Which Popular Manga Are Getting New Anime In 2025?

I get this excited practically every time a new trailer drops — there’s this electric mix of curiosity and dread (will they cut my favorite scene?). Based on announcements and the buzz rolling around up through mid-2024, there are a few big-name manga that fans are expecting to see popping up as new anime in 2025 or at least getting more animated content around that time. The usual caveat: studios and distributors sometimes shift schedules, so think of this as a watchlist rather than a guaranteed calendar. Big titles that kept coming up in industry chatter include 'Solo Leveling' — which has been the poster child for webtoon-to-anime hype — and 'Chainsaw Man' (people are watching closely for how Part 2 or later arcs will be handled). Both have huge fanbases, so any release window near 2025 is treated like prime-time news.

Another cluster of manga that fans expect to see more of in 2025 are continuing series that had cliffhangers, studio commitments, or sequels teased: 'Blue Lock' (after its successful first season, everyone’s eyeing the next cour), 'My Hero Academia' (long-running franchise, likely to keep rolling with new seasons or movie tie-ins), and 'Vinland Saga' (period drama fans pray for more adaptation of later arcs). On the slice-of-life/romcom side, titles like 'Komi Can’t Communicate' and 'SPY×FAMILY' tend to pop up with follow-ups or films — those series usually announce seasons in a way that fans can predict continuation within a year or two. I also keep an ear to the ground for rising shonen hits like 'Undead Unluck' or sports manga that suddenly take off — studios love riding that momentum.

If you want to stay current without getting burned by rumors, I’ve got a small routine: follow official studio accounts and the Japanese publishers on Twitter, check weekly roundup sites like Anime News Network and MyAnimeList for confirmed cour windows, and join one or two active Discords where folks post scanlations, announcement scans, and translations. Personally, I keep a tiny spreadsheet with titles I care about and color-code them (confirmed, likely, rumor) — it’s nerdy but saves me from disappointment. If you’ve got specific series you’re dying to see animated, tell me which ones and I’ll flag their most likely timelines and whether they’ve had any formal announcements so far.

I’m the sort of person who refreshes news feeds for anime drops, so short version: by mid-2024 the community’s expecting a handful of very popular manga to show up as new anime projects around 2025, though exact dates can shift. Top names that kept surfacing in conversations and studio hints are 'Solo Leveling' (huge international hype), 'Chainsaw Man' (fans want the next part animated), and franchises that usually churn out seasons or movies like 'My Hero Academia', 'Blue Lock', and 'SPY×FAMILY'.

Beyond the megahits, there are always surprise adaptations — publishers sometimes announce anime for mid-tier manga that then explode. I’d follow studio Twitter accounts and sites like MyAnimeList for confirmed cour info. If you want, tell me two or three manga you read and I’ll check which ones had formal anime announcements or strong chances for 2025. That’s how I narrow down what to pre-order tickets or merch for.