Anime Movies & Series Released in December 2025

Animation · Japanese

When Tsumire was young, she idolised her older brother, who was always surrounded by other girls, but her affection was met with disdain. As she grows up, the traces of his behaviour linger on. Told with understated, deadpan humour and creative animation, this slightly absurd coming-of-age tale broaches a variety of subjects – from cults and superstition to peer pressure and our self-image – with surprising sensitivity.

Animation · Japanese

After losing his cat Nyago, young Naoki’s consciousness isn’t ready to let go of his beloved companion just yet. Diagnosed, institutionalised and heavily medicated, he enters a system that dulls his mind and threatens their precious bond.

Animation · Japanese

When immersed in the contours swelling and waning in the forest of needles, the mundane world drifts away, and we only live to breathe.

Animation · Music · Japanese

Animation · Drama · War · Japanese

In 1944 on Peleliu, Tamaru writes fake heroic tales of Japanese soldiers' deaths to families. In the hell of bombs, hunger, thirst and disease, he bonds with Yoshiki. Together they cling to life in this atrocious war of attrition. Only 34 survive. What do these two young men witness in the madness?

Animation · Japanese

Will I one day be separated from my beloved town and cat? Yon, a 8-year-old girl living in a condo, spends her days feeling uncertain and anxious about parting with her cat Kiku, and about keeping her confined in a small human home. One day, Yon and her mother visit a house in the woods to view a potential new home. That house once belonged to an old man and a cat named Namari... What does a comfortable home mean—for a family, for a cat, or even for a red mite? Set in Nagoya, this animation traces childhood memories of growing up with a cat, and through a variety of materials, depicts the thoughts of living creatures as they continue their search for a place to call home.

Animation · Adventure · Sci-Fi · Japanese

Two inquisitive kids, Tamo and Haru, might be the last people on Earth. They explore the silent, overgrown ruins of what was once rural Japan, documenting their discoveries in a notebook. When they come across a disused commuter train, and find out that it’s operational, who knows where it will take them?

Animation · Fantasy · Japanese

The beginning of Kiki and Lala's journey as they leave their parents and set out into a new world to become fine, grown-up stars.

Animation · Japanese

Part 1 of the spin-off comedy series from Girls und Panzer.

Animation · Fantasy · Japanese

Mifuyu is a high school student living with a large collection of books left by her great-grandfather―the vast library known as Mikura Hall. Although her father is the current caretaker, Mifuyu herself doesn't share her family's passion for literature.  But when several books are stolen from the library, triggering an ancient curse, the town is transformed according to the various stories―and the only way to put things right is for Mifuyu to catch the thief. With the help of a mysterious girl named Mashiro, Mifuyu sets out on an adventure through the different story worlds!

Animation · Japanese

Join KizunaAI as she invites you into the iconic world of Swan Lake.