Anime Brain Freeze

Play Buffet: Next Fest demos (0:51) Steam Controller (7:43) Maimai & other Round1 Arcade games (8:48) Mega Man W & other fangames (15:53) Super Mario Bros Wonder Switch 2 Edition (32:43) Marvel Tokon (41:29) Bloodborne & the problem with too many big games (52:53) Mina the Hollower (1:31:07) Star Fox (1:48:32) Borderlands 2 (2:06:20) Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (2:17:39)   Newsbits: Sony decided to kill physical games (2:57:09)   1-Up for Discussion: Our personal gaming histories – PS1, Saturn & N64 era (3:25:39)   Mp3 Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/animebrainfreeze/FreezeFramesPerSecond005.mp3   Transcription: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ju9WNF4_lsbSBboW8YIaeYWIOO0J2SX6/view?usp=sharing   Website: http://animebrainfreeze.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AniBrainFreeze Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/animebrainfreeze.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/animebrainfreeze/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-533052772 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC

After discussing a couple of scorching hot premieres from Summer Season 2026 in the Sneak Peek, the hosts review the ice-cold robot vs kaiju action show Snowball Earth.   Sneak Peek: Chainsmoker Cat (3:27) Iron Wok Jan! (7:04) Black Torch (11:14) Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance (13:14) Sparks of Tomorrow (20:06) Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia (26:14) The Ghost in the Shell (35:13) Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games (42:14)   Review: Snowball Earth (55:30) Snowball Earth – Spoilers (1:29:12)   Mp3 Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/animebrainfreeze/AnimeBrainFreeze183.mp3   Transcription: https://freepodcasttranscription.com/transcription/13ca5017b8c2f90d9e89987b261d5f66acd2910f.srt   Website: http://animebrainfreeze.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AniBrainFreeze Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/animebrainfreeze.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/animebrainfreeze/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-533052772 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC

After wrapping up a few leftovers in The Quick and the Dead, the hosts review the final season of Beastars. Last but not least, they pick their favorite shows in Best of the Season.   The Quick and the Dead: Oshi no Ko – Season 3 (3:55) Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants to be Loved (6:01) Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc (12:18) Princession Orchestra (14:37) My Hero Academia: More (18:16)   Review: BEASTARS FINAL SEASON (21:22)   Best of the Season (1:57:07)   Mp3 Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/animebrainfreeze/AnimeBrainFreeze182.mp3   Transcription: https://freepodcasttranscription.com/transcription/f05faaf3fd677de40801ab54e80a0901d0f4d9cd.srt   Website: http://animebrainfreeze.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AniBrainFreeze Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/animebrainfreeze.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/animebrainfreeze/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-533052772 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSi7wbiBRei5RtNQ6HWBeaw

The hosts indulge in their pyromantic tendencies one last time and review the finale of Fire Force. After that, they dig up the treasure that is Golden Kamuy's penultimate arc.   Reviews: Fire Force – Season 3 Part 2 (1:20) Golden Kamuy Final Season (1:18:45)   Mp3 Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/animebrainfreeze/AnimeBrainFreeze181.mp3   Transcription: https://freepodcasttranscription.com/transcription/ee9f62740bbfbd896351ab6772699e4b914af147.srt   Website: http://animebrainfreeze.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AniBrainFreeze Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/animebrainfreeze.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/animebrainfreeze/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-533052772 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSi7wbiBRei5RtNQ6HWBeaw

John and CC partake in a new grail war and review the first season of Fate/strange Fake. After that, they discuss yet another mixed outing from To Your Eternity. And finally, they return to the beautiful world of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End to talk about its second season.   Reviews: Fate/strange Fake (1:24) To your Eternity – Season 3 (49:19) Frieren: Beyond Journey's End – Season 2 (1:51:09)   Special: How Kojima is that German name!? – Lightning round (2:14:33)   Related Links: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2024-11-23/directors-takahito-sakazume-and-shun-enokido-on-adapting-fate-strange-fake-to-the-small-screen/.215374 https://www.animefeminist.com/who-is-granted-personhood-frierens-demons-and-the-trouble-with-the-inherently-evil-race-trope/   Mp3 Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/animebrainfreeze/AnimeBrainFreeze180.mp3   Transcription: https://freepodcasttranscription.com/transcription/d8b86c6102c91ef880d1ccfe1e9aa247b34a26bb.srt   Website: http://animebrainfreeze.com Twitter

The hosts return to No Man's Land and review the second season of the new Trigun adaption: Trigun Stargaze. After that, they get on their trusty steeds and gush over the first stage of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run.   Reviews: Trigun Stargaze (1:12) JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run - 1st Stage (1:44:10)   Related Links: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-11-14/a-mini-with-yasuhiro-nightow-on-trigun-stargaze-and-his-way-of-writing/.230613 https://www.animefeminist.com/feature-powerful-women-trigun/ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2025-10-15/preparing-for-anime-greatest-race-the-steel-ball-run-cast-take-the-stage/.229500 https://aftermath.site/steel-ball-run-jojos-bizarre-adventure/   Mp3 Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/animebrainfreeze/AnimeBrainFreeze179.mp3   Transcription: https://freepodcasttranscription.com/transcription/fcfeea8ea274c06ec0e27ceca455d2d4b74941bd.srt   Website: http://animebrainfreeze.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AniBrainFreeze Bl

After tackling a couple of premieres in the Sneak Peek, the hosts review the newest outing from the Shonen Action hit show Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3: The Culling Game Part 1.   Sneak Peek: Kirio Fan Club (2:11) Nippon Sangoku (3:36) Rooster Fighter (11:32) Mistress Kanan is Devilishly Easy (14:42) MAO (16:50) Snowball Earth (24:32) Daemons of the Shadow Realm (32:36) Liar Game (43:39) Classroom of the Elite 4th Season: Second Year, First Semester (50:22) Witch Hat Atelier (54:21)   Review: Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3: The Culling Game Part 1 (1:03:26)   Mp3 Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/animebrainfreeze/AnimeBrainFreeze178.mp3   Transcription: https://freepodcasttranscription.com/transcription/efa0792265adc5509fde7c37721fc1aca90e0de2.srt   Website: http://animebrainfreeze.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AniBrainFreeze Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/animebrainfreeze.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/animebrainfreeze/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-533052772 Youtube: https:

The hosts tackle a couple of leftover shows in The Quick and the Dead. Then they discuss the newest season of the sitcom action hit Spy x Family and last but not least present their picks for Best of the Season.   The Quick and the Dead: Sanda (1:28) Ranma ½ 2025 (16:59) Gachiakuta (22:41) Touring after the Apocalypse (39:56) My Hero Academia – Final Season (47:53)   Review: Spy x Family – Season 3 (1:03:42)   Best of the Season (1:50:29)   Related Links: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2025-12-01/sanda-shows-that-adolescence-is-supposed-to-be-awkward/.231150 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-08-08/the-next-big-shonen-anime-gachiakuta-creator-kei-urana-graffiti-designer-hideyoshi-ando-producer-/.226582   Mp3 Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/animebrainfreeze/AnimeBrainFreeze177.mp3   Transcription: https://freepodcasttranscription.com/transcription/9113a1a2ae1cc3fbcee1a1c343693b85ab0d201b.srt   Website: http://animebrainfreeze.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AniBrainFreez

Play Buffet: Mega Man X: Viral Nightmare demo (1:06) Duskfade demo (5:08) Acrolyte demo (6:03) Super Alloy Crush demo (7:17) LUCID demo (8:51) Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster demo (10:34) Denshattack demo (14:24) Vampire Crawlers demo (17:44) Replaced demo (23:12) Scott Pilgrim EX demo (26:04) Wild Blue Skies demo (28:22) Mightreya demo (35:03) Parasite Mutant demo (37:36) John goes Linux (47:41) John bought a Virtual Boy (55:24) Windswept (1:03:06) Donkey Kong Bananza (1:07:25) Soul Blazer (1:14:10) Illusion of Gaia (1:23:15) Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 (1:32:42) Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 (1:39:33) Metroid Prime 4 (1:44:22) The Messenger (2:03:56) Chasm (2:10:42) Ninja Gaiden Ragebound (2:17:33) Kirby Air Riders (2:28:10) Baldur's Gate 3 (2:37:50)   Newsbits: Valve hardware and the RAM crisis (2:57:31) The impending death of Xbox (3:04:38) Sony shutters Bluepoint Games (3:11:12) Ubisoft cans games and promises more layoffs (3:16:32) Feb 5 Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase (3:19

After celebrating their 10-year anniversary, the hosts highlight a couple of premieres in the Sneak Peek and then air their grievances with the newest season of the show that started it all: One Punch Man.   10 years of Anime Brain Freeze (1:20)   Sneak Peek: The Darwin Incident (13:05) Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers (22:44) Hell's Paradise – Season 2 (33:02) Oshi no Ko – Season 3 (34:28) My Hero Academia: Vigilantes – Season 2 (36:22) Golden Kamuy – Final Season (40:13) Journal with Witch (44:18) Trigun Stargaze (51:15) Fire Force – Season 3 Part 2 (56:24) Fate/strange Fake (1:03:04) Frieren: Beyond Journey's End – Season 2 (1:11:09) Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3: The Culling Game Part 1(1:14:38)   Review: One Punch Man – Season 3 (1:24:51)   Related Links: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2025-11-24/.230965   Mp3 Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/animebrainfreeze/AnimeBrainFreeze176.mp3   Transcription: https://freepodcasttranscription.com/transcription/4725e1a953110163d7d13cfa9cee4c26f58cebf

After firing off a couple of mini reviews in The Quick and the Dead, the hosts discuss the new adaption of the 30 year old Manga Yaiba: Samurai Legend. Last but not least they present their choices for Best of the Season.   The Quick and the Dead: Kaiju No. 8 – Season 2 (1:11) Cultural Exchange With a Game Centre Girl (15:58) DAN DA DAN – Season 2 (20:06)   Review: Yaiba: Samurai Legend (30:50) Yaiba: Samurai Legend - Spoilers (1:17:10)   Best of the Season (1:25:32)   Mp3 Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/animebrainfreeze/AnimeBrainFreeze175.mp3   Transcription: https://freepodcasttranscription.com/transcription/1507a325f14f404767b52e7d742050a945feeb96.srt   Website: http://animebrainfreeze.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AniBrainFreeze Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/animebrainfreeze.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/animebrainfreeze/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-533052772 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSi7wbiBRei5RtNQ6HWBeaw

John comes to regret certain life choices as he tasks himself with reviewing the fourth season of Rent-A-Girlfriend. After that, CC closes a long overdue knowledge gap in his anime library, by talking about the new adaption of the Anne Shirley books.   Reviews: Rent-A-Girlfriend – Season 4 (1:12) Anne Shirley (23:51)   Mp3 Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/animebrainfreeze/AnimeBrainFreeze174.mp3   Transcription: https://freepodcasttranscription.com/transcription/345cd2aa41ac856afd84d33e3fa761234a5dc42a.srt   Related Links: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-08-13/how-the-answer-studio-breathed-new-life-into-a-classic-with-anne-shirley/.224736   Website: http://animebrainfreeze.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AniBrainFreeze Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/animebrainfreeze.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/animebrainfreeze/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-533052772 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSi7wbiBRei5RtNQ6HWBeaw

Play Buffet: Retro pickups from local conventions (1:12) Mario Kart World & Sonic Racing CrossWorlds (6:41) Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket (29:14) Umamusume (31:03) Stella Sora (35:31) Blaster Master Zero 2&3 (38:02) Sonic Rumble (48:01) Bounty Star - The Morose Tale of Graveyard Clem (49:22) Berserk Boy (53:11) Captain Toad Treasure Tracker (58:20) Xenoblade, Xenogears and Xenosaga talk (1:06:02) Persona 3 Reload (1:13:52) Pokemon Legends Arceus (1:32:44) Shinobi – Art of Vengeance (1:46:52) Mega Man X1/2/3 Route MatriX Randomizer (1:52:30) ROG Xbox Ally X (1:59:06) Donkey Kong Bananza (2:05:26)   Newsbits: The possible death of Xbox (2:15:06) The likely death of Ubisoft (2:19:16) AI slop is a problem in Hoyoverse games, Call of Duty, Arc Raiders (2:21:40) New Valve hardware - Steam Machine, Steam Controller 2, Steam Frame (2:23:12)   1-Up for Discussion: Our personal gaming histories – Game Boy and early PC gaming (2:31:11)   Mp3 Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/animebrainfreeze/Freeze

CC kicks off the show by talking about the eerie folk horror show The Summer Hikaru died. Then John details the many comedic antics happening in CITY The Animation. And last but not least, CC reviews the unexpected wild ride that Takopi's Original Sin took him on. Reviews: The Summer Hikaru died (1:20) CITY The Animation (38:48) Takopi's Original Sin (1:03:06) Takopi's Original Sin – Spoilers (1:15:35) Takopi's Original Sin – Super Spoilers (1:29:31) Takopi's Original Sin – Ultra Spoilers (1:40:41)   Mp3 Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/animebrainfreeze/AnimeBrainFreeze173.mp3   Transcription: https://freepodcasttranscription.com/transcription/16d363daec8321d8955700f9f1325004875f08fe.srt   Related Links: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2025-08-05/.227345 https://blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/10/19/hikanatsu-seeping-horror-and-enshutsu-anime/ https://blog.sakugabooru.com/2024/09/21/from-nichijou-to-city-kyoto-animations-gentle-touch-adapting-keiichi-arawis-madness/ https://www.

The hosts discuss a couple of premieres from Fall in the Sneak Peek and then put on their assassin aprons to talk about the second season of Sakamoto Days.   Sneak Peek: My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha (2:07) Dusk Beyond the End of the World (6:21) One Punch Man – Season 3 (9:49) Touring After the Apocalypse (15:59) Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider (20:20) To Your Eternity (28:04) Spy×Family – Season 4 (37:12) Ranma ½ 2025 – Season 2 (42:33) Sanda (45:37) My Hero Academia – Final Season (52:38)   Review: Sakamoto Days – Season 2 (55:40)   Mp3 Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/animebrainfreeze/AnimeBrainFreeze172.mp3   Transcription: https://freepodcasttranscription.com/transcription/e48cf0da16a9f6290669841b5b8a8acb043e842f.srt   Website: http://animebrainfreeze.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AniBrainFreeze Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/animebrainfreeze.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/animebrainfreeze/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-533052772 Youtube: https://www.yo

The hosts kick off the show with a couple of mini reviews in The Quick and the Dead. Then they discuss the lukewarm outing from the first half of Fire Force’s ostensible final season.   The Quick and the Dead: Mono (3:38) Uma Musume Pretty Derby Season 2 (5:42) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle (14:46)   Review: Fire Force - Season 3 Part 1 (24:44)   Best of the Season (1:46:56)   Related Links: https://www.cbr.com/fire-force-disappointing-final-season-potential-problems/ https://www.rjwhiteart.com/fire-force-season-3-disappointing-animation-or-studio-burnout/   Mp3 Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/animebrainfreeze/AnimeBrainFreeze171.mp3   Transcription: https://freepodcasttranscription.com/transcription/fec00c7e59213da3e65c8179c339e63c41df1e3d.srt   Website: http://animebrainfreeze.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AniBrainFreeze Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/animebrainfreeze.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/animebrainfreeze/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/

The hosts discuss a couple of quick Lycoris Recoil appetizers before roping in CC’s friend David to talk all things Gundam and review Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, the newest outing from Hideaki Anno’s studio Khara.   Reviews: Lycoris Recoil: Friends are thieves of time. (1:20) Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (12:03) Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX - Spoiler Section (1:20:33)   Related Links: https://www.youtube.com/@GiantRobolove https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2025-04-10/.223361 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2025-05-29/.224882   Mp3 Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/animebrainfreeze/AnimeBrainFreeze170.mp3   Transcription: https://freepodcasttranscription.com/transcription/0b0da87a840559d6bb1247a1d8f2bf79fe019ec6.srt   Website: http://animebrainfreeze.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AniBrainFreeze Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/animebrainfreeze.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/animebrainfreeze/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-5330

Episode 169: Riffs & Rebels   John headbangs to the tunes of the girls from Rock is a Lady’s Modesty and CC suits up to join a motely crew of unsanctioned do-gooders in the My Hero Academia spin-off Vigilantes.   Reviews Rock is a Lady’s Modesty (1:11) My Hero Academia: Vigilantes (35:27)   Related Links: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-05-23/rock-is-a-lady-modesty-director-shinya-watada-and-the-rise-of-girl-bands/.224387   Mp3 Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/animebrainfreeze/AnimeBrainFreeze169.mp3   Transcription: https://freepodcasttranscription.com/transcription/c17b94f0bc85e8bd5b6215436dc949418fb7d85a.srt   Website: http://animebrainfreeze.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AniBrainFreeze Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/animebrainfreeze.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/animebrainfreeze/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-533052772 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSi7wbiBRei5RtNQ6HWBeaw

The hosts kick off Summer Season with a bunch of premieres in the Sneak Peek and then review Lazarus, the new action spectacle from the Cowboy Bebop director.   Sneak Peek Leviathan (2:55) Cultural Exchange With a Game Centre Girl (10:59) The Summer Hikaru Died (14:49) Gachiakuta (21:15) CITY The Animation (29:46) Returning and continuing shows (34:38) Takopi's Original Sin (47:36)   Review Lazarus (1:06:07) Lazarus - Spoiler Section (1:38:10)   Mp3 Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/animebrainfreeze/AnimeBrainFreeze168.mp3   Transcription: https://freepodcasttranscription.com/transcription/60e5918ddfa480699215d1edefa95623709aef90.srt   Website: http://animebrainfreeze.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AniBrainFreeze Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/animebrainfreeze.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/animebrainfreeze/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-533052772 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSi7wbiBRei5RtNQ6HWBeaw