As we enter a mid-season for anime releases in Could 2025, there are not any new titles to announce, although the Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Stock/Untimely Dying film debuts in Japan on the finish of the month. This doesn’t imply there isn’t any nice anime to look ahead to, with many new sequence and seasons debuting in April, carrying over into new episodes this month. This consists of standard ongoing sequence like One Piece, My Hero Academia, Fireplace Pressure, and Wind Breaker, alongside new sequence like Lazarus, Moonrise, and Kowloon Generic Romance.
Under are our high three decisions for the sequence you’ll want to meet up with or try for the primary time. On the finish of the article, we can even checklist an ongoing sequence in Could that you could be need to try. Could 2025 might not have new titles, however these three will hold our anime habit going all through the spring months!
‘One Piece: Egghead Arc’ (2024)
The ‘Egghead Arc’ of One Piece sees the Straw Hat Pirates arrive at a futuristic island often called Egghead Island. Right here, they meet Dr. Vegapunk, whose superior know-how and analysis lead the crew to unveil extra in regards to the numerous mysteries they’ve encountered, significantly the Void Century and Poneglyphs. The newest arc has been thrilling for longtime followers, providing a deeper dive into the sequence’ lore and a brand new setting with new know-how on the heart of its story.
Whereas it’s unlikely that anybody shall be leaping onto One Piece instantly into this arc (you might need to make amends for the thousand-plus episodes first), the latest arc has been a fan favourite and is a testomony to the continued development of the sequence. 4 new episodes within the arc, which began all the way in which again in January 2024, are set to launch this month with simulcasts on Crunchyroll and subsequent releases on Netflix the next week after they debut.
One Piece
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October 20, 1999
- Community
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Fuji TV
- Administrators
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Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Itō, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Takahiro Imamura, Toshihiro Maeya, Yûji Endô, Nozomu Shishido, Hidehiko Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou
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Mayumi Tanaka
Monkey D. Luffy (voice)
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Kazuya Nakai
Roronoa Zoro (voice)
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Akemi Okamura
Nami (voice)
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‘My Hero Academia: Vigilantes’ (2025)
The recognition of My Hero Academia has led to the current spin-off, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, which takes place 5 to 6 years earlier than the unique sequence, given a brand new protagonist in Koichi Haimawari, a school pupil with a modest “Sliding Quirk” who turns into an unlicensed vigilante alongside a avenue performer who goes by Pop Step and a mysterious fighter often called Knuckle Duster. Whereas battling street-level crime, the three come throughout a harmful and highly effective character, a drug seller named Set off, who has a madness-inducing potential.
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As an entire stand-alone sequence, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes will nonetheless supply depth and Easter eggs to returning followers. Youthful variations of established heroes like Eraserhead and All May are a real deal with to see, and far of the world is already established. Nonetheless, Vigilantes can act as a jumping-off level for these wanting an motion anime with a bit extra grit and maturity than what was on supply within the standard Shōnen sequence beforehand. 4 new episodes of the April 2025 anime shall be obtainable to stream on Crunchyroll by way of simulcast.
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes
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April 7, 2025
- Community
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Tokyo MX, BS Nippon TV
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Shuichiro Umeda
Koichi Haimawari / The Crawler (voice)
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Ikumi Hasegawa
Kazuho Haneyama / Pop☆Step (voice)
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Yasuhiro Mamiya
Knuckleduster (voice)
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Kenta Miyake
All May (voice)
‘Kowloon Generic Romance’ (2025)
Actual property brokers Reiko Kujirai and Hajime Kudou work in a romanticized model of the historic Kowloon Walled Metropolis. Reiko, who has emotions for Hajime, additionally suffers from reminiscence loss, with a lot of her previous blurring with the current. As she learns about her true nature and the reality behind the huge walled metropolis, she struggles and grows into the particular person she needs to be whereas constructing a relationship with the tentative Hajime. Romance, sci-fi, thriller, drama, Kowloon Generic Romance is a fancy story aimed toward a mature viewers.
Whereas Shōnen anime will at all times reign supreme, mature content material for these searching for extra complicated themes is at all times welcome. Kowloon Generic Romance has had so much going for it since its debut in April 2025, from its setting being based mostly on the real-life marvel that was Kowloon Walled Metropolis in China to it is a throwback to the golden period of anime with a dreamy romantic tint to its good integration of sunshine sci-fi components into an attractive story of romance; the manga on which it’s based mostly developed a cult following for a similar causes.
You probably have but to take a look at this sequence, Kowloon Generic Romance is well the distinctive and contemplative new sequence of 2025 to date. New episodes of Kowloon Generic Romance can be found by way of simulcast on Crunchyroll.
Kowloon Generic Romance
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April 5, 2025
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Tomokazu Sugita
Hajime Kudō (voice)
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Haruka Shiraishi
Reiko Kujirai (voice)
Record of notable sequence persevering with all through Could:
- Black Butler -Emerald Witch Arc-
- Fireplace Pressure Season 3
- Go! Go! Loser Ranger! Season 2
- I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Degree Season 2
- Kowloon Generic Romance
- Lazarus
- Cellular Go well with Gundam GQuuuuuuX
- Moonrise
- My Hero Academia: Vigilantes
- One Piece (Egghead Arc)
- Pokemon Horizons: The Collection Half 2
- Wind Breaker Season 2
- Witch Watch