The past weekend has been a celebration of all things anime, and it seems there will be plenty for fans to look forward to for the year. Held from 22 to 25 March, with the latter two days limited to registered members of the industry and media, AnimeJapan 2025 didn’t hold back on showcasing its stacked lineup, including updates on existing series and fresh looks at upcoming projects.
As usual, returning favourites led the charge for the event’s most-attended iteration in its 11-year history (via Anime News Network), but smaller and new releases got their fair share of the spotlight, too. My Hero Academia, for starters, is set to close out this October when its final season drops, while Chainsaw Man — The Movie: Reze Arc revs up its theatrical premiere on 19 September in Japan.
The highly-anticipated Jujutsu Kaisen Hidden Inventory Arc compilation movie also received a new trailer that previews an acoustic version of Tatsuya Kitani’s “Where Our Blue Is,” previously used as the opening theme song for the TV anime version of the arc, alongside a new teaser trailer for Kaiju No. 8 Season 2, in which Gen Narumi, the seventh captain of the Defense Force’s First Division, makes his debut.
Where season premieres and original series are concerned, The Summer Hikaru Died, based on Mokumokuren’s horror manga, Disney Twisted-Wonderland, the long-awaited anime adaptation of the adventure mobile game, and Wit Studio’s original sci-fi anime Moonrise all feed into the hype.
There’s no forgetting the host of teaser visuals, of course, starting with the announcement of Tokyo Revengers: War of the Three Titans and its tagline, “I won’t let you die.” Elsewhere, the One Piece will air a double episode to celebrate the return of the Egghead Arc and an accompanying recap special, joining a new Oshi no Ko Season 3 image featuring Aqua, a new key visual for Sakamoto Days Part 2, and a fresh look at the Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX anime.
Here are the trailers for the above-mentioned titles:
As for the remaining content, all relevant details are summarised below:
- Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus — New trailer, July 2025 release
- My Dress-up Darling Season 2 — Release date trailer and new illustration, coming July 2025
- I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in The Real World, Too — New TV special and key visual
- Clevatess — New trailer featuring opening song
- Food for the Soul — New trailer featuring ending song
- Princession Orchestra — New trailer, theme song previews, and additional cast announcement
- I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince So I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability Season 2 — New trailer
- To Be Hero X — New trailer featuring ending song
- The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity — New trailer and teaser visual, July 2025 release
- Classic Stars — New trailer featuring ending song
- Kamitsubaki City Under Construction — New trailer and teaser visual
- Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 4 — Release date trailer and new illustration, coming July 2025
- Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle — New teaser
- Tougen Anki — New trailer and teaser visual
- Secrets of the Silent Witch — New trailer, July 2025 release
- The Mononoke Lecture Logs of Chuzenji-sensei — New trailer and additional cast preview
- Classroom of the Elite Season 4 — New teaser trailer
- Apocalypse Hotel — New teaser, additional cast announcement, and character design reveal
- The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold To Another Kingdom — New trailer and additional cast announcement
- Black Butler -Emerald Witch Arc- — New trailer featuring opening and ending song
- Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider — New trailer, visual and release date announcement, coming sometime in 2025
- Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show — New trailer, teaser visual, additional cast and release date announcement (July 2025)
- Mikadono Sanshimai wa Angai, Choroi — New trailer and release date announcement, July 2025 premiere
- May I Ask for One Final Thing? — New trailer, teaser visual, and cast
- Sentenced to Be a Hero — New trailer, teaser visual, and cast
- Harmony of Mille-Feuille — New trailer
- Catch Me at the Ballpark! — New trailer featuring opening song
- Solo Camping for Two — New trailer and release date announcement, coming 10 July
- Watari-kun’s ****** — New trailer and cast announcement
- CITY THE ANIMATION — New trailer, release date announcement, theme song preview, and additional cast announcement, releasing 6 July
- #COMPASS2.0 ANIMATION — New trailer, key art, and opening animation sequence
- Tamon’s B-Side — New character trailer and teaser music video
- New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT — New trailer, character introduction, and key visual
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance — New teaser visual and main staff announcement
- Lycoris Recoil -Friends are thieves of time. — New anime shorts announcement, premiering 16 April
- Reincarnated as the Daughter of the Legendary Hero and the Queen of Spirits — New teaser visual and main voice cast reveal
- A Tale of the Secret Saint — New key visual
- The Apothecary Diaries — New key visual
- The Stunned Hero and the Assassin Princesses — New key visual and release date announcement, coming July 2025
- Wind Breaker Season 2 — New cast announcement
- Tune In to the Midnight Heart — New trailer and main cast/staff announcement
- Chained Soldier Season 2 — New key visual
- Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube — Main cast reveal
- Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid — New visual and additional cast announcement
- Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX — New key visual
- Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club — New trailer and release date announcement, coming 7 November
Si Jia is a casual geek at heart – or as casual as someone with Sephiroth’s theme on her Spotify playlist can get. A fan of movies, games, and Japanese culture, Si Jia’s greatest weakness is the Steam Summer Sale. Or any Steam sale, really.
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