Anime Sequels in Summer 2025 || Part 1

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Welcome to this preview of the Summer 2025 anime season. In this post, I'll cover some of the most anticipated anime sequels arriving soon. I'll provide you with details on the plot, release dates, and the studios behind these new series. Let's get started.

Featured Anime

My Dress-Up Darling Season 2

Kaiju No. 8 Season 2

Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus

Call of the Night Season 2

Dr. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE Cour 2

Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 4

Toilet-bound Hanako-kun 2 Part 2

Osomatsu-san 4th Season

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My Dress-Up Darling Season 2

Release: Jul 6, 2025

Studio: CloverWorks

Source: Manga

Genres: Romance, Slice of Life, Seinen

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Story

Marin Kitagawa and Wakana Gojo meet one day and their become closer through cosplay.

There are still so many cosplays they want to do and so many outfits they want to make.

While interacting with their classmates and meeting new cosplay friends, Marin and Wakana's world expands even more.

And will there be any new developments with Marin's love for Wakana that's filled with never-ending excitement?

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Kaiju No. 8 Season 2

Release: Jul 19, 2025

Studio: Production I.G

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Shounen

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Story Season 1

In a world plagued by threatening creatures known as Kaiju, Kafka Hibino aspired to enlist in the Japan Defense Force to defeat them.

“Let's wipe out the Kaiju together.”

Kafka pledged to his childhood friend, Mina Ashiro. Over time, life circumstances forced them to go their separate ways and caused him to abandon his lifelong ambition.

He found himself employed by Monster Sweeper, Inc., a professional cleaning company that specializes in cleaning up the aftermath of Kaiju battles. Meanwhile, Mina Ashiro is now the Captain of the Defense Force’s 3rd Division. As it stands, he is currently unworthy of fighting Kaiju alongside her.

At work, Kafka crosses paths with the highly motivated Reno Ichikawa. Reno’s undying determination to the Defense Force leaves no room for failure. His perseverance reawakens Kafka’s ambition of standing next to Mina as they protect humanity from Kaiju together.

A dream frozen by time, thawed by a burning promise.

But Kafka doesn’t know that an imminent Kaiju threat is unexpectedly approaching him.

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Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus

Release: Jul 5, 2025

Studio: CloverWorks

Source: Light Novel

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Supernatural

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Story

After encountering various girls going through Puberty Syndrome, Sakuta Azusagawa's high school days have come to a close, and he is now a university student.

He enrolls at a university in Kanazawa-hakkei alongside his girlfriend Mai Sakurajima, a nationally famed actress. Off campus, he stumbles upon an out-of-season miniskirt Santa.

"I'm surprised. So, you can see me."

This is a phrase he's heard somewhere before. This miniskirt Santa, who claims to be gifting Puberty Syndrome to people, tells Sakuta...

"My name... is Toko Kirishima."

Precognitive dreams, an anonymous online singer, poltergeists buzzing on social media... A mysterious tale with enigmatic phenomenons surrounding girls with wavering hearts starts again.

Puberty continues...

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Call of the Night Season 2

Release: Jul 4, 2025

Studio: LIDENFILMS

Source: Manga

Genres: Romance, Supernatural, Vampire, Shounen

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Story

Ko overcomes his confusion about becoming a vampire and decides to "like" Nazuna, while Nazuna resolves to make Ko "fall in love" with her. Without understanding what "love" even is, the two of them spend their nights together in a frenzy. Meanwhile, Detective Uguisu Anko is closing in with her plot to kill vampires, not just Nazuna. A vampire's weakness is "anything they were attached to when they were human" and so they all try to get rid of this weakness before it's too late. But, Nazuna has no memory of her human life. What is Nazuna's hidden past? Why did Anko start killing vampires? And what is the "secret" that Nazuna and Anko share? For Ko, Nazuna, Anko, a fun "late night" doesn't end here... a new "night" begins!

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Dr. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE Cour 2

Release: Jul 10, 2025

Studio: TMS Entertainment

Source: Manga

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Shounen

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Story Season 1

Several thousand years after a mysterious phenomenon that turns all of humanity to stone, the extraordinarily intelligent, science-driven boy, Senku Ishigami, awakens.

Facing a world of stone and the total collapse of civilization, Senku makes up his mind to use science to rebuild the world. Starting with his super strong childhood friend Taiju Oki, who awakened at the same time, they will begin to rebuild civilization from nothing...

Depicting two million years of scientific history from the Stone Age to present day, the unprecedented crafting adventure story is about to begin!

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Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 4

Release: Jul 5, 2025

Studio: TMS Entertainment

Source: Manga

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Shounen

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Story

Kazuya’s ready to confess with the lush paradise of Hawaii as a backdrop. But renting Chizuru for the dream trip turns into a war zone of love due to Ruka’s aggressive advances and Mami’s scheming. Despite the chaos, this is Kazuya’s moment to bare his heart. Will his words reach Chizuru? And if they do, what will she even say?

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Toilet-bound Hanako-kun 2 Part 2

Release: Jul 6, 2025

Studio: Lerche

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Mythology, Supernatural

Story Season 1

Kamome Academy is rumored to have many mysteries, the strangest of which involves the mischievous ghost of Hanako-kun. When occult-loving high schooler Nene Yashiro accidentally becomes bonded to him, she uncovers a hidden world of supernatural beings. Now the two of them are conspiring to keep the peace between student and supernatural—that is, if they can only stay out of trouble themselves.

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Osomatsu-san 4th Season

Release: July 2025

Studio: Pierrot Films

Source: Manga

Genres: Comedy, Parody

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Story Season 1

In the hardworking country of Japan, the sextuplet Matsuno brothers from the legendary comedy manga Osomatsu-kun are now all grown up but just can't be bothered to do anything productive with their lives. Allergic to work, inept with girls, and completely oblivious to what society thinks of them, the six twenty-somethings prefer to spend their days lying around their parents' house, where Mom makes the food, Dad makes the money, and the pressures of modern living never intrude. After all, life is just too short to waste your time not wasting your time.

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Thanks for reading this preview of the anime sequels! I hope you found it informative and are as excited as I am for the new season. Stay tuned for more previews, and feel free to share your thoughts on what you're looking forward to the most.

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