Anime Feminist’s Top Picks for 2025
2025 brought us multiple passion projects from talented women across the anime industry, and we only hope to be as lucky in 2026.
2025 brought us multiple passion projects from talented women across the anime industry, and we only hope to be as lucky in 2026.
Writer Erika Yoshida’s talents shine in Maebashi, which isn’t so much about revolutionizing the world as imagining achievable ways that everyday girls can make the world a better place. And nowhere is the show stronger than in its exploration of fatphobia.
Spring brought us rebellious teens, simmering adult dramas, and existential robots.
Spring has brought us some powerful stories about girls growing up and compelling-but-fraught speculative fiction about decaying systems.
Spring brings a crop of nostalgic revivals, from aesthetic throwbacks to reinventions of classic franchises.
Magic is easy when you’ve got friends, but in this premiere, Yuina is still finding her footing alongside four other magical girls tasked with helping others before they get full control of their powers.