whiteflame55
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Older anime watcher who has a pretty broad history with the medium. Always have way too much to watch, but happy to get recommendations.
Running seasonal/yearly favorites (note: anything ongoing into next year/season is not included until it finishes):
AOTY 2025: Takopi's Original Sin (honorable mentions: Apocalypse Hotel, Orb: On the Movements of the Earth, Apothecary Diaries S2, Dandadan S2)
Anime Movie of the Year 2025: Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (honorable mentions: 100 Meters, Demon Slayer Infinity Castle Part 1)
AOTS 2025: Journal with Witch (honorable mentions: Golden Kamuy Final Season, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End S2, Fate/strange Fake, You and I are Polar Opposites)
Ongoing Top 5 Ranking for Spring 2026:
- Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring
- Nippon Sangoku: The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun
- Witch Hat Atelier
- Dorohedoro Season 2
- Akane-banashi
As for my recommendations, you can check out my list, but the ones I have rated are currently between 1 and 10. If it's rated 5 or below, it ranges from bad to worse. Anything between 5 and 7 is either disappointing or frustrating in some way, or is relatively bland. Anything between 7 and 8 ranges from decent to good, anything 8-9 is a solid series worth a watch for anyone, and the 9-10 range includes my absolute favorites, with the few 10's being series and movies that are deserving of special attention.
Since these ratings break up the seasons, I'll put my current top 20 list of shows here:
- Monster (review)
- Fate/Zero (review S1, review S2)
- Steins;Gate (review TBA)
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (review TBA)
- Mob Psycho 100 (reviews TBA)
- Cowboy Bebop (review, review Movie TBA)
- Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (review S1, review S2)
- Journal with Witch (review)
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes (review)
- Vinland Saga (review S1 TBA, review S2)
- Takopi's Original Sin (review)
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (review TBA)
- Nana (review)
- Kimi ni Todoke (review S1 (due for a rewrite), review S2 (due for a rewrite), review S3)
- Made in Abyss (review S1, review Movie 3, review S2 (due for a rewrite))
- Kaguya-sama: Love is War (review S1, S2, S3 TBA, review Final Movie)
- Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (review TBA)
- Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (review)
- Apocalypse Hotel (review)
- March comes in like a lion (review S1, review S2)
And top 10 movies:
- A Silent Voice (review)
- Howl's Moving Castle (review TBA)
- The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (review TBA)
- The First Slam Dunk (review TBA)
- Summer Wars (review TBA)
- Spirited Away (review TBA)
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (review TBA)
- Look Back (review)
- Millennium Actress (review TBA)
- Mirai (review TBA)
Finally, since there's not really a place to post them on my profile, here are my top 10 OPs:
- Tank! (Cowboy Bebop)
- 99.9 (Mob Psycho 100 II)
- Naked Hero (Ranking of Kings)
- Again (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
- UUUUUS! (One Piece OP26)
- Idol (Oshi no Ko)
- Aoi Shiori (Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day)
- Wild Side (Beastars S1)
- Flyers (Death Parade)
- Realize (Re:Zero: Starting Life in Another World S2 part 1)
Some OSTs (no particular order):
Kaishou (Gankutuou: The Count of Monte Cristo)
A Song of Ice and Fire (Tsubasa Chronicles)
Zero Eclipse (Attack on Titan)
Hanezeve Caradhina (Made in Abyss)
Sadness and Sorrow (Naruto)
Sis Puella Magica (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
The Cyborg Fights (One Punch Man)
The World (.hack//sign)
The Wings of a Boy that Killed Adolescence (Gundam Wing)
Despair (Naruto Shippuden)
Secret Base (Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day)
Bad Dog No Biscuits (Cowboy Bebop)
YOUSEEBIGGIRL/T:T (Attack on Titan)
Stand a Chance (The Big O)
And some of my favorite AMVs (no particular order):
Trial by Drowning (Casshern Sins) by pink haze - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKmGdxh329c
O z (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood) by Vinurify - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJvz7mSQWeg
[IS] Center of Attention (Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day) by xGeminii - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTHtLXHkCUo
Rise (Fight The Fade) (One Punch Man) by DarkoAMV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2cTzYN3gkE
Mahou Shoujo Requiem (Puella Magi Madoka Magica) by Shin AMV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ8JRfsurt4
Awaken (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba S1) by PseudoBaka - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsN1wjImYpo
Desired Hues (Tamako Market) by Xophilarus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVJBmcv6zIM
Changes (A Silent Voice) by Kumoclouds - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPS3fqpiL_U
Absolute Zero (Puella Magi Madoka Magica) by Kinnsao San - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZHHr879pSY
Tongues (One Piece) by Omustiia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXp1od9c-eo
Adieu, Perchance to Dream (Studio Ghibli, various) by Mastamind - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfeLz1J1umc
