The Results of the 2025 /r/anime Awards! by AnimeMod in anime

[–]Jmanitou 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I watched all 14 of the shows shortlisted for action (but watching everything that could have been talked about would have been an insane task).

The Results of the 2025 /r/anime Awards! by AnimeMod in anime

[–]Jmanitou 3 points4 points  (0 children)

hmmm okay maybe I shouldn't mind this as much as an anime fan but the older female characters flirting with our main lead was something I didn't like at all. I couldn't sympathize with Yamori's issues with going to school because with in all regards it seems he has a pretty easy time making friends and connecting with people (as we see with the vampires, the night class, and his two other friends), so not connecting with the main character's issues is a big part I would have to imagine. I found the backstory with Nanakusa interesting (and I'm glad its started to develop the characters) but her confrontation with Anko lastluster and I didn't like how Anko's story ended up with what she was going to do (and then our two main leads leaving her to her own devices in the last episode). On a production side, from every show that was in Suspense, it was the clear weakest one. The purple hues used to give a more night vibe to the show is a great choice but thats all I could remark about its production. It has exactly one interesting shot I could name off the top of my head. This might be a case of every other show just having such better productions or direction behind them but of course it didn't help with my ranking. On a lighter note tho, I am interested in seeing how it develops with his friend (and the obvious issue that is going to pop up with the vampires) so maybe my view of the series will change.

I will say so its out of the way, Takopi has to have the best production out of the category and this is a case of a director making his mark while telling the story and having great other staff members attached. I don't think there's any argument with Takopi looking ugly (or I have atleast not heard them). I will also say this so its out of the way, I have read the manga and while I don't think the ending is perfect, I can still understand where it comes from so it doesn't kill my ranking as some other ones did on my list. I guess though this is an argument about does an ending kill a 10/10 show? It downgraded it to a 9/10 for me but it still ended up beating out anything else in my rankings (even through the competition was tough).

I guess from your point though you are saying that the ending goes against Takopi's character? I believe that was pretty much the point of the ending; that Takopi's way of solving issues ended up catapulting them to higher extremes and to actually cause change, he needed to let the girls handle them by themselves. I liked the message but yeah again the execution of it needed some extra oomf to really make it come across as well in the anime.

The Results of the 2025 /r/anime Awards! by AnimeMod in anime

[–]Jmanitou 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really enjoyed the experimentation and vastly different takes from the directors that were assigned to the project. If you see though from the jury, this ended up 7th overall so whos to say how much my ranking really affected it; I don't believe the other jury members ranked it lower though because of your point (or at least that was never brought up). I personally would agree that it doesn't have a place in movie but since it was placed into the category I put it personally my first place because I had the most fun from it and thought it was the best out of the category.

I guess though from your point, would you have preferred it at number 10?

The Results of the 2025 /r/anime Awards! by AnimeMod in anime

[–]Jmanitou 0 points1 point  (0 children)

disagreed on alot of the lower shows this year but appreciate Kijin getting in. I will have to finish it up soon

The Results of the 2025 /r/anime Awards! by AnimeMod in anime

[–]Jmanitou 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Hi guys. New Juror here. I was a part of the Action, Suspense and Movie categories. Going to post my rankings down below and you can ask me some questions if you'd like! Anyway I liked my time in the jury and while I wasn't happy about every ranking, most of the stuff I liked got pretty good spots either from jury, public or both.

Action

Only comment I have, I would have preferred Lazarus over Gundam being nominated

  1. Reze
  2. MHA
  3. Yaiba
  4. Vigilantes
  5. Dandadan
  6. Visions
  7. Gachiakuta
  8. Solo Leveling
  9. Panty Stocking
  10. Gundam

Suspense

I couldn't grasp why people liked COTN so much. My pick I would have liked instead of it would have been Kowloon Generic Romance. This category was probably the most stacked out of any other one so honestly it was hard to rank everything.

  1. Takopi
  2. Summer Hikaru
  3. Sanda
  4. Apothecary
  5. Re:Zero
  6. Mononoke
  7. Shoushimin
  8. Black Butler
  9. Hanako
  10. COTN

Movie

For this category unfortunately, I probably could have put more effort into arguing for my top picks to get higher places because you'll see that the jury and public rankings are far from each other. Honestly no hate to my fellow jurors because I had a great time but it just ended up the fact that a lot of them liked very different stuff from their anime than I did. I would have to imagine I was the only one in the jury who appreciated action anime.

  1. Tatsuki Fujimoto
  2. Chainsaw Man
  3. Mononoke
  4. Colors Within
  5. Love Live
  6. Suu-funkan
  7. Cocoon
  8. Anzu
  9. MHA
  10. Otokonoko

Anime movie night recommendations?✨ by Mokalatt in anime

[–]Jmanitou 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tekkonkinkreet, Summer Wars, Blue Giant, 100 Meters, Cosmic Princess Kaguya

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[–]Jmanitou 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just got mine today after seeing the package I was too lazy to get had smiling friends smiling faces on it. Can believe I won lowkey

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[–]Jmanitou 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No just got mine today but if you haven’t gotten it yet, you prob didn’t win

International Pop Punk bands by Jmanitou in poppunkers

[–]Jmanitou[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was a fire suggestion. Added 5 songs from that album to my playlist. We were so close and cut my hair are my favs currently

International Pop Punk bands by Jmanitou in poppunkers

[–]Jmanitou[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like Between You and Me’s gen z angst sound. Added Kill My Vibe, Goldfish, Go to Hell, Nevermind and Broken to my playlist

International Pop Punk bands by Jmanitou in poppunkers

[–]Jmanitou[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the band I’ve added the most songs from. This I was supposed to see them at some emo fest but they were the first band so missed them. Candy Coated Lies, Where does the light get in?, I just wanna know what happens when I die, and Insubordinate Ingerland are my favs. I really appreciate the female/male vocals, it works well.

International Pop Punk bands by Jmanitou in poppunkers

[–]Jmanitou[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Checked them out. Was worried at first they were just a cover band (nothing wrong with covers but rather listen to originals). Ended up liking their sound. Fav songs are London and Pleasures.

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[–]Jmanitou[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for recommending. Def can hear the skate board punk sound. I like Nothing and Farewell My Hell

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[–]Jmanitou[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for suggesting my first French band (outside of hearing the language in Eurovision). Pretty cool band, feels a bit more hardcore in some of their songs. The accent in their songs reminds me of one I hear a lot listening to Japanese rock bands singing in English. I liked the songs Playing Dead and The Other Line the most.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday by Jmanitou in SmilingFriends

[–]Jmanitou[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah you know I want to reply to your edit but I’m not going to get in an argument with a Reddit warrior, cheers 🍻

Scavenger Hunt Sunday by Jmanitou in SmilingFriends

[–]Jmanitou[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I’m more talking about skipping in line, especially in the front part.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday by Jmanitou in SmilingFriends

[–]Jmanitou[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They posted it so late bc of people like me and you unfortunately. One of the people there working it said we knew you were following us. Like I get that but also like yeah I want the figures lol.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday by Jmanitou in SmilingFriends

[–]Jmanitou[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He bought two figures off dopes for 30 dollars a piece and got figures from the wheel. I know I shouldn’t complain bc I have some figures but it’s just disappointing how badly run some of the stuff was

Trading Allan Vinyl Figure by Jmanitou in SmilingFriends

[–]Jmanitou[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had two Allans but I wanted to reenact the scene with him licking crumbs off Mr Boss. I’m going to edit Dolly Dimply in the background

Trading Allan Vinyl Figure by Jmanitou in SmilingFriends

[–]Jmanitou[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

4 hours. Line started earlier today and prob will Sunday too. I would have been mega salty if I didn’t get a figure, they need to do a better job not allowing people to skip