The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 sets an October 2 premiere, and nothing we hold for it is free
All five Apothecary Diaries entries in our index state no free episode. So we read every series AniList records as a recommendation from the two seasons that have aired, and counted what those pages offer instead.
By June Maravilla · AnimeSphere staff · August 15, 2026
The Apothecary Diaries returns for a third season on October 2. A new trailer and a new key visual have been revealed, and the opening theme is by Yorushika, as reported by Anime Corner.
What our five pages hold today
Our index carries five Apothecary Diaries entries: the 2023 television series and the 2025 second season, 24 episodes recorded each; the third season, recorded against 2026 with no episode count recorded; a fourth television entry for a second part of that season, against 2027; and a film, against 2026. The last three have not aired. All five carry zero source rows. All five pages were fetched from animesphere.app today, returned HTTP 200, and none states a free episode. Four of the five show a trailer today. The Season 3 page does not.
What the stored recommendations offer
Our index also stores the series AniList, the catalogue we build on, records as recommendations from each entry. That is a stored list, not our own pick. Across the two seasons that have aired it resolves to 19 distinct series, and we hold a page for all 19, all fetched today and returning HTTP 200. Seventeen show a trailer. Three state a free episode, one each. The other 16 state none.
- Yona of the Dawn: episode 1 only, of 24 recorded, in English dub. Its upload title says English Dub, and its watch page carries an authored English subtitle track plus an automatic English caption track, so the audio is English. It runs 1,453 seconds and carries no country restriction.
- Raven of the Inner Palace: episode 1 only, of 13 recorded, also an English dub, on an authored English subtitle track plus an automatic English caption track. It runs 1,430 seconds with no country restriction.
- Witch Hat Atelier: episode 1 only, of 13 recorded, at 1,430 seconds. Its upload title reads SUB/DUB, but its watch page carries an authored English subtitle track and an automatic Japanese caption track, so the audio is Japanese and the English is in the subtitles. Its country allow-list includes the United States.
All three sit on the Crunchyroll channel, which carries a YouTube verified badge, checked today, and all report a playable status. The first two also carry that episode in separate Spanish, German and Italian uploads, and Yona of the Dawn in Portuguese. Each is still episode 1, so the count does not move.
A trailer and 150 episodes
Elsewhere in our index, Lu Di Jian Xian states 150 free episodes today, and we store a trailer for it. We record it as an ONA of 150 episodes with a country of origin of China. Our records hold 150 distinct videos with 150 distinct upload identities, none filed against two episode numbers, none shared with another series, numbered EP1 to EP150 to match our own. The channel is iQIYI Animation, which carries a YouTube verified badge, checked today. Episodes 1, 75 and 150 each carry an authored English subtitle track, one of nine authored subtitle tracks on those uploads. Those three run 527, 535 and 532 seconds, roughly nine minutes each. No country restriction is recorded on any of the 150 rows, and the title of the 150th upload carries a to-be-continued marker, so the free run is not the whole series.