“AnimeJapan 2025” new “WHITE stage” is now available! AJ Stage lineup and performers announced
Welcome back to the I Am Anime website
The world’s largest anime event “AnimeJapan 2025″ will be held at Tokyo Big Sight on March 22nd and 23rd, 2025. The lineup and performers for all 52 AJ stages, including a new WHITE stage, have been announced. In addition, the latest information has arrived, including information on cosplay and goods, tickets, and the “Ranking of Manga Most Wanted to Be Made into Anime 2025.”
“AnimeJapan 2025”, which started in 2014 and will be held for the 12th time, will be held in Halls 1-8 of the East Exhibition Building at Tokyo Big Sight, following the previous event which attracted over 130,000 visitors. . It has been decided that 117 companies will exhibit, the largest number ever, and the scale of the event is also the largest ever. It was also announced that Sakurazaka46 will be appointed as an ambassador, raising expectations for future developments.
This new information was announced at “AnimeJapan KICKOFF 2025,” which was premiered on AnimeJapan’s official YouTube from 20:00 on January 17th. It has been revealed that this year’s full lineup of AJ stages, 52 stages, will include the largest RED stage, as well as the familiar stages of GREEN and BLUE, as well as a new WHITE stage. The stage will be the same size as the BLUE stage, and you will be able to enjoy more programs.
A limited number of premium admission tickets and admission tickets with stage application rights (AJ advance sale) that allow you to view all AJ stages will be available from January 17th.
In addition, information on the familiar measures of “AnimeJapan” was also announced.
Official goods will feature characters from the key visuals, as well as limited edition items created in collaboration with traditional Japanese crafts, illustrators, and anime works. In the “Production Works Gallery,” an exhibition focused on animation production, this year’s exhibit will introduce the process of creating an anime based on a game based on “Summer Pockets.” “Cosplayers World” will have two types of official backgrounds this year as well, and the cosplay parade that was popular last year will also be held.
In addition, the popular “Ranking of Manga to Be Made into Anime 2025”, which received over 100,000 votes last year and is now in its 8th year, has recently started voting. After a preliminary call for entries, 47 entries were nominated this year. The voting period ends at 23:59 on February 12th. Be sure to cast your vote for the manga you’d like to see made into an anime. The results are scheduled to be announced in mid-March.
AnimeJapan 2025, one of the world’s largest anime events, will be held at Tokyo Big Sight on March 22nd and 23rd, 2025. Additionally, “Family Anime Festa 2025”, an event held at the same time that brings together family-friendly anime works, will be held on the largest scale ever. For details, please visit the official website.
RED STAGE
■March 22 (Saturday)
09:35-10:10 Anime “Rascal Doesn’t Dream of Santa Claus” AnimeJapan Special Stage
Cast: Kaito Ishikawa, Masami Seto, Sora Amemiya, Ki Yamane, Rena Ueda, Iidaro Tenshin (MC)
10:55-11:30 Anime “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba” Special Stage
Cast: Natsuki Hanae, Hiro Shimono, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Rena Ueda, Nobuhiko Okamoto
12:15-12:50 Anime “Kaiju No. 8” AnimeJapan 2025 Special Stage
Cast: Katsuya Fukunishi, Wataru Kato, Kengo Kasai, Koki Uchiyama
13:35-14:10 TV anime[Oshinoko]AnimeJapan 2025 Special Stage
Cast: Takeo Otsuka, Yurie Ikoma, Megumi Han, Manaka Iwami, Rumi Okubo
14:55-15:30 “My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON” PLUS ULTRA Stage
Cast: Daiki Yamashita, Kenta Miyake, Koki Uchiyama, Akio Otsuka, Hiroshi Kamiya
16:15～16:50 Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle-
Cast: Subaru Kimura, Haruki Ishitani, Kohei Amasaki, Shota Hayama, Yuki Sakakibara, Eiji Takeuchi
17:50-18:25 TV anime “Rurouni Kenshin -Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story-” AnimeJapan 2025 Special Stage
Cast: Soma Saito, Rie Takahashi, Taku Yashiro, Yuma Uchida, Shin Furukawa
19:10-19:45 TV anime “ONE PIECE” Egghead edition special stage just before broadcasting resumes
Cast: Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Kappei Yamaguchi
■March 23rd (Sunday)
09:35-10:10 Musical “The Prince of Tennis” 4th season special stage
Cast: Yudai Takeuchi, Tomoya Terada, Rikito Fujimoto, Yudai Hashimoto, Taiga Sera, Ryota Nagamine,
Shoma Sakagami, Ayato Arioka, Itsuki Watanabe, Rento Oyama, Hiromichi Kato, Minato Nakagawa
10:55-11:30 “Jujutsu Kaisen” AnimeJapan 2025 Special Stage
Cast: Junya Enoki, Yuichi Nakamura, Takahiro Sakurai, Anna Nagase
12:15-12:50 TV anime “Fate/strange Fake” AnimeJapan special stage
Cast: Kana Hanazawa, Yuki Ono, Tomokazu Seki, Yu Kobayashi, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
13:35-14:10 TV anime “Yakusha no Hitorigoto” 2nd season AnimeJapan SP Stage 2025
Cast: Aoi Yuki, Takeo Otsuka, Kenji Akabane, Ryumaru Tachibana
14:55-15:30 Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World 3rd season Stage just before the final episode
Cast: Yusuke Kobayashi, Rie Takahashi, Satomi Arai, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Kohei Amazaki, Chika Anzai, Aoi Yuki
16:15～16:50 Gundam series
Performer: Coming Soon
GREEN STAGE
■March 22 (Saturday)
10:15-10:50 “Blue Rock VS. U-20 JAPAN” Special Stage
Performer: Coming Soon
11:35-12:10 TV anime “The Summer Where Light Died” New Information Release Special Stage
Cast: Chiaki Kobayashi, Shuichiro Umeda,? ? ? (Asako Yamagishi),? ? ? (Rie Kurabayashi),? ? ? (Tanaka role)
12:55-13:30 Special stage just before the broadcast of TV anime “Vigilante -My Hero Academia ILLEGALS-”
Performer: Coming Soon
14:15-14:50 TV anime “Ao no Hako” AJ special stage
Cast: Shoya Chiba, Rena Ueda, Akari Kito, Chiaki Kobayashi, Kana Ichinose
15:35-16:10 Smartphone game “Disney Twisted Wonderland” special stage
Cast: Natsuki Hanae, Yuichiro Umehara, Atsushi Tamaru, Kazuki Kato, Kento Ito
17:10～17:45 TV anime “SAKAMOTO DAYS” AJ special stage
Cast: Tomokazu Sugita, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Ayane Sakura, Natsuki Hanae
18:30-19:05 “Disney Twisted Wonderland The Animation” Special Stage
Cast: Natsuki Hanae, Seiichiro Yamashita, Chiaki Kobayashi, Noriaki Sugiyama, Mitsuru Miyamoto (tentative)
■March 23rd (Sunday)
10:15-10:50 Movie version “Detective Conan” x “Shin Samuraiden YAIBA” collaboration stage
Cast: Minami Takayama and others in Detective Conan the Movie
“Shin Samuraiden YAIBA” Minami Takayama, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Manaka Iwami
11:35-12:10 Anime “Black Butler -Green Witch Edition” AnimeJapan Special Stage
Cast: Daisuke Ono, Hiroki Higashichi, Yuki Kaji, Emiri Kato, Takuatsu Terashima, MC: Neki Matsuzawa
12:55-13:30 TV anime “Dr.STONE” AnimeJapan 2025 Special Stage
Cast: Yusuke Kobayashi, Kengo Kasai, Ryota Suzuki
14:15-14:50 New anime “Hell Teacher Nube” special stage
Performer: Ryutaro Okiayu and others
15:35-16:10 Love Live! Nijigasaki Academy School Idol Club Latest Information Presentation
Cast: Hina Yano, Aguri Onishi, Miyu Kubota, Natsumi Murakami, Tsuzumiko Hayashi, Chiemi Tanaka, Moka Koizumi, Hide Uchida
BLUE STAGE
■March 22 (Saturday)
10:00～10:30 Netflix Special Stage
Cast: Yu Kobayashi, Chikahiro Kobayashi & Legoshi (BEASTARS), Chiaki Kobayashi (title unannounced), My Melody & Kuromi
11:00～11:30 “New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT” Special Stage
Cast: Arisa Ogasawara, Mariya Ise, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Junya Enoki, Yuto Uemura
12:00-12:30 BS11 ANIME+ Special Stage
Performer: Coming Soon
13:20-13:50 Coming soon! Movie version “Me and Roboco” special stage
Cast: Shun Matsuo (Chocolate Planet), Minami Tsuda, and others
14:20-14:50 TV anime “Gachi Acta” cast presentation “Gachi” stage
Cast: ＊＊＊ (role of Rudo), ＊＊＊ (role of engine), ＊＊＊ (role of Zanka), ＊＊＊ (role of Riyou)
15:20-15:50 “Kowloon Generic Romance” Special Talk Show
Cast: Haruka Shiraishi, Tomokazu Sugita, Ryutaro Okiayu, Yasuto Saka, and others
16:20-16:50 TV anime “Summer Pockets” Special stage just before broadcast
Cast: Shoya Chiba, Yoshimi Ohara, Natsumi Takamori, Nene Hieda, Emiri Iwai
■March 23rd (Sunday)
10:00-10:30 “Children of the Shiunji Family” AnimeJapan Special Stage
Cast: Yuichiro Umehara, Chika Anzai, Marika Takano, Rie Takahashi, Kana Hishikawa, Kana Ichinose, Chiaki Kobayashi
11:00-11:30 Pia new anime presentation (tentative)
Performer: The main character is scheduled to appear on stage!
12:00-12:30 AnimeJapan 2025 Special Stage: An old man from the countryside becomes a swordsman
Cast: Hiroaki Hirata, Nao Higashiyama, Hitomi Ueda, Yuki Hirose, Hinayoshi Yano
13:20-13:50 20th Anniversary “Anisama 2025” holding presentation
Performers: Artists appearing in “AniSummer 2025”
14:20-14:50 “Let’s go to karaoke! “I’m obsessed with you.” ”AnimeJapan 2025 Special Stage
Cast: Shun Horie, Daisuke Ono, Kensho Ono, and others
15:20-15:50 Digimon 25th Anniversary Super Evolution Stage
Performer: Coming Soon
16:20-16:50 Movie “Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid” & TV anime “CITY THE ANIMATION” Special Stage
Cast: Movie “Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid” Maria Naganawa, Mutsuko Tamura, Yuki Kuwabara
TV anime “CITY THE ANIMATION” Mikako Komatsu, Aki Toyosaki
WHITE STAGE
■March 22 (Saturday)
10:30-11:00 TV anime “Tokyo Revengers” 5th Anniversary Special Stage
Cast: Yuki Arata, Isamu Hayashi, Katsuya Fukunishi, Sho Kano
11:30-12:00 Just before the TV anime “Maebashi Witches” airs! AnimeJapan special stage
Cast: Sakura Kasuga, Hinano Sakikawa, Rena Motomura, Haruka Minami, Honan Momose, Tomokazu Sugita
12:30-13:00 “When I was reincarnated, I was the seventh prince, so I will master magic freely – Season 2” Special Stage
Performer: Makoto Koichi and others
13:50-14:20 “Love Live! Sunshine!!” Digital figure “Holomodel” special talk live
Cast: Anju Inami, Rikako Aida, Naoki Yoshida (Nippon Broadcasting System announcer), Masashi Mikami (CEO of Gugenka Co., Ltd.)
14:50-15:20 “Kamitsubaki City under construction.” Special Station page
Cast: Ayane Sakura, Miyu Tomita, Yohei Azagami, Mai Todo, Shizuka Ito
Video appearance: Kafu, Rime, Harusaruga, I Sekai Jo, Korei
15:50-16:20 “Space Battleship Yamato” 50th Anniversary Stage
Cast: Keiko Han, Megumi Han, and others
■March 23rd (Sunday)
10:30-11:00 Just before the broadcast of “Aharen-san wa Kakanai season 2”! special stage
Cast: Inori Minase, Nao Higashiyama
11:30-12:00 TV anime “Summer Pockets” staff talk stage by Production Works gallery
Cast: Tomoki Kobayashi (director), Kai (original scenario), Naoto Nakajima (producer)
12:30-13:00 “Raccoon Karukaldan” Super Special Stage
Cast: Junya Enoki, Taku Yashiro, Kensho Ono
13:50-14:20 “Rock is for ladies” talk show
Cast: Akira Sekine, Miyuri Shimabukuro, Director Shinya Watada, and others
14:50-15:20 TV anime “Amagami Family’s Enmusubi” AnimeJapan Special Stage
Cast: Ryota Suzuki, Sumire Uesaka, Kaede Hondo, Shion Wakayama
15:50-16:20 Movie version “Chainsaw Man Rezehen” AnimeJapan 2025 Special Stage
Cast: Kikunosuke Toya, Tomori Kusunoki
Ticket information
◆Admission ticket with stage application right
2,500 yen each day (tax included)
・AJ pre-sale: ~January 30th (Thursday) 23:59 Now on sale!
・CN Play Guide Animate Sales: February 7th (Friday) to February 24th (Monday/Shinkyu) 23:59
◆Premium Admission Ticket <2-day priority admission, viewing from the front seats of all AJ stages, original goods, commemorative pass with photo>
50,000 yen (tax included) *Lottery sale limited to 100 people
Lottery application period: ~January 22nd (Wednesday) 23:59
■Manga ranking 2025 that you want to be made into anime Voting has started!
[Nominated works]*In alphabetical order
・IDOL×IDOL STORY！
・Akabane Bones Bodyguard
・A person among the villainess ~ I will take revenge on the lying heroine for the reincarnated person who was condemned ~
・My younger sister has a troublesome older brother who is a Cisco computer.
・Liar! Goku-kun
・AR/MS!! (AR Multiple Survive)
・I’ll become a geek-friendly gal!
・Company and private life – on and off –
・Kinnai-kun is the cutest
・Kitayama-kun and Minamiya-kun
・I could try falling in love with you
・Utakata spelled with you
・I can’t reach you.
・Childhood friends starting today
・Kemonokuni
・The limit office lady wants to serve the villainess.
・Convenient semi-friend
・Gokurakugai
・PSYЯEN -Siren-
・I lost my love, so I started being a Vtuber and was popular with an older sister.
・Junket bank
·teacher! We will destroy the world.
– Destroy everything and love me in hell
・Double photos and double books
・Downer sister wants to play
・Takane-san and Arashi-chan
・I’m just a lazy person.
・This communication
・Nakahara-kun and Director Miyata
・Nue Onmyoji
・Nekomusume Michiso Diary
・Noa-senpai is a friend.
・Hanauta Memoir
・Handsome Must Die
・Mr. Manfu is a vampire
・Phantom Busters
・Normal light music section
・Printernia Nippon
・Hotaru’s marriage
・I can see it! Mr. Aizawa
・Minato Shoji coin laundry
・Ugly red-light district child
・The man who gets caught in the lily should die! ?
・Kindergarten WARS
・Love Bullet
・I tried to draw the daily life of RAB (Real Akiba Boys)
・Dragon Sending Rabbit
■“AnimeJapan 2025” event overview
Event name: AnimeJapan 2025
[Public Day]
Venue: Tokyo Big Sight East Exhibition Building 1-8 Hall
Exhibition period: March 22 (Saturday) and March 23 (Sun), 2025, 9:00～17:00 ※Last admission 16:30
Development details: Exhibition booth / AJ stage / Sponsored projects / Official goods sales, etc.
[Business Day]
Venue: Tokyo Big Sight Conference Building 1F, 6F
Exhibition period: March 24, 2025 (Month) 10:00～18:00 ※Last admission 17:30
March 25, 2025 (Fire) 10:00～17:00 ※Last admission 16:30
Contents: Exhibition booth / Business seminar / Anime business concierge, etc.
[Family Anime Festa 2025]
Venue: Tokyo Big Sight East Exhibition Building 8 Hall
Exhibition period: March 22 (Saturday) and March 23 (Sun), 2025, 9:30～17:00 ※Last admission 16:30
Contents: Exhibition booth / Family stage / Character greeting / Kids workshop, etc.
Sponsor: Anime Japan General Incorporated Association
Sponsored by: Japan Animation Association/Comic Publishers Association
Special Sponsor: Fate/Grand Order
Sponsored by: Manga Productions / d Anime Store / TOHO animation / TOHO animation STORE /
Summer when the light died (KADOKAWA) / Fields Co., Ltd. /
Animelo Summer Live / Toei Animation Co., Ltd. / ABEMA
Secretariat: AnimeJapan Management Office (Sony Music Solutions Inc.)
(C) VISUAL ARTS/Key/Torishima Tourism Association
