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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss what new shows and seasons you should be keeping an eye on in the Winter 2026 season. We also recap the 2025 anime season and discuss the end of the Fall 2025 season. Note: This episode was recorded on January 2nd before certain shows started airing.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss The Game Awards nominees as we vote for the best games of the year (and how Expedition 33 will sweep every category). We also discuss how great One Piece has been with Bonney Nika and the fantastic animation of Gachiakuta. 

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss (totally without any sarcasm at all) how the World Government and Blackbeard in One Piece are actually the heroes of the show. We're cheering for them to beat the Straw Hats and the devil that is Luffy. We also discuss what anime is best for people who are new to the medium.

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Today, Brennan and Meth talk about the current state of Shonen Jump and what new genre of manga will start a new era. We also discuss the fantastic upcoming Winter 2026 season and rant about One Piece for way too long (as usual).

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the on-going debate between the Bomb Devil and Bakugo, and who would beat who (the Bomb Devil would destroy Bakugo). We also discuss how great the new Reze Chainsaw Man movie was and how excellent My Hero Academia has been recently, and how Gnosia has been the sleeper-hit of the season so far.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the beginning of the Fall anime season and which shows we're watching this season. We also discuss AI, its dangers, and the controversial decisions Crunchyroll has made regarding its translation company and the use of AI in its subtitles.

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Today, Brennan and Meth look ahead to the Fall 2025 anime season, and all the new and continuing shows that we recommend you all keep an eye out for airing soon.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the current anime controversy about the screen writer of Boochi the Rock changing the original manga for the anime and all the implications for anime as a whole. The community is wrong and very dumb. We also talk about how great the end of To Be Hero X was and how that newest One Piece episode was an actual movie. 

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the new sequel Jujutsu Kaisen manga and how it has potential but also may fumble the bag (Boruto has created a precedent). We also rant about how great To Be Hero X has been recently and how it has gone from a show that we were dropping, to one of the best of the season. A generational comeback.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss Brennan's annual Crunchyroll swag box (we talk economics and Brennan's subscriptions). We also cover all the news recently including the Netflix live action One Piece season 2 trailer and the fake controversy stemming from Vivi's actress. Also, if you're watching My Dress-Up Darling, you need to stop.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss how Umamusume is generating so much money and having a huge cultural impact both in the US and in Japan. Meth is obsessed with horse racing now and is an addict on the game. We also discuss Brennan's new obsession for AI ASMR One Piece devil fruit cutting videos on Instagram reels (clearly, the best use of AI so far).

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss how a water bottle caused 30 minutes of footage to become lost media and all the news over the past month. The Summer season is also off to a fantastic start so far.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss what new shows and new seasons you should be looking out for in the Summer 2025 season. It should be a good season for sure! Note: This episode was recorded on July 3rd, so it does not cover Anime Expo, or any new shows that aired from July 3rd onwards.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss all the deaths and emotional beats from episodes this week (so many deaths and emotional moments that hit us in the heart). We also rant about the Anne Shirley book series and how we will basically be starting a book club all for that series.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the full reveal for live action Chopper for Netflix live action 2 and, well, it's certainly something (not the best but not worst). We also discuss all the recent changes to Webtoons, including the shutting down of a Webtoon pirating website, new South Korean government guidelines, and colored manga appearing on the site.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the controversial and always disappointing Crunchyroll Anime Awards. How Solo Leveling wins Anime of the Year over Frieren will never make sense. Also, Anne Shirley will be the next One Piece, we are calling it here.

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Today, Brennan, Meth, and special guest Sara host a 3 round mad anime game with drawing, guessing, and a brainrot test. It's madness, but in the best and most fun way possible. Play along!

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss May the 4th and our equal love for Star Wars (Meth is a huge Star Wars fan, as everyone knows). We also discuss Meth's demon One Piece theory and Brennan's Sun and Moon One Piece theory, which if true, would make us future predictors.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss Sara's wonderful idea for us to combine the two things anime fans love, Miku and the Minecraft Movie. The launch of Class-1Alpha coming soon... (totally real and not a joke at all).

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss what new shows we're watching in the Spring 2025 anime season and how many good shows there are this season. We also judge the Crunchyroll Anime Awards and how they can't help but nominate the same shows for every category (our votes are the only correct ones). Happy National Anime Day!

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Today, Brennan and Meth look ahead to the Spring 2025 anime season and what news shows you should be looking forward to! Of course, Solo Leveling had to end with some more aura farming from our king Jinwoo

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the great debate of Blue Box of who Taiki should end up with, Hina or Chinatsu. We also cover all the news from AnimeJapan 2025. That Jinwoo and Beru fight was also incredible. Look forward to our Spring 2025 look-ahead episode next week!

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the ending of Orb: On the Movements of the Earth and how it's such a great historical show. We're almost at the end of the Winter season so look forward to our Spring 2025 look ahead next week as we discuss new announcements, trailers, and visuals for upcoming anime this year.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss how some upcoming Chinese animated shows look incredible and are definitely something to look forward to in the Spring and Summer, how Frieren and One Punch Man finally have release windows, and that Brennan called that the Demon Slayer move will release in the US in September. We know our stuff when it comes to anime.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss a fruit tier list (which is definitely relevant to anime), how Solo Leveling went insane this week with its animation and storytelling, and how Trump and Elon showed up in Baki (yes, this is real and the manga is insane).

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the upcoming Hatsune Miku anime movie, how shows like Re: Zero and A Certain Scientific series get brought down by weird fan service, and of course, how hot Jinwoo gets getting each episode. 

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss how basically all of Fujimoto's staff have become huge names in the manga community and how Spy x Family has been going crazy recently with 5-page chapters. Jinwoo continues to be hot as the highest-level characters in anime without any stoppage in sight.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the new Anne Shirley anime airing in April and how it will be the next One Piece with its eleven books, prequels, and sequels. The live-action Solo Leveling will definitely be quite the adventure. Guilty Gear Strive is getting an anime and Lazarus will have the smoothest animation of all time. 

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Today, Brennan and Meth (and surprise commentator Sara) discuss which shows we're checking out as part of the Winter 2024 season and how, Solo Leveling is back with even more fun action and an even hotter Jinwoo. We are holding hope that the new upcoming Crunchyroll manga app is actually good.

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We are back from our Holiday break to enter into a new year of Class-1A! We hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday season. Thank you all for your support over the past year and we hope you will look forward to what this year brings! Today, Brennan and Meth discuss all the Jump Festa 2024 news, as well as do a look ahead for what new shows you should keep an eye out for in the Winter 2024 season.

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Today, Brennan and Meth have their first and most passionate couples' argument about One Piece lore yet, as Brennan is caught up to the show. Truly, who can know if their relationship will last beyond this...also Franky's voice actor is retiring (insert crying emoji here). Demon Lord 2099 is trash, don't every watch it (according the never-wrong critic Meth). Look forward to the Winter 2024 look-ahead and Jump Festa news coming at you next week!

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss that very weird episode of Dandadan and how, hopefully, there won't be any strange stuff like that again (although not all of the episode was weird). Meth will soon be a Detective Conan fan, Brennan is almost caught up with One Piece, and Lazarus will become a masterpiece next year.

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Today, Brennan and Meth wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving full of joy and time with family!! Take some time away from anime (as Brennan unintentionally did this week) and be thankful for all that we have (including Dandadan).

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the wonderfully beautiful latest episode of Dandadan and how well Science Saru animated that entire episode. We also discuss the AoT live orchestral performance coming to the US next year and the disappointment of Nagi's goal in Blue Lock Season 2...what went wrong...

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the ending of Oshi no Ko (seems like we're in for quite a weird ending and yes, we know we're posting this on the day the last chapter came out. Lol) and Brennan's One Piece journey loving Big Mom and getting hyped for Gear 5. Hina is also the best character in Blue Box, so much better than Chinatsu according to Brennan (Meth is convinced Chinatsu is the better girl in the end).

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss Election Day in America (go vote!) and why Sanji is clearly the worst Straw Hat pirate. Meth also finally explains why Gravity Falls has had a revival recently and why we think it will come back in some format in the future.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss anime YouTubers and how most are weirdos and their content definitely is quite unique. We also discuss how bad Adult Swim animes have been this year and what classifies someone as a weeb (we promise we aren't weird anime fans).

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss how amazing the One Piece Fan Letter episode was and how absolutely terrible Blue Lock Season2 has been. A truly historic collapse. Also studios are bidding for Kagurabachi, so all the memes ended up working in the end.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss anime commercials (for some reason) and how, sometimes, Japan spends way too much money on animating some fantastic commercials. We also talk about Brennan's childhood Roblox obsession and Meth's new anime Minecraft server that he joined. Oh, and One Piece is on break until April.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the beginning of the Fall season and how fantastic Dandadan has been so far, as well as other amazing shows to check out this season. Rest in Peace to the original voiceover actor for Dragon Ball, a true legend whose voice will be heard forever.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the disappointing ending of Jujutsu Kaisen and how Gege Akutami can't finish a story to save his life, along with the endings of the Spring shows and the beginnings of the Fall season.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss what to look forward to in the upcoming Fall 2024 season. There are definitely some hidden gems to look out for, along with some fantastic shows to check out! 

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss Brennan's love and obsession for the One Piece manga (Meth has made another One Piece fan), the new Kyoto Animation announcement coming next Saturday, and the rumor that Ufotable is animating Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint. The world of Manhwa adaptions is changing forever.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss Brennan's One Piece journey and how much he's enjoying the manga, Wistoria's potential to be a very cool and unique anime, and how Meth can't seem to watch fantastic old shows.

Also Happy Birthday Sara!!! Thank you for doing all you do for Class-1A!! Be sure to show her love on Twitter and Twitch @spaceseals!! 

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Today, Brennan and Meth host an anime guessing game between Meth and Sara (give her some love @spaceseals on Twitch and Twitter)! See who's the biggest weeb while enjoying Brennan's miraculous singing and Japanese pronunciation. 

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Today, Brennan and Meth are finally back with a new episode! Hear us discuss all the new anime announcements for 2025 and what we've been thinking about the last month of the Summer 2024 seasonal anime.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the fall-off of Marvel and why casting RDJ as Dr. Doom is very stupid (we walk about this for way too long). We also discuss anime fanbases while Brennan gives an update on his first One Piece volume he has read.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the best animation, story, and choreography we've seen in anime to truly see how anime has evolved. Brennan also provides an update on his One Piece journey, while Meth realizes who the best manga creator of all time is.

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Today, Brennan and Meth, along with our surprise guest star Jason, discuss Brennan's rant about Harry Potter being mid and how Star Wars is better (of course also Brennan's opinion). We also talk about how surprisingly good the summer season is with all the sleeper hits this season.

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Today, Brennan and Meth are back from their summer break with one of the biggest news that Meth has been waiting years for, new information and a trailer for the Witch Hat Atelier anime. We also discuss all the others news from AnimeExpo, as well as looking ahead for the summer season. 

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the Witch Hat Atelier Crunchyroll panel at AnimeExpo (he's finally getting an update), the other anime at Crunchyroll's panel this year, and how Netflix has acquired an original animation project from HBO suggesting a greater respect and emphasis on animation from the big streaming platforms (a welcome change).

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss tennis (of course we do) while quizzing Meth's tennis guessing skills, new revelations about the horrible treatment the director of the Look Back movie received, and the tax fraud conviction of the Apothecary Diaries author (actual Mao Mao moment)

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the official announcement of a Sakamoto Days anime (and the very interesting studio choice for the show), the terrible working conditions at Studio Shaft that recently came to light, and Meth's desire to avoid his obsession with Genshin Impact again. 

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss Meth's new mobile game obsession that he plays during the episode (what a terrible betray), a potential anime-themed baseball team called the Hashiras, and how the Suicide Squad Isekai anime differs from the Terminator or Cyberpunk animes. 

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Today, (after an unexpected absence) Brennan and Meth are back and discuss the return of My Hero Academia and Demon Slayer, how backstories have ruined shonen anime such as Naruto and Demon Slayer by adding unnecessary filler, and of course, how weird Jobless Reincarnation has gotten (this show needs to die please kill it already)

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss why all anime games fail and why Shonen properties don't make good game adaptations.  Meth also rants about his hatred of harems after a spin-off Quintessential Quintuplets anime was announced. Nothing new for him to do. 

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss what's on our to-watch lists and our plans for anime we plan to watch in the future (we got you with that click-bait title). We also talk about how representation has been evolving in anime, with more POC characters being represented in a less-harmful way than in the past.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss Kaiju No. 8's pretty good first episode, despite Meth talking trash about it from the beginning as well as Brennan's fantastic humming of very accurate anime openings.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss more of the new Spring 2024 shows that we've checked out and which ones you should be on the lookout for. We also rant about top 10 anime lists on MAL and IMDB for way too long and lose our point at the end, but what else is new at this point. 

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the beginning  of the Spring 2024 season as well as our grading for the best (and worst) shows of the Winter 2024 season. We also talk about Frieren and Meth's love for Himmel as well because of course we can't go one episode without talking about it. 

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the Boston Red Socks One Piece bobblehead collab this year and what it means for anime expansion in the West as a whole (we have to go to Boston now to get one). We also discuss the news from AnimeJapan including release windows and trailers for upcoming properties like the incest Oshi no Ko season 2.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the upcoming shows you should look out for in the next Spring 2024 season and which ones you can avoid (lots of crazy long titles and weird isekais as usual)

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Today, Brennan and Meth, after a week break, return to discuss the very sad passing of legend Akira Toriyama, the news of One Punch Man season 3 and how JC Staff is doing it again, and the wonderful news of Call of the Night season 2 (Brennan is thrilled about this news). Plus, a wonderful audio error that we fixed in a perfect way.

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Today, Brennan, Meth, and our surprise special guest Jason discuss how good Pluto is (Jason is the real fan of it here), how the Netflix Live Action Avatar is ok at best (and how Brennan needs to watch the original cartoon), and our guesses on the best picture nominees for the Oscars.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss a very interesting sponsor we would "like" to have, more examples of companies getting more involved in the anime space, and Meth trying to explain the Fate universe and its spinoffs once more.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the official death of Funimation and its controversial merger with Crunchyroll due to the new polices they're implementing. We also discuss why power fantasies like Solo Leveling are so popular and the fact that a new huge Webtoon just got an anime adaptation announcement. 

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss what it really means to be a live action adaptation and what Western media fall under that category. We also argue about Re: Zero Season 2 and what a real subversion of expectations looks like in anime. You all can guess whose opinion is the better one about the ending of School Days.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss what shows Meth has dropped this season (which one has fallen off), how the Netflix live action Avatar show may have a huge story issue, and how exactly bad isekai anime can keep being made. 

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss Crunchyroll's Anime Awards for 2024 as we submit our votes for the categories. Frieren should be nominated for this year's awards, but Crunchyroll's scheduling doesn't make much sense. Also Sara gets a new Monogatari series entry for her to enjoy and tell us how peak it is.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss how Solo Leveling is now impacting studios to adapt more manhwas and how the manhwa Studio XTorm has disappeared off the face of the planet. Brennan also talks about his love for masterpiece that is Future is Wild and how apparently, it's his favorite childhood cartoon show.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss what shows we're watching so far in the Winter 2024 season and a look-back on our favorite show and opening and ending songs of 2023. We also introduce a new way in which we will grade our favorite shows at the end of each season with a new graphic by our wonderful graphic designer, Sara! Welcome to a new year of Class-1A!

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss what to look forward to in the upcoming Winter 2024 season. If you don't take our advice on what shows are the ones to watch, then you don't know peak anime like we do.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss all the news from Jump Festa including a Chainsaw Man movie and a Wit Studio remake of One Piece. So much fantastic news to cover.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss Meth's experiences with a male host cafe, how collaborations have changed since our childhood, and how Frieren stays the goat of the year.

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Today, after a week break, Brennan and Meth are back to discuss the new Mappa projects coming out in 2024, the announcement of the Dandadan anime, and all the new updates on anime such as the Suicide Squad isekai anime. Meth passionately hates this show, as he usual does. 

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the fallout at Mappa and animators walking off the job and how abused they are on the Jujutsu Kaisen season 2 production line. #JusticeforMappaEmployees. The animators deserve all the best treatment and we hope that they get what they deserve for their incredible work. 

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Today, Brennan and Meth celebrate episode 100 with our social media manager and graphic designed, Sara! Thank you all so much for listening to this show and we hope to continue to provide you all with the best podcast going forward! Love you all!

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the ending of one of the most influential anime ever, Attack on Titan and its impact on anime throughout the years, all coming to a close. Truly a masterpiece in storytelling, wrapped up with a fantastic finale that ends a three-year long final season.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss why horror anime doesn't scare us anymore as well as the bigger impact that psychological horror anime has on us. We celebrate Halloween with an episode focused on scares and thrills in anime and in the animated space in general. Happy Halloween everyone!

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss how three shows have really taken over the season for us, how the anime adaptions of Webtoons and other online comics have changed recently and how we will see the industry shift around their adaptations, and all the other news and updates that we missed.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss what we're watching so far in the Fall 2023 season, how some fandoms get infected and become toxic and horrible, and how power systems are non-existent in modern-day anime. 

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the news from the past two weeks that we've been missing out on,  how Get Schooled got cancelled for racist comments, and how people have been coping with Gojo's sealing and recent manga appearances around the world, promoting us to buy a star in his honor.

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Today, Brennan and Meth, and our special guest Sara, discuss the Disney x JJK ships, the new Fiona and Cake show, and the new manga Kagurabachi that has taken over the internet and it definitely the best manga of all time.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the end of Attack on Titan coming up this fall, Netflix One Piece getting a season 2 and Meth's love for Robin, and we look ahead for the upcoming fall 2023 shows that you all should check out.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss how much of a fantastic start the JJK Shibuya arc has had so far, how Meth doesn't want anyone else to share his opinion while also not having a different one than him, and the new Studio Ghibli movies and how Miyazaki will never retire no matter what.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss how the newest JJk opening song is mid (sorry anime fans), how the Netflix One Piece show has gotten off to a fantastic start and how it probably won't get anything past a season 2, and how the return of Kimi ni Todoke for a season 3 next year means big things for the anime industry going forward (11 years since season 2 by the way. Crazy).

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the recent Demon Slayer movie and Genshin Impact anime leaks, how anime fans are so weird online and how people are criticizing the JJK Shibuya Arc Sukuna fight moment already even though there's literally no reason to (Brennan goes on quite the rant about this), and our final thoughts on Netflix's One Piece adaptation before it releases.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss Brennan's One Piece journey, the leak of the Infinity Castle Arc of Demon Slayer being divided into a trilogy of movies and the chainsaw man movie coming out next year, and how the author of Jobless Reincarnation's comments weirdly line up with Florida's Prager U classes on slavery. 

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the anime adaptation of Lord of the Mysteries and the impact it has on manhwa adaptations, Meth's new gacha addiction, and of course, the new Gear 5. This will go on for a while.

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Today, Brennan and Meth, along with our special episode Jason, discuss how goofy and hype the introduction episode to Gear 5 was, how bad and boring Secret Invasion was (Jason actually watched the entire show), and how Jason, somehow, has hope in the upcoming future Marvel projects.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the upcoming Gear 5 in One Piece (as Brennan spoils everyone with no idea as to what's talking about), the trend of RCTA and how messed up it truly is, and how weird the current drama with Witch from Mercury has been.

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Today, Brennan and Meth talk about Brennan's JJK Crunchyroll Premium subscription box, argue about GoHands and The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses, and Gear 5 just to get clicks.

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Today, Brennan and Meth are back after a two week break to talk about the end of the spring shows, all the news and announcements from AnimeExpo, and the beginning of the summer season. We're back!

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Today, Brennan and Meth talk about the My Hero NBA collab, all the new big-name anime movies that are coming out soon, and of course, discuss what's ahead next season for anime (we're looking at a fun season ahead of us).

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss the first look at Netflix's One Piece adaptation, how amazing Vinland Saga Season 2 has been (and was), and how romance manga has gone off the rails recently.

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Today, Brennan and Meth are joined by our new social media manager Sara (Yippee!!!) to play a GhatGPT anime character guessing game while Brennan's wonderful intro to the episode goes off without any issues. Welcome Sara to the Class-1A family!!!

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss why the new Spiderverse is another revolution in the realm of animation, why the complaints about Heavenly Delusion are delusional, and some super fun audio issues near the end. 

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss how companies are getting into the anime space (i.e. the Lil Baby x Axe anime), Brennan starting down his journey into Bleach, and new information about the Netflix live action One Piece and My Hero shows.

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss how heartbreaking and somewhat controversial the newest Oshi No Ko episode is, the announcements at the Mappa Main Stage, and more Tears of the Kingdom obsessions by Meth. 

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Today, Brennan and Meth discuss Tears of the Kingdom and how obsessed Meth is with the game, why the hacking of MAL was so useless and stupid, and another new series to take the top episode of the week for Brennan. 

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