The Winter 2025 Anime Preview Guide

Welcome to Anime News Network's Winter 2025 Anime Preview Guide! Here's how it goes: our team of critics writes up their impressions instantly, to be posted here as they go along. Each critic will cover as many shows as they can handle, giving you alternate takes on almost every show.

The guide is ongoing, organized by series, and updated multiple times a day. Throughout the next two weeks, we'll be updating as often as possible with new perspectives on new episodes from our team of critics. New reviews will be posted as soon as they're written, with each critic's name being added to the roster beneath the show's title. Check back a couple of times every day during the guide, and you're likely to see new shows pop up with multiple takes to enjoy!

Please remember that this is a preview guide. It is designed to give you a taste of the first episode of a show with a preliminary opinion and a few thoughts on whether or not the show has potential. These are not intended to be blanket judgments of these series as a whole. All reviews use the same rating scale: 1-5, with 1 being the lowest.

The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You Season 2 Christopher Farris, Kevin Cormack MrAJCosplay, Jairus Taylor	The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis, Caitlin Moore	Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc Season 2 Kennedy
Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun Season 2 Rebecca Silverman, Kennedy Kevin Cormack	I Left My A-Rank Party Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis	Baban Baban Ban Vampire Rebecca Silverman, Caitlin Moore, James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis
Sakamoto Days Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Caitlin Moore, Richard Eisenbeis	Farmagia Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis, Caitlin Moore	I May Be a Guild Receptionist Rebecca Silverman, Richard Eisenbeis, James Beckett
Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf! Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis	The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 Rebecca Silverman, Kennedy, Jairus Taylor, Caitlin Moore	Übel Blatt Rebecca Silverman, Richard Eisenbeis, James Beckett, Caitlin Moore
Aquarion: Myth of Emotions Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett	The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World Rebecca Silverman, Caitlin Moore, James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis	Even Given the Worthless "Appraiser" Class, I'm Actually the Strongest Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett Richard Eisenbeis, Caitlin Moore
Dr. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE Richard Eisenbeis, Lauren Orsini MrAJCosplay	From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated! Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis, Caitlin Moore	Magic Maker: How to Make Magic in Another World Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett Richard Eisenbeis, Caitlin Moore
Ishura Season 2 Jairus Taylor, Jeremy Tauber Kevin Cormack	Honey Lemon Soda Rebecca Silverman, Richard Eisenbeis Caitlin Moore, James Beckett	FLOWER AND ASURA Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett Richard Eisenbeis
Unnamed Memory Act.2 Rebecca Silverman, Jeremy Tauber	I'm a Noble on the Brink of Ruin, So I Might as Well Try Mastering Magic Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Caitlin Moore, Richard Eisenbeis	Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You. Richard Eisenbeis, Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Caitlin Moore
My Happy Marriage Season 2 Rebecca Silverman, Kennedy, Jairus Taylor	Promise of Wizard Rebecca Silverman, Richard Eisenbeis, James Beckett	Medaka Kuroiwa Is Impervious to My Charms Rebecca Silverman, Richard Eisenbeis, Caitlin Moore, James Beckett
Blue Exorcist: The Blue Night Saga Andrew Osmond	ZENSHU Rebecca Silverman, Richard Eisenbeis, Caitlin Moore, James Beckett	I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis, Caitlin Moore
Medalist Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Caitlin Moore, Richard Eisenbeis	OKITSURA Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Caitlin Moore, Richard Eisenbeis	I'm Living with an Otaku NEET Kunoichi!? Rebecca Silverman, Caitlin Moore, James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis
Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- Kevin Cormack, Jeremy Tauber, Richard Eisenbeis, James Beckett	Sorairo Utility Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Caitlin Moore, Richard Eisenbeis	I'm Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Caitlin Moore, Richard Eisenbeis
Tasokare Hotel Richard Eisenbeis, Rebecca Silverman, Caitlin Moore, James Beckett	Ave Mujica - The Die is Cast - Christopher Farris, Kennedy, Steve Jones	Momentary Lily James Beckett, Rebecca Silverman, Richard Eisenbeis, Caitlin Moore
Beheneko: The Elf-Girl's Cat is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster! Rebecca Silverman, Richard Eisenbeis, Caitlin Moore, James Beckett	Bogus Skill ((fruitmaster)) Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Caitlin Moore, Richard Eisenbeis	Grisaia: Phantom Trigger The Animation Kennedy, James Beckett
Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four! Rebecca Silverman, Caitlin Moore, James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis	Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time Rebecca Silverman, Caitlin Moore, James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis	Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Caitlin Moore, Richard Eisenbeis