Kaiseki Anime Podcast Episode 123 – Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke’s Mansion, My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999, & Skip and Loafer

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:17 Other spring romances
• 04:11 Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke’s Mansion
• 11:15 My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999
• 21:45 Skip and Loafer
• 31:20 Outro

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Music Credits:

• “Clover 3” by Vibe Mountain
• My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 OP: “Gradation” by Kana-Boon featuring Yuuho Kitazawa
• “Seasons” by roljui

Kaiseki Anime Podcast Episode 122 – Spring 2023 Season First Impressions

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:00 Alice Gear Aegis Expansion
• 02:44 Ao no Orchestra
• 04:23 The Aristocrat’s Otherworldly Adventure
• 05:00 The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses
• 06:23 Dead Mount Death Play
• 07:15 Kizuna no Allele
• 08:08 THE MARGINAL SERVICE
• 09:23 My Clueless First Friend
• 10:08 Opus.Colors
• 10:48 Stella of the Theater: World Dai Star
• 11:52 Too Cute Crisis
• 13:15 I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in The Real World, Too
• 14:57 Isekai Smartphone
• 15:57 Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear – Punch!
• 17:37 The Legendary Hero is Dead
• 18:36 Magical Destroyers
• 20:35 MASHLE: Magic and Muscles
• 21:58 MIX MEISEI STORY Season2
• 23:00 Otaku Elf
• 24:23 Ranking of Kings
• 25:11 Rokudo’s Bad Girls
• 27:00 Summoned to Another World for a Second time
• 27:22 Tonikawa
• 28:00 The Dangers in My Heart
• 29:32 Dr. Stone New World
• 30:57 A Galaxy Next Door
• 32:44 Hell’s Paradise
• 34:32 Insomniacs after school
• 36:23 Kamikatsu: Working for God in a Godless World
• 38:30 My Home Hero
• 40:11 My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999
• 41:47 My One-Hit Kill Sister
• 42:37 Skip and Loafer
• 43:39 Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke’s Mansion
• 44:40 Yuri is My Job
• 46:45 The Ancient Magus’ Bride S2
• 47:55 BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls’ Story- Season 2
• 48:12 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
• 49:33 Heavenly Delusion
• 50:44 KONOSUBA -An Explosion on This Wonderful World!
• 51:49 Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Season 2
• 53:32 Oshi no Ko
• 55:35 Vinland Saga
• 56:08 Outro

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Music Credits:

• “Clover 3” by Vibe Mountain
• My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 OP: “Gradation” by Kana-Boon featuring Yūho Kitazawa
• “Seasons” by roljui

[Review] TRIGUN STAMPEDE is Good, Actually

I barely remember watching the original Trigun series, which was already considered a classic by the time I got around to watching it. It was back in college when I was still new to anime and willing to watch anything I could get my hands on. Trigun was goofy and seemingly lighthearted in a way that reminded me of Cowboy Bebop, another space western that started fluffy but turned heavy by the end. And while Trigun’s details are fuzzy, I still recall that feeling of shock once the jokes turned serious.

When I first heard about TRIGUN STAMPEDE, I wasn’t sure what to expect. A remake, perhaps, but in what style? Would it be a complete copy modernizing the classic, or provide its own twists? Now that we’re at the end, it’s clear we have the latter, a prequel to set us up for the characters we remember from the original. That was probably already apparent from the very first episode, which cemented a unique vision of Vash’s world and its characters as slick, nostalgic, and thoroughly aware of his origin.

[Review] BLUELOCK, Feel Free to Devour Me

I haven’t been this put out in a while about a break in seasons, especially for a sports anime. Now that the two-cours first season is over I can easily say that BLUELOCK is my favorite sports show since HAIKYU!! and Kuroko’s Basketball, and I’m even tempted to put this above Aoashi given my constant excitement this entire season. There’s always something irresistible about athletes like Hinata and Aoi who are capable of viewing the playing field as a whole, snapshotting any given moment to memory and manipulating the ball around the bodies like pieces on a game board. BLUELOCK takes this an extra step by inserting pure, unadulterated hubris into the formula, and I love it.

[Review] The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague are (Mostly) Too PG

I so badly wanted to love The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague, but as much as I adored the art style and characters, the show playing it careful almost the entire season with the exception of one particularly memorable scene has relegated the show to mediocrity. So much of what we’re given seems custom tailored to my preferences. The work setting, slowwwww burn romance, and supernatural leanings—delicious. Not so palatable was the glacial pace to Himuro and Fuyutsuki’s relationship and the borderline pedophilia right at the end. Yes, you read that right. Sure, there’s the reality that the kid isn’t really a kid, just a youkai weakened to a childish form, but the situation should never have occurred in the first place.

[Review] S4 is the Danmachi I Always Wanted

If you had asked me back in 2015 about my expectations for Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, I would’ve probably given some kind of flippant answer that entailed fan service, brevity, and a distinct lack of longevity. I do recall at the time of the original’s airing that the longer title was something of a novelty, one that quickly wore off in the following years with subsequent fantasy titles seemingly competing for character count. We’re now eight years past the first season with a sequel that is easily my favorite of them all.

Kaiseki Anime Podcast Episode 115 – Fall 2022 Season Wrap

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:35 Beast Tamer
• 06:12 Bibliophile Princess
• 08:00 Encouragement of Climb: Next Summit
• 11:20 Futoku no Guild
• 12:30 I’ve Somehow Gotten Stronger When I Improved My Farming-Related Skills
• 15:12 Muv Luv Alternative
• 17:00 Raven of the Inner Palace
• 18:41 Reincarnated as a Sword
• 21:05 Shinobi no Ittoki
• 22:10 Urusei Yatsura
• 24:05 BLUELOCK
• 25:44 BOCCHI THE ROCK!
• 26:56 Do It Yourself!!
• 29:21 I’m the Villainess so I’m Taming the Final Boss
• 30:55 Love Flops
• 32:47 Mob Psycho 100 III
• 35:10 SPY x FAMILY Cour 2
• 36:44 The Eminence in Shadow
• 38:11 To Your Eternity Season 2
• 39:38 Welcome to the Demon School! Iruma-kun
• 40:53 Akiba Maid War
• 44:05 Chainsaw Man
• 47:13 Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
• 48:42 Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
• 49:52 BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War
• 51:22 Golden Kamuy Season 4
• 52:41 Outro

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You can find Kaiseki Anime Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Play. Subscribe to us now! Please also take a moment to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts—these reviews increase our visibility to new viewers, as well as gives us the feedback we need to improve.

If you have any questions or comments, let us know by commenting below, through Twitter with #KaisekiAnimePodcast, or on our personal Twitter accounts.

Music Credits:

• “Clover 3” by Vibe Mountain
• BLUELOCK OP: “Chaos ga Kiwamaru” by Unison Square Garden
• “Seasons” by roljui

[Review] Akiba Maid War is AOTS

I’ve written more about this show this season than any other on both this blog, Twitter, and even on Discord, simultaneously praising, recommending, and freaking out about it. I can no longer imagine the fall season without Akiba Maid War charging right up the center and standing at the forefront. From start to finish, the characters and this ridiculous setting demanded my attentions, easily competing for both anime of the season and the overall year.

[12 Days of Anime] Day 12: Pandemic Blogging is Actually a Thing

I never would have thought that something as world-altering as a pandemic would halt my day-to-day life, kicking me back to a way of life I hadn’t experienced since my college days. Back then, I felt like I had all the free time in the world to explore hobbies, and it’s back then in 2011 when I first started this blog. It’s fitting then, in our forced quarantine where I returned once more to writing about anime, even though it was nothing like the academic style of the start.

[12 Days of Anime] Day 11: Akiba Maid War

What is old can be new again, a lesson I’ve learned repeatedly over the years and is once again proven this recent fall season with Akiba Maid War, a single-cours show that combines familiar styles into one hell of a unique premise that will be talked about for years to come. From the initial idea to the execution, to the variety of cast members both regular and passing, to the catchy opening song and the follow up ending, I was surprised over and over again. No other fall anime competed for my attentions as much as this one; no other anime hyped me up only to cast me down as violently.