ABEMA Lines Up Six Sports Anime For Free Marathon Runs From September 12
ABEMA is scheduling its autumn sports slate around marathons of established titles rather than new premieres, with each episode free for a week after broadcast.
Reporting from 1 source: Nijimen.
ABEMA will run free marathon broadcasts of six sports anime starting Saturday, September 12, 2026. The lineup includes Major, Kuroko's Basketball, and Haikyu!!, plus Inazuma Eleven the Movie 2025, the Hajime no Ippo TV special Champion Road, the OVA Mashiba vs Kimura Execution, and the New Challenger and Rising seasons. Episodes stay free for one week after broadcast.
The marathons run across ABEMA Anime 2 Channel, Natsukashi Anime 00's Channel, Anime SPECIAL 2 Channel, and Family 2 Channel. The Hajime no Ippo block carries the heaviest load: Champion Road airs Saturday, September 26 at midnight, Mashiba vs Kimura Execution at 1:40 a.m., and the New Challenger and Rising seasons fill a rolling schedule from September 12 through October 10. Inazuma Eleven the Movie 2025 gets a Sunday, September 27 slot at 11:00 p.m. and again at 1:00 a.m.
- Inazuma Eleven the Movie 2025: Sunday, September 27, 2026, from 11:00 p.m. and from 1:00 a.m.
- Hajime no Ippo TV Special ~Champion Road~: Saturday, September 26, 2026, from midnight
- Hajime no Ippo OVA Mashiba vs Kimura Execution: Saturday, September 26, 2026, from 1:40 a.m.
- Hajime no Ippo New Challenger: Sequential broadcasts from September 12 through October 10
- Hajime no Ippo Rising: Sequential broadcasts from September 12 through October 10
- Major, Kuroko's Basketball, Haikyu!! and other sports anime: Free sequential marathon broadcasts on ABEMA
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.