Crunchyroll Anime Nights returns to select U.S. and Canadian theaters on Monday, September 21, 2026, with brand-new full episodes from five fall anime. The 1-hour-57-minute program is in Japanese with English subtitles, and tickets are on sale now. Exact showtimes and participating theaters vary by location.

Crunchyroll Anime Nights September quick facts

  • Date: Monday, September 21, 2026.
  • Where: select theaters in the United States and Canada.
  • Language: Japanese audio with English subtitles; no English-dub screening has been announced.
  • Runtime: 1 hour 57 minutes on the Cinemark listing.
  • Rating: NR on the Cinemark listing.
  • Tickets: on sale through the U.S. and Canada links in Crunchyroll’s announcement, with availability controlled by each theater.
  • Lineup: Black Clover Season 2, The Vermilion Mask, Overgeared, Firefly Wedding, and PSYREN.

How to find tickets and showtimes

Crunchyroll provides separate ticket paths for the two countries: Fandango for U.S. screenings and Cineplex for Canadian screenings. Cinemark also carries a searchable U.S. event page. Those listings are more useful than a single national time because theaters can schedule the program differently.

  1. Start with your country: use the U.S. or Canada ticket option identified in Crunchyroll’s official announcement.
  2. Search by location: enter your ZIP or postal code and confirm that the result says “Crunchyroll Anime Nights Sneak Peek” on September 21.
  3. Check the format: the announced version is Japanese with English subtitles. A theater listing that describes a different format should be verified before purchase.
  4. Use the local runtime: Cinemark lists 1 hour 57 minutes, but the ticket page for your theater is the final source for start time, accessibility options, and any local presentation details.

Crunchyroll has not announced one universal start time. If a social post or search result gives a single hour without naming a theater and time zone, do not treat it as the schedule for every city.

Official Crunchyroll Anime Nights September Sneak Peek card showing all five anime and the September 21 theater date.
The official lineup card confirms five fall anime previews in theaters on September 21. Image: Crunchyroll.Credit: Crunchyroll

All five anime in the September Sneak Peek

The official announcement calls these brand-new full episodes shown before the series debut in Japan. It does not identify the episode number or screening order for any title, so “premiere episode” should not be assumed unless Crunchyroll adds that detail.

  • Black Clover Season 2: Asta and the Magic Knights return in October after the original 170-episode TV run. Pixel Twelve’s Black Clover Season 2 guide covers the confirmed story, cast, and release window without assuming which episode will screen here.
  • The Vermilion Mask: Peru begins a mask-battle fantasy journey after a powerful mask controls him and causes a tragedy. The October anime is planned in two parts and will stream on Crunchyroll.
  • Overgeared: Youngwoo Shin enters the VR game Satisfy as Grid and gains access to a legendary blacksmith class. J.C.Staff is producing the October adaptation.
  • Firefly Wedding: In this dangerous period romance, sickly noblewoman Satoko tries to survive an assassin by proposing marriage to him. david production is animating the October series.
  • PSYREN: Ageha Yoshina is pulled into a warped alternate dimension while searching for his missing childhood friend. The October adaptation is a sci-fi action story built around lethal battles.

What the theater event is — and what it is not

  • It is a full-episode preview: Cinemark describes the program as brand-new full episodes, not trailers stitched together.
  • It covers five separate series: the 1-hour-57-minute runtime is for the combined program, not for any one anime.
  • It is subtitled: Crunchyroll specifies Japanese audio with English subtitles for every series in the lineup.
  • It is not a new feature film: the event is a fall-season sampler. A theater listing may categorize it like a movie because it needs a cinema showtime page.
  • It is not a home-streaming date: September 21 is the theatrical preview date. Each anime keeps its own October broadcast or streaming schedule.

What Crunchyroll has not announced yet

The announcement does not publish the episode numbers, screening order, break structure, or a theater-by-theater schedule. It also does not say that every chain or every city will participate. Those details should come from the selected theater’s ticket page rather than guesses based on another market.

There is also no English-dub option in the current announcement. If Crunchyroll adds another format or expands the theater list, this same Pixel Twelve URL will be updated rather than creating a competing article.

Best way to plan the September 21 screening

Treat this as a one-stop taste of the fall anime season. Viewers mainly interested in one title should still expect a combined program, while fans curious about several new shows get the clearest value from the 117-minute lineup.

Before buying, confirm three things on the local listing: September 21, Japanese with English subtitles, and the Crunchyroll Anime Nights Sneak Peek title. That avoids confusing this event with a normal anime film booking or a different Anime Nights screening.