2025 Best Anime Guide: What’s Hot Now and Coming in Summer
The 2025 Anime You Should Be Watching and Getting Hyped For
Look, we get it. Life is short, your backlog is long, and seasonal anime hits faster than a shonen protagonist in a rage fit.
That’s why we’ve done the work for you and slapped together this beautifully chaotic guide to Spring 2025 anime that’s currently poppin’ off, plus a sneak peek at what Summer 2025 has locked and loaded.
Whether you’re into overpowered reincarnations, sweaty swordfights, or vampire vibes, this list is for the degenerates, diehards, and day-one weebs alike.
Spring 2025: Anime You Should Be Watching Right Now
Fire Force Season 3
Status: On fire (literally)
Watch it on: Crunchyroll
The final season of Fire Force pulled up in April 2025 with part one of a two-part inferno. And holy hell, episode 6 slapped so hard it might’ve scorched your eyebrows off — Shinra vs. Captain Burns gave us a fight that felt like David Production called in Studio God.
Image Source: Fire Force | David Production | Crunchyroll
But let’s not pretend it’s all sunshine and fireballs. Some episodes are dragging harder than a filler arc, and fan service keeps popping up like a mosquito in your face at 2 a.m. Still, the flames are high, the stakes are higher, and if they stick the landing in Part 2 (January 2026), we’ll forgive the pacing sins.
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes
Status: The side story stealing the show
Watch it on: Crunchyroll
MHA’s been on life support for a bit now, but Vigilantes just resuscitated the franchise with a lightning bolt to the chest. This spin-off follows Koichi, a dude who’s basically a broke-ass Spider-Man with no license but all the heart.
Image Source: Koei Tecmo
Less classroom lectures, more street justice. If mainline MHA has felt like detention lately, Vigilantes is the rebellious, cooler cousin lighting fireworks in the school parking lot.
The Beginning After the End
Status: Reincarnated royalty with a mana-fueled vendetta
Watch it on: Crunchyroll
If you thought Mushoku Tensei had the reincarnation game on lock, The Beginning After the End said “hold my mana potion.” King Grey gets reborn as baby Arthur, and this overpowered prodigy is slicing through magical academia like it owes him money.
Image Source: The Beginning After the End | Studio A-CAT | Crunchyroll
Based on the hit web novel, this one’s all about growth, grit, and magical flexing — basically the anime version of your power fantasy when you’re doomscrolling your ex’s stories at 2 a.m.
From Country Bumpkin to God-Tier Swordsman
Status: Peak dad energy with murder moves
Watch it on: Amazon Prime Video
Middle-aged swordsman from the countryside suddenly becomes the baddest blade on the block. It’s like John Wick if he traded the gun for a katana and stopped for tea breaks. This is fantasy with less teen angst and more “get off my lawn” energy.
Image Source: From Country Bumpkin to God-Tier Swordsman | Passione and Hayabusa Film
It’s weird, it’s kinda wholesome, and it goes hard when the swords start swinging. Think of it as the anime equivalent of your dad discovering creatine and YouTube shorts.
SUMMER 2025: Anime That’s About to Ruin Your Social Life
Kaiju No. 8 – Season 2
Starts: July 2025
Watch it on: Crunchyroll
Big monsters. Bigger vibes. Kaiju No. 8 came out swinging in its first season, and Season 2 looks ready to dropkick your expectations into the sun. Kafka Hibino’s glow-up from midlife crisis janitor to certified kaiju smasher continues, and we’re so here for it.
Image Source: Kaiju No. 8 | Studio Trigger | Production I.G. | Crunchyroll
Expect more brutal fights, more body horror transformations, and possibly more trauma. Bring snacks.
The Rising of the Shield Hero – Season 4
Starts: July 2025
Watch it on: Crunchyroll
Naofumi’s back, and hopefully this time he’s bringing the same energy as Season 1 and not whatever the hell happened in Season 2. Word is, we’re diving deeper into the multiverse-style lore and bigger baddies — and yes, Raphtalia is still best girl. Argue with a wall.
Image Source: Rising of the Shield Hero | Kinema Citrus | Crunchyroll
If this season finally gives us some real progression and stakes, it might just claw its way back into isekai royalty.
Dan Da Dan – Season 2
Starts: July 2025
Watch it on: Crunchyroll
One of the weirdest, wildest supernatural anime out there returns with more aliens, ghosts, and chaotic horniness. We’re talking cursed houses, evil eyes, and literal kaiju drama — it’s like Mob Psycho 100 and Chainsaw Man had a baby and raised it on soda and fan theories.
Image Source: Dan Da Dan | Science SARU
Dan Da Dan Season 2 is going to be a rollercoaster with zero safety rails in the best way possible. Buckle up.
Call of the Night – Season 2
Starts: July 2025
Watch it on: HIDIVE
Ko and Nazuna are back to make you question your entire sleep schedule again. Expect more dreamy cityscapes, lo-fi bops, and subtle emotional gut-punches. Call of the Night is the vibe-heavy, slightly existential, totally stylish vampire show you never knew you needed more of.
Image Source: Call of the Night | Liden Films
It’s quiet. It’s sexy. It’s got teeth. Bazinga.
The Summer Hikaru Died
Starts: July 2025
Watch it on: Netflix
Psychological horror in the summer? Absolutely. This one’s about two boys, a deep bond, and one very cursed entity pretending to be your best friend. It’s slow-burn dread, creepy doppelgänger vibes, and emotional horror that punches you in the chest.
Image Source: The Summer Hikaru Died | Netflix
Expect anxiety. Expect sadness. Expect to stare at your ceiling afterward wondering what’s real.
Anime Is Stacked in 2025
Spring 2025 hit like a surprise boss battle — a little chaotic, a little broken, but absolutely entertaining. And Summer? It’s about to go full supernova with monster fights, mind games, and the kind of plot twists that’ll have Reddit theories spinning in 4K.
If you’re not caught up or planning your summer watchlist already, what are you even doing?
Stay glued to reportafk.com — we’re watching the trends, flaming the mid, and hyping the bangers. Until next time, stay based, stay binging, and remember: anime never sleeps, so why should you?
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