Summer 2025 Anime Thread

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Title: Gachiakuta

Genre: Action & Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama

First aired: 2025-07-06

Cast: Aoi Ichikawa, Katsuyuki Konishi, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Yumiri Hanamori

Overview: Rudo lives in the slums of a floating town, where the poor scrape by under the shadow of the rich who live a sumptuous life, simply casting their garbage off the side, into the abyss. Then one day, he's falsely accused of murder, and his wrongful conviction leads to an unimaginable punishment—exile off the edge, with the rest of the trash. Down on the surface, the cast-off waste of humanity has bred vicious monsters, and if Rudo wants to have any hope of discovering the truth and seeking vengeance against those who cast him into Hell, he will have to master a new power and join a group known as the Cleaners who battle the hulking trash beasts of the Pit!
 

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Well, the new season is almost upon us. Quickly glancing through the list, I see a few sequels that I'm interested in. Dandadan & Rent-A-Girlfriend. It's trash, and so am I.
I like the picture of Bullet/Bullet, but I couldn't find that to put as the icon for the thread, but based on that image alone, I'll watch an episode of it. Kaijuu No. 8 is getting a second season as well. Awesome. So is that vending machine isekai. I didn't mind the first season, so let's go.
 

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Vending Machine S2! - About fucking time!
Dandadan S2! - Fuck yeah!
Zutaboro Reijou - Not sure if this is a manga or something, but the synopsis sounds like it could be decent if done well. Will give it a go.
Yuusha Party - Tropey trash or masterpiece? Who knows? Will give it a try.
Shield Hero S4! - About fucking time!
Lupin III movie - Will watch, because the Studio Ghibli film for Lupin was transformational in my love for anime.
 

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Lot of sequel seasons I'll be watching

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Vending Machine
Dandadan
Kaiju No. 8
Dress Up
Grand Blue - pretty sure I watched S1 a long time ago, remember it being dumb fun
Call of the Night

Kaiju and Dandadan action bangers and the rest the laid back stuff. Plus whatever else doesn't suck.
 
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This season could have nothing else but Dandadan and I'd be ok. That pic is hype.

Watched S1 a bit ago and was trying to get my wife into it, she just finished ep 7 and it destroyed her.

I've been reading the manga and am super hyped for Season 2.

This show is basically FLCL all over again with the crazy and "Nuance", so cool to experience that feeling again.
 
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I've been slowly watching more and more anime over the past year, as my "normal" show viewing has dropped practically to nothing. Solo Leveling really grabbed me, so I got a Crunchroll account and have been trying out more and more. I've watched a few of the staples, Konosuba, Kaiju #8, etc. And I'll admit, a guilty pleasure of mine is Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt blah blah. That one is so ridiculous that I love it. Maple is the best. I could watch 10 seasons of her being ridiculously OP.

Ones I've watched that I can remember, besides those above:
Shangri-la Frontier
The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows
Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest
Failure Frame
Frieren (not done, but right in the feels from the very start)
I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World
I Left My A-Rank Party
Unaware Atelier Meister

(Spoilering my sorta longish rant about stuff I dislike already.)

However...I can't fucking stand the grown adult characters that look like little kids. Crunchyroll is always recommending shit, and I try it but can't take those fucking characters. My Hero Academia is a perfect example. Supposedly it is great, but I couldn't last 3 episodes. But it isn't always just the kids, Fire Force has that guy that is always grinning, and even though I got to the part where he explains why he does it, I still can't watch it. It doesn't help any that he's sort of a kid looking dude too.

Now, I can still watch some that have those characters if others still look like adults. Like that I Left My A-Rank Party one. Almost all the girls in that one look good, particularly the dark elf chick. But the one he likes most is the 12-year-old looking wizard chick. Yuck. I still watched it, but it almost repulses me every time they get romantic. This isn't me trying to be all prudish or anything either, because I'll freely admit that if the dark elf and the redhead wanted to gangbang me, I would. I just physically rebel against the "adult" kid characters. I'm sure there is a Jap name for them, and the fetish, but I don't know it.

Another perfect example is that new Unaware Atelier Meister. The main dude is 15, so he should look like a kid, and he's a goofy do-gooder that you can't help but like. The Princess, meh, kid look, but at least she's also only 15. The older white-haired girl though is exactly what I want to see in anime. She looks and acts adult. But they always have to throw the fucking kid looking ones in. Why?!

I watched like 10 or more episodes of the reincarnated as a slime one, and while it was pretty good, eventually he got a body that looks like an androgynous 10 year-old. Yuck. They even had hot elf whores in an earlier episode, and slutty orc women, but now I have to watch this fucking twink? I liked him better as a slime.

Anyway, long story short, are there any really good ones, past or future, that I should look out for that don't have too much of the "18 year-old person that looks like they are 12" flaw? I don't even mind if they are romancey, just as long as it isn't a fucking kid in the romance.
 

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I've been slowly watching more and more anime over the past year, as my "normal" show viewing has dropped practically to nothing. Solo Leveling really grabbed me, so I got a Crunchroll account and have been trying out more and more. I've watched a few of the staples, Konosuba, Kaiju #8, etc. And I'll admit, a guilty pleasure of mine is Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt blah blah. That one is so ridiculous that I love it. Maple is the best. I could watch 10 seasons of her being ridiculously OP.

Ones I've watched that I can remember, besides those above:
Shangri-la Frontier
The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows
Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest
Failure Frame
Frieren (not done, but right in the feels from the very start)
I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World
I Left My A-Rank Party
Unaware Atelier Meister

(Spoilering my sorta longish rant about stuff I dislike already.)

However...I can't fucking stand the grown adult characters that look like little kids. Crunchyroll is always recommending shit, and I try it but can't take those fucking characters. My Hero Academia is a perfect example. Supposedly it is great, but I couldn't last 3 episodes. But it isn't always just the kids, Fire Force has that guy that is always grinning, and even though I got to the part where he explains why he does it, I still can't watch it. It doesn't help any that he's sort of a kid looking dude too.

Now, I can still watch some that have those characters if others still look like adults. Like that I Left My A-Rank Party one. Almost all the girls in that one look good, particularly the dark elf chick. But the one he likes most is the 12-year-old looking wizard chick. Yuck. I still watched it, but it almost repulses me every time they get romantic. This isn't me trying to be all prudish or anything either, because I'll freely admit that if the dark elf and the redhead wanted to gangbang me, I would. I just physically rebel against the "adult" kid characters. I'm sure there is a Jap name for them, and the fetish, but I don't know it.

Another perfect example is that new Unaware Atelier Meister. The main dude is 15, so he should look like a kid, and he's a goofy do-gooder that you can't help but like. The Princess, meh, kid look, but at least she's also only 15. The older white-haired girl though is exactly what I want to see in anime. She looks and acts adult. But they always have to throw the fucking kid looking ones in. Why?!

I watched like 10 or more episodes of the reincarnated as a slime one, and while it was pretty good, eventually he got a body that looks like an androgynous 10 year-old. Yuck. They even had hot elf whores in an earlier episode, and slutty orc women, but now I have to watch this fucking twink? I liked him better as a slime.

Anyway, long story short, are there any really good ones, past or future, that I should look out for that don't have too much of the "18 year-old person that looks like they are 12" flaw? I don't even mind if they are romancey, just as long as it isn't a fucking kid in the romance.
Try Golden Kamui. I watched the first few episodes. I interesting basis and the characters all very much look adult so far.
 
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I've been slowly watching more and more anime over the past year, as my "normal" show viewing has dropped practically to nothing. Solo Leveling really grabbed me, so I got a Crunchroll account and have been trying out more and more. I've watched a few of the staples, Konosuba, Kaiju #8, etc. And I'll admit, a guilty pleasure of mine is Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt blah blah. That one is so ridiculous that I love it. Maple is the best. I could watch 10 seasons of her being ridiculously OP.

Ones I've watched that I can remember, besides those above:
Shangri-la Frontier
The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows
Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest
Failure Frame
Frieren (not done, but right in the feels from the very start)
I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World
I Left My A-Rank Party
Unaware Atelier Meister

(Spoilering my sorta longish rant about stuff I dislike already.)

However...I can't fucking stand the grown adult characters that look like little kids. Crunchyroll is always recommending shit, and I try it but can't take those fucking characters. My Hero Academia is a perfect example. Supposedly it is great, but I couldn't last 3 episodes. But it isn't always just the kids, Fire Force has that guy that is always grinning, and even though I got to the part where he explains why he does it, I still can't watch it. It doesn't help any that he's sort of a kid looking dude too.

Now, I can still watch some that have those characters if others still look like adults. Like that I Left My A-Rank Party one. Almost all the girls in that one look good, particularly the dark elf chick. But the one he likes most is the 12-year-old looking wizard chick. Yuck. I still watched it, but it almost repulses me every time they get romantic. This isn't me trying to be all prudish or anything either, because I'll freely admit that if the dark elf and the redhead wanted to gangbang me, I would. I just physically rebel against the "adult" kid characters. I'm sure there is a Jap name for them, and the fetish, but I don't know it.

Another perfect example is that new Unaware Atelier Meister. The main dude is 15, so he should look like a kid, and he's a goofy do-gooder that you can't help but like. The Princess, meh, kid look, but at least she's also only 15. The older white-haired girl though is exactly what I want to see in anime. She looks and acts adult. But they always have to throw the fucking kid looking ones in. Why?!

I watched like 10 or more episodes of the reincarnated as a slime one, and while it was pretty good, eventually he got a body that looks like an androgynous 10 year-old. Yuck. They even had hot elf whores in an earlier episode, and slutty orc women, but now I have to watch this fucking twink? I liked him better as a slime.

Anyway, long story short, are there any really good ones, past or future, that I should look out for that don't have too much of the "18 year-old person that looks like they are 12" flaw? I don't even mind if they are romancey, just as long as it isn't a fucking kid in the romance.
Pretty fucking retarded rant from someone who has Arifureta in their list of favorites.
 
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Pretty fucking retarded rant from someone who has Arifureta in their list of favorites.
It isn't a favorite, just one I watched. I can't stand the fucking vampire chick. I haven't finished it either, because aside from her, that guy is a fucking dickhead asshole just like some of the litrpg protagonists I can't stand.

I just went down my history in Crunchyroll, I should have commented that it annoyed me but I already gave several examples of it so I figured that was enough.
 

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It isn't a favorite, just one I watched. I can't stand the fucking vampire chick. I haven't finished it either, because aside from her, that guy is a fucking dickhead asshole just like some of the litrpg protagonists I can't stand.

I just went down my history in Crunchyroll, I should have commented that it annoyed me but I already gave several examples of it so I figured that was enough.
In that case don't you dare shit talk Arifureta you bitch!
 
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In that case don't you dare shit talk Arifureta you bitch!
I got to the part where he met his school friends again, and the teacher, and was an angsty bitch about it. Does he get less unlikable after that?

Also, I have no problem with the bunny girl, because she's just straight retarded but amusing.

TomServo TomServo I guess I'd like to start with more recent stuff at first. Some of the older animations take some getting used to. Like, I've watched some old shit long ago, Record of Lodoss War, Ninja Scroll, Evangelion, so I'm not opposed to old stuff, but it has been a long time for most of those and I honestly don't remember much beyond vague impressions. I think I liked the (Russian?) chick in Evangelion because she was hilarious, but I could be swapping her with someone else too.

Oh, and my whole journey started when I was a kid and discovered Star Blazers was on after school! Wave motion gun baby!
 
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I got to the part where he met his school friends again, and the teacher, and was an angsty bitch about it. Does he get less unlikable after that?

Also, I have no problem with the bunny girl, because she's just straight retarded but amusing.

TomServo TomServo I guess I'd like to start with more recent stuff at first. Some of the older animations take some getting used to. Like, I've watched some old shit long ago, Record of Lodoss War, Ninja Scroll, Evangelion, so I'm not opposed to old stuff, but it has been a long time for most of those and I honestly don't remember much beyond vague impressions. I think I liked the (Russian?) chick in Evangelion because she was hilarious, but I could be swapping her with someone else too.

Oh, and my whole journey started when I was a kid and discovered Star Blazers was on after school! Wave motion gun baby!

It's a dumb harem adventure power fantasy show. But it is fun and doesn't take itself too seriously. I'd say keep watching. The MC gets better but he does stay an asshole, however he's at least consistent with it.
 
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I got to the part where he met his school friends again, and the teacher, and was an angsty bitch about it. Does he get less unlikable after that?
bro how would you act if you got isekai'd into some bottom tier support class, one of your classmates tried to murder you, and then you ended up in a living hell until you finally snapped?
 
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bro how would you act if you got isekai'd into some bottom tier support class, one of your classmates tried to murder you, and then you ended up in a living hell until you finally snapped?
Sounds kind of like my current isekai, worked at the same company for 27 years, almost all of those boring and repetitive and my only ray of sunshine has been the Fires of Heaven message board! So I'd be a little salty perhaps, you're right.
 

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I've been slowly watching more and more anime over the past year, as my "normal" show viewing has dropped practically to nothing. Solo Leveling really grabbed me, so I got a Crunchroll account and have been trying out more and more. I've watched a few of the staples, Konosuba, Kaiju #8, etc. And I'll admit, a guilty pleasure of mine is Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt blah blah. That one is so ridiculous that I love it. Maple is the best. I could watch 10 seasons of her being ridiculously OP.

Ones I've watched that I can remember, besides those above:
Shangri-la Frontier
The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows
Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest
Failure Frame
Frieren (not done, but right in the feels from the very start)
I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World
I Left My A-Rank Party
Unaware Atelier Meister

(Spoilering my sorta longish rant about stuff I dislike already.)

However...I can't fucking stand the grown adult characters that look like little kids. Crunchyroll is always recommending shit, and I try it but can't take those fucking characters. My Hero Academia is a perfect example. Supposedly it is great, but I couldn't last 3 episodes. But it isn't always just the kids, Fire Force has that guy that is always grinning, and even though I got to the part where he explains why he does it, I still can't watch it. It doesn't help any that he's sort of a kid looking dude too.

Now, I can still watch some that have those characters if others still look like adults. Like that I Left My A-Rank Party one. Almost all the girls in that one look good, particularly the dark elf chick. But the one he likes most is the 12-year-old looking wizard chick. Yuck. I still watched it, but it almost repulses me every time they get romantic. This isn't me trying to be all prudish or anything either, because I'll freely admit that if the dark elf and the redhead wanted to gangbang me, I would. I just physically rebel against the "adult" kid characters. I'm sure there is a Jap name for them, and the fetish, but I don't know it.

Another perfect example is that new Unaware Atelier Meister. The main dude is 15, so he should look like a kid, and he's a goofy do-gooder that you can't help but like. The Princess, meh, kid look, but at least she's also only 15. The older white-haired girl though is exactly what I want to see in anime. She looks and acts adult. But they always have to throw the fucking kid looking ones in. Why?!

I watched like 10 or more episodes of the reincarnated as a slime one, and while it was pretty good, eventually he got a body that looks like an androgynous 10 year-old. Yuck. They even had hot elf whores in an earlier episode, and slutty orc women, but now I have to watch this fucking twink? I liked him better as a slime.

Anyway, long story short, are there any really good ones, past or future, that I should look out for that don't have too much of the "18 year-old person that looks like they are 12" flaw? I don't even mind if they are romancey, just as long as it isn't a fucking kid in the romance.
Did you watch Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo?
 
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