Media will naturally explore society, but sometimes, there are anime that we take a double take on and realize they're commenting on something specific about the world. We talk about some of those anime!

Anime Discussed: BEASTARS, The Promised Neverland, Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie, Shangri-la Frontier, Golden Kamuy, Misfit of Demon King Academy, and Haikyuu!!

Our MBTI analysis is back! Raise your hands, ESFJs!

Overpowered protagonists are one of the most popular tropes in anime, and we dissect what makes them so good as well as when they fail

Anime Discussed: SAO, Misfit of Demon King Academy, Jobless Reincarnation, The Eminence in Shadow, Solo Leveling, One Punch Man

Envy is a pretty ugly thing in real life, but when used in stories correctly, it becomes fascinating. We break down envious moments and scenes in anime that's stood out to us

Anime mentioned: Mob Psycho, Spy x Family, My Happy Marriage, Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu, March Comes in Like a Lion, Haikyuu

We got delayed due to the awards, so it's already time for a midseason check in. It's mature b/c uh, one of the anime was raunchier than we thought!

We discuss all the various anime we're watching this season - turns out we're watching very different ones from each other!

We continue our discussion of the Anime Trending Awards. Go to anitrendz.com/ata to vote!

Our Anime Trending Awards are open! Go vote for AOTY at https://www.anitrendz.com/polls/top-anime-awards and also vote on the other awards too!

Happy Holidays! This is our last podcast episode this year before we see you again in 2025, and it's a spicy one!

Be forewarned there are discussion of SA due to the anime content.

We talk about how we're feeling about our anime "homework" this season