{"rewrite":{"id":"r_edad9959cf986fb998c8dca4","clusterId":"c_e55ea04adc20db2e04e6ff01","slug":"the-apothecary-diaries-season-3-opens-with-yorushika-credits-free-video-blu-ray-in-2027","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 Opens With Yorushika Credits-Free Video, Blu-ray in 2027","summary":"The credits-free opening video for The Apothecary Diaries season 3 is out, set to Yorushika's opening theme \"Kumo wo Nuke Kaze Shita e Watashi Dake.\" The season starts October 2 on Nippon TV's Friday Anime Night block. The Blu-ray series runs to four volumes from February 17, 2027, with the fourth volume carrying the August 17 stage reading as a bonus disc.","whyItMatters":"Season 3 widens the story past the rear palace into the city and a neighboring country, and the merchandising and broadcast rollout are already locked to that scale.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe credits-free opening is not the only thing the production dated on October 2. An ending video without credits follows at midnight on October 3 on YouTube, and the Blu-ray run is set for four volumes beginning February 17, 2027.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnimation director Aya Nakata handled the opening sequence again after doing the same for season 2\u0026#39;s \u0026#34;Hyakka Ryouran.\u0026#34; Aoi Yuki, who plays Maomao, saw the video early at a September 27 advance screening and described it as full of expressions that made her think there was another way to read them.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The Apothecary Diaries season 3 is on air, and the credits-free opening is out. Yorushika performs the theme; Aya Nakata directed the sequence. Blu-ray runs four volumes from February 17, 2027, with the August stage reading on volume four.","twitterPost":"The Apothecary Diaries season 3 starts October 2 on Friday Anime Night. The credits-free opening, directed again by Aya Nakata, is out now, and the Blu-ray runs four volumes from February 17, 2027.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Season 3 of The Apothecary Diaries opened October 2 on Nippon TV's Friday Anime Night block, and the credits-free opening video is out, set to Yorushika's theme. Aya Nakata returned to direct the sequence. The Blu-ray series runs four volumes from February 17, 2027, with the August 17 stage reading included on the final volume.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Real Sound Anime\",\"url\":\"https://realsound.jp/movie/2026/10/post-2541978.html\",\"title\":\"TVアニメ『薬屋のひとりごと』ヨルシカのノンクレジットOP映像公開　BDは2027年2月発売\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5222,"outputTokens":621,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1790936062,"createdAt":"2026-10-02T10:08:34.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-02T10:13:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-02T10:13:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_e55ea04adc20db2e04e6ff01","canonicalTitle":"TVアニメ『薬屋のひとりごと』ヨルシカのノンクレジットOP映像公開　BDは2027年2月発売","representativeArticleId":"a_9ff6d5070d18a6efd69b99c9","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"The Apothecary Diaries\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"OLM\",\"TOHO animation\"],\"people\":[\"Natsu Hyuga\",\"Shino Touko\"],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-02T09:00:35.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-02T09:00:35.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-02T10:13:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Real Sound Anime","url":"https://realsound.jp/movie/2026/10/post-2541978.html","title":"TVアニメ『薬屋のひとりごと』ヨルシカのノンクレジットOP映像公開　BDは2027年2月発売"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["The Apothecary Diaries"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":["OLM","TOHO animation"],"people":["Natsu Hyuga","Shino Touko"],"type":"release","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}