The Apothecary Diaries
Maomao, a kidnapped apothecary working as a servant in the imperial rear palace, uses her medical knowledge to unravel court mysteries and catches the eye of the enigmatic eunuch Jinshi.
The Apothecary Diaries Ep. 50 Lullaby Scene Draws Fan Posts
Oricon reported on October 14, 2026 that episode 50 of The Apothecary Diaries drew posts on X about Maomao and Jinshi. The episode, the second of season 3, aired on October 9 at 11 p.m. JST on the Nippon TV network and has an exhausted Jinshi ask Maomao to sing him a lullaby. Afterward, Pairin asks her why she does not give in already.
Apothecary Diaries Film Casts Kensho Ono as Suija
Oricon News reported on October 13, 2026 that a character promotional video for the water bandits of the anime film The Apothecary Diaries: The Late Lady's Treasure has been released. Kensho Ono voices their leader, Suija, and Ryota Takeuchi and Jiro Saito join the cast as well. The film opens in Japan on December 11, 2026.
Apothecary Diaries Episode 50 Ties Into December Film
The Apothecary Diaries aired episode 50, 「火鼠の皮衣」, on Friday, October 9, 2026. Maomao shows that a celestial maiden's robe is cloth woven from asbestos, and the scene with the Bi clan includes Mūchin, the boy from the trailer for the December 11 film. Episode 51 is scheduled for October 16, 2026.
The Apothecary Diaries Episode 50 Preview Images Released
A synopsis and preview images are out for The Apothecary Diaries episode 50, "Hinezumi no Kawagoromo," which is scheduled to air October 9, 2026. Maomao and Chou-u stop at a secondhand clothing shop, where the shopkeeper shows them a white robe and begins telling a legend about a celestial maiden who vanished into a lake.
The Apothecary Diaries Releases Mini Anime Episode 49
The official X account for The Apothecary Diaries has released episode 49 of the mini anime Maomao no Hitorigoto, ABEMA TIMES reported on October 7, 2026. The short is also available on the TOHO animation YouTube channel, and this installment features an exchange between super-deformed versions of Maomao and Chou-u.
Apothecary Diaries Season 3 Joins J:COM STREAM Lineup
J:COM STREAM has begun rolling out its fall 2026 anime lineup. The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 started streaming on October 3 and Black Clover 2nd Season begins on October 8, with other titles' start dates running through October 22.
Apothecary Diaries Season 3 Drops Yorushika Opening Video
The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 has released the non-credit version of its opening, set to Yorushika's “Kumo o Nuke Kazashimo e Watashi Dake.” Animator Ayaka Nakata directed the sequence, which is loaded with hints about the journey Maomao and Jinshi are heading into. A four-volume Season 3 Blu-ray set was also dated for February 17, 2027.
Apothecary Diaries Season 3 Opens With a Disaster Omen
The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 starts Friday, October 2, 2026, and the opening episode is numbered 49 and titled Ko (蝗), meaning locust. Advance stills and a synopsis published by Anime Anime show Maomao back at work as a pleasure district apothecary after losing her rear palace food taster post, while Jinshi wrestles with the omen of disaster Loulan left in his hands. OLM animates both halves of the split season, October 2026 and April 2027.
'Apothecary Diaries' Season 3 Launches Weekly Riddle Game
The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 has launched #猫猫謎謎 (Maomao Nazonazo), a weekly riddle campaign that hands solvers a keyword from the upcoming episode. Puzzle creator Nina Serizawa builds each one, with questions posted every Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. JST and answers published Saturday at noon.
Apothecary Diaries Manga Fair Starts as Season 3 Premieres
Shogakukan is running a nationwide bookstore fair for The Apothecary Diaries: Maomao's Notes on the Inner Palace starting October 1, 2026, with three exclusive clear shelf-tab POPs of Maomao and Jinshi that can be cut down into bookmarks. The same week, chapters 1 through 51 go free on Sunday Webry for exactly 72 hours, timed to the October 2 premiere of the anime's third season and the December 11 film.
'Apothecary Diaries' Season 3 Taps Eve for Ending Theme
The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 has released its second trailer ahead of the October 2, 2026 premiere, and it confirms Eve as the ending theme artist with a new song called "AIYOU." The video puts Jinshi at the center in his real position as the emperor's younger brother, squaring off against a disaster threatening the country and a mysterious immortal woman who has the public talking.
'Apothecary Diaries' Season 3 Gets 588-Store Book Campaign
Japanese book distributor Tohan opened a nationwide giveaway for The Apothecary Diaries on September 24, 2026, timed to the start of the anime's third season. Buying any qualifying novel or manga volume at a participating store earns an entry card for a prize draw that closes October 31. Season 3 premieres October 2 on Nippon TV, with the franchise's first theatrical film following on December 11.
'Apothecary Diaries' Fan Messages Become Shibuya Mosaic
More than 1,700 messages that fans posted on X have been rebuilt into a giant mosaic portrait of Maomao, now hanging at Shibuya Station until September 27, 2026. The board is part of a tie-up between The Apothecary Diaries and Enkin, the eye-care brand run by Japanese cosmetics and supplement maker FANCL, and it went up eleven days before Season 3 premieres on October 2.
Apothecary Diaries Cast Previews Season 3 and Film at ABEMA
Aoi Yuki, Takeo Otsuka and Ryumaru Tachibana took the stage in Shibuya on September 20, 2026 to preview The Apothecary Diaries Season 3, which premieres October 2, and the December 11 theatrical film. Day two of ABEMA Anime Fest 2026 also brought a January 2027 broadcast date for the Tensei Elf isekai, newly revealed role names for Tensei Goblin dakedo Shitsumon Aru?, and a first look back at Daemons of the Shadow Realm ahead of its second season.
Apothecary Diaries Season 3 Puts Rikuson in the Spotlight
The official X account for The Apothecary Diaries has posted the Season 3 character introduction and visual for Rikuson (陸孫), voiced by Kōki Uchiyama (内山昂輝), and the replies filled up fast. The reveal arrives ahead of the third season's October 2, 2026 premiere and the franchise's first theatrical film, due December 11, 2026.
Apothecary Diaries Season 3 Unveils 11 Character Posters
The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 has released all 11 of its character posters ahead of the October 2, 2026 premiere, each one stamped with a line of that character's Season 3 dialogue. The set covers Maomao, Jinshi and the returning regulars, plus newcomer Bai Niangniang, the mysterious immortal voiced by Reina Ueda. TOHO animation is also streaming the Season 1 and 2 Blu-ray cast audio commentaries on YouTube for free through September 27.
'Apothecary Diaries' Tokyo Exhibit Adds Photo Contest
The Apothecary Diaries' Tokyo City View exhibition has passed its first month, and Mori Building is marking it with a photo contest whose top prizes are event posters signed by Aoi Yūki and Takeo Ōtsuka. Entries run from September 9 to October 26, 2026, the show's closing day. A second wave of venue-exclusive merchandise also landed this month.
Apothecary Diaries Kuji Adds Acrylic Board and Tote Bags
The second Maru-kuji online draw for The Apothecary Diaries opened September 7, built around a newly drawn illustration of Maomao, Xiaolan and Shisui resting in a field of flowers. Tickets are 880 yen (roughly $6) each and sales close September 30, with prize tiers running from an A4 acrylic board down to a 12-design can badge set. It arrives three weeks before Season 3 starts on October 2.
'Apothecary Diaries' Lands First Glico Giant Cone Collab
Ezaki Glico's Giant Cone, the cone ice cream it has sold in Japan since 1963, is running its first collaboration with The Apothecary Diaries. The "Uncover the Crunchy Secret with Maomao" campaign runs from September 7 to November 29, 2026, with limited-run Maomao and Jinshi packaging arriving in stores on day one.
'Apothecary Diaries' Jinshi Gets a 9,200-Yen Nendoroid Doll
Good Smile Company is putting Jinshi into the Nendoroid Doll line, the cloth-clothed, heavily articulated cousin of the standard Nendoroid. The Apothecary Diaries figure costs 9,200 yen including tax in Japan and is planned for March 2027, dressed in the kimono and haori he wears through the rear palace. It lands between the October 2 premiere of Season 3 and the second half of that season in April 2027.
The Apothecary Diaries Gets Workman Collab Gear in November
Japanese workwear chain Workman is teaming up with The Apothecary Diaries for a limited line of collab items, arriving at all of its stores in late November 2026. The lineup covers a printed T-shirt, a handkerchief and pouch set, a wallet shoulder bag, and the first medicine notebook case Workman has ever sold.
The Apothecary Diaries Live-Action Series Stars Mana Ashida
The Apothecary Diaries is getting a live-action drama series, co-produced by Toho and Amazon MGM Studios and streaming exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories in 2028. Mana Ashida stars as Maomao, and a first teaser visual is already out. Author Natsu Hyuuga's reaction to the casting: “Ah, I can hand this over with peace of mind.”
The Apothecary Diaries Pop-Up Event Hits Osaka September 6
The Apothecary Diaries pop-up event Yūen Biyori (遊宴日和) is coming to Osaka, running September 6 through September 20, 2026 at e-Stadium Namba inside the Namba Parks complex. Entry is free, and the event is built around newly drawn art of Maomao, Jinshi, Xiaolan, and Shisui on exclusive merch, festival games, and photo spots.
Apothecary Diaries Maomao Licca-chan Doll Out October 24
Maomao is getting the Licca-chan treatment. Takara Tomy will release the Apothecary Diaries Maomao Licca-chan doll on October 24, 2026, for ¥5,500 (about $37), with preorders opening August 27 on Takara Tomy Mall. The doll is also headed overseas, with releases planned for the US, Canada, and four Asian markets.
'The Apothecary Diaries' Tops 57 Million Copies Worldwide
The Apothecary Diaries has surpassed 57 million copies in worldwide circulation, publisher Imagica Infos announced on August 15. The updated count folds in translated editions across 16 languages for the first time, and it lands just weeks before Season 3 premieres on October 2, 2026, with an all-new theatrical film following on December 11.
The Apothecary Diaries Gets Premium Bandai Logo Display
Bandai has turned The Apothecary Diaries title logo into its own collectible. The Acrylic Logo Display EX went up for pre-order on August 10, 2026 through Premium Bandai's Bankore! shop for ¥1,650 (about $11), in horizontal and vertical versions, with shipping planned for October.
'Apothecary Diaries', 'TenSura' Join ABEMA Anime Fest 2026
ABEMA has announced the first wave of works and guests for ABEMA Anime Fest 2026, its anime festival taking over the rooftop of Shibuya's MIYASHITA PARK on September 19 and 20. The Apothecary Diaries, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4, Akane-banashi and Daemons of the Shadow Realm all get free stages, with guests including Aoi Yūki and Miho Okasaki. The first ticket lottery is open now and closes August 3.
Apothecary Diaries Novel Exhibition Opens in Osaka July 15
The Apothecary Diaries original novel exhibition, 'Poison and Medicine, Science and Mystery,' comes to Osaka's Hanshin Umeda Main Store from July 15 to 27, 2026. Organizers have revealed an Osaka-exclusive key visual that puts Maomao and Jinshi in front of the department store itself, plus a venue-limited design for the goods-bundled ticket's pass and neck strap.
The Apothecary Diaries Movie Opens December 11, Trailer Out
The Apothecary Diaries' first theatrical film finally has a title, a release date, and a trailer. Bōhi no Hihō (roughly "The Late Consort's Secret Treasure") opens in Japanese theaters on December 11, 2026, telling a brand-new story written by series author Natsu Hyūga. Mariya Ise, the voice of Hunter x Hunter's Killua, joins the cast as a mystery boy named Muchin.
'Apothecary Diaries' Cafe Pops Up in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka
The Apothecary Diaries is getting a themed collaboration café across three Japanese cities this summer. The "Coolness of Frozen Treats" pop-up runs July 24 through August 9 at Share CAFE locations in Tokyo's Harajuku, Osaka's Shinsaibashi, and Fukuoka's Hakata, featuring new original character illustrations and exclusive merchandise.
'The Apothecary Diaries' Wraps Two-Year Visual Series
The Apothecary Diaries has released the final installment of its two-year four-seasons visual campaign, closing out the monthly series with an illustration of Maomao and Jinshi surrounded by white clover. The visual lands ahead of a packed schedule for the franchise, with Season 3 premiering in October 2026 and a theatrical film following in December.
'Apothecary Diaries' Final Visual Caps Two-Year Campaign
The Apothecary Diaries anime has released the last illustration in its two-year monthly visual series. The June image, published on the 22nd to mark "Maomao Day," shows the heroine teaching Jinshi to weave a white clover crown, closing out a 24-month promotional effort that began in July 2024.
'Apothecary Diaries' Vol. 22 Tops June 18 Manga Releases
The Apothecary Diaries reaches volume 22 in today's June 18 manga releases, joined by a JoJo creator crossover volume, new Choujin X, and over 90 other titles across Japan's major publishers. The full list, [published by Comic Natalie](https://natalie.mu/comic/news/673750), spans Shueisha, Shogakukan, KADOKAWA, and a dozen smaller imprints.
'Apothecary Diaries' x 'Cosmos' Manga Collab Cards Debut
The Apothecary Diaries and Cosmos are celebrating their simultaneous manga releases with limited collaboration illustration cards at Japanese bookstores starting June 18. Each series' artist drew the other's characters: Beelzebub creator Ryuhei Tamura illustrated Maomao and Jinshi on a metallic card, while Apothecary Diaries manga artist Kurata Minoji drew Cosmos leads Rin and Mizumori on a washi-textured card.
'Apothecary Diaries' Immersive Event Set for Roppongi Hills
The Apothecary Diaries is getting its first immersive exhibition at Tokyo City View, the observation deck on the 52nd floor of Roppongi Hills Mori Tower. Running from August 1 to October 26, the event is themed around dance sequences from the anime, with the Tokyo night skyline as a backdrop.
'Apothecary Diaries' Takes Over Roppongi Hills This August
The Apothecary Diaries is heading 250 meters above Tokyo for a first-of-its-kind immersive event at Roppongi Hills' Tokyo City View observation deck. Running from August 1 through October 26, 2026, the exhibition centers on the anime's dance sequences and night-sky imagery, with never-before-seen displays and event-exclusive merchandise.
'Apothecary Diaries' Launches First Browser Game June 15
The Apothecary Diaries is getting its first video game, and it arrives in days. Palace Chronicles, a free-to-play browser simulation game on CTW's G123 platform, launches June 15, 2026, letting players step into Maomao's shoes across the imperial palace and pleasure district with 35-plus playable characters.
'Apothecary Diaries' Novel Exhibition Opens in Yokohama
The Apothecary Diaries original novel exhibition has opened its second venue at Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse, running from June 5 through June 21, 2026. The Yokohama stop adds new merchandise, a freshly written short story exhibit, and illustrator commentary not available at the Tokyo run last December.
'Apothecary Diaries' Ichiban Kuji Drops Dancer Maomao Figure
A new Ichiban Kuji prize lottery for The Apothecary Diaries launches June 5 across Japanese convenience stores and hobby shops. The eight-tier lineup is headlined by a 22cm Maomao MASTERLISE figure recreating her dancer costume from the Season 1 finale, with draws priced at 770 yen (roughly $5) each.
'Apothecary Diaries' Game Hits 200K Pre-Registrations
The Apothecary Diaries: Palace Chronicles, the upcoming browser game on CTW's G123 platform, has crossed 200,000 pre-registrations. The milestone unlocks fan-favorite handmaiden Xiaolan as a free character for every player when the game launches. CTW also revealed a new festival-themed illustration of Maomao to mark the occasion.
'Apothecary Diaries' Bookstore Fair Offers Paper-Cut Cards
A bookstore fair tied to The Apothecary Diaries' first large-scale novel exhibition is now running at 47 stores across the Tokyo metro area. Fans who pick up any of the light novel's 16 volumes receive a collectible paper-cut-style card featuring Maomao or Jinshi, plus a ¥300 discount coupon for the exhibition's upcoming Yokohama run at Red Brick Warehouse.
'Apothecary Diaries' Drops Rainy May Visual With Jinshi
The Apothecary Diaries unveiled its May entry in the ongoing "Maomao and Jinshi's Journey Through the Four Seasons" visual campaign, spotlighting Jinshi and Gaoshun walking through the palace grounds as iris flowers bloom in the rain. The official site is also distributing PC and smartphone wallpapers of the new art, with a signed-card giveaway running on the show's X account.
The Apothecary Diaries Anime Gets Season 3 and First-Ever Film
The hit anime adaptation of The Apothecary Diaries (薬屋のひとりごと) has announced both a third season and the series' first theatrical film. Season 3 will air in split-cours format starting October 2026, while the film featuring an original story by author Natsu Hyuuga will premiere in December 2026.