Aoashi Season 2 Premieres October 4, and Season One Is Not Free Here
We loaded all 168 pages in our index whose only sequel arrived four or more years later. Sixteen state a free episode count, and Aoashi is not one of them.
By Riley Kuroda · AnimeSphere staff · September 2, 2026
The second season of Aoashi now has a main trailer, and that trailer carries the new theme song. The season starts on 4 October, as reported by Anime Corner.
Our index records the first Aoashi as a 2022 TV series of 24 episodes, filed under Seinen. It lists exactly one sequel: Aoashi 2nd Season, a TV entry recorded under 2026, also 24 episodes. That is four years between the two.
168 entries have a gap this long
168 TV entries in our index have exactly one recorded sequel that is itself a TV entry, where the sequel's recorded year falls four or more years after the original's. Aoashi is one of the 168. All 168 live pages on animesphere.app were loaded today and all 168 returned HTTP 200. Of them, 16 state a free episode count on the page.
Aoashi is not one of the 16. Its page loaded today, returned HTTP 200, is titled "Watch Aoashi Online", and states no free episode count. Our records hold no playable episode rows for it at all. If you want to catch up on season one before the new season starts, you cannot do it here.
The long-wait runs that are free here
Two runs in that same census are free here.
- Pokémon, the 1997 series: 269 free episodes stated on its page
- Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire: 182 free episodes stated on its page
Our index records the original Pokémon as a 1997 TV series, 276 episodes at 24 minutes each, with exactly one recorded sequel, Ruby and Sapphire under 2002. Five years apart. Its page states 269 free episodes, and our records hold 269 on 269 distinct videos, so no single video is standing in for more than one episode. The channel is Pokémon TV, which carries a YouTube verified badge. Three uploads from across the run were opened today. Each reports an authored English subtitle track alongside an automatic English caption track, meaning English audio with real written English subtitles. They run 1,343, 1,273 and 1,271 seconds against a recorded 24 minutes, so they are full episodes. Every one was playable, and no country restriction is recorded.
Ruby and Sapphire, a 2002 TV series of 192 episodes, is in the census on its own account: one recorded sequel, Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl under 2006, a four-year gap. Its page states 182 free episodes, held on 182 distinct videos. Same verified channel. Two uploads opened today, both with an authored English subtitle track and an automatic English caption track, both playable, running 1,273 and 1,271 seconds. No country restriction is recorded.
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, first 52 unbroken
Recorded as a 2004 TV series of 180 episodes, with one recorded sequel, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's under 2008. Its page states 56 free episodes and our records hold 56: episodes 1 through 52 with no gaps, plus 105, 106, 107 and 108. The channel is Official Yu-Gi-Oh!, verified. Episodes 1, 52 and 105 were opened today, each reporting an automatic English caption track, so the audio is English. They run 1,277, 1,281 and 1,261 seconds, full length. No country restriction is recorded.