New Year’s Day festivities kicked off first in Japan and the anime industry celebrated with key visuals and updates for popular series continuing in 2025. These anime include Frieren: Beyond Journey End and The Apothecary Diaries, which are both continuing into their second seasons.
First up is Re:ZERO Starting Life in Another World Season 3, which continues on February 5, 2025, with the Counterattack Arc. To celebrate the New Year, Kadokawa shared the following key visual with Emilia front and center:
Sakamoto Days is one of the first new anime of 2025, premiering on January 11. To celebrate, a new key visual was posted on the anime’s official Twitter/X account:
It’s unclear when exactly Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 will premiere, but all eyes are on 2025 for the mage’s return. Frieren can be seen wearing a New Year’s Day kimono in the latest key visual:
The One Punch Man anime finally returns with its third season in 2025. A new key visual shows that Saitama is ready for a fight this year.
2025 is a big year for the My Hero Academia anime series with both its final season and the My Hero Academia: Vigilantes anime adaptation, which premieres first in April. In the meantime, you can check out a new key visual below:
The Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian anime returns with its second season in 2025, and Alya strikes the right pose for the anime’s latest key visual:
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle Arc is coming soon to theaters in Japan, and ufotable shared a new key visual:
The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 is premiering soon on January 10, and Jinshi and Maomao ring in the new year before the anime returns.
