{"id":1520,"date":"2026-09-02T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmanga.kodansha.com\/blog\/?p=1520"},"modified":"2026-08-28T18:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T09:16:08","slug":"autumn-anime-2026-read-the-originals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmanga.kodansha.com\/blog\/article\/autumn-anime-2026-read-the-originals\/","title":{"rendered":"Autumn Anime 2026 \u2013 Read the Originals!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Can you believe it’s already September? Beat those end of summer blues by checking out the original manga for this season’s anime titles!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even the Student Council Has Its Holes!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These student council members are all over the place! Each one of them is eccentric in their own way\u2014one\u2019s an airhead, one\u2019s just plain frightening, one\u2019s a closet pervert, but all in all, they\u2019re really just weird! And yet it\u2019s everyone\u2019s oddities that makes them endearing and what allows them to create their new normal. Get ready for a slice-of-life manga that\u2019s irresistibly charming, quirky, and a little bit naughty!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tank Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nagi Taira was the strongest assassin until he fell into a coma protecting his younger sister from a bullet. However, his unique physical constitution allows him to regain consciousness for a short time when \u201cintent to kill\u201d is directed toward him. Now begins Nagi\u2019s \u201crehabilitation\u201d! He will fight powerful targets in his custom wheelchair until he achieves a full awakening! The talented Manabu Yashiro brings you this most sinister antihero\u2019s violent, action-packed tale!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Laid-Off Cheat-Granting Mage Enjoys a Second Lease on Life<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rein the Enchanter is a support mage with the ability to enhance weapons and armor. But when he gets fired from his guild for the simple reason that he’s already enchanted everything they own, he decides to take the power back into his own hands\u2014literally! Rein recalls every enchantment he ever put on his guildmates’ gear, retrieving the bonus points for himself. But does he really not have anything better to enchant with them than some Plain Clothes and a Copper Sword\u2026? Come along on a cheat-tier journey from the most common of common origins!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System<\/em> is the hottest isekai story, pulling in the top number of views from the popular \u201cshousetsuka ni narou\u201c isekai story website (as of January 1, 2022). \u201cYou useless son of mine! You were supposed to pull master swordsman, but I never thought it would be this tragic!\u201c The day a child turns fifteen, they undergo the Ritual of Divine Blessing. Already descended from a line of master swordsman, Elymas was supposed to succeed his father. However, he pulls the defective class, the Heavy Knight, and not only loses his status as future head of the household, but he’s also exiled. With their unbalanced stats and seemingly useless skills, Heavy Knights are spoked of as a class for cowards and the lazy. However, Elymas knows the truth. The world he lives in is the same as the one of the game he used to play\u2026 It is the Heavy Knight that is the most powerful class of them all. Using memories from his past life, Elymas has set out to effectively conquer this entire world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ace of the Diamond Act II<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I want to pitch to that mitt, just one more time\u2026 When Eijun Sawamura was just fifteen, he met someone who changed the course of his life forever\u2014the catcher Kazuya Miyuki. Now, he’s said goodbye to family and friends to travel to Seido High, where he can test his baseball skills alongside some of the best in the nation! This manga is a record of the struggle and excitement that is high school baseball!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I’ll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After reincarnating, our protagonist is now living as Ars Louvent, an aristocrat owning a puny fiefdom in another world. Just like in his previous world, his physique and talent were extremely average after reincarnating, but he was born with an \u201cappraisal\u201d ability that allowed him to see the hidden potential within other people. Ars uses his appraisal ability to turn his weak fiefdom into the strongest! Original story from Shousetsuka ni Narou. Push forth alongside hidden talents! The massively popular another world unification record!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tokyo Revengers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Watching the news, Takemichi Hanagaki learns that his girlfriend from way back in middle school, Hinata Tachibana, has died. The only girlfriend he ever had was just killed by a villainous group known as the Tokyo Manji Gang. He lives in a crappy apartment with thin walls, and his six-years-younger boss treats him like an idiot. Plus, he\u2019s a complete and total virgin \u2026 At the height of his rock-bottom life, he suddenly time-leaps twelve years back to his middle school days!! To save Hinata, and change the life he spent running away, hopeless part-timer Takemichi must aim for the top of Kanto\u2019s most sinister delinquent gang!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Arnold Academy of Magic is a school for the elite\u2026and Ray White is just your ordinary guy. In fact, he doesn’t seem particularly skilled with magic at all, and is a bit of a klutz. Which is why he has nothing to do with the rumor that one of the great magicians, the Iceblade Sorcerer, is a member of the incoming class\u2026right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Can you believe it’s already September? Beat those end of summer blues by checking out the original manga for this season’s anime titles! Even the Student Council Has Its Holes! These student council members are all over the place! Each one of them is eccentric in their own way\u2014one\u2019s an airhead, one\u2019s just plain frightening, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[101],"kmanga_work_term":[],"kmanga_creator_term":[],"class_list":["post-1520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-autumn-anime-2026"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t