My Anime Year in Review: 2025

It’s been a good year since I first posted here, looking for suggestions after I finished Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso.
Now, I’m mostly reading (Light) Novels/Manga mostly, but would like to thank y’all for introducing me to a whole new world out there.

So, I would like to share some of the ones I watched in no particular order, since I don’t have any preference (don’t know if this is the best place to share, so forgive me if I have made any mistake).

MASTERPIECE (Absolute best, would rewatch anytime):

  1. VINLAND SAGA
  2. Sonny Boy
  3. Chi. Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite
  4. Koe no Katachi
  5. Neon Genesis Evangelion
  6. Hotaru no Haka
  7. Takopii no Genzai

GREAT (Respect the shows a lot):

  1. Shingeki no Kyojin
  2. Death Parade
  3. Love, Chunnibyou, and Other Delusions
  4. 5 Centimeters per Second
  5. Re:ZERO- Starting Life in Another World (second favourite isekai)
  6. Steins;Gate 0
  7. Into the Forest of Firefly Lights
  8. Oshi No Ko (SEASON 1 only guys, had to mention this coz it’s so relatable in the music industry)
  9. Spirited Away

GOOD (Very enjoyable, good shows to relax to):

  1. Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!
  2. Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (favourite isekai btw, reading light novel)
  3. Bocchi the Rock!
  4. Chainsaw Man (currently reading manga)
  5. There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless… (very funny hehehe)
  6. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
  7. Whisper of the Heart
  8. Weathering With You
  9. Suzume
  10. Your Lie in April
  11. Reincarnated as a Vending Machine (i forgot the title)

MID (Enjoyable to a certain extent, but found the story flawed):

  1. Darling in the FranXX
  2. Clockwork Planet
  3. SPYxFAMILY
  4. Steins;Gate
  5. Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings In Russian.
  6. Your Name.
  7. Fireworks

ABSOLUTE TRASH (honestly a waste of time):

  1. Horimiya
  2. My Sister, My Writer
  3. Redo of Healer (yikes!)

NEVER WILL WATCH BC OVERRRATED OR UNAPPEALING, UNLESS I FIND SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT IT:

  1. My Hero Academia
  2. Demon Slayer
  3. Jujutsu Kaisen
  4. Sousou no Frieren
  5. Tokyo Revengers
  6. Naruto Shippuden
  7. Dandadan
  8. Tbate

SHOWS I HAVEN’T WATCHED YET, BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING IT

  1. Cowboy Bebop
  2. Fullmetal Alchemist (and Brotherhood as well, why not ​:fernsmile:​)
  3. GANGELION
  4. Code Geass
  5. Dr.STONE
  6. HUNTERxHUNTER (1999 and 2011)
  7. Kono Suba
  8. Mahou Shoujo Site
  9. Berserk (reading manga atm)
  10. Ex-ARM (Will skip CGI arc ​:btr_bocchi_panic:​)
  11. Uma Musume
  12. Violet Evergarden
  13. Hibike! Euphorium
  14. Ghost in the Shell
  15. JoJo
  16. Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana wo Kazarou (forgot English title. I read the manga, and i was absolutely hooked on. Sadly, the manga ended halfway through the story.)
  17. and many more i seem to have forgotten.

all in all, I had one of the best first years, in my humble opinion. Any more suggestions you could throw in?

NOTABLE MENTION: I want The Summer You Were There anime!

@anime@ani.social

    • mk@sakurajima.socialOP
      2·
      1 day ago

      Don’t mind me pointing out. And I’m not specifically talking about you, but this is the reason why I hate shows like this. Someone comes to me and says, “watch ___ bc its peak.”

      Lemme take an example: i absolutely refused to watch aot in the beginning, since it was so overhyped. But, my friend clearly explained things out to me in this manner: “Yes, Attack on Titan is overrated, but taking that away, it is truly a masterpiece of a show. The only mainstream anime i will glaze, because of this message and that message,” and so on.

      I need a good reason as to why i should watch something. Yes, I love MADHOUSE animations, but it doesn’t negate the fact that I have absolutely no reason to watch Frieren for now…

      @KazuchijouNo@lemy.lol @anime@ani.social

      • e0qdk@reddthat.comEnglish
        3·
        22 hours ago

        You put works like Mushoku Tensei, Steins;Gate 0, 5cm Per Second, Re:Zero in your Good to Great tiers. Frieren has some similar aspects and might land in a similar range for you. Seems a bit odd to reject it without even trying it just because it’s popular.

        • anon6789@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          1 day ago

          I don’t even know if I can say what it is, but Frieren justs hits differently than near anything else I can think of. It just yanks you from sweet and peaceful to dark and intense and back like it’s no thing.

          The biggest thing I could say, is that by following Freiren’s perspective, you see what it would be like to be someone near immortal who sees that as normal, and how she starts to understand the timescale of humanity like we’re funny little mayflies with lifespans like a flash in the pan. But as she takes the time to actually get to know humans, she learns that our short lives give us a strengths that elves and demons will never be able to grasp.

          It’s a slice of life and a fighting show in one. Characters and the world get really fleshed out, and they feel a lot more like real people. It’s a good balance been cute and fun and some killer battles or competitions. I’d think most people would get hooked right from the first episode, but it really gets to full awesomeness during Ep 3.