Best of /r/anime 2025: Day 4 - Best Original Content

Welcome to day 4! Today we vote for the **best original content of 2025.**

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**Instructions:**

- You may nominate any form of OC. Examples include fanart, infographics, song covers, and AMVs - but feel free to nominate anything else that fits the bill of "OC Content"! Long-form written essays and reviews are however covered in separate categories. If you have any questions on eligibility - please do ask in the comments.
- Create a nomination by making a comment on this post. In the comment, include:
1. A link to the nominee's post
2. The name of the creator
- Upvote any nomination that you feel is deserving of the award.
- Feel free to reply to other nominations to support them if someone already nominated your pick!

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**The nominated creators of the OC with the top 5 upvotes will receive a custom flair of their choosing, along with the usual trophy flair.**

As a reminder, a new category of the best of awards will be posted each day from today until January 8.

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**Useful links**

- [Best of /r/anime 2025 - nominations wiki is a work in progress](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/wiki/bestof2025)
- **For the schedule, questions, or comments, go to the announcement post [here](https://redd.it/1q1m05j).**

Have fun![](#anko)

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Shimmering-Sky2026-01-06 18:03

I would like to nominate a piece of fanart that u/Shocketheth made for his Hunter × Hunter (2011) rewatch and shared at the end of (**spoilers in both following links**) [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1msxtyu/hunter_x_hunter_2011_discussion_week_20episodes/n97qu6a/): [A rendition of what happened in episode 128 but with geese.](https://files.catbox.moe/8ul4ec.jpg)

It's so dumb, and yet so perfect at the same time. I love it. [](#laughter)

Shocketheth2026-01-06 18:06

Prefect [](#azusalaugh)

Shimmering-Sky2026-01-06 18:03

I would like to nominate u/hanr10's [Princess of the Crystal (Mawaru Penguindrum) fanart](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1pza5bk/princess_of_the_crystal_mawaru_penguindrum/) that squeezed in *right* before the end of 2025. Incredible piece of fanart IMO and I hope it gets some more recognition here.

hanr102026-01-06 19:59

Oh, thank you that's really nice to hear! I'm glad you liked it

Shocketheth2026-01-06 18:03

One of the cornerstones of r/anime for me, and I believe for others are Rewatches.

I know that this thread is about Best Original Content and you may be asking yourself why I'm talking about Rewatches, but a crucial part of Rewatches other than discussing is making your own content, and anybody who joined a Rewatch had to ran into [Sky](/u/Shimmering-Sky) who is spicying up Rewatches with Wallpapers, Karaoke covers of OPs/EDs and many other things.

Thus I nominate one of many /u/Shimmering-Sky Wallpapers, specifically [Komugi and Meruem one](https://i.imgur.com/bOfJapr.png) from [Hunter x Hunter Rewatch](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/s/17b22BbpO9)

that by Sky own words:

>More wallpapers again for this week! First up is yet another edit of the Meruem/Komugi one from last week, because I ***finally*** figured out how to do the funky gradient lineart edits this other Redditor used to make for me five years ago

marks her own evolution as an artist, which funnily enough correlates, and even leans into a Meta territory considering it happened during Chimera Ant arc, an arc that's focused on evolution of one's own abilities as a person.

Just for illustration, Sky evolved from this version of [Killua](https://i.imgur.com/aRMQjHc.png) to this version of [Killua](https://i.imgur.com/5MFpvM2.png) in span of two weeks.

To wrap my comment up, I hope that you will give your vote to Sky Wallpaper as best Original Content that will mark for her a further evolution of her abilities, and that she will be evolving even further to bless us with her Wallpapers. [](#elderlylove)

Shimmering-Sky2026-01-06 18:05

Awww, you're gonna make me cry.

[](#feelingloved)

Shocketheth2026-01-06 18:05

>Awww, you're gonna make me cry.

Not for first time [](#trololol)

Heda-of-Aincrad2026-01-06 22:01

I'll second this nomination. The wallpapers are always a real treat in Sky's rewatches, and often making one for each day of the rewatch is seriously impressive!

Shimmering-Sky2026-01-06 22:44

> and often making one for each day of the rewatch is seriously impressive!

Some days I make even more than just one!

[](#mugistronk)

But yeah I'm pretty sure I've made at least 1 per day for all of the ones I've solo-hosted except for the OG Gundam rewatch back in 2021 because of how long that show was and how little prep time I had going into it; the Bokurano rewatch I also hosted that year finished less than a week before this one started, plus it overlapped with the annual Madoka Magica rewatch (which I always made wallpapers for despite not personally hosting until the following year). And I've made a lot of wallpapers for rewatches I was just a *participant* in rather than the host, like Bleach, Gintama or, as Shock mentioned, Hunter × Hunter. It's a fun hobby.

Heda-of-Aincrad2026-01-06 23:24

Glad you enjoy making them so much, they're a cool signature for your rewatches. Just curious, about how long does it take to make each one on average?

Shimmering-Sky2026-01-06 23:29

It depends on how complicated the design is (or if it has multiple characters involved). Something like, say, [this Kobeni one](https://i.imgur.com/7bmFElH.png) took me maybe 40 minutes to make since her design is simple, but [this Kurapika one](https://i.imgur.com/6bLFmN5.png) took me a good several hours because of the trim on his outfit and ~~my mortal enemy for wallpapers~~ the chain links.

Heda-of-Aincrad2026-01-06 23:55

[**Nice!**](#kannathumbs)

FetchFrosh2026-01-06 18:48

u/badspler's [Rainbow Recommendation chart](https://old.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1joagtq/a_rainbow_of_recommendations/) was some quality April Fools fun

KendotsX2026-01-06 19:05

I'm nominating /u/Zeallfnonex's [Oscar Francios de Jarjayes fanart](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1pu8qrg/oscar_francois_de_jarjayes_the_rose_of_versailles). She's a character who looked up in the hardest of times to face what came ahead, and Zeallfnonex's work perfectly captures the inspiration she ignites in others.

Zeallfnonex2026-01-07 00:36

Thanks for the nomination! In all honesty, it was just supposed to be a practice piece taking on the whole "Frieren looking up" perspective with Oscar (due to the rewatch), and then to my shock and pleasant surprise the painting actually turned out pretty good as well

KendotsX2026-01-07 00:58

A big appeal of "Frieren looking up", at least to me, was in its unabashed positivity. Your Oscar painting carried that same spirit in my eyes, but with your own style, and the two were a great fit.

Thanks for the good work.

KendotsX2026-01-06 19:06

Keeping with the theme of roses, I'd like to nominate /u/Ponkan_dayo's [Tatami Galaxy fanart](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1m5yd08/the_tatami_galaxy_fanart) for the beautiful and creative depiction of a certain "rose coloured campus life".

vinipong2026-01-06 19:59

Hell yeahh

Ponkan_dayo2026-01-06 20:00

Omg thank you so much

KendotsX2026-01-06 20:14

I had to keep it to one, but your Bebop fanart was great too. Keep up the good work!

Ponkan_dayo2026-01-09 16:35

Thank you!

Sporadia_2026-01-06 20:31

I don't remember half of what I see on here but [I've found this in my upvoted posts,](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1ktik37/i_created_the_dragon_ball_kame_house_from_lego_oc/) by /u/Zwackosilius

Zeallfnonex2026-01-07 04:47

Might be a bit late, but /u/ja_noble 's [Transitions and SFX AMV](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1nzodqw/i_made_an_anime_transitions_and_sfx_amv_about_114/) are always fun, and this one was a blast as well. The transitions are all so seamless, and lining up the impact frames with the beats feels so clean.