Crunchyroll Anime Nights to Screen Summer 2026 Anime Early
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.