by It’s been almost a month since the winter 2025 anime season started. As I continue watching, I’d like to introduce three trends I’ve roughly grasped (although they’re mostly about things other than the works).
What a pleasant surprise! Many works from the previous season will be broadcast for two consecutive seasons! Looking at the lineup for this season, sequels stand out.
In addition to the most popular works this season, The Apothecary Diaries and Happy Marriage,” the second season of Only I Level Up,”100 Girlfriends Who Love You,” and “Kinnikuman: The Perfect Superhuman Ancestor Arc” have also begun.
However, I want to pay more attention to the large number of consecutive two-season anime that continue from the previous season (fall 2024 season). First, the lineup is as follows. Ao no Hako”Ao no Miburo” Amagami-san Chi no Enmusubi”Shangri-La Frontier 2nd season” “Chi.
About the Movement of the Earth-‘, ‘Touhai: Underground Mahjong Touhai-,’ ‘Lord and Dog,’ ‘Dragon Ball Daima,’ ‘Trillion Game,’ ‘I Became a Teacher at a Yokai School!’, ‘Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story: Kyoto Disturbance’ ‘Blue Exorcist’ has also been broadcast for two consecutive seasons. However, the subtitle has changed from ‘Yuki no Hate-hen’ to ‘Shuuya-hen,’ and there are 15 works in total, including ‘ Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V: Fertility Goddess Arc’ and ‘ Re: Zero − Starting Life in Another World 3rd Season ‘, which are being released after a long hiatus, and the 16-episode ‘Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest Season 3’.
Just one year ago, from autumn 2023 to winter 2024, there were significant works such as ‘Furiren’s Funeral’ and ‘The Apothecary Diaries,’ but the only other works were ‘Ninja-nai! This increased from the previous nine works, including “Krypton Ninja Sakuya” and “Ragna Crimson.”
One-cour anime is often criticized for “ending as soon as it starts” and “the story tends to end halfway,” but for those people, the situation where sequels and anime can be watched for two consecutive courses is very welcome.
