Summer 2025 Anime Thread

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Watched Clevatass and the Water Mage shows. I agree that Clev has the potential to be great, and I liked the art style. As for the Water Mage, the pacing/direction of the first episode was pretty ass.
I enjoyed the first ep of Water Mage. They did kind of speed run his training arc, though.
 

Uriel

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Watched Water Mage and New Saga so far, liked both of them. I think I'll be watching more shows this season than I have for quite a while, lots of good stuff.
 

Xarpolis

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I was so-so about water mage at first, but I ultimately liked how it's a "figure shit out yourself" type of show. I'll watch the 2nd episode.
 

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I really liked the first episode of Outcasts Restaurant. It was pretty wholesome and relaxing.
 
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I was so-so about water mage at first, but I ultimately liked how it's a "figure shit out yourself" type of show. I'll watch the 2nd episode.
If its a figure shit out show, why didn't they show any of the him figuring shit out parts. He just jumps forward in time and its done.

Don't hate it, the show can be good in other ways. I've been pleasantly surprised by another show that similarly speed ran the learning part (reborn as sword). So I'm not out yet.
 

Zindan

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I concur that Uglymug could be good.

Watched the first episode of Gachiakuta, and I loved the unique art style. Decent animation too, but the cgi at the very end was shit. Disappointed.
 

Xarpolis

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I wonder if he leveled up further with his arrow dragon skill that wiped out all of the little goblins around the base?
 

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I never thought I'd be telling my friend that I'm watching a show about someone reincarnated as a vending machine, AND liking it enough to continue, but here we are.

Is it a meme amongst anime creators to have literally the longest and most absurd name for their show? Just imagine if this shit caught on with reality TV here in the US. "Twenty people are put on a deserted island to survive while doing challenges and voting each other off and being given way more food than a survival challenge should have so they can win a million dollars."
 

Zindan

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Watched a few other new shows today (not going to type out their JP names, just use a similar abbreviation), and I'll give them all 3 episodes.

reborn demon king(?): Isekai where a kid gets reborn as a demon king in his favorite game; generic, but too soon to tell if its totally bad.

Silent Witch: Could be good, but I really dislike super shy MC's

White Mage gets the boot: This is like the third exact anime I've seen in the past few years. Super OP character gets thrown out of the hero's party. Kinda confused with the backstroy shown in the first episode.

Kaiju 8 + Re-Zero: Super generic MC who likes to fight (even has the over used duo color hair), gets sent into another world where he can transform into a demon type thing, but he can also reset himself if he dies.

Ruri Rocks: Truly is an anime about learning geology. Nice art style.

New Saga: We've seen this theme before. Hero gets sent back in time and has a chance to redo things to save those he lost.

Out of those shows, I am very pessimistic about the Demon King and the Kaiju/Re-Zero shows, but the rest have potential.
 

Xarpolis

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I never thought I'd be telling my friend that I'm watching a show about someone reincarnated as a vending machine, AND liking it enough to continue, but here we are.

Is it a meme amongst anime creators to have literally the longest and most absurd name for their show? Just imagine if this shit caught on with reality TV here in the US. "Twenty people are put on a deserted island to survive while doing challenges and voting each other off and being given way more food than a survival challenge should have so they can win a million dollars."
That sounds like a show I wouldn't watch. But then again, I don't do reality TV. I didn't even watch Real World, Road Rules, Jersey Shore, Survivor or any of that bullshit that was taking over TV some 15-20 years ago.
 

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You say you wouldn't watch it only because he forgot to put the 2 word pre-colon title.

The real title is

Pillow Humpers: Or Twenty people are put on a deserted island to survive while doing challenges and voting each other off and being given way more food than a survival challenge should have so they can win a million dollars.

You'd 100% watch that.
 
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Zindan

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Topaki's Original Sin, if you want to watch a depressing show about child abuse, there you go. I noped out.
 

Neranja

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if you want to watch a depressing show about child abuse, there you go. I noped out.
I read the first chapters of the Manga, and pretty much noped out of it, too.

It's like the Manga version of the Star Trek Kobayashi Maru training exercise: Whatever you do, you lose either way.
 

moonarchia

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New ep of Clevatess is out. Show goes fucking dark. Love it.
 
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Xarpolis

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Shield Hero began today. Season 4. Decent episode.
On top of that, I enjoyed the 2nd episode of Vending Machine. Suddenly he can kinda talk, I guess. I don't really care, but my guess is the writer was having trouble progressing the story via the vending machine dude's earth knowledge before being isekai'd.
 

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jesus christ Clevatess makes Made in Abyss seem like a happy fun playground world comparatively
 
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