Crunchyroll Anime Nights to Screen Summer 2026 Anime Early
The event marks Crunchyroll's continued use of theatrical previews as a promotional tool for its seasonal streaming slate, offering early access to three titles across different genres.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
Crunchyroll announced on June 1 that its Anime Nights program will hold a Sneak Peek event on June 15, screening early episodes of three upcoming Summer 2026 anime titles before their July premieres. The one-night-only theatrical event will take place at 7:00 PM local time across more than 280 theaters in the United States and Canada, including chains such as AMC, Regal, Cinemark, Alamo Drafthouse, Harkins, Landmark Cinemas, and Cineplex. All screenings will be presented in Japanese with English subtitles. The featured titles are Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games, Skeleton Knight in Another World Season 2, and Clevatess Season 2. Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games, based on the manga by Eri Ejima, will premiere on Japanese channels on July 7. Skeleton Knight in Another World Season 2, adapting the light novel series by Ennki Hakari, and Clevatess Season 2, based on the manga by Yuji Iwahara, both premiere in July. Crunchyroll teased additional series to be announced closer to the event. The Anime Nights program previously screened Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants to be Loved and an OVERLORD 10th anniversary event in 2025.
Crunchyroll's Anime Nights program, organized in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment, will host a Sneak Peek event on June 15 at 7:00 PM local time. The screenings will take place at more than 280 theaters across the U.S. and Canada, including Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, AMC Theatres, Regal, Cinemark Theatres, Harkins Theatres, Landmark Cinemas, and Cineplex. All episodes will be shown in Japanese with English subtitles.
Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games, adapted from Eri Ejima's manga, follows Mitsuki Aya at Kuromi Girls' Academy, whose perception of the perfect student Yorue Mio is upended when she discovers Mio is a hardcore fighting game player. The anime premieres on AT-X, Tokyo MX, MBS, BS NTV, and Nagasaki Broadcasting Company on July 7. Skeleton Knight in Another World Season 2 continues the story of Arc, a gamer reincarnated as his MMO skeleton character, airing on TOKYO MX, BS11, and AT-X in July. Clevatess Season 2 continues the fantasy tale of the Dark Beast Lord Clevatess, who becomes caretaker to a revived hero and an orphaned child, also premiering in July.
- Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games: Premieres July 7 on AT-X, Tokyo MX, MBS, BS NTV, and Nagasaki Broadcasting Company
- Skeleton Knight in Another World Season 2: Premieres July on TOKYO MX, BS11, and AT-X
- Clevatess Season 2: Premieres July
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network News Crunchyroll 'Anime Nights' Program to Screen Skeleton Night in Another World, Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games, More Anime
- Anime Corner Crunchyroll Anime Nights to Screen Summer 2026 Anime Early, Including Skeleton Knight in Another World Season 2, Clevatess Season 2, and More