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Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion - January 05, 2026

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One_Bend74232026-01-05 11:28

I finally watched *Eiga daisuki Ponpo-san* last weekend. It... was not what I expected.

Don't get me wrong, it was a fine story and I enjoyed the parallel of Gene (the protagonist) and in-universe movie's protagonist (Martin), how they sacrifice everything for their craft.

I just... Why is Pompo depicted like a 10-year old girl? Is this meant to represent an actual youthful producer? Because a character like Martin Braddock is obviously a synonym for someone like Marlon Brando (older, inactive actor), and Mystia might be someone like Margot Robbie or Eva Green (experienced, sexy actress), et cetera.

But Pompo? Is she supposed to represent generational influence, through her connection to her grandfather (some kind of legendary director)? Or is this just a wink to Japan's unhealthy fascination with cute & young?

And I get that a movie like this is aimed at the Japanese audience, of course, but all the supposedly western characters bowing really discombobulated me :) But hey, that's fine, that's the unique flair of anime after all

Salty1452026-01-05 11:39

Isn’t Pompo like 12 in the movie? She’s portrayed as young because she is absurdly young, hence her being the genius that she is.

SpaceTurtleHunter2026-01-05 12:49

> Why is Pompo depicted like a 10-year old girl?

Because it's more interesting that way? A young obnoxious genius sets up very different character dynamics compared to, say, an experienced master.

Salty1452026-01-05 11:40

*Acro Trip* is surprisingly more fun than I thought.

I don’t know why I more or less wrote it off for a whole year. This show slaps

alotmorealots2026-01-05 11:57

It's a wonderful little series in every aspect!

I do think that opening sequence deserves particular mention for the way its storyboarded and directed, really is an outstanding piece of work, full of simple but clever touches (e.g. the title card being on the side of truck).

cppn022026-01-05 12:50

DATE CHIZUKO!

zairaner2026-01-05 16:08

Such a [fun ed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIMc3L81u6U&list=RDPIMc3L81u6U&start_radio=1) as well!

Really, everybody had fun making this show.

oedipusrex3762026-01-05 12:03

Kinishite: Kirei ni Shite Moraemasu ka (Wash It All Away), the SoL about a laundry service got some Übel-tier visuals. [X.com link](https://x.com/i/status/2008055866210337017). [Imgur](https://imgur.com/a/ubel-BZdXCUN)

entelechtual2026-01-05 12:33

Oh. I thought it was going to be a camera shot from between a woman’s legs.

oedipusrex3762026-01-05 14:42

Somehow you made me realize there are a lot more options when it comes to Übel.

baseballlover7232026-01-05 12:08

[Pack it up](https://i.imgur.com/brYVhoI.png) I guess.

[](#abandonthread)

alotmorealots2026-01-05 12:36

This was The Place.

Heda-of-Aincrad2026-01-05 13:14

It's the K-On girls! It was fun following along with the rewatch for season 1. Hopefully I'll get a chance to see season 2 (if I can catch it on the HiDive channel) before too long.

I've also been recognizing a lot of these place images lately. [](#neat)

Hitman71282026-01-05 13:47

The KyoAni nostalgia from K-On!

Also, the K-On girls make for some of my favorite comment faces on the sub

[](#neat)

One_Bend74232026-01-05 13:55

K-On, especially S2, was *peak* KyoAni. They never reached that height again. It really showed the rest of the industry how to do an adaptation *right*, even improving on the original yonkoma by tying all the stories together in an episode.

thisisdropd2026-01-05 14:12

Among the shows that had premiered last week, there are two that stood out to me.

I’m sure '**Sentenced to Be a Hero**' has made quite the noise with its length, high-octane energy, and film-level production. Not much going on plot wise for now due to the action eating the lion's share of the episode although the post-credit scene had given us a glimpse it. I expect the show to take a breather from the action to explore the plot in the next episode.

Meanwhile, '**Journal with Witch**' is on the opposite side of the spectrum when it comes to energy. The animation is less flashy, but by no means has inferior quality – and is more fitting for its theme. The show having a far more muted tone allowed us to bask in the cinematography and details. It employed the '*show, don't tell*' technique a couple of times. In this respect, it reminded me a lot of Shoshimin, which was one of my favourite shows of 2025. The cast are heavily grounded, and felt like real people instead of caricatures.

mekerpan2026-01-05 15:45

I also felt some kinship between Ikoku Nikki and Shoushimin in style and tone. But in terms of content (and "feels") Ikoku Nikki seems a lot like Tamayura (but probably with a far tinier cast of characters).

oedipusrex3762026-01-05 16:18

>Tamayura

I think it has a lot to do with Asa narrating her thoughts in a poetic, reflective way, which feels similar to Potte. Asa reminds me of twin-tailed Potte before she moved to her dad’s hometown. Both shows are about young girls trying to sort through their feelings, with Ikoku Nikki focusing more on drama, while Tamayura leans into heartwarming iyashikei (healing).

mekerpan2026-01-05 16:24

I will be very interesting to see how Ikoku Nikki (presumably) handles the healing process.

BaytaCosmico2026-01-05 14:27

Damn, it's already been a week since Tamon's B-side premiered and I still haven't found the time to watch it. Been seeing nothing but positive responses to it so I've sort of been saving it for a good time. Will today be that good time? I sure hope so. Can't afford to fall behind 2 episodes.

Sentenced to be a Hero, meanwhile, I'm saving for when I have more patience for an hour long episode filled with action (I tend to zone out when there's a lot of that). Luckily second episode isn't out for another week and change so I've plenty of time.

Hanakimi got saved for later because you simply can't watch anything else after Ikoku Nikki, especially not something this frivolous. But there are two episodes of that already?! FFS why?

I also wanted to give this Kunon a looksee but that's a double episode deal as well. Not liking this trend.

And that torturers' workplace show sounded like it could be fun too.

Basically, season just started and I'm already hella backlogged. And the big ones don't even start till next week. Seasonal fatigue this early is not right. Help!

qwertyqwerty45672026-01-05 14:52

Best otome game isekai season 2 soon.

[](#concealedexcitement)

qwertyqwerty45672026-01-05 14:57

I am bracing for (Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc movie opening theme) to place very highly on OP awards/lists, even though if it didnt have (Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc movie opening theme) behind it's name every time it's mentioned, nobody would really care about IRIS OUT.

[](#thoughtful)

BaytaCosmico2026-01-05 15:25

Of all the things in my backlog, chose to watch Kunon because my brain is fried and I didn't feel ready for anything good that I'd have to pay attention to.

But man, this is so bad even as a brainless watch. The episode thread has people praising the maid - a character designed to be "best girl" - and I just found her insufferable and the show nearly put me to sleep. People actually watch this kind of thing too, huh?

Second show of the season becomes my first drop.

IXajll2026-01-05 15:31

Yea, couldn’t get past the first episode either, but tbh I didn’t really expect to anyway. Ultimately still extremely generic, blind MC or not, and none of the characters got me interested enough to see more of them.

BaytaCosmico2026-01-05 15:37

It was pretty fast paced (as in a lot seemed to happen) but I was so bored. So bland in every way. At least that's one less show on my watchlist. Small mercies.

Ham_PhD2026-01-05 15:37

MAL wrapped thing was pretty neat. Especially liked the top and "hot takes" anime for you on the season. I'm sure people already talked about these things but I've been slow. I enjoy looking back on the year not from a "what came out this year" stand point, but from the "what did I watch" standpoint so that's fun. Yeah my AOTY is probably Hikaru, but the best anime I watched this year was Liz.

TOP (No particular order):

1. Liz and the Blue Bird
2. Shoushimin S2
3. Apocalypse Hotel
4. The Summer Hikaru Died
5. Chihayafuru S2

Hot Takes (No particular order):

1. Takopii
2. Rock is a lady's Modesty
3. Call of the Night S2
4. Sakamoto Days
5. 86 Part 2

AmethystItalian2026-01-05 15:41

BIG thank you to everyone who read, upvoted or commented on my [2025 Amewards](https://redd.it/1q3v2i8).

May be my last year doing it so a good year to go out on, was very well received! (Unless you're an Orb fan lol)

Here's hoping to an even better 2026!

[](#grouphug)

Tomorrow_Big2026-01-05 16:07

I'm an Orb fan, but you had Trillion Game on your list so all is forgiven.

AmethystItalian2026-01-05 16:29

Has been nice to see other folks who enjoyed Trillion Game as well, don't feel like it'll make many other awards

alconnow2026-01-05 15:54

I’m hoping someone (preferably not Amazon) picks up **Champignon Witch**. It’s one of my most anticipated shows

SSjjlex2026-01-05 16:08

Oh do we not have any streams for that anywhere? That's unfortunate...

Durinthal2026-01-05 16:07

[Someone watched Turkey! recently.](https://mastodon.art/@MicroSFF/115842822452560968)

[](#azusalaugh)

Heda-of-Aincrad2026-01-05 16:16

I was looking through a list I made a year ago predicting which anime from my backlog would be my favorites of 2025. Not too far off the mark because I guessed half of them right (SAO Progressive: Scherzo of Deep Night, Violet Evergarden, Mary and the Witch's Flower, Cop Craft, and Pokémon Journeys). Two of them turned out to be just okay (Orbital Children, Dragon Pilot: Hisone & Masotan) and there were three I didn't get the chance to watch (Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Gundam Seed).

Hard to say which shows from my 2026 PTW might turn out to be my favorites, aside from the obvious ones like Spy x Family S3 catch-up. There are some classics I'm looking forward to though like GitS, Magic Knight Rayearth, and Fruits Basket.

kaushik04082026-01-05 16:19

I have heard of an anime with a similar concept to Grail Wars from the fate series where renowned heroes were summoned for a battle royale. Couldn't find it tho. Does the anime exist or am I just making shit up?

Nomar_952026-01-05 16:59

Record of Ragnarok, but that's a tournament, not a battle royale

RetroCrush_Matt2026-01-05 16:22

[It's Hayao Miyazaki's birthday so I'm streaming Future Boy Conan all day on RetroCrush Anime!](http://retrocrush.tv/livetv)

Wanderingjoke2026-01-05 16:29

I would enjoy my MAL Wrapped (and MAL lists in general) more if they excluded dropped shows.

My Hot Takes list includes three dropped shows:
1. Mashle: Magic and Muscles 3 7.62
2. Sanda 4 7.52
3. Sakurada Reset 3 7.33
4. Apocalypse Hotel 5 8.01
5. Sword of the Demon Hunter 4 7.30

Also, it doesn't include Fall, but that's on me, since I'm still far from completing my shows. (My goal is to start Winter by next week.)

Durinthal2026-01-05 16:39

One more reason to not rate drops.

[](#haaaaaaah)

Wanderingjoke2026-01-05 16:51

https://i.imgur.com/rs2hNIm.jpeg

oedipusrex3762026-01-05 16:45

**Sentenced to Be a Hero**

I didn’t bother reading the episode discussion since people there have probably already brought this up, but I want to say it anyway. The show is "not-Fate."

\[Ep1\] >!Silo dresses like Assassin Emiya (colors look the same). The raining swords... *totally* not Gilgamesh. There’s the whole pact with some kind of divine/spiritual being. Silo summoning new swords after contracting Teoritta made me think of Shirou projecting weapons. There’s the whole “hero” theming, though this one’s a stretch considering Fate/Strange Fake has characters even closer to Kiritsugu in terms of seigi-ness. Oh, and the red tattoo that extends up Silo's arm.!<

I think all of these similarities are mostly surface-level. The show is clearly doing its own thing.

Illya-ehrenbourg2026-01-05 16:52

Just finished the Cultural Festival arc from Hyouka (not K-On but close enough eh?)

I found that the main mystery was a bit too convoluted for my taste, but the earlier half was peak sol. There isn't much happening but so much at the same time. The atmosphere was absolutely great, there is such a profusion of activity and fun and I didn"t get bored for a single minute. Kyoani really outdid itself as for the production value.

Eru losing herself in all the activities (First time I saw karuta since Chihayafuru), the cooking contest, Oreki bartering his way up.

DarkDrakeMythos2026-01-05 17:43

I've started the 1st episode of Orb. I have to admit, I'm hooked. Wish me luck on this journey!

Infodump_Ibis2026-01-05 18:09

Crunchyroll will have [a Trigun Stampede YouTube Watch Party](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAEhe8miv3k) in a little under 25 hours. Thumbnail suggests it's English dub only (when things are multi-audio thumbnail has sub dub [e.g. My Dress-up Darling eps 1-3](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRe9ARNnYSY7E2GmqzR1OieuftpcM2z3v)). Now I don't know if YT can actually do multi-audio for premieres and livestreams?

Nachtwandler_FS2026-01-05 18:12

People tend to say that second OP of the show is often worse than the first one. And what shows are a subvertion for you (I know,a lot of people will say Frieren, but I personally disagree)?

For me good examples are **Macross Frontir** with Lion and **ToraDora** with Silky Heart (though, I am sue a lot of people disagree here).

Queue_Jumping_Quack2026-01-05 18:16

Ranking of Kings will probably be a common answer, but thats the first one that came to mind.

Dumey2026-01-05 18:21

I think you typo'd. Are you asking which OPs get better in following seasons rather than worse?

I think a lot of people prefer Ranking of Kings second OP over the first.

Though sounding similar, I think Kaguya-sama OPs get better with each season.

Mob Psycho 100 is another series of OPs where I think people generally agree gets better and better.

Nachtwandler_FS2026-01-05 18:36

No typo, I said often people think the following one is worse and asked for the opposite.

Ranking of Kings is a good example.

Dumey2026-01-05 18:43

You edited the typo. >_>

Oh well, it's understandable now. Cheers.

Shimmering-Sky2026-01-05 18:21

Lion from Macross Frontier is a good one, that one's one of my all-time faves.

Does the OP for the sequel series to a show that only had one OP count as the "second OP" of a show? Because I *love* [the OP for Selector Spread WIXOSS](https://v.animethemes.moe/SelectorSpreadWIXOSS-OP1.webm) and would hold it as my favorite from WIXOSS in general ~~shame that specific season of WIXOSS is otherwise shit but I digress~~, where [the one for Selector Infected WIXOSS](https://v.animethemes.moe/SelectorInfectedWIXOSS-OP1.webm) would've been the "first OP".

Nomar_952026-01-05 18:21

Kill la Kill

Little Witch Academia

Sporadia_2026-01-05 18:35

Konosuba

AngleRepulsive54702026-01-05 18:45

It’s usually the opposite for me, and some of them are probably unpopular opinions too, like Toradora OP 2, YLIA OP 2, and literally any OPs of AOT is better than OP 1. Some recent ones are The Apothecary Diaries OP 2, 3, 4; Shoushimin Series OP 2; COTN OP 2; and Witch Watch OP 2.

cppn022026-01-05 19:31

> literally any OPs of AOT is better than OP 1. (...) The Apothecary Diaries OP 2, 3, 4; Witch Watch OP 2

[](#criticism)

North5142026-01-05 18:47

Naruto. When I think of the original series OP2, 3 or 5 stands out more. OP 1 is one of the least notable from the series. Shippuden also has numerous more notable OPs than the first one.

Legend of the Galactic Heroes OP 2 would be my favorite.

Kaguya Sama Love is War S2's OP was probably the best .

Major S6 is probably the best as well.

As a big Mushishi fan I like Shiver more than the Sore Feet Song. That probably is unpopular though.

If you count movies Dirty Pair's Project Eden is one of my favorite OPs of all time.

Though yeah, I think if you evaluated the general fandom out there you would find more shows where people prefer OP 1 however, it's not a slanted as people think.

Quiddity1312026-01-05 18:17

Well since everyone else is talking about their MAL wrap ups for 2025, I may as well too.

674 anime episodes for me this year, and 285 hours 59 minutes of total anime watched.

My MAL average anime rating was a 9 which sounds crazy and it is, as it only represents a single anime, Kino's Journey. I stopped scoring every anime I watched years ago but will occasionally give a great anime a score and this is the sole one I did this year.

Mecha was my #1 genre in 2025 which makes no sense to me as I've sharply curtailed my mecha anime viewings the last few years. Only mecha anime I can recall watching in 2025 was Gundam G-Quuuuux, Aldnoah Zero, Darling in the Franxx and Megazone 23. I wrapped up viewings of 86 and Victory Gundam that started in 2024. That's only 6/67.

Oregairu was flagged as the anime I spent the most time with, 37 episodes. I usually stick with shorter stuff but even then I was surprised this was the longest I stuck with any particular franchise the whole year. I did a complete rewatch of Re:Zero which is a higher number, but that was about half 2024/half 2025 so MAL didn't count it.

cppn022026-01-05 18:41

Finally a show with real stakes. I was on the edge of my seat waiting to find out wether the pasta stain would come out.

[Wash]>!Very comfy show so far. Would recommend.!<

BaytaCosmico2026-01-05 19:14

This is where [Frieren]>!Fern's clean clothes spell would be invaluable.!<

cyberscythe2026-01-05 19:37

have you tried [Mashle] >!punching the stains away!<

Korkez112026-01-05 18:53

Was it All Away is the first show that sold me with post-credit scene. They care.

IXajll2026-01-05 18:58

Yea, both her daily routine and the building plan were such great and underrated additions, loved the extra attention to detail.

cyberscythe2026-01-05 19:37

i especially liked the building plan; reminds me of those books i read as a child which had cross-sections of various places and objects in detail

having that sort of combination storefront and living space is one of those dreams i have, and i romanticize it despite not knowing how impractical it actually is, sort of like van life

bandannadann2026-01-05 18:54

Damn, [even Charlie is out here glazing Sentenced to be a Hero.](https://youtu.be/Aq-uUoq4LEs?si=XCp4yCaaUoVQbVZB)

Really cool to see a new show absolutely blow up like this. Haven't seen this kind of meteoric launch since Gachiakuta, or maybe even Dandadan.

awesomenessofme12026-01-05 19:14

Apparently, despite its premiere date, Sentenced to Be a Hero is *not* a Saturday anime. I guess my Saturdays are only probably full, not definitely, and I need to wait to see if either Dead Account or Misanthrope look worth my time.

bandannadann2026-01-05 19:20

For some reason it is now a Thursday show, alongside Jujutsu Kaisen and Chained Soldier -- somehow I will only have one Saturday show this season

awesomenessofme12026-01-05 19:22

I thought it would be 6 for me (and it may end up being that again), although two of them are carryovers and one of them isn't strictly speaking an anime. This will now be my only Thursday show.

Shimmering-Sky2026-01-05 19:33

I would have preferred for it to be a Saturday show over a Thursday show. Thursday is one of the worst days of the week for me to have four shows on.

[](#barakamonnotcool)

theangryeditor2026-01-05 19:37

Sorted out my 2026 [shortlist](https://i.imgur.com/7B2MjqN.png) and [tentative list](https://i.imgur.com/OEs3t9N.png)

I'll be lucky to get through half the short list and the stuff on the tentative list are probably non starters, but who knows how the year will go.

While I'm at it here's my 2025 [MAL wrap up as well](https://myanimelist.net/wrap-up/TheAngryEditor/2025/anime)

Zale13x2026-01-05 20:36

>Nadja
Saiunkoku
Figure 17
Kyousougiga

[](#utahapraises)

One day I will also watch [Uchuu Kyoudai](https://anilist.co/anime/12431/). been one of those shows that has circled in my head for over a decade now but never get around to it. Might actually be the one that I've been sitting on for the longest after I finally watched GITS:SAC a couple years ago.

[](#mugiwait)

theangryeditor2026-01-05 21:02

>One day I will also watch Uchuu Kyoudai. been one of those shows that has circled in my head for over a decade now but never get around to it.

Same. It's been on and off my shortlist since it was airing. Hopefully this is the year I finally get to it

[](#tiredaoi)

Heda-of-Aincrad2026-01-05 20:59

Vision of Escaflowne is great. It felt like a really unique setting too with its mix of fantasy and mecha.

I've also got Fruits Basket on my 2026 watch list (and Shugo Chara on my reading list).

theangryeditor2026-01-05 21:05

I'll probably check out the Shugo Chara manga as well after the anime unless I end up outright disliking it. I'm quite fond of Peach-Pit's art.

Heda-of-Aincrad2026-01-05 22:18

I read the first few volumes *years* ago and remember liking it. The character designs are very cute.

Durinthal2026-01-05 21:22

That's a good number of mecha.

[](#drunkhisone)

theangryeditor2026-01-05 21:43

[](#mechablush)

It turned out that way before I even realized it

OmegaVirgin942026-01-05 22:20

I was thinking about RahXephon recently because of that ["2000s anime that used to be popular"](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1q34sn0/what_are_some_2000s_anime_that_were_mildly_or/?ref=share&ref_source=link) thread from the other day. It's a pretty interesting series that I think got wrongfully maligned for being an Eva rip off.

theangryeditor2026-01-05 19:39

> this is the place

[**it remains on the long long list**](#mugiwait)

Durinthal2026-01-05 20:05

At this point I have determined that K-On will be the KyoAni show I'll get to after all the others.

[](#mugiwait)

theangryeditor2026-01-05 20:09

Hopefully that'll be saving the best for last

[](#mugiwait)

Ham_PhD2026-01-05 19:43

Also, #backlogszn never ends so I started **Kids on the Slope.**

I only watched 1 episode, but I'm in love so far.

_Ridley2026-01-05 20:20

Oh, my poor disaster bisexual nephew and his two loves. I wish the ending felt less rushed, but that's a great series.

Ham_PhD2026-01-05 20:36

Yeah I thought it was one you talked about occasionally. They seem like quite the fun trio right now.

_Ridley2026-01-05 20:55

It's unbelievable that the manga isn't licensed in English. I need to start stuffing it in monthly licensing surveys alongside Ohana Holoholo. Give me the good josei manga.

BaytaCosmico2026-01-05 19:46

My [MAL wrap-up](https://myanimelist.net/wrap-up/AnimeBayta/2025/anime) hasn't fixed itself yet though I updated the start and finish dates for the biggest offender - Naruto, which I finished during Covid but MAL thinks I watched all of it last year.

My Hot Takes section is amusing though. Giving Betrothed a 5 and 100 GFs S2 a 6 were apparently me going against the tide. The latter makes sense because everyone seems to love it, but who knew Betrothed had such dedicated fans. Funnier though is MAL thinking me giving Fated Magical Princess a 7 was a hot take. That's a good score, come on!

Josei being at the top of my genres is a pleasant surprise. Didn't realise I was watching so much of it. Guessing that's mainly Chihayafuru. Love Polygon being in my favoured genres is throwing me though. I mean, I don't mind them, but it's not like I seek out such stories...

Being in the bottom 4% for sci-fi and fantasy is sad. Those are my favourite genres for other media (books, movies, live action shows) so need to watch more anime in them and fix this. Supernatural too, if horror is included in it per MAL's definition.

Wonder how they are determining favourite season - seems to be based on average score. It says Spring was my favourite season because I loved everything I watched (a grand total of 3 shows). But I'd say Summer or Fall has my heart. I watched a lot more, and while I may not have loved everything, some of my biggest favourites are from those seasons.

Overall, 2025 was a very good year for anime for me. It's the year I fully jumped into this well. This sub has been quite influential in my anime journey since even before I joined reddit, so very grateful to all of you. Learned a lot and discovered a lot of cool stuff thanks to you. Here's to more this year and beyond! :)

Wanderingjoke2026-01-05 20:15

>Those are my favourite genres for other media

I love sci-fi too, but a lot of the recent sci-fi offerings weren't great.

BaytaCosmico2026-01-05 20:56

How about older anime? I'm new to anime in general so older shows will be new to me too. Feel free to recommend any favourites of yours. Would love to check them out.

I enjoyed Kowloon Generic Romance quite a bit (more than most people seemed to) but I'm not sure I'd classify that as a sci-fi. It has some cyberpunk influences in the aesthetics but it was mostly a mix of mystery and romance.

Wanderingjoke2026-01-05 21:08

I'll drop [my sorted sci-fi list](https://myanimelist.net/animelist/WanderingJoke?status=7&genre=24&order=4&order2=0)
here for you.

Some obvious titles at the top, but I do want to point out [Samurai 7](https://myanimelist.net/anime/166/Samurai_7), specifically. It's a steampunk adaptation of Seven Samurai, which is a fantastic movie itself.

Also [Patema Inverted](https://myanimelist.net/anime/12477/Sakasama_no_Patema), which is one of my favorite movies.

BaytaCosmico2026-01-05 21:21

Thanks much!

This reminds me that I need to rewatch Cowboy Bebop. It was technically the first anime I ever watched but it was so long ago, I barely remember it aside from that brilliant soundtrack that I kept listening to over the years.

Ghost in the Shell is one I've heard a lot about and Neon Evangelion too. 86 is high up in my watchlist, just need to find the time for it.

Never heard about Samurai 7 or Patema Inverted before now. Will be sure to check them out. Thanks again, this is very helpful!

Syokhan2026-01-05 20:45

> Wonder how they are determining favourite season - seems to be based on average score.

Probably, because according to MAL [my favorite season was Spring. It was also Summer. And also Fall](https://myanimelist.net/wrap-up/Syokhan/2025/anime?section=_r_4p_). All with the same average score because I only score series I really like and apparently only gave out a bunch of 9s and nothing else last year.

BaytaCosmico2026-01-05 20:59

Haha, that's an interesting rating system.

Syokhan2026-01-05 22:56

Ha I know. To me those scores are just like... rewards. "Hey you were a great series, here's a 8/9/10 for you".

Those I don't feel strongly about get nothing, and the ones I actively disliked get the side-eye. Kinda makes for a skewed average though, it's true.

KaleidoArachnid2026-01-05 20:03

I really enjoy moe anime as basically I want to do a catalog of what modern ones exist in the genre besides ONIMAI.

Korkez112026-01-05 20:15

I'm only familiar with K-On through numerous clips posted on youtube and this sub so am I the only one who thought for a long time that keions are middle schoolers, not high schoolers? Because they look and (especially) act like middle schoolers. The thought that *Yui* is the same age as Kumiko and Reina and that she's one year away from university fills me with mild concern for her future.

Queue_Jumping_Quack2026-01-05 20:18

They are high schoolers who look like middle schoolers and act like elementary schoolers.

_Ridley2026-01-05 20:29

My chief complaint about CGDCT series is how little the girls are for 15-18 year olds. Girls generally stop getting taller by 14 or 15. We grow out, not up, after that, but girls in CGDCT often look half the height of their parents and teachers.

It shouldn't bother me, because it's a style choice to emphasize the difference between kids and grownups, like how all the generals are huge in Kingdom, but it totally bugs me.

IXajll2026-01-05 20:49

I get it, it's like the opposite to all those 15 year old male highschoolers in shoujos having the builds of 24 year old football jocks.

_Ridley2026-01-05 20:59

There's like one of those, though. Most guys in shoujo and BL are on the smaller side. If they're tall, they're usually skinny.

baquea2026-01-05 21:08

Yui is canonically 156cm tall, which is only slightly below the average height for Japanese women of 158cm. In the case of K-On, it is that the teacher is considerably taller than average at 165cm.

oedipusrex3762026-01-05 21:07

It happens way more often than you’d think. Bocchi the Rock, Tamayura, BanG Dream, and Yuru Camp are technically high schoolers, but mentally they feel more like middle schoolers.

On the flip side, I always find it funny that the Yuru Yuri cast are middle schoolers, because their gags feel way more like high school humor. I can’t imagine most middle schoolers doing Gintama-style deadpan jokes, unless I’m seriously underestimating them.

Psyduckisnotaduck2026-01-05 22:40

Idk Yui is probably just one of those people who will always need a Minder. I did always wonder “how is this girl even going to function in society”. And the answer is probably a best friend or significant other who has to constantly help her out. I thought, surely, at some point she’ll demonstrate basic competencies that indicate she can handle college life and employment but it never happened.

JustAnswerAQuestion2026-01-05 20:23

[Interest Thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1q4qdc1/flag_20th_anniversary_mecha_rewatch_interest/) for FLAG is up. If you like to hang out on /r/LessCredibleDefence and watch war documentaries on PBS, this might be the mecha show for you.

Retromorpher2026-01-06 06:41

Maybe this could be an excuse to continue this after my version of it was bricked.

JustAnswerAQuestion2026-01-06 10:21

Most of my Banner of the Stars DVDs don't work.

[](#sadholo)

Durinthal2026-01-05 20:26

Poking around [my MAL Wrap-Up](https://myanimelist.net/wrap-up/Durinthal/2025/anime) it's the genre bias section that gives me some insight into how the rest of the site leans.

> \#8 Shoujo TOP 3%

> \#3 Shounen BOTTOM 0.6%

No surprise there even though I saw more than twice as many shounen (nearly 20% of what I watched at that) as shoujo.

[](#ok)

> \#1 Romance TOP 0.02%

I know it's based on ratio rather than total amount, but I salute those above me that had more than 75% of the anime they watched last year be romances.

[](#takaradasalute)

> \#6 Isekai BOTTOM 4%

...and that's with nearly 10% of my anime being isekai. There's an absolute glut and people are still eating them up, huh?

[](#emptyinside)

Wanderingjoke2026-01-05 20:34

I've said before that I have a preference for quirky female leads. Looking at my MAL Wrapped again (ok, I'll [link it](https://myanimelist.net/wrap-up/WanderingJoke/2025/anime) this time), my top picks of the year clearly display my bias.

NemesisGreyKnight2026-01-05 20:45

Hello all, what’s the best place to watch retro anime. Stuff from the 70’s-90’s?

Durinthal2026-01-05 20:52

Depends on where you live but [RetroCrush](https://www.retrocrush.tv) is the best I know of since that's their specialty. The other major anime-specific sites in the US, [HIDIVE](https://www.hidive.com) and [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/), have some amid their bigger catalogs.

For the most part if I'm looking for a specific series I'll check where it is using [Livechart.me](https://www.livechart.me/search).

NemesisGreyKnight2026-01-05 20:53

Thanks!!!

NemesisGreyKnight2026-01-05 20:55

There’s one in particular i want to watch but can’t remember the name. It’s a retro one I saw in yt. All i remember its post apocalyptic I think and there’s a blonde girl piloting I think a huge yellow or gold ancient mech. The faces in the clips were animated sort of elongated and thin. Very memorable look.

Durinthal2026-01-05 21:03

My first thought is maybe [Five Star Stories](https://www.livechart.me/anime/5763)? I dug up a couple of [screenshots](https://imgur.com/a/6u4JfCo) for comparison.

NemesisGreyKnight2026-01-05 21:03

That’s it! Thank you!

BaytaCosmico2026-01-05 21:34

I don't think I'll ever get over how quickly people in this sub zero in on the correct anime based on vague descriptions. Like wow. How do you guys know and remember so much?!

Durinthal2026-01-05 21:58

I'm the kind of person where if I see the name of an anime I don't recognize, I'll look it up to get some basic info about it and the broader details stick and can be recalled decently well from there. If not, the Internet's at my fingertips and I've gotten good at learning how to find things over the decades.

Five Star Stories was my first hunch based on "gold mecha" and "post-apocalyptic setting" as the main aspects they remembered for an older anime that's not too obscure to show up online regularly, which already narrows things down quite a bit. I spent several minutes digging into it to confirm that the details generally lined up with their description before replying, and if it wasn't close I'd probably still be looking at other options.

BaytaCosmico2026-01-05 22:19

That's so cool. My memory is so shit I can't even remember which shows I watched two seasons ago lol.

I can relate to digging things up and confirming details match before replying though. I'm a bit of a stickler for getting things right like that too. :)

Durinthal2026-01-05 22:24

> My memory is so shit I can't even remember which shows I watched two seasons ago lol.

Weirdly enough I'm drawing a blank on summer shows right now aside from the ones that I know extended into other seasons (Witch Watch, Futari Solo Camp, Watari-kun). I've outsourced remembering that kind of thing to my lists which I keep in pinned tabs.

BaytaCosmico2026-01-05 22:30

Haha, that makes me feel a bit better. I made my MAL account somewhat recently and had to fill out older shows from memory. I know I watched more than 3 shows in spring but can't remember which ones. Need to look through their spring releases list and try to track them down.

Nachtwandler_FS2026-01-05 20:51

Everyone powsting their MAL wrap-ups.

[So here is mine](https://myanimelist.net/wrap-up/Nachtwandler_21/2025/anime?section=_r_1_). Some surprising things but not much.

michhoffman2026-01-05 21:03

Hello AQRADT, I [commented here around a week ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1pyihrs/anime_questions_recommendations_and_discussion/nwkusgo/?context=3) that I would be doing some writing for this subreddit. I just posted [the essay](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1q4w87g/the_magic_of_frieren_a_character_analysis_essay/) that I wrote so if you have 5-10 minutes, I'd appreciate you giving it a read. It's on a little known character named Frieren.

[](#katoupls)

cppn022026-01-05 21:24

> It's on a little known character named Frieren.

Hidden gem tbh.

michhoffman2026-01-05 21:34

Such a hidden gem that she won't even make it into next year's Best Girl Contest

cppn022026-01-05 21:43

Or this year's infact.

[](#smugpoint)

MiLiLeFa2026-01-05 21:14

So a curious little thing about *[Daa! Daa! Daa!](https://myanimelist.net/anime/233)*; we follow the MC of course, but it's her *love interest* that has several people in love with him, and most of the cast are actually girls. Which makes this a kind of "reverse harem" where it's the guy surounded by women and our MC is just the tsundere amongst them. Honestly kind of fun.

ultraavii2026-01-05 21:25

hey guys im looking for recommendations for anime that are psychological, mystery, thriller, drama, or suspense. im currently watching steins;gate and i like evangelion and higurashi.

lC32026-01-05 21:36

The Summer Hikaru Died
Monster

BiggieCheeseLapDog2026-01-05 21:36

Madoka Magica

cauliflowerlover232026-01-05 21:57

Shin sekai yori

Quiddity1312026-01-06 00:00

Shin Sekai Yori

Boogiepop Phantom

Paranoia Agent

vancevon2026-01-06 01:21

Shadow Star: Narutaru. It sure is most of those things, and more.

zairaner2026-01-05 21:31

Finished the watanare special, and god how can a single show be this good. Truly what a perfect finale to season 1, and what a perfect decision to turn this into a special.

May this truly be the turning point for season 2 of yuri series.

_Ridley2026-01-05 21:36

This is my reward for finishing Fragrant Flowers. Three more episodes of group therapy, and I can roll around in the mess again.

zairaner2026-01-05 21:59

Well that definitely sounds like the right order. Enjoy it fully!

Because I certainly didn't do that today when I continued with ikoku nikki and now I am fully teared up despite the warnings, and skipping the op and playing it at the end of the episode certainly made it worse (actually, I still cannot believe we still have shows not doing that themselves in episode 1, why).

Godd that I still have like half a tamon episode left

_Ridley2026-01-05 22:17

Yeah, I tried to watch Ikoku Nikki before HanaKimi last night, but one simply does not watch something else after Ikoku Nikki.

Durinthal2026-01-05 22:20

[](#attentivenote)

I haven't gotten to it yet but will try to put it last for the evening when I do.

Psyduckisnotaduck2026-01-05 22:36

That is so true, I was going to do some more 2024 completion but I came out of that episode not having the bandwidth to do it and having to watch whatever the YouTube algorithm recommended me instead. As I anticipated, having read the manga, it hits hard while seeming gentle. It feels real. But the editing and directing choices really justify it being animated (there is also a live action movie though IIRC).

_Ridley2026-01-05 22:44

Watching another story afterwards felt like I'd be squandering the catharsis it just gave me. I had to just sit and feel it for a bit.

zairaner2026-01-05 22:37

Well watched tamon, it for sure brightened my mood!

Abysswatcherbel2026-01-05 23:08

It was meh :/

mekerpan2026-01-06 01:01

I liked this addendum even more than the main season. I don't see why people fussed about Remako's solution. It seemed intelligent, brave and emotionally right. And her group all seemed to agree.

IXajll2026-01-06 01:28

> It seemed intelligent, brave and emotionally right.

Srsly how?

collapsedblock62026-01-05 21:59

Oh brilliant, I go on holidays and Kaguya-sama drops bangers, 5 eps of Watanare, and like 5 of the new seasonals are double length/episode. What was I thinking getting this job.

That said, can't go wrong with eating dessert first with Watanare, maybe I get to see something else get eaten.

zairaner2026-01-05 22:35

Same, same. And I could have sworn this first week was normally the most empty week of the year.

collapsedblock62026-01-06 00:35

It technically was, friday to sunday of this week will be like +6 new anime per day.

zairaner2026-01-07 22:34

Still loses to 7 special episodes of new year.

Puddo2026-01-05 22:12

Finally an evening at home alone. Well fine yesterday also counted I guess, but that was going to bed early. So time to finally watch anime and create a [2026 short list](https://i.imgur.com/CiFdFZz.png). This time for real. After watching Mononoke late December, while it had been on my 'short' list for years and really enjoying it (surprise watching things you want to watch is often fun), I do want to pick up those other anime.

New season also started good for me with Journal with Witch. For a bit I wondered if I missed some exciting new fantasy show when I saw people praising its name. But nope. I even had it on my PTW for this season, and pretty high as well, but never actually registered that name. I remember not being that excited about the visuals in PVs, but the animation does enough and the general (visual) storytelling is more than enough. More importantly the dialogue is pretty promising.

_Ridley2026-01-05 22:14

I guess I'll join everyone posting their MAL wrap-ups. [My anime one](https://myanimelist.net/wrap-up/_Ridley_/2025/anime?section=_r_1_) held few surprises, but I was a little surprised to be in the top 1% for slice of life, and didn't think I possibly watched enough BL to be in the top 2%. My hottest take was giving Takopi a 7, which feels lukewarm at best. The biggest surprise was Precure being my longest watch, since I haven't actually seen it. Not sure what happened there.

[The manga side](https://myanimelist.net/wrap-up/_Ridley_/2025/manga?section=_r_31_) was interesting. I'm in the top 0.05% for josei manga, the top 0.1% for BL, 0.5% for slice of life and shoujo, and 3% for yuri. Living my best life when it comes to manga. I liked the magazine breakdown at the end, showing me where my favorites came from. That's hard to keep track of sometimes.

LittleIslander2026-01-05 22:22

> The manga side was interesting. I'm in the top 0.05% for josei manga, the top 0.1% for BL, 0.5% for slice of life and shoujo, and 3% for yuri.

[](#awe)[](#awe)[](#awe)[](#sobright)

Shame I switched off MAL for Anilist this year.

[](#toradorasalute)

_Ridley2026-01-05 22:41

If you're curious at all, I kept a [running thread](https://bsky.app/profile/rid-ley.bsky.social/post/3lepwpwf5xs2q) on bluesky of every manga I read last year. I do a WLW Wednesday where I read a volume or two of yuri every week.

LittleIslander2026-01-05 23:11

[](#neat)

I'll keep this in mind! Always looking for more yuri.

Wanderingjoke2026-01-05 22:42

>didn't think I possibly watched enough BL to be in the top 2%

You watched one, right? (I'm sure it doesn't take much)

_Ridley2026-01-05 22:48

I watched three or five. Two were hentai (Legend of the Blue Wolves and Unexpectedly Naughty Fukami) and I don't know if those count as BL.

vancevon2026-01-05 22:42

you gotta start rating things 1/10, otherwise they're not going to call it a hot take

cosmiczar2026-01-05 23:19

> My hottest take was giving Takopi a 7

I gave it a 6 and was still only my 4th hottest take lol

Infodump_Ibis2026-01-06 01:44

> The biggest surprise was Precure being my longest watch, since I haven't actually seen it. Not sure what happened there.

Didn't you watch Soaring Sky! Precure (as it was in the awards)? It seems that history part bundles up a franchise up into the parent entry. That can make sense for typical linear start at Season 1 end at Final Season but not so for continually soft-rebooted ones like Precure and Gundam.

I guess it saved me from having 4 Precure entries as [my most time](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/d70b2996e56e.png) (Naruto, FMA and an over-count on MHA were due to only putting end years which made the dates invalid).

_Ridley2026-01-06 01:51

Ah, you're right! I forgot that was this past year.

qwertyqwerty45672026-01-05 22:36

[thanks mal](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/77a76ba237c8.png)

[](#modsalute)

Emi_Ibarazakiii2026-01-06 01:36

*When MAL deletes Isekai/Kicked from party from their database*

[](#urbansmile)

Abysswatcherbel2026-01-05 23:10

Any other good romcom this season? I am already watching Tamon-kun

zairaner2026-01-05 23:14

One more week for polar opposites!

If you liked quints, we also have mayonaka tomorrow!

IXajll2026-01-05 23:20

Today came the childhood friend romcom which was way funnier than I expected. The production quality is kinda bad, but the main characters are so fucking stupid that it's funny again. Definitely trash, but goddamn is it fun to watch so far.

Besides that, what zairaner said.

mekerpan2026-01-06 00:55

Childhood Friends exhausted its entire allocation of stupidity toleration points by halfway through ep 1. I kept checking "how much longer will this go on". I finally snapped and (irrevocably) dropped it.

theangryeditor2026-01-05 23:12

SI-VIS gives me mixed feelings. It keeps reminding of me of other anime that did similar things but far better. At the same time I'm glad an original like this is airing and I still want to follow it to the end.

[](#thoughtful)

Retromorpher2026-01-06 06:35

Feels like it has yet to make its move - like we as an audience are still waiting for a 'and THIS is why we wanted to make this show' moment.

IXajll2026-01-05 23:16

Initially didn't plan to join the MAL wrap up trend since mine is kinda fucked because a couple weeks ago I noticed I didn't set the first 2 entries of Fairy Tail with their 100s of episodes as completed since I watched that way before I was using MAL. So now MAL thinks I watched it this year which skews some of the categories. I already changed the finish date but somehow that didn't do anything. Anyways, here's my [MAL Wrap](https://myanimelist.net/wrap-up/ixajii/2025/anime) since everyone else is doing it.

Nothing *too* surprising I thought. The hot takes are a couple of shows I dropped early + Black Butler and Beastars which is not my cup of tea at all and only watched because Juror duty of the 2024 anime awards literally forced me to. I expected Shounen to be in genre deviant, but bottom 0.3% is crazy, I actually do watch a good amount of shounen after all. On the other hand Shoujo not there at all, no idea how that happened. The binges were basically almost all from the past 2 weeks since I'm off work until tomorrow with a ton of free time to catch up on the backlog. Seasonal stuff was as expected.

cosmiczar2026-01-05 23:17

From the [MAL wrapped thingy](https://myanimelist.net/wrap-up/Czar/2025/anime?section=_r_1_):

* 102 Anime ("With 71 completed anime, you're in the top 8% of all MAL members.")
* 873 Episodes
* Hottest take: giving a 4 to Kaiju #8 season 2 ("You scored this anime lower than 99% of MAL members.")
* "Based on your scores for the year, your 2025 anime journey was Fine 6.71"
* Genre bias: Sci-Fi (top 0.2%)
* Genre deviant: Supernatural (bottom 1%)
* Most time spent: One Piece (61 hr 35 min / 136 eps + 5 films)
* Winter won "favorite season" thanks to me only finishing and scoring 4 shows, Summer should be the real winner without that (and without the bad score for Kaiju #8 lol)

BaytaCosmico2026-01-05 23:24

OMG Tamon's B-Side was so much fun! Did not expect it to be this funny. And the gags come on so thick I had to pause to catch a lot of them. Reminded me of Romantic Killer actually. This is going to be a fun show to follow this season.

GenTrapstar2026-01-05 23:27

One Piece Remaster….i see on Netflix they are doing a remaster of episodes 32-61. Has episodes 1-32 been done? If not why are doing 32-61. I’m currently on episode 613 so I have no clue what’s the significance of those episodes.

Shimmering-Sky2026-01-05 23:48

[My own MAL wrapped:](https://myanimelist.net/wrap-up/Shimmering-Sky/2025/anime?section=_r_1_)

- 192 anime, 2,603 episodes (putting me in the top top 2% of all MAL members).

- I don't have a Hot Takes page at all. [](#crazedlaugh)

- I was in the top 0.1% for both Mecha and Sci-Fi, which checks out. [](#mechablush)

- I spent 95 hr 42 min on the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise.

- And I was right about Fall 2025 being my "favorite" season average-wise. [](#hypeeyes)

Quiddity1312026-01-05 23:59

My 674 episode count makes me feel like quite the casual! Somehow top 1% for mecha but you being top 0.1% is exactly what I would have expected.

Shimmering-Sky2026-01-06 00:07

I was in a *lot* of long rewatches last year (some of which were my own doing). The HxH 2011 rewatch, YGO DM, the first 3/4ths of D.Gray-man, and Eureka Seven + the TTT 2.0, to name a few.

Wanderingjoke2026-01-06 02:06

Look at all those 10s....

^(\*then sees Promise of Wizard and Bye Bye, Earth*)

Shimmering-Sky2026-01-06 02:07

It takes a special kind of bad to make *me* dislike something.

[](#bored)

AmethystItalian2026-01-06 05:12

> I don't have a Hot Takes page at all

That's not how you take over Amewards!

Shimmering-Sky2026-01-06 05:16

I can't help that I like things!

[](#elsieqq)

Capable-Towel-63022026-01-05 23:49

MAL wrap-up gave me some ridiculous numbers, but after checking details, I realized this must be because I decided to add rewatch numbers last year.

Anyway, my top genre turned out to be Seinen. I guess I like them, *dark and mature* ones... (Next two are Slice of Life and Iyashikei)

vancevon2026-01-06 00:18

My [wrap-up](https://myanimelist.net/wrap-up/vancevon/2025/) which shows that I watched about 1800 episodes of anime this year. I think some of those might have been in 2024, and added after the fact, but I don't think it's that many. At any rate, I am proud to report that I am in the bottom 0.1% when it comes to watching action anime. This is despite the fact that I spent quite a lot of time watching both Attack on Titan, Bungou Stray Dogs and Soul Eater this year. I guess that just isn't enough?

Biggest surprise is probably that the anime I spent the most time watching was the Monogatari series. I suppose I did watch all of it, but it was so dispersed through the year that it didn't really feel like binging, I guess.

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SubstantialBass95242026-01-06 00:52

Wasn’t Dr Stone final season this season? I don’t see it in the lineup, when is it getting released?

mr_beanoz2026-01-06 01:36

Nah, it's April 2026

SubstantialBass95242026-01-06 01:39

😭 ty. I thought it was every other. Why must they do this to us

Ok-Cod52542026-01-06 13:18

Honestly this season is stacked and it would have gotten very overshadowed. So better for publicity to end the whole series next season for spring.

il8872026-01-06 01:15

I did my [MAL wrap-up](https://myanimelist.net/wrap-up/il887/2025) yesterday and it completely ignored my 206 One Piece episodes, but I just retried it today and it seems they fixed something as now it counts in "on-hold" shows too.

Anyway, I'm still touted as huge iyashikei & CGDCT fan (Tamayra accounting for 9 total MAL entries must be behind this) and well, apparently having watched 407 episodes of shounens out of 975 total episodes makes me... a big shonen hater! (bottom 3%). Lol. Other than that, everything else is not much of a surprise.

mr_beanoz2026-01-06 02:59

[My rewatch thread for the 2001 Captain Tsubasa is now up](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1q544ec/captain_tsubasa_road_to_2002_25th_anniversary/).

TheBigIdiotSalami2026-01-06 04:20

Hopefully next season of Gachiakuta they can kick it up with the music budget so they can buy the rights to The Choice is Yours and Love Like This with Fatman Scoop when Enjin shows up.

BaytaCosmico2026-01-06 04:38

That childhood friend romcom is worse than I expected. All the worst stereotypes of anime distilled into a single show. Dropped.

flamethrower22026-01-06 18:56

On that certain wiki, they say tropes are tools.

BaytaCosmico2026-01-06 22:28

True enough. Many anime take a similarly trashy premise and turn it into something interesting. Tomo-chan comes to mind. This one is just unimaginative and bad.

PPGN_DM_Exia2026-01-06 04:38

Just wrapped up HibiMeshi. One of the best slice of life/cooking shows I've seen in recent memory. Absolutely loved the characters, animation and the surprisingly funny comedic bits. One of the hallmarks of a good CGDCT anime is making you feel like you're a part of the club and not just watching as an observer. HibiMeshi nailed that part of it and watching the final episode was such a bittersweet experience for me. As Makocchi would say, "Thanks for the feast!"

theangryeditor2026-01-06 04:58

Hell yeah. Probably my 2025 AOTY

PPGN_DM_Exia2026-01-06 05:04

It's right up there for me too. It's either HibiMeshi or Ruri Rocks.

Queue_Jumping_Quack2026-01-06 07:52

It was top of the class slice of life for me as well. Did a simple thing with no frills but did it really well. One of the most charming casts of 2025, if not the most.

St_Falcon2026-01-06 05:38

I want to try watch more anime this year. any suggestion what I should watch?

Durinthal2026-01-06 05:50

Any preferences? If not, a random assortment of things I liked:

* [Spice and Wolf](https://livechart.me/anime/3481) — A traveling merchant in a medieval land is joined by an ancient wolf spirit and they roam together.

* [Fruits Basket (2019)](https://livechart.me/anime/8356) — A caring girl finds companionship in a family with a secret and troubled history.

* [Odd Taxi](https://livechart.me/anime/10349) — A taxi driver gets involved in a series of interweaving events.

* [Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu](https://livechart.me/anime/1314) — A drama about performers preserving and advancing a fading art of comedic storytelling.

* [Sound! Euphonium](https://livechart.me/anime/1267) — High school wind ensemble aims for the national stage.

OmegaVirgin942026-01-06 06:17

[Full Metal Panic](https://anilist.co/anime/71/Full-Metal-Panic) - Mecha Action/Comedy that has a good build up to a serious plot, character drama, and romance.

[Seraphim Call](https://anilist.co/anime/2245/Seraphim-Call) - An anthology about a bunch of girls that can get a bit avant-garde at times. A bit surprising that it was a TV anime and not an OVA.

[Giant Robo: The Day The Earth Stood Still](https://anilist.co/anime/2321/Giant-Robo-THE-ANIMATION-Chikyuu-ga-Seishi-Suru-Hi/) - A cool, stylish Scifi/Fantasy OVA that blends a bunch of characters from [Mitsuteru Yokoyama](https://anilist.co/staff/98679/Mitsuteru-Yokoyama) manga and puts them in an original doomsday plot.

eletricwheel2026-01-06 07:27

Hey I'm a huge jjk fan and like with Modulo ending soon what do I do then? Like after the anime adapts the rest of the manga JJK will truly be over. This is the first anime fandom I've been a part of that's ended so like what do you guys do once one of your favorite pieces of media is finished?

VoidEmbracedWitch2026-01-06 10:22

I guess move on and find something else to like. Or revisit it once more from the start before doing that. Idk, this is something I rarely experience when my favorite pieces of media, both in anime and outside, often are self-contained experiences rather than series that continue to get new seasons for almost a decade.

eletricwheel2026-01-06 10:24

You really hit me with the "Don't cry because it's over Smile because it happened"

VoidEmbracedWitch2026-01-06 10:46

Yeah, kind of, because that's how I approach things. I enjoy the feeling of being at the end of a journey. Nothing better than letting the closure sink in while the credits roll.

eletricwheel2026-01-06 10:48

Bro thing is I loved the journey man. I loved the journey. what I wouldn't give to go on it one more time.

VoidEmbracedWitch2026-01-06 10:51

I'll let you in on a little secret: since it's media rather than life events, you can rewatch it. And if you do, you might even catch more nuances than the first time around.

eletricwheel2026-01-06 10:52

I feel like I'm getting information from an older sibling this knowledge is peak

wloff2026-01-06 08:19

Welp, the childhood friends rom-com show is the worst garbage I'm going to be religiously watching this season.

[](#rum)

flamethrower22026-01-06 18:56

Clearly in the *Airplane!* humor camp. Such a density of jokes that you don't worry if one landed and move on to the next joke.

Queue_Jumping_Quack2026-01-06 08:24

My periodical attempt to find a harem I can like or at least tolerate continues today with Mayonaka Heart Tune. I'm giving it a chance since the description of the lead character makes it actually seem plausible that he could attract the attention of multiple girls without needing god or the writer to twist the rules in his favor.

I am not super hopeful and the trailer didn't make it look super visually appealing (not terrible, but likely not up to the best in the genre) but lets see, I'll give it three episodes.

flamethrower22026-01-06 18:54

I read a bit of the manga and (not a spoiler) it's implausible because the school girls' uniform has midriff peek and skirts that are too short. Not that the girls don't look good in them, it's that it could never be any school's uniform, at least in a realistic setting.

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