I’ve seen a lot of people do these “media journey of the year” threads over the years so I wanna attempt it myself. I am going to restrict myself to things I watched or played for the first time (start to finish) in 2025. Not giving actual reviews, but I’ll still be grading them from A to D.
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Loved it. Saw it in a theater by myself. I have some very minor nitpicks as a longtime Sonic fan, but otherwise this movie was peak.
A good conclusion to most of the story arcs set up in S1. Fight scenes were wonderfully animated. Most character arcs were done well. Though the ending scenes make me wonder what is next for the Castlevania shows.
I don’t know what was happening in the story, but I was still invested. Gameplay is a mixed bag of well and poorly aged mechanics that encapsulate the time it released, while still being fun. Despite frame rate and aspect ratio issues, the visuals hold up surprisingly well, imo.