ABEMA Anime Festival 2026 Opens in Shibuya with Polar Opposites Visual
The festival's Day 1 stages carried the sort of reveals and selection announcements that normally sit inside single-title events, now bundled into one Shibuya weekend.
Reporting from 1 source: Nijimen.
The first day of ABEMA Anime Festival 2026 supported by Comic Cmoa was held on Saturday, September 19, 2026 at MIYASHITA PARK and other locations around Shibuya. Sayumi Suzushiro, Shogo Sakata, and Wataru Kato unveiled a graduation ceremony visual for the TV anime You and I Are Polar Opposites. The PRISMation ATELIER stage named three second-wave works.
The graduation ceremony visual for You and I Are Polar Opposites was shown for the first time at the Shibuya event, with Sayumi Suzushiro, Shogo Sakata, and Wataru Kato on stage. Kikunosuke Toya and Masuo Amada ate dishes from Iron Wok Jan! on that title's stage. The production team behind Pop Pop Polters and the short anime Chokotto Yabasity talked about using real miniature sets instead of CG. On the PRISMation ATELIER stage, three second-wave works were announced.
- Oshaberi Jewelry to Kaitou no Mure: directed by Mio Hiruma, Mh-artworks
- SALON de MONDE: directed by Yu Sato
- Hikarigoke Coffee Ten: directed by Crab, manager of Kusou Ryouriten
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