The Summer Anime 2025 Preview Guide sponsored by Crunchyroll

Welcome to Anime News Network's Summer 2025 Anime Preview Guide sponsored by Crunchyroll! 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.

This season, our Anime Preview Guide is expanding to include the first two episodes of every show and an expanded roster of critics. We hope you enjoy this more comprehensive version of the Anime Preview Guide!

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 two episodes 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.

Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 Kevin Cormack, Jairus Taylor, Bolts, James Beckett	Nukitashi the Animation James Beckett, Bolts Christopher Farris	Sakamoto Days Season 2 Richard Eisenbeis, Kevin Cormack, Bolts, Jairus Taylor
Tougen Anki Bolts, James Beckett, Caitlin Moore, Christopher Farris	Dr. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE Season 2 Kevin Cormack, Richard Eisenbeis, Bolts	Leviathan James Beckett, Bolts, Christopher Farris, Caitlin Moore
Dealing with Mikadono Sisters Is a Breeze James Beckett, Bolts, Caitlin Moore, Christopher Farris	New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT James Beckett, Bolts, Christopher Farris, Richard Eisenbeis	I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince Season 2 Kennedy
Turkey!-Time to Strike- James Beckett, Caitlin Moore, Bolts, Christopher Farris	Mr. Osomatsu Season 4 Jairus Taylor	The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4 Bolts, Richard Eisenbeis
A Couple of Cuckoos Season 2 Christopher Farris, Kevin Cormack, Jeremy Tauber	There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless... James Beckett, Bolts, Christopher Farris, Caitlin Moore	Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2 James Beckett, Kennedy
Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra James Beckett, Rebecca Silverman, Caitlin Moore	Puniru is a Kawaii Slime Season 2 Bolts	See You Tomorrow at the Food Court Christopher Farris, James Beckett, Bolts, Caitlin Moore
CITY the Animation Christopher Farris, Caitlin Moore, James Beckett, Bolts	Cultural Exchange With a Game Centre Girl James Beckett, Christopher Farris, Caitlin Moore	The Summer Hikaru Died Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis
Hotel Inhumans Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Caitlin Moore	Dekin no Mogura: The Earthbound Mole James Beckett, Rebecca Silverman, Caitlin Moore	Ruri Rocks Christopher Farris, James Beckett, Caitlin Moore
Uglymug, Epicfighter James Beckett, Caitlin Moore, Christopher Farris	Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis	Bad Girl Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis
Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun Season 3 Kennedy, Rebecca Silverman	My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 Jairus Taylor, Christopher Farris, Bolts, Caitlin Moore	With You and the Rain Rebecca Silverman, Richard Eisenbeis James Beckett
The Shy Hero and the Assassin Princesses Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis	Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer! Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett	Watari-kun's ****** Is About to Collapse Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis
Secrets of the Silent Witch Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis	Call of the Night Season 2 Steve Jones, Christopher Farris, Bolts, Kevin Cormack	Betrothed to My Sister's Ex Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis
Gachiakuta Christopher Farris, James Beckett, Bolts, Caitlin Moore	Solo Camping for Two Bolts, James Beckett, Caitlin Moore, Christopher Farris	Arknights: RISE FROM EMBER Kennedy, Steve Jones
KAMITSUBAKI CITY UNDER CONSTRUCTION Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis	The Water Magician Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis	Nyaight of the Living Cat Bolts, James Beckett, Christopher Farris, Caitlin Moore
Welcome to the Outcast's Restaurant! Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis	DAN DA DAN Season 2 Christopher Farris, James Beckett, Kevin Cormack, Richard Eisenbies, Jairus Taylor	Onmyo Kaiten Re:Birth Verse Richard Eisenbeis, James Beckett, Rebecca Silverman
New Saga James Beckett, Rebecca Silverman, Richard Eisenbeis	Reborn as a Vending Machine, Now I Wander the Dungeon Season 2 Jeremy Tauber, Kevin Cormack, Richard Eisenbeis	Rent-A-Girlfriend Season 4 Bolts, Lucas DeRuyter
Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show James Beckett, Rebecca Silverman, Richard Eisenbeis	Clevatess James Beckett, Rebecca Silverman, Richard Eisenbeis	Takopi's Original Sin James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis, Christopher Farris
Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis	Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis	Detectives These Days Are Crazy! Rebecca Silverman, James Beckett, Richard Eisenbeis