JANUARY 2025 BEST-OF-ANIME ROUND-UP!
January 22nd, 2025
New year, new anime, Third Eye Faithful! 2025 started out with TONS of great anime dropping left and right on pretty much every streaming platform. Whether you have a new favorite that you can’t get enough of, or you want to read before you watch, Third Eye’s gotcha covered with alllllll the manga that inspired these awesome shows. Here are some of our favorites from this month!
SAKAMOTO DAYS
Taro Sakamoto was once a legendary hit man considered the greatest of all time. Bad guys feared him! Assassins revered him! But then one day he quit, got married, and had a baby. He’s now living the quiet life as the owner of a neighborhood store, but how long can Sakamoto enjoy his days of retirement before his past catches up to him?!
Grab volume one here!
SOLO LEVELING
E-class hunter Jinwoo Sung is the weakest of them all. Looked down on by everyone, he has no money, no abilities to speak of, and no other job prospects. So when his party finds a hidden dungeon, he’s determined to use this chance to change his life for the better…but the opportunity he finds is a bit different from what he had in mind!
Grab volume one here!
APOTHECARY DIARIES
Maomao, a young woman trained in the art of herbal medicine, is forced to work as a lowly servant in the inner palace. Though she yearns for life outside its perfumed halls, she isn’t long for a life of drudgery! Using her wits to break a “curse” afflicting the imperial heirs, Maomao attracts the attentions of the handsome eunuch Jinshi and is promoted to attendant food taster. But Jinshi has other plans for the erstwhile apothecary, and soon Maomao is back to brewing potions and…solving mysteries?!
Grab volume one here!
HONEY LEMON SODA
Middle school left Uka Ishimori with nothing but scars-to the point where she’s
forgotten how to laugh or cry or even say “hello.” But a chance reencounter with a boy
with lemon-colored hair invigorates her, giving her hope that maybe, just maybe, life
can be that much sweeter if she finally reaches out for help.
Grab volume one here!
DR. STONE
Imagine waking to a world where every last human has been mysteriously turned to stone…
One fateful day, all of humanity turned to stone. Many millennia later, Taiju frees himself from the petrification and finds himself surrounded by statues. The situation looks grim-until he runs into his science-loving friend Senku! Together they plan to restart civilization with the power of science!
Grab volume one here!
MEDALIST
Inori is a little girl who dreams of becoming a figure skater. Yet, the obstacles to this dream feel insurmountable: Inori’s already “too old” (she’s 11); she’s always had trouble at school; and, worst of all, her older sister’s skating dreams ended in failure, so her mother is dead set against putting her other daughter through a similar experience. Still, the rink is the only place Inori can be herself, and she’s out on the ice when a fateful meeting takes place. Tsukasa, a frustrated coach on the edge of giving up competitive skating himself, will join Inori to form an unstoppable duo powered by hard work, transcendent joy, and an unshakeable belief that they can prove everyone wrong.
Grab volume one here!
TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN
At Kamome Academy, rumors abound about the school’s Seven Mysteries, one of which is Hanako-san. Said to occupy the third stall of the third floor girls’ bathroom in the old school building, Hanako-san grants any wish when summoned. Nene Yashiro, an occult-loving high school girl who dreams of romance, ventures into this haunted bathroom…but the Hanako-san she meets there is nothing like she imagined! Kamome Academy’s Hanako-san…is a boy!
Grab volume one here!
