2025 Wrapped

My favourite things of 2025: Movies, anime, music, reads, podcasts, images, and more!

Chan Yi Hui

17 Dec 2025 — 3 min read

But also, I consume a lot of things (intentionally)

As I wrap up my 2025 year in review, here are a bunch of lists/collections of my favourite things from this year: Movies, anime, manga, webtoons, songs, albums, podcast episodes, purchases, reads, words, and images.

You may wonder how do I even remember them all. Simple: I like lists, and I like documenting things. Hence, this 2025 post of lists.

The items in each list is sorted randomly, unless I added a ⭐ indicating MY FAVOURITE FAVOURITE.

🎞️ Movies

The Outrun
Conclave
Kpop Demon Hunters ⭐
How to Train Your Dragon (Live Action)
Ne Zha 1 & 2 ⭐
Look Back ⭐
Poor Things
Flow ⭐
Sinners

View here for my full list of movies watched this year. (It's not a lot 😔)

🧝🏻‍♀️ Anime

To be Hero X ⭐
Secrets of the Silent Witch ⭐
Takopi’s Original Sin
My Dress-Up Darling Season 2
May I Ask for One Final Thing?

View here for my full list of anime watched/watching this year. (See first 30, I think)

🧚🏻‍♀️ Manga

Firefly Wedding ⭐
Ookami no Musume ⭐
Galaxias ⭐

View here for my full list of manga read/reading this year. (It's not a lot 😔)

🪄 Webtoons

A Martial Master Wakes up as a Concubine ⭐
Ancient Animal Tales ⭐
Elegant Aubrey
Duchess in Ruins
In the Bleak Midwinter

🎹 Songs/Tracks

Lol thanks Spotify Wrapped. It might also be the last year I'll be using you too.

Delilah (pull me out of this) - Fred again.. ⭐
Where is My Husband? - RAYE ⭐
Golden - HUNTR/X ⭐
Me (heavy) - Fred again.. ⭐
Victory Lap - Fred again.., Skepta, Plaqueboymax
Kimpton - Barry Can't Swim
I Guess We're Not The Same - Sammy Virji
Feisty - Fred Again, BIA
SPACE INVADER - KAYTRANADA
These Are Just Places to Me Now - Folamour
Loud Places - Jamie xx, Romy
Insomniac Crossing (Blossom Hill Remix) - Seb Wildblood, Waterworld, Blossom Hill, Eli Dayo
Blackpool Boulevard - Edit - Anish Kumar, Barry Can't Swim

Albums

Loner - Barry Can't Swim
AIN'T NO DAMN WAY! - KAYTRANADA
Sonido Cósmico - Hermanos Gutiérrez

Podcast episodes

I also like all of the podcasts covering Craig Mod when he's on his book tour, e.g.
- Walking as Medicine
- Craig Mod Returns – Epic Walks in Japan, The Art of Slowness, Digital Detox...
Most Art of Accomplishment episodes, e.g.
- How to get unstuck
- Making the most out of uncertainty
Many Dialetic episodes, e.g.

🛍️ Purchases

Sony FE 50mm F1.8 lens
Tripod
Misc items for my office room, such as a convex mirror and black/white carpet
IKEA stuff
- Bedroom throw (I can't find it online, but it's purple, olive, black, and yellow)
- OMAR
- DYVLINGE (wtf the price increased so drastically)
- VÄNDPLATS
Nike Air Rifts
Hoka Clifton 10
Transition lenses for my glasses ⭐
Many prints and magazines and zines I got from fairs