Following last week's announcement from Crunchyroll of the release of a key visual for this spring's AnimeJapan 2025 convention, the convention's official website has revealed the full breakdown of the schedule of events occurring across four stages for the two days of the convention (March 22 and 23, 2025) which are open to the public — the final two days of the convention function as an industry-exclusive exhibition.
It was also revealed in the same announcement that idol group Sakurazaka46 would be serving as the convention's official ambassadors to help promote and publicize the event, especially to international fans. The group recorded a special message on YouTube, though the video is currently only available in Japanese.
The key visual shared by Crunchyroll was originally posted by the AnimeJapan X (formerly Twitter) account, and can be viewed below:
・‥…━━━☆・‥…
— AnimeJapan 2025 (@animejapan_aj) January 10, 2025
アニメのすべてが、
ここにある。
・‥…━━━☆・‥…
世界最大級のアニメイベント
AnimeJapan 2025
キービジュアルが解禁✨
3/22(土)、23(日)
東京ビッグサイトにて開催✅#AJ2025#AnimeJapan pic.twitter.com/hUDuEA94J3
What's coming to AnimeJapan 2025?
AnimeJapan 2025 will be hosting events concurrently across four stages. These four stages are color-coded and designated the Blue Stage, Green Stage, Red Stage and White Stage. The first two days of the convention, taking place on March 22 and 23, are open to the public. Images of the convention scheduled posted by AnimeJapan (in Japanese) have been spreading across social media with anime news and fan pages:
AnimeJapan 2025 Full Lineup pic.twitter.com/lLxVWSvSl0
— d0nut2x (@d0nut2x) January 17, 2025
The full schedule has also been shared in English on the English version of the Anime Japan website and can be read here. Some of the highlights that are currently scheduled (the AnimeJapan website itself notes that the schedule is subject to change) for AnimeJapan 2025 include the following.
Occurring on the Blue Stage:
• Digimon 25th Anniversary Super Evolution panel
• Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid and City the Animation panel
• Netflix presentation
Occurring on the Green Stage:
• Detective Conan x Yaiba: Samurai Legend Collaboration panel
• Dr. Stone panel
• My Hero Academia: Vigilantes panel
• Disney Twisted-Wonderland mobile game and anime presentations
Occurring on the Red Stage:
• Demon Slayer panel
• Oshi no Ko panel
• My Hero Academia Final Season panel
• Gundam panel
Occurring on the White Stage:
• Tokyo Revengers 5th Anniversary panel
• Starblazers Yamato 50th Anniversary panel
• Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister panel
• Chainsaw Man The Movie: Reze Arc panel
AnimeJapan was first held in 2014, following the merger of two previous conventions — the Tokyo International Anime Fair and the Anime Contents Expo — and has gone on to become one of the biggest and most important anime conventions . With the exception of the 2020 event, which was held online due to the COVID pandemic, every AnimeJapan convention has taken place at Tokyo Big Sight, one of the largest exhibition centers in Japan. The event combines a publicly accessible covention with an industry trade show aimed at individuals and companies working in the anime industry.
We'll be closely following the news coming out of AnimeJapan this March, so check back with the Anime Away team as we report on some of the biggest anime news for 2025 and beyond.