Anime Vanguards Update 2.5 – What’s New and Why It Matters
By Paquito Jr Conde | May 14, 2025

Anime Vanguards Update 2.5 – Everything You Need to Know
Update 2.5 for Anime Vanguards brings a ton of exciting content, new features, and improvements to make the game more fun and engaging. Here’s a breakdown of what’s new:
🆕 New Units
This update introduces 10 new characters you can get through the Gem Banner, Battle Pass, Legend Stages, Mailbox, or Leaderboard Rewards. Some highlights include:
- Roku (Super 3)
- Roku (Angel)
- Vogita (Angel)
- Super Vogito
- Hercool and Mr. Boo
- Ultimate Rohan
- Dawntay (Jackpot)
- Vigil (Power)
- Boo (Evil)
- Octopus
These new units bring fresh strategies and team combinations for players to explore.
⚔️ New Game Modes & Features
- Limitless Mode: A revamped version of Odyssey mode, now more streamlined with options like a Skip Wave button.
- Quick Craft: Craft all needed Evolution Items directly from the Evolve menu in one go.
- Recommended Units: A helpful new button that suggests powerful units for specific stages, making team-building easier.
- In-Match Enemy Index: See which enemies and bosses you've encountered live during a match via the Stage Info UI.
🎮 Quality of Life Improvements
- Better Unit Management: Easily change unit skins or familiars, and lock units to avoid selling them by accident.
- Auto Summon Priority: For certain units, set summoning priority automatically during battle.
- Sell All Options: Choose whether to sell all units or only Farm Units with more control.
- Upgrade Cost Display: See how much Yen is needed by hovering over upgrade bars.
- Filter Counts: Inventory filters now show how many units match your criteria.
- Achievements Update: Two new achievements added, and the UI now shows how many you’ve completed.
- Familiar Corruption Shortcut: Access Familiar Corruption directly from the Familiars UI.
- UI Enhancements: Several in-match UI changes improve readability and user experience.
- New Bundles: Five fresh bundles are available, including new skins and emote packs.
- Session Stats: Stage Info now tracks session time, and quest maps match their locations visually.
- Misc Improvements: Enhanced Story Stages UI, updated Tournament map display, and clearer Bale Pass timer.
🐞 Bug Fixes
This update also squashes a bunch of bugs to make the game smoother:
- Fixed major lag/crashes when opening skin inventory with many skins.
- Resolved issues with units that couldn't be sold or had incorrect abilities.
- Fixed debuff timers, ability displays, and UI glitches.
- Corrected issues with animations, models, and visual effects not showing properly.
These fixes make the overall gameplay more stable and enjoyable.