2025 in is starting off strong with a handful of great new anime. But we have to give it to all the new adult caste anime that are debuting this winter season. I’ve been hoping to see more anime with adult main characters so 2025 is already starting off on a good note. So, I can’t wait to snuggle up and watch some of these this week.
I will be releasing a video version on YouTube later this week.😉
I’m Living with an Otaku NEET Kunoichi!?
- Genre: Comedy Ecchi Romance
- Released: Jan. 5, 2025
- Streaming: Hidive
In order to protect an ordinary businessman, Tsukasa Atsumi, from demons, a genius kunoichi, Shizuri Ideura, signs a master-servant contract with him on the condition that she stays with him. Despite her cool appearance of defeating demons, Shizuri is an otaku NEET who spends all her time playing video games. While Shizuri is spoiled by Tsukasa and leads a lazy cohabitation life, the quirky Kunoichi gather together… A romantic comedy about living together with a genius Kunoichi who is an otaku and a NEET!
ZENSHU
- Genre: Comedy, Romance, Work Life
- Released: Jan. 5, 2025
- Streaming: Crunchyroll
After graduating from high school, Natsuko Hirose starts her career as an animator. Her talent quickly flourishes, and she makes her debut as a director in no time. Her first anime becomes a massive hit, sparking a social phenomenon and earning her recognition as an up-and-coming genius director. Her next project is set to be a romantic comedy movie themed around first love! However, having never been in love herself, Natsuko struggles to understand the concept of first love, and as a result, she’s unable to create the storyboard, causing the movie production to come to a standstill.
SAKAMOTO DAYS
- Genre: Assasins, Action, Comedy
- Released: Jan. 11, 2025
- Streaming: Netflix
When Sakamoto meets Aoi, the convenience store clerk, it’s love at first sight — and just like that, he retires.
Sakamoto gets married, has a daughter, opens a mom-and-pop store in a quiet town, and completely transforms … into a plus-size man. To ensure a peaceful life with his beloved family, the legendary ex–hit man bands together with comrades to face off against the looming threat of assassins.
From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad’s Been Reincarnated!
- Genre: Fantasy, Villianess, Isekai
- Released: Jan. 10, 2025
- Streaming: HiDive
After a traffic accident, 52-year-old civil servant Kenzaburou Tondabayashi awakens to find he’s become Grace Auvergne, a duke’s daughter, and more importantly the villainess of an otome game. Not wanting to get in the way of the happy endings of the young characters around him, Grace sets out to play the role of the villain, but whether it’s due to Kenzaburou’s memories of being an affectionate parent getting in the way or not being able to remember those pesky foreign names properly, it ends up being a lot harder than it looks…
I Have a Crush at Work
- Genre: Comedy, Romance, Slice of Life
- Released: Jan. 6, 2025
- Streaming: *Yet to announce it’s U.S streaming service
Yui Mitsuya and Masugu Tateishi aren’t just any coworkers-they totally have the hots for each other. His helpful yet humble attitude makes her giddy, and her cuteness leaves him grinning like a fool. Problem is, they’re trying to keep their new relationship under wraps to avoid making things awkward at work. But seeing how they can’t keep their hands off each other, they run the risk of spilling their little secret with each passing day at the office.
I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time
- Genre: Adventure, Comedy
- Released: Jan. 11, 2025
- Streaming: Crunchyroll
Alina Clover signed up to be a receptionist for the Adventurers Guild thinking it would be her ticket to the good life—stable pay, regular hours, and safe workplace conditions. Unfortunately, her dream gig turns into a nightmare of endless paper work and overtime whenever the adventurers she helps coordinate get stuck clearing a dungeon. But people aren’t made to grind forever, so Alina sneaks off at night to give the monsters holding things up a beatdown, courtesy of her massive war hammer. Keeping this all under wraps to avoid violating her office’s ban on second jobs is difficult, especially when the tales of her exploits start to spread, but Alina somehow manages to keep her identity safe…until the leader of the strongest party in the guild catches her defeating a boss one fateful night! Does Alina have what it takes to stop her life from going topsy-turvy?!
Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
- Genre: Mystery, Slice of Life
- Released: Jan. 2, 2025
- Streaming: Crunchyroll
Ten’ikai General Hospital’s Supervisory Department of Diagnostic Pathology handles cases other physicians deem too difficult to treat. It’s also where bizarre mysteries surface, from unexplained illnesses to strange murders even the police can’t solve. At the center of it all is Takao Ameku, a brilliant doctor determined to reveal the shocking truth behind these anomalies.
I’m a Noble on the Brink of Ruin, So I Might as Well Try Mastering Magic
- Genre: Adventure, Isekai, Magic
- Released: Jan. 6, 2025
- Streaming: Crunchyroll
While innocently enjoying himself after work, one man’s life changes forever. He wakes in the body of Liam Hamilton, the youngest son of a noble house on the brink of collapse. Amid the chaos, Liam realizes he finally has time to learn and practice magic. Once he begins, it takes his life for an even bigger turn. Can Liam master magic and save his noble family? The aristocratic fantasy begins!
The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World
- Genre: Ecchi, Isekai, Fantasy
- Released: Jan. 9, 2025
- Streaming: Crunchyroll
Kenichi, a single man in his 40s, transmigrates to another world while foraging in the mountains, and he gets out of danger by using the special online shopping skill that he was given when he was transferred. With the buy-back function, he can cash in his otherworldly belongings and buy goods from modern Japan. When he started selling those items in the market, they quickly became popular and sold for a good price. He could have continued to grow his store, but Kenichi’s goal is to live a slow life. He is happy living self-sufficiently on the outskirts of town, but one after another, trouble arises. A middle-aged man’s mail-order life in another world begins now!
Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!
- Genre: Isekai, Comedy, Fantasy
- Released: Jan. 10, 2025
- Streaming: Crunchyroll
Ms. Elf is intrigued by Japanese culture?!
Working adult Kitase Kazuhiro’s hobby is sleeping. Ever since he was a child, he’s had exciting adventures in the mysterious other world he dreams about. One day, while exploring ancient ruins with an elf girl he befriended, he is unfortunately burned by the breath of a magic dragon he encounters.
When he awakens from his dream, an elf girl who shouldn’t be in his room is sleeping next to him…
*Not too sure if they are adults or older teens so I decided to seperate this one.
Promise of Wizard
- Genre: Magic, Isekai
- Released: Jan. 6, 2025
- Streaming: Crunchyroll
A world where wizards and humans coexist. There are five countries on the continent that is the center of the world, and their land patterns and personalities vary from country to country. In this world, a big moon floats in the sky, and people call it the “Great Calamity” that attacks the world by exerting its mighty power.
This is the story of the wizards who fight the Great Calamity.