The second season of the TV anime is airing, with episode 6 having aired on August 13 and new preview images released for it.
The second season of the TV anime adaptation of the light novel series is currently airing. Episode 6, titled "A Middle-Aged Man in the Countryside Faces His Father," aired on August 13. Preview images released ahead of the episode show the protagonist Beryl confronting his father, Moldea, during a festival in Bidden Village. The episode advances Beryl's personal arc by pitting him against his father, a major obstacle, after the village threat is resolved.
The series is based on the novel by Rifujin na Magonote, which has been serialized on Shosetsuka ni Naro since 2012 and has a cumulative series circulation of 18 million copies. The third season of the anime marks the fifth anniversary of the anime adaptation in 2026.
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The sixth episode of the TV anime "A Middle-Aged Man in the Countryside Becomes a Sword Saint II" is set to air on August 13. New preview images show Beryl confronting his father, Moldea, during a festival in Bidden Village. The episode is titled "A Middle-Aged Man in the Countryside Faces His Father."
ABEMA announced its summer 2026 anime lineup, with over 70 new and continuing titles airing free on its anime channel. Four shows, including 'LV999 no Murabito' and 'Buchikire Reijou wa Fukushuu wo Chikaimashita', are free exclusives, while 32 titles, such as 'Youjo Senki II' and 'Re:Zero' 4th season, get fastest distribution. 'Futsutsuka na Akujo de wa Gozaimasu ga' and 'Seihantai na Kimi to Boku' season 2 will have all episodes free during the season.
New One Studio producer Demi discussed the making of the live-action interactive drama series Shengshi Tianxia: The Road to Empress I and II in interviews published on July 31, 2026. The games, set in China's Tang Dynasty, follow Wu Yuanzhao, the future Empress Wu Zetian, as she enters Emperor Taizong's harem around 640 AD. The series took about three years from planning to release, with over 100 days of filming and a total runtime of roughly 1,500 minutes. The second game alone features about 1,000 minutes of new footage across 32 episodes and over 100 branching routes, nearly double the first game's volume. Demi said the bad endings were not a target metric but a necessity to give choices real weight, so players feel that decisions carry irreversible consequences. The team used a custom real-time editor and color-coded scripts to coordinate video and game scriptwriters. The games are available on PC via Steam, iOS, and Android, with a combined Switch version planned for 2026 by Sega.
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Automaton published play impressions of the live-action interactive drama games Shengshi Tianxia: The Path to Empress I and II, set in China's Tang Dynasty around 640 AD. The games follow Wu Yuanzhao, modeled after Wu Zetian, through harem power struggles and succession disputes. They are available on PC, iOS, and Android, with a Nintendo Switch release planned. The sequel introduces branching historical and if routes with choices that affect later story branches.
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