Top Anime 2025 Summer: Best Recommendations of the Season
Here is a selection of the most recommended anime from the Summer 2025 season.
This season also brings many high-quality series. Please use this list as a reference!
Top Anime Summer 2025 Recommendations
My Dress-Up Darling Season 2（その着せ替え人形は恋をする season2, Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru Season 2）
| Author | Shinichi Fukuda（福田晋一） |
|---|---|
| Studio | CloverWorks |
| Director | Keisuke Shinohara（篠原啓輔） |
| Broadcast (Japan) | July–September 2025 |
The anime adaptation of the popular manga that concluded with its final volume in July 2025.
Like Season 1, the story beautifully portrays the world of cosplay and a charming romance with consistently high quality.
Compared to the previous season, the protagonist’s world has expanded even further, and it’s rewarding to see their growth as a viewer.
Watching the anime also helps you learn more about cosplay itself, no doubt contributing to the growing cosplay community.
New PANTY ＆ STOCKING with GARTERBELT（New PANTY ＆ STOCKING with GARTERBELT）
| Studio | TRIGGER |
|---|---|
| Director | Hiroyuki Imaishi（今石洋之） |
| Broadcast (Japan) | July–October 2025 |
An outrageous anime by studio TRIGGER, the same studio behind the 2010 hit.
The mix of vulgar humor, stylized American comic-inspired visuals, and over-the-top energy makes it truly one of a kind.
Call of the Night Season 2（よふかしのうた Season2, Yofukashi no Uta Season 2）
| Author | Kotoyama（コトヤマ） |
|---|---|
| Studio | LIDENFILMS |
| Director | Tomoyuki Itamura（板村智幸） |
| Broadcast (Japan) | July–September 2025 |
This adaptation of the popular manga about vampires and romance concluded in 2024 with 20 volumes.
Season 1 covered roughly the first 5 volumes, so Season 2 picks up from there.
Once again, Creepy Nuts provide both the opening and ending themes, showing the level of care and popularity behind the production.
Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2（ぐらんぶる Season 2, Grand Blue Season 2）
| Authors | Kenji Inoue（井上堅二）, Kimitake Yoshioka（吉岡公威） |
|---|---|
| Studios | ZERO-G , リーベル |
| Director | Shinji Takamatsu（高松信司） |
| Broadcast (Japan) | July–September 2025 |
An anime adaptation of a popular comedy manga set in a university.
The wild antics of college boys living chaotic campus lives are both hilarious and charming.
The manga has sold over 10 million copies and enjoys popularity not only in Japan but also overseas.
Ruri Rocks（瑠璃の宝石, Ruri no Houseki）
| Author | Keiichirou Shibuya（渋谷圭一郎） |
|---|---|
| Studio | Studio Bind |
| Director | Shingo Fujii（藤井慎吾） |
| Broadcast (Japan) | July–September 2025 |
Produced by Studio Bind, known for Mushoku Tensei and Onimai.
As expected, the girls are adorably drawn, and even in serious moments, small details in animation make the characters feel full of life.
The ending theme was created by Norimitsu Suzuki, a popular ED composer, filled with vivid character animation.
Based on a manga themed around minerals, the anime also teaches viewers geology and mineralogy along the way.
You might start watching for the cute girls but end up discovering a love for geology.
Nukitashi the Animation（ぬきたし THE ANIMATION）
| Original Creator | Qruppo |
|---|---|
| Studio | Passione |
| Director | Nobuyoshi Nagayama（長山延好） |
| Broadcast (Japan) | July–September 2025 |
An anime adaptation of one of the most talked-about eroge of the last decade.
Its outrageous adult content made many believe it could never be adapted, but here it is.
However, due to its content, note that censorship varies significantly depending on the broadcast medium.
The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity（薫る花は凛と咲く, Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku）
| Author | Saka Mikami（三香見サカ） |
|---|---|
| Studio | CloverWorks |
| Director | Miyuki Kuroki（黒木美幸） |
| Broadcast (Japan) | July–September 2025 |
A pure romance story set across two high schools.
The manga has over 6.2 million copies in circulation.
The protagonist is likable, the heroine is adorable, and the surrounding cast is full of good-hearted people.
It’s the kind of story that makes you recall a youthful world long forgotten.
