2025 will be one of the best years for the gaming industry, with dozens of incredible titles such as the long-awaited Grand Theft Auto VI or Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, however, also several anime games such as Demon Slayer or Pokémon will be added with their new titles. And the gaming industry did not forget anime fans and has prepared many surprises for this year that has just begun, so we prepared the top of the best video games based on Japanese animations that will be released throughout this 2025.
A top of anime games with many surprises and an undisputed number 1
5. Tales of Graces: f
In commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the “Tales Of” franchise, the developer decided to release a remake of the successful 2010 game Tales Of Graces: f. “Tales Of” originally started as a video game (same case of many other franchises that became popular in anime such as Pokémon), with its first broadcast to Japanese animation in 2001 with “Tales of Eternia”, issued in 2001 by Xebec Studios responsible for the impressive To LOVE Ru saga. Eternia was the pillar of the series that positioned Tales Of in this industry and kept it alive until its last series in 2016:
> Tales of Phantasia: The Animation (OVA, 2004) Por Actas (Wistoria: Wand and Sword)
> Tales of Symphonia: The Animation (OVA, 2007) Por ufotable (Franquicia Demon Slayer)
> Tales of the Abyss: The Animation (Anime, 2008) por Sunrise (Cowboy Bebop e Inuyasha)
> Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike (Película, 2009) por Production I.G. (Attack on Titan, Kaiju no. 8)
> Tales of Zestiria: Dawn Of The Shepherd (OVA, 2015) por ufotable (Franquicia Fate)
> Tales of Zestiria the X (Anime, 2016) por ufotable (The Garden of Sinners)
Tales of Graces f, by Bandai Namco Europe will have the obligation to follow the original line of the game: a story of magic and fantasy, but with touches of politics and social problems, with excellent character development and a story of true and unbreakable friendship that transcends time and can be felt even in the midst of the crises experienced during the game. The remake continues to be of great interest to the anime-loving gamer community and will be released on January 17.
4. Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles 2
After the season of Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc presented in the spring season of 2024, Kimetsu No Yaiba will return with a new game. This anime since it began its adaptation in 2019, thanks to ufotable promises to return and in a big way with a trilogy of movies where they will most certainly not disappoint and will show the potential that each of the characters has been saved up to this point in the anime.
Demon Slayer has been in the anime industry for a little over 5 years and has already gained a huge fan base in addition to its fan base of the written work, thanks to this it got its first multiplatform video game in 2021 “Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles” funded by the popular developer SEGA. The game had divided opinions due to being a pvp fighting title, however, the creator of the Sonic franchise, decided to give a second chance to the title and announced The Hinokami Chronicles 2, which has the same date of 2025 and will also be a fighting game.
3. The Seven Deadly Sins Origin
Nanatsu no Tanzai or The Seven Deadly Sins was one of the anime that at the time captured the attention of many and positioned itself among the best in the Japanese animation industry. The Seven Deadly Sins from studios broadcast from 2014 to 2021 was a leader not only as a series, but also as a manga, earning thousands of loyal fans with a phenomenal story, a very attractive character design and plot twists that always convinced, in addition to presenting interesting enemies, complex arcs and battles that left nothing to be desired.
The arrival of The Seven Deadly Sins to the video game industry left its creators in awe, who created a couple of mobile titles under the guidance of developer “Netmarble” as 2020’s The Seven Deadly Sins and 2024’s The Seven Deadly Sins: Idle, releasing “Knights of Britannia” in 2018 exclusive for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 with Bandai Namco in charge.
Netmarble responsible for the franchise’s mobile games, announced the release of “The Seven Deadly Sins Origin” a new open world game available for smartphones, PC and presumably Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch, making it the biggest of its trilogy. The premise of “Origin” is a return to the beginnings of the original group of Melodies, after being locked up in a prison the heroes are recruited by the queen of the empire to prevent a coup d’état.
2. Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land
Atelier is a legendary video game saga that, like Tales Of and Pokémon, had the opportunity to try its luck in the Japanese animation industry and was well received with “Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky” by Studio Gokumi (Stardust Telepath) in 2014 and “Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout The Animation” which was animated by LINDELFILMS (Call of the Night, Goblin Slayer, Tokyo Revengers) in 2023, Atelier Yumia will be another installment of this impressive franchise and will also collect seiyuus from anime that have marked the hearts of many fans of the industry.
The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land officially announced for March 21, is the 27th installment of the entire saga and the first to arrive for Xbox consoles, this RPG or JRPG will have as voice actors and actresses to a cast of stars in this field, as it brought together: Makoto Furukawa (Saitama in One Punch Man and Miyuki Shirogane in Love is War), Yoshino Aoyama (Hitori “Bochi-Chan” Gotoh in Bochi The Rock! ), Jun Fukuyama (Kraft Lawrence from Spice and Wolf and Koro-Sendei from Asassination Classroom), Kaori Maeda (Ririsa Amano in 2.5 Dimensional Seduction) and Wakana Kuromichi as Yumia Liessfeldt (Sarasa Saionji in Liar Liar.).
Many of the seiyuus of impactful anime will be reunited in this amazing game that promises to be one of the best “Atelier” and RPG’s of 2025. The title from developer Koei Tecmo and Gust will show us a cute Yumia Liessfeldt who lost her mother, who was a pioneer of alchemy in a context where it was considered a taboo. Yumia will try to find answers and improve her techniques while acquiring new friends along the way in a story of magic, action and adventure where the player will be able to identify with past successes and failures that are the main motivation for projects towards the future.
1. Pokemon Legends: Z-A
Like many successful anime, Pokémon has positioned itself in the Japanese animation industry with series, movies and OVAs since the late nineties of the last century and is truly the most successful series based on a video game in history, as it has not stopped broadcasting and continued even in 2024, announcing more seasons for this year. With Ash Ketchum and his inseparable best friend Pikachu as references, Pokémon is preparing for this year Pokemon Legends: Z-A, the second installment of the “Legends” saga, which promises to be one of the biggest in the entire franchise.
It is not a surprise that the second installment of Pokémon Legends is in first place in the top of anime video games for this 2025 and the reason is simple: any title under the name “Pokémon” and that is specifically an RPG as we are accustomed to Game Freak and The Pokémon Company is a resounding success in the market. It happened a couple of years ago with their latest releases: Violet/Scarlet which had a solid narrative and innovative mechanics and with Legends: Arceus the first video game that did not include the “League” and focused on the lore of the god creator of the whole Pokémon world: Arceus.
The first installment of Legends for the Nintendo Switch was risky, but ultimately a resounding success and the second installment of Legends: Z-A promises to be even better, as it will bring back Mega Evolutions, a tenth generation of pocket monsters and a presumed inclusion of Teracrystallizations (a mechanic included in Violet/Scarlet’s Paldea). Z-A will be set in a city similar to Paris, just as Paldea was in Spain and is scheduled for release in conjunction with the Nintendo Switch successor in mid-2025.
