Anime Brain Freeze

March comes in like a Saiyan on this episode of ABF, as the hosts discuss the movie Dragon Ball Super: Broly. After that they mingle with the undead and talk about the flawed but enjoyable horror/idol crossover Zombie Land Saga.

Reviews:

Dragon Ball Super: Broly (1:31)

Zombie Land Saga (40:10)

Related Links:

https://www.crunchyroll.com/de/anime-feature/2019/01/26/how-dragon-ball-super-fixed-its-broly-problem

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2018-10-30/.138799

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2019-01-02/.141494

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/10/23-1/anime-vs-real-life-zombie-land-sagas-plot-to-save-saga-is-ingenious

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/10/29/zombie-land-saga-is-the-only-idol-anime-i-will-ever-watch

https://www.crunchyroll.com/de/anime-feature/2018/11/09/zombie-land-saga-is-the-zombieland-of-zombie-anime

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/11/29-1/to-zombie-land-sagas-lily-hoshikawa-the-best-trans-girl-ive-seen-in-anime

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/12/13/why-zombie-land-saga-is-taking-over-the-world

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/12/26/is-the-saga-over-5-burning-questions-from-the-zombie-land-saga-finale

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7-jbwCX28c

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This time the hosts review two series adapted from a much older source material.

First, John talks about the comedic interpreation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet called Boarding School Juliet, and why that show did a surprisingly good job at delivering a fun spin on the storied tale. Then he and CC discuss the adaption of 1985's gritty crime drama Manga Banana Fish, and try to nail down why, after a strong start, that series falls completely apart by the end.

Reviews:

Boarding School Juliet (1:20)

Banana Fish (21:52)

Related Links:

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2018-07-24/.134627

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2018-09-04/.136312

https://www.animefeminist.com/interview-japanese-lgbtq-fans-talk-about-the-legacy-of-banana-fish/

https://www.animefeminist.com/history-banana-fish-and-the-real-world-racial-politics-of-1980s-america/

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On this rapid fire review outing of ABF, John and CC discuss three short-form Anime series. First John introduces us to the neurotic crew of Space Battleship Tiramisu. Then both hosts buff up their cooking skills with the Fate/stay night spin-off Today's menu for (the) Emiya Family. And after that John wraps up the show by talking about the relatable retail misadventures of Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san.

Reviews:

Space Battleship Tiramisu (1:53)

Today's menu for (the) Emiya Family (16:09)

Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san (33:33)

Related Links:

https://www.crunchyroll.com/de/anime-feature/2018/03/16-1/is-todays-menu-for-the-emiya-family-the-best-fate-anime-yet

https://blog.sakugabooru.com/2018/05/04/preparing-ufotables-future-todays-menu-for-the-emiya-family/

https://www.animefeminist.com/discourse-demons-at-the-dinner-table-how-todays-menu-for-the-emiya-family-glosses-over-domestic-abuse/

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2018-11-29/.140090

https://www.crunchyroll.com/de/anime-feature/2018/11/02/confessions-of-a-real-skeleton-bookseller-working-in-a-bookstore-is-a-horror-show-honda-san-gets-right

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ybf6ECNDeE

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John and CC grab their warmest jackets and march into the icy cold wasteland of Anime Premieres from this winter season in the Sneak Peek. After that they gush about the second outing of Golden Kamuy and marvel at how this wacky little show seems to juggle all its many crazy characters, engaging plot threads and different tones with playful ease.

Sneak Peek: (1:30)

W'z (2:26)

The Price of Smiles (4:31)

Kemurikusa (8:40)

The Magnificent Kotobuki (9:53)

Bermuda Triangle: Colorful Pastrale (12:50)

Magical Girl Spec Ops Asuka (16:07)

Girly Air Force (19:06)

Boogiepop and Others (22:06)

Grimms Notes the Animation (24:20)

My Roommate is a Cat (27:43)

The Rising of the Shield Hero (30:14)

Dororo (34:10)

The Promised Neverland (38:37)

Date A Live III (41:56)

Mob Psycho 100 II (45:59)

Review:

Golden Kamuy - Season 2 (52:51)

Related Links:

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2019-01-10/.141839

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/07/12/festering-wounds-the-nature-of-violence-in-golden-kamuy

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/11/19-1/the-good-the-bad-and-the-shiraishi-golden-kamuy-is-a-western

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/11/20/transcending-barriers-food-culture-in-golden-kamuy

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/12/19/recreating-yourself-is-how-you-survive-in-golden-kamuy

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/12/24/the-many-faces-of-the-golden-kamuy-animes-true-heart-shiraishi

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/12/26/100-years-of-mastery-golden-kamuy-and-judo

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/12/31-1/treading-moral-ambiguity-with-golden-kamuy

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As 2019 begins, another season for the Anime Brain Freeze team ends. So John and CC steal the new year's thunder by delivering their final Review from Summer Season 2018 with the 5th installment of the modern day gentleman thief Lupin the Third. They also talk about the shows that didn't quite make the cut in the Chop 'n' Drop and pick their personal winners for best show of the season.

Chop 'n' Drop (1:20)

Review:

Lupin the Third - Part 5 (15:39)

Best of the Season (59:06)

Related Links:

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-mike-toole-show/the-lupin-tapes/2010-06-06

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/05/14/a-beginners-guide-to-lupin-the-3rd

https://www.polygon.com/2018/8/22/17766102/lupin-iii-part-5-crunchyroll-anime-streaming

https://www.animefeminist.com/perspectives-the-peoples-hero-some-people-not-included-the-exclusion-of-queer-viewers-in-lupin-the-3rd-part-5/

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The gang says goodbye to 2018 with a double dose of rowdy robot rumbles. John kicks off the show by talking about the third iteration in the Gundam Build franchise, Gundam Build Divers. And details the highs and lows of this different spin on one of the most iconic mechs out there. After that CC joins the quirky cast of Planet With in their interstellar war and gushes about the many well written characters, story developments, surprises, themes and layers of this interesting little sci-fi action show.

Reviews:

Gundam Build Divers (1:30)

Planet With (30:24)

Related Links:

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/04/23-1/getting-into-gundam-the-build-divers-way

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2018-08-14/.135447

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2018-09-13/.136709

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/08/20-1/planet-withs-villains-are-right

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/08/27-1/this-seasons-greatest-hero-is-a-space-princess

https://blog.sakugabooru.com/2018/09/25/when-mangaka-work-in-anime/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBtYjXb3E5c

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In an episode filled with bad people, CC gets things going by tackling the third season of Overlord and explains why the interesting approach of making the villain of the series the main character didn't work out as well this time as it did in the previous seasons. After that the hosts unleash their combined game brains and talk about the many ludicrous adventures the main protagonist of Chio's School Road experiences on the daily way to her temple of education.

Reviews:

Overlord - Season 3 (1:30)

Chio's School Road (29:15)

Related Links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqWZh6ldGW4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuV6OO-ZrA4

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/08/17-1/romance-of-the-reptile-kingdom-the-lizard-love-story-of-overlord-explained

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/08/18/quiz-which-guardian-of-nazarick-would-you-pathetically-serve

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/06/28/i-expected-a-cute-anime-about-a-girl-walking-to-school-but-i-got-chios-school-road-instead

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CC kicks off this episode by standing his ground against the mongol army in Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion and later wraps things up by joining the hunt for vampires in pre-World War II Japan with Sirius the Jaeger. Meanwhile John bares witness to a fierce stage play in Revue Starlight and dishes out some interesting background information about the type of musical theater this series is based on.

Reviews:

Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion (1:30)

Revue Starlight (18:55)

Sirius the Jaeger (39:02)

Related Links:

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/07/13/the-apocalypse-heads-to-japan-what-happened-before-angolmois

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/09/06/what-does-the-word-angolmois-actually-mean

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_invasions_of_Japan

https://twitter.com/andrearitsu/status/1018943007922507776

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIG8bWpwIpg

https://kageki.hankyu.co.jp/english/history/index.html

https://blog.gaijinpot.com/10-facts-know-takarazuka-revue/

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2018-08-28/.135985

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This week, the gang gets athletic and discusses to very different kinds of Sports Anime. First talk about how the consistent summer vacation theme and sympathetic characters of the laid-back Beach volleyball series Harukana Receive make for a generally relaxing, good time. Then CC goes into the opposite direction with the high tension Badminton drama Hanebado and explains why the visually impressive series stumbles in the story department.

Review:

Harukana Receive (1:31)

Hanebado! (28:17)

Related Links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz8kXxsoctw

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/07/31-1/how-harukana-receive-changes-what-you-know-about-volleyball

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2018-08-16/.135521

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/06/26-1/the-badminton-anime-you-didnt-know-you-needed

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/07/02/shining-the-sports-spotlight-on-girls-in-hanebado

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/07/09-1/hanebado-will-prove-that-badminton-is-better-than-tennis

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/08/23/hating-the-game-toxic-competition-in-hanebado

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/09/26-1/opinion-hanesaki-quitting-badiminton-is-the-ultimate-ending-for-hanebado

https://blog.sakugabooru.com/2018/07/02/hanebado-01-production-highlights/

https://blog.sakugabooru.com/2018/07/09/hanebado-02-production-highlights/

https://blog.sakugabooru.com/2018/07/18/hanebado-03-production-highlights/

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The hosts dive head-first into the giant Anime leaf-piles of fall in the Sneak Peek and bring you their opinions on all the hot premieres they checked out. After that it's time to return to UA Academy and its many colorful heroes in another amazingly strong outing of My Hero Academia.

Sneak Peek (1:30)

Conception (2:27)

Radiant (7:27)

Goblin Slayer (11:22)

Ace Attorney - Season 2 (15:04)

Double Decker! Doug & Kirill (17:18)

Senran Kagura: Shinobi Master (19:48)

IRODUKU: The World in Colors (23:18)

Bloom Into You (27:10)

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (29:41)

Boarding School Juliet (33:01)

Release the Spyce (35:54)

Sword Art Online: Alicization (38:02)

Golden Kamuy - Season 2 (45:02)

Space Battleship Tiramisu Zwei (46:17)

SSSS.GRIDMAN (48:20)

Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san (51:46)

Run with the Wind (54:03)

A Certain Magical Index III (56:40)

Zombie Land Saga (1:03:18)

Karakuri Circus (1:08:04)

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (1:11:03)

Review:

My Hero Academia - Season 3 (1:15:13)

Related Links:

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2018-06-28/.133396

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2018-10-04/.137662

https://blog.sakugabooru.com/2018/09/22/my-hero-academia-61-production-highlights/

https://www.animefeminist.com/feature-gender-inequity-hero-academia/

https://kotaku.com/my-hero-academia-is-superhero-anime-for-people-tired-of-1825779406

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