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Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion - December 27, 2025

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Affectionate-Can-2312025-12-27 11:01

UNDEAD UNLUCK IS PEAK THATS ALL I HAVE TO SAY

Kami11612025-12-27 11:09

Hells Paradise S2 comes out today......

(no context)

Local_Creme84662025-12-27 11:13

Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (greatest remake of all time)

Baaasbas2025-12-27 11:38

I have posted something similar in the thread yesterday, but it's pretty clear there is going to be an announcement by Kyo ani tomorrow. For the second day in a row they have posted a countdown post!
My guess is for it to be at 11 CET tomorrow.

https://x.com/i/status/2004854769916281028

F33372025-12-27 12:29

I'm using every cursed technique in hopes of Dragon Maid S3 announcement.

oedipusrex3762025-12-27 13:52

Kinda lowkey hope it’s a new IP or a new series adaptation.

baquea2025-12-27 14:39

Maybe a new romance adaptation? It's been nearly a decade since their last with Koe no Katachi, and they've historically performed very well for Kyoani.

entelechtual2025-12-27 11:40

I saw a [visual for “You Can't Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!”](https://x.com/love_osnnjm_wm/status/1987807452205912440?s=46&t=TaGgT1cElpG7nJHjBeWplw) and thought huh, the art kind of reminds me of the Megami Terrace Cafe anime, and the washed out colors… could it be?

> Studio: Tezuka Productions

> Director and lots of staff: same as Megami Terrace and other peak Tezuka gems

What can I say? They hate me for my knack for recognizing greatness.

Emi_Ibarazakiii2025-12-27 18:03

Still not feeling Tomboy's haircut...

I don't know if I ever dropped a girl 1 spot in my prediction ranking for reason of haircut, but she might be a first.

entelechtual2025-12-27 18:10

I think hairstyle probably contributes at least 70% of my best girl placements. Which is why redhead is automatically out of the running.

Emi_Ibarazakiii2025-12-27 18:16

> I think hairstyle probably contributes at least 70% of my best girl placements.

Hah, more often than not it's the smile for me!

Deathmeister2025-12-27 12:04

[Midnight Panther](https://myanimelist.net/anime/1763/Midnight_Panther) was interesting, the main cast is very Cat's Eye, but also it's hentai. There's a scene classifiable as both gay and straight incest necrophilia.

cppn022025-12-27 14:13

r/hentai

KendotsX2025-12-27 16:19

> based on a shounen manga

Interesting. I wonder if the manga was that horny too, or Arms amped it up a bit.

Emi_Ibarazakiii2025-12-27 18:00

> a scene classifiable as both gay and straight incest necrophilia.

*When the MC loses his sister and brother, so he decides to bang their corpses as a last farewell*

[](#akkotears)

SpaceTurtleHunter2025-12-27 13:54

Watched Macross 7 Dynamite tonight and this is what reading Necronomicon must feel like. It's like watching a work of a completely alien mind: plotlines and characters appearing out of nowhere and disappearing into the abyss, baffling scene and cut compositions, incomprehensible plot decisions. If someone told me that it was actually written and directed by an AI, I'd probably believe them. It's kinda like an anime equivalent of Finnegans Wake.

Infodump_Ibis2025-12-27 14:27

If what to get into the mood for **Beastars** [you might like to watch last years NHK documentary](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/2099018/). It contains work background (interview with the mangaka), some spoilers of key moments (including final season part 1), why it matters (the normal convention/exhibition vox pop is replaced by...MAL reviews?) and production behind the scenes. It expires on the 28th and IDK which timezone that's based on.

Didn't expect the mangaka (wearing a chicken mask as she doesn't want her face on camera) to state one part of Beastars is based on childhood memories of walking though Tokyo's red-light district while her mother was saying keep your eyes down (simultaneously scary and piquing curiosity).

On the production side I didn't expect the voice acting (pre-scoring) to be performed as they were in a stage production (given the narrator said Orange implies it's more than Beastars)

One of these days I'll talk about these before they're about expire...maybe today: [The upcoming one (tomorrow) is about Sports Manga & Anime and includes a behind the scenes for Medalist](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/2099028/). Going by the URL that's the 28th one overall.

These are part-doc, part-advertorial so they're designed around having a short shelf life and that makes me sad because the information contained within gets easily lost or we're stuck trawling fragile secondary sources like blogs, forums, social media. I do understand this is nothing new for broadcast media and organisations like NHK have finite resources and capacity.

Speaking of which, I could have sworn [*10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki*](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/10yearshayaomiyazaki/) was going to expire in 2026 but it's gone now. Thankfully that one actually has been licensed elsewhere (including home releases). That isn't the one with the infamous *"insult to life itself"* quote (that was *Never Ending Man - Hayao Miyazaki*) but it is part of the same Kaku Arakawa series of one cameraman shadowing Miyazaki.

Emi_Ibarazakiii2025-12-27 16:41

Just watched last week's Gnosia episode;

Of all the episodes I could have watched late this season, it just had to be [Gnosia]>!The SQ episode!<

[](#flustered)

This scene... [Gnosia]>![Break my heart in a million pieces, why don't you.](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/32158acab2ff.png)!<

qwertyqwerty45672025-12-27 17:05

It's the last WeddingRings Saturday, which means the last [episode key visual](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/b1fe0f0e33d4.jpg) with your favourite wife. [NSFW]

Link to full [album](https://imgchest.com/p/md7oa2rk9yp) in case you need a refresher.

[](#riskyclick)

qwertyqwerty45672025-12-27 17:15

now that I think about it, maybe I should have held the propaganda for whenever the best girl contest starts.

[](#foldedarms)

alotmorealots2025-12-27 23:00

> last WeddingRings Saturday,

I haven't watched S2 yet, the main reason being irritation at Satou's choices on some matters. So [seeking Wedding Rings S2 spoilers] >!have he and Krystal had sex yet?!<

qwertyqwerty45672025-12-27 23:07

you expect me to have watched the show im posting propaganda for?

[](#smughaikyuu)

Komarist2025-12-28 00:00

[Response]>!More like [when will they stop having sex?](https://i.imgur.com/B0tQjdz.png) Not lots of screentime like Harem Labyrinth if that's what you're looking for!<

alotmorealots2025-12-28 04:27

[Response] >!Fantastic news! I don't actually care about seeing any of it, it was just really aggrieving me that the situation was causing Krystal so much angst, when she already had so much on her plate to deal with, and Satou's earlier stance was really sending her mixed messages about how much she meant to him (especially compared to the other girls). Equally, his earlier stance was quite prejudiced "we'll do it in my world, because it's not right to do it here for reasons", and just stupid in that in order to protect Krystal (and the rest of that world) it was the right thing to do, and arrogant for him assuming that he wouldn't need to.!<

[Action] >!I'll pick it up again, now that I know Krystal isn't just going to be suffering for the entire series! Thanks for the info!!<

BaytaCosmico2025-12-27 17:20

Only 2 episodes in but really really not liking this mage exam arc of Frieren. Like it feels like I'm watching a different show altogether from what it started out as. A different and lesser show. Boo.

marshmallow_sunshine2025-12-27 17:35

It puts the exploration on hold but introduces a lot of interesting and important side characters, and expands greatly on just what magic in that world is capable of. By the end you'll see why Frieren earned her spot in the party of heroes.

BaytaCosmico2025-12-27 17:48

Idk there has to be a better way to do this than what I'm seeing. End can't justify the means when the means is so boring.

SpaceTurtleHunter2025-12-27 17:54

Yeah, as bad as the demon arc was thematically, at least it had a theme and the execution was stellar. Unfortunately I can't say the same about the "we have a hunter exam at home" part.

Queue_Jumping_Quack2025-12-27 18:04

Huh.. oh well, to each their own. Certainly some source readers were warning people about this arc in advance, but for me it was just as good as the rest of the first season.

IXajll2025-12-27 18:07

I never really understood the hate the exam arc got from some part of the viewership. Yea, it’s different in structure and themes than what came before, but it is still executed near perfectly for what it wants to be. It’s a different flavor than the previous arcs but with just the same high quality in its own way. I can kinda get the complaint from people who just don’t like battle shounen type arcs like tournament or training arcs in general, but what has me scratching my head is the people complaining who also have stuff like MHA or the big three among their favorites.

If it helps, S2 will go back to an arc structure that’s more similar to early Frieren.

_Ridley2025-12-27 18:31

> I can kinda get the complaint from people who just don’t like battle shounen type arcs like tournament or training arcs in general, but what has me scratching my head is the people complaining who also have stuff like MHA or the big three among their favorites.

I love hamburgers, and I love sushi, but if I go out for sushi, I don't want to suddenly have my spicy tuna maki swapped out for a cheeseburger.

IXajll2025-12-27 20:02

I get the sentiment, but for me it just wasn’t really a big deal. To keep your analogy, it would only really be an issue for me, if either I had to switch from michelin star sushi to a cheeseburger from fuckin mcdonalds; or if it was a food I just don’t like the taste of, instead of cheeseburger. Since neither is the case, I don’t really mind adjusting from sushi to cheeseburger tbh.

mekerpan2025-12-27 20:11

But Frieren is neither hamburger nor sushi, rather it is just Frieren, which is a successive mix of different phases. I felt the tournament was a cunning way to introduce a bunch of characters who I suspect will turn up later (and be pretty important). I am pretty patient with the sort of shifts we found in Frieren, because they are pretty normal in the sort of Asian movies I like

_Ridley2025-12-27 20:29

I mean, I watch things other than anime, and read things other than manga, and I'm familiar with genre and tone shifts. I just thought Frieren did a bad job with it. You found it cunning, but I thought it was clumsy and blatantly obvious that the tournament was to introduce characters for later, and I didn't care enough about any of these people to want to watch them fight.

collapsedblock62025-12-27 18:40

Because its not the thing people usually signed up for when starting Frieren. I think its understandable for quality to be a non-factor when you don't get what you signed up for.

Gamerunglued2025-12-27 19:31

I just don't think it has different themes from what came before. It expands on basically all of the same themes as previously. The golems are another take on what the demons represent for Frieren's personal arc, and there's still plenty about the transience of time and learning to appreciate the present and realizations about things she couldn't enjoy in the past. It's the same themes just packaged a bit differently.

I'd also argue that swapping genres is a point in its favor, not against it. Frieren has always switched tones and genres. It swaps from poignant drama with Frieren first realizing her grief in the prologue to a big dragon fight to episodic slice of life for a few episodes to the demon arc full of action to comedy for a few episodes to poignant drama with the Old Man Vol episode all before the exam arc. I don't feel this arc is much more of a swap than any of those, and I think it's intentional. Frieren is a travelogue, it's meant to feel like an adventure. That constant swapping of tone and genre makes it feel more like an adventure, it goes against the very stagnation that always threatens Frieren as a character. Of course Frieren has a big battle shounen arc, how could it feel like a real adventure without one? Though I'd also argue it's the series second big battle shounen arc after the demon arc, so not even a major switch-up (and also a pretty darn fun battle shounen, feels like early Hunter x Hunter to me). I've always thought Frieren felt like a battle shounen at least as much as it feels like a slice of life travelogue.

ZaphodBeebblebrox2025-12-28 01:29

I can tell you why I found it bad.

I'm a fantasy nerd, so if something I'm reading or watching gives me a world, I will try and pay attention to it and understand how it works. I love when elements mesh together and form a richer whole; conversely, I detest when elements actively clash and present an inconsistent view of the world.

Now, we will try and understand how magic works in Frieren:

* We know spells can be learned, as Frieren spent much of the show traveling around and collecting magic. Additionally, learning a spell was offered as a reward at the end of the exam, so we know that this isn't some skill unique to Frieren.

* Most of the mages we meet in the second half are incredibly one dimensional. We have the water girl, the ice girl, the earth guy, the illusion guy, the cutting girl, &c. It basically looks like a signature magic system, where everyone has their one thing (on top of a few basics).

* [Frieren]>!Additionally, we know that for many of them, this is not a preference/being best at one particular thing, but instead basically the only magic they can use. For instance, the water girl appears to have no backup plan for when she doesn't have access to water. And others appeared to not have any sort of backup style they could fall back on when they ran into someone whose style of magic countered their own.!<

* [Frieren]>!Additionally, despite this supposedly being a test for the rare and coveted highest level mage rank, almost all of the participants (everyone but Denken and Frieren) are young.!<

* [Frieren]>!Together, these imply that magic is largely innate, and that ones magical abilities—both in terms of raw output and the type of magic one can do—are determined at birth. Otherwise, mages would learn how to use multiple types of magic, if only so they don't run into a pokemon-style counter matchup. Even if they were slower/not as good at their secondary and tertiary style, it would still be better to have than simply being fucked if your default style is completely nonfunctional due to terrain or matchup.!<

* [Frieren]>!Similarly, older people (i.e. not in their 20s) who have spent more time learning the tricks of the trade, how to take advantage of situations, practicing dueling, &c. would be much better and well rounded mages if magic was actually knowledge-based.!<

* [Frieren]>!However, this obviously clashes with everything the first half of the show told us about Frieren going around and learning differing magics from all over.!<

In general, I love a fantasy work that I can dig my teeth into. Great ones let me think about them for dozens of hours, and at the end of it I'm left with greater appreciation for their world than I had beforehand. Meanwhile, I cannot think about Frieren for five minutes without wanting to tear my hair out.

There's also a general lack of attention to detail. For instance, let us consider water girl again. Take, for instance, water girl. In theory, she's at least a somewhat competent mage who lives in a dangerous world and knows how to take care of herself. Additionally, she's dependent on her water based-magic to do so. [Frieren]>!Yet she does not carry water with her when going into dangerous situations.!< It makes her seem either incompetent or utterly foolish. The series is replete with such details, and this arc makes them painfully obvious.

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To be clear, I do not believe that every work of fantasy needs an incredibly well developed view on how their magic works. However, Frieren invites the question. It puts magic at the centerpiece, and then cannot even bother to have a consistent theory on how it works. To me, this is offensively lazy.

Overall, I don't even think I'd call Frieren a bad anime. But I would call it a significantly subpar story that was heavily carried by good prod. If I walked into my local library and grabbed a random book from the fantasy section, odds are I'd get a better thought out work than Frieren.

Draco_Estella2025-12-28 04:58

[](#salute)

Well written. This perspective of Frieren is rarely written in this subreddit.

BaytaCosmico2025-12-28 03:38

I don't mind battle shonen at all. But for me, the focus is always on the writing and how invested the story can get me in the characters.

Here, the problem for me is that we are suddenly introduced to a whole host of characters without much to go on. I need to know these characters to care what happens to them. That's missing here. And what little backstory we have got so far (those two girls in Frieren's group) is so bland and undercooked, it feels insulting.

All the way up until Sein, we got characters that were interesting and were given time to breathe. Even one off characters like Old Man Voll were developed enough in one (or even half an) episode to make me care about them. Jumping right into battle and filling us in on their background along the way seems like a bad choice.

Again, I'm only 2 episodes in and maybe it gets better, but this feels like a definite drop in the quality of writing to the point where I would actually probably put this on hold if I wasn't part of a rewatch.

Good to know s2 will go back to the early Frieren structure though. That makes me feel a bit relieved.

_Ridley2025-12-27 18:19

It was so boring. It suddenly threw a ton of characters at me and asked me to care about them without doing anything to make them relevant to the themes the first cour explored. Just a record scratch and a now for something completely different and it's suddenly a friggin tournament arc. That arc is why I'm not particularly excited for the next season.

BaytaCosmico2025-12-28 03:29

Yeah. I'm only 2 episodes in so maybe it gets better after a while, but so far this has drained a lot of my interest in continuing this. If it weren't that I'm part of a rewatch and the new season is coming up soon, I would probably pause at this point and come back to it later. Which is a pity because the beginning was very strong indeed and I loved how the show handled heavy themes like mortality.

Charmanders_Cock2025-12-27 18:40

Imo this arc was the beginning of the mangaka‘s plight of “oh shit my manga is popular and I have to figure out how to stretch it for hundreds of chapters.”

I still enjoy the series, anime and beyond, but the exam arc really is sort of disjointed from the context of an anime only. It serves more as an introduction arc for future characters and their own respective story lines. I think that people will look at it more fondly as future seasons make it feel less disjointed in relation to the overarching narrative.

theangryeditor2025-12-27 19:28

I have been told the best arc is yet to come, so hopefully the exam arc will be remembered as a small transition and not a shark jump.

[](#mugiwait)

oedipusrex3762025-12-27 20:53

I always take opinions like “they haven’t animated the best part yet” with a grain of salt. Nine times out of ten, they’re just talking about hype action scenes.

theangryeditor2025-12-27 21:09

True, but I'm willing to give it the benefit of the doubt given what the series has shown previously.

theangryeditor2025-12-27 19:25

Yeah it was the weakest part of the show for sure. Not a great arc to end the season on.

Heda-of-Aincrad2025-12-27 18:05

At first glance, I thought today's place image was from Attack on Titan. The cape, the horseback riding, even the scenery reminds me of it, but upon closer look the character is dressed in more of a fantasy world style.

Queue_Jumping_Quack2025-12-27 18:06

That or one of the OPs of Code Geass haha..

OmegaVirgin942025-12-27 20:09

Looked like Ni no Kuni to me.

Heda-of-Aincrad2025-12-27 20:19

Yeah, I could see that.

chum-guzzling-shark2025-12-27 18:13

are there any anime created for a japanese audience but speak another language with japanese subtitles?

Quiddity1312025-12-27 18:25

There is a brief scene at the start of episode 18 of Evangelion where they are speaking in English, I'm trying to recall if Japanese subtitles appeared on screen...

soracte2025-12-27 18:56

There're plenty of *sequences* in a bunch of anime that take place in another language with Japanese subtitles. The air intercept scene in Patlabor 2 is an easy example, as are the exchanges in English in Cultural Exchange with a Game Center Girl and the bit in the UK at the start of Giant Killing.

I can't think off the top of my head of a whole title, even a short one, like this, though. Maybe someone else here can!

Corner case: one English dub of Macross Plus was sold in Japan for a Japanese audience in VHS copies with Japanese subtitles (and was eventually included on the Japanese Plus bluray release). It was sold as "Macross Plus: International Version". I don't know why they did this (beyond "to make money"!), but possibly one factor is that Plus is a very cosmopolitan story that could plausibly be taking place in diegetic English. However, when Plus was first made and sold they recorded a (good!) Japanese voice track, and the English dubbing came later, so this isn't an exact example.

Infodump_Ibis2025-12-27 19:08

Off the top of my head:

- The dialogue in **Junk Head** is all subtitled (the voices are muffled and incoherent).
- **Blood the Last Vampire** being mostly set on an American military base is primarily in English where the Japanese release has subtitles (according to [a Japanese review of the Blu-ray](https://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/series/buy/283044.html)).

Myabe that latter one is learning towards things like K-On the movie and Psycho-Pass the movie which have parts in English (really bad English in the case of the latter).

edit: just remembered **Cipher: The Video**. It's set in New York and I forgot that had dialogue in-between various 80s music like *Let's Hear it for the Boy & Footloose*.

theangryeditor2025-12-27 19:21

It's fairly common to have scenes like that with non-Japanese characters or settings.

Not sure if there are any anime that are entirely like that.

Queue_Jumping_Quack2025-12-27 18:13

Been watching more series in addition to all the movies I'm catching up on in this lacklustrer season. Mixed results... Makeine was quite fun with the first five or six episodes, but somehow I'm starting to feel the tropes with the side characters and Nukumizu a bit too much now (the three losing heroines are still fun to watch). And Showa Genroku Rakugo... oh boy. I really hated the series finale, or aspects of it. Taints my view of the two seasons leading to it.

But Chihayafuru continues to be good, though it is settling down into a bit too much of a predictable pattern with how the matches go.

theangryeditor2025-12-27 19:24

Later Chihayafuru was better outside the matches I think. I felt by the last 3rd of the story the development for Chihaya/Taichi/Arata/Shinobu via the matches had all kinda stalled and most of the interesting stuff was happening during their training and down time.

> And Showa Genroku Rakugo... oh boy. I really hated the series finale, or aspects of it. Taints my view of the two seasons leading to it.

[I understand](https://i.imgur.com/o5kDz8J.jpeg)

Queue_Jumping_Quack2025-12-27 20:13

I agree that the off match interactions are the best part. The cast in general is great, I'm surprised how much I like Shinobu so far, for example. She's hilarious. I'm just surprised how little screen time Arata has so far... I was expecting it to be more of a love triangle but for me he is almost part of the supporting cast compare to Taichi and Chihaya as of halfway through season 2.

I guess it can be more difficult coming up with exciting twists to Karuta matches as opposed to basketball or other traditional tea, sports...

theangryeditor2025-12-27 20:27

Shinobu is great, she has a way of stealing every scene she's in. Arata up to this point has mainly been an unreachable goal for Chihaya so he's a bit more bland as his own character, but even he's pretty fun when Shinobu's around.

The karuta matches themselves are most interesting early on when both the characters and the audience are learning more about the game and the strategies and skills. Later on how good the matches are become more dependant on how well they serve as a vehicle for developing the character and narrative themes. But it's a sports series after all so that's to be expected.

Queue_Jumping_Quack2025-12-27 20:36

There's kind of a pattern to matches in spokon series usually, where the character development is tied to either power-ups or moments of personal growth. And it works like that here too. But the downside is that the matches usually follow the same pattern where Chihaya (or another team member who is getting focus time) does poorly for the first part of the match losing every card until the episode is almost over, which is when they get a "Eureka!" moment and get a card surprising their opponent and the audience just before the episode ends. Its become bit too much of a pattern, but I still enjoy the matches for the character moments.

theangryeditor2025-12-27 20:46

Yup, and Chihayafuru does rely on this pattern particularly often. Having a varied and charming cast of characters helps a lot in keeping things enjoyable even when the pattern starts to get a little played out.

Outside the main group I really liked the Desk-kun-Kana-Nikuman trio and their dynamic. Sumire has some great moments too though her archetype is not one I typically enjoy. But when it comes down to it Shinobu has to be my favourite character by far.

cppn022025-12-27 19:36

I really liked the Rakugo finale.

Queue_Jumping_Quack2025-12-27 20:00

I can appreciate that, I liked the generational storytelling and different eras which the finale showcased. Alas, that the mangaka chose to do what they did.

cppn022025-12-27 20:45

I don't know or care to know if it's different in the manga but the plot point I am assuming you have an issue with was very much open to interpretation in the anime and I chose to interpret it in a way where it does not negatively impact my opinion of the ending or the show in general.

Queue_Jumping_Quack2025-12-27 20:16

Oh and to add to the above, I'm also watching Black Lagoon. Cathartic seeing groyp-- neo-nazis getting blown away unapologetically. I wonder if the jackass grifters with "review" Youtube channels would call the series "woke" if it was airing this year...

Queue_Jumping_Quack2025-12-27 18:26

Since "Mangaka" is only airing on Monday and it is the last anime that is going to feature on these lists I haven't finished, I'll just post my top 5 of the season and top 25 of the year here. I considered doing a top 10 of the season, but I would have to include 5/10s and that just feels wrong. Not a great season for me...

**Fall 2025 Top 5:**

1. This Monster Wants to Eat Me (8/10)
2. Spy x Family Season 3 (8/10)
3. Gachiakuta (8/10)
4. Ranma ½ (2024) 2nd Season (8/10)
5. \* A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace (7/10) -> not finished yet, so if it messes up the ending Yano might rise up to replace it

**2025 top 25:**

1. Medalist (9/10)
2. The Summer Hikaru Died (9/10)
3. This Monster Wants to Eat Me (8/10)
4. Apothecary Diaries season 2 (8/10)
5. Spy x Family season 3 (8/10)
6. Anne Shirley (8/10)
7. Gachiakuta (8/10)
8. Clevatess (8/10)
9. Witch Watch (8/10)
10. Aharen-san season 2 (8/10)
11. Ranma ½ (2024) 2nd season (8/10)
12. Dekin no Mogura: The Earthbound Mole (8/10)
13. Apocalypse Hotel (8/10)
14. Hibimeshi (8/10)
15. Grand Blue season 2 (8/10)
16. Zenshuu (7/10)
17. \* A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace (7/10)
18. My Dress-up Darling season 2 (7/10)
19. My Hero Academia: Vigilantes (7/10)
20. Takopi's Original Sin (7/10)
21. Silent Witch (7/10)
22. Ruri Rocks (7/10)
23. Kowloon Generic Romance (7/10)
24. Dr. Stone Science Future part 2 (7/10)
25. Yano-kun's Ordinary Days (7/10)

RetroCrush_Matt2025-12-27 18:42

Today’s all-day RetroCrush marathon is Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, the TV debut of Hideaki Anno!

Watch free: https://www.retrocrush.tv/livetv

cosmiczar2025-12-27 19:23

Seeing Kenichi Yoshida working on it made Jaadugar go from a show I was curious about to one of the most exciting projects of 2026.

Like, the biggest things I can't wait to watch next year are tied to works I'm already a fan (Gundam Hathaway 2, Bleach TYBW finale, Dorohedoro S2, Patlabor EZY and the new Ghost in the Shell) because I can't really muster the same degree of excitement for things I don't really know about. For instance, I'm excited for the new Bones x Hiromu Arakawa anime because of their pedigree, but I'm not as excited about it in comparison to the others I've mentioned above because of the lack of emotional attachment to that specific work, but when you put my favorite active character designer on a show then it's a buff that can easily overcome the barrier of "I don't even know much about what kind of show it will be"

TheOneWithALongName2025-12-27 20:14

Watching Magipoka for the first time.

Why didn't I know about it that much sooner?

theangryeditor2025-12-27 21:44

[it is forgotten to time, but not to my heart](https://i.imgur.com/Sw3mpDk.png)

TheOneWithALongName2025-12-27 23:19

I want a BR version so bad.

theangryeditor2025-12-27 23:20

Maybe some day it'll happen along with a nostalgia reboot

[](#exasperated)

TheOneWithALongName2025-12-27 23:22

*coping* 20 year anniversary soon *coping*

merurunrun2025-12-27 23:50

> Why didn't I know about it that much sooner?

Because you didn't play a certain flash game...

Dull_Spot_82132025-12-27 20:45

**Fall 2025 Roundup**

**1. My Hero Academia Final (10/10)**

Unexpected AOTS for me. I’m shocked it stuck the landing so well. Thematically resonant, did everything it needed to do to send this series off on a high note. Will recommend long into the future, along with the best of battle shonen series in its genre. This is the only My Hero season I have given a 10, and I think it earned it.

**2. Spy X Family S3 (8/10)**

Almost put this one with the other 7’s, which I consider a good score too, but the highs with Loid’s background pushed it up a notch. It drags a little with the Anya bits, but I think it balances out overall and is on par with the first two seasons. Good solid show.

**3. Gachiakuta, Tougen Anki, Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26, Sanda (7/10)**

These were all pretty good, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, but entertaining nonetheless.

**4. Wandance, Disney Twisted Wonderland: Heartslabyul, Koala’s Diary (6/10)**

I liked these shows, but they had some issues. Wandance had probably the cutest couple of the season, but it’s hard not to get taken out of the show with the switch up between CG models dancing and more traditional animation. And it felt like a test show for gauging how much CG Models an audience can tolerate in a run time. Disney show looked amazingly colorful and knew the assignment, but it’s still rudimentary magic school story setting with nothing inventive going on to stand out. Koala was a chill short that exists for the seasonal vibes.

**5. This Monster Wants to Eat Me, Shabake**

These two had poor pacing, mediocre execution, passable/limited animation, and were ultimately the two shows I would not recommend out of everything I watched. Monster could have easily been half the run time, Shabake did a lot of meandering, and both stories were lackluster by the end. I did really like Miko in Monster and the music/sound design was excellent in that show. Shabake’s historical setting/time period clashed with those very modern piano elements and it seemed like a missed opportunity to use something more period focused to match the aesthetic.

Overall, I didn’t pick up much this season, but enjoyed most things I did.

theangryeditor2025-12-27 20:51

>5. This Monster Wants to Eat Me, Shabake

[](#sadholo)

I do wish WataTabe was better than how it ended up. And too bad about Shabake as well, but I did heed your advice to not pick it up.

Dull_Spot_82132025-12-27 20:56

If you really crave a period piece, Shabake is there, but it’s a slog. As much as I think Ichitarou is a sympathetic protagonist, his personality and the lack of any directorial tension just takes the wind out of what should be a detective thriller narrative. It’s just flat, sadly.

Ok-Cod52542025-12-29 08:51

Glad that many anime watchers appreciated the finale of MHA compared to how it was for the manga. lol

Dull_Spot_82132025-12-29 18:00

Manga readers out there crying wolf too many times for me to take them seriously when it comes to anime adaptations. Team did an excellent job with this one.

Ok-Cod52542025-12-29 18:07

Yeah, this was a case of misinformation/misinterpretations with initial manga leaks and people exploiting it to spread hate for the agenda. Some of those people didn't even read the series or the official chapter once it was translated and just spread misinformation. The anime fleshed some scenes out more in the last episode, but the core of it was exactly the same. lol

It's not completely over yet either as there's at least still the special episode released in May 2026 of an extra chapter that came out a bit later, which is nice to get a bit more content for the ending.

Dull_Spot_82132025-12-29 18:45

I saw the announcement and I’m really glad how it’s turned out for this series. It always seemed to get an unfair amount of backlash for some of the weirdest things. I’m glad we’re getting a bit more in the spring.

Ok-Cod52542025-12-30 22:58

Yeah, it's great how MHA had multiple episodes of aftermath and epilogue, as compared to most other battle shonen, it would probably be like 2 episodes max for wrap up after the battle climax.

Including the special episode, it's 4 episodes of aftermath and epilogue, which is a whole third of a 1 cour season. And another episode that will take place post-timeskip to see just a bit more with them as adults. So stuff like this makes me appreciate MHA more.

KaleidoArachnid2025-12-27 20:52

Hey something is missing as I cannot find the Friday section of the anime chat group here.

entelechtual2025-12-27 20:55

Ok… it took me 23 episodes of the Princession to realize the bad guys are named after the instruments they play… well most of them.

Heda-of-Aincrad2025-12-27 21:10

It took an embarrassingly long time for me to realize something similar about a set of Dragon Ball Super villains (even knowing that DB loves its naming themes).

theangryeditor2025-12-27 21:26

But you did pick up on the Alice in Wonderland motifs right?

Tomorrow_Big2025-12-27 21:49

Took me even longer to realise why the monsters are named after chess pieces.

collapsedblock62025-12-27 21:56

How is Princessession going? I dropped it after the first cour and not feeling it, a bit crazy since I have watched 3 Precures in a row now.

entelechtual2025-12-28 00:34

It’s fine. I wish it would go a little further with the villains but I suppose I can only expect so much from a kids show.

theangryeditor2025-12-28 01:00

It's unquestionably better than the current season of Precure

awesomenessofme12025-12-27 21:25

I'm not going to criticize gooner slop over its actual substance, but I am going to criticize the horny robot show over the extremely inconsistent art that causes the boobs to constantly dance around the line between "really big" and "too big". Also for just sorta ending, but I guess that's not that rare when it comes to short series like that.

qwertyqwerty45672025-12-27 21:30

no such thing as "too big", warrior

[](#notlewd)

awesomenessofme12025-12-27 21:36

I feel like everyone has a dividing line somewhere unless they have extremely niche fetishes. Where that line is can certainly vary based on personal taste, but there is a "too big" at some point.

VoidEmbracedWitch2025-12-27 22:19

The inconsistency is the issue. Therefore every production needs a breast size chart. Learn from Mai-Hime.

qwertyqwerty45672025-12-27 22:28

> The inconsistency is the issue.

such is the unfortunate reality

[](#kaguyasigh)

Ocixo2025-12-27 23:54

There’s a limit to everything…

I once came across a few highlights from an obscure OVA-series named [Eiken](https://myanimelist.net/anime/788/Eiken__Eikenbu_yori_Ai_wo_Komete). Some of breasts in this show are so outrageously large that they’d send the girls straight to the hospital with severe spinal-related injuries. In fact, these breasts are probably massive enough to have their own orbit.

collapsedblock62025-12-27 22:20

All PVs for Winter 2026 watched. First of, congrats to /u/_Ridley for the amount of shoujosei and male casts airing this season, I lost count at like 5 shoujos and 3 josei. Maybe also /u/amethystitalian for the romances.

This season is already looking like a step up even excluding the fuckload of sequels we are getting. So these are my notes and remember I only read synopsis for a select few, so some may have factually wrong stuff cause I can't just read 60 entries.

* 29 year old adventurer - Another fantasy show with an 'old' man but here he seems to adopt a daughteru that accompany him on his adventures. Seems to be a bit more SoLish.

* Oshi no Ko S3 - Oh hey, this PV has a lot of that one background character that stands next to Kana and Memcho.

* Villainess Is Adored by the Prince - Wow, that was one of the most generic villainess anime PV I have seen. Still probs will be more tolerable than most isekai. Also like half the PV was shots of dudes burying themselves on the MC's hair.

* The Case Book of Arne - So like some NEET girl or something is obssessed with vampires or something. The girl was fun so I looked up the synopsis, a *vampire detective* show. Despite the tone of the PV, the anime has no comedy tag, and surprisingly a josei? I will be wary.

* Champignon Witch - A witch that is surrounded by weird mushroom creatures and she encouters some hot studs. Very shoujo-core. Someone made an off-handed comment about BL.

* Dark Moon - This kpop fan told me its like some crossover with a real band except here they are vampires or something.

* The Darwin Incident - The design for that monkey guy is absolutely terrifying, I hate looking at it.

* The Holy Grail of Eris - Uhhh, villainess and uhhh, yuri?

* Fate Strange/Fake - A full season of S/F, about time, maybe I should catch up.

* Goumon Baito-kun - This seems like a budget Buddy Daddies, some sort of assassins taking care of a child. These male cast SoL always seem to be absolutely boring so I'm wary.

* Hana-Kimi - Reverse harem of a girl infiltrating a boys school. Everyone seems to love the MC's boy persona for some reason. I want this to be a Mulan situation where these gay dudes will be disappointed that they were in love with a chick.

* High School! Kimengumi - A remake of some comedy of the 80s. Just like UY and Ranma, you can just feel the age of the humor displayed. However, its considerably less appealing than those.

* Journal with Witch - Seems like a very slow drama, had to read the synopsis for this and huh, its intriguing.

* Isekai Office Worker - The only reason this stood out is by pure virtue of being a BL or yaoi, I forgot the difference. Outside of that nothing of note.

* Budget Demi-chan - Its budget demi-chan. A human teacher teaches these demi-human girls with the worst designs I have ever seen. Also someone told me the source is written by a Nijisanji vtuber???

* Kaya-chan - reminds me a bit of Dark Gathering, seems to be about a little girl than can see ghosts and spirits.

* Laundry Girl - This hot girl does laundry. Big stuff.

* Kunon - Fantasy show of a blind guy. Its such a strange concept ngl. I'm not sure I can take this seriously if isn't by a blind person lmao.

* Mayonaka Heart - Aw damn it, my hot girl band anime turned out to be harem slop nooooooooo.

* Gentle Noble - Another fantasy male cast hot guys show.

* Childhood friends - Harem that has broken the mold by having not one, but two girls being the childhood friend! And it looks just like the most generic harem ytou have ever seen!

* Polar Opposites - This is literally Kawashida and Oota but the genders reversed and the girl is more gyaru-esque on top of being loud. Looks cute.

* Dragon isekai - The MC looks like a fucking Digimon.

* Invisible Guy - Remember the Ice guy? This is basically the same. Some sort of fantasy romcom workplace anime with an invisible guy and a demi-human girl. At least the girl looks infinitely more interesting than that cardboard girl in ice guy.

* Clear Moonlit Dusk - Shoujo of the cool girl at school falling in love with the hot guy at school. Apparently this is like one of THE shoujo rn but this felt just like any other shoujo. I guess the visuals looked better than the rest.

* Shiboyugi - Some maid girls are trapped in some sort of death game or something. Not a fan of the aesthetic.

* Sentenced to Be a Hero - Fantasy show where adventurers are more like Suicide Squad-esque parties.

* Cute girl confession isekai - Isekai where the MC confesses from the get go and now its a cute romcom Ig. Why is it an isekai.

* Demon King's Daughter - Demon king's assisstant has to babysit cute daughteru. It has Torture Princess daughteru vibes.

* Prism Rondo - Historical romance of this japanese girl going to victorian London. It is a Netflix show and dunno how to explain, it just *feels* like a Netflix show.

* Tamon's B-Side - This girl who is a big fan of a male idol meets him IRL at his home and turns out he is a male-Bocchi. A completely loser that is scared of everything. So the girl has to take care of him while still supporting him as a fan. Looks kinda fun.

_Ridley2025-12-28 01:32

> First of, congrats to /u/_Ridley for the amount of shoujosei and male casts airing this season, I lost count at like 5 shoujos and 3 josei.

Right? It's fucking glorious. I get everything from villainess slop to award winning drama josei. Nature is healing.

> Champignon Witch - A witch that is surrounded by weird mushroom creatures and she encouters some hot studs. Very shoujo-core. Someone made an off-handed comment about BL.

It's a testament to Typhoon Graphics that nobody seems to have any idea what this story is about after watching the trailer. If I wasn't up to date on the manga, I wouldn't know either.

> BL or yaoi, I forgot the difference

There isn't one. BL is yaoi, and yaoi is BL. The only difference is that BL is the more official term. Yaoi is kinda like smut, in that it's a put-down used affectionately between fans.

collapsedblock62025-12-28 02:11

For me I think most of those look pretty generic but I will still end up trying at least one episode of each anyways. Can't be worse than the avg isekai.

> The only difference is that BL is the more official term. Yaoi is kinda like smut, in that it's a put-down used affectionately between fans.

Naruhodo

awesomenessofme12025-12-28 04:07

For the record, unless you consider the entire genre to be slop (which, fair enough I guess), Tune in to the Midnight Heart is literally the highest rated harem manga on the entirety of MAL.

collapsedblock62025-12-28 04:50

> unless you consider the entire genre to be slop (which, fair enough I guess)

This is it, yeah.

Not like I can't have fun with a harem but err, let's say the MCs are always the weak part in a harem for me.

awesomenessofme12025-12-28 05:00

That's very unlikely to be the case here is all I'm going to say.

collapsedblock62025-12-28 05:02

I can only hope that can be the case considering the last 15 times I was told 'trust me' they were all lying.

[](#frustration)

awesomenessofme12025-12-28 05:08

Well, you can't say anything for sure. I wouldn't even speak confidently about how likely anyone is to enjoy it as a whole, but if your issue is with the way they tend to be executed and not the fundamental core of the genre... I mean, the numbers don't lie.

theangryeditor2025-12-28 00:58

Hopefully the wait until the next cour of Kingdom won't be too long.

[](#mugiwait)

Zeallfnonex2025-12-28 01:05

Surely after the Rose of Versailles, a passing reference in Gankutsuou, the Count of Monte Cristo, Persona 5 and a revolution's podcast currently covering the French Revolution, after deciding to join the Hell's Paradise rewatch I'd be free from the guillotine at least in *one* piece of media I'm consuming, right?

First 10 seconds or so talk about the difficulty and messiness of beheading someone with a sword.

SIGH I guess I can't escape the beheadings no matter what.

Shimmering-Sky2025-12-28 01:17

[](#trololol)

TheBigIdiotSalami2025-12-28 01:06

Go! Go! Loser Ranger! first episode is literally just an SNL writing night.

Okay, the golf club gag is frying me. These are true comedy writers. Can we get these guys on The Naked Gun 2? These are top tier gags they're pulling. The scene where the guy does his flashback is fucking hilarious.

Salty1452025-12-28 05:47

I stg just as I finally considered starting *One Piece*, the fandom is giving me such an aneurism that I'm considering calling it off entirely. So I need some clarification here to affirm whether or not I'm going senile here...

Where did this idea start that *One Piece* "Season 1" is ending?

I know that in [this tweet](https://x.com/ToeiAnimation/status/1983160636679786887) Toei announced that

>Beginning in 2026, the anime series will also kick-off its new production schedule, dividing into two parts for a maximum of 26 episodes per year

However (and maybe this will change once the episode actually airs), I've never *actually* seen confirmation that any "season" is ending. The tweet says that the show is going on break for three months before the new arc, but it doesn't act like this will be an at all different show or entry from everything that came before it. Neither MAL or AniList have created entries for any new "season" either starting in the Spring 2026 season.

It *seems* like a giant game of telephone that has spiraled into people now making memes and reporting it as fact. Most outlets such as [CR](https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2025/10/28/one-piece-anime-new-broadcast-schedule-2026) and [ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-10-28/one-piece-anime-reduces-annual-production-schedule-to-26-episodes-starting-in-april-2026-following-/.230401) have reported it as a "change/reduction in annual broadcast schedule" and the break as a "hiatus". The closest I can get is [some less reputable sites](https://en.as.com/meristation/news/one-piece-will-take-a-three-month-hiatus-and-when-it-returns-there-will-be-a-revolution-in-the-series-f202510-n/) reporting it as adopting a "seasonal" (in quotes) schedule or a "[more seasonal format](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/anime-shows/one-piece-is-slowing-down-early-2026-anime-hiatus-will-lead-to-a-new-schedule-with-a-maximum-of-26-episodes-a-year-to-better-match-the-pacing-of-eiichiro-odas-manga/)", before we get to the lowest outlets that just regurgitate it as "[One Piece Season 1 is Ending](https://www.thegamer.com/one-piece-weekly-episodes-ending-december-28/)". Hell, Collider even reported that "[One Piece Season 21 is ending](https://collider.com/one-piece-anime-manga-egghead-arc-finale-date-2026-hiatus/)" which seems more accurate (using what I presume to be English release batches as "seasons").

Now maybe the whole thing is one big meme that just completely went over my head, but I have seen people seem to get legitimately upset or act like this is some legitimate end of the series. It's driving me mad because when I lay out everything I listed above they still insist that "*One Piece* Season 1 is ending" and that I'm just stupid (or some more colorful language).

Is this just my autism reading into things way too literally?

So like... someone please solve this mystery for me. Am I just missing something or am I just being gaslit here. Cause as far as I'm aware, what constitutes an official "season" at the end of the day is determined by the executives and production committee, and it doesn't sound like anyone above is posturing to have the new batches of episodes be counted as anything other than the same *One Piece* that's been airing since 1999.

_Ridley2025-12-28 05:55

I mean, arguably, season one ended 25 years ago with the end of the East Blue saga. It all depends on how you're defining "season". If it's the MAL or Anilist listing, you'll find out soon enough.

Queue_Jumping_Quack2025-12-28 06:43

Its just a meme as far as I can tell. If it was being considered an actual new split off part / season, it would probably have a new name (One Piece part 2 or something similar, the way they used to name older long runners that would get split into multiple parts) and MAL would use that to create a new entry (in a way I would love to see that just for the drama it would create, but at this point it would probably not make a lot of sense). I predict there will be no splitting off and it will simply continue as a single entry.

Black Clover OTOH seems to be going there, and I've seen the marketing use "Season 2", though that might be a translation mishap... It isn't anything new either, Fairy Tail was split into long parts that now constitute different entries on MAL, each longer than the typical season.

Salty1452025-12-28 07:11

I think in BC's case the production did basically end, they worked on the movie, and now are back with more content to adapt. *Fairy Tail* had a full one-year gap but then kind of continued as normal.

If anything, it would be more of what *Bleach* did, if you removed the decade long break. It would be less "*One Piece* S2" and more "*One Piece:* \[insert arc title here\] *Arc*" though the difference requires getting into a very pedantic discussion that most people probably don't care for.

Queue_Jumping_Quack2025-12-28 07:28

Yeah, I think I already saw the XXX arc being used as the identifier for the post break One Piece continuation, though whether that was an official name or not I can't tell. If the producers do give it a new name though... there is a chance MAL will follow through and create a new entry for it. We would have our next fandom brushfire to watch as the OPM S3 flames die down lol.

Salty1452025-12-28 08:19

It is ultimately up to the producers, and the way *One Piece* works its often referred to by its arcs or sagas or whatnot already. In practice, judging *One Piece* holistically is pointless with how much the animation quality, especially in later seasons varies across the show, so it makes sense to break it down by arcs for discussions on the show. It would probably fit fine to break it down from the producer's standpoint, but ultimately it doesn't really matter.

Charmanders_Cock2025-12-28 06:45

Taking the One Piece “fandom” at face value is like walking into a crowded mall and trying to make heads or tails of what each individual voice is saying. It’s not even closely comparable to other “fandoms” in terms of sheer size/population. You’ll actively lose braincells over at r/onepiece with that mindset but that doesn’t really have much of anything to do with whether or not the series is enjoyable; if anything the crazy size of the fandom is a testament to it being worth giving a shot (if you have the time for it).

Emi_Ibarazakiii2025-12-28 06:23

New Oshi No Ko threads in r/anime!

We'll finally know what people have to say about the manga!

[](#awe)

Queue_Jumping_Quack2025-12-28 07:10

I should have stayed quiet in that thread, but stupidly went ahead and mentioned not being eager to read the coming episode threads due to irate source readers frothing at the mouth about the ending. And surprise surprise, I managed to summon them. Sorry mods, hopefully the whole thing won't get derailed now.

cppn022025-12-28 11:46

> mentioned not being eager to read the coming episode threads

It really wasn't much of an issue for S2 tbh.

Still-Slaking2025-12-28 07:14

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Zeallfnonex2025-12-28 07:20

No news yet, but the manga's in the final volume - there's some hopium that another season will be announced as the manga's closing, since other series have made announcements with similar timing.

Still-Slaking2025-12-28 07:21

That is great news, thanks!

Mama2Ge2025-12-28 07:19

Started Mieruko-chan and I was excited to watch an anime about ghosts, but after seeing all the fanservice in that first episode...ruined it for me. I can look past fanservice most of the time if the anime is good enough, but with this one it was so unnecessary that it genuinely made me uncomfortable. Like, it was so out of context? I was confused about it honestly

H-Ryougi2025-12-28 09:39

Try the manga maybe, the anime turned up the fanservice to 11. Not that I personally minded.

One_Bend74232025-12-28 10:05

Honestly, after all these years, I just look past that stuff. But yea, it was a major complaint in r/Mieruko when the adaptation started airing, how extremely sexualized their favourite horror-manga turned out.

And yes, the manga is MUCH less thirsty. The worst we got was Miko having a bath with her younger brother (no, not like *that*) and Hana being Hana, but that was all quite innocent.

zairaner2025-12-28 10:41

That was mostly something in the first episodes.

Vindex1012025-12-28 11:33

The manga of that started off the same, albeit not as detailed and focused as in the anime. It does taper off after the early episodes though

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cammellogermanico0002025-12-28 12:20

Guys can anybody help me with neon genesis evangelion?

Fun-Combination-7992025-12-29 03:00

Guys Peak Hashirama Vs Peak Roger. Who would win?🤔