#166 - Best Anime of 2025

While other podcasts did their end of year retrospective two months ago, why rush when you can take 3 months? In this episode, Sarah, Austin, Tori, and Bill break down the "best" anime of 2025, and by "best" we mean "the stuff we got around to, whether we liked it, finished it, or not". We've got Kowloons, we've got Kaisens, and do you finally want to know what the deal with Solo Leveling is? Well, I can't promise we'll tell you, but maybe we do!

What were some of your favorite anime of 2025? Let us know by sending us an email at thirdimpactanime@gmail.com and we'll discuss it on the show.

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Opening check in about how 2025 treated us despite everything and our aspirations for 2026

00:20:41 - Sarah hosts a game where we guess what anime were at the top of the popularity lists on various websites

00:55:28 - What anime did we just dabble in this year and not finish?

Titles include things like Anne Shirley, New Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt, Gachiakuta, Ranma 1/2, The Dinner Table Detective, This Monster Wants to Eat Me, Pass the Monster Meat, Milady!, City, The Summer Hikaru Died, etc.

1:39:53 - Sequels!~

My Dress Up Darling, The Apothecary Diaries, Solo Leveling, Dandadan, etc.

02:10:19 - Lupin the IIRD: Zenigata and the Two Lupins & Lupin the IIIRD: Immortal Bloodline

02:22:08 - Black Butler: Emerald Witch Arc

02:30:46 - Chainsaw Man: The Movie -Reze Arc-