Anime Expeditions
Anime Expeditions Events Schedule: Update 0.5 Live Now and What’s Next
Anime Expeditions is in the middle of its biggest content drop yet: Update 0.5, the villains update, is live now and running through Saturday, August 1. Developer Expeditions Entertainment has also put the next one on the calendar — Update 1.0, another new-content-and-units release — though the studio is still calling its early-August date unofficial. Here’s where the anime-summoning defense game stands right now: what’s playable, and what’s been announced next.
Anime Expeditions remains one of Roblox’s busier experiences, with about about 120,000 people in it at once, more than about 29,000,000 total visits and roughly about 31,000 favorites. Update 0.5 has drawn far more interest than anything before it — about 200,000 players signed on to be there, well ahead of both the release week and the pre-launch Time Chamber.
For anyone new to it, Anime Expeditions is built around summoning units from popular anime worlds and then leveling, evolving and unlocking new abilities for them as you push through a run of Expeditions and game modes against escalating waves of enemies and bosses, solo or with friends. Last updated August 8; we update this page as the schedule changes.
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Upcoming events1 scheduled
Update 1.0
NEW CONTENT AND UNITS
Aug 9, 12:00 PM – Aug 21, 12:00 PM ET
Recently ended1 wrapped
Update 0.5
NEW CONTENT AND UNITS
Jul 25, 12:00 PM – Aug 1, 12:00 PM ET
Villain characters debut in Anime Expeditions.
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Current and upcoming events
Update 0.5 — the villains update (live now)
Update 0.5 is the villains update, built around new content and new units, and it’s the game’s marquee event right now. It opened Saturday, July 25 at 12:00 PM ET (9:00 AM PT, 4:00 PM UTC) and runs a full week, closing Saturday, August 1 at the same time of day — with several days to go. Exact times are in the schedule above.
By interest this is comfortably the biggest thing Anime Expeditions has scheduled — about 200,000 players marked themselves as going, ahead of both the release week and the pre-launch Time Chamber. The teaser the developer attached to it was blunt: the villains are coming.
Update 1.0 — next content drop (early August, date unofficial)
Next on the calendar is Update 1.0, described as another new-content-and-units release. Expeditions Entertainment has it lined up to start Friday, August 7 at 12:00 PM ET (9:00 AM PT, 4:00 PM UTC) and run two weeks, through Friday, August 21. The catch is the studio’s own note: the time and date are unofficial, so treat early August as a target rather than a fixed drop until it’s confirmed.
It has already pulled about 510,000 sign-ups before it has even started — a distant but solid second to the live villains update.
Release event (ended July 23)
The public release ran from Friday, July 17 — about 10:55 AM ET (7:55 AM PT, 2:55 PM UTC) — through Thursday, July 23 at 12:00 PM ET (noon), or 9:00 AM PT and 4:00 PM UTC. The developer framed it simply as everyone joining the Expedition together: this was the window in which the game left its pre-release phase and opened to the wider player base.
Sign-ups for the release window itself stayed in the hundreds — but with well over 100,000 people already in the game, most players simply arrived without marking themselves as going. That window is closed, with Update 0.5 now live and Update 1.0 next in line.
Time Chamber early access (ended July 17)
The Time Chamber was the headline event in the days before launch. It opened Tuesday, July 14 at about 12:30 PM ET (9:30 AM PT, 4:30 PM UTC) and closed Friday, July 17 at 12:00 PM ET (noon) — 9:00 AM PT and 4:00 PM UTC — roughly an hour after the full release went live. The developer pitched it as a pre-release head start with exclusive rewards, gems and rerolls.
More than 22,000 players signed up, making it the game’s biggest draw before Update 0.5. Because those perks were tied to early access and the window has long since closed, they’re no longer available to claim.
Frequently asked questions
Is Update 0.5 live in Anime Expeditions?
Yes. Update 0.5 — the villains update — went live Saturday, July 25, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET (9:00 AM PT, 4:00 PM UTC) and runs through Saturday, August 1 at the same time of day. It’s the game’s biggest event by interest so far.
When is Update 1.0 in Anime Expeditions?
Update 1.0 is targeted for Friday, August 7, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET (9:00 AM PT, 4:00 PM UTC), running through Friday, August 21. Expeditions Entertainment still lists the time and date as unofficial, so it could shift.
What time do Anime Expeditions events start?
Start times vary: the release event went live at about 10:55 AM ET on July 17 and the Time Chamber opened at 12:30 PM ET on July 14, while both Update 0.5 and Update 1.0 are set to open at 12:00 PM ET. Events have consistently closed at 12:00 PM ET — noon Eastern, 9:00 AM PT, 4:00 PM UTC.
How many players does Anime Expeditions have?
Anime Expeditions has about about 120,000 people playing at the same time, and the experience has recorded more than about 29,000,000 total visits and roughly about 31,000 favorites on Roblox.