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Winter 2025 has a few new titles you might not want to miss.
As the year begins anew, so does the anime world! With an exciting lineup of fresh titles debuting this Winter 2025, these brand-new anime series - some original, some adaptations - offer something for everyone. Here’s a look at some of the most promising new anime to look forward to this season!
Zenshu
Air date: January 5
A new original anime by Studio MAPPA, Zenshu centres on Natsuko Hirose, a professional animator who’s most known for her shut-in personality. However, certain events in her professional career lead her to die of exhaustion, and she finds herself transported into the world of her favourite childhood anime!
Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms
Air date: January 7
Mona Kawai is the popular queen bee of her high school, but she can’t seem to get the new transfer student Medaka Kuroiwa wrapped around her finger. Determined to make him fall for her charms, Mona does what she can to get Kuroiwa to notice her–only to start developing feelings for him instead! The thing is, Kuroiwa isn’t just a stoic guy. He’s a monk-in-training forbidden from falling in love.
Honey Lemon Soda
Air date: January 9
Uka Ishimori is a quiet and shy highschooler who’s known to those around her as
“stone” since middle school. However, a chance encounter with a yellow-haired boy named Kai Miura, who reminds her of honey lemon soda, pushes Uka to grow out of her shell and become more confident. Of course, there’s love brewing somewhere in there, too!
From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad’s Been Reincarnated!
Air date: January 10
What happens when an old man gets isekai-ed into an Otome game? 52 year old civil servant Kenzaburo Tondabayashi finds himself transported into the world of a popular Otome game ”Magical Academy Love&Beast”, and in the body of the young villainess Grace Auvergne no less! How is he supposed to survive in this world?
Ubel Blatt
Air date: January 11
Set in a war-torn realm of swords and sorcery, the story of Ubel Blatt follows Koinzell, a mysterious warrior who carries a black sword said to tear asunder all those who stand in its path. But there’s more to these rumours: Koinzell is seeking something mysterious, and there are people who wish to stop him from finding it.
