Summer 2025 Anime Thread

Lanx

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Freiren is a crap shoot to recommend. I recommended it to 2 people i thought it was a slam duck for and they hated it. One guy i thought would hate it loved it. Maybe it just doesn't fit usual recommendation norms.
anyone that doesn't like freiren, lose my number
 
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Xarpolis

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anyone that doesn't like freiren, lose my number
For real for real. And I like physical media.

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Xarpolis

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It comes with 5 discs. 3 of them are DVD and 2 are Blu-Ray. They should just stop making DVD at this point. If you don't have a Blu-Ray player, do something else with your time.
 
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Tmac

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You've experienced some amazing series, kudos to you. I would honestly suggest browsing through the past few years of Seasonal anime threads we've had here. There are most likely -many- 1 season shows that we've raved about.

Reading through some Top 10 lists from the past few years, show I would recommend (if you haven't read the manga):
- Vinland Saga
- Jujutsu Kaisen
- Summertime Rendering
- Cyberpunk Edgerunners (its actually good)
- Rankings of Kings (a very pleasant surprise)
- 86
- Fate/stay night series: Zero, Unlimited Blade Works, and Heavens Feel.

Vinland Saga really died on me halfway through the second season. It just never picked back up. Should I keep trudging?
 
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Penance

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Vinland Saga really died on me halfway through the second season. It just never picked back up. Should I keep trudging?
Until they announce season 3 I wouldn't bother. S2 just didn't live up to the masterclass in season 1. Probably one of the best endings to a season bar none
 

Xarpolis

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Mushoku Tensei
That's all you need to watch.

Well, I guess Frieren also.
Solo Leveling
Demon Slayer
1st season of Windbreaker. Don't waste your time on the 2nd season, which ended a few weeks ago.
Log Horizon
Gundam Build Fighters
MF Ghost (it's a continuation to what Initial D began, but completely different shows)
Re: Zero
No Game No Life
One-Punch Man
Haikyu!!
Sword Art Online (1st & 2nd seasons are great, as are the 2 progressive movies)
Chainsaw Man
Ajin
DanMachi
Goblin Slayer
Hai to Gensou no Grimgar (Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash)
Kaijuu No. 8 (2nd season is on right now)

Ok, that's enough. Just watch whatever.
 
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Gavinmad

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First season of Solo Leveling is fantastic. Second season has fantastic animation but otherwise is dime a dozen overpowered-protagonist slop.

Vinland Saga is basically two different shows, especially with it taking almost five years for a studio to pick it back up for season 2.

I liked No Game No Life well enough but I don't know if I would recommend it to someone who wasn't already pretty desensitized to the more cringe-inducing elements of Japanese culture. There really was no reason the MC's sister (and another character introduced later in the season) couldn't have been 18 year olds instead of 12 or whatever the fuck.
 

Penance

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To all my OP enjoyers.

Holy fuck this Kuma mini arc has been insane. This isn't just peak one piece, this isn't just peak anime, this is peak story weaving that is not replicated through many mediums or shows. Was not expecting to get my stomach in knots and tear the fuck up over god damn one piece.
 
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Denamian

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Vinland Saga really died on me halfway through the second season. It just never picked back up. Should I keep trudging?

Vinland Saga is a real bait and switch story. Season 1 is all the badassery to draw in everyone looking for an action show, but the rest of the story is much more like the Farmland Saga we got in season 2. It was great, but in a different way. If you didn't care for season 2, then it's best to forget the show exists and don't hope for new seasons.
 
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spronk

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i recently finished shangri la frontier (2 seasons, 50 episodes) and really enjoyed it, anyone who plays video games/MMOs will really enjoy the vibe check. frieren, delicious in dungeon, demon slayer are still probably some of my top recent animes

watching Apothecary Diaries right now since i think my granddaughter and nieces will like it, its definitely a woman-forward show but pretty interesting. set in the 1200s (?) forbidden city china in a world of concubines and eunuchs, its pretty damn weird at times
 
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Lanx

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Vinland Saga is a real bait and switch story. Season 1 is all the badassery to draw in everyone looking for an action show, but the rest of the story is much more like the Farmland Saga we got in season 2. It was great, but in a different way. If you didn't care for season 2, then it's best to forget the show exists and don't hope for new seasons.
i gave up on the manga and it was still farmland saga, truely don't bother hoping for better seasons
 
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Xarpolis

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I'm enjoying the show overall, but the bugs wizard guy is lame. That's my only gripe with the show. Oh well, let's see what happens.