We Watched The First Episode of EVERY SUMMER 2025 ANIME - So You Don't Have To!!!!

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"One man's trash is another man's treasure" frames the Gachiakuta debate over whether the girl was right to drop the bunny.

1. Rant Café Anime Podcast reviews the first episodes of Summer 2025 anime, using a popularity chart that lists Dan Da Dan season two as the most popular. 2. The hosts are Jordan ("the anime dude"), Rikon (also written Recon) and Briggs, who watched shows across the season and sometimes disagree on them. 3. Their stated approach is to report "what we liked, what we didn't like" for each premiere, so listeners can pick what to watch. 4. On Dan Da Dan season two, they describe the Kaido family being eaten by a worm as "peak," and they criticize online complaints that used the word "grooming" for a scene involving Momo. 5. On My Dress Up Darling season two, Jordan says he rewatched season one and liked it more than before, and Rikon notes that CloverWorks is animating it alongside Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity and a Bunny Girl Senpai sequel. 6. On Gachiakuta, they discuss the trash-salvaging protagonist, the pit where criminals are thrown, and one host's complaint that heavy exposition meant the show was "telling and not showing." 7. On The Summer Hikaru Died, they describe a demon taking over a boy's body and a friend who realizes "this is not my friend anymore," and they name it their favorite new first episode. 8. They flag Takopi's Original Sin as a six-episode OVA whose 30 to 40 minute premiere "broke" one host, and they split on Ruri Rocks, praised for its geology lessons and criticized for a character's baby-faced art style. 9. Their comments on isekai include New Saga's "negative 255 looks" protagonist who loses HP when touched by a woman, and a bowling anime that adds glowing bowling balls and supernatural events in its last 30 seconds. 10. Suited to seasonal anime fans choosing what to watch.

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