Arunava Ghosh 
On this 23/04/2025, 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, weโve got you covered with everything happening in the anime world today. Check out todayโs updates below!
Aikatsu! ร PriPara all-new collaboration film announced for this Fall: “Aikatsu! ร PriPara THE MOVIE -Deai no Kiseki!-“
ใ๏ผฎ๏ผฅ๏ผท๏ผใAnnouncement PV:
[Cast]
Akari Ozora (CV: Shino Shimoji)
Laala Manaka (CV: Himika Akaneya)
[Staff]
ใปDirector: Takahiro Okawa
ใปScenario: Michihiro Tsuchiya
ใปCharacter Design: Hiroko Yaguchi, Shoji Hara
ใปSupervisor: Ryuichi Kimura, Makoto Moriwaki
ใป3DCG: Tatsunoko Production
ใปPlanning / Production: BN Pictures
“A Star Brighter Than the Sun” TV anime teaser visual, teaser PV, and October debut revealed along with the series’ studio: Studio KAI!
ใ๏ผฎ๏ผฅ๏ผท๏ผใTeaser PV:
[Cast]
Sae โIwata (CV: Minori โFujidera)
Koki โKamishiro (CV: Yuki โOno)
[Staff excerpt]
ใปDirector: Aya โKobayashi
ใปSeries Composition: Yasuhiro โNakanishi
ใปCharacter Design: Jinfeng Zeng
ใปMusic: Natsumi โTabuchi, Miki โSakurai
โ Synopsis โ
Sae has always been taller and stronger than the average girl. Koki used to be smaller and weaker than the average boy. But now that heโs in high school, heโs tall and super popular! Will their childhood friendship rekindleโฆand maybe develop into something more?
“Wandance” TV anime teaser visual & October debut revealed! MADHOUSE and CYCLONE GRAPHICS are animating the series which will stream on Disney platforms.
[Cast]
Kaboku Kotani (CV: Koki Uchiyama)
Hikari Wanda (CV: Hina Yomiya)
โ Synopsis โ
Kaboku Kotani is starting high school, and he plans to do what he’s always done: go along with his friends, keep quiet, and not draw too much attention to himself. After all, it’s hard enough to get by with a stutter like hisโwhy make things worse by standing out from the crowd? But then he sees another first-year, Hikari Wanda, dancing like no one is watchingโor like she doesn’t care who sees her. It makes Kaboku wonder: Could he reach that same freedom? To find his way to Wanda, he does something he never thought he could: He joins the dance club. After all, every routine begins with a single step, right? Join Kaboku and Wanda as they freestyle their way to life and love!
“Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon” Season 2 teaser visual, teaser PV, and July debut revealed! Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ are animating the series.
ใ๏ผฎ๏ผฅ๏ผท๏ผใTeaser PV:
[Staff]
๐Director: Takashi โYamamoto
ใปSeries โComposition: Tatsuya โTakahashi
๐Character โDesign: Naoki โYamauchi, Takahiro โSakai
“Mechanical Marie” TV anime teaser visual, teaser PV, and Fall debut revealed along with the series’ studios: ZERO-G ร Liber!
ใ๏ผฎ๏ผฅ๏ผท๏ผใTeaser PV:
[Cast]
Marie (CV: Nao โToyama)
Arthur (CV: Haruki โIshiya)
[Staff]
ใปDirector: Junji Nishimura
ใปSeries Composition: Mariko Kunisawa
ใปCharacter Design: Yoko Kikuchi
ใปMusic: Yasuharu Takanashi & Johannes Nilsson
โ Synopsis โ
He was a boy. She was a robot. Wellโฆnot really. In all actuality, Marie is completely totally 100% human, but because her strange new employer seemingly despises humans, the powers-that-be are paying a handsome sum for her to pretend sheโs the latest and greatest android while protecting said eccentric master from the seemingly endless attempts on his life. Which is fine, but, they forgot to mention one tiny seemingly insignificant detail-this dude absolutely dotes on inanimate objects like Marie canโt believe. Sheโs not sure what will kill her first, the assassins or his affectionsโฆ?
“YOUR FORMA” anime Chapter 1 conclusion special visual released!
The series’ Japanese home video listings have also gone up revealing the series will be 13 episodes long. Geno Studio is animating the series.
โ Synopsis โ
In an alternate 2023, the Your Forma, a miraculous โsmart threadโ technology initially developed to treat a massive outbreak of viral encephalitis, has become an integral part of daily life. But these convenient devices come with an invasive drawbackโthey record every sight, sound, and even emotion their users experience.
For electronic investigator Echika Hieda, diving into peoplesโ memories via the Your Forma and hunting for evidence to solve the toughest crimes is all part of a dayโs work. The problem is, sheโs so good at what she does that her assistants literally fry their brains trying to keep up with her. After putting one too many aides in the hospital, the top brass finally furnish Echika with a partner on her level, a brilliant yet cheeky android named Harold Lucraft. Does this unlikely duo have what it takes to resolve their mutual suspicions and avert a deadly technological infection from sweeping across the globe before itโs too late?
“HANAโDoll* -Reinterpretation of Flowering-” OP & ED released! A-Real is animating the 12-episode series.
ใ๏ผฎ๏ผฅ๏ผท๏ผใOP:
โช “Clockwork Flowers” sung by Anthos
โณ Lyrics by zakbee
โณ Music by zakbee, KAN TAKAHIKO
โณ Arranged by KAN TAKAHIKO
ใ๏ผฎ๏ผฅ๏ผท๏ผใED:
โช “Fall leaves after leaves fall” sung by Anthos
โณ Lyrics/Music/Arranged by INN
“The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancรฉ and Sold to Another Kingdom” ED released! TROYCA is animating the 12-episode series.
ใ๏ผฎ๏ผฅ๏ผท๏ผใED:
โช “Sister” by WON
โ Synopsis โ
Philia Adenauer hails from a family renowned for producing Saints for generations in the Kingdom of Girtonia. Saints fight to protect humankind from monsters, and Philia underwent rigorous education and training to earn her title. After her fiancรฉ, Julius, breaks off their engagement, Philia is sold to the kingdom of Parnacorta for resources. Will her homeland survive without her?!?
Original anime film “ChaO” additional cast announced! STUDIO4ยฐC is animating the movie which releases theatrically in Japan on August 15.
Ryota Yamasato
Kavka Shishido
Yuichiro Umehara
Kenta Miyake
Ota Shunsei (OCTPATH)
Anna Tsuchiya
COOKIE!
ใ๏ผฎ๏ผฅ๏ผท๏ผใCharacter Introduction Movie:
โ Synopsis โ
A future society where humans and mermaids coexist. Stephen, an office worker, is suddenly proposed to by Chao, a princess of the mermaid kingdom! A 100% pure love story!
Original anime film “The Last Blossom” has revealed two teaser visuals, a teaser trailer, and the film’s Fall 2025 Japan theatrical debut! CLAP is animating the film.
ใ๏ผฎ๏ผฅ๏ผท๏ผใTeaser Trailer:
[Cast]
Kaoru โKobayashi
Junki โTozuka
Hikari โMitsushima
Yoshiko โMiyazaki
Pierre โTaki
[Staff]
Director / Character โDesign: Baku โKinoshita
Written by: Kazuya โKonomoto
Planning / Production: CLAP
Music: cero (Shohei โTakagi, Yu โArauchi, Tsubasa โHashimoto)
โ Synopsis โ
“What a pathetic life itโs been”
An elderly inmate serving a life sentence awaits a lonely death in his solitary cellโuntil a voice calls out to him.
It belongs to a balsam flower, Housenka, that speaks like a human.
Through their “conversation,” the old man begins to reflect on the life heโs led.
