Anime Brain Freeze

In this season finale, the hosts fire off a couple of sonic speed reviews in The Quick and the Dead and then go in-depth on the final season of Fruits Basket. Last but not least, they choose their winners for the Best of the Season award.

The Quick and the Dead: (1:20)

Dragon goes House-Hunting (2:18)

Star Wars: Visions (2:50)

The World Ends with You the Animation (4:09)

Review:

Fruits Basket the Final (6:15)

Best of the Season (1:25:47)

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https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2021-06-30/fruits-basket-the-final-director-yoshihide-ibata/.174056

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2021-06-17/.174058

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CC joins up with the spearhead squadron from 86 to battle autonomous AI legions and racism. After that he and John jump into a time machine to help an artificial songstress change the course of history in Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-.

Reviews:

86 (1:30)

Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- (37:10)

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https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2021-06-09/the-enemy-within-in-the-war-of-86/.173173

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2021-05-13/.172716

https://www.crunchyroll.com/de/anime-feature/2021/05/21/feature-how-86-eighty-sixs-uses-chronology-to-perfect-the-art-of-adaptation

https://www.crunchyroll.com/de/anime-feature/2021/09/12-1/feature-86s-ending-credits-perfects-the-art-of-the-sawano-drop

https://blog.sakugabooru.com/?s=86+production+notes

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2021-07-27/vivy-a-robot-ode-to-life-vividly-lived/.174459

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2021-09-08/exploring-the-concept-novel-of-vivy-fluorite-eye-song/.174127

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2021-04-29/.172230

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiDPACbd3Sw

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The hosts jump into the cockpits of their giant mechs and review two shows that have some commonalities with the super robot classic Gurren Lagann in more ways than one. First they join Back Arrow in his quest to go beyond the walls of his world and after that they help the merry crew of SSSS.Dynazenon to move past their regrets and fight some Kaiju.

Reviews:

Back Arrow (1:20)

SSSS.Dynazenon (40:57)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTUR0TEnq7I

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2021-09-06/gridman-dynazenon-and-the-hasegawa-nexus/.176082

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2021-06-10/.173779

https://blog.sakugabooru.com/2021/05/31/ssss-gridman-and-ssss-dynazenon-interview-series-director-akira-amemiya-on-the-franchises-production-and-style/

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CC returns to the world of Megaloboxing and details the many facets of Nomad's fulfilling character work. After that, the two hosts witness the girls from Franchouchou clawing their way back to success in Zombie Land Saga Revenge.

Reviews:

Megalobox 2: Nomad (1:21)

Zombie Land Saga Revenge (54:43)

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https://www.cbr.com/megolobox-guide-before-season-2/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLVcV3Mh6xU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swCcDLRD83o

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2021-05-25/.173161

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

https://www.cbr.com/zombie-land-saga-revenge-episode-8-historical-drama/

https://www.cbr.com/zombie-land-saga-revenge-biggest-questions-for-season-3/

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John and CC talk about some of the premieres from Summer in the Sneak Peek and then sing the praises of the unlikely Best of the Season contender Odd Taxi.

Sneak Peek: (1:19)

Peach Boy Riverside (2:15)

Girlfriend, Girlfriend (7:26)

Life Lessons with Uramichi-Oniisan (13:15)

The Detective Is Already Dead (21:02)

Getter Robo Arc (26:10)

The Case Study of Vanitas (28:45)

The Aquatope on White Sand (35:53)

Sonny Boy (41:06)

Love Live! Superstar!! (47:19)

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime – Season 3 (51:48)

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S (56:06)

Review:

Odd Taxi (1:05:51)

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https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/watch/2021-07-14/the-oddtaxi-ending-explained/.175135

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Wrapping up the shows from Winter 2021, John and CC tackle the stellar second outing of BEASTARS, highlight their choices for Best Anime of the Season and quickly explain why the end of The Promised Neverland is a blazing dumpster fire.

The Quick and the Dead:

The Promised Neverland – Season 2 (1:30)

Review:

BEASTARS – Season 2 (11:10)

Best of the Season (1:21:32)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kXtZsLg404

https://blog.sakugabooru.com/2019/12/04/beastars-traditionally-excellent-modernity/

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2020-05-27/how-similar-is-beastars-to-zootopia-really/.159668

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John kicks off the show in a magical way by reviewing the second season of the new adaption of Sorcerous Stabber Orphen. After that, CC wraps things up with the horror-shonen-detective mix Kemono Jihen.

Reviews:

Sorcerous Stabber Orphen: Battle of Kimluck (1:31)

Kemono Jihen (39:01)

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Sadly, the hosts have to start the show by saying goodbye to a true legend – Kentaro Miura, the author of Berserk. After that, CC talks about his highlights from the second season of Dr. Stone and finally the gang wraps up the episode by taking a deep dive into Attack on Titan's final season…part 1.

News:

RIP Kentaro Miura (1:25)

Reviews:

Dr. Stone: Stone Wars (21:24)

Attack on Titan – The Final Season [Part 1] (1:03:10)

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CC kicks off the show by talking about the second and occasionally much darker season of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime. After that the hosts get on their skateboards and join the colorful crew of Sk8 the Infinity for a truly enjoyable downhill jam.

Reviews:

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime – Season 2 (1:19)

Sk8 the Infinity (46:29)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cjwV4W0GTo

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2021-03-18/.170734

https://youtu.be/MvW8LO9yseg

https://blog.sakugabooru.com/2021/03/13/tv-anime-a-deadly-landscape-even-for-high-profile-productions/

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2021-02-22/studio-no-border-on-sk8-the-infinity-skateboard-designs-original-projects-more/.169681

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John and CC check out a bunch of interesting premieres from Anime Spring Season 2021 in the Sneak Peek and then wrap up the show by discussing the hot new horror battle shonen manga-to-anime adaption: Jujutsu Kaisen.

Sneak Peek: (1:10)

Joran: The Princess of Snow and Blood (2:33)

Combatants Will Be Dispatched! (6:34)

Shaman King [2021] (9:54)

Dragon Goes House-Hunting (16:51)

Megalobox 2: Nomad (22:04)

Odd Taxi (25:54)

The World Ends with You the Animation (29:04)

Battle Athletes Victory ReSTART! (39:20)

Godzilla Singular Point (44:51)

Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- (50:01)

Tokyo Revengers (59:04)

To Your Eternity (1:03:55)

SSSS.Dynazenon (1:09:23)

My Hero Academia – Season 5 (1:15:06)

Zombie Land Saga Revenge (1:29:31)

Fruits Basket the Final (1:42:04)

Review:

Jujutsu Kaisen (1:48:29)

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https://www.crunchyroll.com/de/anime-feature/2020/11/23/feature-meet-the-animation-all-stars-behind-jujutsu-kaisen

https://www.crunchyroll.com/de/anime-feature/2021/02/26/feature-a-vivid-look-at-jujutsu-kaisens-second-opening-and-ending

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