Gachiakuta, BONES FILM's 24-episode adaptation of Kei Urana's manga, ran across two cours in 2025. In May 2026 it won Best New Series at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards, and as of November 2026 Season 2 has been confirmed with a first-look trailer but no premiere date.
Image: Anime Corner
What happened since the first season
Season 2 was confirmed on December 21, 2025, right after the first season's finale aired in Japan. A mobile game, Gachiakuta The Game (tentative title), and a stage adaptation were announced alongside it. Anime Corner also noted that the series was Crunchyroll's most viewed anime in July 2025.
At the 2026 Crunchyroll Anime Awards, Gachiakuta was nominated for Anime of the Year and won Best New Series and Best Background Art, according to both Anime Corner's results list and Cartoon Brew. Anime Corner's list also shows a win for Best Character Design. My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON took Anime of the Year.
On July 29, 2026, the production released a first-look promotional video for Season 2, with new footage and art of Enjin and Zanka that had first appeared as postcards at Anime Expo 2026 and a Taipei comics festival. Final Weapon reports that Season 2 will stream on Crunchyroll, and that no premiere date has been announced. We found no date as of November 2026.
Background
The manga is by Kei Urana, with Hideyoshi Andou also credited as a creator, and it runs in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine, with 17 volumes published as of November 2025. Rudo lives in the slums of a floating town and is exiled to the surface, where he fights trash monsters alongside a group called the Cleaners. Fumihiko Suganuma directed, Hiroshi Seko handled series composition, and Satoshi Ishino did character design. In the second cour, Mori Calliope performed the opening, "Let's Just Crash".
What it means
This is our own analysis. Winning the new-series award over a field that included Sakamoto Days and The Summer Hikaru Died is a strong result for an original-looking action series, and the wins in art and background categories match what viewers praised: its setting is its selling point. The risk for Season 2 is the long wait. Fan-voted awards reward heat, and heat fades without a release date. Until BONES FILM confirms a window, expect the audience to rewatch season one and read the manga.
Sources
- Anime Corner: Gachiakuta Season 2 Anime Announced, Also Gets Game and Stage Adaptations, December 21, 2025
- Anime Corner: Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2026 Winners: Full Results List, May 23, 2026
- Cartoon Brew: Crunchyroll Unveils The 2026 Anime Awards Winners, May 27, 2026
- Anime Corner: Gachiakuta Season 2 First Look Teaser Featuring New Footage Revealed, July 29, 2026
- Final Weapon: Gachiakuta Season 2 First Look Trailer Released, July 29, 2026
