Just a few days before 2025 ends, get lost in magical and comforting stories this holiday season. Probably, this is the best time to add some anime sparkle to your celebrations.
These Crunchyroll 2025 Year-End Anime Picks show struggles, love, hope, and unity. They feature heroes (main characters/MC) who beat the odds and families and friends who stand by each other.
Add to that, these 10 anime series are great for cozy stories or exhilarating excursions with the people who brighten your world. Relax, get some refreshments, and watch brave, joyful, and connected stories on your screen.
1. Solo Leveling (MC: Sung Jinwoo)
Sung Jinwoo, considered the weakest hunter in the world, is chosen by the mysterious "system" after narrowly surviving a devastating dungeon raid. The system lets him level up beyond human boundaries, converting him from prey to predator as he discovers the monster-infested dungeons' grim truth.
2. Gachiakuta (MC: Rudo)
In a floating metropolis where the rich dump their waste and people, Rudo is accused of murder and cast into the Pit, a hellscape of mutant trash creatures. He must gain power and join the bandit Cleaners to survive. Rudo fights both beasts and the corrupt who threw him into Hell.
3. The Water Magician (MC: Ryo)
Ryo dreams of tranquillity after reincarnation, but lands in a monster-infested wilderness. He becomes one of the most powerful magicians after 20 years of surviving nasty concoctions with water magic and endless youth. When Ryo meets Abel, a clever knight, the magical society takes notice. Thus begins the Water Magician's amazing quest.
4. One Piece (MC: Luffy)
Monkey D. Luffy will not let anything stop him from becoming Pirate King. The brave young pirate hunts the One Piece with his Devil Fruit-given rubber-like stretching skills. He'll navigate the Grand Line's dangerous waters and gather a diverse crew to build the Straw Hat Pirates one connection at a time. This captain won't stop until he and his friends achieve their goals.
5. Kaiju No. 8 (MC: Kafka)
Kafka Hibino, 32, wants to join the Defence Force to fulfil his commitment to childhood pal Mina Ashiro. While cleaning up Kaiju remnants, he encounters Reno Ichikawa, whose desire to join The Defence Force inspires Kafka to achieve his boyhood commitment to pass the admission exam and join Mina to safeguard humanity. Kafka develops extraordinary strength and Kaiju-fighting powers after a little Kaiju burrows inside him. He tries to win over his human teammates, defeat powerful Kaiju, and protect the Earth.
6. Secrets of the Silent Witch (MC: Monica Everett)
Before Monica Everett, the Silent Witch and one of the Seven Sages, made unsaid magic possible, humans had to chant. Her shyness makes her feel alone. Louis Miller, the Barrier Mage, gives the king's order: Go incognito at a prominent noble school to defend the second prince.
7. Clevatess (MC: Clen)
Clevatess, a Lord of Dark Beasts, undermines his rule by resurrecting a hero he defeated and adopting an orphaned humanoid baby, the only chance for a dying world. What fate awaits this unusual group now bound?
8. Dan Da Dan (MC: Okarun and Momo)
Momo, a high schooler from a spirit medium family who rejects aliens, and Okarun, an occult-obsessed boy, start a rivalry that leads to paranormal threats. Momo awakens her spiritual talents, and Okarun receives a cursed ability, causing them to fight UFOs, yokai, and otherworldly turmoil.
9. Dr. STONE (MC: Senku)
Senku Ishigami, a brilliant, science-driven boy, awakens thousands of years after a strange event turns everyone to stone. Given a world of stone and the loss of civilization, Senku decides to recreate using science. He and his super-strong boyhood friend Taiju Oki, who rose at the same time, will reconstruct civilization from scratch. From the Stone Age to the present, the extraordinary crafting adventure story will cover two million years of scientific history.
10. I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability (MC: Lloyd)
Magic needs skill, effort, and lineage. Despite his ancestry and inability, one sorcerer adored magic and died wishing he had studied more. He reincarnates as Lloyd, the seventh prince of Saloum, with all his memories. His strong magical bloodline helps him master magic.
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Among Crunchyroll's 10 anime selections for its 2025 year-end binge guide, I'm eager to know which ones you'll be adding to your watchlist. – PinoyTechSaga
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