Winter 2025 anime season is here with countless new adaptations and popular sequel releases. However, not everyone has time to invest in a new story or continue with a sequel for the time being. You might want an easy watch, something you can enjoy while eating or cuddling with your pets.
We’ve curated a list of the best Winter 2025 anime just for you. From broadcasting club drama, online shopping in another world, keeping a relationship secret from coworkers, or an old man getting reincarnated as a villainess – this list has it all.
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Flower and Asura
- Release Date: Jan 8, 2025
- Where to watch: HIDIVE
On the small island of Tonakijima resides Hana, a girl who loves reading books and even recites them for the children on the island. Noticing her talent for engaging people with her storytelling, Mizuki, the broadcasting club’s president, asks her to join the club, where she further explores her love of reading books. Flower and Asura is animated by the studio behind Mushoku Tensei and is bound to be one of the lightest winter 2025 anime.
The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World
- Release Date: Jan 9, 2025
- Where to watch: Crunchyroll
Kenichi Hamada is a 40-year-old illustrator who is suddenly transported into another world. There, he finds himself in a forest surrounded by ferocious monsters. He needs to survive and for that, he is given access to the biggest online shopping portal. He can buy anything from the portal in exchange for goods from this new world. Although he finds a way to plant the seed of capitalism in the new world and become rich, his ultimate goal is to live a slow and relaxed life, unlike his old life in Japan.
Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!
- Release Date: Jan 10, 2025
- Where to watch: Crunchyroll
Since childhood, Kazuhiro Kitase never had to buy games or invest his time in isekai fiction. Why? Because he could enter such worlds in his dreams (literally) and embark on adventures. As a working adult, Kazuhiro befriended an elf in his dream world. But after getting burned by a magic dragon, he wakes up to see the beautiful elf sleeping beside him. Now the elf wants to explore Japan!
So, sit back and watch an elf from another world tour Japan and discover its culture and heritage sites. Of course, you can’t forget tasting the most delicious foods of every spot she visits!
I Have a Crush at Work
- Release Date: Jan 6, 2025
- Where to watch: NA
Yui and Masugu are office co-workers, but they also have a crush on each other. While Yui is head-over-heels for Masugu’s kind demeanor, Masugu grins like a fool over Yui’s cuteness. Despite their efforts to keep it a secret from their co-workers, their getting all lovey-dovey at any given opportunity doesn’t help the cause. It’s like a cutesy rom-com K-drama but in anime form.
From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad’s Been Reincarnated!
- Release Date: Jan 10, 2025
- Where to watch: HIDIVE
Truck-kun makes another smashing debut in this anime. This time, it graces a 52-year-old civil servant, Kenzaburou. But worry not, he always gets reincarnated but in an otome game his daughter loves. His new form is a disliked villainess, Lady Grace. Although Grace is a villainess, the old man’s mannerisms as a Japanese civil servant turn her into a much more likable character, contrary to the game story.
