Every Anime Series Coming Out in November 2025

November is packed with premieres across theaters, streaming, and TV, with musical romance, climate adventures, short story anthologies, and a theatrical sequel all landing within a few weeks. You can catch a musical film from Shin-Ei Animation, a Prime Video anthology adapting eight early one-shots by the creator of ‘Chainsaw Man’, Studio 4°C’s climate-focused series airing in a special weekend block on NHK, Mamoru Hosoda’s Shakespeare-inspired epic on the big screen, and a five-episode follow-up to this summer’s buzzy yuri romcom that gets a special movie cut first. Below you’ll find what each project is about, who’s making it, and exactly when and where to watch in November.

‘The Obsessed’ (2025)

Based on Shinji Ishii’s novel, this musical anime film follows Giuseppe, a young man who throws himself completely into whatever captivates him and suddenly falls for Pechka, a balloon seller he’s determined to help with the unlikely aid of Cielo, a rat he can understand. Shin-Ei Animation produces with Wataru Takahashi directing, character designs by Masatsugu Arakawa, and music by atagi from Awesome City Club, with in-film numbers performed by Masaya Sano and Moka Kamishiraishi. The movie opens in Japanese theaters on November 7 and features the main theme ‘Fanfare’ by Awesome City Club, recently previewed in new trailers. Distributed domestically by Bandai Namco Filmworks, it’s a straightforward theatrical release.

‘Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26’ (2025)

This eight-episode Prime Video anthology adapts early one-shot manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto, including ‘A Couple Clucking Chickens Were Still Kickin’ in the Schoolyard’, ‘Sasaki Stopped a Bullet’, ‘Love is Blind’, ‘Shikaku’, ‘Mermaid Rhapsody’, ‘Woke-Up-As-A-Girl Syndrome’, ‘Nayuta of the Prophecy’, and ‘Sisters’. Each short is handled by a different team with studios such as Lapin Track, Studio Kafka, 100studio, P.A. Works, and others contributing, and the project also screened in Japan as a limited two-week theatrical program in October. The series premieres on November 8 on Prime Video, with Amazon confirming the global launch window and new trailers arriving through October. This is a streaming series release rather than a TV broadcast.

‘Future Kid Takara’ (2025)

Studio 4°C teams with NHK Enterprises and Beyond C. for a short-form sci-fi adventure set in the year 2100 that tackles climate change through the journey of a boy named Takara and a scientist racing through extreme weather and a reshaped world. Directed by Yuta Sano with original designs by Shinji Kimura, the series first premiered as a special presentation at the Osaka World Expo and now airs on NHK Educational TV. NHK is scheduling all eleven episodes across one weekend, with episodes 1–5 on November 8 and episodes 6–11 on November 9. This is a TV broadcast event on NHK E-Tele rather than a streaming-only drop.

‘Scarlet’ (2025)

Mamoru Hosoda’s new feature centers on Princess Scarlet, whose quest to avenge her father’s murder in a realm tied to the land of the dead shifts toward the idea of breaking cycles of hate through forgiveness. The film blends hand-drawn animation with CG and draws loose inspiration from ‘Hamlet’ as Hosoda explores what happens when vengeance gives way to mercy. It releases in Japan on November 21 with international rollouts to follow in December. This is a theatrical film release handled by Sony for overseas distribution.

‘There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless… ~Next Shine~!’ (2025)

The follow-up to the summer yuri romcom returns with a five-episode sequel that first hits theaters as a special “movie cut” before airing later on TV. Studio Mother and director Natsumi Uchinuma continue Renako and Mai’s story, with the theatrical version arriving in select Japanese cinemas on November 21. After its limited run, the sequel will be broadcast as a five-episode TV version at a later date. The November event is a limited theatrical release rather than an immediate TV or streaming debut.

Tell us which November title you’re most excited to watch and where you’ll be catching it in the comments!