Arunava Ghosh 
On this 24/08/2025, 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!
The next broadcast of ONE PIECE will be special episode “Dr. Chopper’s Adventure Checkup -The Proud Dream of the Giants-“
“Farming Life in Another World” TV anime Season 2 officially announced for 2026 with teaser visual & teaser PV:
[Season 2 Staff excerpt]
・Director & Series Composition & Script: Ryoichi Kuraya
・Character Design & Chief Animation Director: Yoshiko Saito
・Sub-Character Design & Chief Animation Director: Yuusuke Isochi
・Music: Yasuharu Takanashi (Team-MAX) / Johannes Nilsson (Team-MAX)
・Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
・Animation Production: ZERO-G
“Gachiakuta” new action visual featuring Jabber (CV: Yuuki Shin) unveiled after today’s broadcast of episode 7
ICYMI: The anime will be 24 episodes, consecutive 2 cour.
“Uglymug, Epicfighter” new visual unveiled after today’s broadcast of episode 8
The 12-episode series is directed by Toshiyuki Sone at WHITE FOX.
“May I Ask For One Final Thing?” TV anime character PV:
Nanaka (CV: Miyu Tomita)
Directed by Kazuya Sakamoto at LIDENFILMS, the series begins broadcasting this fall.
Crunchyroll will stream the series as it airs.
“HOTEL INHUMANS” visual for yesterday’s episode, “Spider“
[New guest cast member]
Yoshinori Kadowaki (CV: Kosuke Toriumi)
“WITCH WATCH” upcoming broadcast schedule in Japan:
・August 31: episode 22
🛑September 7: recap OR live volleyball coverage
・September 14: episode 23
・September 21: episode 24
🛑September 28: recap OR live volleyball coverage
・October 5: episode 25 (final)
“Takopi’s Original Sin” lookback PV #3 ~Shizuka ver.~
Directed by Shinya Iino at ENISHIYA, all 6 episodes of the limited series are now streaming on Crunchyroll, Ani-One Asia, & more.
Unveiled today at Anime NYC:
“Takopi’s Original Sin” special visual depicting Shizuka & Marina in 2022
Gigguk‘s anime short “Bâan -The Boundary of Adulthood-” will be available on his YouTube channel worldwide starting September 20 [Sat].
[Japanese voice cast]
Rin (CV: Haruna Mikawa)
Daichi (CV: Shoya Ishige)
[Staff excerpt]
・Original Work: Garnt Maneetapho
・Director: Yoshimitsu Ohashi
・Supervising Director: Garnt Maneetapho
・Screenplay: Megumi Hosaka
・Character Design: Hanyu
・Art Director: Sato Takahara
・Music: Kevin Penkin
・Animation Production: studio daisy
“The Food Diary of Miss Maid” TV anime adaptation announced for 2026 with a teaser visual & special PV:
[Cast]
Suzume Tachibana (CV: Kana Ichinose)
[Staff]
・Director: Ryosuke Senbo
・Series Composition: Natsuko Takahashi, Saeka Fujimoto
・Character Design: Chiaki Abe
・Music: Katsutoshi Kitagawa (ROUND TABLE)
・Animation Production: EMT Squared, Magic Bus
The previously announced “Rilakkuma” anime is a short TV anime scheduled to begin broadcasting in April 2026.
Along with this news, a teaser visual has been unveiled.
[Staff excerpt]
・Director: Yoshimi Itazu, Yumi Kamakura
・Character Design: Chie Morita
・Music: Kota Yokoseki, Yoshiya Ikeda, Mizuki Kanno
・Animation Production: Production I.G
[Theme song]
“stay with me” by Lilas Ikuta
“Dream Animals THE MOVIE” releases on Blu-ray & DVD in Japan on December 19.
Compilation movie “JUJUTSU KAISEN: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death – The Movie” releases on Blu-ray & DVD in Japan on December 17 with English subtitles included on the main disc.
