2025's biggest anime joke(s)

With the year 2025 over and 2026 just getting started, let's take a look back what were the biggest anime jokes from that year. Bad or disappointing anime from that year that left you shaking your head or laughing at how bad it got. Here I my three candidates:

**The Beginning After the End**: An overhyped anime that had quite a lot going for it only it to become the poster child for bad animation. Or the alternative name being the Power Point presentation anime.

**One Punch Man Season 3**: I'll be brief here, because this season got COOKED. Our expectations were already pretty low, but we were still left disappointed. And the studio had the gall to announce a part 2.

**Uzamaki**: Going from 100 to 0 in just a single episode. I've never seen an anime have such a sharp decline in quality in such a short amount of time. Seriously that's insane.

Overall, 2025 was a pretty great year. Saying as some who's watched over 50 anime from that year. But's there's no denying that there were some bombs. Par for the course in entertainment. But what was biggest jokes in anime from 2025 for you?

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Ashteron2026-01-03 17:29

>And the studio had the gall to announce a part 2.

That's not how it works.

Uzumaki was 2024.

Prestigious_Pin_46322026-01-03 17:30

OPM S3 is at number one, I don't even know if any anime has been roasted more than OPM S3 and they still had the audacity to announce a part two

Annual-Classic15202026-01-03 17:35

The anime that got roasted more than OPM season 3 was the promised Neverland season 2 if I'm not wrong.

Sadik2026-01-03 18:04

I enjoyed all 12 frames!

Serier_Rialis2026-01-03 19:20

Forgot I was watching that!

Away-Meet35922026-01-03 17:32

Wanna know something? I let a girlfriend borrow Uzumaki. And then we broke up. She never returned it. I spent $40 on it, and cant justify buying it again though i want to

Curious_North_84792026-01-03 17:34

The writing in Lazarus and Moonrise was such an insult to people who actually know how to write a story. It was a complete waste of time and resources, even though they’re arguably two of the top five best-looking shows of the year.

ForOhForError2026-01-03 20:26

Lazarus was so *painful*. Weird shots, flat voicework, plotlines that crawled *and* resolved too fast.

DaoEmperorFather2026-01-03 17:35

The beginning after the end is an amazing novel story the manwha ain't bad either. It's a shame today's anime lovers are so focused on graphics over story. A lot of my favorite animes are the old ones and they looked like shit even one piece at the start was looking crazy

Wooden-Strawberry4642026-01-03 17:49

Yeah ofc at your time something like tbate would look good and normal because ffs you prolly lived in the 70s old ahh. For today's standards it's absolutely bad below below average, animations graphics quality whatever you call it matters a lot especially for something like Tbate which is a fantasy I think? And has lots of fight scenes

Ioxem2026-01-03 19:46

Don't insult beautiful 70s anime comparing them to TBATE

Wooden-Strawberry4642026-01-03 20:34

How did that fly over your head lol.... I'm saying if this animation was in the 70s it would be acceptable but not in big 2025.

Ioxem2026-01-03 20:40

...and my joke flew over your head.

Wooden-Strawberry4642026-01-03 20:43

I wouldn't know it's a joke even if you said so in the comment itself, grade schooler freaking Joke

Ioxem2026-01-03 20:50

Alrighty, no need to get upset.

Wooden-Strawberry4642026-01-03 20:52

So you get aura for apparently making me upset but when- alright Son

porpoiseoflife2026-01-03 20:28

Oh please. Mach GoGoGo had better animation than TBATE, and that released in the 60s.

biscuitboyisaac212026-01-03 22:58

I watched it finally a few days ago and I hate old anime and it was fine. Idk why everyone cries about it so much. Sure the animation wasn’t great but I wasn’t watching for the animation I was watching for the story

Wooden-Strawberry4642026-01-03 23:00

It's as you say just fine" it's one of the best manhwa\Ln out there they butchered it

biscuitboyisaac212026-01-03 23:44

I’ve watched and read so many isekai that it’s incredibly rare for me to describe one as anything but fine lol. There’s nothing unique in it. The power system has slight variations with the beast powers but mostly seems generic. The premise is slightly unique in it being from a Sci fi world but as of the anime they did nothing with that. So it’s just a powerful individual reincarnated which is pretty generic. Personality had potential but tbh wasn’t that unique. Might’ve been better in the Ln. it might be better later on but I don’t think anything really unique happened at all in the stuff covered by the anime

there’s a few more that came out in 2023 but 2024 and 2025 only had 4 anime total I would describe as anything but “decent”. I doubt TBATE would’ve been any different even if they got it perfect. For reference the 4 anime are zenshu, wrong way to use healing magic, dahlia in bloom, villainess lv99. The ladder 2 are probably only because I had a strong inclination towards the genres when I watched them.

Wooden-Strawberry4642026-01-03 23:47

Really? I lost track of it a long time ago thought it's pretty unique unless the author decided to make it another generic manhwa

biscuitboyisaac212026-01-04 00:06

It’s possible it was unique enough that people followed suit and made it not unique anymore but yeah the anime felt pretty generic. There were a couple of unusual decisions but most of it was pretty predictable.

[TBATE spoiler] >!I didn’t see him getting separated from his parents coming but that already happened I’m jobless reincarnation, I wasn’t expecting Sylvia to be a dragon but it was obvious she was gonna die. The elf was obviously Royalty I knew that from the moment she was introduced. The grandfather was obviously gonna be his master. Didn’t know what was causing him pain but it was obviously from Sylvia. Using little known knowledge to unlock/teach someone magic is pretty common trope, meeting a king is pretty common although the way of meeting and how it resolved was unique, going off on his own to become a adventurer is common but having a guide of sorts from his parents is slightly rare but I’ve seen it before, I didn’t see it but a magic academy arc is a classic!<

42tfish2026-01-03 17:51

I get that but there’s a certain expectation for modern animation and that was objectively bad. Especially considering that the novel and manhwa are fairly popular so you’d expect a certain level of quality.

Mragaman2026-01-04 05:13

Man, am I reading tbate wrong? To me it's just another bland and generic highschool power fantasy slop where everyone worships him.

DaoEmperorFather2026-01-04 06:08

You might be done with the fantasy anime genre there's so many similar stories like how mushoku tensei and tbate are similar in a few parts and there's also like 100s of isekais with cookie cutter builds now there even doing the same to solo leveling dozens of manwhas very similar. Have you tried american fantasy like vox machina its pretty awesome

Mragaman2026-01-04 06:48

The thing that bugs me about fantasy anime genre the most is that it's so rare to find something that puts any effort into its setting, characters, societal dynamics and stuff. It's always the usual with zero depth. I actually think that mushoku tensei is worth the watch because of the effort they put into that.

I haven't watched any american fantasy except for the most mainstream stuff, maybe I really should expand my range for entertainment more.

Anyways, unrelated but go watch Furiosa if you haven't. The way the movie teaches you the story of the characters through action sequences and how fleshed out their strategy are is mindblowing.

66Kix_fix2026-01-03 17:36

Nothing beats OPM S3

mkluczka2026-01-03 17:50

Do you mean OFM?

timpkmn892026-01-03 17:38

Do you have any complaints that aren't about animation?

mr_beanoz2026-01-03 17:46

Is there even any?

Turbulent-Region33232026-01-03 18:31

Lazarus comes to mind. Bruh what wasted potential with that writing

Edit: I would also like to add "My status as an assassin obviously exceeds the hero".

mr_beanoz2026-01-04 00:26

Ah, there's that show, I haven't watched it yet so I couldn't give my judgement.

youravgindian2026-01-04 10:08

crazy how the same guy who wrote Cowboy bebop, samurai champloo, space dandy, one of the most classic animes of all time, fell this low..

minnieboss2026-01-03 17:41

Go Go Loser Ranger was my favorite anime of 2024. 2025's season 2 was... painful.

Curious_North_84792026-01-03 17:44

Rushed the fuck out it, it wouldn't even matter if the animation was good again in S2

sonicjr2026-01-03 18:28

The last few episodes felt like a fever dream, the plot was so rushed I had to double check to make sure I didn't accidentally skip an episode.

It's a shame because the story is pretty cool but the pacing makes it extremely hard to follow sometimes

Kracko6672026-01-03 20:04

They pretty much changed a lot of stuff in the anime at the end too. Such a shame the manga is really good

LostScarfYT2026-01-03 17:42

The beginning after the end anime got me into books. Since anime are commercials for source material, it did its job.

SouekiSennoSTM2026-01-03 18:07

Tuning into the first episode of The Beginning After the End and just seeing what felt like the first episode of Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation redone with a lightly applied low quality coat of paint.

dagreenman182026-01-03 18:24

OPM straight up changed fights to make them cheaper to animate and worse. The answer is OPM. Fucking Bandai.

ghostpickleonastick2026-01-03 18:30

My Stats As An Assassin Etc Etc. It's made by Sunrise, it looks really good, amazing production values, etc etc, and terrible writing. It is 2025's Most Polished Turd.

LimeyLassen2026-01-03 18:53

Wild how this webnovel junk is getting the red carpet treatment

Minimum-Ebb86592026-01-06 12:43

I still am not sure if they were adapting like one light novel per episode or if the writting really is as junky and disjointed, but it was indeed painful

Playest_42472026-01-03 18:35

Ninja vs Gokudo dub
Ninja vs Gokudo dub
Ninja vs Gokudo dub

Dry-District9372026-01-03 18:49

I might get hate for this but for the most part the new season of fire force was a let down for me, the animation took a big knock compared to the previous seasons and the whole seasons just felt too rushed and the fights where underwhelming imo

Kardiackon2026-01-03 19:08

just tuning in here to say that you should read the beginning after the end (either comic or novel, both are good)

it starts off very mushoku tensei inspired but it does quickly do it's own thing and is pretty great. it is still power fantasy ultimately so if you dislike that genre maybe you wouldn't be a fan, but i still really liked it (up till I stopped reading around volume 7 I think)

cratermon2026-01-03 21:36

The Beginning After the End was painful to watch, I've read the novel and manhwa. It was such a waste of good material. I was disappointed with \[So I am Spider, So What\] when it came out because I loved the novel as well but compared to how TBATE, that one came out better. It is such a waste that there are a lot of slop that got a better treatment and was handled better. I'm not saying that TBATE story was the best, but it was better than the a lot of isekai/reincarnation slops

My Status as Assassin had a shit source material that got handled by a good production, but after episode 1 it got bad as well.

MammothDreams2026-01-03 22:32

Honorable mention to Water Healer, which really took a nosedive towards the end.

Shantotto112026-01-03 22:48

Dad is a Hero, Mom is a Spirit, and I’m a Reincarnator. Shitty people thinking themselves morally superior will always get under my skin, especially when said people are the protagonists and the author doesn’t seem to grasp that detail.

I Want to Escape Princess Lessons. 12 episodes of gaslighting the main heroine into loving her psychotic fiancé.

Jayc32026-01-04 02:47

**The Water Magician:** I don't mind a bit of isekai slop here and there. I tend to enjoy the ones that put more emphasis on the MC slowly integrating themselves into the world whilst learning their powers, and seeing them use their powers to improve their quality of life in these medieval settings whilst abusing their prior-life memories to figure out how to bolster/improve the world around them. The description of TWM seemed like it was gearing up to be like that, so it had me interested. Then we got to the city portion of the anime and it just felt so uninteresting to watch past that point. The MC very quickly feels super OP and it devolves into the most generic plot without any interesting supporting characters. Pretty sure there was an episode where it focused on a bunch of side characters I didn't care about who were exploring the dungeon and I tuned out completely. Maybe the manga is better? IDK. I just felt like the premise was cool at the start and then became pretty generic really quick.

**Uglymug, Epicfighter:** The opposite of what TWM was described as being, with the MC being extremely OP from the get-go. I actually don't mind this isekai trope either. Eminence in Shadow and Overlord have shown that it's possible to have an entertaining and interesting story without the MC having to train from level 1, so I was keen to see how Uglymug would fair. The MC is a social recluse accused of SA with his life ruined who is extremely ugly, so what happens if they become even uglier but are essentially a godly deity in a new world? Sadly, it's not really explored in much depth at all. He doesn't seek justice nor displays any anger outside the opening scenes. He trusts his companions fully, never questioning their intentions. He essentially becomes their guardian, fully benevolent and all. His decision to cripple his existence so drastically in this new world that it awards him the title of being essentially a 'God' is quickly turned into a running gag that becomes old very quickly. The MC just feels super shallow and the overall plot boring.

Artistic_Task75162026-01-04 07:15

Dads a Spirit

Everyone in this sucked and I wanted the neglected daughter of the brother to turn evil and kill everyone