In many ways, 2025 was a banner year for anime: There were box-office smashes, such as Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle grossing close to $800 million worldwide, alongside a less quantifiable shift in ...

2025 marked one of the most significant years in anime history. Long-running franchises reached emotional conclusions, breakout series reshaped expectations, and theatrical releases pushed animation ...

The past year has been a triumph for the anime community as a whole, with so many wins regarding released content and renewed shows that it’s impossible to say 2025 didn’t live up to the hype. Anime ...

Adriano is GameRant’s Anime Features lead. He has been working on creating anime content for GameRant since November 2021. He enjoys a wide variety of anime, with Shinichiro Watanabe’s Cowboy Bebop ...

In 2024, it felt like the passion and hunger for anime was at its apex. But as we've seen this year, that growth shows no sign of stopping. In fact, in 2025 anime is being watched by more people now ...

Several anime released this year brought the realistic tone and layered narratives fans expect from major shonen series, while others presented much darker takes. Meanwhile, the freshest anime of 2025 ...

2025 has truly been an incredible year for the anime industry, so ScreenRant, Collider, CBR, and MovieWeb are teaming up to crown the year's best anime film with the inaugural Screen Awards. With a ...