"The runaway box-office success of movies like Demon Slayer and Chainsaw Man may have been the splashiest anime story of 2025, but arguably, those films owe their returns entirely to the hype behind anime television. Both films dragged a rabid fandom to the cinema to catch the next "canonical" installments of their respective franchises. Though demon-killing shonen action ruled the silver screen (not to exclude films like 100 Meters and The Last Blossom), the smaller screen proved an embarrassment of riches across genres and tones"
"The production from studio Bones is as finely tuned as ever, having found new ways throughout the show to blend Western comic-book traditions with manga artist Kohei Horikoshi's maximalist design. All the while, some genuinely hair-raising battles are boosted by a great soundtrack from Yuki Hayashi. This season threads the needle on what the show does best: stories of imperfect (and, in some cases, just terrible) people reckoning with how to fix the things they've broken."
Televised anime hype propelled blockbuster films such as Demon Slayer and Chainsaw Man to massive box-office returns, drawing devoted fandoms to cinemas for canonical installments. The year offered a rich array of television anime across genres, from medical mysteries in a royal court to eldritch horror set in the countryside. My Hero Academia delivered a strong final season with studio Bones blending Western comic-book traditions and Kohei Horikoshi's maximalist design, supported by Yuki Hayashi's soundtrack. The season emphasizes imperfect characters confronting consequences, presenting tragic figures and redemptive arcs during a climactic battle against All For One and Tomura Shigaraki.
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