Blog Post•Dec 18, 2025

Top 10 Must-Watch Action Anime of 2025

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2025 is shaping up to be an incredible year for anime fans! From highly anticipated sequels to explosive new titles, the action genre is on fire. Here is our curated list of the top 10 action anime you absolutely cannot miss this year.

#1 Ore dake Level Up na Ken Season 2: Arise from the Shadow

🎬 Studio: A-1 Pictures | 📅 Aired: Jan 5, 2025 to Mar 30, 2025

Sung Jin-Woo, dubbed the weakest hunter of all mankind, grows stronger by the day with the supernatural powers he has gained. However, keeping his skills hidden becomes more difficult as dungeon-related incidents pile up around him.

When Jin-Woo and a few other low-ranked hunters are the only survi...

#2 Dandadan 2nd Season

🎬 Studio: Science SARU | 📅 Aired: Jul 4, 2025 to Sep 19, 2025

While the mission to exorcise Jin "Jiji" Enjouji's family home is underway, things are not going as expected. Momo Ayase narrowly evades an attempted abduction while Ken "Okarun" Takakura and Jiji are ambushed by the Kitou family—the unsettling landlords of the cursed estate. The trio's efforts thre...

#3 Sakamoto Days

🎬 Studio: TMS Entertainment | 📅 Aired: Jan 11, 2025 to Mar 22, 2025

The name Tarou Sakamoto once instilled fear in every villain. No other professional hitman matched his prowess, and fellow assassins revered him. However, Sakamoto fell in love. In five short years, he married, became a father, put on some weight, and traded his weapons for an apron as he became the...

#4 One Punch Man 3

🎬 Studio: J.C.Staff | 📅 Aired: Oct 12, 2025 to Dec 28, 2025

Third season of One Punch Man....

#5 Gachiakuta

🎬 Studio: Bones Film | 📅 Aired: Jul 6, 2025 to Dec 21, 2025

The inhabitants of a certain wealthy town think nothing of throwing objects away. However, their waste is priceless to Rudo, a resident of the town's slums. Despite the constant warnings from his adoptive father Regto, Rudo spends his days searching for reusable materials that would otherwise be sen...

#6 Kaijuu 8-gou 2nd Season

🎬 Studio: Production I.G | 📅 Aired: Jul 19, 2025 to Sep 27, 2025

Following the massive operation that led to the confinement of recent recruit Kafka Hibino, otherwise known as Kaijuu No. 8, the Defense Force has been puzzled by how to deal with him. Kafka is the first kaijuu to side with humans, and after careful consideration, he is eventually transferred to the...

#7 Chainsaw Man Movie: Reze-hen

🎬 Studio: MAPPA | 📅 Aired: Sep 19, 2025

Sequel to Chainsaw Man....

#8 Kimetsu no Yaiba Movie 1: Mugenjou-hen - Akaza Sairai

🎬 Studio: ufotable | 📅 Aired: Jul 18, 2025

First anime movie of the trilogy adaptation of the Infinity Castle Arc....

#9 Enen no Shouboutai: San no Shou

🎬 Studio: David Production | 📅 Aired: Apr 5, 2025 to Jun 21, 2025

After undergoing Benimaru Shinmon's hellish training, Shinra Kusakabe and Arthur Boyle return to Special Fire Force Company 8. However, there is no time to rest: Captain Akitaru Oubi is arrested by the military police under the influence of the White-Clad cult. Moreover, the White-Clad member Haumea...

#10 Spy x Family Season 3

🎬 Studio: Wit Studio | 📅 Aired: Oct 4, 2025 to Dec 27, 2025

Despite occasional setbacks, Operation Strix has remained on track to extract sensitive information from the enigmatic politician Donovan Desmond. To this end, spy Loid Forger has managed to maintain his pretend family consisting of his telepathic daughter, Anya; assassin wife, Yor; and their clairv...

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That wraps up our top 10 list! Which of these are you most excited to watch? Let us know in the comments below!

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