Long Live The Dead!

Some Akane break art. I love her.

Wait i know where i got it from it’s literally cannon haha. Akane was just never drawn that way. Which is a shame!

Aaw just look at those beautiful peepers! How could I possibly not not come?

For the past couple years, the magical girl genre has seen a resurgence and now is no exception. It's a good time to be a magical girl fan and I've compiled a list of upcoming projects for your perusal. I've been doing this for a while and projects that released in the meantime can be found here.

The Ribbon Hero - A movie inspired by Osamu Tezuka's classic Princess Knight, The Ribbon Hero follows Princess Sapphire, who must reawaken her magic in order to save her newfound home from the monster who destroyed her homeland. Dropping on Netflix on August 8.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Walpurgisnacht Rising - The long-awaited (and delayed) fourth Madoka Magica movie, which will finally follow up on Rebellion's massive cliffhanger after 13 years. Premiering in Japan on August 28. Hopefully.

Star Detective Precure! The Movie: The Mysterious Garden and a Secret Pair - Star Detective Precure's tie-in movie. After a series of mysterious events spread across Makoto Mirai, Anna and company's investigation takes them to a mysterious place known only as Karin's Garden. Like past Precure movies, it will also be a crossover with two past seasons: Wonderful and You and Idol. Premiering September 18.

Magic Knight Rayearth (2026) - A new TV series by TMS Entertainment to commemorate the franchise's 30th anniversary. Premiering on October 7.

Maebashi Witches: Emoemories - Blooming Witches - Last year's Maebashi Witches is getting a compilation movie. Coming to theaters October 23.

Magical Sisters Lulutto Lilly part 2 - The second cour of Lulutto Lilly, which is premiering sometime in October.

Magical Girl Raising Project: Restart - A sequel to 2016's Magical Girl Raising Project, which will adapt the second and third light novels. Will premiere sometime in October.

Fairy Princess Minky Momo: Akogare no Yume e -Magokoro no Duo- - A new OVA in the Minky Momo franchise, which will have a theatrical premiere on November 13 before releasing onto home video.

Fate/kaleid Iiner Prisma Illya Finale - The latest installment in the Fate franchise's Prisma Illya sub-series, which serves as a sequel to the Licht Nameless Girl movie. It will premiere sometime in 2027.

Lolirock season three - Season three has been officially greenlit! In it, Iris, Talia, and Auriana must balance defending the world from a vengeful Praxina with the band's very first world tour. Slated to premiere sometime in 2028.

Sugar Sugar Rune reboot - At last year's Paris's Japan Expo, Studio Khara premiered Sugar Sugar Rune: Les deux sorcierès, a CG short film that serves as a prequel to the manga. After it finished, the studio went on to reveal that a full series was in production. Both the short film and series are meant to celebrate the original manga's 20th anniversary.

Revue Starlight: ■■■ That Will Reach Someone Someday - A new anime project in the Revue Starlight franchise that was announced at the 2026 Bushiroad New Year Grand Presentation. Besides the title, no details are known.

Fictional small town in the middle of nowhere in real country: par for the course in any genre

Fictional major city in real country: standard fair, but it's usually clearly based on a real city

Fictional suburb of real major city in real country: strange but I can see the application