2025 is over!!! Now before we jump into Anime of the Year and 2026, lets give our thoughts on the last season of anime. Spoilers ahead!

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0:00 - Intro

0:53 - Overall impressions of Fall 2025

2:54 - Sanda

15:16 - Yano Kun

17:28 - This Monster Wants to Eat Me

30:45 - Umamusume Cinderella Gray Part 2

36:22 - May I Ask For One Final Thing

50:24 - Wandance

59:25 - My Awkward Senpai

1:08:56 - A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace

1:10:25 - A Star Brighter Than The Sun

1:29:23 - With You, Our Love Will Make It Through

1:33:16 - Campfire Cooking

1:33:34 - Spy x Family S3

1:34:14 - Anime of the Year time!

1:36:07 - Final thoughts on the Fall anime

Welcome to Anime Watch Club, a bi-weekly group discussion and review where the hosts of the what do you say anime podcast, nominate and vote on shows either that we haven't seen or shows that will hopefully lead to a great discussion. On todays episode, we will be reviewing the 2017 anime Tsuredure Children

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0:00 - Intro

2:24 - First impressions

10:29 - What is Tsuredure Children?

11:17 - How the unusual story structure affected the show

16:00 - What series would benefit with a similar structure

24:08 - A Rewatchers experience

32:15 - Best and worst couples

46:26 - Community poll results

54:16 - Couples tropes we want to see more of

1:02:08 - Closing thoughts and scores

1:05:38 - What we're watching next

2026 is just around the corner, and on todays episode we are going over all the new shows that caught our eye for next season and talking sequels towards the end. Looking for something specific? Use the timestamps to navigate!

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0:00 - Intro

3:20 - Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table

8:50 - You and I are Polar Opposites

12:47 - Love Through a Prism

19:38 - Journal with Witch

25:49 - Kaya-chan Isn't Scary

28:44 - In the Clear Moonlit Dusk

33:13 - Dead Account

40:43 - The Holy Grail of Eris

46:58 - The Demon Kings Daughter is Too Kind

49:34 - The Darwin Incident

55:50 - The Invisible Man and his Soon-to-Be Wife

1:02:40 - Frieren S2

1:06:24 - Hell's Paradise S2

1:09:21 - Oshi no Ko S3

1:11:13 - Chained Soldier S2

1:11:59 - Trigun Stargaze

1:13:28 - Golden Kamuy Final Season

1:13:58 - Medalist S2

1:15:30 - Other shows, sequels, and movies

Welcome to Anime Watch Club, a bi-weekly group discussion and review where the hosts of the what do you say anime podcast, nominate and vote on shows either that we haven't seen or shows that will hopefully lead to a great discussion. On todays episode, we will be reviewing the 2025 anime Ave Mujica.

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0:00 - Intro

1:28 - First impressions

11:15 - Subway Takes about the portrayal of mental illness

30:34 - The Characterization of the cast

38:43 - Picking up things on a rewatch

43:28 - Favorite episodes

49:50 - The lack of a band and music in a Girls Band show (and a 2nd hot take from Miles)

55:06 - What we want to see in season 2

1:02:44 - AVE is EVA

1:06:52 - Closing thoughts and scores

1:19:48 - What we're watching next

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Its been almost 2 years but were back baby! Anime Jeopardy 12? Think you know anime? You don't know shit. Or maybe you do, who knows. Play along to find out.

Welcome to Watch Club, a bi-weekly group discussion and review where the hosts of the what do you say anime podcast, nominate and vote on shows either that we haven't seen or shows that will hopefully lead to a great discussion. On todays episode we will be reviewing the 2025 anime, Medalist!

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0:00 - Intro

2:17 - First impressions

14:14 - Standout relationships in Medalist

26:14 - How the cast works to achieve their dreams

31:36 - Favorite side characters and moments

36:27 - N-T-aRt?

42:30 - Back to side characters and moments

45:01 - Teaching a sport the right way

1:00:46 - Closing thoughts and scores

1:17:52 - What we're watching next

We did one of theses over a year ago, so why not do it again. Answering viewers questions on Anime Mailbag 2: Electric Boogaloo!

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0:00 - Intro

1:57 - Taking a swing at new subject matter in anime

13:28 - Holiday shows, snacks, and drinks

21:48 - Favorite conventions and bucket list events

33:42 - Best and worst YouTuber anime

41:13 - One last Watch Club nomination

47:39 - Changing personal anime opinions over time

56:07 - What’s the first anime to make you cry?

1:02:00 - Anime we want (or don't want) to get the One Piece treatment

1:10:00 - Genres we want more of in anime

1:19:48 - Perfectly balanced romance anime

1:25:09 - Swapping MC's in each others shows

1:30:38 - Anime to video game adaptations (and favorite 10 Brother)

1:36:12 - Visiting real life Japanese landmarks from anime

Welcome to Watch Club, a bi-weekly group discussion and review where the hosts of the what do you say anime podcast, nominate and vote on shows either that we haven't seen or shows that will hopefully lead to a great discussion. On todays episode we are reviewing the 2025 anime, Turkey! Time to Strike

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0:00 - Intro

0:47 - Bowler... Gamertags?

7:21 - Premise and first impressions

16:47 - The live seasonal watcher reaction

19:50 - The later non-seasonal watcher reaction

24:29 - The Haikyuu!, Birdie Wing, and Turkey! Goldilocks Spectrum

29:59 - Balancing the highs and lows of the drama

44:47 - The final arc (Miles rant time)

54:59 - How having a non-anime writer affected the writing

58:37 - Final thoughts and scores

1:07:45 - What we're watching next

Do you find yourself scratching your head at some peoples critiques and reviews on certain anime? Do elitist, prestigious and outright bad takes make you laugh? Do you like games? If you answered yes to hopefully all of these, then we got the episode for you, the MyAnimeList review game! We take these reviews and make it a fun guessing game between the hosts, but you can play along with as well! Let us know you score in the comments, or our discord!

Scoring:

Correct show is 2 points

Correct rating is 2 points

Getting both correct in additional 2 points

or

Correct show is 2 points

Correct rating within a 2 point rating is 1 point

Getting both correct is an additional bonus point

0:00 - Intro

3:00 - Round 1

38:25 - Round 2

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Welcome to Watch Club, a bi-weekly group discussion and review where the hosts of the what do you say anime podcast, nominate and vote on shows either that we haven't seen or shows that will hopefully lead to a great discussion. On todays episode, we will be reviewing the 2025 anime, The Summer Hikaru Died

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0:00 - Intro

1:47 - First impressions

7:42 - Synopsis

9:11 - How well the setting and production set the tension and vibes.

17:44 - How the story avoids a negative tonal whiplash

21:06 - Real BL or just exploring yourself?

23:26 - How the town handles grief and allowing characters to be "selfish"

28:34 - Manipulation, gaslighting, and coping

36:52 - Who is Tanaka and predictions for the future

39:09 - The Hikaru Pete proposal

42:19 - Wrapping up the first season

47:45 - Favorite side characters

50:14 - The mysteries themselves of the town and story

52:56 - Closing thoughts and scores

1:01:39 - What we're watching next