An 11:30 PM Slot for a CoroCoro Manga
Fate Rewinder (Unmei no Makimodoshi) runs in Monthly CoroCoro Comic, Shogakukan's manga magazine for grade schoolers, which makes its new broadcast home a genuine oddity. The anime will air every Saturday at 11:30 PM in TV Asahi's IMAnimation block, carried by 24 stations nationwide. Oricon News, the Japanese entertainment outlet that reported the announcement, flagged the late-night slot as a surprise for a CoroCoro title right in its headline.
The manga's track record explains the ambition. Fūta Kimura's series is the first title in Monthly CoroCoro Comic's history to top the magazine's reader popularity poll for 12 straight months, and in January 2026 it won the 71st Shogakukan Manga Award alongside Dandadan and other honorees.
A Blood Blockade Battlefront Reunion at Bones Film
The staff list reads like a deliberate statement. Rie Matsumoto, who directed Blood Blockade Battlefront, helms the series, and character designer Toshihiro Kawamoto reunites with her after working on that same show. Kawamoto's résumé also includes Cowboy Bebop, whose cast he designed. Animation production falls to Bones Film, the studio behind Fullmetal Alchemist and My Hero Academia.
Kimiko Ueno, who handled series composition and scripts on Marriage Toxin, writes the show. Satoshi Murai composes the music; his past work includes the special promotional video for Chainsaw Man volume 9.
Time-Rewinding Heroes and Who Plays Them
The premise is built for repeat catastrophe. Fate Rewinder follows heroes who refuse to accept tragic deaths: using the Retry Eye, a time machine embedded in the right eye, they rewind time again and again until they find a path that saves the victim, no matter how many attempts it takes.
Shō Komura (小村将) voices the lead, Chrono. Kōki Uchiyama, whose roles include Tomura Shigaraki in My Hero Academia and Toge Inumaki in Jujutsu Kaisen, plays Shirai. Kōhei Amasaki voices Akaba, and Reina Ueda, who plays Kanao Tsuyuri in Demon Slayer, rounds out the quartet as Lemon.
In comments published with Oricon's report, Komura said Chrono's refusal to give up struck him when he read the manga. Uchiyama called the original a story both kids and adults can enjoy, adding that he noticed homages to a range of sci-fi films he hopes movie fans will catch. Ueda, who has already recorded for the teaser PV, described the finished video as stylish and said she expects a production overflowing with energy and ideas. Amasaki said he went into the audition determined to win the role of Akaba.
Looking Ahead
International fans are already covered. Crunchyroll confirmed during its Anime Expo 2026 panel that it will stream the series, and an English-subtitled version of the teaser trailer is up on the platform's YouTube channel now. Readers who want a head start have an on-ramp coming even sooner: Yen Press has licensed the manga for English release, with volume 1 arriving in October 2026. The broadcast kicks off in April 2027, and there is no word yet on episode count or additional cast.