October marks the start of Fall, a season for pulling your favorite sweater out of the closet, sipping on pumpkin spice lattes, and maybe even brainstorming that perfect Halloween costume. But for anime fans, the changing season also brings something even more exciting: a new wave of series to dive into. This month, we’re saying goodbye to the young heroes we’ve watched grow in My Hero Academia, welcoming a fresh chapter in the Ranma ½ remake, and discovering brand-new stories ready to capture our hearts. To help you plan your watchlist, we’ve rounded up the biggest and most anticipated titles arriving on the two biggest anime streaming platforms this October. Without further ado, here are the seven best anime series coming to Crunchyroll and Netflix.
Ranma 1/2
Season 2
Release date: October 4 | Streamer: Netflix
Cast: Kappei Yamaguchi, Megumi Hayashibara, Noriko Hidaka, Minami Takayama, ikuko Inoue.
The story follows Ranma Saotome, a teenager trained in martial arts from a young age. During a training trip with his father, he falls into a cursed Chinese spring and gains the strange ability to change sexes —transforming into a girl with cold water and reverting to a boy with hot water. As if that weren’t complicated enough, Ranma also discovers he’s been betrothed to Akane, the youngest daughter of his father’s closest friend. Though both protest the arrangement at first, Season 1 showed the two slowly growing closer. Now, Season 2 is set to deliver even more action-packed fights, heartfelt drama, and laugh-out-loud comedy as Ranma’s adventures continue.
Ranma 1/2
- Release Date
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October 6, 2024
- Network
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Nippon TV, RNB, YBS, RAB, TVI, YBC
- Directors
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Yoji Sato, Nobuyoshi Arai, Yasuhiro Geshi, Taro Kubo, Tomoko Hiramuki
- Writers
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Erika Ando
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Kappei Yamaguchi
Ranma Saotome (voice)
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Megumi Hayashibara
Ranma (voice)
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Noriko Hidaka
Akane Tendo (voice)
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Kikuko Inoue
Kasumi Tendo (voice)
Tales of Wedding Rings
Season 2
Release date: October 4 | Streamer: Crunchyroll
Cast: Hitomi Ueda, Hitomi, Akari Kitou, Ai Kakuma, Gen Satou, Miyuri Shimabukuro.
Sato is hopelessly in love with his best friend, Hime, a mysterious beauty who never quite seemed like she belonged in this world. His suspicions are confirmed when Hime suddenly must return home: a fantastical realm where duty calls her to marry another man. Refusing to let her go without a fight, Sato follows her across worlds and crashes her wedding. With a single kiss from Hime, Sato becomes her new groom, but his joy is short-lived as he learns that Hime is a Ring Princess, and her husband is destined to take up the mantle of the Ring King, a legendary hero fated to slay the Abyss King.
My Hero Academia
FINAL SEASON
Release Date: October 4 | Streamer: Crunchyroll
Cast: Kenji Nagasaki, Naomi Nakayama, Masahiro Mukai, Shôji Ikeno.
My Hero Academia follows Izuku Midoriya, a boy born without powers in a world where eighty percent of the population has special abilities known as “Quirks.” As part of the powerless minority, Midoriya grew up facing discrimination until his life changed forever when he inherited the legendary ability One For All. With his newfound powers, he set his sights on U.A. High, the elite hero training academy, beginning a journey filled with allies, fierce battles, and the slow but steady growth into the hero he always dreamed of becoming.
Now, after years of triumphs, growth, loss, and heartbreak, the story reaches its epic conclusion. In its final season, My Hero Academia plunges Deku and the rest of the heroes into an all-out war against the villains threatening Japan. If you’re new to the anime, now is the perfect time for binging the whole series.
My Hero Academia
- Release Date
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April 2, 2016
- Network
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TBS, MBS, Nippon TV
- Directors
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Shouji Ikeno, Tsuyoshi Tobita, Ikuro Sato, Takudai Kakuchi, Masashi Abe, Tetsuya Miyanishi, Kazuma Komatsu, Yoshifumi Sasahara, Masayuki Otsuki, Daisuke Tsukushi, Takayuki Yamamoto, Yohei Fukui, Takuro Tsukada, Masatoyo Takada, Naomi Nakayama, Sayaka Morikawa, Takanori Yano
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Daiki Yamashita
Izuku Midoriya (voice)
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Kaito Ishikawa
Manga Fukidashi (voice)
SPY x FAMILY
Season 3
Release Date: October 4 | Streamer: Crunchyroll
Cast: Atsumi Tanezaki, Saori Hayami, Takuya Eguchi.
Peace between the neighboring nations of Ostania and Westalis is always fragile, and renowned spy “Twilight” has dedicated his life to ensuring no child ever has to endure the horrors of war. His latest mission takes him to the city of Berlint, where he assumes the identity of Loid Forger. To get close to a high-profile politician, Loid must pose as a family man, adopting a six-year-old girl named Anya and marrying Yor, a seemingly ordinary city hall clerk.
But there’s a twist: Yor is secretly a deadly assassin, and Anya is an esper who can read minds. None of them knows the others’ true identities, yet in this unconventional family full of secrets, something unexpected begins to bloom: real love.
Spy x Family
- Release Date
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2022 – 2023-00-00
- Network
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TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, TVh, TVQ, TSC
- Directors
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Kenji Takahashi, Takahiro Harada, Takashi Katagiri, Kazuki Horiguchi, Tsuyoshi Tobita, Yoshiki Kitai, Shu Honma, Kento Matsui, Tazumi Mukaiyama, Shougo Ono
- Writers
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Daishiro Tanimura, Rino Yamazaki, Honoka Katou, Ayumu Hisao
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Takuya Eguchi
Loid Forger (voice)
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Atsumi Tanezaki
Anya Forger (voice)
Mechanical Marie
Release Date: October 5 | Streamer: Crunchyroll
Cast: Nao Touyama, Haruki Ishiya.
Former martial arts legend Marie takes on an unusual new job as a “mechanical maid.” The twist? She’s 100% human, and her employer, Arthur, despises humans. With her perfectly expressionless face, Marie pulls off the robot act while secretly fending off the nonstop assassination attempts targeting Arthur. But when her cold, calculating boss starts to fall for his seemingly flawless maid, Marie’s cover is threatened.
My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s
Release Date: October 6 | Streamer: Crunchyroll
Cast: Jun’ichi Suwabe, Takeo Otsuka, Sanae Kobayashi.
When Akira and his classmates are suddenly transported to a fantastical world, each is granted a unique power. One of them rises as the destined Hero, but Akira is labeled nothing more than an assassin. Yet this “lesser” role may hold the greatest importance of all. As Akira begins to doubt the king’s true intentions, he must use his deadly skills to unearth the crown’s darkest secrets.
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
Available: October 14, 2025 | Streamer: Netflix
Cast: Liev Schreiber, Walles Hamonde, Kirby Howell-Baptiste
Based on the bestselling Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell video game franchise, this action-thriller comes from John Wick creator Derek Kolstad. The series follows legendary covert operative Sam Fisher, a master of stealth and espionage who is reluctantly pulled back into the field to help out a fellow agent. But what begins as a straightforward rescue mission soon spirals into something far more dangerous.
