Hyuganatsu's novel series The Apothecary Diaries is in its third anime season, which premiered October 2 and runs a split cours into 2027, while Crunchyroll's English dub started streaming the day after its announcement. The manga adaptation Kuri Hime Ayakashi Yobanashi, drawn by Anko Chochin, ends in Monthly Comic Zero-Sum on October 28.
Two adaptations of Hyuganatsu's novels are in motion this fall, and they are moving in opposite directions. The Apothecary Diaries returned for a third anime season on October 2, premiering on NTV's Friday Anime Night block. Crunchyroll announced on Thursday that its English dub begins streaming the next day, with Emi Lo as Maomao and Kaiji Tang as Jinshi, Shawn Gann directing and Crunchyroll Studio producing. The season runs a split cours, with its second cours set for April 2027. A film, The Apothecary Diaries: The Deceased Empress' Treasure, opens December 11.
On the manga side, Anko Chochin's Kuri Hime Ayakashi Yobanashi, the adaptation of another Hyuganatsu novel series, ends in Monthly Comic Zero-Sum's next issue on October 28, as announced in the magazine's November issue. The manga launched in the magazine in December 2024, and Ichijinsha published its second compiled volume on April 30. It follows Kinuko, a part-time college lecturer in weaving and Japanese studies living at Tamamayu Shrine.
The timing puts the end of one Hyuganatsu-derived manga in the same season the better-known property returns to broadcast. Coverage of the anime side centers on release logistics: the dub arriving days after the subtitled simulcast, the split cours stretching into 2027, and the December film. Coverage of the manga side is a single end date and a short publication history. Neither story reports new novel material from Hyuganatsu.
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The official website for The Apothecary Diaries: The Late Lady's Treasure presented a new trailer, main visual and character relationship chart on Thursday. The trailer names and previews the theme song "Haru ga Tomori" by singer-songwriter Kenshi Yonezu. The film adapts a new story by original light novel author Hyuganatsu, following Maomao and Jinshi as they travel to the homeland of a concubine who died five years ago to return her remains. The site also announced a film novelization written by Hyuganatsu, on sale December 9, containing material not used in the film, with a first-edition wraparound band carrying the key visual. A short story by Hyuganatsu about Maomao and Jinshi, described as an epilogue, will appear in 1.5 million booklets distributed at participating theaters from opening day while supplies last. The film opens in Japan on December 11, with Norihiro Naganuma directing and TOHO Animation STUDIO on animation. Crunchyroll holds North American and worldwide rights excluding Asia but including India.
Oct 16
Crunchyroll announced on Thursday that its English dub for The Apothecary Diaries' third season begins streaming on Friday. Emi Lo voices Maomao and Kaiji Tang voices Jinshi, with Shawn Gann directing and Crunchyroll Studio producing. The season premiered October 2 on NTV's Friday Anime Night block; its second cours arrives in April 2027. A film, The Apothecary Diaries: The Deceased Empress' Treasure, opens December 11.
Oct 4
Anko Chochin's Kuri Hime Ayakashi Yobanashi, the manga adaptation of Hyuganatsu's novel series, will end in Monthly Comic Zero-Sum's next issue on October 28, the magazine's November issue announced. The manga launched in the magazine in December 2024, and Ichijinsha published the second compiled volume on April 30. It follows Kinuko, a part-time college lecturer in weaving and Japanese studies living at Tamamayu Shrine.