About this episode

The episode celebrates the favorite anime and manga of 2025 as part of the Gimmick Awards.

With multiple anime and manga podcasts, it's clear we love this medium a lot. And in 2025 we saw so many cool things. In this penultimate category, we celebrate our favorite anime and manga of the year. The Nominees Are: Apocalypse Hotel The Apothecary Dairies City the Animation Daemons of the Shadow Realm Gosick Knight in One Frame Medalist Red Ranger Isekai Super Dragon Ball Heroes They Were Eleven Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Beginning of a New Era A Wild Last Boss Appeared! Witch Watch The Wonderful World of Puss 'n' Boots Our intro and outro music for the Gimmick Awards 2025 is Lay back by Kazuki Kaneko, and our art is a commission from GOMA on Bluesky.

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• Gimmick Awards 2025 – Best Narrative Moment Podcast · February 18, 2026
• Gimmick Awards 2025 – Best Emergent Moment Podcast · February 17, 2026
• Gimmick Awards 2025 – Best Song Podcast · February 12, 2026

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