Best Anime Endings of 2025

There's something quietly poetic about a show titled Call of the Night having its ending share its name. Creepy Nuts built an entire sonic world around this series — the opening Mirage and this ending function as two sides of the same sleepless night, one restless and driving, the other settled and reflective. 3.8 million views for a song that slows the heart rate down without losing any of the nocturnal atmosphere the duo has mastered. If you've followed Creepy Nuts since their underground days, hearing them here carries extra weight.

The Apothecary Diaries had arguably the best complete musical package of 2025, and Hitorigoto is half the reason why. Omoinotake — a three-piece R&B act with a quietly devoted following — created something introspective and precise here, a song that mirrors Maomao's observational nature without ever feeling like a character study exercise. 3.2 million views for one of the most elegant endings of the year. The vocal performance alone is worth sitting through the credits for.

Uma Musume: Pretty Derby has one of the most dedicated fan communities in anime, and Oguri Cap is one of its most beloved characters. ∞ functions less like a pop song and more like a personal statement — within the fandom, it carries the emotional weight of a hymn. 2.9 million views, almost entirely from people who understand exactly what they're listening to. If you haven't watched Uma Musume, this might not mean much. If you have, you probably already know every word.

TK from Ling Tosite Sigure has been responsible for some of the most distinctive sounds in anime music over the past decade, and UN-APEX for Solo Leveling continues that run without repeating himself. Progressive rock that dissolves into electronics, textures that collapse and rebuild, vocals that exist somewhere between a whisper and a cry. 2.5 million views for an ending that demands a proper listening environment — headphones, quiet room, full attention. You'll want to give it that.

WurtS is one of the most genuinely unusual artists to emerge from the anime music scene in recent years, and Doukashiteru is his strangest and most compelling work. Experimental electronic structures that don't follow familiar paths, a sound that feels like it arrived from a slightly different dimension — which is exactly appropriate for Dandadan, a series that operates by its own rules entirely. 2.1 million views for something that sounds like nothing else in this top 10.

The Apothecary Diaries' second entry in this ranking confirms that the show's musical direction was exceptionally well considered. Dai Hirai brings warmth and domesticity to Shiawase no Recipe, a song about small happinesses that feels lived-in and real. 1.8 million views for an ending that stays with you past the episode's end, like the smell of something good cooking in a kitchen you're not quite ready to leave.

PiKi has a natural fit with the anime ending format — bright, melodic pop that's designed to leave you smiling without trying too hard about it. Kawaii Kaiwai does exactly that for My Dress-Up Darling, a series whose return was one of the more celebrated anime events of the year. 1.5 million views for a song that accomplishes its purpose with cheerful efficiency. Sometimes that's all you need.

TOOBOE makes music that shouldn't work as well as it does — slightly wrong, slightly unsettling, completely impossible to get out of your head. Anata wa Kaibutsu for Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu is dark and beautiful and a little disturbing, three qualities that describe the anime itself. 1.3 million views for an ending that earns its place in your memory by being genuinely unlike anything around it.

American pop-rock band OneRepublic scoring the ending for a giant monster anime was one of 2025's most unexpected developments, and Beautiful Colors worked better than the premise suggested. The band brought their signature sweeping production and emotional directness to a series that needs exactly that scale. 1.1 million views and a real statement: anime's musical reach now extends far beyond Japan, and the results can be genuinely good when the fit is right.

Conton Candy closing the top 10 with Futsuu is a small triumph of tonal intelligence. For a series about a legendary assassin trying to live a normal life, this delicate, almost-whispered indie pop song about ordinariness and everyday happiness is the perfect emotional counterpoint to the action. 900K views for the year's most subversive ending — one that understands the heart of Sakamoto Days isn't the fights, it's everything he's fighting to protect.

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