My 2025 Anime New Year’s Resolutions didn’t quite work out according to plan. Some of this was on me in terms of scheduling – I could probably have slipped Golden Boy in pretty much anywhere (and I’m writing this in 2025, so I still might slip it in). Others less so, as for example, I’d put the first season of Mushi-shi on my list, only for the license to have expired by the time October came around, or for A Silent Voice only to be available on HBO Max. So, I’ve learned my lesson and will be dialing back my resolutions this year to 6, which I’ll try to do across podcasting and personal viewing.

I didn’t quite get through all my shows that I’d picked for my 2024 New Year’s Resolutions this year, and to a degree this is a bit of my own doing, because I’d also not accounted to something that I had at my disposal: the podcast. Several of the shows that I’d picked, honestly, would have been good podcast fodder. Admittedly, some of those were also shows that would have been difficult to do on the podcast due to lack of streaming availability (like Betterman, Freedom, or Teknolyze). However, other ones – including one of the leftover shows, were. So, when it came to doing my list for this year, I put my list together based on two things: what would finish up the AniList Advanced Challenge for me and what would make for good podcast fodder.