Sony announced its Crunchyroll streaming service will offer 20 anime series free with ads for Ani-May 2025 starting on May 1, 2025. As usual, this means people can head to the official site and watch shows that normally require a subscription. This will happen alongside additions to the Crunchyroll Game Vault and new physical anime releases. There are also typically sales on its official storefront during this event.

This year, the free Ani-May 2025 anime series on Crunchyroll involve a mix of both old and new shows. However, it’s important to note that it doesn’t always mean the whole series is available. For example, seasons 1 and 2 of Solo Leveling are streaming on the service, but only the first one is part of this promotion.

Here’s the full list of all the shows we can watch for free with ads on Crunchyroll in May 2025.

• The Apothecary Diaries- season 1 will be available.
• Black Clover - seasons 1-4 will be available.
• Chainsaw Man
• Cowboy Bebop
• Demon Slayer - the complete anime series will be available, but not movies.
• Fruits Basket - seasons 1-3 will be available.
• Haikyu - seasons 1-4 will be available.
• Heaven Official’s Blessing
• Hell’s Paradise 
• Jujutsu Kaisen - seasons 1-2 will be available, but not Jujutsu Kaisen 0.
• Junji Ito Collection
• Kaiju No 8
• My Hero Academia - seasons 1-7 will be available, but the movies will not.
• Overlord - seasons 1-4 will be available, but not the movies.
• Shangri-La Frontier - seasons 1-2 will be available.
• Solo Leveling - season 1 will be available.
• Soul Eater 
• Spy x Family - seasons 1 and 2 will be available, but not the movie.
• Toilet-bound Hanako-kun - seasons 1 and 2 will be available.
• Tokyo Ghoul - seasons 1-3 will be available.

We also know three physical releases that will before and during Ani-May 2025. Things start on April 30, 2025. That’s when Crunchyroll will sell Goblin Slayer season 1 and Paranoia Agent. In both cases, they’ll be Blu-ray releases with Steelbook cases. Those show up on April 30, 2025. On May 15, 2025, the Frieren season 1 part 2 Blu-ray set will debut.

The 20 Crunchyroll Ani-May 2025 anime series will be available to watch for free with ads between May 1-31, 2025. 

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Crunchyroll and Square Enix announced that Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth, the first entry in the JRPG series, will the Crunchyroll Game Vault for Mega Fan and Ultimate Fan subscription tiers on April 30, 2025. It is the first game appearing in honor of the company’s annual Ani-May celebrations. It will be followed by five other games. 

In Valkryie Profile, Odin and Freya wake a valkyrie to gather Einherjar, newly departed humans, to fight as warriors in Ragnarok. Each chapter gives you a limited number of time to see stories and go through dungeons to find allies, and you must send people who meet Odin’s requests each time. Depending on our actions, we learn more about the situation and Lenneth herself, earning different endings. This is the first of four games in the series, which first showed up on the PlayStation, and this version of the title is based on the updated PSP release that also launched on other platforms.

Here’s the trailer for the announcement.

While we know the exact day Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth will the Crunchyroll Game Vault, the other five games don’t have exact release dates yet. The company only noted they’ll appear between May 2025 and June 2025. Here’s the full list of other games:

• Corpse Party
• Grisaia: Phantom Trigger Volume 1
• Shin Chan: Shiro and the Coal Town
• Shogun Showdown
• White Day

Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth is available on the PSP, PS4, PS5, and mobile devices, and it will be part of the Crunchyroll Game Vault starting on April 30, 2025. 

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There are new details about Dan Da Dan season 2, as GKids released a trailer ahead of the debut in movie theaters. In the US and Canada, we’ll get to see the show first on June 6, 2025, ahead of it streaming on services like Crunchyroll on July 3, 2025. 

First, there’s the one and a half minute trailer for Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye, which is the name the first three season 2 episodes are being released under when those show up in movie theaters. The video begins with the yokai Evil Eye, the antagonist of this latest arc, announcing his intentions to assault humanity now that he found a body. However, Okarun is there and takes on the Turbo Granny form to fight back. From there, we get a hint at some of the fights Momo and Okarun face at the start of the new season.

Here’s the latest trailer: 

We don’t just know the theatrical debut dates for North America. The official English social media covered four different regions. The earliest episodes will appear is on May 30, 2025, as that’s when it will show up in countries in Asia. On June 6, 2025, it will show up in North America and Australia. The European debut is a day later on June 7, 2025. 

Coincidentally, June also happens to be when the next volume of the Dan Da Dan manga will appear in English. Viz Media announced that volume 13 will launch on June 3 2025. Previously, volume 12 debuted on April 1, 2025. 

Dan Da Dan season 2 will start on July 3, 2025, though the first three episodes will appear as Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye in movie theaters in North America on June 6, 2025. The manga is released outside Japan by Viz Media.

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Release any anime from Key or Jun Maeda (Angel Beats, Charlotte, Clannad, etc) and I will be there. So once I found that the popular visual novel Summer Pockets was getting an anime adaptation during this Spring 2025 season, I had to give it a go. Early on, Summer Pockets is endearing in how relaxing and peaceful its setting is.

The story is quite simple in Summer Pockets: Takahara Hairi is a young man that travels to the island Torishirojima to stay with an aunt and help with the aftermath of his late grandmother’s ing. At the same time, the story quickly hints that Hairi is running away from some sort of recent unfortunate event, possibly related to the swim team he was part of.

The first episode of Summer Pockets is pretty darn slow, and not a lot happens at all. Normally, this would be a detriment to a series. However, Key and animation studio Feel happen to make this work in the series’ favor, at least to start. This is because few other anime series handle immersion and atmosphere as well as this one.

The island of Torishirojima is absolutely gorgeous to look at. Every inch of the island is so bright, cheerful, and full of vibrant colors. The stunningly blue ocean is frequently in the background of scenes, with the warm aesthetic giving off such a strong summery vibe. It also helps that the soundtrack is noticeably great as well.

Unlike a lot of anime series that feature forgettable soundtracks or far too many moments without songs, it feels like Summer Pockets constantly has music going in the background. Even an early montage of Hairi exploring the island felt so alive and grabbed my attention because of the high-quality music that accompanied it.

At the core of the series, though, is Hairi’s relationship with the girls that he meets on the island. You only get a tiny glimpse of this in the first episode, so it is hard to say how the romance will go here. This is especially interesting to see since the original visual novel has multiple routes focusing on each girl.

That said, Hairi’s few interactions with the main characters are adorable and fun. I even enjoyed his little moments meeting and getting to know his aunt. She also happens to be up there already for an early pick for one of my favorite female anime characters in 2025.

Few anime this season have the setting like Summer Pockets. This is even seen in a scene where Hairi’s aunt sends him to eat dinner at a local restaurant. This goofy moment has only him and the cook in the restaurant, which throws off the urban boy. These scenes do such a great job at building out the world and reminding me of my own time living in Japan in the past.

At the same time, the heavy summer vibe also has me wanting to lay at the beach all day. It is for this reason that I actually really wanted to take a nap after watching the first episode of Summer Pockets. This may sound bad at first, but it actually isn’t. Instead of boring me, this series managed to relax me with nostalgic summer vibes to the point where I wanted to just take a peaceful nap.

If the first episode is anything to go by, Key is back once more with its anime adaptation of Summer Pockets. If you like series like Kanon and Air, you will find yourself right at home here. The detailed atmosphere of Torishirojima is one of the most relaxing you will ever find in anime and it has me hooked enough to see how the romance there plays out between the main character and his love interests.

Summer Pockets is streaming right now on Crunchyroll. You can also purchase the visual novel on PC via Steam.

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Some of my favorite anime series are ones that follow an episodic structure, where almost every new episode follows a new smaller storyline for the main characters. Once Upon a Witch’s Death slots nicely into this episodic structure and is at its best when it focuses on those smaller, more serious storylines rather than its comedic moments.

The story of this Spring 2025 anime series follows Meg, a young witch that finds out on her birthday that she will die in a year’s time due to a curse. In order to reverse the curse and continue living in a year, she must gather a thousand pure tears of joy from people. This pretty much nets out to just under three tears per day for the next year.

The premise alone is a pretty serious one, dealing with the inevitability of death. That said, it does take a bit before Once Upon a Witch’s Death fully realizes the potential of this story. Instead, it spends more than half of the first episode dealing with the comedic moments between Meg Raspberry, her friends, and her witch master who raised her.

These more comedic moments of Meg flirting or joking with characters and vice versa fall a bit flat. This show isn’t the strongest when it comes to witty jokes or writing, so these sequences often feel like they're padding out the time before the good stuff. Of course, that good stuff is the numerous storylines that Meg deals with on a daily basis.

In the first episode alone, Meg helps a young girl and her father with the mother of the family that is asleep. This leads to a magical and emotional sequence of events that is just tragic enough without being overwhelming. it even gets better in the second episode when we see Meg deal with a couple of these serious instances back-to-back.

The end of the second episode of Once Upon a Witch’s Death, in particular, is a standout sequence. It deals with grief, dying, and moving on in some powerful ways. But the best part of all of it is the writers for the anime series know when to not be too heavy-handed. As you might know yourself, anime is often a bit too forceful in its tragedy and heart-breaking scenes.

Thankfully, Once Upon a Witch’s Death navigates these sadder moments beautifully. These scenes are short, sweet, and to the point without wallowing too much in the depressing side. In fact, I greatly appreciate that Meg’s entire purpose is to get tears of joy. Most surprisingly, these tears often come out of otherwise saddening experiences. These episodes act as great coming-of-age lessons about finding the positive in the midst of the negative.

The production quality of the series is decent enough to help with the story. I will say that the animation quality is a bit behind most other similarly serious episodic series out there. Think of the greats like Violet Evergarden, Death Parade, and more. Unfortunately, Once Upon a Witch’s Death tends to have animation that is more akin to a typical fantasy or isekai series.

That said, don’t let the animation and its lackluster attempts at times at funny writing fool you. This show is well worth a watch for the Spring 2025 season if you want something a bit more serious with an equally emotional opening song. Once Upon a Witch’s Death is at its best when it focuses on the episodic, often tearjerker mini-storylines. If you’re into anime that smartly navigates these tough topics with solid pacing, you’ll like enjoy this one.

Once Upon a Witch’s Death is streaming right now on Crunchyroll.

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The Shiunji Family Children has one of the strongest starts to a new anime series in the Spring 2025 season. This romantic comedy series follows a group of seven siblings that live in a prestigious family and their complicated relationships with one another. So far, it feels like The Quintessential Quintuplets, but possibly even better.

I will note right off the bat that the first episode of The Shiunji Family Children certainly feels like some interfamily romantic relationship mess, if you know what I mean. This part is a bit off-putting, but I do recommend sticking through for the twist that happens towards the end of the first episode.

While it doesn’t alleviate some of the potential allegations against the premise of this show, it does help just a tad bit. That said, if you don’t like the idea of hints of sibling romance, you should probably steer clear from this. If you can stomach it, though, the romance and comedy here are some of the finest I have seen this season.

Part of this comes from the characters themselves. Right off the bat, the seven sibling of the Shiunji Family already feel more fully realized and distinct than even the five sisters in The Quintessential Quintuplets. Part of this comes from the fact that each of the main five sisters in this new series actually have truly individual appearances.

They all have different hair colors, personalities, and unique traits that immediately make them memorable, instead of looking too close to one another. There are a couple of girls that feel too similar to the show that may or may not have inspired this new one, including Miku and Yotsuba copycats. However, the rest of the girls are much more distinct and give off original vibes. For example, you can see this in the charmingly outgoing Ouka and the quieter and more mysterious Seiha.

However, the story in The Shiunji Family Children isn’t just about the girls. There are two boys in the mix, including the protagonist and oldest male Arata. Arata is a way better protagonist than Futaro, looking more attractive, having a more well-rounded character, and showcasing a strong relationship with all of the other key characters.

This is where the true strength of The Shiunji Family Children lies. While it does appear to be a romantic comedy, it doesn’t miss out on the other aspects of the family. We get to see the two brothers, Arata and Shion, interact quite a bit. This goes for the sisters, too, who each have their own interactions with one another.

The animation matches with the quality of the characters and story as well. The Shiunji Family Children surprisingly has one of the sharpest and cleanest art styles out of any series this Spring 2025 season. The characters all look terrific in their designs. There is no copy-pasting here with the characters, as each person feels distinct and instantly memorable.

This is the type of series where you will likely have a favorite character right from the start. That said, not a ton happens in the first part of The Shiunji Family Children. If you like romantic comedies, I could see this series be better as a binge watch rather than week-to-week. Regardless, it has a pretty solid and strong start due to its characters that has me hoping and thinking it could be The Quintessential Quintuplets, but much better.

The Shiunji Family Children is streaming right now on Crunchyroll.

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It has been a bit since an isekai anime has captured my attention. You really have to stand out and do something unique in this genre to keep me around for long. The Beginning After the End, now streaming on Crunchyroll, attempts to offer a more palatable and rich take on series like Mushoku Tensei, but is far too slow at this point in time.

The story starts with a (literal) bang as the king of a technologically advanced world destroys a ton in the pursuit of dominance and conquest. This king seems like a brutal, lonely, and tragic character. It also just so happens that, however he es away, he reincarnates in an unfamiliar fantasy world as a baby with all of his memories intact.

The intro is an intriguing one to this story and I wish we got just a little bit more of the main character Arthur’s past life. Instead, the beginning of The Beginning After the End focuses more on his new life and the gradual aging process from infant to toddler. I do appreciate this more intimate style of seeing Arthur with his new parents and their relationships form.

In fact, I would go so far as to say his mother, Alice, is already up there for contention in the best moms in anime. She is a wonderful lady that cares for her son, has no qualms about getting down and dirty to do whatever it takes, and has one of the most affectionate personalities I’ve seen in anime.

Arthur’s father is a pretty solid character, too, but I do need to see more from him and his magical abilities. Beyond the crux of Arthur and his relationship with his parents, the first episode of The Beginning After the End also focuses on him trying to read books and learn more about the world and magic.

Through this, we get a lot of narration from his previous self’s voice actor. These lead to some humorous moments as his past inclinations of fighting to survive contrast with this relatively peaceful fantasy world. On the animation side, this isekai series is right in the middle of the pack for the genre.

It is far from the best animation style in the category, but it is also not even close to the awfulness I’ve seen from some of the lesser series. The world design is pretty forgettable, but I appreciate the characters. They have just enough detail and quality to already have some memorable appearances and designs.

Overall, though, I don’t know how to feel about The Beginning After the End. I will say you just can’t do so little in the first episode. Yeah, there is a bit of a cliffhanger at the end of the pilot, but it isn’t anything special. In fact, what happens at the end of the episode should’ve happened halfway through, instead.

That said, I won’t let the excruciatingly slow pacing stop me from continuing this series. The characters and mystery surrounding Arthur’s past life together have a lot of promise, so I do recommend it to isekai and fantasy anime fans. Plus, the opening and ending songs are spectacular, so that helps. But it just might be worth binging this one rather than watching weekly.

The Beginning After the End is streaming right now on Crunchyroll.

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If you have an extraordinarily popular anime and manga series like My Hero Academia, it is only inevitable you will get spin-off series that flesh out the world more. I have been waiting for years for My Hero Academia: Vigilantes to get its due as an anime series. While it is finally here, it doesn’t quite feel like a required watch for fans just yet.

The story of My Hero Academia: Vigilantes kicks off with the main character, Koichi, going about his business as a normal young adult. Koichi is your typical All Might fan that works at a knock-off Family Mart and gets beat up by thugs in alleys occasionally. The only notable part about Koichi is his moonlighting as the do-gooder Nice Guy.

Unfortunately for Koichi, his quirk isn’t too helpful for fighting bad guys. Koichi’s quirk just has him slide along the ground at the speed of a bicycle. His life changes, though, when him and an underground pop idol are saved one day by a vigilante that acts like the messy Batman version of All Might.

Together, three vigilantes decide to work together to investigate a new drug that is empowering villains in the town. This is the general gist of what happens in the first episode, which isn’t much. You get an introduction to the main characters and the battle they are going to fight in the series.

That said, I can’t help but feel like this is a “wait and see” type of anime right now. As of right now, there isn’t much to enjoy in the series. The main characters are fine, but nothing special. Koichi, in particular, is a mostly forgettable protagonist. He doesn’t quite have the standout (for better or worse) quirkless nature of someone like Deku, nor is he super heroic, either.

The same goes for the other two vigilantes he fights alongside. At the same time, the story is pretty lackluster at this point. It is barebones enough to get the point across, but isn’t exciting enough thus far. There is no notable drama or anything to get me to root for the main characters. It doesn’t help, either, that there aren’t any exciting or notable villains introduced just yet.

For me, the most notably disappointing part of the series yet is the animation. While not inherently bad by any means, it doesn’t look great, either. This could be because this is not from the primary animation team at Bones. That said, it doesn’t look any better at all than the very first season of the original MHA looked back in 2016.

I am aware this series gets much more serious and intriguing as the manga goes on. As such, I do expect this anime series to get better in due time. That said, it will likely take several episodes to get to that point. After all, it is just a bit too goofy and almost parody-like at this time to recommend to all fans of the original series.

My Hero Academia: Vigilantes feels like it is in the wait and binge watch category right now. I’m not sure I will watch it week-to-week myself. This is because the characters, story, and general animation are all able but nothing special right now. In the end, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes isn’t quite the required spin-off I would recommend to fans just yet, but that could change in the future.

My Hero Academia: Vigilantes is streaming right now on Crunchyroll.

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The English dub cast has been revealed for the first episode of My Hero Academia: Vigilantes. The news was revealed as the series released on Crunchyroll with a simultaneous English dub.

The English dub cast of My Hero Academia: Vigilantes consists of:

• Koichi – Jack Broadbent
• Knuckleduster – Jason Marnocha (Transformers: Combiner Wars, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)
• Pop Step – Macy Anne Johnson (Akudama Drive, Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie)
• Kugisaki – Joshua Waters (Death Battle, Honkai: Star Rail)
• Number 6 – Aaron Campbell (Chainsaw Man, One Piece)
• Tokage – Kamen Casey (Bluelock, Sing a Bit of Harmony)
• Tochi – Mike Smith (Sand Land, Mobile Suit Gundam Cucuruz Doan’s Island)
• Kugutsu – Dakota Farnsworth (I May Be a Guild Receptionist But I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time)

In addition, Justin Briner, Christopher Sabat, Dave Trosko and Christopher Wehkamp are reprising their roles as their characters from the original My Hero Academia anime.

The English adaptation of the anime was handled by Matthew Greenbaum and produced by Zach Bolton, who also did the voice direction. The original anime was directed by Kenichi Suzuki, featuring character designs by Takahiko Yoshida and music by Yuki Hayashi, Shogo Yamashira and Yuki Furuhashi. The first episode is available to view now via Crunchyroll.

My Hero Academia: Vigilantes is a spin-off of the original My Hero Academia manga. It ran in Jump GIGA and Shonen Jump+ from August 2016 to May 2022. It acts as a prequel to the main series. A trailer for the anime adaptation was released by Crunchyroll back in January 2025.

The first episode of My Hero Academia: Vigilantes is available to view now on Crunchyroll, with the English dub released simultaneously.

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The official English social media for the Chainsaw Man series announced that the The Movie: Reze Arc will release outside Japan in US theaters on October 29, 2025. It is part of the Sony and Crunchyroll CinemaCon 2025 announcements. This is just over a month after its Japanese debut on September 19, 2025. 

The official reveal included one of the piece of Japanese art shared for the new film. While the full name of the film is Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc, it is actually an adaptation of the Bomb Girl arc of the Public Safety Saga portion of the manga. This is the fifth part of that story and comes right after the halfway point of the series. As the name suggests, a newly introduced character named Reze is one of the most central characters in it. However, the latest key art only shows Denji as Chainsaw Man.

Here’s the latest image:

Sony’s announcement didn’t note when people can start reserving theater tickets in the US for the English release of Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc. We also don’t know if there will be a dubbed version available, or if it will only be shown with Japanese voice acting and English subtitles.

The first season of Chainsaw Man is streaming on Crunchyroll now. As for the manga, it’s currently in the Academy part of the story, and the Aging Devil arc recently finished. Viz Media handles its release outside of Japan, and volume 18 is due to debut on May 6, 2025. 

Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc will debut in Japan on September 19, 2025, and it will appear in US theaters in English on October 29, 2025. 

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Crunchyroll announced three more games are part of the Crunchyroll Game Vault for subscribers, and one of them is the renowned visual novel The House in Fata Morgana. It is available to anyone with a $11.99 monthly Mega Fan or $15.99 monthly Ultimate Fan .

The House in Fata Morgana is one of three mobile games now in the Crunchyroll Game Vault, with all of them marking mobile debuts of the titles. In addition to the visual novel, which follows stories over multiple time periods and deals with themes like trauma and launch, there is the action-RPG with farming elements Kitaria Fables and the matching puzzle game Magical Drop VI. All three can be accessed with the top two subscription tiers and are among the 50 games available. 

Here’s a trailer showing how The House in Fata Morgana will look on a mobile device:

This is what it will look like to play Kitaria Fables:

Finally, here’s Crunchyroll’s trailer for Magical Drop VI:

This comes after a notable drop that added a major action-RPG series and the first otome title in the Crunchyroll Game Vault. Earlier in March 2025, Destiny's Princess: A War Story, A Love Story, Ys Chronicles I, and Ys Chronicles II appeared.

The Crunchyroll Game Vault has been open since November 2023 and now includes 50 games.

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As part of the Anime Japan 2025 announcements, Toho and Bones Film announced the final season 8 of My Hero Academia, and Crunchyroll confirmed it will be streaming on the service. It will air starting in October 2025 as part of the fall season. This will be simulcast, as usual. The previous seven seasons are already on Crunchyroll, as are two of the movies.

The eighth season of My Hero Academia will cover the end of the manga. As such, this means the final showdowns between many heroes and villains. Bones Film will be the studio behind it. Toho also confirmed that staff will return for it. The ones mentioned in the announcement are Chief Director Kenji Nagasaki and Character Designers Yoshihiko Umakoshi and Hitomi Odashima.

The first trailer is now live, and you can see it below:

While there is some time before this final season of the anime, more My Hero Academia is on the way. The Vigilantes spin-off will be a part of the Spring 2025 season. Crunchyroll already confirmed we’ll be able to watch it there.

The final season 8 of the My Hero Academia anime will air in October 2025, and it will be streaming on Crunchyroll. Past seasons and movies are on the service. The manga is available via Viz Media.

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Studio Orange finally shared an update on the Trigun Stargaze anime, the series that will follow the Trigun Stampede reboot, and it involves a tentative release window. We won’t see the new show until 2026. However, the studio and Crunchyroll already both confirmed that the show will be streaming on the service, just like its predecessor.

The announcement included a few other details. For example, there’s new key art from Kiyotaka Oshiyama. We also know Kazuyuki Fudeyasu will write its scripts, Kouji Tajima is the character designer, and Masako Sato will direct it.

Here’s the new Trigun Stargaze key art:

While we were waiting for this latest anime news, a lot of merchandise appeared. Kotobukiya announced new figures based on this adaptation. In addition to one of Vash the Stampede, a Nicholas D. Wolfwood one is in the works. The last update on that from January 2025 involved Kotobukiya sharing an unpainted prototype. SuperGroupies also released a number of clothing items like wallets and coats based on characters from the series.

Trigun Stargaze will begin airing worldwide in 2026, with Crunchyroll handling streaming of the anime outside of Japan. Trigun Stampede is available now. Dark Horse Manga handled the manga. 

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Crunchyroll typically makes several new anime announcements as part of its lineup reveals for each season, and the Spring 2025 one is no different. The company shared the first batch of titles confirmed for the streaming service. While some are ones revealed earlier, like the third season of Fire Force, Black Butler season 5, One Piece, The Apothecary Diaries season 2, and the second season of Wind Breaker, there are also completely new reveals such as Witch Watch. The Guilty Gear Strive anime series will also appear on Crunchyroll in April 2025. 

First, here is the list of new episodes from existing seasons and confirmed runs that we’ll continue to see in the Crunchyroll Spring 2025 anime lineup. These basically keep airing without any interruption. So you don’t need to worry about tuning in on specific dates. We can keep watching as usual.

• The Apothecary Diaries season 2
• Case Closed (Detective Conan)
• I Left My A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths
• You and Idol Precure

As for the new shows, new seasons, or ones coming off of hiatus, here are the other anime series and adaptations debuting when the new season “starts” on March 30, 2025.

• March 30, 2025: 
  • The Unaware Atelier Meister (English dub confirmed)
• April 1, 2025: 
  • Catch Me at the Ballpark (English dub confirmed)
  • Once Upon a Witch’s Death (English dub confirmed)
• April 2, 2025: 
  • The Beginning After the End (English dub confirmed)
  • Please Put Them, Takamine-san (English dub confirmed)
  • The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiance and Sold to Another Kingdom 
• April 3, 2025: 
  • The Brilliant Healer’s New Life in the Shadows (English dub confirmed)
  • Wind Breaker season 2 (English dub confirmed)
• April 4, 2025: 
  • Bye Bye, Earth (English dub confirmed)
  • Can a Boy-Girl Friendship Survive?
  • Fire Force season 3 (English dub confirmed)
• April 5, 2025: 
  • Anne Shirley (English dub confirmed)
  • Black Butler season 5 Emerald Witch Arc (English dub confirmed)
  • Classic Stars
  • Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers
  • I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire
  • I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Max Out My Level season 2 (English dub confirmed)
  • Shoshimin: How to Become Ordinary
  • To Be Hero X (English dub confirmed)
• April 6, 2025: 
  • The Gorilla God’s Go-To Girl (English dub confirmed)
  • One Piece 
  • Witch Watch (English dub confirmed)
• April 7, 2025: 
  • #Com 2.0 Animation Project
  • My Hero Academia: Vigilantes (English dub confirmed)
  • Summer Pockets
  • ZetsuTabi: That’s Journey (English dub confirmed)
• April 8, 2025: 
  • The Shiunji Family Children (English dub confirmed)
• April 10, 2025:
  • A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof (English dub confirmed)
  • Our Last Crusade of the Rise of a New World season 2 (English dub confirmed)
• April 11, 2025: 
  • Teogonia (English dub confirmed)
• April 12, 2025: 
  • Food for the Soul
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The Crunchyroll new Spring 2025 anime lineup begins on March 30, 2025 with The Unaware Atelier Meister.

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Three games are being added to the Crunchyroll Game Vault library this month, including the services first otome title. Alongside the first otome game, Crunchyroll is also adding two Ys games to its gaming library. All three games will be available on both iOS and Android devices.

Destiny’s Princess: A War Story, A Love Story is the first otome game to be added to Crunchyroll’s gaming library, and it’s the first time that the game has been made available on mobile. It tells the story of a princess who has to learn how to fight in order to save her kingdom, and who encounters five handsome bachelors along the way.

Ys I Chronicles is also available right now on Crunchyroll, and is the updated version of the first game in the long running series of Ys RPGs. The second game, Ys II Chronicles, will also be ing the Crunchyroll Game Vault library later in the month.

Here are the three games coming to Crunchyroll Game Vault in March 2025:

• Destiny’s Princess: A War Story, A Love Story – out now
• Ys I Chronicles – out now
• Ys II Chronicles – late March

The Crunchyroll Game Vault is included with your Crunchyroll Mega and Ultimate Fan subscriptions, and includes almost 50 games playable on iOS and Android. 

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