Get ready for an action-packed summer of anime! Crunchyroll has just unveiled its sensational Summer Anime 2025 lineup for Southeast Asia, with nine brand-new titles streaming exclusively on the platform.
This exciting wave of exclusive simulcasts significantly bolsters Crunchyroll’s commitment to delivering top-tier, timely anime content directly to its audience in the region. The new additions promise a diverse mix of genres, from thrilling action and deep fantasy to quirky comedy and compelling romance, ensuring there’s something to capture the imagination of every viewer this season.
These nine titles are the must-watch premieres of the season, only available on Crunchyroll in the region. Alongside the exclusive debuts, fans can look forward to a host of other highly anticipated series, all simulcasting weekly. From returning favorites with new seasons to fresh titles, the Summer Season slate is set to dominate your watch list.
Summer Anime 2025 Crunchyroll exclusives
- Lord of Mysteries
- Rent-a-Girlfriend
- Necronomico
- Cosmic Horror Show
- New Saga
- Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon
- I Now Wander the Dungeon Season 2
- Arknights: Rise From Ember
- Toilet-bound Hanako-kun Season 2
- Cultural Exchange with a Game Centre Girl
Lord of Mysteries
The highlight of the season is Lord of Mysteries which begins when Zhou Mingrui awakens in a treacherous Victorian world of steam, dreadnoughts, and dark secrets. He must tread a dangerous path, walking a razor’s edge between civilization and the occult horrors that lurk just beyond the veil.
Entangled in the lethal politics of ancient, warring Churches, he begins his legend—a tale of unlimited potential and ever-present, unspeakable danger.
Arknights: Rise From Ember
Arknights: Rise From Ember is based on the popular tactical RPG mobile game, Arknights. It is the third season of the anime adaptation after Arknights: Prelude to Dawn and Arknights: Perish in Frost, and continues to adapt the main story arc of the game. It covers the second half of the game’s first main story act, which includes the events of Episode 7 and Episode 8 of the game’s narrative, along with backstory material.
A deadly contagion that causes its victims to crystallize continues to spread, forcing Rhodes Island Pharmaceuticals Inc. into a desperate, two-front war. They seek a cure for the terminal disease while attempting to quell the volatile Reunion Movement.
After the brutal loss of Misha to the conflict with Skullshatterer, Amiya carries the heavy burden of failure, but there is no time to rest. A new, disturbing threat is emerging from the depths of an abandoned city near Lungmen.
Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon
The destiny of a fantastical realm now rests with… a vending machine! Formerly human, Boxxo was abruptly reincarnated as a fully sentient piece of machinery after a fatal accident.
Though he retains his sight and hearing, he cannot move on his own or speak anything beyond his programmed phrases. He must now find a creative way to thrive and fulfill his potential in this strange new life.
Summer Anime 2025: biggest titles simulcasting weekly on Crunchyroll
- Gachiakuta
- Kaiju No. 8 Season 2
- Dan Da Dan Season 2
- My Dress-Up Darling Season 2
- Dr.Stone Science Future Part 2
- Nyaight of the Living Cat
Gachiakuta
The floating city above discards its refuse—and its unwanted people—into the hellish Pit, a wasteland crawling with monstrous, mutated garbage beasts.
When Rudo is framed for murder and thrown down, he must learn to master a mysterious new power to stay alive. Joining forces with the rogue Cleaners, Rudo sets his sights higher than mere survival, determined to take down the corrupt rulers who deemed him worthy only of the Pit.
Gachiakuta is based on the manga of the same title, written and illustrated by Kei Urana. It features unique graffiti designs contributed by Hideyoshi Andou. Its serialization in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine began in February 2022 and is still ongoing as of writing.
Kaiju No. 8 Season 2
Kafka Hibino, having narrowly escaped being weaponized thanks to Isao Shinomiya, is assigned to the First Division where he meets its formidable leader, Gen Narumi, the strongest man in the Defense Force.
Determined to gain Narumi’s recognition, Kafka struggles to harness the unpredictable power of Kaiju No. 8. Unbeknownst to them, Kaiju No. 9 is plotting in the shadows, preparing the Defense Force for the greatest threat it has ever encountered.
Kaiju No. 8 is based on the manga of the same name, written and illustrated by Naoya Matsumoto. It began serialization on Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ app and website in July 2020 and has been licensed for English release by Viz Media.
It follows the story of Kafka Hibino, a 32-year-old man who works in a kaiju clean-up crew despite having promised his childhood friend, Mina Ashiro (now the Captain of the Defense Force’s Third Division), that they would both join the Anti-Kaiju Defense Force (JAKDF).
Dan Da Dan Season 2
Dandadan Season 1 introduces Momo Ayase, a high school girl from a family of spirit mediums, and her occult-obsessed classmate, Ken “Okarun” Takakura. The two are thrust into a world of bizarre and overwhelming supernatural phenomena, leading to Momo awakening hidden psychic powers and Okarun gaining the power of a curse.
After this intense initiation, they agree to use their newfound abilities to help Momo’s childhood friend, Jiji, who is being tormented by ghosts, setting out for his home to attempt an exorcism.
Dan Da Dan Season 2 picks up on the cliffhanger. Momo and Okarun enter Jiji’s cursed house and discover a massive underground sacrificial site tied to a powerful, vengeful spirit known as the Evil Eye, who soon possesses Jiji. They were then plunged into a chaotic gauntlet of confrontations, engaging in intense, high-stakes battles against both the vengeful psychic spirit, the Evil Eye, and an enormous, city-destroying extraterrestrial threat, the Mongolian Death Worm.
