When does Magical Girl Raising Project: Restart premiere? Fall 2026 at SynergySP — Hiroyuki Hashimoto returns for the Restart LN arc a decade after Lerche's 2016 season.
Current target date: Thursday, October 1, 2026 (Fall 2026). We update this page when studios or publishers move the window.
Magical Girl Raising Project: Restart airs Fall 2026. SynergySP replaces Lerche; Hashimoto / Yoshioka return; Nao Tōyama reprises Snow White beside the Restart cast. Day-level premiere still pending.
Fall 2026
Thursday, October 1, 2026
Fall 2026 is locked for Restart — not another decade of rumor
Magical Girl Raising Project: Restart is set for Fall 2026 television. The March 2, 2026 site update moved it from a vague 2026 stamp to the Fall slate. Until a premiere Tuesday prints, this countdown sits on October, not a fan-invented midsummer night.
SynergySP takes the death game — Lerche does not
The 2016 anime was Lerche. Restart’s animation production is SynergySP, with Hashimoto still directing and Yoshioka still writing. That studio hop matters for expectation-setting: same dark magical-girl rules, new pipeline after a roughly ten-year TV gap.
How long the Magical Girl Raising Project screen gap was
- LN launch — Asari Endō / Maruino (2012+).
- TV Season 1 (first novel arc) — Oct–Dec 2016, Lerche.
- Restart anime announced — Jan 2023; cast/staff waves 2024–25.
- Studio reveal SynergySP + 2026 window — Aug 2025.
- Fall 2026 TV premiere — this page (day TBA).
Restart is a new selection game — not a soft remake of Fav’s first cull
Viewers who only remember Snow White’s first survival round will meet Pfle, Shadow Gale, Pechka, and the Restart cast’s carnage rules. Fall 2026 is when that second LN block hits TV under SynergySP — bookmark the season, keep Season 1’s 2016 dates on a separate shelf.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about this release date.
1When does Magical Girl Raising Project: Restart premiere?
Fall 2026 on Japanese TV — October window locked, day not yet. Treat October 1 placeholders as season anchors until a broadcast night prints.
2Is Restart Season 2 of the 2016 anime?
Yes in TV numbering: it adapts Asari Endō’s Restart light novels (volumes after the first game’s survivors). It is not a remake of the 2016 Lerche cour — new cast stack around returning Snow White.
3Which studio is animating Restart?
SynergySP. Hiroyuki Hashimoto and Takao Yoshioka return from the first anime; Masako Itou designs characters from Maruino’s originals. Lerche handled 2016 only.
4Who is coming back from Season 1?
Nao Tōyama reprises Snow White. Restart’s new field includes Yoshino Nanjō (Pfle), Reina Kondo (Shadow Gale), Fairouz Ai (Masked Wonder), Honoka Inoue (Pechka), and a large Peaky Angels–era ensemble. OP: Minori Chihara’s “No tears here.”
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