About this episode

The episode discusses the nominees for the Best Surprise Podcast category in the Gimmick Awards 2025.

There are bad surprises in this world. A lot of them. We are not celebrating those! They don't get their own category, at least this year. Let's talk GOOD surprises. The Nominees Are: Apocalypse Hotel of the Devil Donkey Kong Bananza High School Musical 2 Hollow Knight Silksong Kasane to Subaru Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 2nd A's Mini Healer Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire The Red Ranger Becomes An Adventurer in Another World Sonic x Shadow Generations They Were Eleven Umamusume: Beginning of a New Era A Wild Last Boss Appeared! Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection 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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