With the Winter 2025 anime season drawing to a close, streaming sites across the web are preparing for a fresh wave of animated hits from Japan. Recently, Netflix announced what shows are slated to debut starting next month.
Netflix started off the year strong with a round of new and returning anime hits, including Sakamoto Days, My Happy Marriage Season 2 and Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End. According to What’s on Netflix, Madhouse’s upcoming adaptation for Capcom’s Devil May Cry video game series will premiere on April 3. Moonrise, a new science-fiction series produced by Wit Studio (Spy x Family) will also become available starting April 10. Additionally, Season 1 of the hit drama series The Apothecary Diaries (2023) will launch on the site, alongside Part 2 of Pokémon Horizons: The Search for Laqua.
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Billed as a Netflix exclusive, Devil May Cry is the franchise’s first anime adaptation since Devil May Cry: The Animated Series, which originally premiered in 2007. Following the plot of the first game, the series follows Dante, a professional demon hunter who is driven by the desire to avenge his family. The series’ creator and showrunner is Adi Shankar, who also supervised the production of Netflix’s Castlevania anime.
Moonrise, which is also billed as a Netflix-original work, was originally slated to debut last year. What’s On Netflix describes the anime’s plot: “Year TS 2XXX AD. Humanity has formed a ‘relaxed world government.’ Everything was entrusted to the international AI Network Sapientia, and people lived according to their rational judgment…however, Sapientia’s ‘moon reclamation project’ created a schism between the Earth — which maintains peace by sending pollutants and criminals to the moon — and the moon, which is forced to live in poverty, becoming a source of fire for the War of Independence.” Masashi Koizuka (Attack on Titan 2017-2019) is both writing and directing the series.
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Set in a land inspired by Imperial-era China, The Apothecary Diaries is an artful blend of comedy, romance and mystery. The series follows Maomao, a skilled healer who is passionate about poison and its effects on the body. After being kidnapped from her home, she is sold and employed as a servant in the Emperor’s Rear Palace — a luxurious estate where his concubines live. Here, a eunuch named Jinshi notices Maomao’s expertise and puts her to work solving mysteries and unraveling murder plots within the Emperor’s circle. Season 1, which consists of 24 episodes, will become available on Netflix starting April 1.
Pokémon Horizons: The Search for Laqua revolves around Pokémon trainers Liko, Roy and Dot and their travels across the Paldea region with Professor Friede and his Pokémon research team. After discovering Terapago’s ties to a legendary trainer named Lucius, the three friends decide to track down the “Six Pokémon Heroes” to hopefully uncover the path to Terapago’s home. Along the way, the trio undergo “Tera training” with help from Paldea’s skilled gym leaders. Netflix released Part 1 of the series on Feb. 7, and Part 2 is scheduled to debut on April 25.
Source: What’s On Netflix
