Few anime events draw as much attention each year asAnime Expo. As the biggest anime convention in North America, it’s always home to exclusive first looks and announcements of upcoming projects big and small, and whether someone is there in person or simply following things on social media, everything that happens is guaranteed to draw out an incredible amount of hype.
Anime Expo is always filled with some of the biggest anime news of the year, and fortunately, 2025 was no exception. While many panels didn’t live up to the hype surrounding them, most notably the largely lacklusterOne-Punch ManandJujutsu Kaisenpanels, the rest of the convention more than made up for it, asAnime Expo 2025 had over a dozen major announcements and reveals that have already taken the community by storm. A few of those announcements were especially big, and overall, each one shows just how great the anime scene will be for the next few years.
GATE Officially Returns With Production From Studio M2
Gate
Gate, released in 2015, follows Japan Self-Defense Forces officer Youji Itami as he navigates a crisis when a mysterious portal opens in Tokyo, unleashing supernatural invaders. Assigned to lead a recon team into the “Special Region,” Itami aims to forge alliances and understand this enigmatic world.
Almost a decade following the finale of A-1 Pictures’GATE, it’s been revealed thatGATEwill be getting a new animebased on the sequel series,GATE 2. The series isn’t a direct continuation of the original anime, so fans looking for more of that will be disappointed, but with how iconicGATEis, it’s still great to have any sort of new content for the anime to speak of, and that’s bound to become even more apparent when a proper trailer is revealed later this year.
Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc Releases October 29
Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc
Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc follows Denji, a unique devil hunter known as Chainsaw Man, now part of Special Division 4. After an encounter with Reze, a café worker he meets while sheltering from the rain, Denji’s life takes an unexpected turn amidst his pursuit of personal dreams.
Anime Expo 2025 saw the premiere ofa new trailer for theChainsaw Manmovie, and sure enough,the new trailer forChainsaw Man — The Movie: Reze Arcoffers the best look yet at the incredible animation and storytelling that will feature in the film. The movie premieres in English-speaking territories on October 29, and if the new trailer is to be believed, then it will be well worth the wait.
A new teaser forScience Saru’sGhost in the Shellrebootdropped at Anime Expo, and while it didn’t show much, the information released alongside it was the true draw, as it was confirmed thatThe Ghost in the Shellwill strive to be closer to the original manga both visually and narratively than previous adaptations. That leaves it poised to be the most uniqueGhost in the Shellanime since the original, so old and new fans alike have plenty to be excited about.
14One Of The Biggest Anime YouTubers Is Making His Own Anime
Famous Anime YouTuber Gigguk Takes A Major Step In His Career
Garnt Maneetapho, better known as Gigguk, is one of the most popular anime YouTubers around, and after years of simply reviewing and reacting to anime,Gigguk is collaborating with studio daisy to make his own anime,Bâan - The Boundary of Adulthood. The short film will be released for free on his channel later this year, and withCode Geass: Roze of the Recapture’s Yoshimitsu Ohashi directing andThe Apothecary Diaries’ Kevin Penkin composing the soundtrack, it’s sure to be a great one to watch.
13Gen Urobuchi’s New Fantasy Film Gets Major Update After Three Years
When Fans Can Expect The Next Big Gen Urobuchi Project
In 2022, A-1 Pictures announced that they were making a film adaptation ofEisen Flugel, a novel by Gen Urobuchi ofFate/ZeroandPuella Magi Madoka Magicafame, but nothing else was revealed at that time. Three years later, however,the first teaser trailer forEisen Flugelhas been revealed, and with an all-star staff of Seiji Mizushima, Takeshi Takeuchi, and Yuki Kajiura, it already looks like it will be an amazing film.
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run’s presence at Anime Expo 2025 was notably light, with the only new information being the principal staff members on the project, the most notable inclusions being the directors and character designer forGolden Wind. That being said, it was also revealed thatSteel Ball Runwill receive a massive livestream on September 23dedicated to new information, so hopefully, there will be something more substantial there.
There has been much speculation on whether people could expectBleach’s final season to air in 2025, and sure enough, it’s now been confirmed thatBleach: Thousand-Year Blood Warwon’t return until 2026. Considering how much the production has been suffering as of late, though, that delay is more than warranted, and hopefully, it will allowBleach’s final act to get the exact sort of treatment it deserves after all this time.
The first trailer forFrierenseason 2was revealed at Anime Expo 2025, and while it didn’t show off anything substantial, what’s especially notable is the news thatTomoya Kitagawa will replace Keiichiro Saito as director forFrieren: Beyond Journey’s Endseason 2. As disappointing as it may be for Saito not to return, Kitagawa directed some of the best episodes of season 1, so the series should be in good hands when it returns this upcoming January.
After much speculation on the future ofCyberpunk: Edgerunners, it’s finally been revealed thatCyberpunk: Edgerunnersis receiving a standalone sequel series titledCyberpunk: Edgerunners 2.Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2won’t directly follow the original anime, but that practice is the best way to continue the world without tarnishing the first story’s ending, and with Studio Trigger still at the helm, it’s sure to be just as fun to watch.
Two years after it was first announced,theFist of the North Starreboot has finally unveiled its first teaser trailer and a 2026 release window. To the surprise of many, the reboot appears to be a CGI-heavy anime, and while the teaser appears to be as bad as the average CGI anime, the finished product will ideally look much better than what was shown at Anime Expo 2025.
