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My New Years Resolution is to watch less anime in 2025 - but to enjoy it more
Trying to keep up with all the anime on Crunchyroll and Netflix has meant I never give the shows a chance to percolate in my brain like they're meant to, so I'm going to cut back.
Every year, the relentless onslaught of new anime makes my job as an anime journalist nearly impossible. I’ve already picked out the shows I’m most excited to watch for 2025, but that is just scratching the surface of what is coming this year. It doesn’t include the shows that I will need to watch just to keep up with the anime zeitgeist, like Solo Leveling season two or Kaiju No. 8. It is honestly a bit overwhelming, which is why, for my New Year’s resolution this year, I’ve resolved to watch less – not more – anime in 2025.
That might seem counterproductive for someone whose job involves talking about anime every week (Welcome to Popverse Jump, by the way), but it is something that has been playing on my mind for the past two years. On average, I watch
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