This week in 30 seconds: Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War ends with episode 50 · Kaiju No. 8 will end with a 2027 movie instead of Season 3 · the Solo Leveling movie is now expected in 2027 · Togashi finished Hunter x Hunter chapter 429 · The Beginning After the End goes on hiatus · Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 is out on Netflix.
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1. Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War ends with episode 50
The final episode of the Bleach anime streams on Hulu on October 26 at 8:30 AM PT, closing a 50-episode adaptation of Tite Kubo’s last arc. The English dub follows on November 30. Release times and where to watch →
2. Kaiju No. 8 will end with a movie, not Season 3
TOHO animation confirmed on October 24 that the final arc becomes a theatrical film, Kaiju No. 8: The Final Mission, opening in Japan in 2027, with Production I.G and director Shigeyuki Miya. Everything we know →
3. Solo Leveling: Beyond the System looks like a 2027 release
No official date yet for A-1 Pictures’ movie, but the latest report points to September 2027, not 2026 as first rumored. Release date status →
4. Togashi finishes Hunter x Hunter chapter 429
Only chapter 430 remains in the current batch. Shonen Jump has not announced a return date yet. Chapter tracker →
5. The Beginning After the End goes on indefinite hiatus
The manhwa pauses after chapter 259 (October 29) because Tapas is shutting down on March 31, 2027. It is not cancelled. What happens next →
6. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 is streaming on Netflix
All 10 episodes of Studio Trigger’s new Night City story have been out since October 20. See it alongside every other show of the season in our Fall 2026 Anime Season Guide.
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Coming next week
- Anime episode schedules continue for the fall season
- Everything coming in November 2026, including Godzilla Minus Zero (Nov 6) and The Rings of Power Season 3 (Nov 11)
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