It's time for the Winter 2026 Anime Season Preview! Over 60 anime titles to fight for your attention, but a massive chunk being exciting returners! Let's break it down!

00:01:55 Sentenced to Be a Hero

00:07:36 You and I Are Polar Opposites

00:10:27 In the Clear Moonlit Dusk

00:13:32 Tune In to the Midnight Heart

00:18:59 Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table

00:22:35 Diary of a Strange Land

00:25:55 THE DARWIN INCIDENT

00:28:40 The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife

00:31:06 The Holy Grail of Eris

00:35:00 Noble Reincarnation

00:39:43 Dead Account

00:42:09 There was a Cute Girl in the Hero’s Party so I Tried Confessing to Her

00:45:22 Hana-Kimi For You in Full Blossom

00:47:54 Champignon's Witch

00:50:25 Hell Mode

00:54:04 ROLL OVER AND DIE

00:57:31 The Villainess Is Being Doted on by the Crown Prince of the Neighboring Country

01:00:09 A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation

01:02:20 Kunon the Sorcerer Can See

01:05:53 Wash it All Away

01:12:40 Kaya-chan isn't scary

01:15:52 The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter

01:19:20 You Can't Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!

01:23:20 DARK MOON THE BLOOD ALTAR

01:26:00 Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling

01:29:00 The Case Book of Arne

01:32:43 Hikuidori

01:34:57 Scum of the Brave

01:37:16 Ichigo Aika Strawberry Elegy

01:39:48 The Daily Life of a Single 29-Year-Old Adventurer

01:42:43 A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans

01:46:50 Goumon Baito-kun no Nichijou

01:47:52 Yoroi Shinden Samurai Troopers

01:49:24 High School! Kimengumi (2026)

01:50:00 Tamon's B-Side

01:52:51 Cosmic Princess Kaguya!

01:56:15 Jack-of-All-Trades Party of None

01:59:21 Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord

02:02:38 Love Through A Prism

02:04:58 The Demon King’s Daughter is too kind

02:08:55 THE IDOLM@STER Million Live! Itsuka, Mannaka de

02:09:42 In Order to Love My Most Beloved Brother-In-Law, I'll Live a Long Life!

02:12:00 JUJUTSU KAISEN Season 3: The Culling Game Part 1

02:13:38 Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2

02:16:24 Hell’s Paradise Season 2

02:17:56 OSHI NO KO Season 3

02:19:48 Fire Force Season 3 Part 2

02:20:26 Fate/strange Fake

02:22:37 My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Season 2

02:23:54 TRIGUN STARGAZE

02:25:01 Chained Soldier Season 2

02:25:41 Golden Kamuy: Saishuushou

02:25:56 Medalist 2nd Season

02:27:19 Tis Time for "Torture," Princess Season 2

02:31:22 MF Ghost 3rd Season

02:31:46 Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You. Season 2

02:31:59 Ao no Miburo: Serizawa Ansatsu-hen

02:32:03 Jigoku Sensei Nube (2025) Part 2

02:32:11 Cardfight!! Vanguard: Divinez Genma Seisen-hen

02:32:42 You Don't Know Gunma Yet: Reiwa Edition

02:33:09 Does it Count if You Lose Your Virginity to an Android?

02:37:25 Elf Living in Kanagawa

02:37:46 Hokuto no Ken: Ken'ougun Zako-tachi no Banka

02:38:02 Continuing

02:38:28 Movies

02:41:13 Most Anticipated

02:44:49 Outro

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The Otaku Spirit Animecast is back for some anime news, discussion, and Fall 2025 Impressions!

0:00 Intro

0:33 Chainsaw Man The Movie Reze Arc

6:42 CBR Defames DAL Creator

15:00 Japan to Support Anime

22:44 May I Ask for One Final Thing?

28:17 Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle

34:53 Li'l Miss Vampire Can't Suck Right

44:56 Gnosia

52:36 Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider

1:10:21 Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family!

1:17:55 Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26

1:24:34 Pass the Monster Meat, Milady!

1:30:17 Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota

1:38:26 My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gach

1:52:17 A Wild Last Boss Appeared!

2:07:08 Dusk Beyond the End of the World

2:11:42 Community Questions

2:12:31 Best Decades of Anime

2:22:42 Winter 2026 is Crazy

2:24:20 Outro

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The Otaku Spirit Animecast hosts are here to discuss the big anime news of today and review Summer 2025 Anime!

0:00 Intro

1:12 Crunchyroll Subtitles

15:04 HiDive Is Failing

36:07 Grieving Souls and Retro

38:47 Call of the Night 2nd Season

56:09 Silent Witch

1:01:31 Nukitashi The Animation

1:19:03 New Saga

1:30:51 Ruri Rocks

1:36:32 Lord of Mysteries

1:45:11 To Be Hero X Spoiler Talk

2:06:17 Community Questions

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A full breakdown of all the anime of the coming Fall 2025 Anime Season! Titles, Synopses, who's working on it, and what we expect!

0:00 Intro

3:17 My Friend's Little Sister Has It In for Me!

8:44 May I Ask for One Final Thing?

11:14 This Monster Wants to Eat Me

15:03 My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s

18:05 Disney Twisted-Wonderland The Animation

21:22 SANDA

25:24 WanDance

28:52 Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle

33:28 My Awkward Senpai

35:30 A Wild Last Boss Appears!

37:44 Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?!

40:08 My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha

44:25 Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota

47:02 Reincarnated as the Daughter of the Legendary Hero and the Queen of Spirits

49:11 Pass the Monster Meat, Milady!

52:06 The Banished Court Magician Aims to Become the Strongest

55:32 Yano-kun's Ordinary Days

58:06 DIGIMON BEATBREAK

1:00:07 Dusk Beyond the End of the World

1:04:18 Li'l Miss Vampire Can't Suck Right

1:07:28 With You, Our Love Will Make It Through

1:10:33 A Gatherer's Adventure in Isekai

1:13:07 A Star Brighter Than the Sun

1:18:34 Mechanical Marie

1:23:01 The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess

1:27:48 A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace

1:31:20 Touring After the Apocalypse

1:34:27 Don't touch Kotesashi

1:37:55 Gnosia

1:42:19 Let’s Play

1:44:48 Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family!

1:47:36 Plus-sized Misadventures in Love!

1:50:43 Ninja vs. Gokudo

1:53:46 Shabake

1:55:56 Potions Will Save Me

1:57:54 SI-VIS The Sound of Heroes

2:01:24 Style of Hiroshi Nohara's Lunch

2:02:00 Monster Strike Deadverse Reloaded

2:02:50 GANGLION

2:05:15 Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26

2:09:02 Star Wars Visions Volume 3

2:10:21 Japan, the Land of Cats in the Year 2200

2:12:28 One-Punch Man Season 3

2:13:59 SPY×FAMILY Season 3

2:15:03 My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON

2:16:32 To Your Eternity Season 3

2:17:31 Isekai Quartet 3

2:19:11 Undead Unluck: Winter Arc

2:19:33 Campfire Cooking in Another World with my Absurd Skill Season 2

2:19:58 Ranma 1 2 (2024) Season 2

2:20:21 Let This Grieving Soul Retire Part 2

2:22:17 GINTAMA - Mr. Ginpachi's Zany Class

2:22:26 Tales of Wedding Rings Season 2

2:22:32 Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray Part 2

2:23:00 Kakuriyo -Bed & Breakfast for Spirits- 2

2:24:00 The Blue Orchestra Season 2

2:24:19 Kingdom 6th Season

2:24:24 Kagaku×Bouken Survival! 2nd Season

2:24:32 Record of Ragnarok III

2:24:42 Hyakushou Kizoku 3

2:24:51 Forget That Night, Your Majesty

2:26:38 Chou Futsuu Mahou Shoujo Asumi Toruverse

2:27:20 Continuing

2:28:07 Most Anticipated

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The Hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast is back with a slew of news and their impressions for the Summer 2025 Anime Season!

0:00 Intro

6:05 Payment Processor Censorship

15:55 Dandadan Legal Issues

21:49 White Fox Studio Buyou

31:00 Fate Strange Fake is Doomed

31:26 IMPRESSIONS SEGMENT

31:58 Call of the Night

38:46 Call of the Night Spoiler Talk

56:48 New Saga

1:00:01 Lord of Mysteries

1:16:03 Nukitashi

1:25:40 Takopi’s Original Sin

1:34:39 To Be Hero X Spoiler Talk

2:19:58 Fall 2025 Season

2:21:17 QUESTIONS SEGMENT

2:21:17 Physical vs Digital Reading

2:27:37 Closing Time

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The Hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast is back with a slew of news and their reviews for the Spring 2025 Anime Season!

0:00 Changes to the Animecast!

4:06 Crunchyroll Using ChatGPT AI

14:12 Gigguk Making an Isekai Anime

18:45 Macross License Rescued from Crunchyroll

27:54 Fragrant Flower Blooms Netflix Jailed

30:32 Mushoku Tensei Fan Animation Slapped Down

32:17 REVIEW: Apocalypse Hotel

53:41 REVIEW: The Beginning After The End

1:08:03 REVIEW: Apothecary Diaries 2nd Season

1:25:02 REVIEW: Please Put Them on Takamine-san

1:38:54 SPOILER: To Be Hero X

2:26:28 QUESTIONS

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Summer 2025 Anime Season Preview Podcast! We deep-dive through all 74 anime titles so you know what to expect!

Note: After careful discussion, we have decided to shift to a monthly podcast release schedule. This was a difficult decision to make after maintaining a weekly schedule for so long. However, we hope this new schedule to allow for more condensed and better content for the future.

0:00 Intro

2:16 The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity

7:03 Gachiakuta

13:03 Takopi's Original Sin

16:45 The Summer Hikaru Died

20:15 Tougen Anki: Legend of the Cursed Blood

24:00 CITY THE ANIMATION

26:17 Secrets of the Silent Witch

30:59 There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless…

33:41 Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra

36:55 The Water Magician

40:26 Tsuyokute New Saga

43:20 Introduction to Mineralogy

48:05 Solo Camping for Two

50:48 The Mikadono sisters are surprisingly easy to deal with.

53:57 Bad Girl

58:32 Watari-kun's ****** Is about to Collapse

1:01:37 Dekin no Mogura: The Earthbound Mole

1:04:17 With You and the Rain

1:06:23 Clevatess

1:09:28 Betrothed to My Sister's Ex

1:11:19 Cultural Exchange With a Game Center Girl

1:13:25 Detectives These Days Are Crazy!

1:15:34 Turkey!-Time to Strike-

1:17:53 Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter

1:20:30 See You Tomorrow at the Food Court

1:22:40 Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer!

1:26:09 Nyaight of the Living Cat

1:29:39 Welcome to the Outcast's Restaurant!

1:31:59 Hotel Inhumans

1:33:44 Nukitashi THE ANIMATION

1:39:54 9-nine- Ruler's Crown

1:41:42 Married women's lips tasted like canned chu-hai.

1:43:50 KAMITSUBAKI CITY UNDER CONSTRUCTION

1:46:54 Fermat's Cuisine

1:49:55 Let's Go Karaoke!

1:51:36 Captivated, By You

1:54:19 Harmony of Mille-Feuille

1:55:44 Onmyo Kaiten Re:verse

1:59:53 Busamen Gachi Fighter

2:02:46 Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show

2:04:52 BULLET/BULLET

2:07:18 Leviathan

2:10:04 The Stunned Hero and the Assassin Princesses

2:12:34 April Showers Bring May Flowers

2:15:00 Cat's Eye (2025)

2:16:35 Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube (2025)

2:18:41 With Vengeance, Sincerely, Your Broken Saintess

2:22:55 DAN DA DAN Season 2

2:23:41 My Dress-Up Darling Season 2

2:25:14 Kaiju No. 8 Season 2

2:26:04 SAKAMOTO DAYS Part 2

2:27:11 Call of the Night Season 2

2:29:55 The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4

2:31:40 Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus

2:34:15 Dr.STONE SCIENCE FUTURE Part 2

2:34:34 Grand Blue Season 2

2:35:42 New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT

2:38:18 Reincarnated as the 7th Prince Season 2

2:39:08 Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 4

2:40:46 A Couple of Cuckoos Season 2

2:41:50 Reborn as a Vending Machine Season 2

2:42:09 Toilet-bound Hanako-kun Season 2 Part 2

2:44:04 Arknights: RISE FROM EMBER

2:45:23 Mr. Osomatsu 4th season

2:45:54 Puniru is a Kawaii Slime 2nd Season

2:48:48 Cute High Earth Defense Club Haikara!

2:49:48 Cardfight!! Vanguard: Divinez Deluxe Kesshou-hen

2:50:01 Yami Shibai 15

2:50:27 Continuing

2:51:22 Most Anticipated

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The hosts of Otaku Spirit Animecast dive into the biggest news of anime (and some games) of today!

0:00 Intro

1:28 Summer 2025 Anime

2:10 Crunchyroll Royalty License

10:51 Too Much Anime

20:10 Lewd Summer Anime

25:24 Summer Game Shows

45:48 Death Stranding Animation

51:44 ReZero 4th Season Dated

52:26 Love Live CGI Movie

58:14 Naver Webtoon Censorship

1:09:17 Vampire chan Can’t Suck Right

1:12:01 Wash It All Away Anime

1:14:04 Whoever Steals This Book Film

1:16:13 Collector’s Edition Mushoku Tensei

1:19:03 Gun Smith Cats and Spice and Wolf Omnibus

1:23:53 Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary Anime

1:25:44 Older Anime Holding Up

1:33:17 Visiting Places in Anime

1:37:05 Anime Becoming Sensitive

1:42:16 Viewership on Crunchyroll

1:51:11 Stellar Blade Vs Nier

1:53:41 Outro

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The hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast sit down for some burning questions from the community!

Topics:

Novels/Manga you think should have ended sooner?

Isekai Galge/Eroge/Moege Shows?

How do you pick Anime to Cover?

Will there be more Remakes of Anime?

AI Voice Over

Go to Live Action Manga/Anime Adaptations

Anime that shouldn't have gotten a 2nd Season?

Covering Old Anime

Never Again Watch Anime or Manga/Novels?

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Discussing the biggest anime news of the last few weeks including Sony's Web3 Investment, Toei's AI Move, and More!

0:00 Intro

0:52 Crunchyroll Ultimate Anime Site?

27:48 Toei Animation AI Anime

1:00:06 DMCA Takedown of Manga Sites

1:06:35 Shonen Jump One Shot Adaptations

1:07:28 AoAshi Season 2

1:08:16 There's Also a Hole in the Student Council Anime

1:08:48 Switch 2

1:11:28 Finding Rightstuf Alternative

1:13:37 Dedicating Time for Video Games

1:27:27 Clair Obscur Expedition 33

1:48:03 Handheld PC Gaming

2:02:19 Kemonomimi with Human Ears?

2:08:35 Outro

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