The last of this season's shows are coming to an end, and with them the 2025 anime year will come to a close. Now it's time to look back on the year and remember what we liked, what we hated, and how shit our collective taste was before 2026 rolls around and we do it all over again.Categories include best anime, worst anime, most surprising anime, most disappointing anime, best OP, best ED, best OST, best scene, best girl, best boy, best seiyuu, shows watched, and shows dropped.https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeuAFOWi1eG1SrnuhnCEp4a6sNsajbxzUING1QMnmEMmPOKew/viewform
Please note that I (OP) am not running this poll. The anon that usually does it is le rangebanned ever since the new captcha dropped. He should be here shortly to explain himself and kvetch about hiromoot or whatever idkCITY won btw
>>284787218>>284787252Damn, you were fast lol
>>284787252This city was my personal aoty
>>284787289Speed is my middle name
>>284787218This lost all credibility in 2024, is basically just a discord battle now.
>>284787500What happened?I voted but wasnt paying attention to the threads
>AOTY was an ONA so I can't directly compare its ranking with the TV anime
>>284787500atleast it's not the /v/ tournaments lmao
>>284787218It's been 10 years since the first one.
>>284787630
>>284787252Thanks, anon. I'll keep the kvetching to a minimum and just say that I will never >just buy a pass lol out of spite.As he's said, I found out today that the fabled ip range bans are no longer exclusive to third-world countries and I'm no longer allowed to post images (no, it's not anything I did), which also means I can't make threads. I'm still planning to do the poll. The results can be handled in a number of ways and I'll make sure they get out there one way or another, so rest assured your responses aren't going to just vanish.Here's a poll to get an idea of what kind of solution you guys prefer:https://strawpoll.com/w4nWWb60lnA>>284787511Nothing, they say this every year.>>284787630What am I doing with my life?
>>284787218Oh boy we’re doing this already huh. I’m still doing Christmas stuff with family so I’ll probably fill this out either Sunday or Monday.Best girl btw
>>2847875002018-2024 seems like the exact same taste
I've been waiting for this all month.Now where's the Waldorf and Statler thread?!
>>284787315CITY deserves something
>WAOTS>Vote for Solo Leveling Season All I care about
>>284787630>2017 girl - Phos>2017 boy - PhosHeh
>>284787630>tfw my vote was decisive for Anna to win GOTY last year
>>284788124Fair
>>284788124BASED
Dame ninjatachi where we at?
>>284788352Voted already. AOTY, AOTS, OPOTY, OPOTS, EDOTS, seiyuu of the season
>>284788397I did that for all but seiyuu of the season. Spring can't go to anyone but her. The entire year as well to be honest.
>>284788124I'm sorry anon but SHITY blows competition away
>>284788352Ninkoro should at least make top 5. It won't win over stuff like City or Panty Stocking but it was well liked enough here and this board will always be overrun with SHAFT worshippers to give it a high ranking. I put it for AOTY anyway.
>>284788352Domo. I more than likely will once I fill it out.
>>284787218When does the poll end?
>>284787735Glad to see you. I was worried you died (or worse, got bored of /a/), but you're here at last.I've caught up with a bunch of anime this year so I can finally vote without feeling like a huge fraud.
I never participate in this shit poll, but all the time I have to argue with retard who use the poll results as some sort of meaningful proof.
kinda creepy that it saved the form I started on the shitter because I happened to be signed into youtube on my phone, but appreciated because that form is fucking long
>>284788683The casual filter no longer work so that doesn't matter.
>>284788737You always tracked at all times nowadays anon
Some drop-down boxes aren't working and it's really pissing me off. Fix it
>>284787218Until when does the poll go?>>284787735When did this ban start? Never heard of it.
I still haven't finished any autumn shows but I'll do my part and vote for Hibimeshi AOTY.
>>284788257Based. I slept through the poll last year or else I would've joined you and the other Annabros.
>>284788775It's alright even though I kinda see it. Sometimes I'm simply curious to see what has been popular outside of my own bubble.
>>284787630>the last 2 years AOTY are reddit showshow far this place has fallen...
inb4 Y.Aoi wins seiyuu of the year again
>>284789269>it's time to vote for VAOTY>Aoi Yuuki hasn't had any notable roles this year beyond MaoMao againyuukibros......
Actually having to look back at this, spring and summer were such strong seasons. There are shows that I have to leave out of my seasonal top 3 that would've easily been at the top of any other given season
>>284789057Thanks. I submitted my vote on the very last day, otherwise it would've been a triple tie with Anna, Nina and Puniru.
>>284787252>>284787315>>284788054>>284788579>CityThe "comedy" that wasn't funny?
>>284789390Yeah. I cried too.
Am I just blind or is CinGray 2 missing from the fall list?
>>284789007Based Hibibro. I'll be happy if we make it to the top 5 overall
Short-form anime of the year, movie of the year next year
>>284789501It's probably considered as a 2-cour single season, so there is only a single instance of it.Not the first time this happens, but that's more convenient for Poll-anon when generating the form.
After laughing at OP's situation, I'll probably vote tomorrow.>>284789363>There are shows that I have to leave out of my seasonal top 3 that would've easily been at the top of any other given seasonSame, and it's honestly a bit of a shame.
>>284787567I thought /v/ character tournament was pretty good. The male character one that is.
>>284789164At least 2023 had a relative big number of votes, 2024 had half of that and by pure coincidence every vote was the same.
>>284789627 (me)Fuck, I meant poll-anon situation.
>>284789311Voted for her anyway
>>284787218Shouldn't the konosuba OVA be in spring season instead of winter? Theatrical screening was on the 14th of March
/a/ didn't watch AOTY (Nohara Hiroshi Hirumeshi no Ryuugi) so no point in doing a poll
>>284787630Chainsaw Man S1 over TYBW still makes me wonder what the fuck /a/ was smoking that year
>>284787218It's time.
>>284790041the fall 2022 season on /a/ was a mess
>>284790025I've watched it too, it's neat. I like how they drew him like a fujo
My Top 51. Toujima2. CITY3. New Panty & Stocking4. Ninja to Koroshiya5. Ruri
>>284789269I have hard time picking a noteworthy seiyu this year.Maybe Suwabe because he voiced all the literally me ojisans.I also liked Toshikiko Seki (Muzan va) for his evil role in Sanda.Also, Sawashiro seem to be getting more roles lately.
>>284789269>not reina uedacmon
>>284790025I did. It was good.
Hina Youmiya deserves seiyuu of the year easily.
>>284790184That was a good one.
you'll vote for her right?
>>284787252>>284787735Organizer anon: have you tried a fresh browser profile with less strict privacy settings in a non-private window? Because I got hit with a similar "rangeban" that turned out to be fake once I disabled first party isolation and canvas fingerprinting, and I've been hearing similar stories from other anons. Let's chalk it up to staff going a bit overboard with anti-bot heuristics after the hack.
Speaking of seiyus.
>>284790226What happens if I say no?
>>284787252Don't rangebans go away if you feed them an email? Organizer anon should just make a throwaway gmail or some shit.
This year was way too fragmented with too much good shit that nobody watching and no tentpole garbage like Makeine, something really dumb is probably going to take AOTY by default, probably Food Court
>>284790444Did anyone actually care about Makeine? That whole thing felt like an astroturf attempt
>>284790333
>>284790444My prediction of top 3 based on observing the board through the year is 1. CITY 2. Panty Stocking 3. Ruri
It's a hard choice for worst of the year between towa no yuugure and lazarus
>>284790522
>>284789269>>284789311If Madoka came out this year like it was supposed to she would have cinched it. However she did have Tatsumaki, and she got to voice Tanya again before the actual 2nd season comes out, also she’s Yuriko in Gnosia and Nelluru in Clevatess at least.
>>284790574Lazarus had a huge budget, a talented creative staff and one of the most acclaimed directors in the medium at the helm and it still managed to be one of the most boring and contrived anime of the last five years. I don't think anyone had any expectations for Towa
>>284790574For me it's Normalfag Propaganda: The Anime
>>284790574Gundam.
>>284790313>Silent Witch>speaksI don’t know…
>>284790544third place is gonna be disputed between ruri, hibimeshi and ninkoro I bet
>>284790444Second place is the real AOTY anyway. First place is the casual pick; doesn't count
>>284789614OP probably scrapes entries from major catalog sites like MAL/Anilist/AniDB, so whether a double cour show counts as one or two entries depends on how those sites indexed it. Consecutive cours are typically listed as one entry while split cours are typically listed as two.
>>284790574Lazarus was way worse.
>>284790662>DUDE JUST BE URSELF LOL: The Anime>>284790666What was so bad about it? I'm behind on Gundam
>>284790574Hotel Inhumans really made me not like it at all as it went on.
Don't forget to vote for Yachiyo's show either?
>>284790574I feel bad for anyone who isn't allergic to MAPPA and made it past the first "okay I don't have to watch this" moment, for me it was when they namedropped the Avengersbut for me Girumasu made me far angrier by its end than Yugure, which may have had a more immediately objectionable end but didn't have its entire cast bow and thank you for watching the turdalso let us not forget that a Kanokari aired this year
>>284790896Why did you hate Girumasu and the Towa ending so much, haven't watched either
>>284790574Lazarus was the biggest disappointment of the year because of what >>284790628 said.Towa no Yuugure was one of the worst shows of the year purely in terms of scenario structure and managing expectations because it promised three exciting things (a mysterious post-apocalyptic setting, sexy battle androids and incest harem fuckery), but then spent 9 episodes doing fuck all, wikidumped the plot in episode 10 and tried to wrap up all its promises in a dramatically unsatisfying way that made no sense.
>>284790896This year's Kanokari was fine. Having one of the better recent beach episodes is enough
>>284788675I'll keep it open until January 9. That's a bit long, but with how the holidays fell it's the only way to give enough breathing room for people with holiday commitments to finish all their shows and fill it out.>>284788737Google being Google. I don't see anything related to your accounts.>>284788813Explain your issues or all I can say is that it works on my machine. >>284788910People have been reporting the issue since like 2018 or so. I think it's usually seen in Central/South America with the original justification being that people in those areas were cycling IPs to spam pizza but explanations are hard to come by these days so all we have to go by for new ones is a message telling you to buy a pass to get around the ban. If you mean the one for my region, I have no clue. The timer and captcha have become so onerous I usually just lurk. Probably related to the new captcha roll out, though.
>>284790938But Towa did deliver those things, plus you can say the same thing about Lazarus, that ending goes beyond just disappointing.
>>284790778So somebody asked Anno to make a Gundam.He made a speedrun retelling of entire UC in 12 episodes with a female Shinji protagonist and a bunch of old characters from several series appearing for 2 minute cameos. In the end they stop a third impact and fight giant time jannie Gundam, and 2 episodes before that mc hangs around in a brothel.It was a fun ride in a retarded way but afterwards everyone decided to forget it ever aired.
>>284791057that sounds like nu-wars tier slop lol
>>284790184She got my vote.
>>284790987>I'll keep it open until January 9Oh, good. I still have time.
>>284790226If I vote for her and bribe her with expensive sweets, will she promise to step on me and ruin my life?
>>284791051True, but Lazarus had better direction, animation, action choreography and OST going for it. On the other hand, the characters were so bland I can't even remember their names.
>>284791668It had MAPPA animation, the type species for what people call "forced animation"
>>284791668all i remember is that one homo webm of axel looking like he's going to get fucked and the one of him in a hospital bed vulnerable.all i remember is axel is a huge bottom and needs to get mobbed
>>284791668>>284791823
>>284787630>2015 Short: Ninja SlayerTime passes, as tears in rainFleeting moments, fading memories, forgotten friendsYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEART.
I know CITY is going to win but I hope Ruri no Houseki and especially Hibimeshi do well.
>>284787218Have only watched A handful of shows this year but it's a toss up between City and Apocalypse Hotel, latter might be the aoty for me.
Remember Samba for EDhttps://youtu.be/FPLc7a2SN6A?si=nIb7tfqm51abAcXn
>>284790662>>284790778>no I didn't watch it, thank you very much
>>284791817Can you elaborate without using buzzwords, ideally with examples? I'm genuinely interested in discussing animation, but most anons who use those terms aren't.Using a studio name as shorthand for "good" or "bad" is a bit misguided in general. The quality of the end result depends much more on the core staff, the production schedule and the priorities of the companies on the committee. Lazarus sucked, but not because of the studio. Many MAPPA shows suck, but that's usually due to production schedules.For what it's worth: I blame Lazarus' suckage on the fact that Watanabe didn't have a good screenwriter to rein in him in and the fact that it was mainly financed by Adult Swim, whose suits probably asked for another Cowboy Bebop without understanding what viewers liked about it.
>>284792364It's going to be between this and Hibimeshi's ED for me. What other OP/EDs stood out this year anyways? CITY had a great OP.
>>284792577I like the song but I thought the visual choices and energy of CITY’s OP didn’t fit at all, even without comparing it to Nichijou it seemed like an average OP, and really like CITY. The ED was much more charming and fitting as an ED.
>>284792577CITY, PSG and Ave Mujica all had great OPs and EDs. I also liked Purple Mangaka's OP and Gnosia's ED, but maybe I'm just weird.
>>284789549>Wow this looks really neat, why didnt i watch this?>3dcgGod i hate the modern industry.
>>284792458if you're framing the question in that way then you already have seen the common examples and have decided to excuse them; I'm not interested in clipping up the chainsaw man movie to demonstrate how their house animation directors like people and things move more than they need to in order to give the illusion that something interesting is happening onscreen, since you seem to like that they do that
Easily the OP of the year https://youtu.be/YDOARwO2SNk?si=AyRsNFRle2je_3fh
1. picrel2. Ruri Rocks3. Food Court4. Puniru S25. Ninja to Koroshiya
>>284792776I specifically wasn't talking about "common examples" from other shows. Did you even read the rest of that post? I'm also not "excusing" anything. I thought Lazarus sucked. I was just wondering if you had interesting arguments to back that same opinion. Guess you don't.
>>284788628>It won't win over stuff like City or Panty StockingWhy? People actually liked Ninkoro over both and it was definitely more popular than CITY
winter was packed
>>284789501>>284790730Split cours get combined into one entry because people were really butthurt about Mushoku competing against itself that year. It's a manual process to fix the scraping grabbing them as two separate entries.>>284790007I base them off Anichart categorizations. Not really sure why they put this down as Spring but it's not a big enough deal to modify votes over.>>284790298That's possible. I do keep most security options on for 4chan. I'll play around with it later and see if that's the problem. Thanks.
>>284792862isn't there a native isekai thread for you to waste everybody's time with tired counter-arguments to relitigate a term people came up with to describe a thing that they recognized because they have eyes?
>>284787735Can you not ask the mods on IRC to solve whatever is the problem with your IP?
>>284792364For Winter, I have that as best ED as that and Medalist for best OP https://youtu.be/H3SUAiwfyp0?si=PbTY882Ixi0yi7xa
>>284792964Boring troll. I'll be in this thread talking about more interesting things.
>>284792975I always have a hard time remembering OPs and EDs for seasons that had more than a handful of great ones.
>>284790574Towa no Yuugure was just atypical seasonal shit that nobody with a functioning brain had any hype or expectations for so you get what you fucking deserved. Lazarus had the backing of an acclaimed director and staff that the final product being so awful just made it a huge embarrassment. The fact that it was dedicated to one of the best screenwriters in anime who died before she got a chance to write the script is like a huge slap in the face to everyone involved.
>>284792871I think the medical term is constipated
>>284790574Let me make it easy for you
>>284793081Must've been pretty serious if it took until Fall to shit it all out
>>284793011I hear you, I like making lists after each season for reflection just for myself
>>284793129why did they think anyone wanted to watch this
>>284792667Yeah, I know a lot of people said the same when it first aired. I still feel like the combination of the song and visuals really set you up for the atmosphere to come in the anime, even if the visuals aren't anything special. In contrast, I recall the ED got blasted outside of the visuals when it aired too.>>284792680It's hard not to compare PSG S2 with the original, especially with Reckless and Fallen Angel. Don't get me wrong, I like Reckless, but Fallen Angel blows it out of the water any day of the week.
>>284790873I'll watch this tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it.
>Orb can't get voted cause it started last yearthis is bullshit
>>284793277wasn't it on last year's poll?
>I like the show hence the OP and ED are also the bestI'm tired to fighting this every year.
>>284790873unfortunately my tanuki loathing isn't strong enough to offset having my time wasted by the endless fireman arc in order for poo hotel to win any of my worst categories
>>284793296No one said that you faggot
>>284793296Let's be real: the OP and ED are part of the reason you liked the show. There's no shame in having favorites.
>>284787218submitted, filled out ALL of them
>>284793296I actually tried to diversify my voting and be unbiased this year
>>284793291yes and it ended in this onepretty silly to make the voting for shows that were only through half of their season and then not allowing them when they are finished
milky subwaymilky subwaymilky subwayMomentary Lilymilky subwayTurkey!In that order
>>284793216A cross between appealing to westerners and riding the coattails of Cowboy Bebop. Like >>284793078 said. I couldn't believe they had the gall to put that text on screen to dedicate it to Keiko Nobumoto in the final episode because seriously, what the fuck.
>>284793366>AOTS>SOTS>ShortOTS>WOTY>AOTY>SOTYDid I get that right?
>>284793296this, clearly EDOTY is good luck to me tomorrow even though it belongs to WAOTY
>>284793366>gets a recap movie with added scenes next yearI enjoyed it but I wasn't expecting it to do that well.
>>284793331>Kiryuu MikazukiBased peach lover
spring has at least 3 WAOTS contenders
>>284793443Lazarus, Your Forma, and ???
>>284793414close, but momentary curry was tied with apocalypse hotel for my second fav anime of the year
>>284793466TBATE and Atelier Meister
Kinomi MasterWater MagicianUnaware Atelier MasterYami HealerMushoku no Eiyuu
>>284793129Reminder that in context the scene is even worse.>I will not talk because I'm trans and you will never understand how hard is my life>I'm black and I punch people when they say things I don't like>oh shit I talk I talk
>>284793489My condolences>>284793496What the flap is a TBATE
>>284793534
>>284793443Lazarus, Kowloon and TBATE.
Please vote for Phillia's show.
>Cinderella Gray not in Fall awardsWell shit, guess I didn't watch any new anime this Autumn then.Summer left me really exhausted. But looking back, that season had really a ton of good shows airing
Fall seems very lopsided for me on the musical side.
>>284793603Sorry I'm not voting anymore but you get my spiritual support.
>not a single person ITT voted for HIS anime
Vote for Maebashi Witches or Azubitch will crush you in your sleep.
>>284793641FUCK I forgotI might have to vote again
>>284793638I will
>>284793603unfortunately there wasn't a category for MILF of the season
>>284793641Please accept this honorable mention in these trying times
>>284793603Mogged by her sister
>>284793641
>>284793772I'm not even fat by my country's standards...
>>284787218I don't see To Be Hero X on the spring list. Are chinese anime not allowed?
Best seiyuu? Sorry, it goes to Wada.
>>284793861Just because we would all cunnilinguinate Wada doesn't mean her seiyuu would consent.
Showa era Scooby Doo was fun and I liked the OP.
Best romance of the year
>>284793820From what I know no, but I did enjoy it as well
>>284793612vote for Last Boss
>>284793820>>284794009This is dumb, because it would have been my choice for the best spring anime, best soundtrack and op/ed, and also best boy (X).
>>284794080>>284794009>>284793820chinks need not apply, the cart titan has spoken
>>284793620The OST and ED for sure, I only think thing is I think the Op could have had better visuals to go with it, but I can’t think of any better OP that season off the top of my head except Sanda’s. I liked Alma’s mostly
>>284794124https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0KhH04xMlEIt's one of the few good ones to come out of CCPland.
>>284787218Where is "CITY THE ANIMATION"?
I don't think I watched anything new this year... grim
>>284793861Basado
>>284794331Yea, the OP visuals could definitely be better, but like you said, there's not much competition.The only other ones I was considering were Sanda and maybe Gnosia.I also have a soft spot for the Shuumatsu Touring OP, but even I think it was kind of generic.
>>284794357Something's "quality" doesnt suddenly transcend it into being anime
>>284794471
>>284793620The ED is both charming and gets me pumpedhttps://youtu.be/7c0AiPEyMxQ?si=s8bMRgH6dF4fmrDN
>>284794522What are you trying to prove with this? アニメ ≠ anime as used in English.
>>284794393Please respond
I voted for Mikadono!
>>284794674are you just going to keep cycling through these tedious topics of argument until the thread hits bump limit?
>>284794706#1
>>284794471What does then? Being made in Japan? Do you know how many shows are outsourced to vietnamese, korean and chinese studios nowadays? Or how many east asians from outside Japan work in the anime industry now? These trends are only going to intensify because demand for anime keeps growing but Japan can't produce enough new animators to keep up with the demand. There's also cases like the "5000-Year Old Herbivorous Dragon", which is chinese anime adaptation of japanese manga, with japanese voice actors. If you don't look up who made it you'd never know the difference. There's not point in splitting hairs anymore like it's 2015. China mostly makes slop for their domestic market, but sometimes they make decent stuff and I think exception can be made for those.
For whatever we will disagree and argue on, at least we can all agree that Gundam GQUX stuck the landing like pic related
Jesus christ, are you fags really going to do this in this thread?It's not in the list, get over it, go to tiktok or something and you can talk about how much you liked the show there instead.
>>284794758What?
>>284787735Henlo OP here back from downtownQuick question, how long do you run this for? And do you want to have a pseudogeneral with constant threads or just make one every so often? I can make more threads when this archives, I'm home all day until new years except when I'm asleep I guess. If you really can't figure out how to post images I'd be down to give you my alt-email and post the results, provided you send me what the write up is in your own words so I'm not making shit up myself
>>284794860Huh?
>>284794950The animated CITY ranks at #1. This is my response.
>>284794994So what's the point of this poll if there is a winner already? I don't get it.
>>284794966Run it back to back, obviously. The more people see the thread and vote, the better.
>>284795028Hello my dear loser, feel free to not vote.
>>284794734I commend Yuu for following your heart. I enjoyed it but it’s not anywhere high on my list
>>284795028To laugh at the losers and WAOTY, obviously.
>>284795059My deer loser>>284795079I see. That's still weird to me.
1. ninkoro2. turkey3. Mattaku Saikin no Tantei Tokitara 4.necronomico5. panty and stockings season 2
>>284795365Not a single good anime on here
>>284795365City already won tho
Best permanent outfit change of the year.
How about the other hotel show the good one
1. Cingray2. Toujima3. Puniru4. Nageki no Bourei5. Shoshimin
Which CITY girl are voting for? Which boy?
>>284795427dropped that at episode 2, it wasn't funny
>>284795640city was shit
I am not going to vote because I haven't seen enough anime this year, but I look forward to the results.
>>284795640WAKOall CITY voters need to band together behind WAKO
>>284787218For the second year in a row I did not watch as much anime as I wanted...I'm also a lot busier now with this new job >open until January 9thI still got time thenAlso wanted to thank OP for doing these every year I really look forward to them
I dont remember winter being that grim, I barely watched anime from that season.
>>284795802I already voted Midori, but I'll change it to Wako.
>>284794966what >>284795044 said
1. TASOKARE Hotel2. Nageki no burei wa intai shitai3. Toujima4. Ninkoro5.Mattaku Saikin no Tantei Tokitara6. Ruri Rocks
how come karaoke iko and muchuu sa are "ovas"
>>284795867Wrong thread. Shit opinions thread is at >>>/trash/
Im watching Shoshimin but I still in ep2
damit I forgot that I can vote for anime that had s2 or cour 2, I'd throw call of the night s2 and nageki no bourei cour 2 in my top 5
>>284795930Your mom goes with your family into the trash ok troon
WHERE IS THE WALDOF AND STATLER THREAD
>>284787218Dr. Stone Science Future Part 2 is missing from Summer 2025. Or do you just merge it together with the part 1 from Winter?
City? More like Shity, amirite?
>>284794966>do you want a generalNever. I usually give it a day or two between threads to cool down and leave room for other threads.I appreciate the offer. If this goes through I shouldn't need it, but we'll see.
Reminder to vote Kimi for best boy.
>>284796026he did, same with sakamoto
>>284796052City? More like winner
>>284795945get ready for chocolate.it filtered me and I don't regret not watchign the rest.
>>284795711You lack soul
>>284796059OkayI'll make a thread every other day roughly, unless you figure out your rangeban and end up making it yourselfDo your ganbare, anonkun
>>284796059Oh shid didn't even realize you boasted an pictureWell, alright thenHopefully youre good
>>284787630I guess its an Aoi Yuki year
how many times can I vote??
>>284795640Ecchan and Adatara.
What Ave Mujica scene are we choosing? I personally like Mutsumi being pushed down the stairs.
>>284796165Seems like the other anon was right and I needed to disable some security settings, so I should be able to handle it now. You're free to still make threads yourself, though. I'm not possessive about the role.>>284795870They have 6 or fewer episodes.
>>284796026It's unfortunate he merged it, because Part 2 was nice and the episode with Suika was probably the highlight of the season.
>no-one liked this when it aired>Nichijou but less good and not funny at all>still gonna be /a/'s AOTYwhy
>>284796375OkayI'm gonna make ten threads at once
Do we vote Anya or Becky as the best girl of winter season? Anya is of course a total sweetheart, but Becky... Well, nothing needs to be said more.
>>284796433I loved it and consider it to be better and funnier than Redditjou.
>>284796433>everyone liked it when it came out>funnier and more wholesome than nichijou>it's going to win AotY
>>284796392Yeah, I still voted Suika and her scene for best girl and best scene of Summer.
You will vote for Dina-sama.
>>284795640Best girl
>>284795945THE Episode 2 huh
>>284796315The Sitting, or something with Mortis probably.
WHERE IS THE WALDOF AND STATLER THREAD???
>>284796375>They have 6 or fewer episodes.but food court isn't an ova despite having 6 episodes
>>284796315>>284796949More importantly, I hope Organizer-kun is prepared to distinguish between the cast's regular names and their puppet stage personas. This WILL get messy.
>>284795995Save it for Sunday when I have the time
>>284797277I think most people use their regular names usually outside of Mortis, and that’s as her own entity. Oblivionis isn’t usually thrown around that much.
I promised myself THIS would be the year I would start watching anime regularly again.It didn't happen.
why are people so obsessed with all these shitty girlband melodramas
>>284797348>shittyWrong
>>284787630KonoSuba OVAs have won both times they were up. Will it win three in a row?
>>284796026It merge it together with the part 1 from Winter.It is voted on as if it were part of winter because it is its direct continuation.That's better because in winter there are few anime series worth watching, and in summer there is a lot of competition.
>>284797430they are shitty
>>284796315For me, it was Mortis eating MutsumiThat shit was wildThat was the kind of borderline psychological horror I expected from the whole show (it sadly failed to deliver something as poignant as this moment for the rest of the runtime)
>>284797329The distinction may not matter much for most of them, but it's literally a core plot point for Mutsumi vs. Mortis.>>284797460GIRL BAND: The Animation
HibiMeshi's ED clears btw
>>284797475me on the right
>>284796315>>284796949>>284797277>>284797475what the fuck is this show even about
>>284787218Ishura is the best of Winter season.
>>284797348Listen this Season was a very weird and wild ride, I couldn’t predict what would happen episode to episode. Now with the overall writing and I don’t think I’d put it in my top 10, but it was an experience.
>>284797563it's girlband melodrama
>>284790574Lazarus's story was a mess but its animation was top class. Episodes 7-9 in particular were incredible (scuba diving, Russian oil rig, wire user slaughtering the black ops squad). Towa no Yugure, on the other hand, was shit from front to back.
>>284797230Well, there's my yearly fuckup. It should be fixed now. A handful of people may want to edit their responses now that Food Court is in OVAs (really just the category for partial cour anime).Please accept my most sincere apology.
>>284797563Friendship and unmendable friendship
>>284797279I'm not the guy who makes them but ok
Any other oldfags feeling fatigued on anime? I mean, the ones that are actually real anime fans, and not the posers that watch 5 shows a year and come here to socialize and post their decades old reaction images. I find it harder and harder to get into new shows. It's the same shit I've seen literally hundreds of times already, but just a little worse each year. I'm even starting to find anime cringe, which is not something I thought would ever happen. We've had these kind of conversations every year, but 2025 is not really the same as 2010 or even 2015. Most of us are in their 30s or 40s now, and 500+ completed anime. A lot over 1000 (I'm at 1500+). Are you still as excited about anime as you were 20 or 10 years ago?
>>284798014I agree there's way too much slop coming out. Two decades ago there'd be like 12 anime per season and now there's 30 or 40 at least
>>284798014Nope.>>284798033Have you tried not watching naroushit?
>284798014
>>284797988Thank (You) anyway
>>284798099Based Wandancer
>>284798014If you're feeling burned out, the solution is to become one of the very posers you're bitching about. I only finished 17 seasonals this year, but I watched a decent portion of many more, poked my head into threads for some of the "important" ones I dropped, and did a bunch of backlog work. Looking back, all the years where I watched 50+ shows were really just preparation for my current oldfaggotry.
>>284798014I came to a epiphany recently that half of the fun of indulging in seasonal anime was discussing it with /a/ and engaging in the excitement of watching something real time than waiting months apart but now with the board practically dead filled with nothing but shonenspics and every online space filled with retards who don't actually care about what they watch I've found myself picking up less and less shows now another contributing factor is that so many shows are getting censored that you might as well just read the manga. I'll still watch whatever interest me of course but I'm slowly falling out of "hype" shows entirely now.
>>284797563It's a girl's band drama with extremely mentally ill girls but they dont actually come together and make eachother better like in the sister-show MyGO. They make eachother worse. Their band, Ave Mujica, is like an event horizon of mental illness and as they make music together they get increasingly more deranged. That clip specifically was a girl being devoured by an alternate, childlike personality due to the unreasonable levels of stress put on her by her bandmates and parents who don't really care about her. After that happens in her head while she's on stage, she begins acting like a different person, even calling herself by a different name as if her stage name took her over completelyIt's a really good showYou should watch itBut I know you're not going to so I'm going to post an image full of spoilers instead
>>284798158np
I haven't voted yet because i'm paralyzed in a three way tie between Apocalypse Hotel, Medalist, and CITY. It's a good thing I have like a week to vote. I understand people complaining about modern anime because the market is absolutely flooded with slop but I think that the same amount of good anime is made as in the past it's just that more generic and bad anime is made offsetting it. I'll probably choose completely on a whim a few days before polling closes because all three are genuinely great to me.
>>284798282that sounds neat
>MFW a medium based on tropes uses a lot of similar tropes between works>MFW the increased output of said works results in even more of said tropes being repurposed >MFW trying to keep up with said output results in increased exposure to said tropes
>>284797348Yurifags.
I’ll probably still give GQUX best ost of Spring, and 2nd best EDhttps://youtu.be/Rd3Gu4pQURY?si=WoxtQXE9j4VrfBY4Behind Ninkoro’shttps://youtu.be/MbN_coeNJZk?si=108VDKne58cF8i6E
>>284797348Same thing bad except when I like the thing.
>>284798014I realize a long time ago that a lot of anime isn't worth investing in the fact that seasons are now filled with nothing but slop is proof of this so you might as well just watch whatever interests you instead of whatever is most popular and you won't get burnt out. I honestly don't get how anyone can watch more than a few shows per season.
>>284798357
Most surprising anime was kaede's potionslop show
>>284798230>and did a bunch of backlog workThis anon has the right idea. There are still a lot of oldfag shows I have to watch that everybody else seems to have watched. This year some classics that I finally got around to watching include Trigun, Princess Tutu, Kare Kano, Gankutsuou, and Outlaw Star and I enjoyed all of them. Remember that it's better to come to something later then never.
>>284798451
>>284798458I’ve seen clips and it seems like they really didn’t want to animate it.
>>284798583it's a "light anime," basically a short made in flash
>>284798552True true, I work on my backlog along with seasonals. I watched all of Hidamari, Barakamon, and Monkey Punch Mankatsu recently.
>>284798684Glad you watched Hidamari and hoped you enjoyed it. It truly is one of /a/s most beloved classics and it's always nice to have more wide friends.
>>284798033>and now there's 30 or 40 at leastIt's double that number now. Been 50+ shows per season since the 2010s. 20-30 in 00s. The output of new anime increased massively when the industry switched over to production committee model.>>284798065Nope what?>>284798230I am not burnt out. I've been before, and it was mainly due to watching too many shows per season. The problem is there are hardly any new interesting shows coming out. I still enjoy watching older anime. I was just curious if other oldfags still enjoy watching modern anime or are they as fatigued on it as I am. I remember when these kinds of conversations popped up a decade ago, people would say they still enjoy watching new anime as much as they did when they started in the 00s. I wonder if any of those people feel the same way today? About new anime, that is.
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>>284798775Oh yeah I fully loved it, watched an episode or two, or sometimes 3, a night so I got to experience it over a wide amount of time, watched the OP and EDs nearly every time to just because they were so aesthetically pleasing. I was very surprised to like it as much as I did.Been listening to the ost casually as wellhttps://youtu.be/vL8e4Uqagps?si=cos3eBaYJtI5lpig
>>284798014>>284798033>your brain on not taking the manga/LN pillenjoy your time on /a/, secondary tourist fags!
>>284787218Best Winter girl
>>284798783If you think there isnt good anime coming out youre wrong. There really isnt any other way to tell you that. That's not reality. If there isnt anything coming out that you like then that's one thing though I really dont see with how many shows there are that nothing would appeal to you so that leads me to believe that you are yes, burnt out, or are just going to dislike any new show to fit your confirmation bias. You might just need to watch less anime or get another hobby instead of just anime. Assuming that's not a troll post.Also I dont understand the people who complain about number of shows per season. You dont have to watch all of those shows you know. You are not obligated to watch everything in every season. Theyre just there for people who do want to watch them.
>>284796315I'd never choose an Ave Mujica scene over these cute canon husbands.
>>284796480Fall you mean, but it’s a battle Tackle, Yuri f loop, or Becky for me.
>>284798583Yeah, but it was surprising cute and comfy
No one watched the shows I liked other than nageki>>284797566based
>>284799126I watched all of these except Ninja to Gokudou.I'm questioning how Kijin ended up being your 3rd-favorite after the production started to fall apart during the 2nd half.
>>284799126I watched all of these and I liked them all
>>284799159it wrapped up the season really well despite the failing animation department. Writing was consistently comfy
>>284799126I'm shocked you put Kijin Gentoushou above Onmyo Kaiten Re:verse.
>>284788712>all the time I have to argue with retard who use the poll results as some sort of meaningful proofdungeon meshi having #1 spot last year is meaningful proof that most people on /a/ have normie taste
>>284787630Which show she is in this year?
>>284799316better that than the yurishit yuriniggers keep trying to vote in
>>284799299my rank 3-6 was super close and I had a hard time deciding on the order. (My 6th place was shoushumin s2 but I decided it already had enough recognition)
>>284793638I voted for his show as worst anime of its season, that should count for something
>>284799583But the court magician, jobless tensei, and assassin isekai all aired this season
no ending from winter stood out to me
1. Ruri no Houseki2. Sentai Red ga Isekai de Boukensha ni Naru3. Kanojo, Okarishimasu 4th Season4. Shiunji-ke no Kodomotachi5. Shoushimin 2nd Season My taste > your taste
>>284787218Here we go, it always takes me some hours to do this, thanks for keeping doing this year after year anon.
>>284787218>DR. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE Best Scene of the year.
>>284799781Honestly, I think the strongest EDs that season were probably Okitsura, Medalist, and Sentai Red, at least from what I watched.
>>284799781This one is a strong candidate.https://v.animethemes.moe/Girumasu-ED1.webm
>>284787630>2022: Do It Yourself not even in the top 10>2023: Gridman Pooniverse and Maomao>2024: Girls Band Cry below Dungeon Slop and a porno
how come the nukitashi ovas aren't there
>>284800000All good decisions
>>284800000Do It Yourself sucked ass, you just remember the half decent threads.
>>284799159Ninja to Gokudou is the best anime of Fall.
>>284787630Is there a WAOTY version of this?
>>284800080Show was good. Threads were disgusting
>>284800158
Voting for Hibimeshi for AOTY and Shikishima Sakurako for best girl.
Thinking about my summer ranking, why the fuck did Utagoe air that very season? It could have been my AOTS had it aired in Fall, but I don't think it can be in my top 3 for Summer. Dammit.>>284800000Nice numbers>>284800158>>284800203I remember those two lol
The show is nothing special, but Witch Watch got a really good OPhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MmsPaitTuU
>>284790333This happens.
>>284799781Samba and the 100 Kanojos S2 were my favorites https://youtu.be/szBT0QhzQkU?si=Wri7reXBCss2cktZ
>>284790226>I have to choose between Tsutsuji and OsanaiDamn...
Best loli of the year
>>284800451Favorite singular episode
>>284800085This anon knows what his talking about
>>284799354how the hell did it get first when re:zero and knosuba were so low
Best slut of the year
>>284800634it took me way too long to realize that the first oni commanders were all based on Kamen Rider kaijin
>>284799126Ninja to Gokudou is the best show of this season by far, a shame that most of the people here are more into yuri mermaids and isekai about kirito clones #7022; Ishura is the best from this year winter and Kijin Gentoushou is easily in the top 5 from its season
Biggest cuck of the year
>>284797563Ave Mujica is a unique girls’ band anime. Most shows in the genre focus on humble beginnings and the grind of get big and play at Budokan. This one goes full soap opera instead, which feels oddly rare in modern anime. We used to have shit like Glass Mask in the past.
>>284799781https://youtu.be/fHJo53yt5rwFor me, it's this. Also honorable mention: https://youtu.be/dDsg4mDwf1c
