Watching the First Episode of EVERY ANIME In Fall 2025 so You Don't Have To.

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Briggs says Sanda's stabbing-into-Santa transition, with bells ringing over a dying boy, is "why I watch anime."

1. Rant Café Anime Podcast reviews first episodes of the Fall 2025 anime season, covering sequels such as One Punch Man season three and non-sequels such as Sanda. 2. Hosts Briggs, Recon and Jordan trade opinions, with Briggs and Recon having watched most premieres and Jordan skipping several sequels. 3. The central question is which premieres justify watching past episode one, with the hosts' tastes splitting on animation quality, pacing and plot. 4. On One Punch Man season three, Briggs says episode one was full of "crappy still frames," while another host still counted it as "a W" and noted the show's roughly 75 average score. 5. Spy x Family season three gets praise as "wholesome, cute, funny," with a claw-machine-style crane mech battle in episode one and a hope for more plot after the reported episodes two and three. 6. The hosts like My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero's for a protagonist who investigates on his own and for the handsome knight character, though they call it tropey. 7. On The Monster Who Wants to Eat Me, Briggs says episode one could have run "in like seven minutes," while another host praises its water imagery, soundtrack and internal monologue. 8. Sanda is called the favorite of the season: one host started writing a YouTube script after episode one and says it "can only be done through anime." 9. The Gacha Level 9999 premiere splits the hosts, with one calling it the worst of the season after a three-year time skip in episode two and another saying "if you like the destination, you'll like this show." 10. Suited to seasonal anime fans choosing what to watch in Fall 2025.

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