Events in 2025 in anime.
Releases
Films
A list of anime films that were released in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2025.
Television series
A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2025.
Original net animations
A list of original net animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2025.
Original video animations
A list of original video animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2025.
Deaths
January
- January 6: Dale Wilson, Canadian voice actor (voice of Cell in the Ocean Productions dub of Dragon Ball Z, Smokescreen in ', Clow Reed in Cardcaptor Sakura), dies at age 82.
- January 8:
- , Japanese animator and animation supervisor (Dragon Ball, Rilu Rilu Fairilu, ', ').
- , Japanese composer and arranger (Cat's Eye, Kimagure Orange Road, Ninja Scroll, Wanna-Be's, Boyfriend), dies at age 69 from ischemic heart failure.
- January 29: Atomu ShimojÃ
Â, Japanese voice actor (voice of Futoshi Tsutsui in Human Crossing), dies at age 78 from acute subdural hematoma.
February
- February 2: , Japanese manga editor (Glass Mask, Sukeban Deka), dies at age 94.
- February 9: William H. Bassett, American actor (voices in ', ', '), dies at age 89.
- February 16: , Japanese businessman (founder of anime figure manufacturer Kaiyodo), dies at age 96.
March
April
May
June
July
- July 4: Bill Flynn, American voice actor (voice of Hiroshi Agasa in Funimation version of Case Closed, Genzo in One Piece, Roy in Attack on Titan), dies at age 86.
- July 8: James Carter Cathcart, American voice actor (voice of James, Meowth, and Professor Oak in Pokémon), dies at age 71.
- July 22: Tsunehiko KamijÃ
Â, Japanese actor, singer and voice actor (voice of Mamma Aiuto Boss in Porco Rosso, Gonza in Princess Mononoke, Chichiyaku in Spirited Away), dies at age 85.
August
- August 1: , Japanese voice actress (voice of Shizuko Hiramatsu in Shoot!, Spring Goddess in Sally the Witch, Queen of Filena in Eternal Filena, Serina Hiyu in Deadly Arts, Mio Kisaragi in Tokimeki Memorial), dies.
- August 9: Nobuo Yamada, Japanese singer (Make-Up, Project.R), dies from kidney cancer at age 61.
- August 13: Tomo Sakurai, Japanese voice actress (voice of Misao Makimachi in Rurouni Kenshin, Mizuchi Saio in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Cynthia in Pokémon, Mylene Jenius in Macross 7, Meimi Haneoka/Saint Tail in Saint Tail), dies from cancer at age 53.
- August 20: Tatsuya Nagamine, Japanese anime director (One Piece, Dragon Ball Super, Pretty Cure, Digimon), dies at age 53.
- August 27: Takaya Hashi, Japanese voice actor (voice of Toki in Fist of the North Star, Inuarashi in One Piece, James Black in Case Closed), dies at age 72.
September
October
November
- November 11: Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese actor (voice of the Devil in Belladonna of Sadness, Narrator in Final Yamato, Sumiyaki no Roujini in The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, old Junpei SenÃ
 in Giovanni's Island), dies at age 92.
- November 20: Julie Mayfield, American voice actress (voice of Dr. Kureha in One Piece, Kyoko Honda in Fruits Basket, Eva Kaden in Case Closed, Queen Victoria in Black Butler), dies at age 67.
- November 29: Tomomichi Nishimura, Japanese voice actor (voice of Mitsuyoshi Anzai in Slam Dunk, the Narrator in YuYu Hakusho), dies at age 79.
December
- December 4: Arunee Nanthiwat, Thai voice actress (Thai dub voice of Chichi, Android 18, and Dende in Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Mars and Sailor Jupiter in Sailor Moon, Ranma Saotome in Ranma ý, Syaoran Li in Cardcaptor Sakura, Mai Kujaku in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters), dies at age 69.
- December 10: Jim Ward, American voice actor (English dub voice of River Spirit in Spirited Away), dies at age 66.
- December 14: RyÃ
 Ishihara, Japanese voice actor (voice of Jet Link/Cyborg 002 in Cyborg 009, Richter in Future War 198X, Zhang Zhao in Sangokushi [3] Harukanaru Daichi), dies from acute heart failure at age 94.
- December 17: Juli Erickson, American voice actress (voice of Pinako Rockbell in Fullmetal Alchemist, Tsuru and Kokoro in One Piece, Shima in Ouran High School Host Club, Shizuka in Kodocha, Ohba in Fairy Tail, Setsu in Samurai 7, Ogen in Basilisk, Setsuno in Toriko), dies at age 86.
- December 16: Jefferson Utanes, Filipino voice actor (Filipino dub voice of Goku in the Dragon Ball series, Kousei Arima in Your Lie in April, Kogoro Mori and Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya in Detective Conan, and Doraemon in Doraemon), dies from chronic kidney disease at age 46.
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