2025 in anime

Events in 2025 in anime.

Releases

Films

A list of anime films that were released in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2025.

Release date	Title	Studio	Director	Running time	Ref
	Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing	P.A. Works	Hiroyuki Hata	105
	Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX: Beginning		Kazuya Tsurumaki	80
	Cute High Earth Defense Club Eternal Love!	Studio Comet	Shinji Takamatsu	81
	Make a Girl	Yasuda Gensho Studio by Xenotoon	Genshō Yasuda	92
	The Rose of Versailles	MAPPA	Ai Yoshimura	113
	Eiga Senpai wa Otokonoko: Ame Nochi Hare	Project No.9	Shinsuke Yanagi	82
	Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle	Polygon Pictures	Takanori Tsujimoto	100
	Doraemon: Nobita's Art World Tales	Shin-Ei Animation	Yukiyo Teramoto	105
	Mononoke the Movie: The Ashes of Rage	EOTA	Kenji Nakamura	74
	Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199: Part 3: Ultimate Asteroid	Studio Mother		100
	Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback	TMS Entertainment	Katsuya Shigehara	110
	Gekijōban Boku to Roboco	Gallop	Akitaro Daichi	64
	Gekijōban Uta no Prince-sama Taboo Night XXXX	A-1 Pictures	Akiko Seki	56
	Kaitō Queen no Yūga na Kyūka	East Fish Studio	Shigetaka Ikeda	88
	Princess Principal: Crown Handler – Chapter 4	Actas	Masaki Tachibana	59
	Anpanman: Chapon's Hero!	TMS Entertainment	Toshikazu Hashimoto	58
	Lupin the IIIrd the Movie: The Immortal Bloodline	Telecom Animation Film	Takeshi Koike	93
	Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants to Be Loved	Kyoto Animation	Tatsuya Ishihara	105
	Virgin Punk: Clockwork Girl	Shaft	Yasuomi Umetsu	35
	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle	Ufotable	Haruo Sotozaki	155
	Toi-san	Seven Arcs	Mankyū	90
	Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Super Hot! The Spicy Kasukabe Dancers	Shin-Ei Animation	Masakazu Hashimoto	105
	ChaO	Studio 4°C	Yasuhiro Aoki	90
	As One		Kōbun Shizuno	91
	Eiga Odekake Kozame: Tokai no Otomodachi	ENGI	Chihiro Kumano	74
	Fushigi no Kuni de Alice to: Dive in Wonderland	P.A. Works	Toshiya Shinohara	95
	You and Idol Pretty Cure the Movie: For You! Our Kirakilala Concert!	Toei Animation	Kouji Ogawa	71
	100 Meters	Rock 'n' Roll Mountain	Kenji Iwaisawa	95
	Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc	MAPPA	Tatsuya Yoshihara	100
	Aikatsu! × PriPara The Movie: Deai no Kiseki!	Bandai Namco Pictures	Takahiro Ōkawa	75
	Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199: Part 4: The Aqua Sasha	Studio Mother		101
	The Last Blossom	CLAP	Baku Kinoshita	75
	Zombie Land Saga: Yumeginga Paradise	MAPPA		120
	Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Final Chapter	Sunrise	Tomoyuki Kawamura	75
	Toritsukare Otoko	Shin-Ei Animation	Wataru Takahashi	98
	Scarlet	Studio Chizu	Mamoru Hosoda	111
	There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless... ~Next Shine~	Studio Mother	Natsumi Uchinuma	110
	Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise		Gorō Kuji	106
	Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! – Act 1		Masami Shimoda	77
	Whoever Steals This Book	Kagokan	Daisei Fukuoka	85

Television series

A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2025.

First run start and end dates	Title	Episodes	Studio	Director	Original title	Ref
– April 3	Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective	12	Project No.9	Kazuya Iwata	Ameku Takao no Suiri Karte
– March 27	Ave Mujica: The Die Is Cast	13	Sanzigen	Kōdai Kakimoto	BanG Dream! Ave Mujica
– March 27	Grisaia: Phantom Trigger the Animation	12	Bibury Animation Studios	Kousuke Murayama	Gurizaia no Kajitsu
– March 28	Momentary Lily	13	GoHands		Momentari Riryi
– March 21	I Got Married to the Girl I Hate Most in Class	12		Hiroyuki Oshima	Class no Dai Kirai na Joshi to Kekkon Suru Koto ni Natta
– March 22	Beheneko: The Elf-Girl's Cat Is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster!	12		Tetsuo Hirakawa	S Rank Monster no "Behemoth" dakedo, Neko to Machigawarete Elf Musume no Pet Toshite Kurashitemasu
– March 22	Sorairo Utility	12	Yostar Pictures	Kengo Saitō	Sorairo Yūtiriti
– March 23	Head Start at Birth	12			0-Saiji Start Dash Monogatari
– March 23	I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons	12	EMT Squared	Shinobu Tagashira	Kisaki Kyōiku kara Nigetai Watashi
– June 22	I'm Living with an Otaku NEET Kunoichi!?	24	Quad	Hisashi Saito	NEET Kunoichi to Nazeka Dōsei Hajimemashita
– March 30	Medalist	13	ENGI	Yasutaka Yamamoto	Medarisuto
– March 23	Okitsura: Fell in Love with an Okinawan Girl, but I Just Wish I Know What She's Saying	12	Millepensee		Okinawa de Suki ni Natta Ko ga Hōgen Sugite Tsurasugiru
– March 30	Solo Leveling: Arise from the Shadow	13	A-1 Pictures	Shunsuke Nakashige	Ore dake Level Up na Ken Season 2: Arise from the Shadow
– March 23	Zenshu	12	MAPPA	Mitsue Yamazaki
– March 24	Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four!	12		Michio Fukuda	Salaryman ga Isekai ni Ittara Shitennō ni Natta Hanashi
– March 24	I Have a Crush at Work	12	Blade	Naoko Takeichi	Kono Kaisha ni Suki na Hito ga Imasu
– April 9	My Happy Marriage	13	Kinema Citrus		Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon
– March 24	Promise of Wizard	12	Liden Films	Naoyuki Tatsuwa	Mahōtsukai no Yakusoku
– March 25	Bogus Skill "Fruitmaster"	12	Asahi Production	Ryuichi Kimura	Hazure Skill "Kinomi Master"
– March 25	I'm a Noble on the Brink of Ruin, So I Might as Well Try Mastering Magic	12		Kenichi Ishikura	Botsuraku Yotei no Kizoku dakedo, Hima datta kara Mahō o Kiwamete Mita
– March 25	Medaka Kuroiwa Is Impervious to My Charms	12	SynergySP	Yoshiaki Okumura	Kuroiwa Medaka ni Watashi no Kawaii ga Tsūjinai
– March 25	Unnamed Memory	12	ENGI	Kazuya Miura
– March 26	Flower and Asura	12	Studio Bind	Ayumu Uwano	Hana wa Saku, Shura no Gotoku
– March 26	Ishura	12
– March 26	Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time	12	Studio Comet	Naoyuki Kuzuya	Izure Saikyō no Renkinjutsushi?
– March 26	Tasokare Hotel	12	PRA	Kōsuke Kuremizu	Tasokare Hoteru
– March 27	Dr. Stone: Science Future	12	TMS Entertainment	Shūhei Matsushita
– March 27	Even Given the Worthless "Appraiser" Class, I'm Actually the Strongest	12	Okuruto Noboru	Kenta Ōnishi	Fugūshoku "Kanteishi" ga Jitsu wa Saikyō Datta
– March 27	Honey Lemon Soda	12	J.C.Staff	Hiroshi Nishikiori	Hanī Remon Sōda
– March 27	Magic Maker: How to Make Magic in Another World	12	Studio Deen	Kazuomi Koga	Magic Maker: Isekai Mahō no Tsukurikata
– April 3	The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World	13	East Fish Studio	Yoshihide Yūzumi	Around 40 Otoko no Isekai Tsūhan Seikatsu
– March 28	Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You	12	Typhoon Graphics	Junichi Yamamoto	Dōse, Koishite Shimaunda
– March 28	Aquarion: Myth of Emotions	12	Satelight	Kenji Itoso	Sōsei no Aquarion: Myth of Emotions
– March 28	Farmagia	12	Bridge
– March 28	From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated!	12	Ajiado	Tetsuya Takeuchi	Akuyaku Reijō Tensei Oji-san
– July 4	The Apothecary Diaries	24			Kusuriya no Hitorigoto
– March 28	Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!	12	Zero-G	Tōru Kitahata	Nihon e Yōkoso Elf-san
– March 29	Baban Baban Ban Vampire	12	Gaina	Itsuro Kawasaki	Baban Baban Ban Banpaia
– March 29	I May Be a Guild Receptionist, But I'll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time	12	CloverWorks	Tsuyoshi Nagasawa	Guild no Uketsukejō Desu ga, Zangyō wa Iya nanode Boss wo Solo Tōbatsu Shiyō to Omoimasu
– March 22	Sakamoto Days	11	TMS Entertainment	Masaki Watanabe
– March 29	Übel Blatt	12		Takashi Naoya	Yūberu Buratto
– April 5	UniteUp! Uni:Birth	12	CloverWorks	Shinichiro Ushijima
– June 29	I Left My A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths!	24	Bandai Namco Pictures	Katsumi Ono	A-Rank Party o Ridatsu Shita Ore wa, Moto Oshiego-tachi to Meikyū Shinbu o Mezasu
– March 30	Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc	11	Production I.G	Akira Sato	Kinnikuman: Kanpeki Chōjin Shiso-hen
– June 22	Mashin Creator Wataru	24	Bandai Namco Pictures	Yumi Kamakura	Mashin Sōzōden Wataru
– March 30	The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You	12	Bibury Animation Studios	Hikaru Sato	Kimi no Koto ga Dai Dai Dai Dai Daisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo
– March 30	The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World	12	Satelight	Keiichiro Kawaguchi	Sentai Red Isekai de Bōkensha ni Naru
– March 30	Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun	12	Lerche	Yōhei Fukui	Jibaku Shōnen Hanako-kun
– March 30	Witchy Pretty Cure!! Mirai Days	12		Takayuki Hamana	Mahōtsukai Precure!! Mirai Days
– January 25, 2026	You and Idol Pretty Cure	49	Toei Animation	Chiaki Kon	Kimi to Idol Precure
	Twins Hinahima	1	KaKa Technology Studio	Kō Nakano
– September 29	Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentōshō	24	Yokohama Animation Laboratory	Kazuya Aiura	Kijin Gentōshō
– June 17	Once Upon a Witch's Death	12	EMT Squared	Atsushi Nigorikawa	Aru Majo ga Shinu Made
– June 18	Catch Me at the Ballpark!	12	EMT Squared	Jun'ichi Kitamura	Ballpark de Tsukamaete!
– June 18	Please Put Them On, Takamine-san	12	Liden Films	Tomoe Makino	Haite Kudasai, Takamine-san
– June 18	The Beginning After the End	12	Studio A-Cat	Keitaro Motonaga	Saikyō no Ōsama, Nidome no Jinsei wa Nani o Suru?
– June 25	Your Forma	13	Geno Studio	Takaharu Ozaki	Yua Foruma
– May 1	Miru: Paths to My Future	5			Miru: Watashi no Mirai
– June 26	Rock Is a Lady's Modesty	13	Bandai Namco Pictures	Shinya Watada	Rock wa Lady no Tashinamideshite
– June 19	The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows	12	Makaria	Joe Yoshizaki	Isshun de Chiryou shiteita no ni Yakudatazu to Tsuihousareta Tensai Chiyushi, Yami Healer to shite Tanoshiku Ikiru
– September 12	Araiguma Calcal-dan	24	Nippon Animation	Henry Hirakawa
– June 6	Bye Bye, Earth	10	Liden Films	Yasuto Nishikata	Bai Bai, Āsu
– June 20	Can a Boy-Girl Friendship Survive?	12	J.C.Staff	Yōhei Suzuki	Danjo no Yūjō wa Seiritsu Suru?
– June 20	The Dinner Table Detective	12	Madhouse	Mitsuyuki Masuhara	Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de
– June 20	Wind Breaker	12	CloverWorks	Toshifumi Akai
– September 27	Anne Shirley	24	The Answer Studio	Hiroshi Kawamata	An Shārī
– June 28	Black Butler: Emerald Witch Arc	13	CloverWorks	Kenjirou Okada	Kuroshitsuji: Midori no Majo-hen
– September 27	Everyday Host	24	Fanworks	Rarecho	Eburidei Hosuto
– June 21	Fire Force	12	David Production	Tatsuma Minamikawa	En'en no Shōbōtai
– June 22	From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman	12		Akio Kazumi	Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru
– June 21	Gag Manga Biyori Go	12	Studio Deen	Akitaro Daichi	Masuda Kōsuke Gekijō Gag Manga Biyori Go
– May 24	Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers	8	Sanzigen	Shigeru Morikawa
– June 21	I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level	12	Teddy	Kunihisa Sugishima	Slime Taoshite 300-nen, Shiranai Uchi ni Level Max ni Nattemashita: Sono Ni
–	Kaijū Sekai Seifuku		DLE	Kinuta Ōshiro
– June 28	Kowloon Generic Romance	13	Arvo Animation	Yoshiaki Iwasaki	Kūron Jenerikku Romansu
– September 27	Yaiba: Samurai Legend	24	Wit Studio	Takahiro Hasui	Shin Samurai-den Yaiba
– June 29	Classic Stars	13	Platinum Vision	Hideaki Ōba	Kurashikku Sutāzu
– June 22	The Gorilla God's Go-To Girl	12	Kachigarasu	Fumitoshi Oizaki	Gorilla no Kami Kara Kago Sareta Reijō wa Ōritsu Kishidan de Kawaiigareru
– June 22	I'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire!	12	Quad	Tetsuya Yanagisawa	Ore wa Seikan Kokka no Akutoku Ryōshu!
–	Koupen-chan		Lesprit	Kyō Yatate
– June 29	Lazarus	13	MAPPA	Shinichirō Watanabe
– June 22	Maebashi Witches	12	Sunrise	Junichi Yamamoto
–	Princession Orchestra	48	Silver Link	Shin Oonuma	Purinsesshon Ōkesutora
– June 22	Shoshimin: How to Become Ordinary	12	Lapin Track	Mamoru Kanbe	Shōshimin Series
– June 22	The Unaware Atelier Master	12	EMT Squared	Hisashi Ishii	Kanchigai no Atelier Meister: Eiyū Party no Moto Zatsuyōgakari ga, Jitsu wa Sentō Igai ga SSS Rank Datta to Iu Yoku Aru Hanashi
– June 29	Uma Musume Cinderella Gray	13	CygamesPictures		Uma Musume Puritī Dābī
– October 5	Witch Watch	25	Bibury Animation Studios	Hiroshi Ikehata	Witchi Wotchi
– June 23	Aharen-san Is Indecipherable	12	Felix Film		Aharen-san wa Hakarenai
– June 23	Makina-san's a Love Bot?!	12	BloomZ	Masayoshi Nishida	Kakushite! Makina-san!!
– June 23	The Mononoke Lecture Logs of Chuzenji-sensei	12	100studio	Chihiro Kumano	Chūzenji-sensei Mononoke Kōgiroku
– June 30	My Hero Academia: Vigilantes	13	Bones Film	Kenichi Suzuki	Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals
– September 29	Summer Pockets	26	Feel	Tomoki Kobayashi
– June 23	Yandere Dark Elf: She Chased Me All the Way From Another World!	12	Elias	Toshikatsu Tokoro	Chotto Dake Ai ga Omoi Dark Elf ga Isekai Kara Oikakete Kita
– June 23	Zatsu Tabi: That's Journey	12	Makaria	Masaharu Watanabe
– June 24	Chikuwa Senki: Ore no Kawaii Chikyū Shinryaku	12		Satoshi Mizuno
– June 24	#Compass 2.0: Combat Providence Analysis System	12	Lay-duce	Hitoshi Nanba	#Compass 2.0: Sentō Setsuri Kaiseki System
– June 24	The Shiunji Family Children	12	Doga Kobo	Ryouki Kamitsubo	Shiunji-ke no Kodomo-tachi
– June 23	Apocalypse Hotel	12	CygamesPictures	Kana Shundo	Apokaripusu Hoteru
– June 25	Hana-Doll: Reinterpretation of Flowering*	12	A-Real	Masahiro Takata
– June 25	Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX	12		Kazuya Tsurumaki
– June 26	A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof	12	Shaft	Yukihiro Miyamoto	Ninja to Koroshiya no Futarigurashi
– September 18	Me and the Alien MuMu	24	OLM	Tomoya Takahashi	Uchūjin Mūmū
– June 26	The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom	12	Troyca	Shuu Watanabe	Kanpeki Sugite Kawaige ga Nai to Konyaku Haki Sareta Seijo wa Ringoku ni Urareru
– June 28	Teogonia	12	Asahi Production	Kunihiro Mori
– June 29	Food for the Soul	12	P.A. Works		Hibi wa Sugiredo Meshi Umashi
– June 29	Go! Go! Loser Ranger!	12	Yostar Pictures	Keiichi Sato	Sentai Daishikkaku
– June 29	Mono	12	Soigne	Ryota Aikei
– September 16	Detectives These Days Are Crazy!	12	Liden Films	Rion Kujo	Mattaku Saikin no Tantei Tokitara
– September 16	Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show	12	Studio Gokumi	Masato Matsune	Necronomico no Cosmic Horror Show
– August 20	Chuhai Lips: Canned Flavor of Married Women	8	Raiose	Hajime Keima	Hitozuma no Kuchibiru wa Kan Chūhai no Aji ga Shite
– September 17	Clevatess	12	Lay-duce	Kiyotaka Taguchi	Clevatess: Majū no Ō to Akago to Shikabane no Yūsha
– September 24	Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube	13	Studio Kai	Yasuyuki Ōishi	Jigoku Sensei Nube
– September 17	Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon	12		Takashi Yamamoto	Jidōhanbaiki ni Umarekawatta Ore wa Meikyū o Samayō
– September 25	Kamitsubaki City Under Construction	13	SMDE	Kōdai Kakimoto	Kamitsubaki-shi Kensetsu-chū
– September 18	Milky Subway: The Galactic Limited Express	12		Yōhei Kameyama	Ginga Tokkyū Milky Subway
– September 18	New Saga	12	Studio Clutch	Naoki Mizusawa	Tsuyokute New Saga
– September 18	Onmyo Kaiten Re:Birth Verse	12	David Production	Hideya Takahashi	Onmyō Kaiten Re:verse
– September 18	Welcome to the Outcast's Restaurant!	12	OLM Team Yoshioka	Jōji Shimura	Tsuihōsha Shokudō e Yōkoso!
– September 26	April Showers Bring May Flowers	13	Silver Link	Mirai Minato	Busu ni Hanataba o
– September 5	Arknights: Rise from Ember	10	Yostar Pictures	Yuki Watanabe	Ākunaitsu
– September 19	Call of the Night	12	Liden Films	Tomoyuki Itamura	Yofukashi no Uta
– September 19	Dandadan	12	Science Saru
– September 26	The Water Magician	12		Hideyuki Satake	Mizuzokusei no Mahōtsukai
– September 27	9-Nine: Ruler's Crown	13	PRA	Koichi Ohata
– September 20	Betrothed to My Sister's Ex	12	LandQ Studios	Takayuki Kitagawa	Zutaboro Reijō wa Ane no Moto Konyakusha ni Dekiai Sareru
– September 27	Fermat Kitchen	12	Domerica	Kazuya Ichikawa	Fermat no Ryōri
– September 28	Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter	12	Studio Blanc	Nobuyoshi Nagayama	Kōjo Denka no Kateikyōshi
– September 27	Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus	13	CloverWorks	Soichi Masui	Seishun Buta Yarō wa Santa Claus no Yume o Minai
– September 20	Rent-A-Girlfriend	12	TMS Entertainment	Kazuomi Koga	Kanojo, Okarishimasu
– October 4	Secrets of the Silent Witch	13	Studio Gokumi		Silent Witch: Chinmoku no Majo no Kakushigoto
– December 27	Watari-kun's ***** Is About to Collapse*	26	Staple Entertainment	Takashi Naoya	Watari-kun no xx ga Hōkaisunzen
– September 28	Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra	13	Maho Film	Yūji Yanase	Isekai Mokushiroku Mynoghra: Hametsu no Bunmei de Hajimeru Sekai Seifuku
– September 21	Bad Girl	12	Bridge	Jōji Furuta	Baddo Gāru
– September 28	Cultural Exchange with a Game Centre Girl	12	Nomad	Toshihiro Kikuchi	GaCen Shōjo to Ibunka Kōryū
– December 22	Gachiakuta	24	Bones Film	Fumihiko Suganuma
– September 28	Hotel Inhumans	13	Bridge	Tetsurō Amino	Hoteru Inhyūmanzu
– September 21	My Dress-Up Darling	12	CloverWorks	Keisuke Shinohara	Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi o Suru
– September 21	Puniru Is a Cute Slime	12	Toho Animation Studio	Yūshi Ibe	Puniru wa Kawaii Slime
– September 21	Reincarnated as a Neglected Noble: Raising My Baby Brother with Memories from My Past Life	12	Studio Comet	Masafumi Sato	Shiro Buta Kizoku desu ga Zense no Kioku ga Haeta node Hiyoko na Otōto Sodatemasu
– September 28	Ruri Rocks	13	Studio Bind	Shingo Fujii	Ruri no Hōseki
– September 28	The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity	13	CloverWorks	Miyuki Kuroki	Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku
– September 28	The Summer Hikaru Died	12	CygamesPictures	Ryōhei Takeshita	Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu
– September 21	Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun	12	Lerche	Yōhei Fukui	Jibaku Shōnen Hanako-kun
– September 21	Uglymug, Epicfighter	12	White Fox	Toshiyuki Sone	Busamen Gachi Fighter
– September 21	With You and the Rain	12	Lesprit	Tomohiro Tsukimisato	Ame to Kimi to
– September 22	Binan Kōkō Chikyū Bōei-bu Haikara!	12	Studio Deen	Shinji Takamatsu	Binan Kōkō Chikyū Bōei-bu Love!
– September 29	City the Animation	13	Kyoto Animation	Taichi Ishidate
– September 22	Dekin no Mogura	12	Brain's Base	Hiroshi Ishiodori	Dekin no Mogura
– September 22	Night of the Living Cat	12	OLM		Nyaito obu za Ribingu Kyatto
– August 11	See You Tomorrow at the Food Court	6	Atelier Pontdarc	Kazuomi Koga	Food Court de, Mata Ashita
– September 23	A Couple of Cuckoos	12	Okuruto Noboru	Masakazu Hishida	Kakkō no Iinazuke
– September 23	Grand Blue Dreaming	12		Shinji Takamatsu	Grand Blue
– September 23	There's No Freaking Way I'll be Your Lover! Unless...	12	Studio Mother	Natsumi Uchinuma	Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wakenaijan, Muri Muri!
– October 1	Mr. Osomatsu	13	Pierrot Films	Yoshinori Odaka	Osomatsu-san
– September 24	The Rising of the Shield Hero	12	Kinema Citrus	Hitoshi Haga	Tate no Yūsha no Nariagari
– September 24	Turkey! Time to Strike	12	Bakken Record	Susumu Kudo	Turkey!
– September 25	Dealing with Mikadono Sisters Is a Breeze	12	P.A. Works	Tadahito Matsubayashi	Mikadono Sanshimai wa Angai, Choroi
– September 25	Dr. Stone: Science Future	12	TMS Entertainment	Shūhei Matsushita
– September 25	I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability	12	Tsumugi Akita Animation Lab	Jin Tamamura	Tensei Shitara Dai Nana Ōji Datta no de, Kimama ni Majutsu o Kiwamemasu
– September 25	New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt	13	Trigger	Hiroyuki Imaishi	Panti ando Sutokkingu with Gātāberuto
– September 25	With Vengeance, Sincerely, Your Broken Saintess	12		Chisaki	Kizu Darake Seijo Yori Hōfuku wo Komete
– September 27	Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer!	12	Felix Film	Hiroshi Tamada	Yūsha Party o Tsuihō Sareta Shiro Madōshi, S-Rank Bōkensha ni Hirowareru
– December 19	Solo Camping for Two	24	SynergySP	Jun Hatori	Futari Solo Camp
– December 26	Tougen Anki	24	Studio Hibari	Ato Nonaka	Tōgen Anki
– September 27	The Shy Hero and the Assassin Princesses	12	Connect	Noriaki Akitaya	Kizetsu Yūsha to Ansatsu Hime
– September 28	Shūkan Ranobe Anime	12	Ziine Studio
– September 23	Sakamoto Days	11	TMS Entertainment	Masaki Watanabe
– September 18	Harmony of Mille-Feuille	10	Jumondou		Utagoe wa Mille-Feuille
– September 27	Kaiju No. 8	11	Production I.G	Shigeyuki Miya	Kaijū 8-gō
– September 27	Nukitashi the Animation	11	Passione	Nobuyoshi Nagayama	Nukige Mitai na Shima ni Sunderu Watashi wa Dō Surya Ii Desuka?
– September 25	Let's Go Karaoke!	5	Doga Kobo	Asami Nakatani	Karaoke Iko!
– September 18	Captivated, by You	5	Doga Kobo	Asami Nakatani	Muchū sa, Kimi ni.
	Cocoon	1	Sasayuri	Toko Ina	Kokūn
– December 19	Dusk Beyond the End of the World	12	P.A. Works	Naokatsu Tsuda	Towa no Yūgure
– December 17	Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?!	12	Studio A-Cat	Kaoru Yabana	Mushoku no Eiyū: Betsu ni Skill Nanka Iranakattan da ga
– December 18	Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits	12		Joe Yoshizaki	Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi Ni
– December 17	Yano-kun's Ordinary Days	12	Ajiado	Shinpei Matsuo	Yano-kun no Futsū no Hibi
– December 18	A Star Brighter Than the Sun	12	Studio Kai	Aya Kobayashi	Taiyō Yori mo Mabushii Hoshi
– December 18	Let's Play	12	OLM	Daiki Tomiyasu	Let's Play: Quest-darake no My Life
– December 18	My Awkward Senpai	12	Studio Elle	Ayumu Kotake	Bukiyō na Senpai
– December 25	This Monster Wants to Eat Me	13	Studio Lings		Watashi o Tabetai, Hito de Nashi
– December 19	Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon	12	J.C.Staff	Katsushi Sakurabi	Shinjiteita Nakama-tachi ni Dungeon Okuchi de Korosarekaketa ga Gift "Mugen Gacha" de Level 9999 no Nakama-tachi o Te ni Irete Moto Party Member to Sekai ni Fukushū & "Zamaa!" Shimasu!
–	Ganglion		Studio Maf	Ayumu Watanabe	Ganguraion
–	Hyakushō Kizoku		Pie in the sky	Yūtarō Sawada
– December 19	I Saved Myself with a Potion!: Life in Another World	12		Mikiko Furukawa	Pōshon, Waga Mi o Tasukeru
– December 19	Style of Hiroshi Nohara Lunch	12	DLE	Tsukasa Nishiyama
– December 19	Pass the Monster Meat, Milady!	12	Asahi Production	Mutsumi Takeda	Akujiki Reijō to Kyōketsu Kōshaku: Sono Mamono, Watashi ga Oishiku Itadakimasu!
– December 26	Shabake	13	Bandai Namco Pictures	Takahiro Ōkawa
– December 13	A Wild Last Boss Appeared!	12	Wao World	Yūya Horiuchi	Yasei no Last Boss ga Arawareta!
– December 20	Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota	12	Studio Polon	Tomohiro Kamitani	Kao ni Denai Kashiwada-san to Kao ni Deru Ōta-kun
–	Kagaku×Bōken Survival!		Gallop	Masahiro Hosoda
– December 20	May I Ask for One Final Thing?	13	Liden Films Kyoto Studio	Kazuya Sakamoto	Saigo ni Hitotsu dake Onegai Shite mo Yoroshii Deshō ka
– December 13	My Hero Academia	11	Bones		Boku no Hero Academia
– December 20	Sanda	12	Science Saru	Tomohisa Shimoyama
– December 27	Spy × Family	13		Yukiko Imai
– December 27	Tales of Wedding Rings	13	Staple Entertainment	Takashi Naoya	Kekkon Yubiwa Monogatari
– December 20	The Banished Court Magician Aims to Become the Strongest	12	Gekkou	Ken Takahashi	Mikata ga Yowasugite Hojo Mahō ni Tesshiteita Kyūtei Mahōshi, Tsuihō Sarete Saikyō o Mezasu
–	To Your Eternity				Fumetsu no Anata e
– December 20	Touring After the Apocalypse	12	Nexus	Yoshinobu Tokumoto	Shūmatsu Touring
– December 14	Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family!	11	Studio Flad	Yasuhiro Minami	Alma-chan wa Kazoku ni Naritai
–	Blue Orchestra	21	Nippon Animation	Seiji Kishi	Ao no Orchestra
–	Digimon Beatbreak		Toei Animation	Hiroaki Miyamoto	Dejimon Bītobureiku
– December 27	Kingdom	13		Kenichi Imaizumi	Kingudamu
– December 21	Mechanical Marie	12		Junji Nishimura	Kikaijikake no Marie
– December 21	My Friend's Little Sister Has It In for Me!	12	Blade	Kazuomi Koga	Tomodachi no Imōto ga Ore ni Dake Uzai
– December 21	Ranma ½	12	MAPPA	Kōnosuke Uda	Ranma Nibun-no-Ichi
– December 21	Dad is a Hero, Mom is a Spirit, I’m a Reincarnator	12	J.C.Staff	Toshinori Fukushima	Chichi wa Eiyū, Haha wa Seirei, Musume no Watashi wa Tenseisha
–	Si-Vis: The Sound of Heroes		Studio VOLN	Daisuke Yoshida
–	Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider		Liden Films	Takahiro Ikezoe	Tōjima Tanzaburō wa Kamen Rider ni Naritai
– December 21	Uma Musume Cinderella Gray	10	CygamesPictures		Uma Musume Puritī Dābī
– December 29	A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace	13	Voil	Kaoru Suzuki	Egao no Taenai Shokuba Desu
– December 15	Let This Grieving Soul Retire!	11	Zero-G	Masahiro Takata	Nageki no Bōrei wa Intai Shitai
– December 23	Plus-Sized Misadventures in Love!	12	Marvy Jack	Kazuomi Koga	Debu to Love to Ayamachi to!
– December 22	Hands Off: Sawaranaide Kotesashi-kun	12	Quad	Hisashi Saito	Sawaranaide Kotesashi-kun
– December 16	2200-Nen Neko no Kuni Nippon	12
– December 22	A Gatherer's Adventure in Isekai	12		Yoshinori Odaka	Sozai Saishuka no Isekai Ryokōki
–	Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle		Feel	Yūji Tokuno	Chitose-kun wa Ramune Bin no Naka
– December 23	Gintama: Mr. Ginpachi's Zany Class	12	Bandai Namco Pictures		3-Nen Z-Gumi Ginpachi-Sensei
– December 23	My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero's	12	Sunrise	Nobuyoshi Habara	Assassin de Aru Ore no Status ga Yūsha Yori mo Akiraka ni Tsuyoi Nodaga
– December 24	Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill	12	MAPPA	Kiyoshi Matsuda	Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hōrō Meshi
– December 24	Ninja vs. Gokudo	12	Studio Deen	Toshinori Watanabe	Ninja to Gokudō
– December 24	Wandance	12		Michiya Kato	Wandansu
– December 25	The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess	12	Studio Deen	Hiroaki Sakurai	Tensei Akujo no Kuro Rekishi
– December 28	One-Punch Man	12	J.C.Staff	Shinpei Nagai	Wanpanman
–	Gnosia		Domerica	Kazuya Ichikawa
– December 28	Li'l Miss Vampire Can't Suck Right	12	Feel	Sayaka Yamai	Chanto Suenai Kyūketsuki-chan
– December 22	Isekai Quartet	11	Studio Puyukai	Minoru Ashina	Isekai Karutetto
– December 30	With You, Our Love Will Make It Through	12	Millepensee		Kimi to Koete Koi ni Naru
– December 23	Monster Strike: Deadverse Reloaded	10	Yumeta Company	Masao Ōkubo
–	Future Kid Takara	11	Studio 4°C	Yuta Sano
–	Kanagawa ni Sunderu Elf			Yūji Umoto	Kanagawa ni Sunderu Erufu
–	Blue Miburo		Maho Film	Kumiko Habara	Ao no Miburo

Original net animations

A list of original net animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2025.

First run start and end dates	Title	Episodes	Studio	Director	Original title	Ref
	Kairyū to Yūbinya-san	1	CoMix Wave Films	Taku Kimura
– April 5	Koisuru One Piece	5	Toei Animation
	Moonrise	18	Wit Studio	Masashi Koizuka
– May 21	Lycoris Recoil: Friends are thieves of time	6	A-1 Pictures	Shingo Adachi
	Lupin the IIIrd: Zenigata to Futari no Lupin		Telecom Animation Film	Takeshi Koike
	Shinsei Galverse	1	S.o.K	Ayaka Ōhira
– August 2	Takopi's Original Sin	6	Enishiya	Shinya Iino	Takopi no Genzai
	Sugar Sugar Rune Les deux sorcières	1	Studio Khara	Yusuke Matsui
	Leviathan	12	Orange	Christophe Ferreira
– August 13	Bullet/Bullet	12	E&H Production	Sunghoo Park
	My Melody & Kuromi	12	Toruku Studio	Tomoki Misato
	Pokémon Concierge		Dwarf Studios	Iku Ogawa
–	Cat's Eye	12	Liden Films	Yoshifumi Sueda
–	Ganso! Bandori-chan	52
–	Koala's Diary		Studio Mother	Takao Kato	Koala Enikki
	Ugoku! Neko Mukashi Banashi		Studio Comet	Kazumi Nonaka
- December 17	Disney Twisted-Wonderland the Animation	8
	Star Wars: Visions	9
– December 19	The Lenticulars	8	Studio Trigger	Akira Amemiya
	Tatsuki Fujimoto 17–26	8
	Record of Ragnarok	15		Koichi Hatsumi	Shūmatsu no Walküre

Original video animations

A list of original video animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2025.

First run start and end dates	Title	Episodes	Studio	Director	Original title	Ref
	SK8 the Infinity Extra Part	4	Bones	Hiroko Utsumi
	KonoSuba 3 -Bonus Stage-	2	Drive	Yujiro Abe

Deaths

January

January 6: Dale Wilson, Canadian voice actor, dies at age 82.January 8:

*, Japanese animator and animation supervisor.
*, Japanese composer and arranger, dies at age 69 from ischemic heart failure.January 29: Atomu Shimojō, Japanese voice actor, dies at age 78 from acute subdural hematoma.

February

February 2:, Japanese manga editor, dies at age 94.February 9: William H. Bassett, American actor, dies at age 89.February 16:, Japanese businessman, dies at age 96.

March

March 11: Dave Mallow, American voice actor, dies at age 76.March 18:, Japanese voice actress, dies at age 67.

April

April 15:, Japanese voice actor, dies at age 92.

May

May 7:, Japanese manga artist, dies at age 73 from a heart attack.May 13: Kiara, Japanese musician and bassist of NoisyCell, dies.

June

June 11: Ayumu Saito, Japanese actor, dies at age 60.

July

July 4: Bill Flynn, American voice actor, dies at age 86.July 8: James Carter Cathcart, American voice actor, dies at age 71.July 22: Tsunehiko Kamijō, Japanese actor, singer and voice actor, dies at age 85.

August

August 1:, Japanese voice actress, dies.August 9: Nobuo Yamada, Japanese singer, dies from kidney cancer at age 61.August 13: Tomo Sakurai, Japanese voice actress, dies from cancer at age 53.August 20: Tatsuya Nagamine, Japanese anime director, dies at age 53.August 27: Takaya Hashi, Japanese voice actor, dies at age 72.

September

September 2: Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Japanese actress, dies at age 90.

November

November 11: Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese actor, dies at age 92.November 20: Julie Mayfield, American voice actress, dies at age 67.November 29: Tomomichi Nishimura, Japanese voice actor, dies at age 79.

December

December 4: Arunee Nanthiwat, Thai voice actress, dies at age 69.December 10: Jim Ward, American voice actor, dies at age 66.December 14: Ryō Ishihara, Japanese voice actor, dies from acute heart failure at age 94.December 17: Juli Erickson, American voice actress, dies at age 86.December 16: Jefferson Utanes, Filipino voice actor, dies from chronic kidney disease at age 46.