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On this 25/09/2025, as usual, we bring you the latest and greatest in the world of anime. From fresh episode releases to new announcements, to exciting upcoming series, we’ve got you covered with everything happening in the anime world today. Check out today’s updates below!
“FUTURE KID TAKARA” broadcast schedule on NHK E-Tele:
November 8 [Sat]: episodes 1–5
November 9 [Sun]: episodes 6–11 (final)
※ Dates are JST.
Directed by Yuta Sano at STUDIO4°C, this is a series of educational shorts focused on climate change.
Image © Beyond C. / Future Kid Takara製作委員会
“My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha: Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon, I’m Out for Revenge!” character PV: Aoyuki (CV: Shiori Izawa)!
Directed by Katsushi Sakurabi at J.C.STAFF, the anime begins broadcasting in Japan next Friday, October 3.
HIDIVE will stream the anime as it airs.
Image ©Meikyou Shisui, HOBBY JAPAN/”Unlimited Gacha” project.
“My Awkward Senpai” TV anime new visual & 2nd PV revealed!
Directed by Ayumu Kotake at Studio elle, the anime begins broadcasting next Thursday, October 2.
Image © 工藤マコト/SQUARE ENIX･不器用な先輩。製作委員会
Announced after yesterday’s cour 2 finale: “Dr. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE” cour 3 (series finale) is scheduled for 2026!
Image © Kome Studio, Boichi/SHUEISHA, Dr.STONE Project
“Re:Monster” TV anime Season 2 production confirmed!
The announcement did not reveal any staff or the studio.
Image © ⾦斬児狐・アルファポリス／リ・モンスターⅡ製作委員会
“Dusk Beyond the End of the World” episode 0 (prologue) is out now! Weekly releases continue with episode 1 next Thursday.
The sci-fi drama anime is an original directed by Naokatsu Tsuda at P.A. Works.
Image ©Project FT/Dusk Beyond the End of the World・MBS
“Hyakusho Kizoku-the farmer’s days” Season 3 new PV revealed!
Season 3 begins on October 3 [Fri].
Based on an autobiographical manga by Hiromu Arakawa, the anime is directed by Yutaro Sawada at Pie in the sky.
Images © Hiromu Arakawa・Shinshokan/”Hyakusho Kizoku-the farmer’s days” Production Committee
“The Case Book of Arne” is listed with a total of 12 episodes across three Blu-ray & DVD volumes!
Keisuke Inoue is directing the anime at SILVER LINK. for a January 2026 debut.
Image ©春紫／バカー／アルネ探偵事務所
“Star Wars: Visions Volume 3” trailer revealed!
Japanese audio→
English audio→
Comprised of nine brand-new short films by nine different Japanese studios, Volume 3 arrives October 29 on Disney+.
▼ Kamikaze Douga + ANIMA – “The Duel: Payback”
With the help of some unexpected allies, Ronin faces off against his greatest foe – a twisted Jedi known as the Grand Master who is bent on revenge.
・Directed by: Takanobu Mizuno
・Japanese Voice Cast: Masaki Terasoma, Daisuke Namikawa, Takako Honda, Naomi Kusumi, Tokuyoshi Kawashima
・English Voice Cast: Brian Tee, Will Sharpe, Suzy Nakamura, Jonathan Lipow, Gary Littman
▼ Kinema citrus – “The Lost Ones”
After assisting refugees escape a natural disaster, an incognito F is forced to confront the ghosts of her past when their refugee ship is intercepted by the Empire.
・Directed by: Hitoshi Haga
・Japanese Voice Cast: Asami Seto, Hirofumi Nojima, Daiki Hamano, Mutsumi Tamura
・English Voice Cast: Karen Fukuhara, Mark Strong, Ryan Potter, Lincoln Bonilla
▼ Production I.G – “The Ninth Jedi: Child of Hope”
Pursued by Jedi Hunters, and blasted adrift into space, Kara encounters a seemingly abandoned ship tended to by a mysterious droid.
・Directed by: Naoyoshi Shiotani
・Japanese Voice Cast: Chinatsu Akasaki, Akira Ishida, Tetsuo Kanao, Taiten Kusunoki, Wataru Takagi, Shin-Ichiro Miki
・English Voice Cast: Kimiko Glenn, Freddie Highmore, Andrew Kishino, Major Attaway, Frank Todaro, Simu Liu
▼ Kinema citrus – “Yuko’s Treasure”
A sheltered orphan teams with a street rat kid to rescue his droid caregiver and find a long-lost treasure.
・Directed by: Masaki Tachibana
・Japanese Voice Cast: Momoka Terasawa, Mitsuru Houfu, Makoto Koichi, Kenichirou Matsuda, Yumi Uchiyama, Mamoru Miyano
・English Voice Cast: Liam Karlsson, Harvey Guillén, Julian Paz Fedorov, Steve Buscemi, Anne Yatco, Maximilian Reid
▼ TRIGGER – “The Smuggler”
Desperate for a quick payday, a smuggler takes a job to rescue a fugitive from the Empire.
・Directed by: Masahiko Otsuka
・Japanese Voice Cast: Ami Maeshima, Yuuki Shin, Yasuko Hatori, Norio Wakamoto
・English Voice Cast: Emma Myers, Tanner Buchanan, Judith Light, Sean Burgos
▼ WIT Studio – “The Bounty Hunters”
A rogue bounty hunter takes on a job for a shady industrialist that has unexpected consequences for her and her droid.
・Directed by: Junichi Yamamoto
・Japanese Voice Cast: Ai Fairouz, Tomokazu Sugita, Daisuke Ono, Kotono Mitsuishi
・English Voice Cast: Anna Sawai, Ronny Chieng, Joseph Lee, Carrie Keranen
▼ Project Studio Q – “The Song of Four Wings”
A princess-turned-rebel protects a child from the might of the Empire on a snowbound planet.
・Directed by: Hiroyasu Kobayashi
・Japanese Voice Cast: Manaka Iwami, Aki Toyosaki, Hiroki Yasumoto
・English Voice Cast: Stephanie Hsu, Aki Toyosaki, Trevor Devall
▼ Polygon Pictures – “The Bird of Paradise”
After she is blinded in battle, a hot-headed Jedi Padawan must undergo a series of spiritual trials in order to overcome the temptation of the dark side.
・Directed by: Tadahiro “Tady” Yoshihira
・Japanese Voice Cast: Tomoyo Kurosawa, Tomoaki Maeno, Ayane Sakura, Hochu Otsuka
・English Voice Cast: Sonoya Mizuno, James Sie, Victoria Grace, George Takei
▼ david production – “BLACK”
A psychedelic battle between past and present, light and dark, and life and death plays out in the haunted psyche of an Imperial trooper who is on the cusp of defeat.
・Directed by: Shinya Ohira
・Japanese Voice Cast: Kenta Miyake, Tsuyoshi Koyama
※ “BLACK” will not have an English dub.
※ Cast credits for all short films updated to reflect today’s Japanese-language announcement.
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