After Chainsaw Man Reze Arc: The Complete Guide to 2025’s Must-See Anime Movies

Anime movies have been eating this year. Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle has bulldozed the box office to $666.8 million (per The Numbers), and Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc has already banked $108.7 million despite only kicking off its worldwide rollout on October 24, 2025. That kind of pace is no joke. And we are not done. There are a few more 2025 titles worth circling on the calendar, whether you live at your local anime screening or just drop in for the big ones.

Virgin Punk: Clockwork Girl

This one is short, sharp, and meant to be the opening chapter of a larger project. Yasuomi Umetsu created and directed Virgin Punk: Clockwork Girl, a bite-size film that got a limited theatrical run in Tokyo and Osaka on June 27, 2025. In the U.S., Aniplex of America and Fathom Entertainment are bringing it to theaters for two nights only on November 11 and 13, 2025.

Sub and dub are both on offer. Expect slick, hyper-detailed animation — the kind of showpiece short that exists to make your eyeballs happy — with a cyberpunk, sci-fi action vibe.

Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution

If you have been waiting for the anime to pick up after Season 2 dropped that absolute anvil of a finale, here is the bridge back in. Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution is a compilation film that repackages the Shibuya Incident and then tacks on the first two episodes of Season 3. That means it sets the table for the Itadori's Extermination and Perfect Preparation arcs before we get to the Culling Games material Season 3 has been teasing.

Japan gets it first on November 7, 2025, with a U.S. theatrical run starting December 5, 2025. Shota Goshozono directs; MAPPA is still handling the animation, and, yes, the manga is already finished — so this is about seeing those pages come to life with the studio's usual precision and chaotic fight staging.

Scarlet

Mamoru Hosoda is back with his first feature since Belle, and that alone is a headline. He is the filmmaker behind The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and the one who steered One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island — the franchise's darkest detour — so he is very comfortable mixing emotion, fantasy, and a little edge.

Scarlet promises that blend: darker themes, fantasy worldbuilding, and action, with a medieval tilt. It opens in Japan on November 21, 2025, and hits U.S. theaters on December 12, 2025. If you are currently into May I Ask for One Final Thing?, this looks like it will scratch a similar itch.

• Virgin Punk: Clockwork Girl — Director: Yasuomi Umetsu; Runtime: 35 minutes; Genres: Cyberpunk, Action, Science fiction; Japan: limited release in Tokyo/Osaka on June 27, 2025; U.S.: November 11 and 13, 2025 (Aniplex of America/Fathom; sub and dub)
• Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution — Director: Shota Goshozono; Runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes; Genres: Supernatural, Dark Fantasy, Adventure, Shonen; Japan: November 7, 2025; U.S.: December 5, 2025; Compiles the Shibuya Incident and includes the first two episodes of Season 3 (animated by MAPPA)
• Scarlet — Director: Mamoru Hosoda; Runtime: 1 hour 51 minutes; Genres: Fantasy, Action, Medieval; Japan: November 21, 2025; U.S.: December 12, 2025; Hosoda’s first feature since Belle