It’s a new year of new entertainment. Many releases won’t start coming out till at least mid-January but that’s gives time for you to go through your backlog or wake up from the holiday events. There’s a handful of remastered games from series like Ys, Donkey Kong Returns and Tales of. It’s also a new season of anime with new seasons such as The Apothecary Diaries and The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You. New shows begin their broadcasting like Netflix-only show, Sakamoto Days. Recent video game Farmagia, gets its own anime series. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Flow received video-on-demand (VOD) for digital purchases. Is there any releases you are looking forward to?

Here’s what releases are coming out you’ll want to look out for in January 2025.

Video Games

Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana (Switch, PS4, PS5) – January 7th

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (Switch) – January 16th

Dynasty Warriors: Origins (PS5, XBS X/S, PC) – January 17th

Tales of Graces f Remastered (Switch, PS4, PS5, XB1, XBS X/S, PC) – January 17th

ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist (Switch, PS4, PS5, XBS X/S, PC) – January 23rd

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (PC) – January 23rd

Guilty Gear -Strive- (Switch) – January 23rd

Ninja Gaiden 2 Black (PS5, XBS X/S, PC) – January 23rd

Star Wars: Episode I: Jedi Power Battles (Switch, PS4, PS5, XB1, XBS X/S, PC) – January 23rd

Sword of the Necromancer: Resurrection (Switch, PS4, PS5, XB1, XBS X/S, PC) – January 23rd

Synduality: Echo of Ada (PS5, XBS X/S, PC) – January 23rd

Forspoken (XBS X/S) – January 24th

Cuisineer (Switch, PS5, XBS X/S) – January 28th

Eternal Strands (PS5, XBS X/S, PC) – January 28th

Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos (Switch, PS4, PS5) – January 28th

Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. (PC) – January 28th

Warside (Switch, PS4, PS5, XB1, XBS X/S, PC) – January 28th

Gimmick! 2 (PS4, PS5, XB1, XBS X/S) – January 30th

Hello Kitty Island Adventure (Switch, PC) – January 30th

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (PC) – January 30th

Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero (Switch, PS4, PS5) – January 30th

Sniper Elite: Resistance (PS5, XBS X/S, PC) – January 30th

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector (Switch, PS5, XBS X/S, PC) – January 31st

Genso Manege (Switch, PC) – January 31st

Anime

Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time (Crunchyroll) – January 1st

Blue Exorcist -The Blue Night Saga- (Crunchyroll) – January 4th

I’m Living with an Otaku NEET Kunoichi!? (HiDive) – January 4th

OKITSURA: Fell in Love with an Okinawan Girl, but I Just Wish I Know What She’s Saying (Crunchyroll) – January 4th

Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- (Crunchyroll) – January 5th

ZENSHU (Crunchyroll) – January 5th

I’m a Noble on the Brink of Ruin, So I Might as Well Try Mastering Magic (Crunchyroll) – January 6th

My Happy Marriage Season 2 (Netflix) – January 6th

Unnamed Memory Season 2 (Crunchyroll) – January 7th

Dr. Stone Season 4 (Crunchyroll) – January 9th

Even Given the Worthless “Appraiser” Class, I’m Actually the Strongest (Crunchyroll) – January 9th

The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 (Crunchyroll) – January 10th

Farmagia (Crunchyroll) – January 10th

I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time (Crunchyroll) – January 10th

Babanba Banban Vampire (Netflix) – January 11th

I Left My A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths! (Crunchyroll) – January 11th

Sakamoto Days Season 1 (Netflix) – January 11th

The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You Season 2 (Crunchyroll) – January 12th

The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World (Crunchyroll) – January 12th

Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc Season 2 (Netflix) – January 12th

Toilet-bound Hanako-kun Season 2 (Crunchyroll) – January 12th

The Colors Within (Theaters) – January 24th

The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse Season 2 (Netflix) – January 30th

Movies/TV

Flow (VOD) – January 6th

The Last Showgirl (Theaters) – January 10th

Castlevania: Nocturne Season 2 (Netflix) – January 16th

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (VOD) – January 21st (Our Review)

The Sand Castle (Netllix) – January 24th

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Season 1 (Disney+) – January 29th

Dog Man (Theaters) – January 31st