptation-of-shonen-jump\/","title":{"rendered":"The most anticipated new anime for 2026 is another adaptation of Shonen Jump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The manga series <strong>Akane-banashi has been confirmed for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espinof.com\/criticas\/tenia-muchas-ganas-que-gachiakuta-me-enganchase-prometedor-anime-accion-se-pierde-formula-generica-que-hemos-visto-demasiadas-veces\">anime adaptation<\/a>, with a premiere scheduled for 2026<\/strong>, putting an end to a long wait and rumors surrounding the project. The story follows Akane Osaki, a young girl who secretly trains to become a master of rakugo, a Japanese storytelling art in which a single narrator tells humorous stories with multiple characters. Akane&#8217;s motivation lies in avenging her father, who fell from grace in his career.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Humor or revenge?<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Akane-banashi was created by Yuki Suenaga and Takamasa Moue and began its publication in 2022 in the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. <strong>Since its release, it has gained popularity and has 17 collected volumes<\/strong>, providing ample material for its animated adaptation. This manga stands out within a new generation of Shonen Jump works, aiming to refresh the publication after the closure of iconic series like Boku no Hero Academia.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The anime will be directed by Ayumu Watanabe, a renowned veteran of the industry who has worked on successful projects like Doraemon and Komi Can&#8217;t Communicate. <strong>The adaptation will be handled by the studio Zexcs, which has also been responsible for titles like Backflip!!<\/strong> generating expectations about the visual and narrative quality of the series.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/akane2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-392253\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Akane-banashi presents itself as a coming-of-age work that offers a unique perspective compared to other mangas from Weekly Shonen Jump. Additionally, alongside titles like Sakamoto Days and Blue Box, <strong>it is shaping the next wave of preferences among fans of the genre<\/strong>. Followers are eager to see how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espinof.com\/criticas\/tenia-muchas-ganas-que-gachiakuta-me-enganchase-prometedor-anime-accion-se-pierde-formula-generica-que-hemos-visto-demasiadas-veces\">the touching story and the rich culture of rakugo<\/a> will be translated to the screen, and there is growing anticipation that Zexcs may have a great success on their hands with this adaptation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The manga series Akane-banashi has been confirmed for an anime adaptation, with a premiere scheduled for 2026, putting an end to a long wait and rumors surrounding the project. The story follows Akane Osaki, a young girl who secretly trains to become a master of rakugo, a Japanese storytelling art in which a single narrator tells humorous stories with multiple characters. Akane&#8217;s motivation lies in avenging her father, who fell from grace in his career. Humor or revenge? Akane-banashi was created by Yuki Suenaga and Takamasa Moue and began its publication [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317,"featured_media":344226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[14681,1489,5022],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-344225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-akane-banashi","tag-anime","tag-shonen-jump"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344225"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":344281,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344225\/revisions\/344281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344225"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=344225"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=344225"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=344225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}