In contrast to Emergent Moment, you don’t have to do anything special to experience these. These scripted moments are part of the media below that everyone can see, but that doesn’t make them any less special. These moments made us laugh, tear up, and reflect in 2025, and we want to share them with you.
Note: Since some of our naming of the moments themselves could be considered a spoiler, listed below are all the works we discuss during the pod.
The Nominees Are:
Apocalypse Hotel
CITY the Animation
of the Devil
The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa
Heavy Metal L-GAIM
The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
Medalist
Story of Seasons: The Grand Bazaar
Super Robot Wars Y
They Were Eleven
Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Beginning of a New Era
Unbeatable
Witch Watch
With You In The Rain
Our intro and outro music for the Gimmick Awards 2025 is Lay back by Kazuki Kaneko, and our art is a commission from GOMA on Bluesky.
