Thank you everyone at Kyoto Animation and Keiichi Arawi for City the Animation. I've never watched a show weekly that has inspired me more, this is without question the greatest encapsulation of anime as a medium I have ever seen. Please watch this now and then in the future and then again.

City the Animation is the best show of the year, I don't want to say goodbye.

Maybe the best fight so far that doesn't include Naruto. Which means this definitely doesn't deserve to be in any series best fight competition because the shallowness of Hiden and the cliche nature of the plot upto Shikimaru's revenge feels hype instead of heartfelt, the opposite of peak Naruto.

New Girls Band Cry is real, we're getting more, holy crap let's GOOOOOO!

Where'd Gege get ahold of a crack pipe.

Y'all can continue stanning Kubo, I'll take the lead on praising Kishimoto to heaven and back. I can happily say that as someone getting into Naruto for the first time now as my like 240th manga it doesn't just hold up, it stands at the top.

My Dress Up Darling arrived amidst a sea of sequels where I cared much more about everything else. Over the week's it's slowly but surely surpassed them all and at least for now is my 2nd favorite anime of 2025. I hope to see this show again, one last time.

What do you mean the 6th Naruto popularity poll resulted in newly introduced Deidara over Naruto. Let me say that again, DEIDARA OVER NARUTO!?! I love these polls, they're always inconceivably bad, like who has Kiba over Rock frigging Lee.

I hope everyone finds a show now or soon that brings as much joy into their life as City the Animation has done for me. Every moment is a treasure and every episode has left me misty eyed by the end. What a beautiful piece of art, hilarious as all hell too.

Demon Slayer is finally back, watch this one in theaters, even if you're indifferent to the story and characters, no movie I've seen all year has used the format so well. Very happy this lived upto the hype, can't wait for CSM Reze next month!

Yeah, Kishimoto cooked.

Masashi Kishimoto knows how to get my heart heavy. Damn you, I love it.

Back onto Naruto, life's good.

My answer is Heike Monogatari. Naoko Yamada, Kensuke Ushio, and Science Saru making a historical war drama should be enough to sell you on it if you know ball. Easily Yamada's dramatic masterpiece, it brings so much emotional resonance and humanity to a story originally devoid of it. A must watch!

No matter where, no matter when, Rock Lee delivers. Finished the first 3 Naruto movie's as a manga only reader wanting a taste of what the animators can cook and oh boy did they cook. And oh boy did not a single script pass even my lowest expectations, is Naruto filler reslly this bad!?

I have a good dog.

Blue Box means the world to me. This chapter really felt like an end of an era, 210 chapters of the most nostalgic perfect effervescent youth ever penned for manga. Emotionally speaking this could be the last chapter period and I'd be overjoyed, that's how full my heart is right now.

City the Animation is now my 10th favourite anime ever. We still have 3 episodes. Can we get much higher!?

Waki Izumi, cat ears, tail, suit dress(black obviously) and have her giggling the entire time. That would be the only way any anime could ever top Attack on Titan for me.

Unfortunately for Gege Akane-Banashi is about to start it's defining performance of the year with the bar raised incredibly high for Akane by Karashi. She has never been so locked in, this battle will be legendary!

Gege killed the worst manga I've ever read though so I'm grateful no matter what.

Jujutsu Kaisen is back but without Gege drawing, my wish has been granted! While I would've preferred an original story he uses the established world well to give us a character focused opener which make's it a better start than most WSJ manga. He excels mainly in short form, hopefully this is nice.

Dress up Darling Season 2 has me in a chokehold rn, I love it so much. Marin's drawings in episode 10 were extra cute to boot.

I like City the Animation Episode 9. Alot. mangameetsmoron.com/2025/09/05/c...

City the Animation has done it again with Episode 9, bringing back the team from 4 to outdo themselves, somehow. The animation is unsurprisingly absurd but the script is a hidden star, idk how you write something this dense man we're talking Airplane level slapstick with K-On level characters.

The Tatsuki Fujimoto animated pantheon gets many a new entry, let's frigging gooo!

Kill Blue died how it lived, being kinda great(especially in the character department) and kinda mid(the story pacing is wack and the best ideas go underdeveloped) but most importantly Juzo Ogami is a man who beats every allegation, every time. Good manga, hopefully the anime is fun.

I guess 2025 cinema could top Sinners huh.

Dress Up Darling Season 2 topping it's predecessor in every single way is cool. It topping Dandadan and Call of the Night for me is crazy though because I preferred those first seasons way more to Darling and somehow this is now my favorite sequel of the season. God it's pretty.

This should be one of the best things to happen to anime this year, Shinya Ōhira Star Wars is the Vision.

Kill me now, Hirotaka Mori storyboards are too powerful.

Rewatching 86 and I just bore witness to episode 10. What a show.

City the Animation racing it's way into my top 20 anime of all time, good lord does this show make me happy. Aki Toyosaki and Yui Ishikawa bouncing off each other is what I want to hear on my deathbed, they're murdering their lines with glee.

The Summer Hikaru Died is easily one of the greatest horror anime ever, every episode finds knew ways to twist the knife and fill you with complete dread. I want everything to work out because I love these characters but man that wish feels further from the reality every passing week.

Watched this for the first time. Very solid mix of political commentary and monster film. I did find it deeply funny that Shiro Sagisu just straight up used some Eva tracks with barely any changes but he's the goat so oh no more of what I love, how dare he. My favorite Anno film by default.

Akane-Banashi has finally made it... into Me and Roboco. Hyped for the anime too but let's be real Miyazaki parodying you is the greatest reward Weekly Shonen Jump has.

My greatest work. For now. mangameetsmoron.com/2025/05/25/o...

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Would've been the anime of the year. mangameetsmoron.com/2025/04/06/c...

The definition of so bad it's good, this anime is a blast! Suicide Squad Isekai Anime Review mangameetsmoron.com/2025/02/28/s...

I can't believe my eyes, Iku's been ASSaulted😭

Sometimes writing reviews is hard. Sometimes it's easy. And sometimes you have to write a review putting into coherent words why K-On! is now your 3rd favorite anime ever and also your favorite anime director Naoko Yamada's magnum opus. How does one top Heike Monogatari with their directorial debut!

Nue's Exorcist Manga Review mangameetsmoron.com/2025/02/22/n... Don't take anyone who says this manga has improved seriously, nothing has changed and the character writing plus story is still the worst of current Jump.

Currently reading Gundam the Origin and sheesh artists like Yasuhiko Yoshikazu don't come around often. I'm new to U.C Gundam(I'm from the G-Witch generation) and as of vol 14 I can say I'm very much sold!

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Hello y'all, I Love Aria, I hope that's a good sign.