Crunchyroll May 2026 is the month the spring season hits stride. Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World Season 4 is mid-run after its April 8 premiere, and Subaru’s arc is finally getting the screen time the manga readers have been waiting on. Witch Hat Atelier drops episode 7 on May 11, and the Bones adaptation has been the prettiest thing on the platform since it started. If you got back into anime in the last two years, this is your spring.
The supporting slate is loaded too. Dr. Stone: Science Future is in Cour 3 after its April 2 return, and Senku is back in a way that hits if you have been with the show since the first stone-world reveal. Dorohedoro Season 2 is rolling weekly after its April 1 debut, MAPPA leaning all the way into the Hole’s grime. Ace of the Diamond‘s sequel run continues from its April 5 start. One Piece keeps streaming weekly because One Piece never stops. The Egghead arc payoff is still in motion.
The other May beat worth watching is the business one. Ani-May is Crunchyroll’s annual anime push, and the platform is running a three-month membership deal across 35-plus countries starting May 7. Fan tier hits $1.99 a month, Mega Fan is $2.99. After the price-hike noise from earlier in the year, this is the move. The Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2026 also premiere May 23 from the Grand Prince Hotel Shin Takanawa in Tokyo, and that ceremony is the closest the medium has to a unified awards moment. Pair it with the Chainsaw Man: The Movie – Reze Arc streaming debut that landed April 30, and the spring slate is doing real work.
Everything Coming to Crunchyroll in May 2026 Full List
Check out everything coming to Crunchyroll in May 2026 below. Most of the spring lineup releases weekly, so the dates below cover the major beats and ongoing simulcasts to track.
May 7
- Crunchyroll Ani-May Premium Sale begins (Fan $1.99/mo, Mega Fan $2.99/mo, three months, 35-plus countries)
May 11
- Witch Hat Atelier Episode 7
May 23
- Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2026 (live from Tokyo)
Ongoing weekly simulcasts in May 2026
- Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World Season 4
- Dr. Stone: Science Future Cour 3
- Dorohedoro Season 2
- Witch Hat Atelier
- Ace of the Diamond sequel
- One Piece
- 50-plus other Spring 2026 simulcasts across the catalog
Now streaming on Crunchyroll
- Chainsaw Man: The Movie – Reze Arc (premiered April 30)
For the complete weekly schedule, Crunchyroll’s release calendar on the desktop site is the most reliable source. For more streaming coverage on GOC, we keep the monthly roundups going across every major platform.
The Crunchyroll May 2026 Bottom Line
If you chase one show on Crunchyroll May 2026, make it Re:Zero Season 4. The arc this season is what the franchise has been building toward, and the simulcast pace is the right way to feel it land. Witch Hat Atelier is the visual pick if you need something quieter and gorgeous on the side. The sleeper is Dorohedoro Season 2, because almost nobody is talking about it and the first season was special. Cop the Ani-May membership deal on May 7 if you let your sub lapse. At three bucks a month for three months, that math works.