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The Fall season and the entire year of 2025 is drawing to a close. Most shows have drawn to a close or are about to. So, let’s talk about it! Did anything surprise you? disappoint you? exceed your expectations? Of course, more general topics are still welcome just like any week.

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  • wietach@ani.socialEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago

    2025 Wrap-Up

    • My AOTY: Zenshu
    • Best continuing series: Shoshimin Season 2
    • Best movie: 100 Meters
    • Best adaptation: The Summer Hikaru Died
    • Best original: Apocalypse Hotel
    • Best animation: City The Animation
    • Best romance: Yano-kun’s Ordinary Days
    • Most underrated: Maebashi Witches

    Honorable mentions: Orb: On the Movements of the Earth, Medalist, Black Butler: Emerald Witch Arc and Blue Exorcist: The Blue Night Saga (both had one of their best arcs)

    Score

    • The Summer Hikaru Died (Tarou Umebayashi)
    • Orb: On the Movements of the Earth (Kensuke Ushio)
    • Blue Exorcist: The Blue Night Saga (Kohta Yamamoto)

    Voice Acting Performance

    • Sawashiro Miyuki as Anko Uguisu
    • Umeda Shuuichirou as Hikaru
    • Shinichiro Miki as Environment Checker Robot

    OP

    • “Kaseijin” by Yorushika
    • “Saikai” by Vaundy

    ED

    • “Tada, Kimi no Mama de” by Sou
    • “WALTZ” by Ryugujo

    Best Episode

    • Zenshu #4 (having an oshi saves lives)
    • Shoshimin: How to Become Ordinary Season 2 #6 (Osanai destroys Urino)
    • Apocalypse Hotel #11 (Yachiyo takes a stroll)

    Best Character

    • Yuki Osanai from Shoshimin: How to Become Ordinary Season 2
    • Hikaru from The Summer Hikaru Died
    • Yachiyo from Apocalypse Hotel
    • Natsuko Hirose from Zenshu

    Best Boy

    • Tsukasa Akeuraji from Medalist
    • Togashi from 100 Meters
    • Luke Braveheart from Zenshu

    Best Girl

    • Memmeln from Zenshu
    • Mio from Betrothed to My Sister’s Ex
    • Kiyoko Yoshida from Yano-kun’s Ordinary Days