Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You, Skeleton Knight Season 2 and more are coming to Crunchyroll.
During the industry panel at this year’s CCXP Mexico, Crunchyroll has revealed that the platform will stream several upcoming new and returning anime seasons. Some of the most exciting titles amongst them include: Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You, The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat Season 2, and Skeleton Knight in Another World Season 2.
What are the upcoming anime that will stream on Crunchyroll?
The upcoming anime seasons which will stream on Crunchyroll include:
Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life
Release window: July 2026
Synopsis via Seven Seas Entertainment:
Narukami Ryusei is your typical NEET. He spends his days shut in his room playing video games without a care in the world, living a lazy life. But the truth is, Ryusei used to be a powerful demon king in another world! So why not spend this new life doing whatever he wants? Except, he wasn’t the only one reincarnated into this world. The hero who struck him down is here too—and she’s a really cute high school girl?! Can Ryusei survive reuniting with his foe in a new world, or will he find himself fighting even in this life?
Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship!
Release window: October 2026
Territories where Crunchyroll will stream the anime: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East and CIS.
Synopsis via Seven Seas Entertainment:
When Satou Takahiro is swept away from his ordinary life into the world of his favorite video game, a universe of space battles, interstellar colonies, and danger in the vastness of outer space awaits. Soon, he’s living as “Hiro” the mercenary, with a tricked-out spaceship and a babe on each arm! There are space pirates to fight, girls to rescue, and trouble to get into (and hopefully out of). Hiro is going to live his new life to the fullest!
Rich Girl Caretaker: I'm Secretly the Caregiver of the Most Popular Girl in This Rich Kid School
Release window: July 2026
Territories where Crunchyroll will stream the anime: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS and India.
Synopsis via Monogatari Novels:
On a weird day disrupting a normal week, an ordinary boy meets an exceptional girl. She's rich, pretty, popular and... a spoiled slob? My, oh, my, it looks like she needs someone who can take care of her!
Skeleton Knight in Another World Season 2
Release window: July 2026
Territories where Crunchyroll will stream the anime: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS and India.
Season 1 synopsis via Crunchyroll:
When Arc wakes up, he discovers that he has been transported to another world in the body of the character he was playing in an MMO. Looking like a suit of armor on the outside and a skeleton on the inside, he is the Skeleton Knight. If his identity is discovered, he could be mistaken for a monster and become a target! Arc decides to spend his time as a mercenary so as not to attract attention to himself. However, he's not the kind of man who can stand idly by when he witnesses evil acts take place right before his eyes!
Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You
Release window: July 2026
Territories where Crunchyroll will stream the anime: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS and India.
Synopsis via Square Enix:
At age forty-five, office worker Sasaki has had enough of the corporate grind. His only solace is smoking-and the friendly smile of supermarket cashier Yamada. When Sasaki can't find Yamada after a particularly trying day, a striking woman invites him to smoke with her. The despondent man thinks he's made a new smoking buddy in the cool, teasing Tayama, but Sasaki doesn't realize he already knows her!
The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat Season 2
Release window: 2027
Territories where Crunchyroll will stream the anime: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East and CIS.
Season 1 synopsis via Crunchyroll:
The world's number one assassin has been reincarnated as the eldest son of a family of aristocrat assassins. In exchange for being reincarnated in another world, a goddess has imposed upon him one condition.
"Kill the Hero who is prophesied to destroy the world."
This was to be the mission in his new life. The synergistic effect of the vast knowledge and experience he gained that made all manner of assassinations possible in the modern world, and the secret techniques and magic of the fantasy world's most powerful family of assassins turn him into the greatest assassin of all time.