2026 Summer Anime Roundup: Grand Blue Season 3, Cat and Dragon, and More
The list confirms the summer 2026 anime lineup, with Grand Blue Season 3 leading as a returning comedy-diving series set in Palau.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
ASCII.jp's 2026 Summer Anime Special Part 7 highlights five titles: Grand Blue Season 3, The Cat and the Dragon, The Strongest Dregs Prince's Secret Imperial Succession Struggle, The Case of the Transfer Student's Pure and Lovely Beautiful Girl Being a Childhood Friend I Used to Play with Thinking She Was a Boy, and X-Men '97. Grand Blue Season 3 premieres July 6.
ASCII.jp's 2026 Summer Anime Special Part 7 introduces five titles airing this season. The returning comedy-diving series Grand Blue Season 3 moves the action to Palau, where Iori Kitahara helps at a diving shop branch. The other four titles are new adaptations or imports: The Cat and the Dragon, The Strongest Dregs Prince's Secret Imperial Succession Struggle, a long-titled romance comedy, and X-Men '97. Grand Blue Season 3 begins July 6 on TOKYO MX and other networks.
- Grand Blue Season 3: Premieres July 6; story moves to Palau
- The Cat and the Dragon
- The Strongest Dregs Prince's Secret Imperial Succession Struggle
- The Case of the Transfer Student's Pure and Lovely Beautiful Girl Being a Childhood Friend I Used to Play with Thinking She Was a Boy
- X-Men '97
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